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EONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
:To quote a leading business mag
azine, the threat of world war “will
aflect almost everything that is
done in Washington from now on:
Naval construction, merchant ma
rine, army expansion. taxes. Secre
tary Hull's reciprocal trade pro
gram. perhaps even government re
organization." War—past. present
and future—is an ominous and ex
ceedingly active element in Ameri
*- can affairs today.
Most obvious example of our pre
occupation with prospect of war is
the naval building program. the
largest in our peace-time history.
Its proponents— and there are
many—argue that our best guaran
tee of peace is a mailed fist second
to none. 011 the other hand, there
are men of distinction and author
ity who argue with force that this
Mam is leading us straight into
war. Reason: Navy specifications
today call for fighting ships of tre
mendous cruising ranges, and for
supply vessels able to make runs of
thousands of miles, provide the fleet
with oil, food, munitions, and re-‘
turn to bases on the continental
United States. How, say the oppon
ents of the building program, can
ships of this type be Justified as
essential tools of the national de
fence? Why do we no build, instead,
small fast ships with a relatively
short cruising range, sufficient in
number and power to defend our
coasts—but not to_ fight in foreign
waters? Is it possible, they conclude,
that the unspoken purpose behind
the current program is the creation
of a U. 8. fleet primarily designed
for and capable of fighting in the
China seas or the Mediterranean?
There is no definite answer to
these questions now—but they are
indicative of the confusion that ex
ists in the minds of the people.
Even more important, perhaps, is
the, attitude of the State Depart
ment towards European troubles
an attitude that has received a
great deal less interpretation than a
subject of such moment deserves.
Apparently the day is over when
representatives of great govern
ments could sit down, argue dif
ferences, arrive at agreements and
go home. with all concerned know
ing that the agreements would be
kept, at least until some crisis ar
rived which made one of the parti
cipants feel that it was necessary
to saerifiee principle to expediency.
'l'he' U. 8. State Department at the
present time doesn’t say in so many
words—but it obviously feels that .
the words, treaties and promises of ;
the belligerent powers—GermanyJ.
Japan and Italy—cannot be trust
ed. There are two concrete examples
of this which are not widely known.
A few months ago the Japanese
government intimated that it was
again ready to discuss a treaty for
the limitation or capital fighting
ships—and the U, 8. government of
fered no encouragement. And for
two years, Hitler has periOdically
proposed an agreement among the
great powers to ameliorate some of
the evils of war, such as the unre
stricted use or submarines and the
ruthless bombing of civilian cen
ters—and again. this government
has turned a deaf ear to the sug
gestion. e
- It is, of course, almost unthink
able to blame the U. 8. government
for this attitude. The dictators who
agreed to non-intervention in the
Spanish revolution have all but
made a Franco victory certain by
sending him apparently unlimited
quantities of men, planes, cannons.
and other essentials of war—and
Japan. which now, burdened under
a staggering debt. might wish to
slow down the world naval building
race. was the first to violate the‘
previous naval building treaty. The
State Department’s attitude is sim
ply an indication of the difficulties
of carrying on diplomacy in a world
where the old values have been so
largely destroyed. "
One by-product of this is See
retary Hull's policy of caution. of
ficially, we have not yet recognized
Italy’s conquest of Abyssinia, nor
Germany’s sudden seizure of Aus
tria. We have made protests
against these acts—but mostly in
veiled and indirect terms. Our fear
of foreign entanglements has made
itimpossible for us to take the lead
or even a prominent part in seek
ing to curb the ravages and injust
ices of the dictators. Yet no one
thinks that the feeling of this coun
try is a neutral one—American sent
iment against the dictators is al
most 100 percent strong. Judging
by what evidence there is, the ma
jority of Americans were disapoint
ed at the failure of Eden and the
adoption by England of the Chamb-;
erlain “peace at any price” foreign.
policy. It is not a remote possibil-|
ity that this partisan sentiment will}
in the future be reflected in the gov-i
ernment's attitude, and result in a{
more aggressive and pointed U. s.‘
policy toward the totalitarian
states. Whether that would make
our participation in the next world
war unavoidable is a topic that is
being debated fiercely by all man
ner of theorists—but it cannot be
settled save in the infallible m
tube of Time.
Members of the State League of
Women Voters are planning to take
the election of the state superin
tendent of public instruction as well
as the elections of the 39 county
school superintendents out of parti
san politics.
They have an initiative measure
to place the election of the school
heads on a ballot similar to the
nonpartisan judiciary. The propos
ed initiative is already on file and
the work of obtaining the signa
ture is under way.
It is an interesting project, in
that many of those who are seek
ing to remove the county and state;
superintendents from under parti-‘
san labels, have in the past been
more than staunch supporters of ‘
the more “progressive" types of in-‘
dividuals seeking seats in the state
legislature. These people are now
afraid to trust this proposal so dear
to their hearts to the judgment of
the same men and women they send
here, or rather help send here every
two years. However, the school
superintendents should be non
partisans. ‘
Apparently the time has almost
arrived when the state can abolish
the legislature entirely and do all
its legislatibn every two years thru
initiative. The initiative is already
‘something of a racket, but is nec-'
essary as long as the voters con-)
tinue to pay so little attention to
ilegislative candidates.
The answer to the problem is to
be found in the selection of proper
candidates for legislative work.
Until this time comes, when the
voters of the state, the business and
industrial people; the taxpayers and
property owners, get together in
each legislative district, carefully se
lect their representatives and then
elect them, thestate is going to face
every two years these attemps to
change or enact new laws through!
the use of the initiative.
The initiative is a poor way to
make laws, but must be invoked as
long as the legislature is filled with
unthinking men and women.
I Municipal officials in small towns
gserve their communities year after
year with no compensation other
\than the satisfaction of having been
instrumental in effecting improve
ments. Virtually no school or ir
rigation district, or small city ad
ministration pays its directors or
councilmen and far too often the
only reaction received is in the:
form of complaints. Kennewick’sl
city council should hear from cit-1
izens, particularly property owners,
commendation for their work in get
ting insurance rates lowered. The
savings effected, while small in in
dividual cases, will save the com
munity thousands of dollars an
nually in fire insurance costs. This
is money we can well afford to keep
in the community. _
Bic market. for little things—try
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.0013 TYPE
I We were “called” today on a
Iheading we carried last week over
Ia story furnished by the local wel
‘fare agency. In writing heads for
newspaper articles the aim always
is to give the vital point of the story
in the required number of letter
"units” in the size type adopted as
the paper’s “style.” ‘
This limitation in type sometimes
necessitates the use of synonyms,
which often fail to convey just the
lexact meaning, but in all cases come;
as near to it as the editor’s ability}
will permit. In this particular
case, however, this excuse cannot be
offered, as there was no necesflty
for a change of words. The heading
complained of. expressed as nearly
as possible the gist of the story,
combined with other information
gleaned from other sources.
The heading stated that after the
first of the month there would be
no more WPA money available as
the state and county funds for this
purpose were depleted. While the
story itself did not state that fact
in so many words, it ’was the under
standing of the publisher that the
story was a studied attempt to
convey that fact with a softening
effect.
It appears that when the powers
[that be announce there will be no
lmore WPA they don’t really mean
it—but merely want to cut down a
bit. Anyway, we’re sorry if we mis
lead anyone with the heading we
added to the story.
I Cowlitz County Utility District is
in the market for the privately own
ied power companies operating in
Pthat county and condemnation pro
‘ceedings have been started. It is
reported that'four and three quart
;er million dollars in utility bonds
will be issued. Property owners
should be kept in mind that they
now have a heavy general debt and
serious tax delinquency. This law
authorizes more general obligation
bonds, a two mill annual tax levy
for operating deficits and an addi
tional millage to care for general
obligations issued for utility pur-‘
poses. 5
Counties have refused to issue
emergency warrants to care for gen
eral relief. The state has only suf
ficient money from their 1937 ap
propriation to care for old age as
sistance, the blind and the children.
Forty-three million dollars was a
lot of money when the appropria
tion was made. Half the period for
which it was appropriated has pass
ed and we are short of funds. It
certainly requires a firm govern
ment to successfully engage in giv
ing away money. \
Bird Flies 165 lulu an Hour
Fastest flying bird is the duck
hawk. timed at 165 to 180 miles an
hour by a stop-watch. Recorded
speed of the golden eagle is 120
miles an hour.
THE WOB (WAGE) COURIER-REPORTER
_
i It was unfortunate that the two
musical concerts presented here
last week had dates so close to
gether. Each of the performances
was an outstanding musical event
and was greatly appreciated by their
audiences. But coming so close
together it prevented many people
from attending both performances
which they would have liked to do.
They were both good shows and
were a credit to the schools they
represented.
Landscape Project
Shows Interest by
Horse Heaven Folk
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{ LOCUST GROVE NEWS—Mrs. R.
{K Safford. Mrs. M. V. Heberlein.
Miss Juanita Wommack and Miss
;Ruth Graves attended the dry land
‘landscape project held at the ml
- Perault ranch in Western Horse
Heaven Wednesday. Much interest:
has been manifested by the project;
it being a new venture in land-N
scape gardening proposed by Miss‘
Steiner. The plants and trees
planted during this demonstration‘
will be chiefly those suited to dry
land areas. The result demonstra-‘
tion will be anxiously watched by
many dry land residents and u suc-‘
cessful will no doubt be a step to?
ward the beautifying of many an
otherwise barren Horse Heaven
yard.
’ Mrs. M. Simmelink and Mrs. E.
‘G. Lape arranged a surprise birth
day party honoring Miss Betty
Cantzler. at the Lape home Sunday
afternoon. Ten young people en
joyed the lawn party, after which
the hostesses served delicious birth
day refreshments. Many loveiy‘
gifts were received by Miss- Cantzw
ler. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Tyrell are the
proud parents of a. baby daughter,
born Wednesday March 30 at the
Pasco hospital. The young lady has
been named Ruth Myrtle.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Edwards
and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lyons spent
the week-end at the A. A. Edwards
home.
Henry Smith was able to be
brought home from the Pasco hos
pital after having been a pneu
monia patient there for two weeks.
Miss Juanita Wommack and Miss
Ruth Graves came' from Yakima
Saturday and are spending their
spring vacation with relatives and
friends in Locust Grove.
Roscoe Richmond has been con—
fined to his home with pneumonia,
but is improving at this writing.
The Locust Grove Sagebrush Sim
will meet Thursday, April 7 at the‘
home of Neil Simmelink. Ruth
Simmelink will demonstrate iron,-
ing a shirt.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Duane
McNall are congratulating the
young couple on the birth of a
daughter Friday, April 1 at the
Pasco hospital. The young lady
has been named Jerlie Lynette.
Mrs. McNall win be remembered as
Jerlie Glispie.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Safford went
to Pullman Saturday. bringing John
Safford home for the spring vaca
tion. They returned by way of
Spokane, where they spent two
days. \
} Charles Kim has been criti
‘eally ill at his home.
’ The community was saddened by
the death of Mr. Viles. stepfather
of C. 8. Beightol. who lived many
years in the Locust Grove commun
ity. He had been in 111 health for
some time. Locust Grove residents
extend heartfelt sympathy to the
family.
Mrs. Chester Washburn spent
Women’s Club meeting held at the
Wednesday at the Winkle home. '
Mrs. R. K. Sutton! attended a
Valley Club House Friday. where
Miss Steiner and Miss Russel con
ducted a. meeting on “Table Ar
rangements" for the benefit of lo
cal leaders who will conduct the
same to the local clubs.
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Again I
Dr. Curry, the old and]
reliable optometrist of 1
Seattle, who has made:
professional visits tol‘
Kennewick for 28 years}
will again be at the {
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APRIL 8 and 9
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