MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1938
PAGE FIVE
Summation of Record
Gives True Perspective
Of Roosevelt s Fitness
Prom Scrip pi-Howard Newtpaper
Th puxpoM of thU U to sum up
to toll why, after tbra and ooe-htlf
year of obstrTlng bU prutcUncy and
after reading and listening to months
of campaigning, ve axe for Roosevelt.
One way would be to tabor all the
detail, from gold devaluation
through all the Issues thas were born !
pie and away from those pressure
groups and special interests who were
using their power to further their
own ends to the exclusion of those
who were not organized, Who belong
ed to no group and who, therefore,
got the leavings.
Drought Refugee Finds
This Is Promised Land
80 he made the switch and much
of one of the greatest ertse America of the bitterness in high places
ever has faced.
But we have dealt with those Is
sues day by day and they are now
being dissected and pawed over
.type and In speech every twenty-four
hours as the campaign speeds toward
lta end. To recapitulate hare would
make long and dreary reading. So
we are going to try and back sway
from the trees far enough to see the
forest; to acquire, If we can, a per
spective on what has occurred.
Speaking generally, we are for
Roosevelt for the same reason that
: we think we would have been for
Jefferson or Jackson or Lincoln had
we lived In their dsy. We are con-
vinced that future historians, as the
years bring the complete perspective,
will record Roosevelt along with
those. We believe that In him the
times providentially produced the
man; that we have lived through an
era fsr more dangerous than any of
against him comes from those who
once were at the elbows of those who
ruled. The old order became aroused
when It finally realized that Roose
velt "meant It," and that pretty
much explains the heat of the 1936
campaign, the trumped-up alarm
about communism, regimentation
and all that the protests of those
who had sat near the driver's seat
and now are there no more. And
yet, threading through the thought
of the whole Roosevelt administra
tion in both the humanitarian and
the economic sense 1b the purpose of
making life more livable for the many
and at the same time more secure for
those who already aro well-to-do
And underneath all that has been
philosophy that our democracy If
it la to survive cannot be rigid; that
government is a living organism: that
it must change to meet the times:
that to go back would mean
.a fun rMiiiiKMi: that our form of
government might have perished had currenoe of what did happen, multi-
n .... .... manfiiil Vifur tn errata
m not been blessed with leaner-
hip equipped with those qualities of
courage, vision, unaemanaing. nu
men sympathy and daring which
must be present If a major crisis Is
ta be survived. Further, we believe
that had we drawn In 1031 a Polk
or a Hoover, a Buchanan or a Hard-
ina. our highly Intricate economic
system, might have been completely
smashed.
it is needed only to recall a tew
of the events the banking paralysis,
the food rlote In the cities, the or-
eventual shock too great
tor the nation to stand.
Apply that philosophy to what has
hsppened since 1933. translste It In
terms of the recovery we are now en-
Joying and the greater confidence the
rank and file of us have come to
have In our future and our govern.
ment, and you will have our explan
atton of why we believe the Roose-
velt administration has been the
most effective, the most farslghted
and the most humanltartsn since
Lincoln saved the nation. And what
gantned defiance of the courts In the we have said of the domestic policies
agricultural regions, the use of tn.
army against the veterans In the na
tion's canltal. the hunger and the
desperation to picture what might
have happened had the ship of state
then been turned over to a muscie
hound, tradltlon-mlnded and near
sighted pilot. Thank God we didn't
get one, but Instead one who could
keep hla head when all about were
losing theirs, who could remain cslm
eyed while the panto reigned, who
could sense the full sire of the peril
and take such chances as were neces
sary to the rescue,
we project also Into the foreign field
w, encompsss why we consider the
''good neighbor" In a troubled world
the blood brother of the forgotten
man at home.
We are better off. We are moving
ahead. But there's a long way yet to
go. It's no time to change loaders.
ABSENT, ILL VOTERS
Lest It be thought that we are
went awaT with hero worship, let us
reoord right now that we think this
man's list of shortcomings nign in
ratio to the very slue of hla genius.
That Is always true with the really
great. We have criticised him mucn,
and will more: but what we are try-
in to deal with Is the "net," the
E
batting average, ox tne man.
that la higher, In our opinion,
And
than
Ballots may be cast by eligible vot-
ers who are unable to get to the polls
election day' because of aoeence
sickness-, it was pointed out today by
the Jackson county Democratic cen
tral committee.
In such cases the voter simply pro-
that of any other public figure of cures a ballot application form from
our time. When all the petty stun the county clerk. The application
which bolls to the surface of any no- blank may be obtained by writing to
utirai eamnalm when that la gone the county clerk or calling at his
and forgotten when 1940 shall have olflee In person, it was explained
eom. and departed and a few decsoes Tne application la nuea out
ban been superimposed, we predict
that they'll be looking for a spot
somewhere within view of the Po
tomac to build something grand to
commemorate the name of the one
ho licked a depression
worse than war.
that was
nd
Lotarlsed according to directions
printed thereon and returned to the
county clerk. In the case of persons
unable to get to the polls because of
Illness, a physician's certificate
stating la required by law. Applica
tions for ballot, must be mslled not
later than ten days prior to the elec-
tlon, the central committee empha
sised.
Upon receipt of the sppllcatlon. thi
county clerk sends or delivers a bal
lot or ballots to the voter. The bal-
Perhaps you think we are growing
emotional. Maybe we are. We must
admit that we are a bit fed up with
the "Hate Roosevelt" chorus that has
hn mmi In recent months by the
...nrm.n that Roosevelt tared, lota are then tilled out as they would
' But It Is not our Intention to rest be on election day and returned to
eur ease on emotions.. Rather we the clerk. Ballot must be mailed or
want to put in words why we think otherwise delivered to the clerk not
. 1 than r Amu nHne to , -j l,u
i. . . .,iha onlv for a man oi ' - f
- ,T7...io lead us out. and "on. h provides.
then why we oeueve iv iroum i n r II T" r
stupendous blunder to defeat him for Bankroll i OO Dig,
re-election In tne mioaie or a recov
ery which he Is so certainly accom
plishing.
Cop Is Dismissed
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. (AP)
Ueut. Thomaa Roche of the San
Pranclsco police department was dis
missed from the force Isst night be
cause his explanation of an alleged
By B. A. Roeenorans
Now there lived in those days, over
in the land called Nebraska a man
whose name was called Me, by all
them who didst know him. And he
didst conduct one shop wherein those
tribes were wont to purchase fine
raiment and whang-doodles and
what-nota for themselves, axle-firease
for their carta and sandals for their
feet, and the feet of their children
after their kind. And business came
unto hla doors like unto no body's
business, and he prospered much and
was exceedingly well heeled with
wampum, called Jack.
But It oame to pass that things
were not as they were. Lo, the heav
ens yielded not ample rainfall, and
the soil didst not produce the grain
which it was wont to do; verily, the
gentle breezes didst unhitch their
suspenders and emote the fields with
brosdsldes of hellflre and damnation,
until the oorn shriveled and burned
was a sorry sight to look upon.
Then It came to pass that graas-hop-pere
fell upon the country-aide and
knocked It flatter than atale oeer,
and the fruit was not so fruit. Peo
ple gathered in their aynagoguea and
prayed for rain, but they received it
not and they couldst not Irrigate.
Lo, the great white father hadst giv
en back moisture unto the nation.
which hedst been taken away by one
of the wise men who called himself
Volstead, but the fowl of the air, the
fish of the sea and the grain of the
field couldst not thrive upon It. And
It was tough.
Now the tillers of the soil and the
keepers of the shops wert In one
helluvamess; those pursea of the ear
of the sow, wert likewise flat. And
they spst big spits upon the ground,
tore their hair and didst swear large
vermllllon colored swears about th
size of an oxen'a boof.
Then when Me saw how it was. he
wept huge hunks of sour colored
weeps, for he wist not the why of the
how come. "But." soliloquised he,.
there must be a land, which hath
horn of plenty, wherein one work-
eth with pleasure and for profit;
where the snows of the winter may
be seen, but covereth not the cities
to great depths; where records of
fruits and grain are kept. Instead of
records of hest snd cold: one which
hath climate and health In great
abundance. A land wherein one
couldst toss his cares behind and hie
himself to mountain streams, lskes
and ocean's shores, and dance a Jig
and make fun, pastime and some
whoople In one whimsical manner. I
shall find that land." So saying, he
packed up his unvarnished misery
and bartered It for one Jag of tran
quility. And it was so.
Then a email voice came into nis
chamber and said unto him: "Orab
thyself one chariot of fire and hie
thyself West, young man, out where
men art men, and their housewives
and their maid servant art msny
cublta wide."
And he gat himself from out his
couch. And he gat himself one char-
lot of fire which hath been called
Streamliner" even unto this day and
the days of our kids, and spake In a
loud voice saying; "wester ho."
Now when he hsd come to the
morning of the second sun. Me be
held strange things. He departed
from out the liner which hadst car
ried him across to that place quicker
than hell acoreheth a feather. And
the name of the elty was called Med-
ford. For it didst say the same by
many signs in light of brilliant hue,
Serosa the house tops.
Now the tribes of Medford spake
a cheery "Ooodmomlng" and didst
have broad smiles of welcome upon
their songs. Me thought to himself,
verily, these art healthy lands, for the
Innerself radiates through, and broad
smiles of contentment and Jocose ex
teriors, art not produced by torpid
liver. And it was so.
Then Me gat himself one horseless
carriage, and saw modern trails in
noble mountains. He heard chatter
ing streams, snd beheld great lake
of water and also didst behold great
fishes and stories that fed the multi
tude. He saw wild game and grouse.
He saw quail with sun-bonneta after
the manner, of those birds.
He drank deeply and annolnted his
hesd and feet with water from out
the rook, sweeter than the artesian
started by Moses with one cane. Tea
verily, no what-some-never about It,
be didst drink copious draughts from
out the many fountains. And it was
good. ,
Ha beheld giant trees from which
habitations art built, and with which
they art warmed by cheery fire. And
the odor of pine didst pervade the
country side, and didst get In his
r.ostrlls. In his hslr and also under
his hide. He witnessed rsre besuty
of magnificent plaoea of abode; like
wise recherche gsrdens, bordered with
loses without number. Many tine
places of barter, of money changers,
of learning, of worship, of healing.
Great mills for making sawdust, and
plants giving the fruit ot the orchard
to the world. One restful park ot
irees, inviting benches for the weary:
a cool fountain of Medford water.
Clean atreete. All theae he beheld,
whilst Inhabltanta seemed not to be
coenlrant of their beauty and charm.
Then It came to pass that Me
waxed wroth, saying In this wise:
"Oh ye ungrateful sinners of Med
ford. knoweth ye not sit In the lend
of the Myrtle. In the lap of the horn
of plenty. Throw off thy yoke of
occasional discontentment, cllmeth to
the very top of noxy Ann snd shout
Medford prslses throughout tne isna.
Be ye not like the wise man who
looketh for his 'specks' when they art
nerched unon his beak, for health
and happiness are right here with
thee. Shake the ante from out thy
habiliment and be still. For thou
sltteth In the land of condensed milk
end honey." And It la so.
Obituary
Thence to M
tn
several
Rev. T. L-
Jease Douglas S tarns, 78, was born
March 18, 1858 In Leavenwerth, Kan
sas, where he resiaea unni
ot age. then came by covered wagon
to Trinidad. Colorado.
Monroe, Oregon In 1818.
He passed awsy at his home
Orants Pass,
weeks Ulness,
He wsa the son of Rev. and Mrs.
Thos. stsrns. who were missionaries
among the Klamath Indians for
i.umber of years under
Jonea.
He was married to Edith M. Newton
June 31, 1893 In Jackson county,
Oregon. To them were born 10 chil
dren, two sons preceding him
infancy.
Surviving are the wife, Edith M.
Sterna of Orants Pass, six daughters
and two sons: Robert E. Sterns. Pa-
clflo Orove, Calif.: Jess L. Stsrns and
Mrs. Lily Dusenberry, Grants pass;
Mrs. Ida Wharton, Medford; Mra,
Evagene Smith, Oold Hill; Mrs. Ruth
Hsrmon. Ssn Francisco: Mrs. Maude
Tapley, McNeal, Arizona, and Mrs
Susan Miller, Phoenix, Arizona. There
are 31 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Also two brothers and
tour sisters survive: John Sterna,
Albany, Ore.; O. B. sterns. Summer-
vine, Ore.; Mrs. Kate Starr and Mra.
Emma McNabb, Portland; Mrs. Belle
Cochran, Walla Walla, Wash.; Mrs,
Birdie Oeltzentanner. Coulee City,
Waah., and many nieces and nephews.
Mon
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Roosevelt's tribute to the forgot
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10M campaign, was more than
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leea fortunate. It expressed a pnu- grand jury and ponce commission.
oaophy both of government and of Roche told Jurymen a gambling
economics. It represented a realiza- father-in-law, now dead, left him the
tlon that our society hsd become lop- greater part of the money. Friends
fWe(1 lh,t powerful and organized of ohn Williams said he was a poor
Mnnti which had been .Die man ana aia 001 B.mui.
have their own way with the govern
ment were actually endangering it,
Some 40 millions of our population
were farmers or dependent upon the
farms. They had not been prosper
ous d urine- the years in wnicn
were preening ourselves on being the
Borah Is Pledged
Support By Lemke
BOISE, Idsho, Oct. 31. (Pi Wll
llsm Lemke, Union party presidential
candidate, extended today to Senator
most prosperous nation on earth, and William E. Borah (R.. Idaho) a pledge
millions of others In the cities were to support him tor re-election against
without th. wherewithal to buy more Democratic Governor C. Ben Rosa.
!han tt. bar. necessities of life. And After leaving Lemke'. hotel. Borah
after all. was tn. po- - , ,
and i nan
visit."
this multitude
tentlal market on which real
permanent and country-wide pros-
rritv could be based.
Roosevelt had th. vision to see that
capacity to produce had outrun ea-
paelty to consume, and tna w
answer muat be found In creating a
balance. That could only mean a
policy which would shift the empha
sis and the attention of government
to the man who hitherto had been
forgotten, giving him nls chance at
last, and thereby In the long run not
only bettering hla condition but also
Mi. lot of thos. who already were
among the "haves." He resllred thst
to do this the government must be
taken over in behalf of all the peo-
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