anaheim-gazette 1940-05-23

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. THE VISION OF LINDBERGH This week, 13 brief years ago, Charles A. Lindbergh captured the imagination of the world by flying the Atlantic. The "impossible" had been accomplished, and aviation achievement had reached a new height. But to Lindbergh his flight and his plane were mere primitive beginnings at conquest of the air. When his ship, "The Spirit of St. Louis," was placed in the Smithsonian Institute, Lindbergh regarded it not as a model of aircraft to be admired, but as a pioneer mechanism soon to be considered an interesting antique. And this week, after 13 brief years, an American aircraft corporation displayed like vision in a national advertisement. Instead of featuring the giant luxury clippers it now makes, the company pictured a plane of the future now in blueprints: a 65-ton ship, with 200-foot wingspread, designed to travel by substratisphere from New York to London in 12 hours! Aviation and the vision that has created a vast romantic new industry are of unique interest to southern California. Here Lindbergh trained and made arrangements for his epochal flight. Here, today, is centered the nation's growing plane industry. The vision of Lindbergh has come to fruition where he conceived it. "BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS, SWEAT" Forseeing in immediate weeks the most deadly attempts "BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS, SWEAT" Forseeing in immediate weeks the most deadly attempts to conquer England by direct invasion since William the Conqueror annihilated the Saxons at Hastings in 1066, Winston Churchill last week declared to the House of Commons and the British people: "To win victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terrors—I can offer you nothing but blood and toil, tears and sweat!" And on this side of the Atlantic, a shocked and horrified America, startled into full realization of the swiftness of modern war and the frightfulness of its offensive weapons, has determined upon speeding complete defensive rearmament. We are woefully lacking in field artillery, automatic rifles, ammunition, anti-aircraft equipment. Our planes are good but too few, and we have yet to train a great reservoir of military flying talent. The American people unquestionably are in favor of rearmament and willing to pay the costs. But it will speed that program, and make the colossal task less burdensome upon an already overtaxed people, if we divert many of our wasteful outputs of money and energy to the rearmament job. On WPA alone, for example, one billion dollars will be expended this year. For years WPA billions have gone largely into useless leaf-raking and shovel-leaning types of projects. Yet many skilled WPA workers could give value received for their government checks by working as soldiers of preparedness—in building coastal defenses, air bases and other defense essentials. And by hundreds of thousands unskilled workers will be needed. Then, too, the morale of the unemployed, now on make-work jobs that are thin disguises for the direct dole, would be immensely stimulated through work that is genuine. No labor could be more valuable than the toil of insuring America against the plague of war. In such times as these, every possible energy, physical and financial, must be devoted to sound purposes. And only by the toil and sweat that must go into creation of adequate national rearmament may we guarantee ourselves against the blood and tears that flow in war-torn Europe. State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers, in a recent declaration of policy, announced that there would be a tightening up of relief regulations to compel able bodied relief clients to accept "suitable jobs," when offered them which Administrator Chambers has promulgated will help to restore love of prideful employment, as well as putting thousands of men back to work and thereby reducing the number of relief rolls. LOCAL POLITICS HINDER OUTFALL PROGRESS; MAKE FORCE STATE IN A little internal politics hinder outfall sewer board of control resulted in a situation which bring the state board of into the picture. The state take over the construction of treatment works on Sectio southwest of Santa Ana reason is the blockade tactics by Mayor Kohlenberger oferton. The outfall work is now hands of a committee composed of the mayors of four cities in the system and president of the La Habrailiary district board, who represent all four sanitary districts. Four of these five have seized the agreement of their content bodies, meaning that seven the eight are ready to go on the plans submitted by engineer. Fullerton city has come through, because nojections injected by Kohlenberg Just what real basis these actions have is a little vague. It is known that he never was fied with the engineer selected do the work. Fullerton approved the ration Tuesday. The outfall board was scheduled to have a meeting Thursday this week. Dr. Russell, head the county health department labored long and diligently bring about unanimous agree but if failure still attended yday's session, it was exp something might happen a meeting of the board of health for Saturday. State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers, in a recent declaration of policy, announced that there would be a tightening up of relief regulations to compel able bodied relief clients to accept "suitable jobs" when offered them. And he defined a "suitable job" as one which the person on relief was capable of handling and which would pay him as much or more than he had been receiving on the dole. California, for the most part, will applaud that decision, and California agriculture, in particular, will hope that Chambers hispo licy int oakor sticks to his guns and translates his policy into a working reality. For farmers, who are among the state's biggest taxpayers, and who therefore pay a goodly share of California's multi-million dollar bounty to the army on relief, have, in many instances, found their relief contributions being used against them in an effort to force increases in farm wages. All too frequently, in the past, relief officials have pursued the policy of advising relief recipients that they didn't need to take work proffered them, unless the wages and working conditions appealed to them more than living in idleness in the dole. And not so many months ago, relief administrators deliberately attempted to jockey-up farm wage scales by promising the unemployed more money on relief than the farmer could afford to pay in wages. That condition not only has cost California untold millions in unwarranted relief payments; it has helped to destroy morale; it has undermined character; it has put a premium on laziness and a penalty on industriousness. And it is to be hoped that the new order which Administrator Chambers has promulgated will help to restore love of prideful employment, as well as putting thousands of men back to work and thereby reducing the number of relief rolls. "It has been our policy to oust from the rolls those clients who refuse suitable jobs," said Chambers, "but there has been a lot to wish for in our relationship with the state department of employment." But in the future, the relief administrator asserted, close cooperation will be maintained between Robert G. Wagenet, the director of employment, and Richard Sachse, chairman of the employment commission, in an effort "to draw close together the placementser. viceof the department of employment with the relief administration." Chambers also announced that hereafter an attempt will be made to place employment offices in the same building with SRA offices in the smaller cities "to make it easy for the relief client to keep in close contact with the employment office." And any person on relief who refuses acceptable employment, he sternly declared, will be cut off from government aid and forced to shift for himself. So far, so good. But California and the nation as a whole have a hard row to hoe in overcoming the disasterous effects of what someone has called "the decade of decadence." It is a job which must be accomplished, if the country is to avert the catastrophe of a permanent relief class—a class of relief-bred Americans, neither capable of work, nor desirous of work. For indolence Some folks around whether an Anaheim lawyer really is a candidate state senator. And if she is figure she has been sold some she didn't want. It was well known for a time her intention was not to against Tom Kuchel for any isolative office. If he decided stay by the assembly she run for senator, but if he ran the senate she might seek assembly post. How the change came about which she is proposed as a co-breeds indolence, and relief-cities, during the past ten years have deliberately encouraged lief is a career, rather than helping hand in time of tr On the credit side of the law however, it should be recalled that the bi-partisan economy in the legislature is making valiant effort to force realization of the fact that bigger taxes bigger relief appropriations simply destroy employment increase relief rolls and make bad matter worse. If Administrator Chambers left alone by his political siors, and will do his utmost weed out the star-boarder relief rolls and compel recipients of every po-faith and philosophy, to a honorable employment where offered them, then it is up to paying organizations to give wholehearted support in his deavor. HITCH-HIKERS Employment Total Reveals Increase Reflecting general business improvement, the state department of employment today announced a 12.2 percent gain in private placements made during April over March, 1940, with 20,413 workers being placed in private employment, according to Roy Ferguson, manager of the Santa Ana office of the department. Corresponding decreases in unemployment insurance payments were experienced during the same period, Ferguson, indicated, with payments decreasing from $6,544,-383 in March to an April total of $6,028,739. Claims for partial benefits increased 189 percent during the past month over the corresponding period a year ago with $479,-441 being distributed against the $165,933 paid during April 1939. This sharp increase in partial claims may be attributed, manager Ferguson said, to a tendency on the part of benefit claimants to accept part-time work in lieu of full unemployment insurance checks, during periods of enforced layoff. Claimants in Orange County received $151,787 in unemployment insurance benefits, according to manager Ferguson, who emphasized that distribution of these funds increases purchasing power of the unemployed. give the fact that he had a mind of his own, instead of taking Washington Snapshots by JAMES PRESS Despite laws specifically ding it, federal officials and press agents merrily continue trying for any against lee. Not in a single instance cernible so far have they either to save the money or to give citizens from the rule of bureaucracy. Since Labor Board against Wagner act amends was disclosed by a special investigating committee, the labor lobbyists have been more helpful. Their methods are insidious because they have some new tricks in the box. For instance, the house against appropriating more the labor board's economic position headed by David J. The reasons were that some lators think Saposs is technically inclined, and they believe that the work could be better by other existing federal laws. But just before the senate on the labor board approves board press agents mimeed and gave to hundreds of papermen a many-page from Saposs denying that a communist. The senate promptly gives $45,600 to Saposs economic division. A lot of fuss has been raised by efforts of federal agency. ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY WATCHTOWER A Compilation of Observation and Comment by and for the Weekly Newspapers of the County APPEARING IN THE FOLLOWING: Huntington Beach News Newport Beach News Garden Grove News Costa Mesa Globe Westminster Gazette Coastline Diapatch South Coast News Buena Park News Yorba Linda Star Placentia Courler Anaheim Gazette Seal Beach News Habra Star Tustin News Brea Progress LOCAL POLITICS HINDERS OUTFALL PROGRESS; MAY FORCE STATE IN A little internal politics in the fall sewer board of control has ultled in a situation which may ing the state board of health to the picture. The state might be over the construction of the treatment works on Section 1, northwest of Santa Ana. The ason is the blockade tactics used Mayor Kohlenberger of Fullon. The outfall work is now in the hands of a committee of five, imposed of the mayors of the cities in the system and the president of the La Habra sanity district board, who represents four sanitary districts. Four of these five have secured agreement of their constitubodies, meaning that seven of eight are ready to go ahead with the plans submitted by the ineerer. Fullerton city has failed come through, because of objons injected by Kohlenberger. At what real basis these objecs have is a little vague, but it known that he never was satisfiied with the engineer selected to the work. Fullerton approved the resolution Tuesday. The outfall board was schedulto have a meeting Thursday of week. Dr. Russell, head of county health department has ordered long and diligently to reg about unanimous agreement, if failure still attended yesterdays session, it was expected thing might happen at the start of the board of health set Saturday. DATE against Tom, is considered to be a matter of maneuvering by a group of democratic leaders who saw no other chance to beat Kuchel. With Mayor McCallen and his money out of the race, and no other good material in sight, a campaign built around a woman (the first to make a legislative race in this county) seemed to have some sex appeal. That she was talked into making her announcements in the way she did is regarded as a mistake by political observers, who declare that if she does campaign she will start out under a severe handicap. DEMOCRATS OFFER ANOTHER REPUBLICAN A candidate in the south end of the county for the republican nomination for the state assembly apparently was projected into the race by the same democratic group as prevailed upon the lady to go for the senate. This crowd is thereby put in the position of trying to play the game on both sides of the fence. Behind this candidacy is not so much the desire to advance the candidate as to tear down the opposition. This particular democratic group is very bitter about Clyde Watson. They cannot for- CLAIMANTS in Orange County received $151,787 in unemployment insurance benefits, according to manager Ferguson, who emphasized that distribution of these funds increases purchasing power of the unemployed. The republicans are smiling in their sleeves over what seems to be a double break for the candidate first announced. NOTES Word from the convention of republicans at Fresno is to the effect that L. H. Loudon of Anaheim has a better chance in the congressional race than was supposed. It is reported that a surprising amount of backing for him has developed in San Bernardino county, and that opposition in the primary seems to have faded out. An amendment to the Orange county flood control act was scheduled to be signed by the governor this week, allowing the supervisors to buy the district's own bonds in the open market at more than par—with a limit of 5 per cent above par placed on the privilege. The county has considerable money available for the purpose, but has not been able to find any of the bonds for sale except at a premium. A Santa Ana bank recently purchased some on its own account for a little above par. Candidates for county office can start filing their declarations on Wednesday, May 29, They have until June 22 to do so. 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Since Labor Board lobbying against Wagner act amendments was disclosed by a special house investigating committee, the official lobbyists have been more careful. Their methods are more insidious because they have found some new tricks in the bag. For instance, the house voted against appropriating money for the labor board's economic division headed by David J. Saposs. The reasons were that some legislators think Saposs is communistically inclined, and they feel also that the work could be better done by other existing federal agencies. But just before the senate vote on the labor board appropriation, board press agents mimeographed and gave to hundreds of newspapers a many-page letter from Saposs denying that he is a communist. The senate promptly voted to give $45,600 to Saposs and his economic division. A lot of fuss has been raised too by efforts of federal agents to put GOAT BREEDERS PICNIC The Golden State Goat Breeders association will hold its annual Kid Show at the Willows, Orange-thorpe and Studebaker roads, Artesia, next Saturday, starting at 10 o'clock. There will be special prizes and contests, and a basket luncheon at noon. The public is invited. leases naming the cities and towns where projects would be built if the money were available. They point out that "only $46,000,000 remains available for USHA projects." The object, of course, is to get people in these various towns and cities to write their congressmen demanding that they vote more money for USHA so that Midvale, too, may get some. In each case—lower farm mortgage interest rates, housing appropriations, labor board funds—the pressure was exerted on the side of bigger federal appropriations and bigger federal payrolls—things for which the taxpayer will have to dig deeper into his jeans. Boosters to Meet At La Vida Springs La Vida Springs, in Carbon canyon, will be the setting for the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Orange county, it was announced this week by Floyd McCracken of Anaheim, president of the group. The meeting will be held next Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The program is being arranged by Frank Rospaw of Placentia and will be built around the theme, "California Hot Spring." It has not yet been announced who the speaker will be. NEW PLAY BILLED Electric with the problems of human beings, Clifford Odets', "Rocket to the Moon" comes to the Pasadena Community Playhouse May 28 to June 8. Frank Ferguson, Gwen Anderson, Julie Baker, Stephen Green and others make up the cast under Maxwell Shole's direction. The inhabitants of Guam call themselves Chamorros. But just before the senate vote on the labor board appropriation, board press agents mimeographed and gave to hundreds of news-papermen a many-page letter from Saposs denying that he is a communist. The senate promptly voted to give $45,600 to Saposs and his economic division. A lot of fuss has been raised too by efforts of federal agents to put a new farm credit bill through congress. The purpose is to cut farm mortgage interest rates to three per cent. The trouble is that the government has to borrow the money to lend to the farmers, and it can't get that money at three per cent. So whether the farmers know it or not, lower interest to them would mean more taxes on them or on the people who buy farm produce. Nevertheless, the country has been flooded with letters and pamphlets urging that the proposal become law. Another lobbyist campaign of a still different kind is being used by the United States Housing Authority. Congress last session refused to appropriate $800,000,-000 for USHA. So the press agents went to work. Now, USHA at every conceivable opportunity issues press re- WORLD'S FAIR BOUND? Go GREYHOUND! A thousand thrills await you on Treasure Island. 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