July 16, 1033
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THE KLAMATH NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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A Really Commendabl)
Sen-rice.
y-yN Monday renlng, the Lea-
J (u et 'Women Voters will
., a meeting at tha Rain
bow theatre tor tha purpose of
tmnartial discussion of the meaa-
area to he roted on at the spe
cial election on July 11.
This meeting will bo more
than Just open to the puoiie.
Tha nubile la URGED to anena.
Tha purpose of tha League la to
provide Intelligent ana accural":
unlanatlon of all the measures,
so that Totera who are In doubt
may make up their minds as to
how they want to cast their Bal
lots. Tha Initiative and the refer
endum are. anything hut perfect
Thr are cumbersome and ex
pensive. Measures presented un
der them hava to be taken or
left, as is, with no opportunity
for change or amendment. But
we have both the initiative and
the referendum, aa a definite
nart of our system of govern
menL' and are not likely to dis
card them. So the thing to do
Is to use them as effectively and
aa constructively aa possible.
The way to do that la by
thoughtful and impartial discus
sion and consideration of the
measures presented on the bal
lot. aa that people may arrive
at a thorough understanding of
all the laws that are proposed
and so may vote Intelligently.
If tha neonle of Oregon under
stand fully the measures that
are to be voted on, there need
be no worry aa to their decision.
Tha League of Women Voters
la to bo commended for Its pub
lic spirit In arranging Monday
jrvanlnr'a meetlne-. Providing.
impartial Information upon
which tha voters may base In
telligent judgment is a real eer
vice.
Where) la Disarmament
Failure Driving Us?
AS tha world disarmament
conference puts off until
October tha task of reaching
soms sort of sgreement. Secre
tary of tha Navy Swanson an
nouncea a plan to build the C.
S. cavy up close to treaty
strength; and once again It be
comes painfully evident that the
Job of cutting down the world's
military establishments is el'
most Impossibly difficult.
There are more men under
arms today than there were in
tha spring of 1914. The world's
annual expenditures for nation'
al defense are far higher today
than they were In 1914. The
suspicions, fears and Jealousies
which led up to the war in 1914
are duplicated today by emo
tions equally strong and equally
dangeroua.
Last winter Gen. Douglas Mc
Arthur, U. S. army chief of
ataff. compiled figures on the
world's armies. He showed that
Europe, Japan, China and the
United States are keeping a
total of 6,107,638 men In uni
form. To do this, and to main
tain their navies, air fleets and
border defenses, these nations
are spending around $4,000,000,
000 a year.
Before tha war those armies
numbered 4,083,000, and the
total military expenditures were
about. 11,500,000,000 annually,
Thosa facts In themselves are
dismaying enough. But when
you contrast them with the high
promises all world statesmen
made their people during and
Immediately after the war, the
situation becomes even more
discouraging.
Wa were told, then, that the
nations of the world would make
a new effort to keep the peace.
Tha League of Nations would
help settle disputes; there would
be non-aggression treatlea, arbi
tration agreementa and what
not to make war lets likely; tha
frightful sacrifices of tha World
War would he Justified by the
fact that no such war could ever
happen again.
Into the Versailles treaty was
written tha pledg that the
World War vlctore would dis
arm Just aa sooa as they pos
sibly could.
And today disarmament looks
farther away than vr, armies
are bigger than erer, and more
gold than erer before la being
laid on tha altar of the god of
war.
What's the answer? Will we
stumble blindly along until at
last ws trip Into a worse war
than tha last one or will we
finally Insist that statesmen lire
up to their promises and fire
us the disarmament they hare
promised T
War On Racketeer
NOT least significant of re
cent developments la the
fact that tha Crusaders, origin
ally orgsnlied to fight prohibi
tion, hava bow converted them
selves Into aa organisation to
make war on racketeers.
Because of the Intimate hook
up between the prohibition law
and tha racketeer, any group
which works tor the repeal of
prohibition haa got to give aome
attention to th racketeer prob
lem.
There la no question but that
the racketeer baa dona a great
deal to awing public sentiment
against prohibition. Justly or
otherwise, the 18th amendment
haa been blamed tor bis exla
tence. But wo should bo mak
ing a tremendoua mistake It we
took It for granted that all we
need to do to abolish him la to
aboltsb the 18th amendment.
That would help, of course.
The bootleg racket waa first of
tha large-scale rackets. snd
from the very start It was the
moat lucrative. But no one who
reada the daily newspapers and
sees ever-recurring headlines
about the "milk racketeers,"
the "dry cleaning racketeers,"
the "labor racketeers." the "gam
bling syndicates," and so on, can
be so naive as to suppose that
the boose racket stands alone.
During the decade that began
in 1920 the worda "organized
crime" took on a very real and
definite meaning. Before that,
big cities had had scattered
groups of criminals operating
independently, and they had had
more or less loose groups of
hoodlums who worked )tx gangs:
but thera never had been any
genuine centralisation of any
carefully - planned organisation.
The powerful and cohesive un
derworld gangs that curse our
cities today are creations of the
last dozen years.
In part these groups owed
their birth to prohibition but
only in part. They are even
more Indebted to the fact that
through many years we had let
venality, favoritism and self-Interest
rule our city politics. The
ward leader, the corrupt alder
man, the crooked political boss
these men presided at the
racketeer's birth, and they con
tinue to shelter tha racketeer
today.
That la why tha Crusaders'
action la so encouraging. Re
pealing prohibition will only be
a first step In the war on rack
ets. To pretend that It will do
the whole Job would be to de
lude ourselves In a tragic and
expensive manner.
A Dog'a Life And Ours.
A CITIZEN set out the other
day to buy a dog; and he
remarked that mankind loves
dogs because dogs hava so msny
human virtues.
That Is the way ws commonly
look st It; but It Is quits pos
sible that the real reason we
love dogs Is because they have
so msny human frailties.
Everyone who baa ever owned
a dog knows that a dog can win
his master's affections most
surely by displaying qualities
that aren't ordinarily classed as
virtues. A dog can be a brag
gart, a bluffer, a Falstaftlan
kind of coward, afraid of his
own shadow, but hiding It by a
great show of loud-voiced valor;
he can be Jealous, deceitful, ar
rogant, designing and stupid:
and In most cases we lor him
all the more for it.
To be sure, he also wins ne
by his fidelity. But what really
wraps our hcartstrlnga about
him la usually our realization
that he Is, like ourselves, a frail
vessel filled with the minor vices
of an Imperfect world.
In French Indo-Chlna the wom
en wear trousers, men wear
skirts, and children are glveu
numbers Instead of names.
Federal land holdings In the
United States are estimated to
contain nearly 100 billion tone
of coal.
Some H. 000. 000 balea of cot
ton were ginned In th United
States In 1911.
WASHINGTON
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
a a ' a
The Inside Story From The Capital
a e a a
By PAI L MAI.LON
(Copyright, liJJ, by Paul Mellon)
Nonchalance
WASHINGTON, July IS Former Prealdent Hoover la doing
more than playing with bla war mementos out at Palo Alto.
Casually the big boya of tha republican party are dropping In
to aee him.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania la there now. The news got
out soma daya ago. Ha explained he was making the trip to
aee tha annual hl-JInka at Bohemian Grove. The Idea that there
could be any politico Involved waa aolemnly pooh-poohed.
You can Imagine his amass
ment when he finds ex-8enator
Smoot of Utah knocking at the
Hoover door abont the same time.
Mr. Smoot gave np hl-JInklng a
long time ago. Ha haa a better
excuse for going. It seems he
must see his banker friend,
Henrv Robinson, at Loa Angeles
and will stop at Palo Alto on the
way back.
Thar will be other Bl-JInkera
present. Including Mr. Hoover's
Washington weather vane, Law
rence Rlchey, and ex-poetmaater
general Brown, the master mind
of the last republican campaign.
They will not miss Ogden
Mills. He has recently been
there. His excuse was the best.
His father's will reo. u I res him to
remain In California two weeks
each year. But the will doee
not mention Palo Alto. Mr.
Mills selected the spot himself.
They will also not misa ex
Senator Watson of Indiana, but
tor a different reason. Ha waa
not invited.
Strategy
The meeting of the mtnda at
the home of tha forgotten man
la apparently to consolidate re
publican atrategy.
Mr. Hoover has been writing
some confldentlsl letters to his
friends here. No one will admit
it officially but Senator Reed
corresponded with the former
president frequently during the
laat aesslon ot congress. Minor
ity Leader 8nell received at
least one letter. Also, the ex
president has been kept closely
in touch with developments thru
Mr. Rlchey.
There seems to be no ground
for the rumors now being whisp
ered around that Mr. Hoover
Inspired Mr. Snell to make that
attack on the democratic bud
get policy. Indeed, those who
speak for him here, whisper that
he favors a policy ot strictest
silence regarding the democratic
recovery program.
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If that Is Mr. Hoover's policy,
the wiser hesds here sgree with
it. They believe it would be a
mistake to start sniping at any
of Mr. Roosevelt's policies. They
know that time will afford them
greater opportunities for poli
tical activity than any they have
had so far.
For that reason thev are not
all 'in all In accord with repub
lican chairman Saunders' policy
of holding sectional committee
meetings. Neither do they look
with favor on recent agitation to
oust Saunders. It was started
here recently by ex-Senator Wat
son and his friends who have no
love for their fellow Indlanlans.
What will come out of It all is
nothing.
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Liquor
The word has been passed to
the chosen few that liquor will
be back on the morning of No
vember 8.
That Is the date confidentially
fixed by Investigators who hsve
been canvassing the situation In
the statea. It la not being made
public because It Is not yet ab
solutely certain.
The prediction Is based on the
expectation that five states will
ratify repeal of the eighteenth
amendment finally on Norember
7. These fire would put the re
pealer over the top. More than
32 states are expected to ratify
before that date.
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Nectar
This will be big news to busi
ness. It means that the net
worth tax and hers levied at
tho last session of congress will
If Those Government Control Measures Work Out
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never go Into effect. They will
be repealed automatically when
liquor revenue atarta rolling In.
Every business with capital
slock outstanding will be affect
ed. They would have been taxed
10 centa on each 11.000 ot its
net worth.
Campaign
The larger banks are quietly
perfecting a strong organisation
against the Glass law. Another
confidential meeting will b held
Here shortly, it will be bigger
than th preliminary meeting re
cently held. By tall, they may
hav a full fledged national cam
paign under way.
Thev are counting on help
from the smaller banka out In
the country which may not be
able to qualify for th deposit
guarantee.
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Notes
No on here believe Mr. Hoo
ver has any personal ambitions
for 1930. It appeara that what
he la striving to do la to keep
the party machinery In the hands
of the right people. Or those
he considers to be the right peo
ple. Watson haa more backing
than you know In bla effo.-t to
put Saunderi among the unem
ployed. Th younger malcon
tents here are with him. They
want action.
The association against the
prohibition amendment will be
disbanded when the amendment
la repealed . . . Most officials
in the organization are agreed
on that.
The word "super" as applied
to Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet la In
accurate. It la a secondary cabi
net. In the Hoover daya it would
have been called a cabinet com
mission. Now it is a council In
official parlance. The democrats
have studiously avoided use ot
the word "commission" every
where. Editorials on News
(Continued From Page One)
which was colorless, bulls built
their own price structure."
WHY? Well, they believe con
ditions are improving, and they
are hastening to ANTICIPATE
the Improvement.
That seems to be about the
only answer that will aatlsty.
0 MUCH for stocks. Now a
word as to commodities:
The Coast representative of a
large Eastern clothing house has
Just received this message from
his sales manager: "I have Just
returned from New York, and
conditions there were beyond all
my expectations. I don't want
you to sell any goods at the pre
sent time at all, except to some
one who Is a regular account ot
ours and to whom we have sold
before. We will not sccept any
business from new accounts, as
it would be worse to sell people
snd not deliver than not to havs
sold at all."
COUNDS Ilk th old days,
doesn't ltT
What makes It sound MORE
like the old days Is the fact that
HOW ABOUT
STABILIZIWa
THIS AnROUMD
75. HUH?
( I 75. HUH? J
sen i
every merchant In tb country
I receiving, almoat vry day,
notices of INCREASES In the
price ot merchandise.
All of a sudden, there are more
buyers than sellers, and ao prices
GO UP. Prlcea ALWAY8 go UP
when there are more buyers than
sellers.
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VffHAT will com ot It BUT
" Will th kit go too high
and then fall backt
Nobody knows.
But thla much ta certain: Un
less buying power, which In the
main depends upon wages, keps
pac with rising prices, ths bub
ble will buret.
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JT CAN'T b otherwise.
People can't go on paying
high price unleas they hsve
somsthlng to pay them with. And
If people CANT PAY high prlcea
because ot lark ot earning power,
market will disappear and busi
ness will crash.
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CPEAKINO of the commodity
markets, hers Is an Interest
Ing little sidelight:
Tha price of ry passad tho
dollar mark recently, rlstnt 15
centa a bushel In three daya.
That la a pretty atltt Increase.
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W7HAT Is responsible for It?
Two thing seem to be. Beer,
they say. is creating an added de
mand for ry bread. Then It ap
peara that there will be no pro
cessing tax on rye.
Price la affected chiefly by sup
ply snd demsnd, and a lot of
things affect supply and demand.
INCIDENTALLY, a farmer here
In the Klamath country held
over 1500 aacka of rye from last
year. Tha price last year was
around 80 cents a sack, and now
he can get 90 centa.
He did pretty well by holding.
Unlucky Thirteen
No Hoodoo For S. P.
The unlucky number IS has
been no hoodoo to tha safe han
dling of passengers on Southern
Pacific trains.
This hurdling ot a Jinx was
revealed today In the announce
ment by J. H. Dyer, vice pres
ident of the railroad, that the
company has completed 13 years
without having a fatality among
Its passengers due to a steam
train accident on lta 9,000 miles
of lines In six western statea.
In establishing this remark
able record In the aafe handling
of passengers, the railroad bas
transported 489.634,990 persons
during the 13 years sn accumu
lative distance of 19.517.948,
155 miles, or the equivalent ot
783,790 times around the earth.
Dyer stated.
The fact that the operation of
every train over the railroad's
main trunk lines Is protected by
automatic block signals, a pre
caution In which Southern Paci
fic leads all other railroads In
the world. Is declared by Dyer
to be an Important factor In
making the safety record pos
sible. Student Pastor To
Speak At S. A. Hall
Rev, Joseph Redoin, student
minister of the Presbyterian de
nomination, will give an evange
listic address tonlglu at 8 o'clock
at the local Salvation Army ball,
following the regular Saturday
nijtht open air service which will
take place corner Sixth and Main
streeta at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Bedoln Is working In
Klamath Falls during his school
vacation at the Pioneer Print
shop on Suth Riverside. Friends
are Invited to hear him tonight.
Adjutant and Mrs, Ford and com
rades of the local corps will as
sist In the song service to be
held before the main apeaklng.
Over 760,000,000 "book"
matches will be handed out at
the Chicago World's Fair.
SIDE GLANCES by George Clark
'vVtV" ass a ear eer
vt Y a isis st il hki.
"You've simply got to break
ruining our lawn."
Some People
Say
The world auffers less from Ig
norance than from failure to
act upon what It knows. Dr.
Frank H. Vlietelly, lexicographer.
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I hava always had talth In
women and they have always
dressed properly, and therefore
we have no restrictions (on type
of suits women bathers shall
wear at city awlmmlng pools).
Lionel Kvana, park commission
er, Youngstown, Ohio,
We need a new party ot moral
Ideas, a party that stands for
the policy of prohibition. Mrs.
Klla lloole. former president, W.
C. T. U.
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I am renouncing Hollywood
completely; for 350,000 followers
ot Mohammed, economic prob
lems do not exist. Rex Ingram,
movie producor, convert to Mo
hammedanism. A 40-hour week In Industry
generally would not scratch the
surface of our Job ot putting a
large number of unemployed
back to work. Hugh 8. John
son, national recovery admin
istrator. Any religion that doea not
help to keep people young has
something deeply the matter
with It. Rev. Harry Emerson
Fosdick.
Earlier Days
(From Files of The Klamath
Republican, July, limit)
"No proxies go," said Chsrles
DeLap, deputy county clerk to a
young man from Fort Klamath
Wednesday, when asked to It
sue a license for a young swnlu
who was too busy to corns
down.
Chllders' big brick kiln Is s
pretty hot number Just now, hut
will soon be ready to cool otf.
On last Saturday about 11 ot
the good people of Pokegsma,
Including the baseball team,
rami to Keno for a good time.
The Keno ball team gave them
a free dance Saturday evening.
Wise Cracks
Evicted from his studio for
non-payment ot rent, a Wash
ington, D. C-, sculptor became so
angry that he smashed all his
statues with a hammer. Very
likely, he reached the conclusion
that his profession was a bust.
Pennsylvania thief waa arrest
ed when he attempted to pawn
a 1,900 watch for a measly
115. He should hav known
that time 1 precioua.
An erroneous Improsslon that
Mary Plckfnrd Intends to remove
to Texas to live probably arises
from th fact that after her di
vorce from Doug she will be In
the lone star slate.
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The average doctor knowa
15.000 words, says a lexicog
rapher. Two that we wish ours
could torget are "Pleas remit."
"There Is only one thing to be
said when a husband persists In
omlng home late at night," de
clares a woman writer. The
trouble Is. however, that most
wives don't realise this.
Sprague River
..... VT.K.1,n.-l.t mnA ,
nuns mnrKm" (
Miss Klolse Hrown of Algoma j
ere visiting Mra. Alao Tllton.
Miss Drown Is Mrs. Tllton's nloca.
Clnro Cnston, of General Point
are visiting Mr, and Mrs. Archie
Pankey and Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Pan key.
A chang In th course of the
Missouri river left the town of
Carter Lake, Iowa, on th Ne
braska side and It la Impossible
to enter th town by land with
out first passing throughOmaha.
The 10th meridian west of
Greenwich la generally nsed as
the official dividing line between
tho eastern and westorn hemispheres.
her ot eating grass. She la
Artificial respiration and first
aid treatment administered by a
physician and members of the fire
department Friday night saved
the life ot Robert Ray, of apart
ment 9. I.lnda Vtats. when he
was overcome by smoke.
According to Fire Chief Har
den, the fire In Kay's spartmetil
waa probably caused by a cigar
ette, or a spark from a cigarette
dropped In the ctishlona of an
overstuffed davenport.
Ray was asleep on a bed near
the davenport, and was overcome
by the smoke without awakening.
The alarm waa aent Into the
fire department shortly after 11
o'clock, when Ray waa carried
Into the fresh air, end a physician
called. Ho retained conscious
ness after artificial respiration
had been administered, and his
condition was reported to be sat
isfactory Saturday.
The Ray apartment and furni
ture waa considerably damaged
by fire and smoke, which, how
ever, spread no further. The loss
was completely covered by Insur
ance, according to data obtained
by the fire department.
Man Rearrested
On Liquor Charge
Pat Sullivan, released from the
city Jail Friday night after serv
ing a five-day sentence on
charge of drunkenness, was re-
arrenleit nn the aurtiA ,-niint .
era) hours after his release. He
was given a fine of tit or a
Jail sentence of 7 14 days In po
lice court Saturday, and was re
committed to jail upon failure
to pay the fine.
Mike Walsh, charged with dis
orderly conduct In connection
with an alleged street fight Frl
dny night, was scheduled to ap
pear in police court for trial
Saturday afternoon.
Maurice Roach, Jim Skyler,
Pater McDonald and John
O'Brien, were all committed to
Jail to aerve five-day aentences
on chargea of being drunk.
X)ART STAR WINS
CHICAGO, July 15. (P) Jack
Medlra, 18 year old University of
Washington freshman, won the
national amateur 440 yard free
style awlmmlng championship In
the World's Fair lagoon today In
th fast time ot 4:51.8.
Cranberries were originally
called crane-herrlct; the fruit Is
borne on a curved stalk which
suggests th neck of a crane.
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FOR U. S. JOBS 001
In order to comply with th
provisions of Hi notional In
dustrial rscnvry act It will be
necessary that all persons em
ployed upon any work that la
financed by federal funds he
registered. Th selection and
extent of public, work projects
will lis determined largely by
the labor needs ot Hie com
munity where public work proj
ects are available. Registration
for employment will begin Im
mediately at Hi office ot th
federal bureau of labor and gov
ernor' relief office. Room D. In
th court house, A check up ot
all persons who hav previously
registered Is desired. The pres
ent registration doea not Imply
Ihat the applicant fur work la
on tha direct relief list.
Labor conditions tor those era
ployed under the publlo works
hill snd th national recovery
act haa been outlined as fullows:
Section 10( (a) All contracts
let tor construction projects and
all loans and grama pursuant to
this title shall contain auch pro
visions as are necessary to In
sure (1) that no convict labor
hall be employed on any auch
project; (1) thnt (except In
executive, administrative, and
supervisory positions), so tar as
practicable and feasible, ao Indi
vidual directly employed on any
such project shall be permitted
to work more than to hours la
any one week: (3) that all em
ployes shall ha paid Just and
reasonable wages which shall be
compensation aufflclenl to pro
vide, for the hour of labor as
limited, a stsndard ot living In
decency and comfort; (4) that
In tha employment of lahor la
connection with any auch pro
ject, preference shsll he given
where they are qualified, to ex
service men with dependents, and
then In the following order: (a)
to cltlsens of the United States
and aliens who hava declared
their Intention of becoming citi
zens, who are bona-flile resi
dents of their political sub-division
or county In which tha
work la to be performed, snd
lb) to citizens of the United
States and allena who have de
clared their Intention of becom
ing citizens, who are bona-fld
residents of the state, territory,
or district In which th work I
to be performed: provided, that
these preferencea shall apply only
where such labor la available and
qualified to perform tha work
to which the employment relates,
and (6) that the maximum of
human lahor shall be used In
lieu of machinery wherever prac
tlrahle and consistent with sound
economy and public advantage.
CHICAGO, July 15. OP)
Aroused by action ot two na
tional printing groups In adopt
ing yesterday a lower minimum
wage scale for women than for
men In their code to he present
ed to the national administra
tion, the National Federation of
Huslnes and Professional Wo
men'a clubs today telegraphed a
protest to President Roosovlt.
"We enlist your Interest In
seeing that these codes assur
equal pay for equal work and
equal opportunity for equal
ability regardless ot sex," ths
protest said.
It was signed by Mrs. Oellne
MarDonald Bowman of Rich
mond, Va., national president,
and the hoard of directors. It
was the tlnal act of ths 1931
biennial gathering.
INLANDER WINS.
ARLINGTON' PARK, Chicago.
July in. IP) Inlander won the
ann.ooo Arlington Classic liy a
length and a hnlf today, with
(nlrlen Way second, and War
(lory third.
Kl'OENE HOT
EUGENE, July 16. (API Eu
gene aweltered under a hot sun
which sent the mercury up to
98 degrees this sftornoon. It
was ths wsrmest day ot th sea
son.
USE
GOOD
SENSE
AND SAVE
GOOD
DOLLARS
THEY
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