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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
G eneral
Trawler Rescues 5 in
i Crash
Friday, Ian. 31, 1941
Confers With FDR
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
CONVOYS FOR SHIPS
TO BRITAIN
Washington. I). C.
ROOSEVELT THE LEADER
No matter how much you may dis­
agree with him, or how sincerely
you feel that the course he has fol-
lowed and is following is danger­
ous to the very principles he is try­
ing to uphold, you have to con­
cede. that our third-term President
is a great credit to our country in a
i troubled world.
Nobody could help being proud of
General Pershing among the Allied
commanders of the World war. No
foreign general approached him in
soldierly appearance and bearing
None was his superior in determi­
nation or professional attainment.
None contributed more to Allied vic­
tory. It made you glad that you
too were an American to see him
in any contrast with soldiers of oth­
er nations. For every good quality
of his is a characteristically Ameri­
can quality refined and brought to
a peak of excellence. He looked
American, talked American and
acted American.
AU this was especially apparent
and must have been emphasized to
the whole world throughout the day
of his third inauguration. This col­
umn isn't going to go softy in its
debate of what it thinks are Mr.
Roosevelt's dangerous errors in
these critical times, but there is
surely no aspect of that in acknowl­
edging a thrill of pride in the thought
that I am a citizen of the same
country of which he is President
and that, in the face of a world so
dangerous, this country has a leader
of such commendable stature.
No matter what fate may have in
store for Mr. Roosevelt—and for us
—I think that for good or ill, he
will also take his place in that com­
pany. As President of the United
States I don’t agree with him, but
as a citizen of the United States I
am proud of him just the same.
WASHINGTON. — Advisers who
have talked to the President during
the last four months say that he
has gone through a significant tran­
sition regarding aid to Britain, also
regarding a more aggressive policy
toward Japan.
Last August, for instance. Sec­
retaries Stimson, Knox and Morgen-
thau. who have strong influence on
international policy, wanted Roose­
velt to bar all oil shipments to Ja­
pan. But the state department per­
suaded Roosevelt to the contrary.
Several months later, when the
duke of Windsor flew to visit Roose­
velt during his Caribbean cruise, the
duke put up to him the desperate
plight of British shipping and asked
for American naval convoys to pro­
tect British ships across the Atlan­
tic. To this the President gave an
emphatic No.
It was at approximately the same
time that the late Lord Lothian
came back from England and sub­
mitted a list of the naval vessels
John G. Wlnant, former Republi­
Britain would need to maintain her
can New llampahlre governor, pic­
lifeline of supplies from the U. S. A.
The ice-covered rescue trawler, North Star, pictured upon arrival tured aa he stepped off the plane In
The list included not only destroy­
at the Boston fish pier after bringing to shore five rescued fishermen from
Washington reportedly to confer
ers. but four cruisers of the Omaha
the sunken schooner. Mary E. O'Hara, which went down outside Boston with President Roosevelt regarding
class.
harbor, after a collision with an unknown craft. Eighteen fishermen his appointment aa the nest U. S.
Lord Lothian did not actually ask
lost their lives in the crash that took place just before daybreak.
ambassador to England.
for these ships. He merely listed
the vessels which Britain desper­
ately needed. But Roosevelt contin­
ued to shy away from the idea of
convoying British ships with U. S.
naval vessels.
Later certain White House advis­
ers. including such powerful figures
as Secretaries Knox and Stimson,
pointed out that the British nav»-
had lost a terrific toll of men. did
not even have enough seamen to
man the American over-age destroy­
ers. What Britain needed was ships
manned by the U. S. navy.
The British picture was also made
depressing by the difficulty of fin­
ishing work on vessels in British
YOUR OWN GALLUP POLL
shipyards. Two battleships of the
The lowering level of British dol-
King George class were launched
last spring, but since then no ship ‘ lar credits may be a reason for
of any importance has come off the , hastening some kind of provisions
ways. Reason is that the bombard­ for granting credits or even gifts
ment of Britain began in earnest last to England, so that her placing of
summer, and shipyards have been ' orders here may not be delayed,
one of the main targets. Since the thus delaying deliveries a year from
But that is no reason for
yards are exposed, they have suf­ now.
the
"lease-lend"
fered much more than factories. bum's-rushing
As a result, ships have been monstrosity through congress with­
This picture shows the wreckage of a Transcontinental and Western
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, as he
bombed, patched up. then bombed out ample debate.
airliner, which t rashed near Lambert Held, St. Louis, Mo., while landing testified before the house foreign af­
That bill is very much more than at dawn. The big sleeper plane crashed after striking a tree with a fairs committee on the lease-lend
again.
Another development is that with­ an aid-to-Britain bill. It is an ab­ wing tip in a steep turn close to the ground. The crash brought death bill. He suggested a "negotiated
in the last 10 days in the Mediter­ dication of congressional war pow­ to two and injuries to 12 persons aboard.
peace” in Europe.
ranean, where the British have lost ers to the President and authorizes
the equivalent of seven ships. The in him to engage in economic and
Southampton was sunk, the Illustri­ partial military and naval war, for
ous was put out of commission, or in behalf of any nation any­
and five others damaged so badly where in the world. That is not at
that repairs will take two or three all necessary for aid-to-Britain.
months. Repairs are difficult in the which could be given to the full of
Mediterranean, because Malta is whatever has been asked by her in
under constant bombardment and a much simpler bill and without sur­
the naval base at Gibraltar is small. rendering our constitutional form of
Meanwhile. German
bombers, government in favor of a one-man
realizing that the strength of the commander-in-chief of all our desti­
British fleet in the Mediterranean nies. There is no popular demand
is the key to victory, have taken for any such revolutionary action
over Italian bases and are raining There is popular demand for aid-
to-Britain. Advantage ha* been tak­
destruction on the royal navy.
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of this to write a bill for a mili­
It was the succession of these de- en
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velopment* which began to change tary dictatorship and then say: "This
Roosevelt’s mind about U. S. naval is aid-to-Britain—in the only way.”
That simply is not true. It is a
convoys for British shipping.
Nate—No commitments have been cruel misleading of the public and
given the British, and no policy ha* a misuse of public opinion, as are
been definitely decided for convoy­ many other aspects of this bill.
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ing British ships. But advisers be­
In this remark, our tendency to
lieve the President will adopt such government by Gallup polls is some­
a policy if permitted by congress.
what responsible. During a recent
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five days in bed with flu. I had a
chance to check up on my fan mail.
SCURRILOUS LITERATURE
Sensational feature of the forth­ It is full of sentiment for aid-to-
y
It is overwhelmingly
coming report of the senate cam­ Britain.
paign fund investigating committee against our rushing into this war.
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will be an expose of scurrilous lit­ As the points made in this column
erature disseminated in last year's are beginning to be understood, it
hectic presidential battle. A 500- is increasingly against the bill. I
p]
page "scrapbook" of exhibits ha* believe if the bill is debated long
enough
to
make
clear
what
is
going
been assembled by Harold Buckles,
committee investigator, from all on here, it can never pass without
amendment* restricting it to the
over the country.
While partisans of both candidates real popular purpose—aid-to-Brit-
resorted to this type of literature, a in.
No Gallup polls have brought out
more than 80 per cent of Buckles’
Sir Hugh Dowding, right, Rrltain’s
“air ambassador" to the U. 8., Is
collection is anti-Roosevelt. Also, of these distinctions. The questions.
466 typical exhibits, one-half are especially recently, have been in­
This photo, passed by British censor, shows a group of firemen wet­ shown the fine points of a new high­
wholly anonymous or only vaguely creasingly phrased in such a way ting down burnt ruins after an inferno that raged all around Ht. Paul's speed Marlin bomber by J. T. Hart-
as to lead to answers looking to our cathedral, in London. In the distance the tower of Ht. Paul’s esn readily son, executive of the Glrnn Martin
identified.
The committee lists 135 such greater and greater unnecessary in­ be seen. The fire was caused by incendiaries dropped by Hitler’s "luft- company. Sir Hugh is making •
groups, of which 111 were pro-Will- volvement in war. Yet every poll waffe,” and for awhile threatened a huge section ot London.
survey of our aircraft factories.
kie and 22 pro-Roosevelt. Only six of posing the stark question of involve­
the 135 filed reports of their con­ ment results in resounding "no's,”
tributions and expenditures with the in overwhelming majority.
Here is an experiment that every
clerk of the house. This failure to
report is a violation of the law and American bewildered by these sin­
ister development* can make for
carries heavy penalties.
Dominant theme of the scurrilous himself. Conduct your own Gallup
literature is racial and religious Poll. When you hear from Wash­
prejudice. More than 60 per cent of ington (as you will because that is
the committee’s exhibit* harp on part of the pro-war propaganda)
this, 10 per cent played up the war that the people overwhelmingly
issue, and 15 per cent leveled foul want this bill or something vastly
f/ÿU
more than aid-to-Britain, set aside
personal attacks on the candidate*.
ft,
Note — Committee investigators a part of every day, to ask not only
are of the private opinion that not friends, but strangers, whether they
less than $10.000.000 was spent for want to go further than aid-to-Brit-
ain?
this material.
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I can’t guarantee the result, but
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from my mail most of our
peopl ,le
MERRY-GO-ROUND
don't
want
to
go
a
step
further
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lan
Sam Pryor, ball-bcaring-tongued
national committeeman from Con­ the preparation of an impregnable
necticut, is pushing lame-duck Gov­ American defense and such help to
I
ernor Baldwin as successor to Na­ beleaguered Britain as can be giv­
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tional Chairman Joe Martin. Some en without getting u* into bloody
time ago Pryor had his own ambi­ war. Try it yourself. If you find
tion* for the job, but was stopped the facts a* my mail indicates,
dead by a blunt warning from mid- make yourself heard* in Washing­
ton by exercising your constitutional
O. K. Armstrong, magazine writ­
western leaders.
right of informing your representa­
Leigh W. Hunt, second consular secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Deegan of er, who resigned from the "No For­
foot-
Franklin Field is a famous
tive* in congress what their constit­ Asheville, N. C., and Cecil M. P. Cross, consul of Providence, B. I., eign War" committee because of dif­
bail gridiron; also the name of a uents think. These are critical day* all members of the U. 8. embassy staff In Paris who were transferred ferences with Chairman Verne Mar­
man who urge* more Good Neigh­ in the Battle of America. It is your at German official demand on charges of having aided a British officer. shall, shown at a press conference
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No Rulen Were Rroken
Aa the west bound express train
thundered through the wayside
station, a door burst open and *
passenger fell out.
Fortunately,
he landed on a heap of sand, so,
though badly shaken up, he wasn’t
hurt much.
The train shrieked to a stop and
the conductor hurried to the side
of the victim.
"Hurt bad?" he inquired.
"No, I guess not," replied th*
man, "but what'll I do now?"
"Let me see your ticket," said
the representative of the railroad.
When it was produced he exurn-
ined it closely, then:
"It’s all right," hr said, "This
ticket allows for a break in th*
journey.”
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Crromu'.slon relieves promptly be­
cause it goes right to the seat of tha
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw. tender, ln-
fUninl bronchial mucous mem­
branes. Tell your druggist to sell yoa
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un­
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Shadows of Mind
The shadows of the mind are like
those of the body. In the morning
of life they lie behind us; at noon,
we trample them under foot; and
in the evening they stretch long,
broad and deepening behind us.—
Longfellow.
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