anaheim-gazette 1938-06-23

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Established 1870 Orange County's Oldest Newspaper HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1887-1935 The Anaheim Gazette has been owned and edited by the same family since 1875. Published every Thursday at 259 East Center Street, Anaheim, Calif. Subscription Per Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 MRS. HENRY KUCHEL THEODORE B. KUCHEL Editors and Publishers Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Anaheim, California, under the Act of March 8, 1879. HELP TURN BACK THE RECESSION To a great many business men and also consumers there seems to be a feeling that a recession is something that must be allowed to run its course and that there is nothing that can be done about it. Many have accepted that psychology and have translated it into an unconscious premise in the conduct of their everyday lives. This sort of thing can easily slow down business to a pace that conditions, however bad, do not warrant. Given these factors in a town such as Anaheim does not mean there is nothing we can do about it. The answer, to put it in one word, is salesmanship. The attitude that business is 'Too hard to get so why try' gives the real salesman a challenge he cannot overlook. Personal salesmanship persistently pursued will produce more purchasers. More sales mean more jobs. If we increase jobs we increase our potential customers. Nothing less than a crusade for sales will start that spiral in the upward swing. Let us start it for Anaheim. HELP FOR TEACHERS OF SAFETY Educators throughout the country hailed the inauguration last month at New York University of a national center for safety education, the first of its kind in the United HELP FOR TEACHERS OF SAFETY Educators throughout the country hailed the inauguration last month at New York University of a national center for safety education, the first of its kind in the United States, which has been made possible under a special grant of funds by the National Conservation Bureau of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives. Its principal object is to teach teachers how to teach safety, but its facilities will be open to all who have a practical concern in its interests. This is not the first time that the stock casualty insurance companies, who maintain and administer the National Conservation Bureau, have appeared in the safety education scene. In fact, since the organized safety movement began in 1922, theirs has been a most important influence in the acceptance by schools everywhere of safety education as a major and practical part of the regular curriculum. The legislatures or the departments of education in nearly every state now require some form of safety instruction for grade school children. The results are vividly shown in a phenomenal saving of child lives. The accident fatality rate in the age group of five to fourteen years since 1922 has decreased 15 per cent. Meanwhile, the rate for all ages combined has increased 24 per cent. With the inauguration of New York University's Center for Safety Education, a new phase in the safety education movement begins. For some time the need has not been to convince educators of the importance of safety instruction, but rather to aid them in making their courses more effective through the development of sound teaching practices and materials. This job New York University has now undertaken. The experiment will be watched with interest by a public which is seeking desperately for means with which to reduce America's ghastly toll of accidental deaths and injuries. WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS Congressional probing is a continuous process in the national capital, but seldom have there been as many investigations during adjournment as there will be this summer. At least a dozen inquiries are to be conducted by the groups remaining behind, spending approximately $1,000,000 between now and the November elections. In the months ahead there will be staged a wide range of investigations have spiked a move to lower the fees on naturalization papers. The price for admission to this stronghold of democracy has varied considerably in recent years. It went from $6 to $20 in boom days and then dropped to $10 in 1934. It's worth many times that, we'd say. Incidentally, the foreign-born Americans are coming in for attention under the new pump- WHAT DOES IT COST TO RUN FOR OFFICE? The answer fo that question Congressional probing is a continuous process in the national capital, but seldom have there been as many investigations during adjournment as there will be this summer. At least a dozen inquiries are to be conducted by the groups remaining behind, spending approximately $1,000,000 between now and the November elections. In the months ahead there will be staged a wide range of investigations by congressional groups. They will delve into varied fields of business, government and politics. Their work is significant because their findings and recommendations will be the basis for many legislative proposals at the next session of the congress. Largest and most spectacular of summer inquiries will be the half-million dollar probe of so-called "monopolies." Whether it is to be a genuinely constructive probe of all phases of the problem or merely to be a stage for more antibusiness fireworks displays is the question on the minds of the capital's newspaper corps and other observers. Spokesmen for industry have gone on record favoring a study of the "monopoly problem" but urge that it be broad enough to include all "monopolies." In that event, the present monopoly of government in the field of taxation and regulation and the monopolistic dominance of some labor unions over the freedom of workers should not be overlooked, they feel. Citizenship in this free land of ours—the richest in the world from the standpoint of living standards, wealth and resources—is still worth $10, government officials have decided after considerable deliberation. Therefore, they have spiked a move to lower the fees on naturalization papers. The "price" for admission to this stronghold of democracy has varied considerably in recent years. It went from $6 to $20 in boom days and then dropped to $10 in 1934. It's worth many times that, we'd say. Incidentally, the foreign-born Americans are coming in for attention under the new pump priming spending program — the WPA is teaching them Aesop's famous "Fables" as part of its work! And here's another pump that is being primed by WPA: It has allotted nearly $200,000 for men to count the trees in a mid-western city! Even government, it seems, has its seasonal "peaks and valleys." A "seasonal pickup" is the reason given by the government for the recent increase in the number of government employees. An increase of 9,847 is reported for the month of April, bringing the total number of persons on the federal payroll to a new all time peak of 826,319. And what "season" is it? No one seems to offer an explanation. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Rep. Dave E. Satterfield, Jr., of Virginia: "Thirty years ago no one had heard about a floor under wages nor a ceiling above hours; no WPA case worker was out looking for clients; no National Youth administration was offering a college education on easy terms. The only alphabetical arrangement we knew anything about was the old Abe Lincoln "RHOD," which meant "root hog or die." Some locomotives contains more than two hundred tons of steel... TOO MUCH OF IT ALREADY! THIS'LL FIX HIM! THE FARMERS CORNER by RALPH-H-TAYLOR Executive Secretary Agricultural Council of California If the average Californian was suddenly confronted with the accusation that he had been guilty of gross neglect of his duties as a citizen; that he had been unpatriotic and disloyal to his state and nation—he would undoubtedly resent it and sputter for hours on end in righteous indignation. Yet there might be more than a grain of truth in the accusation! Men who would fight for their country at the drop of a hat have been known to go fishing on election day. Women who sent sweaters and socks and chocolate bars in great abundance to the boys "over there" during war days—and spent restless nights wondering about sons on battlefields—have been known to exclaim, "Oh, I leave the politics of the family to my husband!" Worried business men, who violently complain about "high taxes," have been known to observe: "I never read political editorials... politics is for politicians... I am a business man!" And even farmers have been known to turn off their radios in impatience when some candidate for public office started to outline his platform, or broadcast his views on the labor problem, or discuss the tax question. As a matter of fact, when it comes to the every-day chores of citizenship there are more Californians who dodge their responsibilitiesicularly is this true in communities and rural Cities where the ratio of intelligen­ing is much higher than congested areas of the city. But there are 3,200,000 California. And in that ing army, the majority of political discussions in the papers, dodge public meet­ngs angrily twirl the dials of dios when the announced a political broadcast. Admittedly, there is pro­here is far too much in politics. There are no speeches than good on California voters need to count of their stewardship—the less. For the respon­sibility the final analysis, rests voters. And the people, general rule, get out of go­just about what they put. The Agricultural Coun­loria, which sponsors sumn, represents the state farm cooperatives, with bership of more than 70,00ers of all political faiths—republicans and da­progressives, conservat­ives liberals. Except on issues which direct bearing on farm strictly non-partisan. B farm organization, even group, 'every women's' every taxpayers' associ­ate to enlist this year in an ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY WATCHTOWER A Compilation of Observation and Comment by and for the Weekly Newspapers of the County: KNOWS IS WHICH? Discussion of county politics to get into. It is also easy out of in many places, if will start asking the others which among county officies does So-and-So et was offered. Odds of 8 were given that out of the 100 persons asked in any community in the county, not 10 could three-fourths of the elective and the people who held There were no takers. Can have some fun with idea. Ask the next fellow declares that somebody should detect to a county office who that office now. Ask him the other candidates are. Ask him how many elective councies there are. Ask him how of the present incumbents in name. First be sure that you know answers yourself. Fact is that surprisingly few you meet pay any attention county affairs or those who act them. Lawyers can name judges and district attorney; who have taken out marlicenses may have seen the of the county clerk. The laws know the name of the ty treasurer. The loan and company official know who is try recorder. Name of the tax collector every one of about 60,000 bills and receipts, but what stage of those who pay taxtell you what that name is? You have any serious interest in business take a shot at tittle test in civics. You will prised. DOES IT COST FUN FOR OFFICE? Answer to that question de- but was on a fee basis. The much cussed and discussed county salary ordinance of last year fixed a salary for that job, hence candidates for it pony up the tenner. Of course these filing fees are just a starter. They are like a small sip of water in comparison to a full meal. Some get off lightly and get by on little. Others get into it heavily and must cat—and pay for—all the courses. After an election you can ask the county clerk for a look at the expense statements which each candidate must file. You will learn a little about what it costs to run for office, but in many cases the story is still incomplete. There are ways of spending money—plenty of it—on a candidate without letting it show in the expense account. SAM-FOR-SENATE SHRINE SHENANIGAN The Sam Collins-for-U. S. Senthing had everybody bumfoozled. Nobody could make it rhyme. Sprung as a sensation on June 8 it was all washed up a week later. Some stories said a canvass for funds did not yield the expected results. Others said Sam's family thumped it down. Others thought it had some subtle connection with somebody else's candidacy for something. The best explanation that has come to attention is the story that Sam met up with a bunch of Shriner friends in L. A. They were feeling so hilarious that the idea of having Sam for a United States senator struck them as a good one. Losing no time, they phoned to Harold McCabe at the district attorney's office and had him take out papers right away. In the cold and sober dawn of the day after the Shrine convention the taste in the mouth wasn't so good. "Collins for Senator" was one of those multitudinous incidents of a week crowded with more items than most of them could remember, like the beach umbrellas, one-man bands, break- I never read political editorials politics is for politicians I am a business man!" And even farmers have been known to turn off their radios in impatience when some candidate for public office started to outline his platform, or broadcast his views on the labor problem, or discuss the tax question. As a matter of fact, when it comes to the everyday chores of citizenship there are more Californians who dodge their responsibilities than there are who take them seriously. Yet the same citizens who go to the polls completely unprepared to vote for the best interests of their state or community would scowl at anyone who failed to remove his hat when the flag went by. Most of them, if need be, would die for America. But few of them actually take more than an hour or two a year to live for America! That statement, at first glance, may seem an unwarranted indictment. For there are tens of thousands of citizens who work at their partnership with government, sincerely and intelligently, and who are vitally interested in bettering governmental conditions. Parti- A TRAIN OF Distinct ALL PULLMAN • NO EXTRA FARE Los Angeles Limited LOS ANGELES — CHICAGO This ALL-PULLMAN, NO EXTRA-FARE DOES IT COST UN FOR OFFICE? Answer to that question denies how much the candidate spend, and how much of it bonds. With certain legal responses, easily dodged, the sky limit. There is no end to penditures that can be made. There is just one item which is fixed, and that is the filing required of every candidate for and county office in Caligary. The highest fee required is that attorney general, who must down $220 with his nomipapers. The candidate for nor or United States senamust put up $200. For secretive state, controller, treasurer, essman or state superintendents schools you must put up. For lieutenant governor the is $80, for board of equalizamember it is $50, for state or assemblyman it is $20. All of the above cases the fee must be paid to the cary of state, and, of course, overs it for the entire state. County offices the county collects the filing fee. In case of a candidate for sujudge he demands $55. All county officers who repay exceeding $600 per year to put up $10 to become cansister. This includes justices of peace and constables. Metrofore one county candidate not have to pay to file. The or received no stated salary, Aqueduct Fence Job Finished This Week Completion of one of the world's longest fence construction jobs, which stretches for 152 miles along the Metropolitan aqueduct, was reported yesterday to F. E. Weymouth, general manager of the Metropolitan Water district. Long enough to reach in a straight line from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo, the fences completed yesterday enclose all open sections of the 392-mile Metropolitan aqueduct. These sections include 63 miles of open canals, and the Gene Wash, Copper Basin, Hayfield, and Cajalco reservoirs. The total cost was $413,000. Famous for Service The Los Angeles Limited has played a leading pan in establishing Union Pacific's reputation for exceptional service. There's an atmosphere of hapitality—a friendly, helpful courtesy that maltguers on this famous train feel at home as thglide swiftly over America's smoothest road. The LOS ANGELES LIMITED leaves Los Angdale at 8 p.m.-carrying through Pullman sleeps cars to Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, DeButte and intermediate points. For Complete Information R. A. PARKER, Agent: Anahima Union Pacific Station: Phone: 511- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH "Christian Science" is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon on Sunday in all branches of The Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the Bible selections in the Lesson-Sermon includes these verses from Mark: "And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." The Lesson-Sermon presents also these words from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "Children should be taught the Truth - cure, Christian Science, among their first lessons, and kept from discussing or entertaining theories or thoughts about sickness. To prevent the experience of error and its sufferings, keep out of the minds of your children either sinful or diseased thoughts. The latter should be excluded on the same principle as the former." capably, get far too little credit for it. Handbill, 20 Years Old, is Found Here An old handbill, believed to have been distributed about 1917, came to light in Anaheim this week. It was found among some old papers hanging on the wall at the new location on East Center street of the Anaheim Welding works. The handbill advertised an excursion to the new city of Lynwood in a giant 60-passenger "luxury" auto. Tickets for the day's trip, priced at 50 cents, were on sale at Fischle's confectionery in Anaheim. Johnson Speaks at La Habra June 27 Mayor C. T. Johnson, republican candidate for congress from the 19th district, will speak at a meeting in the Masonic hall in La Habra next Monday evening. The candidate will speak on the issues of the day and how they should be met. Here you are; punsters: The other day a she-deer entered the town of Adams, Mass., and ran into a bank. You know—a doe. The city of New York uses about 900,000,000 gallons of water a day. Imagine! Only 35¢ for a delicious dinner ON THE "CALIFORNIAN" TO CHICAGO "YOU could have knocked me over with a timetable when I read the dining car menu. Breakfast 25c, lunch 30c, dinner 35c. And they're perfectly delicious. Why, the meals all the way to Chicago will only cost me (hold your breath) $2.05! I'll save enough for a new bonnet." 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