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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1934)
B * T D K D A M C IIM O N IC I.K News Review o f Current Events the World Over Johnson AvrrU T n lilr Slrikr and Tarklra Stiri Worker»* Threat— Step» for Drouth Rrlirf— Fletcher Made Hepuhliran Chairman. Wy EDWARD W. PICK Alt!) 1 ENERAL JOIINHON. administra lor of Ih* M IA , evidently musi b* |! i m rrvOII for • skillful pirro of « o r » I» or* I loin»« Ih » agrawwnit which foro«Ullo<l I ho Ibroolonoil o trk o of ■ » imo ♦ « , ! « • ) * nfbora In ibo rollon i r m i » Industry Vbo i m » dialo porli «rao lo ibo « o r b a r » ih ow aoi»»». for ib » r o llo « talli owners. «a>b*rra»u-d b» o » c f |»To«|tirilon »■m ill bo « m i n « lo • b oi 4 « « n Ibolr pianta f » r a rouMd»r M f T i 8 m nblo Unto, o f rotirao, (ha N o l»ral »«»ubi bata *uffciw 1 a »la ri a|a. ao Oonoral iohbaon ta- bir»l Iba prohloin »tw»r«*( (rally and por aoadod Tbotnaa I bl> blabun, proaidonl af Ib» United T e tilla W o fb o fi of Amarlra. and flo o r «» »loan, band of Iba t Vitto» T a l l i i » Inanimo 1« arrapi a ffo ip ru m i». and Iba rail for Iba atrtka « a » r * » ohad. Tb» onipb>rara ara permitted lo «■> ab«ad » i t b ibolr progiam af curtailing production 8 par rani, and ib » labor ara b a i» Iba pr«taia» o f an M IA la ro » II«« (loa Itilo I bo atanor o f bl«bar » a « « « and oibar potata o f «liti«•roti«'» Tbo onion alno la aaaurad o f lO'-roaao.l raprcaontallo« on Iba Industrial rola Ilona board o f Ibo m i l " « lo tlllo rodo authority and oa Iba M IA adMoory board Th » »»a t groat labor trouble. Ibo 41» pul» b o t o » » « |bo »tool mattar* and Ibo Amal«atuoto>l A murisi Ion o f trow, bltof and T ía W orb ora. prootlaod to bo amr» difficult for «¿onoraI Johns»« to handta, and II aootnod I bat prompt • d 'i ’O bp Proaldonl Rnoaorvll «rooId bo aorooaarr to a t * n ibo ibrratoood «rib o . Tbo m a» domami ib » right of f ° , n «1 lti bar « alni t>« through Ibo ani»a afonia Mirbaol F Ti«h o. proa Moat of I ho Am ai««m otori, do. U fo I II » • * up lo blr, llonoior oil to prm Ido "prompt aad unqualified oaforrmaMM of ibo law " oa ibla point Ilo aald ibo «'•»orntuoni bad fattori Ibo alrol am k •*• and “ il,<-tr pallet..» i* o fb a n o lo d " < i onora I Job noun »(Torod a compro- »"*!»• I » ib# form o f a *|x* tal lalmr r*¡aliona board fo r ibo alm i industry, almllar la lhal a b lrb aaa rfaolorl for Iba atiiotnoti«» industry la March, ftqi Iba proportion aaa rejected by both Ibo atari matter* and Ibo *pnbro a«rn for iba union Accorditi« lo iba AmorUan Iron and Tirol Instituí*, lb * atrìbo Ibrraia aro duo In lb * a rlltllio o o f union loo dor * ai.o n o t «o t ornino til Inter i cut ion “ to aianruter tbomsrlioa into poaiitona o f poaor and dotnlnallnn orar ib * atrot •othara of ib » n a ilo n " In a formal atalantan!, tba Instituía * Morire) ro tallona of alrol rompanlra and a «ro a ! eia»* o f Ibolr em p loy *«« ara "p »«r w ful," and that Iba «h o la difficultr lina altb Ibo Amalfatnatcd a*oortatli>n Th# "rloaad ahop" la tb# on# point at imho , ib * aiatomonl » » y*. and for Ib* employer« lo " »r e e d » to »urli a roquoai would b* rank treachery G D o i 'N K l ) ta action by lb* drouth. * ' which la lb* worm ll>* couniry b*a * «»r experienced, l*roaldont lin o *. »•U telephoned from Groton. Conn., lo th* federal relief ad inlnUirailon, direct In« tii*: a Biieclal relief work prn«ram be put Ini» operation Im mediately in o ,, di* western ala lea. <*•» b l e r e t u r n l o " "»Mu«Ion he called a council of war to et- l*and hi* plana and bear pru|Hiaala from ♦nrli.ua ion ern incut nttiriaia. It waa atal- •'* by Mr. Roosevelt Chat far mera aimiiid l>« given ra»h Infoino from *"rli and alan employnionl on prnj- #rt* *o tbal Ihclr Iminedlata distress mifht h» alleviateli. Marry Hopkins. federal ettier- fciicy relief administrator, at once al- I"caled »11 .Vgi.i»#, in 13 atatea ao tbal the w.,ra could at art The atatea ro ceiving allotments nre : Wlaconalu, g'J,- Inn.nui j Minnesota. It.nnonoO; Sottili ibikota, 8I.OT i O. imm >; Idaho, $&M.UU0; Kiinaaa, I2IMI.IMI0; Montana. ffin O «*»: Nebraska. 92TROUO; New Mexico. $1111». **’•» : North I in kola, MOMMO; Utah, fObn.otiO} Wyoming, flfhUlOO " "rk projects Mr. llopblna said, mil lia pul speedily under way to am- l*biy the heads of farm familles In heed. Th# project» will Include the development o f additional water »up Ply through digging wells and through Impounding or diverting water from rtver* and lake» M *«*«-*»*f l'Uva Trujarla employing men and women In lb* canning of meal, frulla and v eg atablo» also will bo used to con ••ris food resource# of iba area abd furnish rash Incorna for Ib» familia». Il.ied work, aa wall, will próvida coo aldrrabls amargency amploymont I.JK S M T T FLETCHER of Tet.nayl 1 1 »»» la baa baon banded Iba raibac diffirull Job of managing lb » llepob ttCW patty Tli* M tloM l mwigllllgg •I » • asMlon lo Obi m *o a l a c i a d him chairman lo sur. *e.| Kvereti Handera Tbla would aeem to be » «In » cholea, far Mr. tleirbar i* aa able ami energetic man. notable for big diplo macy and lari and al ao for ready wit. In I k 0 a b# an*o.Pined law practica lo be come un» of Theodora H. P. Plot char 1 • Itmigti liniera, and after •ha roto|*iign In ikiba be transferred lo iba Infantry and served through lbs VhUIpplne Insurrection. 11« entered Ih» diplomane sec ile » in liar.' and aft er valuable servia» In Cuba. China. Tortuga! and again In China, ba waa aurrosal valy ambassador lo ChUat, M stiro, Itelglum and tlaly. Tor a lima during iba (larding administra lion be waa undersecretary of alai», and after bis retirement from tb* »m b* s*y in Home be waa rhair insù of lb « federal tariff commission Tb# national comodila* adoptad a atstroieni of principi»« for lb* party I » Ibo fall campaign which in lampar- ala bul Arm language condemned tb* doings of lb* Io-inurratlr administra Uotk. without aay personalities. aad »•or» ape. ig e a li y aal forth what Ib* Republiran party Ihlnht ab«uld be don» lo realera Ib» nailon lo pro»j>*r- lly tip* tuo» a uh Ib» atalameol tbal "Anvartrsa Inai li «liona and Amrrireu rirlllM ibin aro In greater danger to day Ibaa al any lima aloca lb* foun dation of Ib» lie public." Ib» aiaiemonl plunge-! Immediately Into diacusaioo of lb* ne»d for anelai legislation. There was »Murane* of liberal treat ment of the*« problema In Ihia para graph : • Our nailon la be*»| wtih problema of innati» romp cxity th# problem* » f recovery; of unemployment, with Ila unending lale of human suffering; of agricultor», with Its Inst markets and relatively low prliss; of forever check ing abuse* and esce—ea (hai has* ba rom » all loo apparent. and I hereafter the pr s a wider spread " f prosperity of rallasing tba hardships o f unemployment and old age, and of avoiding the*» tragic depression*. The— problema musi b» approached In a broad, liberal and ptofrcM iv» spini. unham|>erod by dead formulas or loo obstinately dinging lo Ih* (mal." .Solution of Ib» problema, however, said Ib » statement, should be '‘within lb* framework of American Inalltu- Ilona in accordane* with th* spirit and principles of Ihe founder# of tba ltd- public." Further on Ib* platform aald; "Wa ara opposed lo revolutionary changa without imputar mandala—and all •changst by usurpation.' ihe customary weapon by which free governments ara destroyed. ” W* bellev* that Ihe prearnt enter geury laws vesting dictatorial powers in lha Tresldenl must never b* permit ted lo become a permanent part of our governmental ay stem." Muring Us ae—Ion the cotntnlMro raised more than enough money to pay all II* debía. OT TUR INTKKIOR S ECRETARY II A ll! *1.1* ICKKM Journey til lo l lilrugo and teslifled In Ihe disbar- mem proceedings brought by bltu against two Chicago lawyer*. C. IV. I arseti and J. M Malinin, the latter MCg a Mini Judge of the Virgin Is landa. Mr. Icke* aaserletl Ihe defend- ania had tried to blackmail him In or der to obtain for Malinin Ihe |>n#ltlun of governor of the Virgin lalanda and a federal |Mial for lAraen. 11« aald their "wttspiracy" was based on "trumped up rhargea" growing out of a Trolnvl» court rita» he handled as an ■Homey soni# year« ago. The secretary‘a rhargea were Inter flatly denied by the defendant». The raae waa being heard hy Hie grievance commute« or the Chicago dar »«so- elation. B RITAIN formally notified G UKAT lha United Sinica that II would noi pay anything on lha war deb! In atallmenl dua June IS; that II would mak* no mora pa.-menta until th« United fliataa con—nta to a downward revision of lha debt, and dial any dis cussion of revision at this tint« would It« useless. All of which means plain default Tba British not« was sent in response to a blunt notlflratlon from Tresldenl Itooaaveil a* to Ilia sums dti* ll waa evident, from foreign die- patches, that lha other debtor nations, e*c*pi Tltiland. would follow tba roura» adopted by lha British. " I 'l l K i t K waa rejoicing In Belgium A when It waa announced mat a *<>u had hero born lo ib* now king and (JUeen. l.eo(uild and Aatrld. Mother and child wor# r»|*>rted to ba doing wall. Tba monarch*, who ware mar ried In IWfl, bava two other children, Josephine Chariot!», all, and liaudolo. I hr»-«-, heir apparent to lha llirona. OREGON STATE NEWS H ow e About: ITEMS OF INTEREST ---- Brief Resume of Happenings ef the Week Collected for Our Readers c »*11 Syadloat* —WWW asrvtsa By ED HOWE Bend — Tiro has destroyed lha bruoder bou»« of K. I. Groff, near Bend. Included In th* lo— wera 100 J - week-old chicks kept In tba brooder In which lha fir* storied. Itermlslon — T h « anunal picnic o f tha Umatilla County Wool Growers* auilllary will b« held next Hunday at Battle Mountain park. Thrr* prltea for lha host lamb dishes will ba awarded. \ I C ell Interesting Information was * ’ • given th» sparlal bou— romtnlt- lee that la Investigating "un American" activities in tb» United Htatea, these Eugene — Tha Lana county court being especially lha has granted 3(1 old age pensions aril« in— of lha Ns nil. out of <01 applications. Th* aver age payment will be i 't 5 7 per T a c t s a n d figures «era presented »bow month. T h « total Jun« outlay for ing officials of lb* pot.»Inns will be 13302. (irrman government Albany — C. V. Boyer, president bad spent money for of the Untvoraity of Oregon, will lha dissemination of figure In the circuit court at Albany pro German Informa as a defendant In a damage suit be tion In this couniry, gun by C. W. Dengs. The trial I# a lha Germaa ambassa sequel lo an aulomobl!» accident on dor. fir. liana l.utber. lha highway south o f Albany about and tba German con a year ago. Or. Mane sul general In New Luther Astoria — Tempt* lodge. A. F and York. I>r. Olio Klrp. A. M , of Astoria, will celebrate It■ both figuring In lha testimony. ftoctor Klefi was said to bava paid ■ Olh anniversary. Tha lodge was or to a New Turk city publicity ganized in ]S (3 and was given ■ and business promotion Arm to "obtain charter In IS&t, five years before publicity in ibla country" of anil- Oregon was admitted to statehood Memltic statements. 11» was aald. also, and Iwo years before Astoria was In to Have contributed, unofficially and In corporated aa a city. behalf of a third person. MOO In MO Astoria — Plans for the Installa bills for tb« publication of a pro-G*r- tion of a permanent lighting system man pamphlet, ttoctor l.utber was da- for Gyro field In order that the field acrlbad aa tba Rnamlal barker and may be used for night athletic con sponsor of tba pamphlet. tests and olher events during th» Under etamlnallun. Carl fdrkoy. American Legion convention are be partner In tba Now York firm of Carl ing pushed by tha Gyro club of As fiyolr and Associate*, »aid his firm baa toria. a contract with tba German tourisi In formation offica, receiving lfl.000 a Miner tins Lucky Mirtke month "giving advtca, counsel, and Medford — Squaw creek In th* gelling I of ether material for travel Applegate country has brought Joy Information." to another gold miner. I)* v » Fore» About twice a month, too. be testi o f Central Point last week took out fied. a ab»et tilled "German American a pocket lh »r», which netted him Kroaotnlc Bulletin'' la prepared and mailed lo a "Itsi of about TOOO news 94000. paper# and some few business Institu Month Have« Farmer tions." Roaeburg — Jeasa Nerall, home On* »lines*. It»». Trancta Croat of t'erlb Amboy. V J, linked Ambassa steader In the Mount Scott region dor I .other with alleged pro Gorman near her», decided to go outsld* of propaganda In a letter wbleb he road hla horn*. 11« did. As Instant later lo lha commute«. Talker Groaa. a ro a bolt o f lightning struck and flrad ll red Catholic priest, told bow be had tha atructura. published a pamphlet »nillled. "Justice Fire Strikes Cave City fo Hungary. Germany and Austria." Grants Taa» Destroying all tha fjiter lha com ml tie* heard a atory of the nation wide distribution of Natl principal business houses, fir * lata “ propaganda"- aome of II allegedly last Saturday night awept through brought Into I be United Htatea with Cava City, southern Oregon's newest out customs Inspection. Evldenc# waa town, located about 30 miles weal o f presented lo show lhal German con Grants Pass. Damage was estimated suls had encouraged organisation of at 139,000. pro German club# lo which Ihe “ prop Shipping Season Curtailed aganda" was sent. Ashland — With approslmataly SO Reprr—Ota tires of Ihe Htale. 1'oal Of- fle* and tjibor department» were In par cent of tha »»H ay's cherry crop terested listener# lo the t—tltnony pro spoiled and made useless for market purposes by Ihe racent haary rains, duced. shipments from Ashland that prev OUIS RARTHOO. foreign mlnlatet iously have lasted Into the latter of Trance, appear# a# th* domi part o f July will be virtually com nating figure In the negotiations that pleted by the end of this rnontb. may dispel tba war clouds banging Salem Pulp Plant Down over E u r o p e . Tba most Important thing Salem — Anouncement was made he already has ac- at tha plant of tha Uragon Puip and rotnpllshed la tha en Paper company here that the plant gineering of an ac had closed Indefinitely due to a tie- corti between Franca up caused by the longshoremen's and Germany on con •trlk* In Portland and also to con dltlona for thè Haar serve material In »vent an emergen pleblaclt* and aettlng cy run Is needed. Six hundred em- ths datr for that rots j ployees were made Idle, on January IS, IPSA, Bottle Travels IM> Miles Th# agreement gives _________ flood River — Varnon Kltchel, a assurance ___________ that Franca, _ Louis •artbau u„ j rr pretext of Parkdala boy. has boon notified preserving order, will not use fore« to that Ihe bottle containing a note, hleh he sent floating down Hood prevent Ihe return of the Saar basin lo Germany. Il «Ino mrans that tha river November 26 of last year, waa Germana n»w bave everythlng lo Iosa picked up on Ihe north shore of tha and nothlng lo gain from a putsch In Columbia rlvef. near Stevenson, a Ih» Saar, ao thè {toaslhlllty of a clasb week ago. O. F. Martin was the in thè near futuro I# »Irtually ellml- finder of the bottle, which had trav nated. Of special Importali«-» la a eled about 60 mites. rim is e that amounts to recognltlon of Bov Fartory Busy thè rigida of Jewlsh and antl-.\axl mi Gresham — The Rotary cut box noriti«-# In thè Saar. In tb# dlsnrmament conferenc* tn factory, owned and operated by Mr. Cenava M. Ilarthou Ima been equally and Mrs. P. F. Kelt, employ* 26 men forreful thmigh noi so peaceful In hls and women and is turning out an dolnga. He ha» si «od out flrnily average of 35,000 hallorks a dav, all agnina! Ih» Herman demanda for arma absorbed by the local trade. They eqiinllty and ha# greatly angered Slr have operated a box factory In John Simon. Brillali forelgn secrelary. Gresham for Ihe past nine years and In connection wlth Cnnnaellor Itoaen- due to the developing bualness found berg of the Soviet embassy In Paris, it necessary to enlarge their plant. Itarthou bis been forming what Is ------- called an eastern Locarno pact to tm Nugget Worth y ilk l Found signed hy Ituasla, Rumania, Ox echo- j Raker— A nugget containing about Slovakia. Lithuania. Imtvla and Es 1400 In gold waa found recently by tonia. with Franca as Ita moral guar Joe McCoy on Ihe McCoy and Lan- antor. Thla would he rather a shock yon placers n-ar Granite. The prop to Germany ami Poland, am! the Fran erty waa worked by the Chlneaa co-Itusalnn bloc thus formed would placer miners about 46 years ago. fore# Great DrPaIn Into the back- of „„usually rich ora It ground In matter# concerning rontl- , . k n hy force by whit« man. nental Europe To block thla achema "pockat" containing $40.00« tha British would be glad to have th* , tok#B 0,„ „ yMrg , ro. T ha arms conference agree on a minimum pU|m nMr A |am0( „ well-knotf« program and then adjourn. j gho|t town. L Sentiment Manufactured Roar Ford’* Philosophy HE groaa aantlmentallty Americana have long practiced In their public affair*, and do not privately bailee« to. baa dona them great harm. No ana can doubt It was our foolishly senti mental talk of making tba world aaf* f'-r democracy that landed oa to tba World war. at an expense wbleb bank rupted ua. and harmed Instead of pro moted democracy: It g a r« tha patt- Uclans their present terrible power. Groaa sentimentality (too much sym pathy for aril doers) ruined our court«, and built op a legal system that la the astonishment of tb* Intelligent world; If has corrupted our youth, our women and our religion— everything wa are now In almost universal revolt against had Its Inception lo groaa sentimen tality. The writers an) leader» known is the Hob Squad have taken advantage of our smiling, hypocritical scqulea- enc« li, «entlinental folly until wa tra th* laughing stock of ail Sana foreign ers. Our present groaning because of self-inflicted wound# will make a page tn futura histories that will disgrace the one* brave word American, e • # I have lived so long, and beard ao many tales, only a very unusual ona Interests me. Today I gsva a Bttla at tention to tbla: A twenty-year-old girl of th« beat set In a small town Is taking a liquor cure. • s • I have Just been reading another African book, and encountered two well behaved maidenly ladle« who went everywhere. They bad oa am bition beyond seeing the country; no reforms to Introduce. So they were welcomed by all tb* white«, and tba native« found them ao on usual they were also delighted to see them. Tba author thus dismisses them finally; “They bad been everywhere to tba world that one would Uka to go, and experienced nothing that to their ayaa amounted to risk or discomfort. But they will never writ* a travel book, their observation la too accurate, their views too aane, to command attention." • • • The writing between the line« her« la that publishers will print nothin* about Africa, or anything ala«, ns« absurdly exaggerated. In everything In print publishers Insist that lions roar menacingly, maul buntera, and carry off women and children. In all you read, look out for tha manufactured roar, and discount tt, or your reading «*111 add to your con fusion. • a • Henry Ford recently wrote: “ A man baa no divine right to a Job, bot must work to find work. G n r ttf un dermines character; self-help 1« tha only road to economic salvation. I da not believe In routlna charity; I think It a shameful thing that any man should have to stoop to take It or give I t It la neither helpful nor bnman. The charity of our cities la th* moat barbarous thing tn our system. True charity la a much more costly effort than money giving. Unemployment has become on« of the most dreadful words tn the language." . . . This philosopher spent a large amount o t money tn getting thla sound thinking before the people, but they paid not thw slightest attention to IL • • • 1 was once In the company of a moth er and daughter, and especially ad mired the daughter. "She deserves all yon aay of her now." the mother aald. “ but as a child the waa terrible; I was busy half tha time returning things she stole from the neighbom And she was a tyrant with the other children and with her parenta In bar babyhood I as sincerely regretted she ever was born as I now rejoice In It. for she la an unusually creditable woman; she frequently shames me with her ladylike manners." . . . I admired the young woman the more because she so successfully overcame the natural bad habits of youth. Suc cess In life is realization aa we grow up that if we are to enjoy the comforts of civilization, we must acquire civi lized habits. • • • T 1 rarely read without encountering a statement that capitalism has failed. . . . Every such statement la silly, but no one can be convinced of It. Capitalism Is nothing more than the ! least troublesome way, demonstrate«! by long experience, of handling neces sary barter. It has no more failed than haa marriage, or law, or phi losophy; not nearly so much aa ro I llgion or democracy. . . . What do the«» men mean when they aay capi talism haa failed: Ar* they declaring that when we wish to bay a railroad ticket It ta better to pay for It with corn on tbo ear or pigs oa tba koaf than with money! J ’ f t ;