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'MTTDFO'R'D MATT, TRTBTJE. rEDFORP. OTtEflpy. TTTtJRSDAY, OCTOITET? 9. 1936. RECOVERY C R E D I T TO F. R. U. S. Attorney Tells Demo cratic Audience Hoover Policies Brought Greatest Danger to United States Before a packed house at Demo cratic headquarters here last nlgbt, Carl C. Donaugh, United States at torney for the district of Oregon, polnt&i to the record for public wel fare established by President Frank lin D. Roosevelt, charging that the entire brunt of the recent depression could be charged to the Hoover-Re -publican administration, and adding that the entire credit lor Increased national Income, decreased unem ployment and lessening of the strain on national business could be credit ed to the Roosevelt administration alone. The basic principles of the con stitution were never in greater dan ger from communism or dictatorship than through the policies pursued by the Hoover administration,' he said "Unemployment, soup kitchen, mort gage foreclosures, bank failures, bank holidays, stagnation of business, are the conditions that cause peneral de spondency and a breakdown In moral stamina." Flanking Act Cited. Donaugh spoke at length on the benefits of the banking act estab lished under the Roosevelt reginfe. "Between 1931 and 1933 there wore 11,467 -bank failures in the United States," he said. "Deposits totaling $5,500,000,000 were affecti-d by this appalling tragedy. Millions saw their life savings .wept away. With the enactment of the banking act; pro viding In part for the insurance of bank deposits up to ftS.Ouu, conditions : have been completely reversed. Since Its enactment and under Its opera tion during the past three years there have been but 61 failures, with de posits totaling less than 916.000,000. In fact, the president announced a few days ago at Pittsburgh that there had not been a single national bank failure during the past year. Tills constitutes a record for the past 58 years. No piece of legislation has done more to bring money out of hid ing, to restore confidence and busl Jnoss stability than the act creating the federal deposit insurance cor poration. Glanlnnl Quoted. "Hero Is what A. P. Otaninnl, chair man of the Bank 'of Amorica, has to say: 'Due to the legislation of tho last three and a hatf yeara our banks are now In a better position than at any time In the past to Justify the confidence of the average men and woman who trust their savings to .them. When the banking system was put to the test at the haicht of the HAPPY RELIEF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Caused by Tired Kidneys Mar.y of those scaning, oagcing, painful backaches people blame on coiHa or strains arc oft f n cauwd by tired kMneyit and may be rlievri when treated in the right way. The kiiineve are Nature's chief w ay of taking txrtas fields awl poutonmis wiuls out of tbe blood. Mrail people paw about 3 piota a day or about 3 pound of wnetf. If the 15 miles of kidnry tubes aod filters don't work writ, powonnus waate trial tr stays in the blood. These poUona may atart Dsgifing backaches, rheumatic pains, lumbago, lfg pains, foM of prpand energy, gelt inn up nigbu, BtvrJ ting, pufunfaa under the eyes, beadacbos and diirinrsa. Don't wait! Ark your druggist for Doan't Pilb, ud successfully by millions for over 40 rear. They give bsppy Miff and will help tbe & miles of kidoey tubes flush out poisonous vast from the blood. 0t loan't Fill. depression. It was found that this confidence bad vanished because the basis for Its continuance no longer existed. Deposits shrank by millions. At the end, banks In unprecedented numbers were forced to close. Presi dent Roosevelt lmmedlacely grasped the situation and under his leader ship two vital steps were taken, to be followed by others, to restore con fidence, make banking operations safer, and give absolute assurance to depositors. Future generations In surveying the experience of the past and viewing the ruinous effects of lost bank deposits, may well wonder that the apparently wanton disre gard for the safety of bank deposits so long existed." London Opposed Act- Mr. Donaugh continued: "Contrast th Roosevelt record and. the opinion of America's foremost banker wltn what Governor Landon had to Bay when the bill to Insure bank deposits was pending In congress. He Is cred ited with wiring Senator Capper at that time, saying 'The pending bank ing bill Is extremely Injurious to state banks and threatens their very ex istence. I urge your active opposi tion to the guarantee section.' Later, in an address before the American Bankers association convention In Chicago, In 1933, he used this lan guage; 'There Is no question In my mind that the guarantee of bank de posits Is a greater blow to the ulti mate welfare of tho American people than the widest inflation of the cur ency could possibly be. In my Judg ment, the guarantee of bank deposits, if carried out In this country to the logical conclusion, will completely de stroy the entire banking system of the nation. "Under such & conflict of opinion on legislation so vitally affecting the average American citizen X am con fldeut that the voters will register overwhelming approval for the Rooso velt policies rather than the policies such as here expressed by Governor Landon," the speaker said. Mr, Donaugh pointed out the Roosevelt record In coming to the rescue of states In carrying the bur den of 33,000,000 persoiu, represent ing 6,000,000 families on direct re lief. "For relief In Oregon, exclusive of CWA, PWA and other agencies," Donaugh said, "federal funds alloted for relief purposes In this state amounted to 22,316,093 up, to Janu ary 1. 1936, most of it an outright gift. Oregon Benefit Told. "Under tho Civil Works Admlnii trntion, operated from January to May, 1C34, there were 1886 projects In Oregon Involving the expenditure of federal funds of 6,454,133, 80 per cant In actual wages and 30 percent for . materials. Under the Public Works administration, 100.000.000 in round numbers has been expended In the state, representing 59 tchools, 28 water supplies, 13 sewage disposal plants, not to speak of tho five coast bridges, the slate capltol, Bonneville dam and others. These rrojects have given employment to some 100,000 men and have lnonectly affected 30,000 persons. "Under the Works Progress Admin istration the first project was started In the stato on September 13. 1935. There have been ns high as 596 proj ects In operation at one ttmo with 33,673 workers. Under the Home Owners Loan corporation 9,400 homo owners were able to save their homes from foreclosure. These loans total- I ed J18.500.000. No act of any ad-1 ministration will have more lasting benefit than the Civilian Conserve-1 Mon corps. Thus far, 1.300.000 young men have enrolled. They are receiv ing an education, are aiding In pro tecting our vast natural resources, and Instead of remnining Idle arc being mado Into fine citizens. No Credit to O. O. P. "Whatever may be advocated by the Republican leadership, the fact remains that none of the beneficial acts to which I hove referred were sponsored or advocated by Repub lican leadership and the credit for their enactment and progress made rightfully belongs to tbe Roosevelt administration and to the admin istration alone. The Issue of tbe present campaign Is clear cut. It meaus either a return to the so-called I Rppubllcan free enteiprtse which j brought about the conditions prior , to 1033 nr it means a continuance j or the policies which have brought about constructive progress under President Roosevelt. All Democratic candidates for coun ty offices were present at the meet ing. Codding Cites Record. Ralph Stephenson, candidate for the state legislature, made a few re marks, and James Stevens, also legts laltve candidate, declined to comment on his race. George Codding, in cumbent district attorney seeking re election, cited his record, pointing out that when ht took olflce only $900 remained in the prohibition fund and that four years later he turned over 10,000 to the county. He said that prior to his taking of fice the annual expenses were $5,000, a sum which he has reduced to $3,800. Ralph Jennings, former theriff seek ing election as county commissioner, stated that he believed his record as an office holder and farmer quali fied hlra for the position. Ralph Sweeney, seeking the county treas urer post, said he had been handling other people's money for 30 years and believed himself quillfled. Clar ence Pankey. county clerk candidate, listed his qualifications, as did L. H. Hansen of Ashland, candidate for county assessor. Col. E. E. Kelly made a few re marks at the meeting, as did J. T. Summervllle, U. 8. marshal with head quarters In Portland, a former Med ford resident. able to give a word of praise along with his crtllclsm of the editorial pol icy of the Tribune almost an un heard of thing these days, when par tisan fault rinding and ridicule is the slogan. As for myself, I am very thankful that we have In Medford Just the kind of editor and paper you hate given us, ana 'you are one who has the Intelligence to know: the truth and la not afraid to publish lt-a duty that stands above politics. We would neer have a Big Busi ness Liberty league, trying, as it claims to "save our country" by de feating the one man who can do so. if we had more editors like you. Give us more of tho truth. Mr. Editor, and more power to you I MRS. ROT STANLEY. Medford, October 7. Communications Ouch! Likes the Lou5.v But 11 To the Editor: I have Just read Vern Marshall's letter In your editorial column, and, sketchily, your editorial.. Like Mr. Marshall I have read the Tribune quite a while and really like the lousy paper. And I agree better than fifty per cent with Mr. Marshall. I have always liked the editorial comment of the Tribune but lately It has been one continuous pain In the neck. Unlike Mr. Marshall I prefer that jou stay right here at home or, if you must travel, keep quiet about It My pleasure In your editorials ended when you followed that load of hay In heavy traffic across New York state. I am normally Republican or Democrat. I am never sure which. But this year I'm neutral not even a good Communist. t Five years ago I watched Hoover trying to do something with a balky Democratic congress. Four -years ago I listened to all the vitriolic comment, of Mr. Roosevelt and his pals, directed at Mr. Hoover. I voted for Hoover. For the past three years I have been a pretty consistent believer In R cose vel t. M r. Roose v el t 's recent 'silk hat" story Just about ruined me. ' In '33 the Democrats were on the offensive. This year they are on the defensive. About three weeks ago I tossed i coin to see who my choice) for presl dent would be. It hasn't come down yei ana ai tne present rate I am afraid It won't until election day. And then I'll Just vote with my eyes shut to prevent remorse In the future. I might even writ) In the name of R W. RuhJ. but If I do I shall also writ In a plank concerning loads of nay and editorials. JAS. L. O' DON A HUE Oct. 6th. R, 4, Box M. Disagrees with Man-halL To the Editor: I read the communication signed by Vern Marshall In which he asked you to haul In your horns and stop writing, editorials favoring President Roosevelt. Well now, Mr. Editor, I think that is an extraordinary request for a man to make who already has Landon elected by a big majority, and anything you could say wouldn t make a particle of difference anyhow and as long as you are telling the truth In your future editorials the same as you have In the past, X am In favor of you continuing writing them. It can't possibly do any harm it Is a foregone conclusion, ac cording to the Literary Digest, that Landon Is lust as good as elected already, so say the Republicans. A great many people try awfully hard to make themselves believe that It Is actually going to come to pass and I believe that Mr. Vern Marshall is honest in what he says and I nave no doubt but what he is one of the best fellows In the world. But I beg to disagree with him as I firmly be lieve that Roosevelt will bo re-elect ed as he has made one of the best presidents we have ever had and one who has the intelligence, the ability and statesmanship thai few others In the good old U. S. can boast of, and he also has the courage to stand up for what he believes Is right and will coutlnue to do so. Why any businessman, doctor, law yer, working man or property holder will or can vote against Roosevelt Is a mystery to me, when the CCO alone has caused more money to be clrcu lated In Medford than was ever known before, not to mention the rise in gold per ounce which has enabled thousands of people to make a living along the streams of southern Ore gon. But what's the use of multiplying words? The 3rd of November will settle the question and tbe people will either elect one of the best presi dents we have ever had or a man no matter how good a man who Is backed by such men a Hoover, Hearst and all the big monled Inter ests In the country. Take your choice JOHN B. GRIFFEN. Medford, Ore., October 7. To the Editor: I want to commend Mr. Marshall on his letter to your paper, In Just one direction, which la this: He wsa SIGNAL OIL AND GAS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS Comment of the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS MOVIE players, making a society picture gang up on the director and force him to fire a group of so ciety girls who had taken Jobs as extra a. "Olve these Jobs to legitimate ex tras,' a delegation told him, 'or we're walking out and every tar( In the cast goes with us!" The stars, Incudlng Jack Benny, Mary Boland, George Burns and Gra de Allen, backed up the ultimatum, and the director capitulated. GOOD enough! If you're going to be a society gal, BE a society gal and go to pink teas (If there axe such things as pink teas) and get your picture In the Sunday supplements and pick out an eligible young fellow with rich parents and put the' bee on blm. But dont try to monopolize ALL the spotlight. Give the girls from across the tracks a chance. THERE'S an old saying to the ef fect that you can't have your cake and eat lt too. Anyway you SHOULDN'T. So more power to the militant extras down there. only Instruments to guide tl:em, they can find the airport for which they aro beading. But they can't land safely unless they can see the ground under them. If it Is true that a way has been found to clear fog from a spn.ee long enough and high enough to permit airplanes to land in snfety. a bi? handicap has been removed from aviation's pathway. A"f INVENTION that clears away fog Js reported to have proved completely successful In a series of tests conducted by army engineers at San Francisco. In a cautiously worded dispatch from the bay city, it Is reported that the device cleared fog away from the Golden Gate channel over an area 16 miles tn extent, which Is ocralnly quite an achievement, If true. The apparatus, developed by a San Francisco chemist after eight years of experimenting, la described compact, and portable, being only 30 by 30 Inches In sire. Y ANDINO In a fog la aviation's M-d greatest hazard. plsnea can follow a radio beam, Indeed, they have done so, clear across the ocean. Flvlns blind, with 1 Here is the way one of the workers around headquarters did it rathrr logically with the Digest results of a recent week: Landon's straw total 438,601, Total Hoover vote from '33 polled so far 302,955. Landon's straw gain 75.646. Roosevelt's straw total 263.624. Total Rocsovelt '33 straw vote poll ed so far 390.075. Roosevelt's straw loss 8.151. Now If you take the Indicated ra tio of Landon's gain over the Hoover stmw vote and apply It to the 15,816. 000 actual votes which Hoover polled In the 1933 election, you will com pute the total Indicated Landon vote at 19.016.000. Doing the same thing with tho Roosevelt o,ss will Klvo you an Indl- ated total of 33.163.013 votes for htm thjs year. The result is a popular straw vote (Continued from Pago One.) The truth is these two countries dare not let their money go freely up against the monies of the world. Their gold weakness permits them to adjust their currencies to the dollar only artificially and theoretically. Consequently, what they do does not make much difference to anyone except themselves. Barnstormers with Governor Lan don continue to complain about per sonal friction within the top organ! nation. What one emlneut Lnndon authority said about it weeks ago still holds true, namely: 'There are 30.000 ants on the log and ouch one thinks he is guiding the log." There Are lots of little stories ono adviser pocketed some speech rccom mend at ions of other advisers and kept them from the candidate, the superior monner of one foremost nd viser has discouraged his helpers, etc These situations are Always preva lent on tho inside of large campaign organisations. They are present with in the Roosevelt inner circle, where the president's own secretariat was anything but ono happy family from the beginning. The effect on White House effi ciency has not been noticeable, and the effect of the Landon organiza tion is probably being over-estimated The Democrats seem to be better at figures than the Repuht'ans. Not only have they been able to calculate the debt increase at 8 ,000,000, 000 Instead of 914,000.000,000, as carried on tho treasury statement, but they can prove from the Digest poll that Mr. Roosevelt Will win. lead of 3,165.653 for Roosevelt out of a straw poll which shows him to be) losing 3 to 1, and no one can object to the loglo of the deduction. And so on, far, far Into the night. B odd ce ip IBnsccunnHs Schilling Baking' Powder Tttlome PORT TOKAY SHERRY ANGELICA MUSCATEL WIISTE PORT QUARTS QAILOH3 150 Alcohol iiOj, bj NEW LOW PRICES KOMA Vermouth Tr.Mli or II.Uu Ttt. jUccbolMbrTrtow Selected grapes from the nlneleading grape producing counties ol Califor nia, are carefully crushed, fermented and bottled. Then ROMA offers them to you under this label. Purchuor'i permit not leqnbeiL SOMA WINE CO. Inc., Lodt, California SAN PHANCISCO, Oct. B. 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