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."
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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-
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"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."
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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
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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.
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a vegetable product.
STEVENS & SON Announce a
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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
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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.
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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.
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