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SO UTH ERN OREGON MINER. 1HURSDAY, JANUARY j, 1946 Œ S B H -S » « 5 = = S rïH -« S = B a s e a tÎ= iiave fo rm e d a pool speed checks m a in lin e d by tin* and have agreed to slo p to O regon tr a ffic engineers o f the S tate H ig h Hut they can stdl blow up in their authors' face*. i 2,000 a d d itio n a l tons o f soy unit w a y D e p a rtm e n t show ed u iu t ' hristian Science M onitor. lin seed m eal d u rin g Decem ber. | N ove m b e r speed c e ilin g s w ere the T his q u u n lity , along w it ii ton- ' no a- those recorded in O c to liv r Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, l)reg«n nuge a lre a d y sn ip p e d u u rin g D ec and S eptem ber. the seeds o f fu tu re wars? M ust 'Since file release o f w a rtim e I u nse ttled pro ble m s s till fester in em ber, w ill com pare m ore than | the m inds o f men? Do we w an t a fa v o ra b ly w ith the to ta l q u a n ti re s tric tio n s on m o to r ve h icle use, truce o n ly - and w a r again in ties received by U le g o n last year. speed ceiling have crept u p w a rd ," Hntsrsd as secvnd-class mall matter lo the post office at Ash- T he i9 tli Congress w ill be in F a rre ll stud. " I n June o f 111-15, the a n o th e r tw e n ty years? Mad, Oregon, February 15, 1M5, under the act of Cong 1 ess recess betw een sessions u n til Jan m a x im u m speed at w in c h 85 per By Ruth Taylor I We 0,1 tke ' ’" 'e r hand want •f March 3, 1179. As we e nte r in to the season o f ' * “ tttke the k,n « v ie w and p la n u a ry H tii. By » m k in g long hours, cent o f tiie d riv e rs tra v e le l, was the g re a t A m e ric a n sport elec , J * « * wnd ,p ,^ PV " tv our most o f tlm p en ding le g is la tio n 411 m iles an hum In J u ly it w e n t tio n e e rin g • speeches fly last and , l " d ,c n s ‘ " wT * 1,1 , we • '« ^ 'e w in c h was rea dy fo r a c tio n on up to 52 m ile s un hour. T hen, in FR EED O M H AS N O "B U T S ! . „ . ... . ______ the cessation of s j to them a fu tu re free fro m d a n g the F loor, was disposed o f be A u g u s t, w ith The wonder o f .9 4 , was that so much could happen in so few months. f l‘rk?,us- spellbinding orotors ers and d is ru p tio n s o f w ar? A re fo re a d jo u rn m e n t. In J a n u a ry , h o s tilitie s , it c re p t up to 55 m ile s c . __ , I o f a ll parties declaim lo u d ly w hat we w illin g to p u t the same e n e r several o u ts tu n d in g ly im p o rta n t im hour, and fo r the past th re e staggering headlines became commonplace. I here was the death of Pre- Am erica must and must not do! gies amt s e lf s a c rific e in to e stab und h ig h ly c o n tro v e rs ia l pieces ot m onths, it has stood at 56 m iles sident Roosevelt; the war ended; the U nited Nations Organization he- Before we praise or denounce lis h in g the peace th a t w e d id in le g is la tio n w ill doubtless come o u t un h o u r." came a hopeful fa ct; and, most cataclysmic o f all, was the thunderous " h a t they suggest - let us firs t o ut o f co m m itte e and reach the F a r r e ll said o n ly th re e percent fig h tin g the w ar? . , , , _ search o u r o w n souls and decide The conferences a n d peace F loor. These in c lu d e peacetim e 'o f the d riv e rs using m a jo r hig h dawn o f the atomic age. These were but a tew of the headlines. The JUS, w ha, we as „id iv id u a ls are m ilita r y tra in in g , the u n ific a tio n w ays held th e ir speed u n d e r the events they portray have left a turbulence in the human nund such as w illin g to do. In the last analysis, tubles m ay s e ttle th e b o u n d a ry lines o f n ations and m ay la y d o w n o f tiie arm ed lorces ,and q u ite 35 m ile m a rk . T h is com pares to has been experienced before. That turbulence is shaking the postwar ll ls up to us No Pa r*y 01 person some m onths d u rin g the w a r the w ays o f p ro te c tin g the d o w n lik e ly , some la b o r le g isla tio n . C hristm as one y e a r ago was w hen a bo ut a th u d o f the d riv e rs world to its sery foundations. The peace and plenty which so many had j ica w ith o u t the s u p p o rt o f the tro d d e n - b ut unless the free peo ples of the e a rth are w illin g to the d a rke st and m ost g lo om y using the h ig h w a ys held th e ir hoped fo r when the guns fell silent, is nowhere to be found. Whether it people of America, do th e ir share, to assume the re C hristm as in o u r recent h is to ry . speeds u n d e r tiie 35 m ile lim it. w ill materialize in the reasonably near fu tu re depends upon the fortitude Do we " a n t narrow isolation- "T h e h ig h e r tra v e l pace on o u r s p o n s ib ilitie s o f c o lle c tiv e s e c u ri T he G erm an A rm y was m a k in g and commonsense o f millions. lsm ’ Ix> wv w ant Am erica to stay ty w ith in w h ic h w ea k peoples can its fin a l und tra g ic a lly successful m a jo r h ig h w a y s is u p rim e cause . . . . . o u t o f w o rld p o litics? I f so, are d riv e against us in Europe, and in the rise o f tr a ffic fa ta litie s in An indication o f the temper o f the times is evident in the words o f ' we w illin g to rearrange our ec learn the d if f ic u lt a rt o f s e lf g o v the w a r in the P a c ific was at its thia ■ 1.ill-,” Fan 111 dscls r • d e rn m e nt. a ll the pronouncem ents one veteran, a college graduate who lost a leg at El Alamenin: "There is ono,n-v to cover the needs o f this w ill do no good. T he decision is Highest peak. We le it c o n fid e n t "Speed too g re at fo r e x is tin g ru n a ,„ o „ s Of . fo r u n J ,o c o - « n - T to p s u ffic ie n t tip to us. W h a t do w e w an t? W h a t ot u ltim a te v ic to ry , b u t v ic to ry d ltirs is is a fa c to r in n e a rly a ll then seemed to be a long w uy o ft. the accidents on r u r a l h ig h w a ys, w ill we do? ju ge parties and proposals by results, not by protestations of high pur- w ard o ff aggression from abroad? B y co ntrast, und in s p ite o f th e and in m an y o f those th a t o ccur pose. e know freedom doesn't mean much w « hout groceries how can 1x1 read-v to fig h t our ow n bat fa c t th a t we are s u ffe rin g fro m in t i l l tun areas. a man enjoy free speech on an empty s t o m a c h tles " ltk o u l any help? And to m any o f tile pains in c id e n t to re .1 , , . ‘ <»«ht any new w ar on our own M r. and Mrs. II. L. M oore w ere a d ju s tm e n t to peacetim e econ Appealing as these words sound on the surface, they reveal the terrible Soil? om y, tin s is the sappiest C h r is t hosts on N ew Years day fo r a 2;30 weakness in thought that today threatens the future of the American Do we want the Four Free d in n e r. Those present w ere M r. mas season fo r m any years. republic and the hope o f democratic government throughout the world donts? I f so, are we w illin g to ] H ere in W ashington, we are go and Mrs. W in. D un n und M r. and ing to have a w h ite C hristm as M rs W ill Sti iu ii tt. BY HARRIS ELLSWORTH more seriously than any dictator or combination o f dictators ever has. g iv e to o thers the th in g s we w an t fo r ourselves? To re a d ju s t o u r and a cold C hristm as, b u t there Representative In Congress First, this seteran and his reasoning is paralleled by millions o f c iv il- »ay 01 living so m at all sides is o p tim is m , because, w hen the w ay o f liv in g so th a t a ll sides | from Oregon ‘4ns *s assuming that freedom is somehow to blame i f there is a gro ' haVe n 8hb> instead of privileges? h o lid a y s are o ver and tile new y e a r begins, most feel ttia t .„ut o we f us V.., tup, cer,- sto .s g e , Second. he in fe r, , h „ a I.rrle t o freedon, can re.nl, , I ¿ “ " J " £ • z„_, mrir.» t l j i ... - w o rm get back on its feet? Re-1 In last w e e k ’s le tte r 1 men»;..« I ttw problem s o f today, in s u r DK. E. N. TEKKILL . . ‘ r,es' T h ,rd> be makes the p o te n tia lly fa ta l blunder o f h a b ilita tio n is n o t m e re ly h e lp in g ed the e ffo rts being made to se- ,,,o u n ta ble as they seem to be ( Pearl Harbor inquiry ju s tify isolationism l«n>k very much like duds processors SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Ours Is The Decision Carryl H. & Mahon C. Wines, Editors-Publishers Letter From Washington in v itin g a strong man or group to take action, __________________ in the same breath, t mind F*0*?* !t *s ? b bct,ter tka that lt e tte r th a n ? th a t. It you, that he questoons the v a lid ity o f freedom unless it is Accompanied P<>OPlC ‘ ° he‘P thCm‘ by a three-decker sandwich Tk.< 4 selves. , . ,ch- Th,s brejd and butter philosophy leaves Do we want to revert to the me way wide open fo r the demagogue to step in w ith a hatful o f pro- status cl uo and let the troubles ™ re a d d itio n a l s u p p lie s o f p ro te in I cttn and w U * be so ,vcd - H a v in g m eal fo r O C regon "a gricultu re the hupe hope th a t m ea, and Just em er««d v ic to rio u s fro m such i a stupendous w o rld w id e c o n tlic t, m ig h t respond w ith o u t the neces-1 d u n n g w hich our a,nK‘d forces sity o f re gulatory measures I , and o u r m a ch in e ry - o f - p ro d u c tio n mises— impossible promises th a t w ill result in less freedom a n d i e w r P*lT Up ahead? Sha11 w e le t old have been advised by the De anlazvd itfi th e ir aeh amazed the w o rld w ith a ch not more, groceries and neW m is u n d e rsta nd ing s breed p a rtm e n t o f A g r ic u ltu r e th a t the 'evem ievem ents, the people o f o u r eoun coun tr y are not going to fa d to w in o ut General Sari A. Spaatz, form er commanding general o f the United in the e ffo rt to restore a happy ; and prosperous c o u n try . States strategical and tactical air forces in the A tla n tic and Pacific So, in this, m y lust le tte r o f Theaters, says: Discontented youth makes fo r troubled waters in which the e v e n tfu l ye a r o f 1945, I w ish the unscrupulous politician loves to fish. When the man on a white yo u a M e rry C hristm as and the best o f a ll N ew Years. horse comes forw ard in such a situation, things begin to happen, as, they happened in Germany. H itle r rose to power on the back o f youth.” Average Car Speed Climbing Steadily The most im portant issue before the American people today is how to get the price tag o f f freedom. In other words, freedom, our form of government, our religious beliefs, should not be considered in the same breath w ith material fortunes. The form er are things o f the spirit that must survive in lean years as well as years o f plenty. The latter, in spite! o f our best efforts, w ill fluctuate. The old saying o f shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations used to p re tty well express the A m eri fo r EVERY BUSINESS NEED can's philosophic approach to the ups and downs o f economic life. Undoubtedly as time goes on, greater protection against the hazards o f poverty and illness can be evolved. Great steps have already been taken in this direction. The United States is so far ahead o f the rest of the world in the achievement o f humanitarian ideals and attainm ent o f ! Regular Style Envelopes material com fort, that comparison has become impossible. We have gotten ahead because heretofore our fa ith in freedom, in representative' Standard and special size envel opes for every need — in many qualities and colors of paper stock. government, in the rig h t o f a man to keep the rewards o f hard work has been complete. Heretofore we have never, in effect, said: "Freedom is okay, but— f tion leader W inston C hurchill said: " I forsee w ith sorrow but w ithout fear that in the next few years we shall come to fundamental quarrels in this country. I t seems impossible to escape the fact that events are m ov Catalog, Clasp and Banker’s Flap e n v e lo p e s fo r h ea v y m a ilin g s. Furnished in strong tan Kraft and in many sizes. else during the coming year and in all the years to follow , it is that free dom has no "but*” . You either believe in it or you don’t, and socialism Business Reply and Statement Envelopes rsn t freedom. Special reply and statement en velopes printed to your order speed up collections. PEARL H A R B O R DUDS Resignation o f the counsel o f the Pearl H arbor investigating com m it tee helps fu rth e r to expose the attem pt to tu rn the inquiry into a p o liti cal w itchhunt. The counsel, who have worked night and day fo r ten Coin anc Seed Envelopes Specially constructed for hard usage in many stock sizes. weeks, simply say that the slowness o f the inquiry so far and the desire o f some Congressmen to broaden it even fu rth e r preclude its ending A ir-M ^.:l E n v elo p es Printed in rec'.tJar red arid blue b ord er w ith you.- return. F iv e standard sices. early in January, as originally agreed. But the main delays and the ef fo rt to change the course o f the in q u iry have come from certain Repub bean Congressmen's desperate efforts to dig up something which would EeoR-lspe (Im p ro ve d Postage Saver) make President Roosevelt responsible fo r Pearl Harbor. Moreover, it has been evident that the counsel, headed by a highly re er Cabinet, have been irked by the partisan w itch-hunting . It m ight be well i f the public also showed its impatience w ith the tactics o f Repub licans like Representatives Gearhart and Heefe. For, after straining Policy Envelopes (Open End) Carried in two w eights cad four sizes. 700,000 words o f testimony and hostile crossexamination, they have fished out little that changes the essential picture. Y U AM sta ll W ate-proof Packing List Envelopes They have failed signally to develop evidence supporting the sensation al charges made before the in quiry opened. They have not shown that W ith or without clasp and four metal eyelets. President Roosevelt or Secretary H u ll lured a peace-seeking Japan into there was a plot to make it more tem pting by purposely leaving it un i Drug, Theatre Ticket, Pay, Florist ‘" '- - H i ’. warned. They have not been able to pin the major blame on General Lithia H etel Building A shland. Oregon *-*-«« • • • • • • •••« « « NEW MATTKESHFS FA< TOItV TO y o r 0 1 ,0 MAITRKSgEH MADE 1.1KK NEW NEW BOX HVItlNOM WHILE THEY LAST RKED’S MATTRESS CO. 98 N. Main Eh. 6271 Ashland, Oregon said INVESTIGATE THIS OFFER! COMPLETE MAINTENANCE $1.00 per month No extra charge for cleaning or over haul, Limited to Ashland only F or Service Call ' HOWARD OPEN SPORTING GOODS NOTICE, SPORTSMEN! ; H aving remodeled our shop, we are now ready to rebluc all guns Factory Method. Also Ciunsmithing and fishing tackle repairs, wrapped. Rods re- FAIR PRICES - S A TIS FA C TO R Y SERVICE AL and BILL A and B SPORT SHOP Special Envelopes of all Kinds. Many new details have come out, and some im portant witnesses have W e are a direct factory representative for the M ail-W ell Envelope Company. let the committee counsel follow the main path o f im partial truth-seek ing and have insisted on rehashing every rumor. We hope M r. M itch e ll’s, .............................. . Southern Ore. Miner action w ill warn responsible leaders of the Republican Party to disasso- | d ate themselves from the witch-hunting. Extreme efforts to make the i *67 East Main Street EVERYBODY’S TALKING! ABO U T V I I AM IN S, and scientific research has proven their necessity fo r good health. Everybody Can Find . . . their favorite vitam in products in the complete vitamins sections at W ESTERN T H R IF T STORE in Medford. Everybody Who Shops . . . and many others. Marshall, who had ordered an alert, and, as he said, had a rig h t to expect the order to be carried out. not yet been heard, but so fa r the general effect of the hearings has been to expose the would-be exposers, the men who have appeared u n w illing t of State O ffice P h en e 4371 For m ailing third class advertis ing matter. Flap seal type with the special "gum spot”. spected Republican, W illiam D. M itchell, A ttorney General in the H oov war. T hey have not shown that Pearl H arbor was used as bait or that W ith solid seal glassine windows in either standard or special posi- tions to fit your needs. Catalog, Clasp, and Banket's Flap ing and w ill move toward this issue: 'The People vs. The Socialists.' ” I f there is one thing our country should keep in mind above everything The S e c re ta ry S p ecialisin g in the N on-C on fining T reatm ent of Hemorrhoid* (P iles) Typewriters, Adding Machines W indow Envelopes To Commenting on the present socialistic policy o f Great Britain, which a powerful faction in our country seems bent on copying, opposi The speed c e ilin g u n d e r w h ic h 85 percent o f the d riv e rs on m a j o r O regon h ig h w a ys tra v e le d in N ove m b e r was 56 m ile s an hour, S e creta ry o f State R obert S. F a r r e ll J r.. re p o rte d today . Chiropractic Physician Phone 8 j 61 Southern Oregon’s Vitamins Headquarters . . . 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