anaheim-gazette 1934-09-13

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. THE YEARN TO LEARN This half-baked idea that going to school is getting an education should be exploded before the hundreds of youngsters grooming themselves to enter classrooms next week. The shock might help to impress upon students, from grammar school through college, that going to school is simply an opportunity to learn—and actual learning, not the opportunity, is getting an education. The mere phrase of 'going to school' is much abused. Too often it is used as an excuse for loafing, both mentally and physically; too often the supposed student lulls himself into believing he is making progress simply because he goes through the vocal exercise of answering "here" at roll call. To a real scholar, however, going to school is an intense, personal experience in which a systematic effort is made to unravel the puzzle of life. There is no more fascinating human trait than the yearn to learn — fascinating, indeed, but exasperating and perilous too. For adventure into the unknown, whether in literature, history, science, mathematics, arts or fiction, carries all the thrills of Columbus setting out to find if the world is round, and landing upon islands he thought were off India. The scholar charts many cruises into unknown oceans, and like Columbus, often mistakes the island he lands upon. But there is one thing certain, further study, experimentation and concentration eventually leads to a correct solution, in which the satisfaction of achievement is a star that lights the path through greater mental storms. Youngsters entering school should strive to avoid elementary pitfalls. For instance, the almost universal conception that voluminous Fortunately to be turning a "enduring poll in November promises of Up America's benefit to radical sensibilities of munism as vow strike at San Francisco Castle, costing Evidence of ultra radicals a cost human man which gutted the clusive information viction of supply it undoubtedly many lines. Instances of the purpose of welfare. While poignant suffer tendencies, it is thought—leading the predominant To some extent of national society cate of radical ment ownership happiness among however, is that proposition which and in the second tent, which evokes for Leninistic Americans, movements in government to are turning free becomes apparent Perhaps it speak, with exp literature, history, science, mathematics, arts or fiction, carries all the thrills of Columbus setting out to find if the world is round, and landing upon islands he thought were off India. The scholar charts many cruises into unknown oceans, and like Columbus, often mistakes the island he lands upon. But there is one thing certain, further study, experimentation and concentration eventually leads to a correct solution, in which the satisfaction of achievement is a star that lights the path through greater mental storms. Youngsters entering school should strive to avoid elementary pitfalls. For instance, the almost universal conception that voluminous reading is a mark of intelligence. Such word-consuming gluttony more often than not is indulgence of one's appetites in a deadening, stupid and degrading habit. For reading without thinking is of no value to society or to the reader. You've seen people use reading as a pacifier to quite fretful hours; perhaps you have noticed the pasasitical bookworm whose senses have been dulled by over-indulgence to the point where he fails to recognize practically the same story he has read a hundred or more times. Such intemperate reading marks a spineless creature wriggling through pages of a book to get second-hand emotional sustenance because timidity keeps him from striding manfully through life. No, constant reading is not necessarily the mark of wisdom, or learning, or even good sense. Intelligent reading, like intelligent writing, usually is slow, hard and exacting. In fact, securing wisdom is a rather painful but lasting process. Another trap for the unwary is the common fault of trying to "get by." Some people make a game of seeing how close to flunking and yet passing they can come. This idea of grading papers is only relative—nothing more, in the long run, than a spur to prod on lazy or backward students. A true scholar pays little attention to grades. He never needs to. Good and even high marks come as a consequence of understanding, an answering of a natural curiosity. After all, it is not grades that count. It is the honest effort to learn that goes toward making up that unit of character and wisdom which is the individual. Every effort to avoid a rational, stimulating clash with hard facts, every bit of "borrowing" from a neighbor's paper, every semblance of leaning on somebody else thwarts to just that extent one's self and robs him of that extra assurance of confidence and innate knowledge which enables him to courageously stand on his own feet. Learning to learn gets its initial impulses in school. Started properly, it is a continuous process, with graduation from college a simple foundation stone upon which to shatter prejudices and build a mighty castle of understanding. But, and this at once is a challenge and our lament, the sum of one's knowledge is pitifully restricted. GULLIBLE EDITORS Orange county has a small army of hard-fisted, quick-fighting editors. No group of he-men ever lived who would take up the cudgel more quickly in defense of the public weal. Whether one screams from the housetops or whispers from the depths of a cellar, the editors cock an ear for the public welfare. Their zeal in this regard has made the weekly and small daily press of the county a potent force for the common good. This very zeal also has made them the prey of a cunning, selfish and unprincipled attack by J. Frank Burke. He recognizes GULLIBLE EDITORS Orange county has a small army of hard-fisted, quick-fighting editors. No group of he-men ever lived who would take up the cudgel more quickly in defense of the public weal. Whether one screams from the housetops or whispers from the depths of a cellar, the editors cock an ear for the public welfare. Their zeal in this regard has made the weekly and small daily press of the county a potent force for the common good. This very zeal also has made them the prey of a cunning, selfish and unprincipled attack by J. Frank Burke. He recognizes the honest efforts of the editors to give the truth and only the truth to their readers. Consequently, he conceived the idea of publishing half truths, cognizant of the deception and of the attitude of the editors who at once would grab their pens and through the column of their papers flay the idea to shreds. To get the other side of the argument many of the readers of these editors' papers would subscribe to the Santa Ana Register—just what Burke wants. He does not care how hard and how vociferously the county editors jump upon him or his paper, just so long as his subscription list grows. Hereafter the Anaheim Gazette refuses to swallow the fishhook of half-truths as cast by J. Fox Burke. We deny our news columns to the cunning commercialism of one who prefers to mislead the public for a paltry dollar. Instead, we will fight as vigorously as ever for our conception of the right but will not make a direct attack upon nor mention the name of the county seat's daily newspaper except when rare occasion demands it. We refuse to be further provoked into becoming a party to the despicible scheme. PROMISES, THE STEP LADDER TO NOTORIETY This gullible old world moves in a cycle of promises. First we have the miracle woman, Aimee. She dives in the ocean at Santa Monica and comes up in the desert near Douglas, Arizona. How does she do it? Simply promises her followers a soft place in the hereafter, and the age old magic formula performs again. Now we have Upton Sinclair. He ballyhoos his Epic plan, supposedly to end proverty in California. He stresses jobs for everybody, food and clothing and luxuries in the "hereafter Eutopia." Promises pensions, promises security, promises to punish capital for being so cruel as to put men out of work, promises to lift taxes from small homes and place heavier taxes on the rich man's estate—all with a spirit of vindictiveness which is calculated to appeal to the down-and-outers. He waves the magic wand of promises. And lo and behold he gets the democratic nomination for governor. Fortunately for us, the common sense of Californians seems to be turning against the Epic plan, the truer definition of which is "enduring poverty in California." A sound defeat at the polls in November may put a temporary end to these endless promises of Upton Sinclair. PUBLIC REVULSION LOOMS America's long swing to the left, with consequent encouragement to radicals and theorists of all kinds, at last is rubbing the sensibilities of the people against the hard, cold facts of communism as voiced in such destructive measures as the general strike at San Francisco and incendiarism aboard the liner Morro Castle, costing 133 lives. Evidence of revulsion to destructive and selfish theories of ultra radicals grows with each fresh outburst of policies which cost human misery. The nation shudders at the horror of fire which gutted the Morro Castle. While at this writing no conclusive information had been uncovered to lead to arrest and conviction of supposed culprits, the blaze was of such a nature that it undoubtedly was started by radicals known to infest crews of many lines. Instances of dire cruelty such as this, conceived by radicals for the purpose of destroying "capitalism," really are aimed at human welfare. While spilling the blood of 133 people and causing poignant suffering to hundreds more is an extreme of radical tendencies, it suffices to show the true index of communistic thought—leading only to human bondage and misery, with fear the predominant factor in a government by compulsion. To some extent, this same thought permeates the entire fabric of national socialistic and ultra-radical theories. A sincere advocate of radical policies like Upton Sinclair believes that government ownership would eliminate the profit motive and spread happiness among the rank and file of the people. The bald fact, however, is that this sincere theorist does not see through his own proposition which, in the first place, is impossible of fulfillment and in the second place is an easy step down hill to mass discontent, which every communist seeks as a preliminary foundation for Leninistic dictatorship. Americans, of course, will not go to the extremes of certain movements in Europe. We have been schooled too long in free government to permanently adopt un-American theories. So we are turning from unbridled radicalism now that its true concept becomes apparent. Perhaps it is a good thing that we burned our fingers, so to speak, with experiments in a general strike at San Francisco and the bloody turmoil of a burning ship. Such outbreaks may save This Week In Washington The first organized opposition to the New Deal that is taken seriously in Washington is the American Liberty League. This is a non-partisan group of industrial leaders and political experts which has as its avowed purpose the stopping of further encroachments upon the constitutional rights of the taxpaying, property-owning classes. The caliber of the League may be gathered from the character and reputations of the men who organized it. These include two former candidates for the Presidency John W. Davis and Alfred E. Smith; two former chairmen of the democratic national committee, John J. Raskob and Jouett Shouse; such republican leaders as Representative James W. Wadsworth and former Governor Nathan L. Miller of New York; a powerful industrialist of independent political standing, Irene Du Pont, and several others of national reputation. In its set-up it certainly cannot be classed as a republican organization. If it were, it would not be worrying the administration so much as it is, for even the most ardent republicans here concede that the "Grand Old Party" thus far has shown few signs of being on its job. White House Comment The only comment that has come from the White House on the Liberty League is the President's remark to the effect that it seems to be an organization in the interest of property, with the Ten Commandments left out of its charter. To which one of the astute commentators here made the pat answer: "Better read the tenth commandment again." proposition which, in the first place, is impossible of fulfillment and in the second place is an easy step down hill to mass discontent, which every communist seeks as a preliminary foundation for Leninist dictatorship. Americans, of course, will not go to the extremes of certain movements in Europe. We have been schooled too long in free government to permanently adopt un-American theories. So we are turning from unbridled radicalism now that its true concept becomes apparent. Perhaps it is a good thing that we burned our fingers, so to speak, with experiments in a general strike at San Francisco and the bloody turmoil of a burning ship. Such outbreaks may save us from far more costly experiments sanctioned by the ballot. UNHATCHED CHICKENS Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's recent statement that the total New Deal cost is 500 millions of dollars was analyzed by Eugene Meyer, for many years governor of the federal reserve board, who finds the secretary's account misleading. Meyer comments: "In fact, Morgenthau's whole calculation carries that deceptive note which is found in so many administration statements designed for public consumption; a note which is not the less irritating because of the apparent belief that deception is immaterial so long as the public is gullible enough to believe in sleight of hand. "In the first place, the existence of a huge cash balance merely means to date the government has borrowed more than it required. It needs, therefore, to borrow during the current year a correspondingly smaller sum to meet further deficits. The cash balance does not make the total ultimate cost of the New Deal any smaller than is indicated by the total increase in the public debt as it will stand when the budget is finally balanced and extraordinary expenditures cease." Finally, the net assets of special government-owned and government-financed agencies represent, so far, a mere bookkeeping item. The secretary himself admits it in the future. As an offset to increased borrowing, this item really belongs in the category of unhatched chickens." History of Anaheim Officially Recorded In Minutes of Anaheim Water Company, Which are Copyrighted, 1932, by Anaheim Gazette, and Printed In Weekly Installments Mr. Knapke stated that last Monday there was a small break near the mouth of the ditch, but that after this was repaired there had been continuously 19 inches of water during the day and 18 inches during the night in the ditch. The acting zanjero for this week reported that $50 worth of water had been delivered and that there was 2 inches less water in the ditch today. A bill of $12 in favor of L. Dravson for six days work on the main ditch, for five days, half of his wages, to the force of about 20 men came up and destroyed our work. Thursday, the 5th. Messrs. Reiser and Scott went to Los Angeles to consult General Howard to find out how to pursue. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, June 7, 1879. Meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Water company. Pres. Theo. Reiser in the chair; A. Langenberger and Fischer absent. Minutes of signs of being on its job. White House Comment The only comment that has come from the White House on the Liberty League is the President's remark to the effect that it seems to be an organization in the interest of property, with the Ten Commandments left out of its charter. To which one of the astute commentators here made the pat answer: "Better read the tenth commandment again." The Liberty League is the most impressive phase, so far, of the growing wave of criticism of many of the features of the New Deal. Washington is hearing rumblings of protest from many parts of the country, from rural districts as well as from industrial centers. It would be going too far to say that the administration is on the defensive, as yet, but there is a decidedly conciliatory tone in the public utterances of many of the President's supporters. Secretary of Commerce Roger made a speech other day which was directly aimed at business men, and calculated to allay their fears. Even Donald Richberg made a speech in which he somewhat guardedly admitted that private profits might be permitted. The administration plans to reorganize all of the recovery agencies into one unit—putting NRA, AAA, ERA, PWA and all the rest into one bag, as it were, are said to be making headway, but there is wide diversity of opinion as to how to do it, and a great deal of dissent among the executives charged with making the New Deal go. This dissent is not merely in words. General Hugh Johnson got so mad the other day that he offered his resignation as head of the NRA, and was only dissuaded by a personal appeal by the President. Richberg and Johnson Back of General Johnson's attempt to quit lies an interesting personal controversy between the General and Mr. Richberg, his chief assistant. It is no secret that Richberg wants to be the head of the five man commission that is to take the place of the one-man control of NRA. He has been working for a long time on a plan of reorganization. General Johnson beat him to it with a plan of his own, which he handed to the President as soon as Mr. Roosevelt got back from Hawaii. Richberg followed with his own plan. In a three-cornered conference between the two and the President, General Johnson suddenly walked out and declared that he was through. Mr. Knapke stated that last Monday there was a small break near the mouth of the ditch, but that after this war repaired there had been continuously 19 inches of water during the day and 18 inches during the night in the ditch. The acting zanjero for this week reported that $50 worth of water had been delivered and that there was 2 inches less water in the ditch today. A bill of $12 in favor of L. Dravsan for six days work on the main ditch, for five days, half of his wages, to the amount of $5.50 should be charged to the C. I. Co., and our commissioners be notified to that effect. Water sold, $78.00. Mr. Trinidad Yorba made a request for 100 inches of water out of the Cajon ditch; laid over for consultation with the Cajon company. No more business being before the meeting, it adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Proceedings during the week from May 24th until 31st: On Sunday, May 25th, a committee consisting of Messrs. Gilman, McFadden and Smith from the Cajon company and Messrs. Reiser, Langenberger and Fischer had a consultation with Mr. Clark and a verbal agreement was entered into as stated at last meeting. Monday the 26. Messrs. Yorba commenced a new ditch to run above ours and make a connection with the dam or gate which was to be constructed by the S. A. V. I. Co. Notwithstanding that the Anaheim Water company used the utmost to come to a friendly settlement, the Yorba's kept on completing their ditch and cut us entirely off, so that on Friday the 30th we were out of water, which compelled us to make with the Cajon Irrigation company a ditch and dam above the S. A. V. I. Co., ditch to get our water supply, which was effected during the night from May 31 until June 1. Tuesday, June 3. An injunction was served on us and suit commenced by the S. A. V. I. Co., but before the papers were served on our superintendent, a force of about 20 men came up and destroyed our work. Thursday, the 5th. Messrs. Reiser and Scott went to Los Angeles to consult General Howard to find out how to pursue. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, June 7, 1879. Meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Water company. Pres. Theo. Reiser in the chair; A. Langenberger and Fischer absent. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. The zanjero reported a good stream of water, but that from Friday night on that he, by direction of the commissioner, Mr. Zeyn, took all the water from the Cajon ditch and commenced delivering the water at the rate of $1 per hour by day and 1½ hours at night. The order of the commissioner was approved. Mr. Zeyn reported that a proposition made by him to the Yorbas to give them temporarily 200 inches of water was by them rejected. He therefore found it necessary to make a flume across their ditch, to supply our ditch. It was then resolved: To take all the water for the time being, alternately every week, with the Cajon Irrigation company, our first week running till next Friday night. A bill for work in favor of H. A. Boege was referred, $49 back on account of work done for different companies. Bill of H. Knapke for salary, $46 and work, $3, ordered paid. No more business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, June 7, 1879. The general meeting called for this day adjourned until next Saturday, there being no quorum present. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, June 14, 1879. Meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Water company. Pres. head of the five man commission that is to take the place of one-man control of NRA. He has been working for a long time on a plan of reorganization. General Johnson beat him to it with a plan of his own, which he handed to the President as soon as Mr. Roosevelt got back from Hawaii. Richberg followed with his own plan. In a three-cornered conference between the two and the President, General Johnson suddenly walked out and declared that he was through. Inside gossip has it that the President, who leans more to Mr. Richberg's point of view than the General's, has been looking for a chance to slide the general out gracefully. But he didn't want him to go away mad and possibly make trouble for the administration. So he sent for the general, who in the meantime had sent his written resignation to the White House, and suggested that he tear up the resignation and take a six-months' trip to Europe, for a rest. General Johnson smelled a rat. He wasn't willing to absent himself from the scene of action for six months, but he agreed to withdraw his resignation and take a two weeks hest at the seashore. He will stay on the job until a more subtle way of shelving him is devised. Theo. Reiser in the chair; all members present. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. The zanjero reported that the water bought May 5 has been all delivered and $23 worth of the list from the 17th of May. The commissioner presented a number of bills for work and salary of employees on the Cajon ditch, which were referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Langenberger and Korn, to report next meeting. The following bills were ordered paid, to wit: Stappenbeck, $10.83; H. A. Boege, $3; Schubert, $.75; and K. B. Pierce, $1.50. Water sold, $127. Adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Week In Washington organized opposition to the is taken seriously in the American Liberty a non-partisan group leders and political exas its avowed purpose further encroachments intrutional rights of the terty-owning classes. the League may be the character and reprenion who organized it. two former candidates by John W. Davis and two former chairmen of the national committee, and Jouett Shouse; leaders as RepresentaWadsworth and former L. Miller of New powerful industrialist of political standing, Irenee several others of national its set-up it certainly as a republican orwere, it would not be administration so much in the most ardent reconcede that the "Grand far has shown few in its job. House Comment comment that has come House on the Liberty resident's remark to the items to be an organizarest of property, with andments left out of its which one of the astute here made the pat read the tenth com- Stand Fast—America! By Den Walters AMERICANS—courageous Americans—settled the West. By wagon-trains they braved unknown perils of plains and mountains to establish new homes along the shores of the Pacific. They relied upon the guarantees of liberty assured them in the Constitution of the United States of America. It was the same brand of American grit that inspired the American Colonists to establish a new country. It was the same type of American courage which united the nation during the stormy days of the Civil War. Communism was unheard of—then. No one dreamed that an organized effort would be made, in later years, to "regiment" all men and women into a common pattern by which the abilities and the energies of most of us would be "throttled down" to the standards of a few of us. No one dreamed then—in the days of those early pioneers—that the right of men to work, to own property, to worship as they please would be attacked. It was unthought of—the suggestion that newspapers should be muzzled and permitted to print only those items of news and expressions of opinion as might be permitted by a politically-controlled governmental bureau which dared not face a public correctly informed by a free and untrammeled press. And yet—all these things, and more, confront America today! Strikes are being fomented, disturbances are created, unrest is being fostered among those who are emplored—by those whose openly avowed purpose is to No one dreamed then—in the days of those early pioneers—that the right of men to work, to own property, to worship as they please would be attacked. It was unthought of—the suggestion that newspapers should be muzzled and permitted to print only those items of news and expressions of opinion as might be permitted by a politically-controlled governmental bureau which dared not face a public correctly informed by a free and untrammeled press. And yet—all these things, and more, confront America today! Strikes are being fomented, disturbances are created, unrest is being fostered among those who are employed—by those whose openly avowed purpose is to overthrow the government of the United States. Fear is being instilled in the hearts of those who have their savings of a life-time invested in a home or small shares in business enterprises. Employers of labor are being intimidated. Business is being crushed. Our official servants are being led away from the American fundamentals of government by the mouthings of visionaries, or the half-veiled threats of radical organizers. In God's name; America—Stand Fast. It is our Constitutional privilege to vote for whom we please. If we do not express our preference—if we do not exercise our right to vote—we are certain to be faced with an overthrow of most of those things which Americans for generations have cherished. Such organized minorities have established dictatorships in Europe. Is it your wish that visionaries or radicals should take over the governmental control of America? STAND FAST, AMERICA, AND CAST YOUR BALLOTS. (NOTE: This is one of a series of eight editorials sponsored by STEADFAST CALIFORNIANS, ASSOCIATED.) OBSERVATIONS BLOWING BUBbles Some folks say that a law should be passed making everybody pay over to the government all the money they make in excess of one million dollars. By Jingo, who would make more than a million, then? HEY, F.D.R. HAVE THE BOYS LOOK INTO THIS If the government would go into territory that has no light or power and produce that energy at a cheap rate, the big utility corporations would sit up and take notice. But to go into competition with them all over the land won't work. POLITICS MAKE STRANGE BED FELLOWS A man steps up to a candidate and says he is going to vote for him. But when he asks the candidate who he is going to vote for for some other office, and he names that candidate, the first man ups and says, by gosh if you do, I'll not vote for you! TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH A man out on the firing line ups and says so far as the race for governor is concerned they ought to whittle the candidates down to two. THE BOOK the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible," and which contains Four Great Treasures A CENTURY ROLLS BY So rapidly has the shadow of the Cross extended that in less than a single century it falls across the emperor's throne. Let us turn back to the Bible record and trace the dramatic steps by which this incredible success was won. The book of the Acts of the Apostles opens significantly: The former treatise have I made. O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach. That sentence tells us first that the book was written by the same man who wrote the Book of Luke and so the same man, Theophilus; and, second, that the writer, in common with the other disciples, regarded the three brief years of Jesus' public work as merely the beginning of His larger life and influence. So the events proved. Jerusalem of those days was a populous and crowded city, and the disciples were countrymen from an outlying province. Yet, after a brief period of bewilderment, they organized themselves and became immediately a center of power. Thousands of men, some of them prominent in the city's life, came out of their meetings, confessed to the crime that had been done in the murder of Jesus, and became his truest followers. Jesus and the original twelve had pooled their revenues in the "bag" which Judas carried, and he had paid all the expenses. For a time the Jerusalem community attempted to operate on this basis and, while there was no hard and fast rule, the sentiment was in favor of a common purse, and most of the group acceded to it. This led to the first tragedy. A man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira wanted credit for having given their all, but they kept back half of the price of the land they had sold. Peter called Ananias' account, and he brazenly repeated his lie. Peter looked hard at him and said: Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whilst it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why host thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou has not led unto men but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost; and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. Three hours later Sapphira came in and repeated the lie and met a similar fate. The incident profoundly impressed the young community. It appears from the narrative that the disciples were not required to give up their property and that some of them did not do so and suffered no reproach. But the sham of pretending to do so met with tragic rebuke. Copyright, Bobbs-Merrill Co.