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By Arthur Perry.
The army base pay for gold
leri Is (21 per month, as now
provided. This is baser than
WPA. base pay for leaf raking.
Een. Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia, a Republican when con
venient, is accused by the Pres
ident of not being a liberal or
Progressive democrat. Hiram
retorts the President is using
"the same old stiletto" on his
political ribs. We sympathize
with neither. The senator rec
ommended the appointment of
H. Ickes, as secretary of inter
ior, and F.D.R. did so.
"Halph McPheron came to
Roy Manlcy'i Sunday evening
and began to put on some of
his money shines. Roy's dog
grabbed him by the hind leg
I mean behind on the leg
and Ralph was good after that."
(Summerflcld Courier). The
"life of the party" fails to bite
backl
Two mora mountain climbers
have been rescued, after spend
ing the night on a ledge 8000-ft.
up. The more experienced "hu
man flies" shin up the tallest
building in town and take up a
collection four times, before the
ascension. Thus they remain
close to the fire department's
extension ladders, the ambu
lance, the doctors, and the cor
oner. The type never get strand
ed all night on a third-story
window ledge.
The Pendleton East Oregon
Ian unearths a comment upon
the Chicago convention that
tells it all. It quotes, "The nom
ination of Roosevelt for a third
term was a shotgun wedding,
with the bridegroom holding
the shotgun at his own back."
Milam L. (Mike) Jacobs, a
former hi school yell leader of
years ago, who originated the
idea locally of making acrobatic
leaps with a snow-white shirt
tail unfurled and fluttering, be
fore the multitude, is back for
a visit. He now lives at San
Mateo, Cat., where he is a Coca
Cola mogul. .
THE CIRCLE
"War begets poverty,
Poverty peace;
Peace begets plenty,
Then riches increase;
Riches bring pride,
And pride is war's ground.
War begets poverty.
So goes the round."
(Book of Knowledge rhyme).
Sen. Pepper of Florida, who
has thrown many an oratorical
fit in his d:iy, in a senate speech
brands Col. Lindbergh, once the
Idol of the nation, as "the chief
of the fifth columnists In this
country." This is a brtitnl and
bitter chnrgi-. Sen. Pepper
should throw hiimclf in his own
face to calm the vitriol boiling
in his soul.
"Elderly lady wishes practi
cal nurse, not under middle Hue
Trustworthy or religious."
(Portland Spectator want ad
finding). Something like ladies
and gentlemen and lawyers.
"Gel" is one of the basic
words of the American lung
tiage, according to an article
from Chicago. "Get along."
"Get Around." "Get Together'
art quoted as samples. The
Grandpaw of all the Gels is
not mentioned. It is ' (let. while
the Getting is Good."
The war term "frane-tlreur"
refers to a guerrla fighter with
out legal standing under the
laws of war, liable to execu
tion on capture.
Beware of Over Confidence
MOW confidence is a good thing. But overconfi-
' dence isn't And that overconfidence in evidence
at Philadelphia, we regret to state, is still prevalent in
the Republican ranks today.
In fact, at the present time we should say that this
is one of the most serious obstacles to Republican
success in the fall, the feeling that it's all over but
the shouting, that this year F.D.R., no matter what is
or isn't done, ISN'T going to win.
Now he may not, of course. But wishful thinking
isn't going to beat him.
IN fact President Roosevelt, as we see it, can only be
beaten by the hardest kind of work, from now until
the 5th of November. For he is not only by all odds
the most skillful PRACTICAL politician in the
country today, but he is unequalled as an experienced
and resourceful campaigner.
pVEN more important, from the standpoint of prac
" tical results, however, are some of these important
facts, seemingly forgotten by too many leaders of
the G.O.P.:
Before Mr. Willkie gets an electoral vote, his op
ponent will have over 100 probably 115 in the bag
(the solid South).
In addition, the greatest free-wheeling and ef
ficient political machine ever constructed in this
country, is that owned and controlled today by the
Roosevelt administration.
In work-relief, farm-relief, and numerous other
forms of relief the practical politicians in the Demo
cratic party, and there are several! have a politi
cal leverage and practical vote-procuring mechanism
the like of which has never been seen in the entire his
tory of this, or any other, democracy.
Finally, the balance of political power in practi
cally every Btate, is held in the larger cities. In
the pivotal states like New York, Illinois, New Jersey,
Missouri, these cities and their votes are in the control
of Tammany-like machines, run by such dreamy-eyed
idealists as Messrs. Haig-Kelly-Nash, et al., of Jersey
City and Chicago!
They get out a winning vote, or ELSE.
CO one might go on, as to the head-start enjoyed by
the Roosevelt ticket in this campaign, and the un
avoidable handicap at the outset suffered by the Re
publican opposition.
Instead of the situation warranting over-confidence,
it warrants precisely the reverse.
It calls, in fact, for a realization that Roosevelt, in
spite of the third-term handicap, and it is a real
one, starts out at the crack of the gun with literally
millions of votes nailed down, sewed-up and sealed,
which no one can take away from him.
a a a
TTHIS is no reason for a defeatist attitude. On the
contrary, thanks to the fact the Republican party
did not follow the prevailing psychology of the Phila
delphia convention, but selected the strongest candi
date that could be found, it has a good chance to win.
But the point we wish to make is that the best way
in which to throw away that chance is to fail to throw
off the feeling of over-confidence that in too many
Republican quarters now prevails.
The Selective Draft
IF your motor car breaks down you don't go to a
landscape architect to have it put in order.
Conversely if you want your lawn and shrubs re
arranged more to your heart's desire, you don't con
sult the head mechanic in a garage.
In each case, and all down the line, you go to an
expert in that particular department.
This is only efficiency and common sense.
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DUT for some strange reason when war enters the
picture, this should not be done, at least not in
the opinion of certain very articulate gentlemen.
When a nation fears war and therefore prepares
for it, experts should not be consulted. Those who
know most about war from actual experience should
not be heard.
That would be yielding to militarism and disre
garding one of democracy's most cherished traditions,
the privilege of "muddling through" where the most
serious and exacting of human activities is concerned.
In other words, the volunteer system of military
preparation should be retained, and the selective
draft should not be.
X7HY? Don't ask us. We have searched the argu-
ments of the opposition to a selective draft, and
still fail to understand.
. Under the volunteer system, the most inexperi
enced and the least informed determine the composi
tion and disposition of our fighting forces, i. e.: the
individual citizen in approximately the twenties, for
he decides whether he is or isn't best fitted for active
service at the front in time of war. lie also decides
for what sort of service, if not active, he IS best fitted.
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IN' the days of the small professional army, that
method wasn't so bad. though it was never good.
But in this day of not armies but entire nations at
war it is terrible, and probably in any conflict be
tween nations of equal strength would be fatal.
For it produces a fighting force, on air, land and
sea, which is not based upon individual fitness, but
individual desire, imagine how long the U. S. Steel
would endure if its working personnel was similarly
selected.
No. if we must prepare for war, and we must,
then let's not discard the procedure which has made
us so successful in peace, but retain it.
That means putting the matter of preparedness
for war in the hands of those who know most about it
and are best prepared to do it.
Personal Health Service
Br WUlUa
1 tried letter pertaining to personal health and b relent, not ta
tfUtnosu or treatment, will bo antwvretl by Dr. Brady If a stamped aif
add retted envelop ta eneloaad. Let tart should b brief and written la Ink.
Ontnf ta tha large n ambers of letters recalled only a few ran ha answered.
So reply ran b made to quert. not conformtnf to Instructions. Add rasa
Dr. HUllam Brady. 25 CI amino. Beverly Hills. Calif.
QUININE FOR MENIERE'S DI8EABE
Meniere's disease or syndrome i
(syn-drome, . accented on first
syllable, means group of symp-l
toms that occur together) is the
name by which
w e recognize
c h araeter
istie spells of
dizziness o r
vertigo. ac
companied in
many cases
with nausea
and vomiting.
pallor, cold
sweat I n g.
s ometlmes
h e adaehe.
s ometlmes
nystagrpus (rapid involuntary
oscillation of the eyeballs),
sometimes diarrhea.
Interesting syndrome. Had a
spell of it myself one morning
not long ago due, I believe, to
arsenic poisoning, from too
much lead arsenite residue left
on lettuce, cabbage and other
green salad vegetables from
spraying In a dry time. Had
just rolled my morning somer
saults but don't try to make
me admit that had anything to
do with it and was heading
for. you know, the other room,
when, whoops honestly it was
worse than any earthquake I
have encountered. Had to lie
flat, limbs sprawled wide, and
hang onto the floor to keep
from falling off into space. On
ly because I skipped breakfast
an unheard of thing t our
house did my first wife ring
in a doctor. Out of considera
tion for my status as patient we
did not discuss Meniere's dis
ease, but that's my story and
I'm going to stick to it.
There is no mystery about
Meniere's syndrome let's not
call it a disease, for in reality
it is no more a definite or speci
fic disease than is the familiar
combination of headache and
malaise.
In some instances physicians
believe Meniere's syndrome is
due to bleeding into the internal
ear, the semicircular canals.
These semicircular canals, two
of which, in each ear, are verti
cal and at right angles to each
other, one horizontal, are the
seat of the sense of equilibrium
and also of the sense by which
one perceives from which di
rection a sound comes. Disturb
ance of the function of the ca
Washington. D. C, Aug. 6.
The lonn discussed Columbia
Valley Authority is a;ain re
crivintT attention and something
may be done either at this
session of congress or in the
new session which begins Jan
uary 3, 1941. The original idea
was to combine Grand Coulee
and Bonneville in a second Ten
nessee Valley Authority, with
three directors who would be
untrammeled and free to run
the show without congressional
interference, as Is the cae with
TV A. That plan is "out".
Grind Ciule it a rclamntion pro
)t"tt, intendfrt to IrrUntt I aoo.OOP
rr of th Columbia bu.in thrmttfh
ovvpr atnrriitct m the highest rtum
in th world. Bonmvi!1 n navi
tion ptvjvvt with powfT tiipkifnul.
Tli rirlnit1on bvirrnu of th de
partment of th interior l in rhve
of Omrtd Coulee. Hie r depart
ment, vi the rmy eniner, h
chirne of Bonneville dam nvl th
fenemtinaj of powrr. but the po1"" j
la taken at the bin bar and bandied
bT an afimiputrator, Pr. Paul J. Rav.
er. ho . like the reclamation hu- i
prau, under !ei-retarv of the Interior !
Irfcrv CHuinallr th admlnUtrator
a liiilejvndent
St'i m uv h for b a o It rmi r d j
SFNAPOW Homr T B-p, Waihlrtft- j
Ion. ho power-minded. It j
CiMiMtiertnaT iiitroducinat hill. !
or an amendment to the Bonneville
t.-t union would be a tubstitute ftr
ttie proposed Columbia Vallrv Au
thority He mi it place the Bonne.
iHe administrator In charce of a!l '
the powrr Bnerated at the to gov
ernment rnterrriea A. Orand Cou
le i et.ttal! for revlamticn
Bone think the lrtva'ton and the
power at the ajiuatitlc project aoutd !
be erpflraieri and the rerUmatiou '
w"-Me onnflpf itssrlf to the caralt
dltc and mter for tVe 1 JiKUVO
aire. and te po'r of Orar.d Cru:ee '
be t'imed over to the BnneTll ad-
mtntitrator for diipogjat
Bt th! arrangement, eip'aina iVn
aor Bone control over all the poer
of the two p:tn't wvnt'd be ited
in one rn-T "t'. ! logical ha .
maintain. ii.tmich a trar,n:ion ,
llnt c-nne't Grand Coule and
B-inT':'e and the Ih'.'.'-t rtoavtn 1
to draw co the former (or power 1
81
Brady. ftC O.
nals accounts for dizziness or
vertigo.
I am totally deaf in the left
ear, presumably from injury in
a fall from a tree when I was a
kid limb, bird's nest, eggs and
all. The most annoying feature
of my kind of deafness, next to
the imbecile who shouts at you.
is precisely the inability to per
ceive from what direction a
sound comes, say when one
amonga group of people speaks
to you or when some one on
the street yells "Look out!" Still
I do not believe my labyrinthine
(nerve or Internal ear) deafness
had anything to do with my lit
tle bout, altho In Meniere's syn
drome there. Is usually such deaf
ness in the corresponding ear
and persistent tinnitus as well.
The great Prof. Charcot, fam
ous French neurologist, recom
mended six grains of quinine,
twice daily, at meal time, for
fifteen days, as a remedy for
Meniere's syndrome. After the
fifteen days course the quinine
should be discontinued for eight
days, and then another fifteen
days course taken. Four or five
periods of such alternate or on-and-off
quii.ine treatment gen
erally resulted in cure, in the
experience of Charcot. The head
noises and the vertigo may seem
aggravated at first, but this ef
fect presently subsides and gra
tifying relief follows.
Convenient way to take six
grains of quinine twice daily for
fifteen days would be in the
form of two-grain capsules of
quinine sulfate or two-grain tab
lets of quinine sulphate three
capsules or three tablets for
each dose. The fifteen-days
course would require 00 such
tablets or capsules.
QUESTION ANBWr.Ri
Arthritis
Our thanks for your practical and
understandable column. Husband hid
arthritis for years, many treatments
with llttl. result. Persuaded him to
take the vitamin D treatment as you
suggested. Benefit has been almnat
unbelievable whole weeka go by
without any sign of stiffness or pain.
Our doctor waa much Interested and
urged lis to keep on with It. (K.M.W.)
Answer Thank you. Pamphlet on
Arthritis gives details of the treat
ment. For copy send stamped enve
lop, bearing your address.
(Protected by John P. Dill Co.)
Ed. Note. Persons wishing to
communicate lth Dr. Brady
should send letter direct tn Pr.
William Brady, M. D.. 5J CI
Camlnn. Beverly Hills Calif.
to meet li.creaa.ng demand t. There
la very little market for Grand Cou
lee power In lt own area, and Ora.nd
Coulee will be generating energy be
fore the acre to be reclatmed are
ready for aettlera.
e
SENATOR Bone and Senator Mc
Nary, who wrote the Bonneville
organic ct. have had at least one
Informal conference, what in diplo
matic circlet would be called "initial
con versa tlona They ant in accord
to the extent that neither bellevea a
triumvirate thould be created to
make a aecond TV' A.
It U the tuggettlon of fhenator
Bone that leigtalatlon may be offered
at the current teas ton, if there It no
tine die adjournment before Jan
uary S (McNary tayt the Republi
can do not want to adjourn be
cauae of the emergency), otherwite
something could be prepared and In
troduced neit January.
a
PRIVATl irtduatry cannot afford
to train mechanic and the gov
ernment will have to ataume the
tuk. official ar told by representa
tive! of Oreeon and Washington con
cern seeking defense contract, tn
one Oregon plant where about 300
men are emploved the average age
of th mechanic it 5o year. Green
handt. youn men. con not be hired
because) it would tie up one machine
for an apprentice and require the
time of a 11 10 an hour man to tach
the tyro. Where there It keen com
petition, plant cannot affo-d to to
the uee of a, machine and also pay
a hi(th-prlced mechanic to teach a
green hand
Thu condition. It appam. ta prev
alent in other part of th country, j
nd private Induttry 1 not educating ',
replacement! for the mechanic who
re growing older every day. One J
tustfrstion It to have fhia training '
dirrvted and financed bt the federal 1
government under a nation-wide pro- '
arrtm. auch a la called "non-combat I
service '. The National Defence A 4
fiaory Cemmtaaion ha alreadv d-
covered thai horta?e of killed
mech antra la one of the problemt to 1
be met. a thi ahorrage u devHep. I
in ith th placing of orders for
all aorta of material. The thortage j
ill become more acute at production ,
grU under way within a few month ,
W5HIMOTON S T.NS When pres
ident Rooarvelt a!d he wanted ,
WOOO plane a year fo national de
fen he did not ay how many
mm would be required for thla ar j
mad Offtciait aav that a r p'ane '
tpreema tbout 30 men. pilot, ob-
tervera and ground crew T V 000 !
plan, would reoitre 1.W0O0 men !
a a-ibantlal trmv m ltje'.f . . ,
Cantonmenta built dumg the world
war were demojlahed. ewert and wa
ter tupplr torn up trd acid for junfc
"Vnw " commrt an arrrr officer,
"million of dollar mutt be apent ,
to rr'aoe them: but th Amerun '
peop mould not har approved the
pending of 1100 to keep them i
tVnktrat ro la-je army would ever j
again be moblUiwd '
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALBOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
tCooUnuod from Pmie One.)
of Sears, Roebuck and company
guarantees broad experience in
the entire industrial field. Nel
son was well aware of the
troubles ahead when he took
his job. He made an elaborate
study of the entire question,
and presented findings and rec
ommendations to Knudson. Stet
tinius and their colleagues. Af
ter careful consultation among
themselves and with the presi
dent, the commission members
decided to try the easier way
first.
e e e
SPECIFICALLY, th commit! on de
cided to give a trlftt to th "pref
erence" system of procurement. Un
der thtt tyttem, to take a alraple
example, the army and nary decide
they want a certain Item of equip
ment, to build which a certain kind
of machine tool It needed. The de
fense commission plac the order
with the manufacturer. The manu
facturer report that he cannot get
necetury machine toll becauae a re
frigerator company, preparing to put
out a new model, ha signed up the
machine tool plant' full produc
tion. The defence commits ion then com
to th refrigerator company, atkt
that presentation of the new model
be deferred in th Interests of na
tional defense, and obtain voluntary
preference for the armament order,
HBKRT Ford la th only Import
ant InduatrlalUt who has so far,
refuted cooperation to the commis
sion. Order totalling Sl.800.000.000
have been placed with comparative
ease. Th commission member real
It, of course, that trouble may come
when they atari apendlng what
Knudaen affectlonally call "my
M. 000.000 000." Knudsen ute the
potihMslve phrase because he was the
chief Influence in persuading the
president to go the whole way with
the big appropriations requeat. It
may be Imagined that If trouble does
arise, he will not hesitate long to
deal with It firmly. The system of
procurement by "legal priori tie' It
being kept In reserve, in fact, for
Juat uch an emergency.
Under this system, the defense
commission will simply assert the
priority of war order over private
orders, without troubling to seek co
operation by negotiation. The exper
ience of Bernard M. Baruch and
Charlee a. Diwi in, the last war
demonstrated that auch a aystem
cannot be operated merely in teg
menta of the Industrial structure.
All of tndustry mutt be placed under
fairly close structure. Prices mutt be
carefully watched, since the threat
of an assertion of priority In every
field make for an inflationary ruah
to build up inventories of consum
ers' goods.
Generally speaking the commis
sion chose to try the preference sys
tem because th other was too cum
bersome and complex. It may be
stated quite unequivocally, however,
that th commission' choice was
not dictated by any desire on the
part of th president or the commis
sion member to glv induttry or the
public an easy time at the expense
of the national defense. If the neces
sity arises, the lstfal priorities system
will be resorted to at once.
E
Rom, Auc. fl. (U.Ri The
Japanese navy soon will put
into operation a new kind of
midget submarine .built of a
secxrt alloy, which is superior
in many respects to standard
sire submarines, the newspaper
La Stampa of Turin said to
day. The submarines, which have
passed all tests, ore armed with
three torpedo tubes although
thry are only 16 feet long and
of 10 tons di5placcment. La
Stampa added.
Capable of steaming 36
knots, the tiny craft also can
submerge to a depth of more
than 1.800 feet which, the news
paper said. Is about 375 feet
deeper than ordinary subma
rines may go safely.
FEW RESERVED SEAIS
AT M'NARY CEREMONY
Tortland. Aug. 6. T" The
only reserved seats at notifica
tion ceremonies for Senator
Charles McNary. Republican j
i, i ,iu, in ih i immuif. ml
Salem. August 27. will be oc
cupied by precinct committee
men and women.
Kern Crandall. slate com
mittee chairman, said plans be
ing worked out with Ralph H
Cake, national committe'-"in
would provide a large block of
jests available only to those
with official committee badies
on a first come, first-served
basis.
Six preidents cf the United
States are buried in Virginia
five in New York, and four in
Ohio. I
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i-mrr- '
By Frank Jtnklns
I!f WASHINGTON a federal
state conference on law-enforcement
problems arising out
of the defense program is In
session. It is designed to pro
mote closer co-operation in
guarding against spies, sabo
teurs and "fifth column' activi
ties. DEMAREE Bess, in an Interest
ing and quite convincing
article in the Saturday Evening
Post, says the REAL DANGER
to this country (which Hitler re
lies on to keep us from bother
ing him) is from native Ameri
can demagogues who are seek
ing power for themselves re
gardless of the nation's welfare.
This writer is inclined to
agree with him.
"LASS hatreds, Bess says, are
the raw material out of
which revolution has been man
ufactured In Europe. .Hitler's.
Mussolini's and Stalin's dictator
governments are revolution on
an immense scale.)
More than any other one
thing, capitalization of class ha
treds, race hatreds, etc., has
been responsible for Hitler's
Mussolini's and Stalin'i suc
cesses. LASS hatreds, which arise
out of the instinctive human
suspicions that all of us feel for
those who have more than we
have, are as old as organized
society. They existed, full
grown, in Jesus' time, as may be
seen from His statement that
"it is easier for the camel to
pass through the eye of the
needle than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of heav
en." Human nature being what it
is, they are UNAVOIDABLE.
THE dictionary defines a dem-
agogue as "one who plays
an insincere role in public life
for the sake of gaining political
influence or office; a poser in
politics, especially one who pan
ders to popular prejudice or
seeks to inflame reasonless pas
sions in the advancement of his
PERSONAL interests."
The demagogue seeks invari
ably a SHORT CUT TO PERS
ONAL POWER. He is too shal
low to understand the real prob
lems of government for all the
people and too lazy to do the
hard work required to become
a real leader.
For all such, capitalization of
class hatred offers the easy way.
IF IN this generation there
should be violent revolution
in this country (which this writ
er is optimist enough to doubt)
it will come as th rnlt f
capitalization of class hatred by
aemagogues who are seeking a
short cut to power FOR THEM
SELVES. The demagogue, as Bess says,
is the real fifth columnist we
need to watch.
U. S. FOR MATERIALS
Canberra. Australia. Aug. 6.
(UR) Prime Minister R. G.
Menzies said today that Aus
tralia was turning to the United
States for vital war materials
no longer obtainable from
Great Britain.
Menzies said a member of
the aircraft production com
mission now was in New York
negotiating the purchase of raw
materials and equipment and
that the Australian government
had been encouraged to be
lieve the mi'erials would be
forthcoming.
Sleeping Sickness
Attacks Horses
Itermiston. Ore.. Aug. 6. ,T
Sleeping sickness among horses
has broken out on the west sid
of the Hermiston Irrigation pro
ject, with about 30 animals ill
and half of them already dead.
A state veterinarian is here giv
ing treatment and vaccinations
Little of the disease hks been
reported outside the irrigation
district.
NAZI ENVOY TO PARIS 1
IS ONCE-OUSTED ABETz'
Berlin. Aug. 6 Adolf
Hitler has appointed Otto
Abetr. fnnnf rly of the Berlin
foreign office, ambassador to
nari-conquered France
Ahrtr. expelled from France
m 1939 as an unwelcome nazi
asent. and whose wife I,
French, was given his walklrg
papers bv the government of,
former Premier Paladier. June
30. that year, following dis-'
covery of a widespread Ger-i
man esnonaa mtu n,k i
Flight (V Time
Mrtfford an Jaskion County
History from tht fines of tha
NMaU Irlbuns 10 and to )eara
sio.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 6. 1930
(It was Friday)
Elmer Childen gets ready to
raze ruins of old Page theater.
Trrisation in Oregon for this
year near end, as drouth causes
water to ebb fast.
Work on Pacific Highway
south to cease between 1 p. m.
and 4 a. m. to permit pear haul
ing. All packing plants to ba
in operation by end of week.
City council adopts new
building code for city.
Hunters fear deer season will
be delayed owing to drouth
conditions.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 6. 1920
(It was Wednesday)
Oregon now has 75.044 pri
vately owned autos, sufficient
to take everybody in the stats
for a ride at the same time...
Babe Ruth hits hisOth and
41st homeruns of theffeason.
' ' Wl.il
Russia's reply to QrkaC Brit
ain's demand ahAiK paaeaj
with Poland hrmild. i'if.'Kiq
Mr. and Mrs. ,A1 Hagca and
son Billy leave by - auto for
Portland. . . , -" "
Union church services to ba
held in City park Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oris Crawford
are on a motoring trip through
California.
Communications
Favors Selective Draft
To the editor:
We are appropriating billions
of dollars to put this country
in a state of impregnable de
fense. Millions will go Into
equipment of every kind, but
for that equipment to be of any
value we must have trained
men to use it, and we haven't
got them. Experience of tha
world war, and the statements
of the general staff today, show
very clearly that we cannot get
them by voluntary enlistment
in time to be ready. General
Pershing pointed all this out
very clearly in his address over
the radio yesterday.
The only fair and efficient
way of doing this is by selective
draft. While all the details of
the present bill, the Wadsworth
bill, have not yet been settled,
it is obvious that many of our
people do not understand tha
meaning of this bill at all. It
is not proposed by anybody to
call out all men between 21
and 31 years, or whatever the
age limit specified probably
not more than one in 25. These,
as in the world war, will come
out by lot, and then those men
who have key positions in in
dustry, those with dependents,
etc., will be excused and an
other name will be drawn from
the hat.
Sometime Bfter the armistica
in 1919, I had occasion to check
the casualties in my regiment.
That check revealed a remark
able fact. After the first phase
of the Argonne. our division re
ceived replacements of about
25 percent to cover our losses.
I We then moved up to Belgium
land engaged in two offensives
there. The record shows that
80 percent, or more, of the cas
ualties In that whole division
occurred among this 25 percent
of replacements, some of whom
had never fired a rifle. And
that was a year and a half after
we had declared war!
1 speak of this because it
shows so clearly how costly it
is to put troops into action that
have not been properly trained.
And I think it would be a crim
inal thing to delay the passage
of the selective draft act, which
is the only method by which
we can obtain the men in time
to meet a possible emergency in
the event of a German victory
over Europe.
Gordon Voorhies,
Voorhies Crossing. Aug. 5.
Trio Die in Vain
Rescue Attempt
Briston. N II., Aug. 6. iP
Four men died in a gas-filled
well today as they descended 50
feet, one by one. to aid each
other.
Firemen, who tried unsuccess
fully to revive the men. said
they died from the fumes of a
gasoline pump.
Alaskans Drown.
Juneau. Alaska. Aug. 6. f)
Alvan Jones. 16. 8P(j Albert
Chenard. 44. both of Juneau,
drowned Sunday in Turner
lake. 25 milrs from here, when
their small bo.it swamped while
they were fishing
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