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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 13, 1944
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Practical Politicians
' Practical methods are to rule the conduct of the campaign
of the CIO political action committee in its endeavors to re
elect President Roosevelt and lesser candidates friendly to
labor. Under the direction of Chairman Sidney Hillman,
Jvho learned his politics at the feet of the master mind of the
JsTew Deal, the PAC has established a school for politicians
jn which every labor man and woman is urged to enroll. It
is a practical school, and its textbook is the "Political Primer
lor All Americans," a pamphlet printed and distributed by
he committee.
There is nothing idealistic about the instructions con
tained in the textbook, which teaches the tactics employed
by successful politicians from the top to the bottom, from
seekers of the lowly office of constable to those aspiring to
the presidency. It teaches that the successful politician
is the one who gets the most voles.
: f'Politics," says the pamphlet, "is the science of how who gets
what, when and why. Politics exist in every civic group, church,
Jabor union, and family. The key man is always a politician. He
keeps things going, wheels turning. Politicians are good, friendly
people."
i The Hillman theory is that every laborer should be a poli
tician, according to the above definition. And he defends
that ambition as being justified to achieve the ends sought.
JOf the morals of his teachings he says:
i "The truth is that politicians are no more corrupt than the
people who elect them. The people corrupt the politicians. They
demand traffic enforcement along with ticket-fixing. They want
n efficient, honest police force and civil service so long as their
itons and cousins get the jobs and a fine school system with the
faculty staffed with relatives. The politician who refuses re
quests for patronage and spoil Is told that he'll not be reelected."
The textbook of the PAC gets right down to business in
the matter of making one's self effective politically by ad
Hvising active participation in local politics, and recommends
Jan endeavor to become precinct captains or leaders. It also
gives advice as to how to achieve that ambition and outlines
practical formula as follows: "Know the number of your
ward and precinct. Do anything which needs doing. Be
icome acquainted with your bosses and neighbors. Listen
Jto your neighbor's beef, but don't argue with him ... do
whatever favors you can for people. Get control of more
Svotes than anyone else in the precinct and the job is yours."
There are a lot more of these instructions but they are all in
the same tenor the products of Boss Hillman's experiences
iand observations and practical politics as practiced by the
present administration.
Fiendish Winged Terror
Despite the fact that many of their launching places have
Jbeen destroyed and hundreds of them shot in the air, those
Jblind winged messengers of death, the German robot bombs,
continue their sporadic destruction in London. They have
Jalready compelled the evacuation of women and children
from the British metropolis for safety, and while they will
not turn the tide of war and can no more weaken the British
spirit than the Luftwaffe could, they are far from being the
"nuisances" they were first termed.
i These rocket bombs fly several thousand feet above the
Jearth with an angry buzzing that can be heard for miles,
then a silence as they fall to a glider landing and explode
tending death and destruction over a wide area, though its
"explosive load is fractional compared with those dropped
during the London blitz. Their worst effect is the mental
strain and wakefulness they force on people who have already
"Buffered so much. They appear at any time and storms are
iio obstacles.
The buzzing is so penetrating that all who hear it think
Aheir locality is the target. The vibration only ceases after
Jthe rocket has glided to the earth and burst. The explosion
js so powerful that the concussion makes the ears of those
at a distance ache. They plummet so fast after their force
Jias been spent that it is almost impossible to get out of the
rea of destruction. They are easier to see at night because
if the flame that streams out behind them, which enables
jjck-ack guns and fighter planes to hit and explode them
an the air. But in day time they are not seen until they
Jlrop. So they create a serious problem until magnetic or
. ether devices are discovered to destroy the sightless terror
that is not military at all but wanton murder for the sake of
Inurder.
It is reported that the Germans have used these robot
Wanes against the Americans
flank at the center of the Normandy line. Such tactics will
immensely strengthen the morale of the doughboys and in
spire them with a fighting hatred of the enemy similar to
hat of the Russians.
i It is .quite logical that the Nazis should adopt such tactics
s the robot torpedo and bomber. They have already trained
their soldiers as robots mechanically efficient but devoid of
Sensibility, brutal automatons qualified only for mass mur
Jer and heiling Hitler. In another war the fighting may be
idone entirely by automatic, mechanical contrivances Operated
Jjy means of radiant energy or sound waves as in Karl
iCapet's prophetic play "R U R Rossum's Universal Robots."
Ho Exemptions for Pre-Medics
' Disagreeing with prominent members of the medical pro
fession, President Roosevelt has turned thumbs down on a
proposal that he relax selective service regulations to permit
Jiraft boards to grant further exceptions to pre-medical stu
dents, asserting that the needs of the armed services for
J'young, vigorous men" outweighs all other considerations.
In a letter to Rep. Miller of Nebraska, the president wrote
in further support of his decision:
I "The inlcr-agcncy committee on deferments . , ., gave enreful
Consideration to the case of pre-mcdical students. I am told that
this committee recommended that there be no deferment for pre
niedical students who arc not in medical school by July 1 of this
year. The committee, I am advised, took into account the fact
jhat none of these pre-mcdical students could be of service in the
practice of medicine prior to 1948, and that many of them would
Jiever practice medicine. The committee also gave attention to
the fact that young men who do not come up to the exacting
physical standards of the armed forces, as well as young women,
pre available to become pre-mcdical students."
J In further explanation of his ideas as to where the medical
ichools will get the students needed for a continuing supply
tf doctors, the president called attention to the fact that
f x-servicemen already being discharged from the army and
tiavy will undoubtedly be attracted to medicine and surgery
ks future professions. "These men," he wrote, "and the far
larger number later to be demobilized must be given every
opportunity in the way of education and training." Logical
fts the president's argument appears, it does not answer the
question, vital to the public health and welfare, of what is to
be done to fill the depleted ranks of the medical profession
after the war.
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A bumper crop of rumors is
now floating around about the
disposition of Camp Adair, if
any. In the navy they call this
sort of stuff scuttlebut. Most
of them we've heard sound like
just plain bull to us.
The Statesman nas developed
a small war with the internal
revenue department for inti
mating that that department
acted without authority of law
in assessing the $5 fines on de
linquent auto stamp purchasers.
The department is huffy about
it, wrote a letter to the editor,
and now the editor thumbs his
nose back at the department.
Novelties
In the News
(Br the Associated Press)
Conversation Piece
Lafayette, Ind. Two 'women
complained to Police Sgt. Cecil
Baker a dog was in their car
and wouldn't get out. Baker re
moved the dog, found a tag with
the name of Alvin Fay, whom
Baker telephoned.
"Put the dog on the phone,"
Fay said, "and I'll talk to him."
The "sarge" was dubious but
obeyed.
"What are you doing up
there, Pat," Fay admonished.
"Get right on home."
The dog went directly to Fay's
residence.
October 31, 1944
Kansas City A calendar
with each day up to end of
October, 1044, carefully mark
ed was found in the effects of
a German prisoner of war, re
ports Lt. Col. Lloyd Shafer,
commandant of the Fort Riley,
Kan., prisoner camp.
At the last mark, he said,
there was the notation "End of
the war."
The prisoner declined to say
which side he thought would
win.
And Furthermore
Portland, Ore. The New
York office of the American
Society for the prevention of
cruelly to animals asked the
Oregon humane officer to check
reports that 2,000 wild horses
captured in the eastern Oregon
roundup were driven over cliffs
into the ocean.
The officer's reply:
(1) No wild horses were cap
tured. They all got away.
(2) And, if they had been cap
tured, the eastern Oregon
roundup area is 400 miles from
the ocean.
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It must take quite a bit of nerve
these days to thumb one's nose
at the internal revenue depart
ment. However, the Statesman
should remember that the guys
who forgot to buy their auto
stamps on time were also act
ing without authority of law
and we expect that next year
they'll be lined up at the post
office window a month ahead
of time to pick up their stamps.
Maybe the Statesman has for
gotten that there's a war on.
Dust Bowl Nostalgia
(Gladys Shields in Jefferson
Review)
Yes sir, porch sitting in the
midwest is an old institution,
like attending a band concert
on the courthouse lawn every
Wednesday and Saturday night.
As we remember the Ioway of
our youth, almost every town
of any consequence had a town
band with a bandstand on the
courthouse lawn or in the city
park where the entire populace
gathered on warm evenings to
hear the town band boys play
"Poet and Peasant," "Silver
Threads Among the Gold,"
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
with maybe the "Blue Danube"
thrown in for romance. The
courthouse lawn, in our town,
didn't have rows of seats for the
audience. They usually sat in
groups or by twos and twos on
the grass. Sometimes, they sat
in their buggies or surreys, or
the more "modern" or opulent
sat proudly in their model T
Fords, Maxwells or Reos the
envy of every eye. One time we
remember, the audience on the
courthouse lawn ran over out
into the street, when Sousa and
his band visited our town.
We're glad to print foregoing
from the facile typewriter of
Gladys so that old time Iowa
yans, et al, now in these parts,
can brush away a few homesick
tears. Even Fred Zimmerman,
erstwhile Hoosier of many years
back, almost put on a boo hoo
as the description of these
"porch sittings" took him to the
old home on the banks of the
Wabash.
Cowboys on the Loose
Portland Harry Daniel,
president of the Oregon Humane
society, complained about New
Yorkers' knowledge of north
west geography. A letter from
the executive vice-president of
the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals said he had heard that
wild horses in eastern Oregon
were being driven over cliffs
into the ocean,
The army of Carthage, from
204-202 B.C., was made up en
tirely of soldiers of fortune.
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in more ways
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since we began cooperating with the
government alcohol program, Old
Hermrtaffe has become somewhat rare
in qwantfty, tool Demand is greater
than ever, Ut the .naaty is limited
te owr reserve atochs.
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rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis ot
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent.
With due caution one records
that catastrophe is treading on
the heels of the Hitlerian arm
ies which are being rolled back
with heavy loss of life and ma
teriel by a multiple red offen
sive which is developing the
greatest striking power ever let
loose in such an operation.
The German danger is so
acute that disaster of the first
magnitude might overtake them
at any -time. They apparently
are trying to engineer a whole
sale withdrawal of great depth
to new defenses, thus straight
ening their long and unwieldy
front and shortening their com
munications. The nazis will have to be
mighty lucky to succeed. We've
seen their generalship achieve
many masterly withdrawals,
and it would be a serious mis
take to underestimate German
resourcefulness in emergencies.
However, Hitler no longer has
the manpower or equipment to
enable him to manipulate h i s
defenses as he has in the past.
Berlin military spokesmen for
several days have been prepar
ing the German public for a
great withdrawal on the eastern
front. While not avoiding the
seriousness of the situation,
they've advertised this . as part
of a revised strategy.
Good Trick Anyway
It's represented that this re
alignment will permit of the
transfer of nazi forces from the
eastern front to the western the
ater for a major assault on the
allies in Normandy. The idea is
to administer a quick, decisive
defeat on the western allies and
then whip back to the Russian
front in time to protect the
eastern frontiers of the. reich.
Well, as the stage magician
would say, it's a good trick if
they do it and it's a good trick
if they don't. It's a strategy of
desperation, but the Hitlerites
are in desperate straits.
One of the astonishing aspects
of the Russian offensive is that
the red armies have been av
eraging more than ten miles a
day in vital sectors, with heavy
fighting, for a score of days
without rest. Whether they can
continue much longer without
a breather remains to be seen,
but the launching of their new
Latvian drive doesn't look much
like a pause. Their stamina is
amazing. '
If they do halt it may give the
nazis a chance to pull up their
socks a bit. But if the red ma
chine keeps on rolling as it's go
ing now, Hitler may have to
abandon the Baltic states and
East Prussia on the run. The
nazi commarfd has anticipated
this contingency by evacuation
of German nationals from some
areas. "The way the signs read
now the enemy will be com
pelled to fall back at least as
far as the line of tha Vistula in
the heart of Poland.
Presbyterians Name
Richard Moderator
Portland, July 13 (JP) The
Oregon Presbyterian Synod con
tinued its 15th annual meeting
today after electing Dr. Herman
S. Reichard, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Grants
Pass, as moderator.
Dr. Reichard succeeds Rev.
William L. Killian of Nizpah
church, Portland. The Synod
voted to triple its christian ed
ucation support, with Lewis and
Clark college to receive $10,
500 next year. Support of oth
er western church schools also
will be boosted.
To make all the milk pro- j
ducts shipped under lend-lease i
in 1943, less than four percent
of the total U. S. milk produc- I
tion was used. i
than one!
i.,H.Y 86 Proof
'Ausius' Has
Post-war Angle
San Francisco, July 13 (U.R)
The sport of "Austus" develop
ed in Austrial to bring Aussies
and Yanks together on a foot
ball field offers the post-war
prospect of unequalled enter
tainment for American grid
fans.
You can take it from H. Ar
chie Richardson, sports feature
writer for the Christian Science
Monitor, that Austus will more
than satisfy a football bug's de
mand for (1) spectacular pass
ing and (2) great kicking.
"Those Aussies never kick the
ball less than 65 yards and
they go up to 83 yards," says
Richardson, a staunch support
er of sports for cementing in
ternational good will.
"Austus" jumped into the
news with the announcement of
two special awards by the Helms
Foundation to Ernest Cowley,
Melbourne Sporting Globe and
Marine Pfc. William C. Jost, Ja
maica, N. Y., for developing the
game which combines American
and Australian football. -
Last year at Melbourne 40,000
persons turned out for the Aus
sie football matches. Special
passing and kicking competition
between U. S. servicemen and
Aussie athletes was billed for
added entertainment.
That was the first time Jost
appeared on the scene. He was
n't a member of the American
squad but by insisting that he
could throw "that pigskin far
ther than anybody else can kick
it," he got on the team and
proved his point with a heave of
72 yards.
That started Jost on a run of
10 special matches, passing
against the best kickers the Aus
sies could muster. He won sev
en matches and topped it with
a 76 yard, 1 foot, 6-inch heave
for a new international compe
tition record and in the three
he lost, he went down before
one kick of 83 yards, 11 inches.
Jost's passing fell below 70
yards only three times the oth
er times he was heaving the
ball over 71 yards to nose out
the terrific boots of the Aussies.
O'Connor Appointed
Davis' Successor
Washington, July 13 VP)
President Roosevelt today ap
pointed D. Basil O'Connor, head
of the national foundation for
infantile paralysis, as chairman
of the central committee of the
American Red Cross to succeed
the late Norman H. Davis.
O'Connor, former New York
law partner of Mr. Roosevelt,
will serve the remainder of a
term expiring December 11 this
year. Davis died several days
ago.
"Mr. O'Connor is admirably
qualified for this position," the
president said in an accompany
ing statement, "because of his
first-hand knowledge of almost
every part of the United Slates
and because of his association
with the medical and nursing
problems through the years he
has served as president of the
national foundation for infan
tile paralysis.
"All this is In addition to his
excellent executive ability."
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distance indicators show space between red army drives and sev
eral major objectives. Heavy broken line is the approximate
battle front.
Major Goodson,
Acer Missing
Washington, July 13 (IP)
Major James A. Goodson, 23-year-old
commander of a P-51
Mustang squadron who is cred
ited with the destruction of 30
German planes, is missing in ac
tion in the European theater.
The war department report
ed Goodson, whose home is in
Toronto, Canada, failed to re
turn from a mission over Ger
many June 20.
Regarded as one of the best
strafers in the European thea
ter, Goodson achieved 15 of his
"kills" in the destruction of
enemy planes on the ground.
He was awarded the distinguish
ed service cross May 27.
Capt. Don Gentile of Piqua,
O., recently returned to the
United States for a new assign
ment after bagging 30 German
planes, was a member of God
son's squadron. Gentile knock
ed down 23 planes in the air.
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Washington, July 13 OT The
production of army equipment
and weapons was $400,000,000
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quarter of this year, Acjffi;
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news conference he had seen
published statements that cur
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