The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
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IF congress wants TO do

CUukItSS waits 10 uO
something TO increase en-
ployment and improve busi-
ness along the Pacific coast. il
should pass the bill author
izing the maritime commits
sion TO make adjustments that
will enable western lumber
men to compete with Great
Britain and Japan in the ex-
port business. The bill was
introduced by Rep. Homer d.
Angel, of Oregon. Ii has the
support of the lumber indus
try, which is being hard hit
by foreign competition.
1t is estimated that 79 per
cent of the west coast lumber
export business has been lost
to foreign competition since
1920. That represents a de-
cline of approximately Sl2,-
100000 a year in wages.
In the Northwest partieu-
larry, the lumber industry is
as basic as agriculture. Any
thing that viii improve the
lumber market is bound to
have a far-reaching effect.
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THERE will be few, besides
the defendants. who will
dissent with the opinion Of
Justice Clarence +. Layton
that service of a search war
rant on Sunday does not in
validate the process. The plea
was made by the attorney for
the defense in a case where
evidence of the sale of liquor
on Sunday, contrary to law,
was obtained through a search
warrant served on that day.
The case was about as lame
as that made by the Pharisees
when they accused the disci-
Piles of breaking the CON-
mandments by plucking the
ears of corn on the Sabbath
day to relieve their hunger.
Had the theory been sustain
ed, it would have been the
same as saying that no mat
ter what crime were involved.
the case should be quashed if
the evidence were obtained on
Sunday.
Justice Layton's ruling is
in harmony with the dictum
that it is lawful to do good
on the Sabbath day. There
will be few to deny that OBJ
tanning evidence of law viola
ton on Sunday is not doing
good.
ONCE more the Voting Mems
" Business club has done
good job of pinch hitting. In
this case it was taking the
brunt of the burden of rails
ing funds to send forty Taco
ma high school musicians to
Los Angeles to appear on the
programs of the National
Music Educators conference.
Two years ago the club con-
Quoted the campaign which
produced $1,000 to send Lin
coin high school A Cappella
choir to the national confer
ence at st. Louis, Mo. A year
ago the group assisted with
the arrangements to bring
the Northwest branch of the
National conference to Taco
ma. This is a worthy service
for which the Young Mems
Business club is entitled to
the highest commendation.
CITIZENS of Tacoma gen.
y orally will join in felicia
tons with members of the
faculty of the College of
Puget Sound as they assemble
at Lakewood Thursday night
for the annual birthday party
for President Edward H.
Todd and Mrs. Todd. Fortui-
tous circumstance brings the
two birthdays within a few
days of each other on oppo-
site side of the first of April,
and the joint observance has
become a tradition of the col
lege. 1t is a fitting tribute to
DIR. Todd, one of the foremost
educational leaders in the
Northwest, and to Mrs. Todd,
a worthy helpmeet. May
their influence increase with
the years and may each year
bring more of the JOY that is