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By Arthur Perry
General Hugh Johnson, denouncing
Pr. Coughlln and Sen. Huey Long,
outstanding demagogues, warns the
American people unless they display
more patriotism "they will find a
dictator In thi Whit Houm." In
plain English, the General wants the
American people to remain loyal to
their president, instead of going crazy
over loud-mouthed blatherskites. In
the present frenzied state of the pub
lic mind, a "dictator" may arise to
lead the discontented into a worse
mesa than the one they are In. About
that time the well-known "law and
order" will, assert Itself. Then the
"dictator" will need a good lawyer,
and his followers will start writing
to editors that they were "misled."
"He was a sturdy, stocklly built
man, known for his reckless daring,
and was married." (Romance Msg.)
Not knocking the better ,
An operation waa performed upon
a Massachusetts girl with an "upside-down
stomach." The same thing
alls some of the alleged thinking.
There are more than 3000 doga In
Jackson county. Most of them won't
bite, any more than an "unloaded
gun" won't kill.
.
'A Fort Worth, Texas, girl of 'teen
age quit high school because she
had to wear cotton stockings." (NY
World-Telegram) It la terrible for a
young lady to havs to dress so she
won't have to scream every time she
sees a mouse.
It now looks like the first frost
would arrive, and find no almond
blossoms to kill.
There la some sense In the charge
of an upstate scribe that "lawyers
are running the legislature." Look at
the lawyers and then look at the
legislature.
Mushroom hunters are now abroad
In the dells and dales. As yet, after
the careful manner of all hunters,
nobody has been picked for a toad
stool. Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British
racer, who hopes to travel 300 miles
per hour on the Florida sands, was
only able to hit the 260 mph. mark.
The course was level and atralght,
and not downhill at both ends, like
the East Main speedway, which may
account for the snntra pace.
"My heart Is sorely pained; my
soul with deadly tenor Is oppressed."
( Psalms) Time to turn off the
radio.
A couple or local advocates of "the
Lord helps them who help them-
selves' theory have been confounded
by the police arriving, before the
Lord could render any help.
A LAW TO EMI LAWS.
(OE'lrn t (tin) standard)
Each legislator would be paid a'
bonus of titoo if he did nor Intro
duce one bill. Each would be allowed
to Introduce one bill without penalty
but a charge or 9500 a bill would b
assessed againt each legislator for
for all over one bill he Introduces. A
bonus of iSoo would be paid each
legislator who -ten-red the repeal of
an existing statute providing no sub
stitute was passed. From $3000 to
$50,000 would be paid as a bounty
for a successful bill that dors away
with one or more useless commis
sions. "Somebody has proponed that Mrs.
Roosevelt be eleotexl President to
surcced her husband. She would
prebnnly like the White House after
he got used to It "(New Yorker)
Meanest dig of the week.
HIGHWAY EXCHANGE AT
TALENT IS PURCHASED
TALENT, March (Spl ) Richard
Barnes. fnrnuMly nf Montana. h pur
chased the MiRhway Kjclianne, norm
of Talent, Imm William llcm, ai:d
moved mere with hit family thla
Mr. and Mr llalnea are lnt
ln at the lnnard FVwter home In
Mrdforrt for a tra riava orlor to Ihelr
departure for Co... :,!. alter t.lff
plan to make then home.
Justice
JUSTICE Oliver 'Wendell Holmes is dead, Jhe bearer of a
great name, and all in all, one of the greatest men, this
country has ever produced.
As is true of most great men, Justice Holmes, was as remark
able physically as he was intellectually. Born two decades be
fore Fort Sumpter was fired on, a soldier in the Civil War,
whpre he was three times wounded; even at the age of 00, he
appeared to be more vitally youthful than many men 30 years
his junior.
Even more extraordinary than his physical vigor, was hii
mental activity. Up to the very time of his death, it was gen
erally conceded he had one of the brightest and clearest minds
in Washington, and as he lay there dying, it was he who joked
and quipped with his nurses, and in impromptu repartee got
much the best of them.
A most amazing person ! But
bis mental grasp, and his physical vitality, was his attitude of
mind, toward the social and economic problems of his country.
The son of the famous author of "The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table," born to the purple, the product of what is
socially and intellectually the most exclusive and self-satisfied
community in the country, Backway Boston, Justice Holmes,
nevertheless, was one of America's foremost legalistic "New
Dealers" and remained so to the end.
The older he got in years, the younger he seemed to become
in outlook. Year after year, in the decisions of the Supreme
Court, he was found leading the younger men, and opposing
the conservatives. Justice Brandies, regarded at the time of bis
appointment, as a radical arid in Back Bay circles little short
of a pariah, was bis closest friend on the bench and off it
shoulder to shoulder, this South Boston jew and Backbay arist
ocrat fought for what they believed to be the true principles
of a free democracy and the rights of the common man.
At bis death we believe, regardless of class, cult or party.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes will by common consent, be
given the cherished place of FIRST CITIZEN in the land!
The Menace of Minorities
"TMIEOItETICALLY, we live under a representative form of
democracy where the majority rules.
Actually, we are coming more and more to live under an
oligarchy where small but aggressive minorities rule.
We don't care what the miuority may be called, or what it
may want. It may represent the American Federation of Labor,
or U. S. Chamber of Commerce;
Legion or the American Peace Society; it may represent this,
that or the other "cause;" but whatever it represents, if
WITHOUT popular sanction, it seeks by threats of political
punishment to secure certain legislative action, it contributes
toward the overthrow of American institutions and the Ainer
ican form of government.
....
111 K. HENRY S. Pritchett, former president of Massachusetts
" Institute of Technology, brings this fact out very clenrlv
in an article in the current Atlantic Monthly entitled, "What's
Wrong With Oongressf"
The author opens his article with poiuted reference to the
bonus marchers who invaded Washington, D. C, near the close
of the Hoover administration.
We quote1
"Probably none of these Joyouj young legionnaires realised that
h waa engaged In overturning our form of government. But thla u
preclaely what happens when the pressure of group lobbies, sup
plants orderly parliamentary discussion snd action. It was by this
process thst the legionnaires of Rome started their government on
the way to destruction. For no way has yet been found by which
the liberties of a people csn be preserved except through a free
parliament (congress) chosen by the people; snd no parliament
can remain free If It Is subservient to a dictator or to a militant
group. For English speaking peoplea the question of a dlctstor over
parliament waa settled at Maraton Moor and Naaeby. The threat
of dictation by an organized group still lurks In the shadows of
some houses of parliament. On that February day of 1W1 the threat
was made good against the United States."
Yes that threat was made good. And now more threats arc
being made, aud they may be made good. And if this destructive
tendency is NOT chocked the American people ma5' wake up
some fine morning to find that the form of popular represen
tative government which has served them, all in all, so well
for 150 years, has gone, and their liberties with it.
For the INEVITABLE outcome of such a process, is either
one of two things, Fascism or
eventually assume the form of
For when representative government parliamentary and
ORDERLY government FAILS, there is nothing but a dicta
torship to take its place. It. may
or the dictatorship of a Mussolini, but in either case it IS a
dictatorship.
And dictatorship, regardless
end of human liberty and freedom.
....
Il'ST as the legionnaires, Mr. Pritchett speaks of, did not
realize they were engaged in overturning our form of gov
ernment, so the people of this country, do not realize, the ser
iousness of their action, when they contribute to this militant
minority or that, for the purpose of bulldozing legislators or ex
ecutives for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many.
They do not realize it. And even more important, the greater
number who don't participate in minority action directly or
indirectly, do not realize it.
It is this public indifference and general apathy which U
the most serious feature of the situation, and which in the last
analysis is responsible for it.
For as the author of the'iirticle concludes:
"Legislative Independence csn't permanently survive the on
slaught of orgsnlred groups. However devoted an American, msv be
to his government he Is apprehensive as he looks back over pari.
mentary history, ever 'two outstanding facts: the disappearance of
real leadership among our polltlclana. and the absence of the senae
of political responsibility In our composite cltlrenahlp. If these ere
permanent habit of our democracy It is difficult to see how gov
ernment of the people csn endure, ror the people themselves ai
responsible for the eitatence of such agencies of ledslstlve Intimi
dation. The voters of the United States eihlblt to a grester extent
thsn those In other English spesking commonweslths. thst spsthv
and nenlect of political duty, which have been the weakness of all
governments of the people by the people. So to the question "What s
wrong alth congress'' the REAL snawer Is "The reopleV
And the wrong will only cease when the people awske to
their political responsibilities, and not only at election time, but
It ETWEE N elections, to the utmost of their ability, PERFORM
Ithcinl
Holmes
even more remarkable than
it may represent the American
Communism, and both of these
DICTATORSHIP.
be a dictatorship of a Stalin
of its special type, means the
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to disease
diagnosis or treatment Hill be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped self-ad-
dressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink,
Owing to the large number of letters rerelved only a few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not ronformlng to Inatructlons. Address Dr.
William Brady, 265 El (amino, Beverly Hills, Cal.
TRV THIS ON THE
Recently I mentioned here how by
chanca we gave Tony the Wirish Ter
ror some of the vitamin ration we
take, and how It
enabled the poor
old fellow once
again to Jump up
in hi favorite
chair to sleep
and even
climb up the
slippery tile
stairs. It wasn't
wholly by chance
that we tried the
vitamins on the
dog. Rather the
suggestion came
from Dr Daniel
T. Qui g ley 'a book on "Vitamin and
Dleta" (Consolidated Book Publishers,
Chicago). Dr. Qulgley mentioned the
case of the prize bulldog that had a
kind of paralysis or great weakneas
In the hind legs, which veterinarians
felled to diagnose or help. By chance
the case was brought to the attention
of Dr. U. S. Moore of Portland, noted
pediatrician and nutrition authority.
Prom extensive scientific research Dr.
Moore suggested feeding with vitamin
B, and this soon restored the dog to
health. The misguided owner had fed
his dog with patent dog foods, which
Dr. Moore found were lacking in
vitamin B.
My knowledge of dogs Is limited to
what I learned In 13 years of experi
mental work; on Tony. For a good
10 years I regarded Tony as a dumb
dog, but I don't know that he was
so dumb, after all. Sometimes I sus
pect he knew a good deal more than
he let on, and often when he pitted
his wits against mine I had to con
clude that I was the dumb one.
Anyhow, all la forgiven now. Tony
has gone where all good dogs go. H3
developed senile prurltls and the
Nice Kind Lady who has always pam
pered him decided that he deserved
euthanasia, which the veterinary sur
geon administered In the form of an
injection of strychnine Into the heart
I am trying to forset the last re
proachful look and the last uncertain
wag of the tall that had wagged a j
cheerful "HI, there, old timer," a !
million tlmea. '
Late at night sometimes I Imagine
I can hear Tony's toenails scratching j
on the slippery stairs as he climbed '
precariously to see whether I have
anything good to nibble . . . but,
nonsense, doga are dogs, and Tony
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O.O. Mclntvrc
NEW YORK, March 0. Greenwich
Village Is having Its Serious Moment
again. For a time It threatened to
go c o m p 1 e tely
Coney Island with
cock-eyed f 1 o or
shows. Dining
around Washing
ton Square be
came a sort of
rubber chicken
hoax with an ex
ploding cigar cli
max. Instead of such
long ago char
acters as Tiny
Tim. Sonla and
Bobby Edwards,
the visitor found thwarted crooners,
touts for uptown clip Joints and the
va rip a ted and sweatcred pick-thanks
of the carnival shows. But the mel
low types of small and cozy restau
rants are opening again.
In a Mucdougnll street cellar 1
noticed a two -tabled place, seating
not more than 10, with open kitchen
and sputtering candles. It bore the
aun-bonnety name of Emma Lou's
Off the more traveled paths were
several more ashine with wall-hung
pots and pans like tho on the
Montmartre peaks.
In each were studious folk. The
lone figure huddled over a book. A
pair of artist In deadly earnest
palavar. There were no distracting
orchestras about although In one
a wandering accordionist pumped a
muted aria without reward. The Vil
lage, for the moment, la engrossed
In higher things.
A very serious friend, a few floors
above, whose profession Is vastly te
dious, renews his supply of patience
at Intervals by slipping up to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. There
In Idle contemplation he stands be
fore a Corot. And Is thus heartened
by the tlrelessnea of the great paint
er In tracing thousands or feathery
leaves on a sweep of canvas. My
friend's Job then seems a cinch for
awhile.
Rlan James, who deserted column
Ing In Brooklyn for a Hollywood
writing berth, has become one of
the most prolific scribblers on the
west coast. In the past two and a
half years he has turned out a total
of 79 books and screen plays. One ot
hta swIfteM bits was a scenario
started and completed In IS days
Then he went to bed for 10.
Irvin Cobb also nppears to have
settled permanently on the Pacific
Cosst and It Is Increasingly likely
New York will see him only on oc
casional flving trip to visit his
daughter. Buff, and grandchildren.
He is reported disposing of both his
Park avenue apartment and country
home In l.ay Ijine. Fist hump ton.
He Journeyed to Hollywood to remain
three months and has been there
nearly a year, having purchased In
the meantime a villa at Pants
Monica, a.-ross a Ciinyn from Will
Rogers. A decisive factor In the
change was Mrs. Cobb's delight In
California, phis her better health
there.
Ratrd Intnrd. fur hss never
bracketed In her Msnhar-an morn
vyr-a that distinct brand of perfect
m
JM
IOG IF YOU LIKE
dog can't happen more than once In
thla man's lifetime. Someone spoke
of a pet cemetery, and I thought It
sounded sickening, yet we treasure
greatly a fine portrslt of Tony paln'-cd
some six years ago when he waa the
handsomest rascal that ever picked
a fight.
A lot of people have written to me
to ask what to do about their good
old dogs.
Well, I prescribed for Tony the same
vitamin ration I took myself when I
was reducing. It helped him a good
deal, too. But now that Tony la Just
a memory, In spite of the many nips
of lodln we had together In the old
days, and in spite of the big boost
the vitamins gave him, I feel like the
surgeon who performed a most suc
cessful operation though the patient
petered out the next d.y.
More or less of all the vitamins
(except C) are contained In the vita
mln ration to which I reler. perhaps
vitamin B la the Important one.
Items rich in vitamin B are liver,
kidney, milk, wheat embryo, egg, Ice
cream, carrots, yeast, spinach,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWKRS
Sex Book.
'I wish to own a good book of sex
knowledge. I Inclose a circular de
scribing one. May I hare your opin
ion of It? J. C.
Answer From the circular I should
think it might be a good book, but
I have not seen the bcok.
Fumes.
Two sons employed in a shop where
much paint and lacquer is used.
There Is no forced ventilation of any
kind . . . &. A. H.
Answer Suitable fan or exhaust
ventilation should be provided to
protect such workers from the more
or lese poisonous character of tne
fumes.
DuiiKerous Age.
I am 42 years old. How shall I
co redly live so as to avoid the "dan
gerous age" of a man's life or to live
through It? I understand the danger
Is from malfunctioning of the pros
tate gland. P. P. A.
Answer That's Just a bright ldei
to sell a book.
(Copyright, 1035, John P. Dille Co.)
Ed Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
shod Id send letter direct to Dr.
.Viiiidii. mady. M. D., 265 tJ
Cam I no, Beverly Mills. Cal.
husbands so often annexed by rich
women. They are dog Trays of faith
fulness. Impecunious but handsome
men of the world, frequently or
foreign birth. They drink like gen
tlemen, know the correct flair of a
white tie, dance divinely, order a
slick dinner and Indulge In small
tnlk. No amount of partying fatigues
them. They are purely ornamental
human bric-a-brac that cornea tre
mendously high.
Idwal Jones took a bunch of Holly
wood friends down to Baja California,
Mexico, a recent weekend to see a
silver mine. The lure was the Idea
of eating real tamales along the way.
And they did, stuffing on them at
every posoda. They didn't know until
their return the tamalea were Im
ported In a suitcase from Hollywood
They don't have tamalea In that part
of Mexico.
The magazines youngest editor.
Otis L. Wiese, has Joined the pent
housers on what Is perhaps the
grandest scale of his craft. His du
plex mosque In the East 80's In
cludes 12 rooms. A baths and a va
riety of terraced gardens. Mr. Wle
came out of Iowa and when he took
his post several years ago had Just
turned 21.
Arnold Reuben, deltcatcssener and
first nigh ter, has achieved his earliest
ambition a sandwich salon on Fifth
avenue. He originated the conceit
of naming sandwiches for celebri
ties, usually of stage and screen. The
first newspaperman to receive such
gastronomic glorification was S. Jay
Kaufman. When any of the sand
wich cult displeases Reuben he has
a puckish method of retribution. I
the offender is an actor he not only
marks down the price of the sand
wich, but makes the chief Ingredient
ham. He have a notion to yell a
swell bologna candidate and make
a running slide right back Into the
igloo.
(Copyright, 1935. McNaught Syndi
cate) Long redistributes. Economists now
put the total wealth at 9300.000.000.
000. The debt Is less than 10 per cent
of that. At the close of the Civil war.
It was exactly the sante.
Much publicity ado is being made
about all the money which the gov
ernment will save by refinancing.
The truth Is the treasury will save
about $30,000 000 000 a year in inter
est payments under the current re
financing. It has available another
e. 300.000 .000 which could be simil
arly refinanced In the next six
I months, with a saving or no more
than probably $.10,000,000 annually.
This mentis a total possible savings
of teo.000.000. U Is not even a blur
chip In the no-itmU pokrr now being
played with the public debt. Total
annual interest charis are $RJT,
ivo nnn om-h r Mninss from
i refiinrli.ii would t-e stout 7 per cent
I for th present.
(Continued from Page One)
Comment
on the
Day's News
. By FRANK JENKINS
KINO Prajadhlpok, "supreme ar
biter of the ebb and flow of
the tides and possessor of th twenty-four
umbrellas." announces the
abdication of his throne.
Note, please, that he Isn't thrown
out. He qultt of his own accord
That Is unusual.
WHY does he quit?
The reasons, as usual, are ob
scure on the faces of the dispatches
on the day these words are written.
The great press association are good
at telling us what has happened,
but shy about telling us WHY.
In about nine cases out of ten,
we ordinary people, who don't know
everything In the world Just off
hand, are fully as much Interested
In why as In what.
THE great press associations, when
they are taxed about this short
coming, retort that It Is their busi
ness to tell what baa happened and
the editor's business to tell why.
Small editors, such as this one.
Insist that the man on the ground
is in a better position to tell the
why of a big story than the man
sitting In a busy newspaper office
thousands of miles away.
And so the battle rages.
WHAT Is said here, of course,
doesn't refer to the brainy edi
tors of great newspapers In the big
cities. They know everything, right
off the bat. Nothing ever puzzles
them.
IT SEEMS, that King Prajadhlpok
has been having a rumpus with
his parliament. At any rate, this
paragraph appears In the dispatch:
"An official notification reaching
the king from his capital, Bangkok,
that parliament had rejected his
conditions for retaining the throne
was the final straw for the pic
turesque monarch."
Apparently he'd told parliament
what it could do If it wanted him
to REMAIN KINO, and It had re
fused. So he quit.
ALTHOUGH nothing is said about
It In the dispatches. It is the
cynical notion of this writer, that
when Prajadhlpok: gave up the
throne he DIDN'T give up the per
quisites that went with the throne
such aa large personal wealth.
He Just quit being king, which
la probably wise. Kings have a lot
of grief these days, along with the
rest of us.
eV-eV.
N
OTE, please, these titles:
"Supreme arbiter of the flow
of the tides." "Possessor of the
twenty-four umbrellas."
THIS too Ignorant Individual does
not know why Prajadhlpolc Is
known as the "possessor of the
twenty-four umbrellas." One um
brella Is quite enough here In sun
ny Southern Oregon, but it may be
different In Slam.
There, ownership of 34 of the
things may confer great distinction.
But the other title, "supreme ar
biter of the ebb and flow of the
tides," Is easier to understand.
It Is Just PLAIN SWANK, design'
ed to Impress the ignorant a part
of the ancient tomfoolery of roy
alty.
-"pHIS ancient tomfoolery of roy-
alty. which is slowly passing
was absurd, in the extreme. In his
calmer moments, however, one won
ders If It was any more absurd than
some of our modern political meth
ods.
: 4
Communications
Governor Is Condemned
To the Editor:
Our attention has been called to
your editorial of February 25 In
which you try to explain General
Martin's outburst about the State
Grange legislative committee and end
up by criticizing the State Grange
This ta not the first time that Ray
Gill hase been told to go home and
slop the hogs. Oovernor Meier made
some such remark when Gill was
working to prevent the passage of the
last sales tax bill, but when the vot
era got a chance at it they snowed
It under with some 150.000 votes. 8o
Gill outguessed Meier here as to what
the peoplewanted.
And after all this Is still a demo
cratlc form of government and the
voters have a right to accept or re
Ject.
As the Grange's only part In poll
tics t the working for or against
legislative measures, we take It that
you are opposed to them even doing
this. What measures could be passed
at Salem that would not affect Ore
con agriculture directly or Indirectly?
And what orcanlratlon would have
any more neht to a lobby than the
largest farm prcanlrtalon In the
state?
We can understand why General
Martin. whoe past life has been
spent In giving orders, would be peev
ed when some of his pet legislation
! was held up, but for you. an editor
j In an agricultural country, to resent
! the Idea of a farm organization tak
j ing part in legislative matters is be
j vend us.
If the general was as good a "New
Dealer" as he let cn b-fore election
he wou:j krow that alresdv too many
!iirro-a-) have h-rn j-lo-vrrl out ant
too many hogs slopped. Tiit ' New
Deal" Idea is leas furrows and fewer
hogs. Those who have been telling
the farmer for such a long time
what hla produce Is worth and how
to run hla business are naturally re
sentful toward the Grange for teach
ing him self reliance, thst his calling
Is as dignified as any, but that be
must work that part of bis anatomy
above his neck as well aa that below.
These "friends" would even choose
for him the leaders of bis farm or
ganization, Judging from criticisms of
present Grange leaders who were
elected by the entire Grange member
ship of ths state,
R. E. NEALON.
County- Grange Deputy.
Table Rock, Feb. 5.
Ed. Note: Mr. Nealon knows as
well as we do the Mail Tribune does
not oppose the Grange working for
and against legislation which vitally
concerns. The editorial in question
only referred to Governor Martin's be
lief and the belief of many people In
this state that there la oo much po
litical agitation and personal political
ambition on the part of Mr. Gill.
So We Will Get "Ours"
To the Editor:
Sirs, In answer to yours of March
S, 1936:
Why not reason It out?
You start out fine, and until you
turn us over to W. A. White of Em
poria. Kansas, who misquotes the
Townsend plan, as the plan does not
mention the private Incomes, It
states the plan shall be a tax of 2
per cent on the money transactions
of each and every kind, except on
wages. Aa W. A. White states on pri
vate Incomes, how would anybody be
so foolish as to believe that, as he
says there was 48 billion of net profit,
In a year? This plan calls for a tax
on 1300 billions as the transaction
sales show by the records. The only
excuse that has been offered against I
the plan was that It was Impossible, !
cock-eyed, fantastic. Now the facts'
are It will work Just as well as
our gas tax of 6 cents a gallon, only ;
it will be Just 2 per cent, instead of
25 per cent on each dollar. . ,
We know we are not living In a
fairy land for if we were we would
not be threatened with being put In
Jail if we should ask for our -rights,
or should circulate a recall petition.
The right to recall any public of
ficer la a part of the constitution of
Oregon, and when you consider there
Is at present near 300.000 Towns
endltes in Oregon at present and
growing fast it certainly behooves
any one to respect the wlshea of
them. At least, to not get too cocky. 1
The old age pension, as put up by
congress and our state, is only a
dole and Just that much more taxes
for us to pay. In a short time we
will have paid It all in taxes and
then the dole for us.
There are only a few who are not
benefitted by this plan they are;
the life insurance companies, the
Jew money lenders and outside of
them it la a benefit to our govern
ment. To every man, woman and
child In this country. No more pan
ics. All classes of trade will be busy.
Everybody can have a Job at good
wages. We shall continue this fight
to the end. Those who do not favor
it should at least have a reason why
it won't work. We have no gold
medals to give to any editors, but
we are glad you got yours, and hope
you will, enjoy the Townsend dollars
you will some day get in for your
paper.
W. C. P1XLEY.
Williams, Ore., Feb. 1.
The Townsend Plan,
To the Editor:
Thla communication la directed
especially to those of your readers
who might be inclined to regara
some statements by Mr. William
Allen White, appearing In your Sun
day editorial, as undisputed facts.
First, your statement that "the
rank and file of Townsend sup
porters are entirely honest and sin
cere." Is absolutely true, also that
many people find themselves In an
"unfortunate plight." So, If you will
agree with us. which I am sure you
will, that the sum of 20 billion dol
lars distributed annually into every
corner of the country, always pro
viding that this money can be raised
without a burdensome tax, will
stimulate business, then there is but
one point of difference between us.
and that is the feasibility of the
plan.
You quote Mr. William Allen
White, a newspaper editor and a
politician. For my refutation of his
statements I shall quote Dr. Robert
R. Doane. man educated at Wesle
yan, Georgetown. Columbia, and New
York universities, consultsnt for the
U. S. department of commerce and
U. S. department of labor in addi
tion to 15 other outstanding or
ganizations and author of 10 lead
ing books on economics, some of
which are used as text books In
our educational institutions.
Mr. White says "Prosperity will
only return when all of us get back
to work producing things which we
and other Americans want." Just so.
but why didn't he add. "but can't
buy." He doesn't say Just how we
are to get back to work producing
things when there Isn't a healthy
demand for the things we are now
producing. The purchasing "power.
Mr. Editor, must come first for those
thlnes we now have on hand before
we can expect any Increased demand
for the manufacture of more things.
Alt other gestures toward recovery
are based upon a false premise.
Then Mr. White says: "But It will
do nothing to help prosperity. The
total national Income will remain
the same." Of alt the critics that
have undertaken to criticise the
Townsend plan, editors, heads of de
partments, brain -trusters or what-have-you,
not one has before had the
temerity to say that the distribu
tion of 20 billion dollars annually,
and the consequent placing of some
13 million Idle individuals to work,
would not help prosperity. The other
statement Is manifestly untnie, else
why should tne national Income be
placed at 86 billions In 1939 and
only 30 billion In 1932? Dr. Doans
says that under the operation of j
the Townsend plan, the Increase in f
the national Income the first MONTH
would be 336 million and In the
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million.
di.. Mr. Editor, srant ma aux-
flelent space to quote Just a few
paragraphs from Dr. Doane's summing-up
statement to the Ways and
w..n. i-Ami-n1tt! "I Wish VOU tO
understand that X appear as an in
dependent statistician to show the
revenue possibilities of a 3 per cent
sales tax or turnover tax calculated
on a very broad case.
"The cumulative effect of a uni
form nation-wide turnover tax at
the low rate of 2 per cent on limited
transactions, could easily put a stop
..rv-F hurii-rt deficit and finance
such a social security program as
envisaged by the Townsena pian
Tn nr rv-ifln' table No. 5. filed
with the Ways and Means commit
tee, ha shows that under present
conditions for 1935 a 2 per cent
transaction tax would produce a reve
nue of 0 billion. 600 million and on
a 1929 basis would produce 10 bil
lion, 700 million, also, a pertlnene
fact Included In this table Is that
the estimated uer cent of increase in
nrirt would not exceed 24 per cent
on any Item and would be as low
as 12 per cen on a selected list.
Now, Mr. Editor, since you and I
are not expert economists, we must
accept, in order to form a somewnac
Intelligent opinion of our own. the
flcriiraa art I Mtlmat-M of AomeonA In
whom we can place a degree of con
fidence, and I ask you. In the face
of these facts, which you would
really prefer. Dr. Doane or William
Allen White?
Most sincerely and respectfully yours,
u. n. onuni lie, r r .
Medford, March 5.
Ed note: We would be quite willing
to leave the feasibility of the Towns
end plan to a vote of the RECOG
NIZED expert economists of the
country. In which case we fear Dr.
riiinns wi-mlH hit niitniimhrvl nhoitt.
1000 to 1. But the matter will not be
settled by expert economists, but by
the common sense of the American
people. And we predict this common
sense will eventually agree with Mr.
White that the multiplication table
still stands, and the law of gravity
also. We can't raise ourselves by our
boot straps; we can't create wealth
by taxation, and we can't raise 924 -000.000,000
a year for old age pen
sions, without taking that amount
annually from the pockets of the
American people.
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
Mall Tribune of 10 and 20 Years
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
March 6. 1915.
(It was Friday)
Ashland high springs surprise and
defeats Medford high, 18 to 14. leav
ing the district title in a tie. Chaa
tain and Knlps, forwards for the Ti
gers, were off form and unable to
score. The playoff game will be play
ed Saturday night at Ashland.
Fruitgrowers of the valley plan a
labor office in this city. In an effort
to relieve shortage of orchard labor.
scale to 90 cent p?r hour,
Democrats In senate charge Secre
tary of Treasury Andrew Mellon with
income tax irregularities.
Central Point woman is fined $10
and costs In justice court, for failure
to dim auto lights on highway.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
March 6. 191.1. .
( It was Saturday.)
Austrian army in full flight In
the Carpathians; French ammunition
ship afire tn mid -Atlantic; desultory
fighting on the western front.
Weather bureau ships instruments
here to study frost conditions.
Page theater signs contract to show
General Film company films, with
such stars as Alice Joyce, Ruth Stone
house, Anita Stewart, Agnes Ayrcs,
Dorothy Dalton, Bessie Eye ton, Fran
cis X. Bushman and John Bunny.
Leonard Carpenter, in a letter, says
the Jackson county exhibit at the
San Francisco fair is "poor and a
csution."
Mexican situation becomes serious
again, and United States writes sharp
note to Carranza.
Two-In-One Room.
A guest room designed by Lurelle
Guild skillfully conceals sewing room
accessories when they are not needed.
Beneath a bed which Is built Into tne
alcove of one wall, are three deep
drawers which allow for storage of
scraps, shears, tapes, spools and the
sewing work of the moment. The
sewing machine, placed beneath a
window so ample light may be ob
tained, becomes a dressing table with
a decorative flounce when a guet
has come to visit. A comfortable
chair, a chest of drawers, a full length
mirror and colorfully painted walla
complete the room.
Speaking of Screen.
It's a good time now to get screen
ready for the coming summer sea
son. All screens, even copper ones,
need a protective covering. While
the copper mesh resists corrosion, the
wash from It will stain the woodwork
beneath. Enamels, specially prepared
for the purpoee, will protect all types
of screens and prevent such staining
of the woodwork. Light enamels pro
vide more privacy than dark coat'.nc
and still do not Impair vlaion when
Inside, looking out. White, light blue,
yellow or gray in fact, any tint that
harmonlres with the extertor co!-r
scheme of the house is suitable.
Olve your watch the ".Micrometer"
test "Fret-" at Johnson's, tha only
service of this kind :n v-uthern Orfy-g-n.