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Newspaper Page Textv ) r frrEDFOTTO MATL TRIBUTE, rEPFOKTX (TREGOy, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. IMfi PXGE THREE Sun s Associate Editor ' Disagrees-He's for F. R. ' (Editor's Note: A few week ago the Baltimore Sun, directs by Prank Kent, decided to oppose Roosevelt. Gerald W. Johnson, associate editor of the paper, disagreed with, she decision, and in the following con vincing article gives ils reasons): I am for Roosevelt. The Sun has declared that it can not support him, and has stated Its reasons. They seem to me wholly Inadequate, because they omit all ref erence to the greatest service that Roosevelt has rendered to the coun try, to-wit, the Introduction of In telligence Into the conduct . of the country's affairs. I am not against Land on, I am for Roosevelt. , The governor of Kansas seems to be a very decent citizen. Doubtless he Is a good administrator. Cer tainly he has exhibited a certain ap preciation of some things the Roose velt administration has done and has intimated -that he will continue them If he Is elected. But he has uttered no word that evidences an under standing of Roosevelt's great achieve ment, which is the establishment of contact between statecraft and real ity. I am not for Roosevelt the man, I am for Roosevelt the statesman. I am for Roosevelt precisely be cause I, like the Sun, believe in a free competitive system under capi talism governed democratically. I be lieve that Roosevelt Is the great bul wark of capitalism, conservatism and democracy. . The most dreadful failure of which any form of government can be guilty is simply to lose touch with reality, because out of this failure all Imaginable forms of evil grow. Every empire that has crashed has come down primarily because Its rulers didn't know what was going on In the world and were incapable of learning. That was the catastrophic failure of the Hardlng-Coolldge-Hoover re gime. Have we forgotten how Cool ldge and his man Mellon repeatedly assured us that all was well at the very moment when we were plunging toward the edge of the abyss? They were probably sincere enough; they simply didnt know what was going on. Then, when the crash came, they were Incapable of learning., We had to sweat through four years of de pression under Hoover, although every single thing that Roosevelt has done -might Just as well have been done years earlier. The banking sit uation might have been cleaned up In 1930 or 1931 Just as well as In 1933. The public works program might have been started years earlier. The problem of social security might have been tackled long ago. Some thing Intelligent might have been about the tariff while Cordeil Hull wee still merely a congressman. I say that these things might have been done, but in truth they couldn t have been done, because Washington at that time had not the brains and the courage necessary to do them. The politicians then in power could not think, or act, or even feel otherwise than In the old traditional, polltcal way, - I am for Roosevelt because he, alone, demonstrated that he knew what It was all about. Any man not an utter fool knowa that new conditions demand new methods; but a great many men whs are far from being fools are not aware that the conditions are new. With all respect, I am bound to say that the Sun Itself Is guilty of ig noring this factor. It says: "Let us restore and preserve the system which produces In abundance the wealth with which we support the fortunate and unfortunate alike." L Nobody can quarrel with that, but that isn't the question at all. The very system which produces wealth has failed calamitously to distribute wealth. The New Deal, far from in terfering, with the system which pro duces, apparently has stimulated It; at any rate, production for the month of July was 108 per cent of tho aver age for the same month In 1924 -'26. Since It had dropped, under the old regime, to about 65, It Is pretty clear that the New Deal has not prevented the resumption of production. . Has It, then facilitated distribu tion, except by the violent means of distributing through taxation? I do not know. I doubt that anybody knows, as yet. But X do know that It has brought all Its energies to bear on the problem; and I do know that none of the old, purely political minded regimes had made any ef fective effort to solve this problem. Yet I am convinced that this, and not the problem of production, is the one that we must solve, or suf fer disruption of our economic life Indefinitely. I do not believe that tills question is susceptible of solution by any of WS1 - ' V0TE F0R &3K RALPH E. gk;:,. 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Broitfwn An Bull Hrft itOfilUortliiil cvwAm nan lumuu mm eoot in won Charles Francis Coe (above), the writer, announced plans for organ Izlng a group of "vigilantes" In 17 eastern states "to assure a fair count of the vote on election day." (Associated Press Photo the old formulae because it contains some entirely new factors. Yet I do not believe that the sort of politcians who were In power from 1921 to 1933 are capable of applying anything but the old formulae. It Isn't a ques tion of honesty. They are Just too set in their ways. . Will Landon, if he in elected, sur round himself with men who are as sharply aware of what la going on in the world and as little trammeled by political traditionalism as the men close to Roosevelt? Why expect It? A president,, no matter how hon est, cannot utterly Ignore his debts to the men who supported him, and Landon is supported by every politi cal traditionalist in the country. Democratic as well as Republican. He is bound to bring back to Wash ington at least a few of the Fess Doak type. He will be lucky if he escapes bringing in one of two of the Fall-Denby type. Why take the risk? I am for Roosevelt because he I not extravagant. Extravagance is spending money without getting anything worth while for it. Hoover's farm board was a gross extravagance, because It spent money on a hopeless project. The RFC was extragavant. because it spent money attacking the depression without making a dent in it. During the war the country spent (30,000,000.000 in a year and a half, and all it got in return was 360,000 corpses and a lot of bad notes. Since 1933 that is to say In twice the same time the New Deal has spent a third as much and for it we have thousands of miles of roada and streets, countless school nouses, bridges, dams, canals, power .plants, forests, sewer and water mains. But, above it ell, we have avoided getting a lot of corpses. Troops are not fighting milk farmera In the Middle Wert as they were Jusij before Hoover went out. That fire, instead of spreading, has been quenched, and quenching it was worth all the money if we had received none of the public benefits. , 199 YEARS IN PEN CHICAGO, Oct. 32. (UP) A criminal court jury last night fixed at 199 years' Imprisonment the pun ishment of Roland Munroe, 15-year old "queer" youth who beat to death Mrs. Agnes Roffeis, 65, for approxi mately 8 worth of cheap Jewelry. The Jury, which was not asked by the state to return a death penalty, brought in Its verdict in a little lees than three hours. Munroe, who appeared impassive during the brief trial, showed no emotion when the verdict was read. As court bailiffs polled the Jury on its verdict, Munroe grinned at each Juror but made no comment. He sat In his chair during the whole pro ceeding. Judge John Prustalskl announced he would hear arguments on motion for a new trial November 6. Only three witnesses testified for the 15-year old boy, who confessed that he beat to death Mrs. Agnes Roffeis with tier own gold headed cane and a small hammer when she called him into her apartment for a chat the night of August 29. All stressed that Roland was "queer.' , Buckingham's loe Ore am. Candy & Party Specials The Crest 330 8 Cent ffSJn STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY Mli vk M,LD' R0BUST,iAND MELLOW -PRICED RIGHT -' C0MT""EMTAL STILLING CORP., Philadelphia, Pa. T E Mrs. Annie Smith, 31, Moth er Of Ten, Is Dark Horse Entrant Prospective .Mother Seriously III. TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 22. (UP) A "dark horse" entrant was discov ered today in the stork race which started October 31, 1926. on tho death of wealthy Charles Vance Millar,, and ends In 10 more days, Mrs. Annie Smith. 31, mother of 10 children and previously unmen tloned as contender for the $750,000 prize, established in Millar's will, has registered the births of nine children born since Millar's death, the Toronto Star said in a copyrighted story. Would Divide Prize The Star said Mrs. Smith and her fireman husband. Alfred, were op-. posed to the race until the paper Interviewed them. Both agreed the prize should be divided among the first 10 mothers with the largest number of children born during the last 10 years. I Mrs. Smith said her husband, 35, a! Canadian war veteran and a mem ber of the Toronto fire department 1 for 17 years, would continue his Job should she win. Their only ambition, I she said, Is to visit England. Meanwhile, among other contest ants In the race a prospective mother was in critical condition, the 18th j child of another was seriously 111 and a third said she would not dl-1 vide the $750,000 prize should she I win. Mrs. Arthur H. Timleck said the ! illness of her six-month old baby, Blanche, who Is suffering from in-; testlnal influenza, has made heri 'forget all about the Millar biiRlnes." ; The child was given a blood trans- j fusion with her father as donor. Mother Very 111 ! Mrs. Qua Orajiiano, mother of nine ' and expecting another before the deadline October 31. may not live to1 finish the race, it was learned. Suf fering from "debilitation" brought on by the strain of childbirth, she also was receiving blood transfusions. Mrs. Matthew Kenny, apparent leader in the race, announced flatly that if she won with 13 of her 17 children born within the 10 contest years, she would not divide the money. Mrs. Timleck, 37, mother of 17 children with 14 living, claims 10 eligible for the fortune awaiting the winner. She has long been active in an effort to have other competing mothers agree to divide the prise money on a sliding scale. Pear Market Yesterday NEW YORK, Oct. 31. (AP-USDA) Pears: 11 car, arrived, 3 Califor nia, 6 Oregon, 7 Washington unload ed: 34 cars on track. California Co mice, 744 boxes 3.653.B0, average 283. Oregon Bases, 320 boxes extra fancy 2.102.8S, average 2.38; 387 boxes fancy 2.00 (3 2.70. average W.37; 3624 boxes No 1, S2.00ff2.80, average $2.32. Cornice, 200 boxes $2.15st2.40. average 82.20. Washington Flemish, 2307 boxes extra fancy 1. 452. 15. average 1.87; 123 boxes fancy 1.30 1 .85, "averago 1.62. Anjous. 360 boxes extra fancy 93.10tft3.00, average 3.44; 360 boxes fancy ,2.052.80; average 82.20; 684 boxes unclassified $1.85(ji 2,15, averago $1.09. Boscs. BtU boxes fancy 81. 07 ij 2.30, average $1.95. CHICAGO, Oct. 31. (AP-USDA) Pears: Five Oregon, 3 Washington, 1 California arrived. 13 cars on track. 7 cars sold; California Bartletts. 676 boxes $1.85(32.65, average $2.10. Ore gon Boscs, 1440 boxes extra fancy $1.95(32.65 average $2.35. Qolden Boscs, 744 boxes No. 1. $2.10ft2.70, average $2.38. Washington Boscs. 564 boxes extra fancy $1.B5 2.58, av erage $2.12; 156 boxes fancy $1.76 2.50, average $2,lg. 200 SHEEP KILLED BY EATING ORCHARD WEED WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct, 22. (UP) More than 200 sheep being driven from Wenatchee national for est grazing grounds to Yakima and Qulncy, died last "night after grazing in an orchard near Orondo, The sheep were believed to have eaten some poisonous weed. The death of the animals puzzled' sheep men who called a chemist to analyze the stomachs of some of the animals. More sheep wero dying .according to a late report. LEMKE CONFIDENT WILL BE ELECTED PRESIDENT PASCO, Wash.. Oct. 23. (UP) -William Lemke, union nominee for the presidency, spoke Hiere today, and stated that he would he the next president of the United States. He said the only wasted votes would be those case for Roosevelt or Landon. In his optimistic prediction he further added that he had "more friends in the house of representa tives than Landon and Roosevelt put together." Join ETHEL WYN B HOFFMANN'S Hosiery Club Ever? 13th pair free NURSE LOSES LIFE SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 22. (AP) A 36-year-old trained nurse, Mrs. Margaret Thaanum, today iook a mys terious walk on a three-inch lede outside her third-story hotel window and plunged to her deoth. John C, Boldt, sitting at the win dow of a nearby apartment building, saw the woman crawl from her open window, walk slowly along the nar row led go and fall when she at tempted to return. Walter Thaanum, her husband, was unable to give a motive for a pos sible suicide. He Insisted his wife was happy over their reunion upon his return from a trip to Alaskan waters with the coast guard. Thaanum was across the street buy ing sandwiches when his wife fell. COAST DOPE RING PAIR ARRESTED IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 22. (UP) Treasury operatives last night cap tured two alleged leaders of on ex tensive Pacific coast dope ring and confiscated a large quantity of mor phine in a down-town apartment. The agents reported they found a if GLENN O. TAYLOR Republican Candidate for REPRESENTATIVE Experienced Capable Paid adv. Itepuhltran County 'Central Com. large quantity of dope secreted In the apartment. The men were weighing and preparing doses of mor phine when the agents sutprlsed them, the officers asserted. The men taken into cuatory gave their names as Harry Ogle. 55, and Clyde Lee. 38. Ogle, declared to be an ex-convict dope peddler oy the officers, is known to department men as "Handsome Harry. SIri, Pedigree Pact ROME, Oct. 22. (UP) The repre sentatives of 17 nations today for mally signed an International con ventionfor the unification of meth ods of keeping the pedigrees of cattle, horses, pigs and aheep. The cere mony, at the- International Institute of Agriculture, was designed to pro mote inter-nation trade in livestock. BB-(HtcBIP IBS.CCT3JlS11s Schilling Baking Powder m Lam jgh the-Griddlo Pre -Election I Literary Digest D,.lt l- D j . ui iui & iciiucni . . I-L t) , JUUU D, n Kennedy, I 1 Common by Goodyear mon., vt ea PrI. evenings iu,,,M,h-i; NBC Blue Network mm ... I "GRIP. MEDFORD SERVICE STATION "YOUR TIRE SHOP" 0. 0. FURNAS, Prop. Main and Paoifio Highway Phone 14 -its a Light Smoke! A GREAT FEATURE -throat protection! f!MS! vss - - 1 . r - ; i, to your a"'" I I -f &' .few Your throat Kept Clear for Action! Smolce round after round of Liyckies, and your throat keeps clear your voice keeps clear. For Luckies are a light smoke! 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