PAGE FOUR The OREGON' STATESMAN,- - Salera, Oregon, Wednesday Morning; Febraary 27, 1935 '

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Films and Propaganda

THE talking rhovie is a powerful agent for influencingWhile the commercial proprietors attempt to

keep the cinema in a position where it will escape the cen-sure of organized groups, the criticisms which pour in uponit when certain pictures irritate racial, religious, national-istic or other groups reveal how potent an influence thescreen is in affecting public sentiment. The picture "AllQuiet on the Western Front was a. powerful tract for pac-ifism, though for the movies it was merely the dramatizationof what had been widely read as a novel. "Gabriel over theWhite House" was a picture whichcoming at the time itdid, made people shudder over the thought of a dictatorshipfor America.

But what would happen if the movie magnates deliber-ately tried to propagandize, to mold public opinion? A sam-ple was offered in the Sinclair campaign in California. Therethe movie people became alarmed. They feared high taxes ontheir properties, feared other reforms that Sinclair mightimpose. Their opposition began first by threats to move awayto Florida or Arizona, second by raising money from thecompanies and the stars, and finally by using the screenfor propaganda purposes. A sketch of their effort is re-ported in the March Harpers monthly, by Richard SheridanAmes. To quote : .

"Surprised patrons of the neighborhood movie houses weresuddenly treated to pictures of an indigent army disembarkingfrom box cars to Los Angeles sidings. These repulsive lookingbums appeared to have swarmed 'in from all corners of theUnited States, determined to enjoy the easy pickings of the prom-ised Sinclair regime. Their appearance was enough to terrifyany citizen who already had a job and a roof over his head."

The shots however were recognized as excerpts froman old film, so the companies gave up clippings from theirlibrary and took to shooting new material :

' "With an art seldom equaled In million-doll- ar productions,Hollywood, mordantly selective, photographed the down-and-out- s,

the wanderers, and the jail birds. It satirized, it distorted,and at times nearly burlesqued to its own detriment. But onthe, whole it manufactured some very telling celluloid in recordtime, and not since "The Kaiser, the Beast ot Berlin," duringwar days had it so hypnotized the mob mind."

The author of the article referred to wonders if thecountry will be warned by this experience and prod its leg-

islators into investigating the practices of movie-do- m. Prcbably not, because the public mind seems to approve the de-feat of Sinclair. But the success of the movies as vehicles ofpropaganda may tempt the owners to keep up the practice,in which case films would deteriorate as entertainment, andBoon would find government control cracking them over thehead.

Bits (or BreakfastBy R. J. HENDRICKS

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now and then he raised a hand ininformal greeting across a widespace. . -

..Naa tfia tiAnsjt His mmw viwened, There were women in beau- -uxui aressea, watch unfortunatelycutuoat aui Dm seen as cuce: therewere smiling, chi .ting, bareheaded

na an atmosphereof leisure and happiness in such asetting of perfect landscape andperfect weather, that it all seemedlike fairyland to the business girl,whose idea of the greet outdoorshad been acquired in Astoria.

A vision in pink georgette, witha tray of cigarettes slang-- by pinkribbons from her dainty shoulders,interrupted them. Marian Als-pangh cried arch'y, "Wont the bigmagnate take one little, little pack?We have all kinds from the high-est priced down to the lowly

"Cigarettes?" Marian smiled up intohis

gaspers, if you want to go that far."Jasper Ingram selected a box at

random, absent-minded- ly passed itover to Cathleen, and paid with aten-doll- ar bill.

Flustered by the incident, the girlquickly dropped the box into herbag, she did not smoke but she re-solved to keep the package as asouvenir of an astounding day.

in ear the bouse, Ingram turnedCathleen over to a servant, with thenecessary directions, and the girlwas led away from fairyland intothe sombre silence of the big house.All the gayety was outdoors. Thegreat hall, with the beautifulbranched stairway, was nearlyempty. The man preceded Cath-leen up it and along a corridor toan austerely furnished room on thesecond floor, quiet and cool, used byIngram as his home omce.

Opening the typewriter, she madeready for work. But she couldn'tresist the temptation to linger amoment at the window fascinatedby sights, the like of which she hadnever seen before might never seeagain. It seemed natural enoughto her that work should be her por-tion, while all these people playedand frolicked in an idyllic garden.But she was human and twenty-tw-o,

and there was a sparkle of pleasureand a tingle of excitement in the airone ef those lucky girls down therewita something better to do thisafternoon than sit alone and typeto which she wss not insensible, andwho could blame her for thinkinghow wonderful it would be were shebusiness letters.

If she were one of them, she askedherself in a rather pathetic littlegame, which of the men would shemost like to have attached to herside, for the afternoon? She hadto stay at the window a minute ortwo longer then her conscience ap-proved, to settle that. Finally shedecided on a young man with a headof light hair that hsd a crisn littlewave in it. His smiling, half-se-ri

ous face and the rracef ul lithe warhe had of moving, attracted her.

length and the vote was unani-mous to oppose the bill.

The hearing before the houseeducation committee should haveleft little doubt in the minds ofthe legislators as to the wishes ofthe rural people concerning thatbill. And the "110 letters" meantsomething. It mean that the peo-ple most "concerned" were takingthe most honorable method tomake their wishes known. Theyshowed their belief in representa-tive government While Mr. Gilland Mr.' Tompkins are most' inevidence in their appearance as."mentors" ot the rural interestseach of the above mentioned ruralorganizations . have delegatesworking with them and backingtheir efforts in the major partof the Grange legislative program.

Furthermore, the rural people(the farmers) help pay the taxesand. as cltisens ot the state, be-lieve that they have a right toconfer with their representativesand urge them to protect whatthey think are their Interests.They believe It is their duty aswell as their right to "concern"themselves with all matters oflate..

" ' Lather J. Chapln. .' . President Marlon-Pol- k Coun-ty Federation ot Community

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Even at this distance she felt thecharm that set him off from theothers.

He looked op towards her win-dow and seemed to smile at her.Had he really seen her? Had hesmiled at her. Her heart fluttered.

Yes, Seward Ingram had caughta glimpse of the pretty girl at thewindow but this afternoon he hadejres only for Arline Martin.

Marian Alspaugh was here, there,everywhere. Her cigarette tray wasan ' invaluable asset. She could,without fear of criticism, prance upto any group of men and accostthem in the most daringly flirtatiousmanner. She could approach womenwhom she had long known by sight,whose recognition and invitationsshe desperately craved, and, assum-ing a sweetly familiar manner, start

Seward's eyes and laid a hand onarm.

with cigarettes and work into littleErsonal conversations... that might

She was intoxicated with excite-ment as she flitted tirelessly about,smiling, ogling, taking in money.She was not even much dashedwhen her tactics were unsuccessful,as happened once or twice. Onewoman, who knew her slightly andwhose own social footing was" pre-carious, snubbed her, and when shethought to pursue young SewardIngram and see if she could notstrike up a fruitful acquaintancewith him, she found him discourag-inarl- y

unresponsive.Nearly all day he had been glued

tothe side of one particular girl,but at last Marian succeeded intracking him down, for the momentalone and disconsolate.

"Cigarettes?" She smiled upinto his eyes and laid a hand onhis arm.

"Sorry I'm broke I. Positivelycleaned out." " .

"Oh but your credit is goodTListen, take a box now, and meet'me some where later when you havemonev. Ham von ar Withnntencouragement, she tore open a box.vxtraciea a cigareiie ana uirust itagainst his lips. "Now ID givtyou a light."

"Perhaps aftes-e- ll I have changeenough to pay for these," Sewardsaid reluctantly. In Arline's ab-sence he wanted only to be alonethat he might think of her. "Willyon accept these quarters anddimes, and this yes, it's a fifty-ce- nt

piece?" Search of hii much-nick- ed

pockets yielded np nearlytwo dollars in silver.

Marian knew when she wasbeaten, and opportunities were toonumerous this afternoon to wastemore time in a lost cause. "Wegratefully accept any contribution,however small,' she mumbled glib-ly, and tamed away to look foreasier game.

(To Be Continued)OsCTTUtt. 1IJX. In KlM Mm SHc-- a. lu

Parent-Teache- rs

to Gather Fridayat Victor Point

VICTOR POINT, Feb. 26. Themonthly card party ot the Un.'onHill home economics club will begiven at the F. T. Fox home Sat-urday night.

The meeting of. the Parent --

Teachers association postponedfrom last Friday night will beheld Friday night. A good pro-gra- m

is bejng arranged.

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. V SYNOPSIS- Snecess crowned ever Tentnreof Jasper Ingram, wealthy pro-moter. Millions were at his dis-posal much to the envy of HomerAlspangh, his confidential secre-tary, who has all he can do to meetmortgage payments and the gold-diggi- ng

demands of his flirtatiouswife, Marian. Visiting her hus-band's office, Laura Ingram meetsMarian Alspangh and, realizing sheis the type who can wheedle moneyont of men, asks Marian to be ciga-rette girl at charity garden party.Laura had been a middle-clas- s girland marriage to Ingram repre-sented security: to Ingram, biswife was the coolly selected in-strument for s purpose he had atheart. So, while they are not inlove, each Is apparently satisfied.Seward, their son, ignorant of ex-isti- ng

conditions, believes his fa-th-er

st fault and is estranged fromhim. Seward is enamored of Ar-li- ne

Martin, young actress, sched-uled to appesr st the garden fete..The ruthlessly ambitious Arlineencouragea Seward to farther hercareer. Cathleen McCarthy. In--

secretary, is Ul sole sup-port of a large family. Her fathercannot find employment and herne'er-do-we- ll brother, Joe, makesno enort to Help. At home, Cath-leen discusses the possibility of araise.

CHAPTER VIBefore Cathleen left the kitchen.

ioe came in."Listen," he said. "Can I make

a small touch? I got to have afiver tonJeht."

"Where do yon think I'd be getung live oouarsr u l naa it I dgive it in to mother so she couldpsy it on the grocery bill At thisminute, I hare exactly one dollarand sixty-fiv-e cents."

"You can give me the dollar, cantyou?"

She could have thought off-ha- nd

of a thousand uses for that dollar,but now she handed it over in si-lence. This wss part weakness andpart a courageous effort to bolstera dying pride in her brother. Onceshe had oeen so proud of him, andthe remnant of this pride lingeredin her heart and she blamed thetimes for his moral warping to thenature of which she was not blind.

Cathleen, at the office next morn-ing, waited, at first confidently andthen with mounting doubt, her sum-mons to Ingram's office. Was he notgoing to send for her, had she failedto satisfy him, would the great op-portunity go to one .of the othergirls? Not until after the lunch in-terval did Ler call come; and whenshe entered his office he greeted herwith a surprising question.

"What sort of sailor are you. MissMcCarthy?"

"Why I haven't been on the wa-ter much," she said, trying not tolaugh. "But I've never been sea-sick 1"

Ingram explained: "There's agarden party at my place today atwhich I must put in an appearance-Ther- e

are several letters that shouldbe written, and we can get them outof the way on the yaeht while run-ning out to Grangenelds. You cantype them there. Ill sign them atonce and you can mail them when

get back to town. Ill send youSouby car."Cathleen flushed with pleasure.

He was not displeased with herwork, and she was to have a tasteof luxury on board a yacht and geta glimpse of the Ingram house.

Ingram's boat was of highly pol-ished woods and smart brasses andCathleen, who had never before setfoot on a yacht, stared with all hereves at its beauty and specklesscleanliness, and the charm of itsnautical arrangements.

Swiftly, the hot stale air of thecity was left behind and a faintlysalt breeze, tooled Cathleen'sflushed cheeks. Over the towers ofManhattan, the far-flun- g bridgesand the flat lands beyond, the skywas blue and pore with no threatof rain. Mrs. Ingram, thoughtCathleen, has a perfect day for herparty

They finished work in half anhour, and there were ten minutes,the best quarter of the trip, whenCathleen could close her notebookand feast her eyes on blue waterand dipping gulls, on the green on-foldi- ng

of the shore line beyond theyellow streak of sand.

They ran in to Ingram's privatedock, behind which were parklikegrounds, rolling and tree-se-t, andabove them the facade of a greatwhite house. As they came nearer,she could see groups of people, anahear music and a faint burst oflaughter. They came alongside thewharf and a gangplank was putover, and then she was walking be-side Ingram np the rise towards thehouse, avoiding the sTuests. though

The SafetyValveLetters from

Statesman Readers

DEFENDS GRANGE LOBBYEditor The Oregon Statesman:

In the February 23 rd issue otThe Statesman the governor, isquoted as saying: "What busi-ness bare these men (Ray Gilland Morton T&mpklns) to appearas the mentors of every bill whichcomes up?" 'This self-appoint- ed

group ot leaders should be plow-ing in the fields where the birdsare singing on these beautifuldays. Instead they are up herepestering' the legislature andsticking their bills into everythingwhether it affects them or not.""They showered the members ofthe senate with letters and tele-grams on the school unit bill. Onesenator told me he had received110 letters on that one measure."

Now in answer to the first question, a meeting of the ' Marion--Polk County Federation of Com-munity clubs was held in the Salem chamber of commerce audi-torium Saturdsy evening, Januaryith, to discuss legislative matterswhich might "affect the ruralinhabitants. '

Mr. Gill and Mr. Tompkins wereinvited to that meeting as wererepresentstives from the Farmers'Union and- - the Marion CountyTax League. , ,

' The County Unit bill proposedto regulate the rural school "sys-tems, so the rural people assumedthst it wss "some of their con-cern." This bill was discussed at

HealthBy Royal S. Copeland, M.O.

FEW PERSONS nave a true con-

ception of what "acidosis" really la.

They lay many of the common ail-

ments to acidosis. They avoid fruits.and other foods,believing thatthey cause acid-osis.

When there isa: diminution inthe reserve sup-ply of certain al-

kaline substancesIn the blood andother body fluidsthe condition Istermed acidosis.It occurs as a re-s- uit

of some or-ganic disturbancewithin the body.

Dr. Copeland For example. ItIs seen In cases

ot severe diabetes. It may accountfor uncontrollable nausea and diar-rhea which have resulted from someserious digestive disturbance. It laalso encountered in prolonged starva-tion, after severe hemorrhage and inchronic wasUng diseases.

Fortunately, these conditions arenot common. Acidosis is preventedthrough the normal functioning ofthe body.

Acidosis RareWhen there Is an excess of acid

substances within the system, theyare combined with other substancesand passed off in elimination, and inthe form of carbon dioxide from thelungs. It is only when disease Ispresent and this' normal mechanismis interfered with that acidosis oc-eu- rs.

Acidosis Is a rather rare condition.It often is confused with another andcommon ailment, "hyperacidity',sometimes called "acid stomach".The latter is Indeed a common con-dition. It Is due to an oversecretionof hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Hydrochloric add is secreted fromthe lining of the stomach. It is es-

sential in reasonable quantities forproper digestion of food. In too largequantities it causes trouble.

Increased secretion ot hydrochlortoacid can often be traced to faultydiet, hasty eating, bolting of food andcarelessness in the choice of food.It frequently occurs in those Individ-uals who are emotionally upset, nerv-ous, fatigued or working under greatstrain. It is often the cause of thecondition we call "nervous indiges-tion".

Diet Important

The victim ot hyperacidity com.plains of numerous digestive disturb-ances, such as sour taste, excessivegas, "biliousness", nausea and loss ofappetite. Sometimes there may beheartburn, restlessness and irritabil-ity.

Bear In mind that medicines axe oflittle benefit if the diet la neglected.X believe toe tittle Importance Is at-tached to proper food and health hab-its. It la equally important thatevery measure be taken to Improvethe general health.

IHfinlte eating hours must be es-tablished. Avoid rushing throughmeals and, above all, chew your foodslowly and carefully. Do not overeatand include in the diet foods thaicontain subetanees necessary for thmaintenance of good health.' The food should be simple, nutri-Hon-s

and easily digested. Take asabundance of fresh traits, vegetablescereals, butter, eggs,milk and cream.Omit foods that distress yen. Avoidfried and greasy foods and aa excessof pepper, spices and other condi-ments. ""'. ; f "

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J DAVIDSON RCOVERINGiLIBERTY, Feb 21.' g, g,

Davidson, who last week was sud-denly taken 111 with an attack ofpleurisy which threatened to leadconvalescing. .? Miss Sabina Schmidt, who

Is teaching near McMia- -.

vllle, spent the week end at thehome of her. mother, Mrs. K.Schmidt. - - "

Place of the Dorionwoman's grave found,fixed beyond dispute:

S(Continuing from yesterday:)

The reader will recall that thewitnesses to the burial of the Dorion woman la the St. LouisCatholic church were Luc Gagnonand Joseph Dellard, as attestedby Father B. Delorme.

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The writer thought Luc wasshort for Lucier. It does not soappear. The Portland Oregonianthought the writing made thename of the second witness, Dellart. That was a mistake. Hewas Joseph Dellard.

The United States Issued a pattent to Bart. Delorme for his do--n talon land claim, and it was re-corded May 5, 1890. It was for302.12 acreB. Father Delormesigned his deeds BartholomewDelorme. May 25, 1866, he deed-ed 50 acres at the southwest cor-ner of his claim to Francis N.Blanchett, archbishop, whichmeant, no doubt, to the Catholicchurch. He deeded 100 acres,Nov. 21, 1890, to Peter Wilquet.

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Sept. 3, 1866, B. Delorme andF. Menes recorded the plat of thetown ot St. Louis. Main street,in front of the church, is 82 feetwide. The land on which standsthe church Is of itself a block, notnumbered. It Is between blocks4 and 5. In front of the church(east) is a square, in effect apublic park. The blocks are di-vided into eight' lots each, thelots 50x100 feet. There are 20blocks In all.

SThe patent to Luc Gagnon and

his wife Julia, called for 329.38acres of land. They were entitledto a donation land claim of 640acres. Why they did not get thewhole mile square the writerdoes not know. A considerableportion of the Gagnon land hasfor three generations been In thewell known Lemery family ofthat section. But some of It Isstill in a member of the Gagnonfamily, who is Mary Olive Dor-ild-a

Gagnon Labrun, acording tothe deed records.

A U. S census of arrienlrnrefor Oregon territory was taken inisao. u snows mat josepn Dei-la- rd

had a donation land claim Inthe St. Louis section; that- - hethen bad 8 acres Improved and560 unimproved, of a cash valueof $3000; that his machinery andimplements were --worth $250, andthai - ha had 6 horses. 8 milkcows, 4 oxen, 20 other cattle and30 swine, value or au livestock$2100, and that he had 503 bash-e- ls

of wheat and 250 bushels ofoats. The census was as of Febraary, 1850. Another Dellard waslisted, Pierre, who had 5 acresimproved, 270 unimproved, ot avalue of S1SOO. and ho, bad 1100worth of Implements, $450 worthor livestock:, and 600 bushels ofwheat and 150 bushels ot oats.(Wheat In Oregon then waa a ma.diem of exchange; money.)

Thus the reader msy observethat the - persons of record whoparticipated In the burial of theDorion woman were au freehold-ers. :

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The same U. 8,. census recordor 1850 tells something of theoperations of Jean Toupln. Thatis the way the name appears. Hewas listed as having 109 acres otimproved land and 540 unimprov-ed; horses 13. milk cows 12. oxen4, swine 30, and 600 bushels otwheat and ISO of oats. Value oflivestock, $1460. Cash value ofland, $4000. That was the do-nation claim in the Mlddlezrovedistrict, about tire miles north-east of downtown Salem. The

date of the taking of the Touplncensus was January 28, 1850.

SThere are plenty ot chances for

arguments over the number ofchildren born to the Dorion wornan. The reader has noted thatthe writer has listed eight; threeDorions, a Vernier and fourTourpins. Another writer saysthere was a fourth Dorion child,born on the Snake in 1813, andthat there were only two Toupinchildren, Instead of four. Somelight may be given by a deedgiven Feb. 20 1860, by FrancisMenes to Mary Ann Toupin andMargaret Gervais, daughter ofDavia Uervais. The considerationwas $200. for block 18 ot thetown of St. Louis, being 8 lots50x100 each. More later along.

J. Wlllard Gay, greatgrandsonof the Dorion woman, told thewriter, In 1932, that Mrs. Toupinwas very sick, so low that herpeople thought her dead for 14days and thai' she revived andrecovered, and lived 14 months.Mr. Gay said she died at St Lou-is. From the fact that the se-pulture record of the church Indicates that she died in one ofthe watches ot the night beforethe burial, this would seem prob-able. The Mlddlegrove farm ofthe Toupins was 12 to 15 milesfrom St. Louis, depending on theway the road or trail led.

SDr. Elijah White, sub-Indi- an

agent, who led the 1842 Immigra-tion to Oregon, wrote in his book,"Ten Years in Oregon," thatafter his arrival In the fall of1842 be saw the Dorion Womanliving comfortably In the Willam-ette valley with a CanadianFrenchman to whom she had longbeen married, and that she pre-sented him (Dr. White) with sev-eral pairs of moccasins, very neat-ly executed after a most approvedfashion of her tribe. He saidhe was very much impressed withher noble, commanding bearing.

(Continued tomorrow.)

Firemen's ProgramNets $131 to Run

Truck at Molalla

MOLALLA. Feb. 26. A totalof $131 was taken In Friday nightat tne annual play sponsored bythe Molalla fire department. Thehigh school auditorium was al-most filled. The program consist-ed ot two plays, "Irish Justice,"in which the entire fire denart- -ment took part, and Peaches," atwo-a- ct race track comedy, and ofa number, ot specialty acts. Fundsgo tor operation ot the fire track.

The Oreron Citv Mrh aehnnlgirls' trio, composed ot VirginiaSmith.' Harriet Jean and Kathrynjura liera, accompanied by JoanneCochran, sansr. Ben Chlndrrm.Colton, sang; Joseph Safarik, otcanny, piayea a violin solo; O. K.uenaerson and Les Crawford, ofCedarville. nresented feats nt ma.gic; Jean Horton, Portland, danc--ea, ana ine Mattesoa orcnestra.HeaaoworooK, piayea. NormaHolsgraf. Portland, waa themusical director.

A arroon of hich school ariria.including Anna Flatness, IreneHardr. Gertrude Olaen. KatherfnJohnson, Carol Willey, Opal Wiluro, Elinor Sether, LaVerne un-rig, Anna Watson and Mae Matte-so-n

assisted with song and dancenumbers.

i FEET INJURED --

AIRLIE. Feb. VaughnWhltaker had both feet run overby a truck atthe Coatee Cornuttmill when he-w- as blocking thetruck. Due to swelling, the footcouldn't bf tended until Mondaywhen X-ra- ys were taken.

End of the Coalition -

THE filing of a contest over the right of Bronson CuttingNew Mexico to a seat in the senate marks the end of

the honeymoon between the president and the insurgent re-publicans. Dennis Chavez, who ran on the democrat ticketand was nosed out by a few votes, has filed his contest. Sincehe had the backing of Farley and of Roosevelt in his cam-paign against Cutting, it is supposed he is still guided by theadvice of the high command. But Cutting was a 1932 Roose-velt man, bolting Hoover; and he went down the line formuch new deal legislation. While he broke with Roosevelt onthe drastic economy act and led the first successful revoltwhich restored part of the benefits to veterans, others whojoined in that were "not made to feel the sharp displeasureof the executive. Washington reporters set down the breach

- as personal, the president became irked over somethingCutting said or did.

The insurgents however are backing up Cutting; andthey have shown renewed signs of independence. They de--feated the ieorld court resolution; they put over the McCar-ra- n

prevailing wage amendment to the work relief bill, themost grievous defeat the president has suffered. Most ofthem appear to be backing immediate payment of the bonus.

The indications are that the president will come to relymore and more on Farley's democratic machine. He can'tfollow the radical republican senators as far as they willwant! to lead him. This radical group of both parties mayform a bloc which will prove as embarrassing to him as itdid to Hoover, and virtually nullify his efforts.

; In any event the singular coalition which marked theformer congress in its complete surrender to the presidentis ended. The old strugglejbetween the executive and the con-gress is about to be renewed.

Bureau of AuditGOVERNOR MARTIN has endorsed what has long been

Statesman: the extension of the authorityof the state bureau of audit so it will conduct the audits forcounties, cities and school districts. The purpose would be to

; provide a standard system of accountancy, to see that lawsrespecting expenditures are observed, and to provide the

-- audits in an economical manner. This would not mean lesswork for the auditing profession, probably more work, be- -,

cause it would be done regularly and for all units of govern-ment. j-

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vThe state audit would soon build up a body of practicewhich would save thousands of dollars to governmental units.As it is now auditors come in and count the cash and checkthe books. They determine if the bookkeeping is correct andsometimes suggest changes in accounting practice. Your ex-perienced state auditors would also be acquainted with thelaw and detect cases where illegal expenditures may havebeen voted. They would outline continuing financial policiesespecially valuable in the case of the smaller units.

Washington state has had a bureau of audit for manyyears; and it has been invaluable to the taxing units of thatstate. If the legislature will enact a law as Gov. Martin rec-ommends it will accomplish a real work of reform.

Representative Ekwall broke lata another speech In Wash in g-t-on.

He introduced a Joint resolution to hava Pres. Roosevelt givethanks to Finland, "beacon light la the darkness. because Finland

- has paid her debt installments when other nations "shamelessly repu--diate Just debts".. There was a time when the United States was sibeacon light in the darkness itself; bat that was before F.D.R. waspresident and before the supreme court validated repudiation of thesolemn pledges of this country by virtually estopping recovery.

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' The elty of Portland which solved its electric power and streetcar problems by paying Carer Harlan something over a hundredthousand dollars. is stuns again. It paid Commissioner Bennett's ex-- vpense back to a public ownership meeting and there. Bennett gave anaddress charging the depression to Wal! rtrt! lis nM have donethat with a postage stamp. . .

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