MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOUI). OREGON, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 9, 1933.
AMERICA'S 10 BIG PROBLEMS WHAT ARE THEY?
Hoover Research Chief
Lists Gravest Issues
Ending of Depressions
Put First by-Scientist
JP1GE EIGHT
. what are the 10 biggest problems
we- begin In considering a national
i The big problems are not all
gravest questions
now visible only
sociologists, and
W1U.IAM f 06BURH rroiessor vgourn wiu uuumv n,.v ,Do
problems is he sees them In a series of 10 articles in this newspaper, each
article dealing with a separate question that America soon must face. Tne
first article appears below and others will follow dally.
By WILLIAM FIELDING OOBURN
Research Director, President's Research Committee on Recent Social Trends
, I have been asked by The Associated Press to select the ten most Im
portant problems before the American people.
Prom the hundreds set forth by the report of the president's commit
tee on social trends, the result of three years of Intensive study of our soc
ial life, and from a lifetime of study and observation, I have picked these
ten.
. If I had been allowed to choose a dozen or a score the list would nave
Included some which the reader may note as conspicuous by their absence.
X have tried to be guided by a sense of whst Is practicable for the near
future,
: These will. I hope, serve to direct the attention of the manifold
agencies which determine our publlo policies toward the most severe
stresses of the future as well as toward the opportunltlee for directing our
steps forward. .
1. How To End Depressions
. Our present economic distress with Its millions of unemployed and Its
tens of thousands of bankruptcies and Its tens of millions of lowered In
comes la not a collapse of civilization. It Is merely the downward trend ox
the business cycle.
The trend has been so severe that the farmer was Justified In remark
ing that "It was too bad bard times had to come along with the business
depression," and many of us are warranted In thinking It the beginning ot
the end.'
- But good times will return. But what a wreckage will be left In the
wake of the depression!
FIRE OF. HITLER
AS CHANCELLOR
(Continued from Page One),
Everybody knows how the house
Republicans thrust that unwelcome
Issue on the Democrats. Ralney has
been trying to figure out a quiet
way of killing or delaying It before
the nous vote, February is, in is
week he hit on the Idea ot calling a
oaucus. He so announoed. Some
hours later a oheok disclosed the Im
probability of getting the neoessary
two-thirds to oppose tne issue in a
caucus. Thereupon he called the
caucus off.
He has been caught so often in
varying announcements that his
friends tell the story that Mrs. Ral
ney once aald to him: "Henry, I see
four statements by you in the morn
ing papers and they are all different,
which one Is right?" .
They awear this one is true about
Huey Long calling up Mr. Roosevelt
from the capltol In Washington. He
got the butler on the telephone.
This Is the Klngflsh," aald Huey.
"Sorry, but we are not needing any
fish today," tile butlsr believe It
or not replied, and hung up.
Huey raised his own particular
brand of Hades until he finally suc
ceeded In getting Mr, Roosevelt,
AUTOlUSPECT IN
TRIAL BY JUDGE
Arthur Rod, Indicted for taking an
auto belonging to another, through
his attorney, Newton Chaney, waived
the right of Jury trial, and In a peti
tion requested the right to be tried
by "the Judge alone." The petition
was granted, and this morning Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton commenced
hearing testimony In the case. Six
or seven witnesses were scheduled to
take the stand- A decision will be
rendered by the court from the
bench. It Is unusual in court pro
cedure for a defendant to relinquish
voluntarily, the right of trial by
jury-
Rod was indicted by the grand
Jury for tns alleged taking of an
auto belonging to Sanford Richard
son of Central Point, from Its park
ing place on South Central avenue
last December. His companions were
Otto Rutaer, on parole from the
court, and two girls. Rod and Rutzer
were arrested by the etate police
after a wild chase over country
toads. -
Rutzer entered a plea of guilty
when arraigned and sentence was
deferred until after the conclusion of
the Rod case.
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- Women of the Rogue Valley Oolf
association are making plans for an
active season of golf, and many tour
nament, and golfing parties an in
the offing.
The tournament and handicap
committee, composed of Mrs. R. B.
Smith, chairman, Mrs. J. c. Thomp
son and Mrs. O rover Tyler, will meet
at the home of Mre. Smith tomorrow
morning to make p'ans for tournf
menu, sod to sat handicaps for the
facing America today? Where should
"plan"?
apparent to most of us. Many of the
Ue In the future, their beginnings
to the trained eyes of statisticians,
economists.
William Fielding Ogburn, research director of Pres
ident Hoover's research committee on recent social
trends, has outlined for the Associated Press what he
considers the 10 biggest problems this nation faces,
among the hundreds revealed In the report of tne
president's committee.
Professor Ogbura's research work for President
Hoover's committee touched every phase of America's
communsl life. . He Is professor of sociology at tne
University of Chicago, former president of the Ameri
can Sociological society and of the American Statistical
association, vce-presldent of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Meteorological Report
Forecasts.
Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Friday. Slowly rising tempera'
ture.
Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday.
Slowly rising temperature,
Local Data.
Lowest temperature this morning,
30 degrees, i
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, 44; lowest, 35.
Total precipitation since fleptem
ber 1, 1933, 10.88 inches.
Relative humidity at 5 p. m, yes
terday, 88; a. m. today, 86.
Sunset today, 8:38 p. m. .
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:14 a. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 8:37 p. m. ,
Observations Tnken at 8 i
120 Meridian Time.
City
B
Boston ......m.
Cheyenne ...
Chicago
Bureka ......
Helena .
lo Angela
MEDFOR.D
New Orleana
New York
ofl 10
23
, 8 -18
48 40
.-14 -33
88 43
SS 37
38 30
10
Clear
Snow
Clear
P.Ody.
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear .
Clenr
P. Ody
Clear
Omaha -8 -14
Phoenix 38
Portland ........... 84 13
Reno 43 30
Roseburg 37 33
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Sslt Lake 34 4
San Francl(KX 58 48
Seattle 30 18
Spokane . 4 -14
P. Cdv.
Clear
Clear
clear
Clear
Walla Walla 80 -8
Washington, DO. 88 14
CRATER FAREWELL
A farewell to Ted Baker, who la
leaving soon for Boise, Idaho, where
he has accepted a position as secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce
In that city, the Crater club of Med-
ford will hold a special meeting on
an especially unlucky day, February
13 In the basement of the Hotel
Medford. This announcement was
made today by the Craters' Big Erup
tion. B. C. 'Jerry" Jerome.
The eruption urged that all mem
bers be present at the hotel at 8:30
o'clock, and bring guests with them.
Several special features are being
arranged for the entertainment.
What's left In silk and wool
dresses now as 95 and 88.08
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That Hangs On
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Emulsion. Never mind the taste nor
the smell It's not half as bad as you
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If your cough hasn't stopped, take
another dose In three or four hours,
Two doses la usually enough to kill
the most, stubborn hang-on cough. A
bottle surely does It or you get your
money back.
Of course If you want a eweet
tusrary sedative Bronchullne Emul
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ou it certainly Eius a cougni ivo
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What causes depressions? These
relentleasness, na the chartllne at
America, ttnys rroi. uiniara r. ugourn
These Influences spread far and
wide. They lower the standard of
living, decrease the number of mar
riages, increase the suicide rate, cut
down the budgets for education,
spread the terror of unemployment
Into millions of homes, reduce In
CHRISTIAN EDLER
Christian Edler, 58, was found dead
yesterday afternoon In his cabin four
miles above McLead by T. M. Train,
from whom he was renting the land,
where he made hie home. Coroner
Frank Perl who was called to the
mountain residence, returned late
last night to Medford with the body
and went back to McLood this morn
ing to make a more thorough Investi
gation of the case. No foul play,
however, Is suspected.
The man, who has many relatives
In various parts of the county, had
been living alone In the cabin on the
Train ranch a short distance from
the Train home. He attended a
meeting In Medford Monday evening
with a group of neighbors and re
turned to his cabin about 1 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. ' Train
went to the cabin to call and found
the man dead In his bed. The 'lamp
on Use table "vns empty of oil, indi
cating that It had been left burning
tor eome time.
Relatives state that Mr. Edler had
complained of severe pains In hla
abdomen for some time and had been
taking medicine to counteract at
tacks of Indigestion. He had. how
ever, not mentioned being ill Mon
day. He Is survived by five brothers and
three sisters: August Edler and Char
ley Edler of Lake Creek: Frederick.
William and Endrow Edler of Beagle,
and Mre. Elizabeth Blschoff of eBagle.
mra. i-iora rrey of Lake Creek and
Mrs. Louisa Belts of Medford.
Relatives had also none to the
cabin home today to Investigate the
situation with Coroner Perl.
Cardinal Dies
ROME, Feb. 0. (AP) The. Aus
trian cardinal of the Curia, Andrew
Fruhwlrth, chancellor of the Roman
Cathollo church, died todav at the
e of 87. He was a Dominican and
had been a cardinal seventeen years.
Particular Builders Always Specify
'BEAVER BRAND'
PORTLAND CEMENT
USE A HOME PRODUCT
Beaver Portland Cement Co.
GOLD HILL, OREGON
Bold in Medford by Medford Concrete Construction Co., Porter Lumber 0o.,
Rogue Elver Lumber Co., Standard Roofing & Building Supply Co., Wallaoe
Woods Lumber Co, Big Pines Lumber Co., Medford Lumber Co.
economic cataclysms which almost
bottom, prepared by CoL Leonard F.
or tne university or inicago in ni
comes, ruin businesses, and Increase
crimes.
Business depressions fall upon the
farmer with particular severity. Be
has enough food to eat usually,
though farmers are being helped in
various states by our relief stations.
KM ED
Broadcast Schedule
Friday 1
8:00 Breakfast News. Mall Tribune.
8:06 Musical Clock.
8:15 The Peerless Programs.
8:30 Shopping Guide.
0:00 Friendship Circle Hour.
0:30 Today.
9:40 Morning Melody.
10:00 U. 8. Weather Forecast.
10:00 Meeting of the Martha Meade
Society. .
10:18 Homemakers Bureau. -10:30
Morning Comments.
10:40 Shoppers Digest.
11:00 Radio School of Cookery.
11:18 Traumerel.
1 1 :30 Song and Comedy.
12:00 Mid-day Review.
13:18 Popularltls.
13:30 News Flashes, Mall Tribune.
13:30 Squire Wlgglesby.
13:46 Popular Vocalists.
1:00 Varieties.,
3:00 Dance Matinee.
9:00 Songs for Everyday.
3:30 KMED, Program Review.
3:35 Mualo from Yesteryear.
4:00 Across the' Seas to Hawaii.
4 :30 Mosterworkb.
8:00 Popular Parade.
8 :4B News Flashes, Mall Tribune.
6:00 Medford Theatre Guide.
6:06 Dinner Dance Music.
11:30 vignettes.
e:4B Chsndu the Magician.
7:00 Eventide.
7:30 Modernlstlcs.
8:00 Rogue River Cowboys.
8:30 to 8:35 Gross Cuts from Log
o' Day.
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Phoenix
PHOENIX, Feb. 8. (Special) Ser
vices for next Sunday morning at
the Presbyterian church are Sunday
school at 10 o'clock and preaching
services at 11. The sermon will be
Two Errors." The Christian Endeav
or groups will meet at 8:30. Mre.
Laura Polling will lead the adult
group. Miss Winifred Inman will lead
the senior intermediate group. Even
ing church services at 7:30. The con
overnight can prostrate prosperous
Ayres, illustrates. Solution of their
scries on "America's 10 Biggest Problems.
Fanners Hard Hit
The farmer does not cut down his
production as does the factory own
er; hence the prices of what he sells
fall more than the prices of what
he buys. Bis income falls more than
bis costs. -
cluding chapters ot "Living Issues In
China" will be reviewed.
AU Phoenix Is Invited to the card
party at the Orange hall Saturday
night. Five hundred and bridge will
be In play with prizes for high and
second score.
Percy Wood was the inspiration
of a surprise party at hla home Sat
urday. Present were Mr. and Mrs.
Louie Colver, Mr. and Mrs. Husk,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Berkley, Miss
Burson and Mr. and Mrs. Parker, as
well as friends from Medford and
Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stedman
were guests at the home ot Mr. and
Mrs. Art Rose In Medford last Sun
day. .
Ray Stringer end Miss Leah Diet
rich were guests of Kathryn Denzer
Sunday.
Practice for the play, "Neighbors,"
will be held Thursday night.
After the play practice Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Maust, Mr. and
Mrs. Vaughn Quackenbush, Mrs. Lu
cille Wilcox, Mrs. Jesse Berkley and
Mrs. Tom Caster met at the L. O.
Caster home with the lecturer for dis
missing plans for meetings of. the
Orange to be held In the future.
Neighbors ot Woodcraft met at the
Orange hall Wednesday with 21
members and one visitor present. An
nouncement was made of the Juve
nile Circle to meet Saturday. A Val
entine party will be enjoyed that af
ternoon.
Plans are under way for the Orange
meeting February 14 to celebrate
Valentines day and the second anni
versary of Phoenix Orange. At 8:30
a covered dish dinner for all Orange
members win be held. H. E. com
mittee is making plans to provide
. . . Start taking
Liquocold at the
first sneeze or
sniffle. Relief comes quickly. Many say
in 30 minuites. Liquocold is the pop
ular new liquid cold prescription. Get
a bottle today have It on hand.
Jarmln A Woods Drug Store .
nations come aifii eo with, see mine
causes Is the first- big problem lacing
The form, however, breaks the
shock for the worker more than
the city, because there Is more food
and shelter, and greater aid because
of family ties.
Depressions have some good ef
fects. They force us to clear out
meat, potatoes and rolls. Each fam
ily attending is requested to bring
other dishes such as salads, vegeta
bles or desserts. There wlfl also be
a birthday cake In honor of the oc
casion. Lecture hour will Include a
ehort skit, "Listening In," two read
ings and special music. - A penny for
each inch of the wrist measurement
will be charged as a birthday offer
ing to the Orange treasury.
Special Meetings
At Free Methodist
Beginning this evening and lasting
over Sunday, special district quarter
ly meeting services will be held at
the Free Methodist church, with Rev.
A. C. Archer of Portland In charge.
Other workers from the north will
also be here and meetings will be
held Friday afternoon, also Saturday
afternoon. Evangelistic sermons will
be brought each evening.
"Come to this feast of spiritual
blessings. All are welcome,' says the
pastor. 1 i
SpSitfinq" Headaches
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and quiet nerves because it cleared her sy"m
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the dead wood, and eliminate the
accumulated wastes of more pros
perous times. There Is better church
attendance and greater use of li
braries. But the evils far, far out
weigh the good.
Smoothing Business Cycles
A major problem of our economic
organization is to lessen the Inten
sity, of these economio depressions,
which means more stability in busi
ness and a reduction of boom times
as well as hard times. To smooth
out the business cycle Is greatly to
be desired.
Apparently we don't know enough
about them to control them. There
Is, however, for the near future, a
modest hope that the swing of these
business fluctuations may be les
sened somewhat though not eradi
cated.
We do not see clearly enough to
forecast what the more distant fut
ure may yield. Apparently a major
difficulty Is the unequal flows or
credit and of production, and It ap
pears that in most cycles an im
portant factor is the fluctuation In
our money and credit system. The
barometer is the price level.
Sweden has been able to main
tain a stable price level for a. num
ber of months, largely through the
control of interest rates
Certainly a closer control over our
money and credit must be . in any
economic program of the future.
Balanced Output and Demand
Another source of difficulty not
unrelated to the foregoing Is the fact
that production tends to increase
faster than the capacity to pur
chase. Equalizing the flows of consump
tion and production undoubtedly
calls for a closer control over pro
duction and a more careful study of
the changes In consumption. Our
economic system stimulates produc
tion more readily than consumption.
But whatever plans are laid for
such a program, there is little doubt
It's-a Long Time
Since John Had
Rheumatism
Ilapny Now No More Idle Days
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As long as you have an excess of
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So start today with this swift, safe,
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Just ask Jarmln & Woods Drug
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ula free from opiates or nerve dead
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excess urio acia poison starts v
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LI GHT
HOUSEKEEPING
AN ART
ELECTRICITY is the perfect ser
vant that really make light house
keeping possible. Adequate wiring and
plenty of convenience outlets provide
readily accessible power and heat for
toasters, percolators, sweepers, dish
washers, ironers and heaters. ..all those
electrical appliances that save time
and trouble.
Supply sufficient outlets so that elec
tricity may be used conveniently. Ask
your electrical contractor for an esti
mate today.
ELECTRICITY IS THE
PERFECT SERVANT
that international co-operation
wilt
be needed.
Our nation 1 linked too closely
with the other nations, no matter
what our wishes, to go It alone.
This point was never so forcibly
Impressed upon us as by the present
depression, which was largely caused
by International credit difficulties
and by the audden withdrawal of
the artificial stlmulaUon to busi
ness in foreign countries beginning
In 1914 and ending in the late
1930fl.
If the way out cannot be clearly v
seen, It may be permlssable to re- f
mind the reader that the purpose
here la to point out the problem and
not 'to give the solution.
But there Is no reason we should
be dented the hope that human in '
telllgenoe may tn time meet with
some success in lessening the rav
ages of business depressions.
Tomorrow: "Keeping Pace With
the Machine." Technology, lnven- L
tlon and applied science to go for
ward much faster than our social
organizations, Ideologies, laws,' cus
toms and habits. Machines killed
millions before accident prevention
and workmen's compensation. The
family has not yet adapted Itself to
factory and city. Most of our social
problems are due to these lags, and
the promise of the future lies in the
speeding up of social invention, Dr.
Ogburn asserts In his next article.
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