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12 Capital Journal, Salem, Roosevelt Says Completion Of War Job Campaign Issue i .Chicago, July 21 W) President Roosevelt chose the dramatic ketting of a bristling wartime naval base to fire his first shot In quest of a fourth term, an prder to bring about his plans for battle triumph, post-war prosperity and surety against another global explosion. Once more, the three-time president turned to the unusual for his Acceptance of the democratic nomination. , . From a Pacific coast base his voice came by radio to the jam packed Chicago stadium last night, impelling the thousands who ordinarily would have whistled and shouted at every good catch-phrase to sit in hushed silence, lest they lose a word. -'Tin this atmosphere, with even the hotdog peddlers outside quiet, Mr. Roosevelt blueprint' id his case, although he insist ed he will not campaign "in the usual sense" because he doesn't think It is appropriate and moreover, he said, he doesn't have the time. ''"As in 1940, Mr. Roosevelt (aid he would like to retire to private life; again as In 1940 he (aid new hands would take over when this four years end. His decision this time he said is based "solely on a sense of ob ligation to serve" if the people o decide in November. Main Issue Stated Between himself and repub llcan Thomas E. Dewey (to ;whom he did not refer person ally) the president said the issue Jthjs time is simply: ' Whether the nation will "turn over this 1944 job this world wide job to inexperienced and Immature hands, to those who 'opposed lend-lease and interna tional cooperation against the forces of aggression and tryanny until they could read the polls (Ofpopular sentiment . : . or 'whether they wish to leave it '.to- those who saw the danger ".. . who 'met it head-on." f -1 The voters too will determine, "he said, whether they will turn (over the post-war tasks "to those who offered the veterans Jof "the last war breadlines and '.apple-selling." ;Mr. Roosevelt lifted up his teeorfl from the early new deal days Nthrough the pre-war world-wide jitters and down to mow. He said this election will Jbe Influenced by that record "written on the seas, on the Jland and in the skies." i It Is written also he said In tthe figures on war production and food output, on the inter national food conference, the global relief setup known as TJNRRA, the Atlantic charter drawn with Churchill on the high seas and his conferences at Casablanca, at Cairo, at Mos cow, at Teheran. Mr. Roosevelt pictured his ad ministration as one that repub licans vote for, as well as his own democratic supporters. He even referred to a republican president, Lincoln, as the ''greatest wartime president" and quoted from his second in augural speech In which Lin coln saw the task as one of bind ing the nation's wounds, caring for, the soldier and his family and seeking lasting peace. President Praises Staff .'The president said it seems ''wholly likely that within the next four years" the war will be :won and the world will take op a "system which we hope will prevent" another conflict. That's when he said that "new hands will then have full op portunity to realize the ideals which we seek." ? The president Injected his colleagues into the picture, as well as, himself, when he said he had "the best staff in our history" doing the war job and now "studying the problems of the future." He summed up the Job ahead: '""First, to win the war to yriri it fast, to win It overpower- : IE DISCRIMINATING i Drink America's unexcelled whiskey BLINDED STRAIGHT WWSKlESj MELROSE ISTABLISHID 1885 . . UK IttAKSMt WMMIH IN IHI4 - O0UClAIIm OIMOIIOIO. Eft tws Oregon, Friday, July 21, 1944 "obligation he said he felt in Oberlin M. Carter Tragic Life of Carter Ends Chicago, July 21 P Death has ended Oberlin M. Carter's 45 year fight to clear his name of a charge of defrauding the government, conviction of which halted his brilliant ca reer as an army engineer. The 88 year old Carter, often described by his friends as the American Dreyfus, died of pneumonia Tuesday without having succeeded in setting aside a court-martial verdict in 1899 convicting him of defraud ing the government in letting contracts for several rivers and harbors improvements. Dis missed from the army, Carter was fined $5000 and sentenced to Leavenworth prison for five years. The case was the subject of 27 rulings in federal courts and was before the United States supreme court four times. Lebanon Boy Hurt In Motor Accident Lebanon Jimmy Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nich ols, is in the Lebanon hospital suffering from a head injury sustained about 8:30 Wednesday night. Nichols was riding on the rear of a motorcycle driven by Jack Bahrkc, recently discharged from the navy, Bahrke attempt ed to pass a car driven by Harry Gruman, just as the latter turn ed off the street into his drive way, west of Second street on Grant. ingly. Second, to form world wide international organizations and to arrange to use the armed forces of the sovereign nations to make another war Impossible within the foreseeable future. Third, to build an economy for our returning veterans and for all Americans which will pro vide employment and decent standards of living." Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas, wife of the actor and a candi date for congress from Califor nia, along with War Corre spondent Qucntln Reynolds kept the capacity house inter ested while waiting for the president's acceptance speech. Mrs. Douglas told the delegates Mr. Roosevelt has established the democratic party as "the best friend the republican rank and file voter has ever had." Reynolds declared the men on the battlefields know a miracle has been performed "under the leadership of their commander-in-chief." SAT is WASTE PAPER DAY! Call 3349 before Saturday noon for pickup of 200 lba. or more by Boy Scouts or take to Sal vage depot, 430 So. Commercial St. BUNDLE and TIE IT PUT IT ON THE CURB U.S.Vktory WASTE PAPER Campaign Cascade Area Council Boy Scouts of America This Space Donated by Qsrfflft Q- I r J D Of Platform Chicago, July 21 Iff)-The democratic party wooed the 1944 electorate today with a platform calling for a fourth term based on President Roose velt's record "in peace and in war" and a promise to seek mil itary backing to prevent anoth er blood bath of conflict. The road ahead was paved with party dissension over the racial issue sparkplug, of a vain but bitter southern revolt unallayed by a plank ignoring definite commitments sought by advocates and opponents of the "white supremacy" status quo. "The democratic party stands on its record in peace and In war," said a declaration bearing the approval of the quadren nial convention. "To speed vic tory, establish and maintain peace, guarantee full employ ment and provide prosperity this is its platform." Asserting its 1,500-word state ment of principles and prom ises does not detail scores of planks, but Instead cites ' "ac tion," the party's short, short story portrayed its four-time candidate as "the champion of human liberty and dignity." "That God may keep him strong in body and in spirit to carry on his yet unfinished work is our hope and prayer," it said. In a 40-word "racial plank" stripped alike of states rights, proposals and demands for en dorsement of anti-discrimination, anti-poll tax and anti lynching legislation, the party declared: "We believe that racial and religious minorities have the right to live, develop and vote equally with all citizens and share the rights that are guar anteed by our constitution. Con gress should exert its full con stitutional power to protect those rights." But Vice President Henry A. Wallace, already the target of southern delegations anxious to send him back to his Iowa farm, declared that "in a political, educational and economic sense there must be no Inferior races." There was every outward sign, however, of unanimity over the foreign plank pledg ing affiliation with other United Nations in an organization to maintain peace and prevent ag gression by using armed forces "when necessary." Such an organization would be supplemented by an inter national court of justice to arbi trate and adjust disputes be tween nations. Other planks were keyed to the Atlantic charter and the four freedoms, the enactment TRIANGLE ROLLED OATS You need no ration points to enjoy ! these delicious quick-cooking Rolled lOals. You'll find they have a meatier. fuller flavored goodness that.nuts new interest in break fast. Sold on a "",BI 'p guarantee at your grocers, feet k 4H a l-rk "lllfT lit URDAY ma ta re I of additional labor legislation as experience necessitates, the placing and keeping of agricul ture on an "income parity" with industry and labor and adap tion of tax laws to expanding peacetime economy. Biddle Wf Visit West Coast Cities Spokane, July 21 W Dis trict Attorney Edward M. Con nelly said today U. S. Attorney General Francis Biddle would visit Spokane August 17 as the first stop on a tour of west coast cities to confer with district at torneys. Biddle will go on, to Seattle and Portland and then Califor nia, he said. Plans are being made, Con nelly added, for Biddle to visit either Grand Coulee dam or Farragut, Idaho, naval training center. A Spanish . synthetic motor fuel is a mixture of gasoline and a vegetable product. STEVENS & SON Announce a ? sx CONTEST OPENS JULY 21st CLOSES SEPTEMBER 30lh Employers Hear Wayne Morse Upholding the right of labor to organize and bargain collect ively, and the right of employ ers to organize for protection of their interests, Wayne Morse, republican candidate for United Slates senator, addressed the Associated Employers of Ore gon at their annual meeting Thursday night at the Marion hotel, "I have even pleaded with employers to organize," said Morse, who is a former member of the war labor board. Morse stressed the hope that "as soon as the last bullet is fired in this war government interference in labor disputes will cease." The speaker criticized em ployers in labor disputes be cause they fail to prepare them selves with data and evidence for hearings on matters under dispute. "I have seen some of the great lawyers of the coun mm i f- ,t ill 11 try enter these hearings unpre pared in their study of modern controversial matters affecting labor and employer and some times offering citations dating back as far as 1820." The meeting, which brought together employers from all over western Oregon, honored the newly elected and re-elected members of the association's board, namely Arnold Kampfer, Albany; W. W. Chadwick, T. A. Windishar and Frank Chatas of Salem; William J. Young and E. J. Griffith of Portland; M. E. Woodcosk of Portland; Ray M. Spaulding of Ashland; and H. A. Miller of Bend. A report to the membership was made by Dan Hay, execu tive secretary. The meeting concluded with a program of entertainment di rected by Gerry Owens of Port land, with appearances by Eva Shelton, soprano; Gladys John son, violinist; Don Bennett, baritone and Luigi Rango, accordionist. Naval guns weigh lip to 125 pounds. FREE ALL EXPENSES PAID TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED STATES OR A $500 SERIES "E" WAR BOND By Procuring Waves for the .U. S. Navy The Office of Naval Officer Procurement sanctions this contest sponsor ed and financed by Stevens & Son Jewelers, for a free round-trip first class transportation plus expense amounts of $7 per day for 14 days to any member of the immediate family or relative to visit any member of the immediate family or relative in the armed forces within the continen tal limits of the United States. The winner will be that person procuring1 the greatest number of Wave enlistees during the contest period July 21 through September 30. The winner has the option of a $500 war bond in lieu of the trip. Wfltrh for a ennv of contest rules and reg ulations in your mail today or tomorrow. If for any reason you do not received them, or wish additional infor mation, call at the U. S. Navy Recruiting Substation, 220 Post Office Bldg., Salem, or Stevens & Son, elers, 339 Court Salem Oregon List of Men Missing Washington, D. C, July 21 (ff) The war department announc ed today that the following Oregon soldiers have been re ported missing In action: Asiatic area: 2nd Lt. Clayton C. Glrtd Inst. Mother. Mrs. M. H. aiddlnga, 305 81. Alder. Portland. European area: Flight Officer slarl W. Oreen. Marlnn M. Oreen, father, 1ST Mill St.. Klamath PalU. and Lt. Leonard M. Janw. Mrs. Vera J. Proctor, mother, 2036 Southeast Caruth cti, Portland. 2nd U. Bernard B, Holler. Alfred R. Roller, father. 826 8. Pine St., Roaeburg. Tech. 4th Or. Vyrle C. Owens. William A. Owens, father, Rt. 1, Box 104 Dayton. 1st Lt. Russell O. Quinn. Roy Q. Qulnn. father, Box 88 Harrisburg. 2nd Lt. Evert B. Reed. Mr. Wanda E. Past, sister. Rt. 2 McMlnnville. Staff Set. John O. Robson. Mrs- Mabel Br. Robson. mother, 2814 N.E. Skidraore St.. Portland. 2nd Lt. John P. Ryan. Mrs. Dolorri L. Ryan. wife. 2718 N.E. Hancock. Portland. Staff Set. John D. Westran. Carl A. Westran, father, 4141 8 W. Condor, Port land. Mediterranean area: Staff Set. Rudolph M. Erlckson. Mrs. Htlds E. Erlckson, mother, box 118 Ouinry. 2nd Lt. Joseph H. Jackson. Jr. Mrs. R. R. Jackson, mother, 1808 E. 22nd. Eugene. Tech Sgt. Ray D. May. Jr. Mrs. Bea trice May. mother, 4788 Lombard. Portland. ROUND Jew St., A-V7 Southwest Paelfle area! Sgt. Robert E Black. Uri Sidle K. Woo Idr Idle, mother, 411 W. H St. Gran t Pais. The U.S. marine corps band .. became known as the , "Pres- -. dent's Own" when President 1, John Adams set a precedent antT -i ordered its appearance at all official functions. 7:15 DON LEE -MUTUAL LOWELL THOMAS NEWS' TIME Standard of California - TRIP HELP THE U. S. NAVY PROCURE NEEDED WAVES! it
