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v4tfAiinl fears ara exDressed
these times in various parts of
the state and the nation, that
Germany and her runt para
noiac, one A. Hitler will not get
square deal, at the peace table,
If and when. Neither are en
titled to It, so the solicitude
appears Irrelevant, immaterial,
and out ot order. Hcrr Hitler
ahould be pickled away In a
penitentiary, not called a fort
ress, out of politeness to his
military titles. The same fate
should be meted to Messrs. Mus
aolinl of Italy, Quisling of Nor
way, and his other puppets.
They should have a penitentiary
exclusively to themselves. It
would be cruel and Inhuman to
compel run-of-the-mill criminals
to abide behind the same walls
with either one or all of them.
Two world wars In 20 years
spawned by Germany, should be
sufficient to convince the rest of
creation there Is no way to get
along with them. They love war
too much to be trusted as a unit,
with any weapon more destruc
tive than a broomhandle.
THE BOOBY PBIZE
(Blue Mountain Eagle)
"There are now prizes be
ing offered for the largest
buck and the biggest doe
killed during the hunting
season. The Eaglo would like
to offer a grand sweepstake
prize of a wax forget-me-not
for the smallest, weakest,
scrawniest fawn. The record
1s a lS-pound fawn. But If
the hunters will shoot every
thing they can drop their
sights on they can get one
even smaller. No Jackrabblts
go In this contest."
Cong. Mott charges the New
Deal is out to ruin the Repub
lican party. Cong. Mott should
be more definite. Docs he mean
again, or yet?
The football trams of Oregon's
Institutions of higher learning,
In their invasion of California
gridirons made a fine showing
Saturday. The Staters were
head until the last 18 second',
nd the Wcbfeet were ahead
twice during the gnme with
Stanford. The nicest time to be
head is at the finish.
"HAND IS HEAD OF COM
MITTF.E ON CAMP PLAN
KING" (Hdline Corvallis Gazette-Times)
There'll be a lot
of shaking of both.
THE MUCHNESS OT MUCH
Too many highways, too many
cars.
Too many people behind the
bars;
Too much poverty, too much
wealth.
Too many people In 111 health.
Too much politics, too much
booze,
Too many wearing high-heeled
shoes.
Too many spending their dough
on gas.
Too much taking of other's sass.
Too many living beyond their
means.
Too many buying canned corn
and beans;
Too many hiring their washing
done.
Too many playing bridge for
tun.
Too much buying good on time.
Too many people don't save a
dime.
Too much taxes, too much
spent.
Too many folks spend every
cent.
Too much reform, too much
law.
It's the darndest mess you ever .
saw. (The Teppcr Box.)
Cloelne time tut CI-i;iriJ Arts
a bjv Too lu lo Classify ia so p I
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Congressman Mott's Comeback
IN legal and military circles there is a time-honored
maxim:
"The best defense Is strong offense."
The Russian? are giving a good example of this
now, in their persistent counter-attacks, in answer to
each German advance. (
And Congressman Jim Mott,' as a capable politician
and attorney, gave a good example of the same prin
ciple in Roseburg Saturday, when he countered the
attack of the 18 interventionist Republicans by de
claring they were dupes of the Roosevelt administra
tion, unwittingly serving as 6th columnists for the
establishment of a one-party country and the New
Deal.
WE don't know how many delegates to the G.O.P.
convention accepted that counter-charge as a
valid one, but our guess is it had more weight in that
partisan gathering than anywhere else in the state.
For it "listened well", as the saying goes, sounded
plausible if it did insult the intelligence. And in any
party convention what sounds well from a radical
partisan viewpoint, is always surprisingly potent.
UOWEVER, in the light of any factual analysis,
the counter-charge just doesn't stand up, hasn't
even one little leg of reality to stand on.
In fact we doubt if 18 prominent citizens in the
state could have been SELECTED, less likely to be
"DUPED" by anyone, much less by Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, than these dozen and a half ultra-conservative
and well-heeled Republicans, who certainly
weren't born yesterday, and at least ya " or whom,
we venture to say, have never graced even the most
eminently respectable "easy sucker" list.
NO James me boyl Call Harry Corbett, C. C. Chap
man, Judge Sawyer of Bend and their insurgent
associates, Anglophiles, Liberty Leaguers, Economic
Royalists, if you wish, even Ambassadors without
portfolio of the International Bankers Trust, but
DON'T call them DUPES!
Any smart guy with a phoney business deal to put
over would shun this "Arlington Club" list, as he
would the plague if he ever wished to get to first base
in the metropolitan business environs of this great I
commonwealth.
DUPES! Might as well try to pin that title on old
J. P. Morgan himself.
SO whatever the precise motives behind this pre
convention bomb-blast from Portland, duping
had nothing to do with it. Anyone seeking the truth
can put that in the old pipe and smoke it.
Nor is there as charged any direct or indirect Fifth
Columnist technique involved. These 18 gentlemen,
are even more devoted to the power and perpetuity
of the Grand Old Party than Congressman Mott, and
far more allergic either to the New Deal, or any pro
gram of radical social and economic reforms than
the resourceful congressman from the First District.
Imagine any one of them, for example, endorsing
the venerable Townsend Plan as Mr. Mott has persist
ently and conspicuously done! Individually and col
lectively they would be as likely to commandeer a
Columbia river ferry boat, and take to sea, with the
skull and cross bones of Captain Kidd, nailed to the
topmast !
DEAD them out of the Republican party because;
they want the Oregon delegation to support more
active intervention in World War No. 2? j
Why Congressman Mott might as well ask the pow
ers that be to "read out" Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler
and the Honorable Jim Wordsworth!
Without these 18 representative business and pro
fessional men of this great state, AND the type they
represent, the Republican party wouldn't be able to
collect enough cash-money in Oregon, to put out a
fifth ward shopping sheet, much less buy page-space
in the Oregonian or send anything substantial to the
national committee's war chest.
Small wonder the Roseburg delegates maintained j
a cold and unrelieved silence as the "Gentleman from
Salem" made this extraordinary request!
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1V I0RE than that.
While as before stated, we regard this pre-con-vention
blast against the Oregon congressional dele
gation, as bad politics from the party standpoint, and
are surprised such a loyal and ultra-conservative
group as this committee of 18 would not have FIRST
tried to thresh the controversial matter out in com
mittee rather than in the public press,
All that after all is solely a question of procedure.
As far as the direct issue is concerned, that of
generally supporting or opposing the Roosevelt ad
ministration's FOREIGN policy, the Mail Tribune
entirely agrees with this committee, and is entirely J
opposed to the program of the isolationists, which ,
Messrs. Mott, Angell and Holman have upheld by I
their votes, in practically every important roll call. 1
A ND finally instead of criticizing the action of this j
committee as detrimental to the Republican j
party, or anything reprehensible or improper, in any
sense, j
We believe, such a move will prove helpful to the j
party, that such action is in harmony with the best j
principles and traditions of democratic government,
that of representative responsibility and POPU-1
LAR rule, and that the net result will be to clear 1
the political atmopshere in the state, as far as Mr. j
Mott and his Oregon colleagues are concerned. I
Finally and even more important, it should clear I
the heads of the Oregon delegation, as to what line
the people of Oregon, really want their representa
tives at .Washington to adopt I '
Personal Health Service
Br William
Irned letters pertaining to personal health end hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will bo answered hy Dr. Brady II a etamped self
addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters sboald be brief and arttten In Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters reeelved only a few eaa be answered
here. No reply can bo made to queries not conforming to Initruetlont.
Addru Dr. William Brady. las El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Calif.
SO YOU WANT
A request constantly recur
ring in the mail suggests that
keeping up with the Joneses has
good deal to
do with the
r1 - j mgn cost or
. I medical care.
" 111. The request
?9r VoEeit I i. . A m thina
llkethls:"Have
been treated
by several lo-
J iurt cal doctors for
A I over a year
f "9 I I and have tried
several (near
doctors) too.
They do not
jeem to help me. Please rec
ommend a good specialist in
(city)."
Apparently people who de
cide to consult a specialist be
lieve a specialist is a superior
type of physician, a super-duper-doctor
who knows more or has
rr.ore skill than ordinary prac
titioners or mere "local" doctors
have.
That is a foolish and cosUy
notion. Certainly one physician.
here or in a distant city, may
know more or have greater skill
than another, but that is not
because the capable one pur
ports to be a specialist, nor need
a doctor have greater knowl
edge or greater skill than his
neighbors or colleagues in order
to become a specialist in any
field he prefers. Medical spe
cialism in America is purely a
matter of the personal prefer
ence or choice of the doctor
himself. Any doctor who has
obtained the degree. Doctor of
Medicine, bestowed by the med
ical college upon completion of
the medical course, and a license
from the state or province,
which permits him to practice
medicine and surgery, may en
ter upon general practice or
hold himself out as a specialist
in any branch or field of medi
cine or surgery without further
qualification or experience, if
he wishes. While specialists rec
ognized by the rank and file of
the profession command the re
spect and confidence of their
medical colleagues by reason
of years of postgraduate study
and experience in their chosen
fields, there are far too many
of the other type of specialists
in Yankeeland.
I call the other type "brass
specialists," meaning they are
not genuine. Brass specialists
take advantage of popular cre
dulity to appeal directly to the
public for patronage not In the
honest way of a merchant who
buys and pays for publicity, but
in the devious ways open to a
shrewd charlatan who does not
choose to quack it openly. They
use the prestige the name of
Hugh Johnson
Eyes Men and
Issues of Day
(Continued Prom Page One)
to the coming disastrous result.
You've got to have a parachute,
and it will be no good with
great holes In it.
A parachute for both prices
and wages is proposed here. No
body is proposing any rigid ceil
ing. No control of wages that is
not tied to the certain increase
In the cost of living has been
discussed. In a war economy
prices are bound to go up and
under these proposals the wages
of labor must go up in the same
ratio. Nobody dreams of pre
serving the old price structure
nr preventing an orderly rise.
The object here is only to keep
it from running away to abso
lute chaos and destruction.
e
IN such a sky-rocketing labor
always suffers first and worst
Nothing that labor, organised or
unorganized, ever gained or
dreamed of gaining would equal
in benefit this proposal to
control the rise, and, by Insuring
automatically a rise In wages
proportionate to the rise in the
cost of living, to secure to labor,
at long last a preservation of
the present high scale of "real
wages." That means to insure to
every head of a family that his
pay envelope will buy through
out all the troublous days ahead
at least as many groceries, as
much clothing, rent and all the
necessaries of life as it does to
day. Those who oppose this are no
true friends of labor. The reason
advanced, that labor is not a
commodity, is Just political hog
wash without any bearing on
the real elements of the prob
lem. Its only effect can be to
befuddle and bemuse workers to j
heir own disadvantace.
;
T'HFRE Is hardly a student of
t!vs siibjct, ri !,'.er? i
. : P that h" V.! ' ' r ? t
leuce with it, woo ooes not i
Brady. M. D.
A SPECIALIST?
"specialist" carries in the mind
of the untutored layman in
unfair competition with honest
general practitioners. Right
there is the outstanding differ
ence between the brass special
ist and the genuine specialist.
A real specialist's practice con
sist chiefly of work referred to
him by medical colleagues who
recognize his special capabili
ties, or in giving opinion or
advice in difficult or unusual
cases in which the attending
physician seeks his aid. The
brass specialist cannot hope to
build such a practice, so he
devotes himself to making a
noise like a specialist and beat
ing the honest general practi
tioner to the patient.
Brass specialists catch enough
suckers to live on, right from
the first, because, as Bamum
may or may not have said
(you fill it in) or, as Ol' Doc
Brady says "So you want a
specialist?"
QUESTIONS ANSHF.BS
Children's Tonsils
Our two children have bad tonsils.
Doctor aatd they should be taken
out before school starts. We have
heard they can bo taken out by
electricity, which Is better, taking
them out by electricity or cutting
them out? (Mrs. K. M. E.)
Answer Electro-coagulation (dia
thermy) is always preferable to sur
gical removal of tonsils In my opin
ion. This method Is seldom applicable
for children under eight. Unless a
child has ear trouble or faulty de
velopment of cheat or face or Jaw
or other serious effect of obstruc
tion of breathing. I would not do
anything about merely large tonsils
and adenoids, other than to see that
the child's general nutrition and
health are maintained and especial
ly see that any cavities In the teeth
are promptly filled.
Isn't tt Stupldr
I find your articles a souroe of
great Interest and helpful knowledge,
but you put some things too blunt
ly. Still, I shall be grateful If you
will send me the pamphlet "It Is
Stupid to Suffer Prom Plies."
Mrs. B. A.)
Answer Well, Ma'am, that's what
a lot of people say after they have
been cured. Fad I called the pamph
let "Why Suffer from Piles?" that
would Imply that I have a oure. and
I haven't any. All I offer Is knowledge
of how to have 'em cured.
sleeping In Feathers
Just at present I am unable to
buy a new mattress, so I sleep on a
metal bed with feather tick, the tick
covered with a cotton comfort, and
another cotton comfort for my own
cover. I am ST. have fine health, ex
cept some backache. (Mrs. M.O.)
Answer It la as healthful as any
other sleeping equipment money can
buy.
(Copyright 1041, John P. Wile Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
vvilllnm Brady, M. D, 6.1 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
know that prevention of infla
tion through price control is an
utterly foolish and futile gesture
a mountebank's clowning if
farm and labor prices are free
from control.
Yet, because some politically
minded labor and farm organi
zation leaders have seemed to
accede to this demagogy, some
even more politically-minded
federal officials have been will
ing to set aside the most obvious
facts and logic of this case, even
though the effect may be to sell
the country down the river to
the most terrible Inflationary
boom and deflationary bust that
this country has yet known.
We are asked to get out of the
realm of politics into the realm
of unity and nearly everybody
seems anxious to do Uiat except
the leaders who are asking for
unity in their own support.
Canadian Trainees
Balk at Boarding
Crowded Transport
Ottawa. Sept" 297 (AP) A
thousand Canadian-trained em
pire airmen stalked off a trans
Atlantic transport recently be
cause of conditions they found
aboard, the air ministry, ack
nowledging they had room for
complaint, promised today
"there need be no fear of any
repetition of the unfortunate in
cident." Canadians, New Zealanders.
and Australians were involved in
the affair which came to light
last night when Air Minister C.
G. Power announced that all but
"a couple of hundred" of the air
men reboarded the ship and now
ha e arrived overseas.
Vhose left behind, he said,
caught another ship a short time
later after being nominally dis
ciplined with a reduction in pay.
"The first airmen who went
aboard didn't like what they
saw," Power said. "They found
the ship dirty, they objected to
the sleeping arrangrments, they
doubted that the food would be
lood."
Olotn vr-.e C.i- '.J A-!
m. Tuo Let to C'.aestfy 11 so p
Kelly's
Comment
Prom Washington
Smaller Army
It Proposal
New Cantonment
Building Doubtful
Ceiling on Fir
Start Wednesday
By John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, Sept. 29
There is a bit of agitation in the
upper crust of the administration
regarding the army that may ma
terially affect the northwest. In
short, insiders are discussing
whittling down the size of the
army and making what we have
thoroughly efficient and armed
to the teeth. There were in the
army on September 4 a total of
1,580,775 officers and men.
Plans are now in operation to
return to civil life 200,000 by
the end of this year, among them
many national guardsmen and
draftees.
Brass hats say they will not
require any more cantonments
until congress votes an increase
in the army and appropriates
money. Also, they assert that
they have no present intention of
making such request from con
gress. There are being dispatched
to Iceland, Newfoundland,
Puerto Rico and other bases
many thousands of soldiers, as
well as marines and naval
forces. These bases must have
land forces with artillery and
antiaircraft weapons. In the Pa
cific 50,000 men are now in
Hawaii; other detachments are
to be located at such bases as
Midway, Wake, Johnston, Sa
moa. Thousands of soldiers are
at the many bases in Alaska. No
figures are available, but 400,
000 or more troops are now
scattered at all the bases. There
are probably as many soldiers in
Panama as there are in Hawaii,
e e e
' DISPATCH of such a number
of troops makes available the
existing cantonments for new
enrollees without building new
ones. With the Japanese situa
tion quieting, army men say
there will be no need of main
taining troops in cantonments on
the west coast; that the places
preferred are in the south and
on the Atlantic seaboard, where
weather conditions will permit
a longer period of training and
where, if necessary, an expedi
tionary force can be more
quickly embarked for service
than taking troops from the
Pacific coast.
More American troops are in
adequately equipped In the rush
to supply the British, Russians
and Chinese, with some muni
tions going to Latin America.
There are army men who Insist
that the time is arriving to have
a somewhat small but thorough
ly armed and trained force of
fighting men and to build up the
two-ocean navy. These pro
posals, however, do not affect
the army air corps, and the
bases in Oregon and Washington
will be developed and others
added.
e e
AT a White House conference
two weeks ago President Roose
velt inquired of a northwest
senator what would happen to a
bill to repeal the neutrality act
in the senate. He vas told that
"at this time such a proposal
would be defeated two to one."
Repeal of this act is, however,
practically certain and very
shortly. All that remains of the
neutrality act is forbidding the
arming of merchant ships, pro
hibiting Americans from travel
ing on belligerent vessels, and
keeping American merchant ves
! sels out of the war zone.
Within a few months It is re
garded as certain that the mer
chant boats now being construct
ed in Columbia river and Puget
Sound will be provided with
weapons. Plans for the "C" type
cargo carriers of the maritime
commission call for the strength
ening of certain parts where
guns can be mounted. This ar
rangement for armament was re
vealed by Joe Kennedy when he
was chairman of the commission
and before he was sent to the
Court of St James as ambas
sador. e e
ABOUT eight freighters will
discharge chromite on Puget
Sound for a stockpile. A similar
number will unload the same
kind of ore on the Willamette
river. A government agent has
been sent to the west to arrange
for space to store the ore. In ad
dition to the far east, quantities
of chromite are to be imporled
from Russia and some will be
brought from Alaska, where
northwestern capital Is being
used, partly furnished by a tim
ber owner.
e e e
SEPTEMBER 30 is the last
i day before the price ceiling is
! effective on Douglas fir. Leon
I Henderson, who imposed the
ceiling, thinks that the fixed
: price will save about S5.000.000
1 to civilian consumers and na
tional defense' in the ensuing 12
I months. Top price will be J60
for better flooring, vertical
i sraln; it has been $75 and up.
: Drop sirling will be $30, a reduc
tion of $8 to $10. and 1x4 ceilirg
' v.-ill be $43. a cut of from $7 to
$10.
Sales outside the schedule will
not be affected prior to October
1 "where actual delivery has
been made by the mill to the
purchaser or to a carrier for de-
i livery to a purchaser. Anyone
j selling 34.000 pounds or more of
! Douglas fir lumber for shipment
I at the mill in any calendar
month must keep a complete rec
; ord for office of price adminis
i trator and submit it upon re
! quest. The ceiling, f o b. mill,
j does not prevent charges for
I switching, actual transportation
I charges, etc. This is the first
blanketing of prices in an lm
! portant industry in the north-
west the most important single
industry.
By FRANK JENKINS
f EAVING Washington after an
Interesting two weeks.
In these hectic, boiling days, i
with a world in flux. Washing- i
ton must be one of the world's
most Interesting cities. At any
rate It is Interesting enough.
Not merely to country folk.
The great of the earth are gath
ered here, for one purpose or
another.
DROXIM1TY to the source of
great events adds astonish
ingly to the excitement engend
ered by them.
Out on the Pacific coast, the
evening the President was to
make his "rattlesnake" speech
was just another evening. In
Washington, you could feel the
tension in the air.
It was known that he was to
make an Important utterance.
What it would be was not
known. As it turned out, what
he said was not particularly
spectacular. But the crowds here
were Jumpy. That's what being
close to the source of big news
means. And, aside from the act
ual battles, Washington is the
source of most of the big news
these days.
JJOTEL rates are high. But the
4 wonder isn't that they are
high but that they aren't much
higher.
The room clerks are a harried
lot. Night after night they stand
behind their counters and ex
plain to worried and Impatient
and often angry people that they
simply haven't another room
left. Much of their time is spent
phoning around to other hotels
to find what is available else
where. Usually the answer is
"nothing."
One disgusted customer turned
away muttering: "Boy, wouldn't
I like to have a business where
I could spend all my time telling
people I'm all sold out!"
Washington Is a good modern
replica of a western boom min
ing camp in the old days.
1VHAT do Washington people
" think of the great Issues
that are in the making?
That Is a perfectly natural
question, and the answer is ab
surdly simple. If you will get
Into a crowd ANYWHERE IN
AMERICA and listen to people
talk, you will know exactly
what Washington people are
thinking.
In other words, opinion in
Washington divides along the
same lines as opinion all over
the country.
I EAVING by Highway No. 1,
" headed toward Baltimore.
As a general rule, the high
ways entering and leaving the
large cities of the enst are far
less modern than in the west.
Instead of wide, easily followed
four and six-lane , routes such
as those leading into and out ot
Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, they are apt to be
merely none-to-wide streets with
route signs none too frequent.
You have to keep a close watch
to avoid getting lost.
Washington is no exception to
this rule.
DALTIMORE. One of Amer
lea's great manufacturing
cities. Hard to get into by high
way, and no easier to get out of.
But they do have a route by
passing the business district,
which saves welcome time.
In Baltimore there are literal
ly miles of uniform brick apart
ment houses with white steps
leading down from the entrance
to the street level usually
about a half dozen. In the better
class apartmtnts these steps are
of white marble. In the poorer
ciass districts they are of wood,
painted white.
They are KEPT white. Obvi
ously they are scrubbed several
times a week most of them
i every day.
I Scrubbing these steps has
been a tradition in Baltimore
j for generations.
IT you pass through In the
I morning, you will be almost
1 sure to note that some of them
j have been scrubbed more re
loesUy and wore carefully than
In Hie
News
others. Baltimoreans tell you
there is reason for this.
The reason, they say, is SUP
ERSTITION. Maybe some unscrupulous
person with occult powers may
have come aroifnd during the
night and put hex on your
door. In that event, the thing to
do is to scour your steps thor
oughly and painstakingly, with
water and plenty of soap.
Otherwise, something highly
disagreeable might happen to
you. You might be stricken with
a loathsome disease. Or you
might fall and break leg. Or
your boy friend might run out
on you.
There are many things that
might happen.
fT course you don't believe It
much. In this modern
world, things like that just
aren't.
Still, soap and water are in
expensive, and the steps do look
a lot better after they have been
freshly scoured.
Anyway, these white steps are
kept amazingly clean as a whole
and some of them are undenW
ably cleaner than others.
Flight o' Time
Medford And Jackson Coonty
History from the files of the Mall
Tribune 10 and 20 years aco.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
September 29, 1 93 1
(It was Monday)
Hunter shoots brother in mis
take for deer upstate.
Nine California couples ob
tain marriage licenses at county
clerk's office.
Tourists continue flocking to
Crater Lake.
Architect rush plans for new
courthouse for early call for
bids.
Medford high football squad
to play Marshfield here next
Saturday.
Cloudy and warmer, with a
high of 70 and low ot 40 de
grees. Three women prisoners In
county jail spend time singing
at all hours.
Both Republican and Demo
cratic leaders put "soft pedal"
on return of beer.
Mail Tribune will broadcast
world series games starting next
week.
Apple crop of valley hard hit
by worms.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
September 29. 1921
(It was Thursday)
Jackson is banner county at
state fair with a total of 98.4
points. Mrs. C. E. Gates wins
first prize for exhibiting the
biggest pumpkin pie.
Fatty Arbuckle, film come
dian, charged with manslaugh
ter, is freed on bonds and re
turns to Hollywood.
Tramps numbering 450 seize
Southern Pacific freight train
near Santa Barbara and police
await arrival at Los Angeles.
Adkins building and Stewart
building in business district
bought by J. F. Hale.
Home offices of the California-Oregon
Power company to
move here from San Francisco
at an early date.
Plans discussed for turning
old ball park into high school
field.
Warm days and cool nights
prevail. High 84, low 36 de- H
grees.
U. S. Power Expansion
Is Planned to Exceed
Ail Axis Facilities
Washington, Sept. 29. VP)
The federal power commission
disclosed today that It had
"launched what it Intends to be
the largest electric power expan
sion ever undertaken, with the
announced objectives of giving
the United States greater gener
ating capacity than all of Ger
many, Italy and the axis occu
pied countries.
The projected expansion con
temptates expenditure of more
than $1,500,000,000 in private
and public funds over a five
year period. The Reconstruction
Finance Corporation has made
available $150,000,000 to get
the program going.
The commission program pro
poses to raise the United States
kilowatt hour output in 1934 to
214.000,000,000.
'This plan," the power agen
cy said, "is today based on the
necessity of preparing for de
fense expenditures which, by
1943, will be running at $3,000,
000,000 per mor.th."
DRIVERS' PAY "BOOSTED
Portland, Sept. 29. (,?)
Portland trucking firms today
increased wages of 1,000 AFL
drivers 25 cents a day, Marvin
Mayo, teamster's union secre
tary, said.
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a. m oo late tt. Classify 13 JO p.
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