anaheim-gazette 1934-08-30

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. GIVE IT IDENTITY We believe J. Frank Burke's Santa Ana Register could adopt a distinctive dress. It should be printed in read ink on pink paper. WHEN SINCLAIR MEETS THE PRESIDENT A political play of the first magnitude is just around the corner. Upton Sinclair announced before his nomination that he would leave Wednesday morning to discuss his program with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Accordingly, he should be on his way to Hyde Park, where he fully expects two great minds to see eye to eye, since Roosevelt's administration adopted a part of the Epic program when it began a self-help plan for 10,000 people at Washington, D.C. The political play, naturally, is occasioned by the psychology of a socialist capturing the democratic nomination for governor in California and going back to see his newly-adopted chief who himself followed the national socialist platform instead of the democratic platform after election. There has been a distinct effort to avoid the stigma of socialism by referring to the recovery program in the light of a New Deal. Yet, four out of five of the New Deal recovery measures were in Norman Thomas' socialist platform of 1932. Now the real psychological test of the New Deal looms ahead. President Roosevelt, admittedly the shrewdest politician who ever entered the White House, is faced with the perplexing problem of welcoming Upton Sinclair, a life-long socialist who usurped the of a socialist capturing the democratic nomination for governor in California and going back to see his newly-adopted chief who himself followed the national socialist platform instead of the democratic platform after election. There has been a distinct effort to avoid the stigma of socialism by referring to the recovery program in the light of a New Deal. Yet, four out of five of the New Deal recovery measures were in Norman Thomas' socialist platform of 1932. Now the real psychological test of the New Deal looms ahead. President Roosevelt, admittedly the shrewdest politician who ever entered the White House, is faced with the perplexing problem of welcoming Upton Sinclair, a life-long socialist who usurped the democratic gubernatorial nomination, or giving him the cold shoulder. If he welcomes the democratic standard-bearer of California, he must espouse, in the public mind, the socialists. If he turns a chilly shoulder, he is doing so against his own party in one of the most important states of the union. The problem, in a way, is still more acute. If President Roosevelt "warms up" to Sinclair the democrats very likely could muster enough votes in California to win; if he turns against the democratic nominee, enough Roosevelt followers would desert the new state leader to assure the election of Governor Frank F. Merriam or Progressive Raymond L. Haight. If Roosevelt chooses to follow the middle course, he virtually turns against his own party nominee in this state, because the people would construe a lack of enthusiasm as a negative reception. It will be interesting to watch the master political strategist in the White House cope with this most embarrassing political problem. DEPENDS ON THE VIEWPOINT When we went to school the professors told us the lowest form of animal life was the amoeba, but now General Johnson tells us it is the chiseler. NEWSPAPERS FACE CHALLENGE Intertwined in the welfare of every man, woman and child in the United States is the principle of a free press and with it a free news. There is no escaping the simple but potent fact that democracy has but one guarantee—a public opinion; the public opinion, in turn, his but one guarantee—a free press. This is the bread and butter of modern representative government. Any belief like that of General Johnson, when he publicly wished for an NRA-controlled public opinion, is the dogma of an egotist hoping to superimpose his will upon the thoughts of free men. It shows an intolerance that breeds dictatorships, which, in turn, harbor no such thing as a free press and hence only a dictated public opinion. When we consider that nowhere in the world, except in the Scandinavian countries, England and the United States, is there a free press, the importance of maintaining our democratic form of government and individual liberties becomes an urgent duty. The United States, more than any other country, has a free press. But even here it is marred by individual cases of abuse; seared by occasional attempts to color the news for selfish purposes. A free press is one which presents undoctored news, without bias of editor or publisher, and without distortion by powerful groups. Sometimes, getting the truth is a mighty hard task, Officially Recommended Which A Meeting of the Anaheim W. Theo. Reiser in present. Minute read and approval. Mr. Rimpau re Mr. Orfinger for commissioner state in the river wa work had been $48 and that one employed to keep order. The com ed to make a pos all the employes payment. The zanjero s of water had been week. The following to wit: For wo Geo. C. Knox, the same, $94; nection flume, t Custer, $12.82; Stock, $70; cash interest to Com mording deeds, $ commissioner for Wan, $139.50; O Mr. Botiller de our flume, being right of way authorized to ha Dr. Hardin p the treasurer. Resolved: That fail to reach p time stated in shall supply suc weekly list is h The treasurer tory of the impl turn, harbor no such thing as a free press and hence only a dictated public opinion. When we consider that nowhere in the world, except in the Scandinavian countries, England and the United States, is there a free press, the importance of maintaining our democratic form of government and individual liberties becomes an urgent duty. The United States, more than any other country, has a free press. But even here it is marred by individual cases of abuse; seared by occasional attempts to color the news for selfish purposes. A free press is one which presents undoctored news, without bias of editor or publisher, and without distortion by powerful groups. Sometimes, getting the truth is a mighty hard task, since selfish ends may be served by "covering up" to prevent representatives of the press from getting accurate information. This often happens, as any newspaper man will testify. Under the circumstances, the wire services and individual newspapers do a good job in interpreting and chronicling the daily events in our national life. Instead of becoming alarmed at the indirect threat hurled by General Johnson, the newspapers of America now have the plain duty of exposing those elements trying to mislead the public, which includes General Johnson's irritation and his attempt to cover up the truth about his own department by prohibiting his employees from giving out any news and forcing such information through one man, who imposes his will upon whether or not it should be presented to the public. That is dictation from the largest department of the government. Since newspapers disregarded and nullified General Johnson's order, he feels they are "distorting" the news, when, as a matter of fact, they merely are giving the correct information and not accepting the director's own viewpoint. The mission of newspapers is to tell the people the truth. We must rededicate ourselves to this high purpose, and double our efforts to prevent distortion from intolerant and selfish sources. Success in this purpose is the only guarantee of continuing our constitutional form of government. MAYBE COLUMBUS WAS WRONG A few centuries ago they used to teach that the earth was flat, and who are we to say that about 90 per cent of it is not? PROTECT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN Every thoughtful person realizes that children, especially when playing, do not think of traffic hazards. Carefully as parents might train their children, the youngsters will chase a ball into the street, or dart from behind a tree when playing hide-and-seek. Responsibility for safety of the children, therefore, rests not with the youngsters but with automobile drivers. School children begin their trek to classrooms next week, and with the march for greater education, automobile drivers should accept the challenge and educate themselves to the absolute need of careful driving. The law requires that automobiles come to a complete halt before passing a school bus stopping to take on or discharge school children. Other provisions of the law provide for motorists slowing down to 15 miles an hour when passing school grounds at any time when children are coming to or leaving school, or during recess periods. Common sense tells us the law is right. And common decency and regard for irresponsible youngsters demand that we “play safe” with them. WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY— There is evidence that Prof. Tugwell, often characterized as Brain Truster Number One, is becoming irritated at the constant stream of criticism which is now flowing against part of his pet program. In his latest radio address he seemed to gather the critics of the agricultural plan into one bunch and take a pot shot at them, using as his ammunition such verbal bombs as “Tory,” “infantile,” “obscene,” “indecent,” and last but not least formidable, “reactionary obscurantist.” Prof. Tugwell personally is so charming a young man, with such a delightfully winning smile, that those who have seen him or heard him talk in his mellower moments may feel surprise that he could assail even his critics with such harsh terms as those quoted above. Anyone, however, who has ever sat in a class room during a period when a college professor was having a “tantrum” over some sudden obstacle or criticism, will be able to understand this rather unexpected development. It is to be hoped that the Professor will not forget the old saying about whom the gods wish to destroy they first make furious. And we have heard recently, from men who are generally regarded as pretty respectable and sound citizens the opinion that, after all, criticism of administrative agricultural policies may be no more “wicked” or “indecent” than the wholesale destruction of pigs at a time when a considerable portion of our people didn’t have enough to eat. OBSERV STAND BACK, BOYS, GIVE HIM AIR Uncle Sam for quite some time has had a fever and an erratic pulse; but yet and still encouraging bulletins are issued every once in a while and it begins to look like he is on the road to ultimate recovery. PUTTING 'EM ON THE SPOT Billions of dollars are being spent, on credit; and they wave that magic wand and say, charge it, to the coming generations. DRIVING SQUARE PLUG INTO ROUND HOLE One of the highfalutin ideas is allow capital to raise the price of commodities and then let labor strike for higher wages. THE KID KNOWS HIS STOGIES Out there in Pittsburgh a boy 3 years of age smokes a cigar and several cigars a day. When he was 14 months old he took a drag out of his father's pipe and liked it. FANNING THE AIR Strikes are a good deal like eating soup with a fork—you waste a lot of time. TAXPAYERS HOLDING THE SACK The other evening the neighbors got the jitters when a man on the radio talked about the tract of land the state bought for a female penal institution. One neighbor said the man on the radio tore the hide off of things. He said 1600 acres were purchased at $165 per acre. The buildings costing about a million dollars occupy just 12 acres of the tract. The rest of the tract is of such nature, the man said, that a jack-rabbit would be hard pressed to get through. Horn toads and rattle snakes are plentiful however. The man on the mall said the real estates who made History of Anaheim Officially Recorded In Minutes of Anaheim Water Company, Which are Copyrighted, 1932, by Anaheim Gazette, and Printed In Weekly Installments Meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Water company. Pres. Theo. Reiser in the chair; all members present. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Mr. Rimpau reports a settlement with Mr. Orfinger for $10 as damage. The commissioner stated that the sand box in the river was almost rotten, that work had been done to the amount of $48 and that one more man had been employed to keep the main ditch in order. The commissioner was requested to make a positive arrangement with all the employees about our part of their payment. The zanjero stated that $116 worth of water had been delivered during this week. The following bills were ordered paid, to wit: For work on the inside, $24; Geo. C. Knox, $165; balance due on the same, $94; for work on the connection flume, to Hoffmann, $15.60; to Custer, $12.82; J. Parker, $103.50; Stock, $70; cash, $33.50; H. Boege, $30; interest to Commercial bank, $375; recording deeds, $9; tin box, $2.50; to commissioner for help, $15.97; Lin See Wan, $139.50; Chinaman, $130.50. Mr. Botiller demanded a flume across our flume, being agreement in deed for right of way. The commissioner was authorized to have it built. Dr. Hardin paid the balance, $5 to the treasurer. Resolved: That if the water should fail to reach parties at the specified time stated in the list, the zanjero shall supply such parties after the weekly list is finished. The treasurer stated that the inventory of the implements of the company led a loan of $1,500 at one per cent per month from Mr. F. Hartung for the company, action approved. The bond of the treasurer was read and approved. Water sold, $117. No more business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, April 26, 1879. Meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Water Co., Pres. Theo. Reiser in the chair; Theo. Rimpau absent. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. The committee appointed to investigate the treasurer's and secretary's books and reports for the past year, reported the same correct and accurately kept. Report ordered filed and committee discharged. The commissioner reported the connection flume all right, but that to bring a full stream in the main ditch it would be necessary to engage one more man to watch the ditch as thereby a break in the same could be easier avoided. Resolved: To authorize the commissioner to engage necessary help to strengthen the banks of the main ditch. The zanjero stated on account of irregularity of the water supply only $60 worth of water had been delivered the last week. Bills for work of $15.25 and to F. W. Bras, $31.50, and J. Fischer, $30, ordered paid. Resolved: To levy an assessment of $1.50 per share to become delinquent on the 31st day of May. The secretary was instructed to make the necessary advertisement. Water sold, $92. TODAY AND TOMORROW By FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE AMBITION — college workers The movies and some of the popular periodicals give a wrong slant on college life. They put the emphasis on sports and on the antics of rich men's sons, until a great many folks get the idea that our universities are luxurious retreats for loafers. When I was young most college students were poor men's sons who had to "work their way" through college, by doing whatever odd jobs or vacation tasks they could find. And I was interested to read a report from Harvard that the same condition obtains now as fifty years ago. More than two thousand students of that oldest of all American colleges are working their way, doing all sorts of things. Some work as cooks and nurses in private families, others wash windows, tend gardens, shovel snow, do typewriting, provide entertainment, give music lessons or work in garages. These young men will not regard their education as something lightly come by. A boy with ambition enough to earn his living while carrying on the genuinely hard work of a university course has got the making of a man in him. POWER and cost I saw some figures the other day which confirmed what I had long understood; that is, that the time has come when it is cheaper to produce electric power from coal or oil fuel than by water-power. We are hearing a great deal these days of developing water-powers at public expense. I have never been very keen about government going into any sort of business. I have never known any governmental unit to do anything economically or efficient. But if the government must go into the power business, it ought to use the same sort of common-sense a business concern would use. First the business concern would find out how many present and probable users of power there were in the territory that could be served economically by the proposed plant. Then it would find out whether they were already being well served by existing plants. If and when the government does go into the distribution and sale of electric power, it is my bet that it will cost the users more than any private company would be willing to sell it to them for. OBSERVATIONS BOYS, GIVE HIM AIR or quite some time has and an erratic pulse; but encouraging bulletins are cease in a while and it beke he is on the road to try. EM ON THE SPOT dollars are being spent, on by wave that magic wand it, to the coming gen- SQUARE PLUG INTO OUND HOLE highfalutin ideas is allow the price of commodit labor strike for higher KNOWS HIS STOGIES Pittsburgh a boy 3 years a cigar and several cigs he was 14 months old he of his father's pipe and ING THE AIR a good deal like eating work—you waste a lot of HOLDING THE SACK evening the neighbors got en a man on the radio the tract of land the state female penal institution. aid the man on the radio off of things. He said are purchased at $165 per buildings costing about a occupy just 12 acres of the rest of the tract is of the man said, that a jackbe hard pressed to get toads and rattle snakes however. The man on the INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE "I have $50,000 in a bank," said a citizen the other day, "but I'll be darned if I know what to invest it in, because of a lack of confidence." TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD Over in the amusement sector a man who has been living happily for 17 years with wife No. 2, got the surprise of his life when wife No. 1 appeared the other day and asks for separate maintenance. CART BEFORE THE HORSE In the new deal they began at the top and created the supply by raising the price of commodities. They should have begun at the bottom and created the demand by giving employment-making wages. By raising commodity prices the little fellow got two blows under the belt, because he did not have the money to buy necessities at the low price, and the higher price knocked him for a row of soup kitchens. INTO THE HAYWIRE Employment in all lines of endeavor is the back bone of a country's economic fabric. That comes through honest, legitimate enterprises. A dreamer, with fantastic ideas, gets a government in a heck of fix overnight. A man can't fill the dinner pail by just keeping on smiling and going fishing. A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW The government is going to spend hundreds of millions to develop water-power in the Northwest to furnish power and light, the energy being available in about 10 or 12 years. Whoops. ALL WASHED UP Hints For the Home Keep bamboo furniture in good condition by going over it occasionally with equal parts of linseed oil and turpentine. Flannels should be washed in tepid water with a pure white soap. Wash flannels by squeezing rather than rubbing them in soapy water. A good cleansing mixture for removing spots is made of 1½ drams ether, 3 drams alcohol, 1½ drums of chloroform and 1 plnt of naptha. Fabrics may be soaked in this mixture without injury, and there'll be no rings left when it is used to remove spots. If chewing gum has been accidentally dropped on clothes, simply hold a piece of ice over the spot tightly for a few minutes. This hardens the gum and it can then be scraped or brushed off readily. In order to clean feathers, mix plaster of Paris and gasoline to the consistency of whipped cream. Dip the feather in this mixture and press them together. Hang them in the air until all the gasoline has evaporated, being careful not to handle them until the feathers are perfectly dry. When they are dry, shake them well and your feathers will be clean and fluffy. An easy way to polish windows is to rub them with a chamois dipped in a full strength or strong solution of rubbing alcohol. If you like your bronze ornaments clean and polished, rub them with a little furniture polish and wipe them clean with a dry cloth. A decidedly attractive way of preparing baked potatoes is to remove them from the shell after cooking. mash them with butter, salt and pepper. A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW The government is going to spend hundreds of millions to develop water-power in the Northwest to furnish power and light, the energy being available in about 10 or 12 years. Whoops. ALL WASHED UP A prominent man in a radio hookup in speaking about future advancement, quoted the late versatile Horace Greely and said, Go West, Young Man, Go West. But, Mister, where in heck is the West? RED INK With the government taking over all the natural resources and developing power and light, whatever will become of all those public utilities companies with their hundreds of millions of dollars of investments. The money will come out of the taxpayers. Imagine the utilities companies going into the discard, and yet and still their property would be taxed to pay the bill for this new power and light. They would be lifting themselves by their own bootstraps. If you like your bronze ornaments clean and polished, rub them with a little furniture polish and wipe them clean with a dry cloth. A decidedly attractive way of preparing baked potatoes is to remove them from the shell after cooking, mash them with butter, salt and pepper and a well-beaten yolk of egg. Then replace them in the half-shells and brown them in the oven. They taste better—and they're much more easily handled at the table. Even the most delicate fabric may be cleaned of ink-stains with a teaspoon of lemon salts diluted in a saucer of hot water. Soak the fabric a short while, paint over it with a brush dipped in a solution of glycerine and water and follow that with a few drops of ammonia solution. When roasting lamb or beef, shake a pinch of cinnamon on the bottom of the oven before putting the meat in and allow it to remain while the meat is cooking. You avoid the heavy odor of the oven usually associated with cooking either of these two meats. HOT WATER AND LOTS OF IT Hot water...instantly...any time...is at your command with a natural gas automatic storage water heater. With AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATER Hot water...instantly...any time...is at your command with a natural gas automatic storage water heater. With natural gas, the water heats quickly and at very low cost. 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