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Page 2 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER GENERAL WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK HUGH S. JOHNSON >»« Washington, I). C. Washington. D. C. BRITISH BOMBERS WALTER CHRYSLER "Wherever the McGregor sits is the head of the table.” During his prime that could well have been said of Walter Chrysler by the whole automobile industry excepting Henry Ford. Now Wal By LEMUEL F. PARTON ter Chrysler is gone He was one (Consolidated Features— WNV Service.« of the industrial giants of the magic period of expansion beginning with EW YORK.—More varied in this the World war. Industry isn’t pro country than In England are ducing men of that type today. repercussions to the things John Maybe the new crop is a better Cudahy, United States ambassador type. It certainly is a more pol to Belgium, is ished type but it lacks the sturdi John Cudahy quoted as ness. initiative and drive of the gen Criticized for having said in eration that started working with an interview Talk on Belgium its hands and knew—in addition to in England business strategy and tactics ac- that aid would be required next win quired later—every operation in tlie ter to save 8,000.000 Belgians from shop. famine. His defense of King Leo Eager to Do His Bit. pold III. is regarded as. to say the I have worked with or across the least, undiplomatic. Whether Secre table with him on many occasions in tary of State Cordell Hull will take the past 22 years. His going cognizance of a further statement wrenches me, as I think it does alleging the correct behavior of Ger everyone who knew him well—like man troops in Belgium—criticized tn If the "blits’* strikes thia country the women of Washington will be prepared to do their bit In the way the loss of an old army messmate. England as wholly out of order— re of defense. Several hundred have already been enrolled In Camp No. 1 of the "Green Guards of America,** an The first time I met him was in mains to be seen. organisation which will lake up first aid and ambulance corps duties In time of war—duties for which they have the old industrial relations days of started training. Members of the newly formed ’’Guards*' are shown here in thrlr dark green uniforms and Son of an Irish immigrant the World war. Those were not un over-seas caps. who went to Milwaukee and like those of NRA, in which we were made an immense fortune as a very close. meat packer. Cudahy’s diplo With a reputation for being about matic career began in 1933 with the toughest trooper in the industry, his selection by President Roose he was really a complete softy on velt as ambsssador to Poland. the sentimental side. One evening In May, 1937, he became minis when the going was toughest in NRA ter to the Irish Free State and —literally working 18 to 20 hours a was appointed to the post at day—he asked me to go to dinner Brussels in 1939, succeeding with the heads of his industry. When Joseph E. Davies when the lat I complained that I didn't have ter was assigned as a special time, he carried me off almost bod assistant to the secretary af ily on a compromise that it would state. only be an hour. With the coffee, he pushed his Cudahy was the first to advise chair back and said: "I want to take President Roosevelt—via telephone a minute to tell you about an ex —of the German invasion of Bel perience of my early youth. It gium where he remained at his post started off innocently enough about of duty, narrowly escaping death or a prospecting trip in the Rocky injury from bombs, until be, togeth mountains with an old sourdough er with all other foreign represen named Deadeye Dick. In about five tatives were requested to leave the minutes he had that bunch of hard country. Later, in Germany, he shells either rocking with laughter spent two hours with Leopold of Bel or dizzy with astonishment. It was gium in the castle assigned to the a masterpiece of old-time frontier monarch by the German army and lying that would have made Mark obtained from him a personal letter, Twain green with envy. It went on presumably divulging the inside and on with never flagging of inter story of Belgian capitulation, for est. a pause for breath or a failure Mr. Roosevelt. of each succeeding whopper to top The ambassador is a Harvard the earlier ones with fantastic imag man, ciass of 1910. holding de ery. When he stopped I suddenly grees of bachelor of law, Wis awoke to the fact that it was after consin, 1913, and doctor of laws, midnight and I swore fluently in Carroll university. Admitted to the language we both understood so the Wisconsin bar in 1913, he well. practiced until 1917 when he be "Aw shut up,’’ he said gently. came a captain in the I'nited Wendell L. Willkie, Elwood, Indiana’s most famous son, (Indicated by arrow) comes home to accrpt the “You needed that letting-down to States army. Later he ranched Republican presidential nomination. A crowd estimated al more than 175,009 heard his speec h of acceptance keep from blowing up. That was in New Mexico, and from 1923 at the notification ceremonies in Callaway park. Formal notification of his nomination was made by National the only way I could think of to until 1933, when appointed to Po Chairman Joseph Martin of Massachusetts. get you to take it” land, he engaged in real estate. Shouldered Too Much. But he never learned to take his NE of the outspoken critics in own medicine. Like Franklin Roose congress of most, if not all. of velt and like Wendell Willkie—I fear —he insisted, until recent years, on President Roosevelt’s policies. Sen. doing everything important himself, Rush D. Holt <Dem., W. Va.) finds the current delegating little or no responsibility debate in the and driving himself without mercy. y oung Senator senate over I sadly believe that if Walter Chrys Strong Critic the selective ler had himself done more letting Of Roosevelt service and down to keep from blowing up, I wouldn’t be writing this piece for National Guard bills peculiarly his many years and his country would dish. Punctuated by daily clashes have had the services in this crisis between him and Sen. Sherman of one of the greatest masters of in Minton of Indiana, the colloquys of dustrial production the world has the two lawmakers have not been regarded by their colleagues as en seen. He was only 65. hancing the dignity of the sen • • • ate At all events. Holt’s reputa MUST BE MORE DEFINITE Mr. Willkie has a right and duty tion as a senator, who has spoken to make one last utterance in gen- to more empty seats than any eral terms. He has used that priv- other member of the upper house, ilege up in his acceptance, Now past or present, has not been main tained in recent sessions, nor do he must be definite. legislative correspondents note the Considering all the difficulties of days the smiles of amused toler the times and the circumstances, his ance which used to mark his opener was a good job. It reads bludgeoning, oratory. better than it sounded. But these sympathetic qualifications won't do With the exception of Henry the candidate any good except with Clay, the youngest man ever people who are for him anyway. It elected to the United States sen was his job to win over the inde ate, Holt landed in office in 1935 pendents, the luke-warm and some without benefit of the Democrat opponents. None of these will make ic machine of his state, though excuses for anything less than per wearing the Democratic label. Private William Hanyak of the fection as each individual voter When he defeated Sen. Henry O. A picture of informality. President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agri Eleventh Infantry, takes time out measures perfection. Hatfield, a Republican warhorse, culture Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential nominee, greet from the "Battle of the St. Lawrence With all its textual excellence for the senatorial toga, be was ing women Democratic party workers assembled at Mrs. Roosevelt’s Valley,” at Ogdensburg, N. Y., to there were two deadly but correct 29 years old, too young to as Val-Kill cottage In Hyde Park, N. Y. The President drove over from the have his crowning glory pruned. able slips, possibly resulting from sume his seat. The voters of family home to introduce Wallace as his 1940 running mate. Hanyak hails from Philadelphia. an effort to condense. Mr. Willkie his state knew this, but it made neglected specifically to guarantee no difference. They Just cast labor against "employer” interfer their ballots for him anyway. ence with collective bargaining. On He had to wait six months be agriculture he slipped back as far fore the legal office-taking age as Harding, Coolidge and Hoover arrived. into a generality offensive to farm Having been at one time an ers because it was used to fool them athletic director, at St. Patrick’s for 12 years. In these two fields school in West Virginia, the in certain words and short phrases stincts of this flushed, exalted have become symbols of whole eco stripling were all for the old nomic essays and Mr. Willkie, new college try from the minute he to this kind of language, adopted was sworn in, a manifestation of poisonous phrasing. That error can youthful ebullience violating an be retrieved in his speeches on these unwritten senate rule calling for issues. I feel sure that his thinking silence on the part of a new there is straight. member. • • • One of the first things he did was HATCHET MAN ICKES The New Deal campaign against to visit the White House to make Willkie started with a barrage of it clear that he was in line with gas, mud and fireworks which re New Deal policies, but later it was veals nearly all its weapons and am made equally clear he was a hold munition in one triple blast—Bullitt, out so far as machine politics, state or national, were concerned. As for Flynn and Ickes. I know that Mr. Ickes would not the New Deal, he fought the court deliberately lie. But he should have reorganization bill. He repeatedly known that whether Mr. Willkie be accused the WPA of political im longed to Tammany, whether he had plementation. He opposed the cash Dressed for sultry weather, seven- not opposed Insull, whether he op and carry neutrality plan. Maj. Thomas B. Woodburn at Governors island, New York, with his month-old Carole Rusnell of Miami When his present term in the sen posed La Guardia, whether he is latest poster for the U. 8. army, completed with the collaboration of his still head of any utility, are cold ate ends he will not return, having wife, Margaret (shown) also a well known artist. The poster Is entitled cools off on the inside with coco nut milk direct from the shell. A been defeated in the primary elec statements of fact easily checked. "Defend Your Country.** large nipple does the trick. tion in his state last May. The long-discussed transport of American-made bombers to Eng land by flying them across the At lantic finally will get under way in a couple of weeks. The exact date, route and number of ships is a secret. But the planes will be two-motor Lockheeds, known in England as Hudson middle-weight bombers, and they will depart from the big airport at Botswood. New foundland, which was enlarged ex pressly for this purpose. Also, the first flights will be made by British crews who already are in Canada. These men are crack transport pilots and navigators trained in celestial navigation. American flyers, accustomed to pi loting on radio beams, will not be used until later, possibly not be fore spring They will have to un dergo training on the route. England is seriously deficient in long-range bombers, as it has had to concentrate wholly on fighting planes, pursuits, interceptors and divers, in order to keep control of the air over its islands. This lack of powerful offensive planes has handicapped Britain both in smash- ing at vital German areas and in crippling Italy, the weak sister of the Axis. One factor aiding the British is the lengthening of the night. This made possible the re cent raids on northern Italy’s indus trial centers, and as the nights grow still longer these attacks will be in creased. YOUTH TRAINING With the conscription bill under going heavy attack on Capitol Hill, the President himself is under fire on another phase of national de fense. In this case the criticism comes from his own advisers, who demand that he act They want him to put through the non-combative phase of defense which he outlined last May. The program, as described by Roosevelt himself, consists of two parts, one devoted to training mechanics, cooks, and other non- combative craftsmen; the second to training fighting men for planes, tanks and guns. To date all efforts have been con centrated on the second part of the program. Nothing tangible has yet been done about the first, the non- combative part The U. S. office of education. CCC and National Youth administration have prepared complete blueprints for training hundreds of thousands of youths in the many crafts needed by a modern army. The three agen cies are ready to swing into action at once on these programs. AU they need is the money. But although members of congress re peatedly have urged Roosevelt to get busy, nothing has happened. In conferences he has readily agreed to the necessity for this training, but beyond that—zero. Insiders blame the deadlock on two men, Hs^-old D. Smith, penny- pinching budget director, and Sid ney Hillman, labor member of the national defense commission. Roosevelt instructed Smith to pre pare budget estimates and HUlman to submit plans. But neither has complied. Smith, whose functions are wholly administrative, has raised policy objections that are none of his affair; while Hillman, timid about possible A. F. of L. and C. I. O. protests, has backed and filled. Congressional leaders, under fire over the conscription bill, are sore at the delay on the non-combative training plan. They feel that if it had been submitted simultaneously it would have considerably eased the way for the military program. Note—CCC, NYA, and Education office chiefs estimate the cost of the non-combative program at around $500,000.000. This would train 250,000 youths in the CCC, 300,- 000 in the NYA, and 225,000 in voca tional schools supervised by the of fice of education, during an entire year. FIR CONE Sen. Charles McNary’s plane trip to Oregon, for his vice presidential acceptance ceremonies, will be the first time he has traveled by air. Also it will be the first time in near ly a year that he has visited his beloved ancestral home. Located a few miles from Salem, on the Mission Bottom road, the McNary farm was homesteaded by his pioneering New England grandfather, James McNary, 95 years ago. At that time it was a dense primeval forest and many of the giant old trees still remain. WILLKIE BITS Two outstanding oddities about Wendell Willkie are that he doesn’t drive a car, does not own a car, and doesn’t carry a watch . . . Everybody knows he went to Indi ana university; few know he also attended Oberlin college in Ohio (1916). He still thinks the Democrat plat form of 1932, which he supported, is one of the best ever written. Salary which Russell Davenport of Fortune sacrificed to Join Willkie was >75,000. Friday, August 30. 1940 175,000 Hear Willkie’s Acceptance Speech Running Mates in Shirt Sleeves O Paints Call to Arms for Uncle Sam Blitzkrieg Bob’