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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
GENERAL
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
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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
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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’