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"HWtifi. Kj.Wa- iv-.tri imt "w .lltr ' ' M , , 1. . ' ' , , . , . I-.- ,.. n .... mm i i Mil lathe .tWiU'ln i" timn a tmsaxlaiai:.kvmv.v-.i vw&b Bvftwac... - - w-.!i,s.jijiai '!--;v "'-'- ut-j PXBB FOUR ItfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. APRIL 19. 1937 MEDFOEDtwTEDDllI "Cveryone ! Aanthmi Orfe Eidt the MaU THbaae" Da II? Eirapl Mtordar t Publlabed or vinmRn printing eo. H-STOI N. Fir It. Fboee II ROBERT W. RUHU Bdlwr ERNEST R. QTLBTRAP, Majiafer As In da pendant Newepapar v..i.r4 ., aAiiii.rliM mattar at Had ford. Oraaon under Act of March I, 111 UBSCRIPTION RATE! m u Tea A ilvanri DaJir. ene .rear teil7, ! loontha rUv. ana month - s-- i.- i. Atn Uadford. Aab land, JftckaonTllla. CantraJ Point, rhoanlz, Talsnt. Odd Hill md eo Daily, ona fir Datlr, months.. nallv. am month All tarma, eaab la advance. Official Paper of the Cltj of Medferd Official Papar of Jackaoo County MEMBER OP THE A MO CI ATEDPREM RacalTUiE r oJi a ir Tba Aaaoclatad Praaa la lelua.vely an Utlad to the naa for publication of all 4i.th eirarlltarl to It OT Other wlaa eradltad Id tbla papar, and alao to tba local aewa puDi-inon nri. All rlfhla for publication of apodal dlipatebta haraln ara alao raaaryad. MEMBER OF UNITED PREB8 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS' Adrartialni rtapre-antatlvee Offices la N Tork. Cblcto, tin Fr.ncl.eo, Loe mIm, Seattle, FertUoa. at. Louis, Alleate. Vancouver, B. 0. CD Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Th Younu Democrat of Oregon, In convention assembled, epent the wnak.anti savins: the nation, i the etat, end did not act too muoh like they were atlll In mental ehort- pante. a wall nener that It applied to the Udea of houaee. Udewlee Instead of up-and-down, la now on the mar ket. This ought to help out a lot, in the March of Utopia, even If the family bean-barrel la empty. , Two or three Oregon counties are now In the throe of building eourthousea, complicated by revialon of plana, which appear "Ideal" to one committee, and "like hell" to another. Anv courthouse ehould be built with a front-porch large niuiffh for the ataRlng of an In- formal riot, without any of the participant getting wet. In caae of rain. Alfred Btelntaauer 1 enjoyed cracked rib. (Thl lan't hla wife)." (Oreenleaf New). Look like the groundwork of an ailDl. A number of lawa are beginning A tank ilka the man of the nouae ehould arrange a twosome with the lawnmower. "For yeara I fumlehtd food for the whole crowd while all he con tributed waa acoldlnga for my chil dren." (Chlco, Calif.. Enterprlae) 80-80 tuff. The Oregon P.-T. A. congreaa de crled horae-race betting, but aald nothing about the 15-year old boy. who amacked hi ichool principal wltfc a baseball bat, Inatead of the "trade atlmulatlng" pin-ball machine In the candy store. More aigna of tprlng ahow up. Drugstore are displaying poison oak cure, and Professional Prlendl 01 peasant ara urging them, In letters to the editors "to bresk the mon opolistic strangle hold of private power enterprlaee." a J. Kort Hall, the orchardlat, I out gain, arid fit as a fiddle for spring worrying over what will not happen to the pear crop. The office-Itch liaa broken out anew on Mr. Mnhoney, the Klam ath county political typhoon, and. he coyly announces he will seek "a major office" In the IBM primary, ft will either be for th governor ship, In opposition to Governor Martin, or U S. Senator Stelwer. It I alleged the breeay aaplrsnt, la not handicapped by an; too many qual ifications for either high poet. He Is undecided which one he wants. Thle la where the glorious Oregon Primary System Is weak. It ahould be "htimanmrd" to permit running for both offices, at the same elec tion. In the event of a double vic tory, the candidate could make up hi mind what he wanted to be later. as THAT IlOO! THF.N DAFFODII.,! "And what may we do about It Well, we certainly cannot restore that saffron, double daffodil to virgin beauty. We csnnol Identify the dog and we have no heart to reprimand him even If we could. But to thoee who have come thua far and who have doga bleas them of their own may w not suggest that th neighbora have right and property and daffodlla? "Dog, with all their admirable qualities, do lov night parties. They differ from cat only In the fact tht their advertlalng Un't quite ao vocal and they haven't the fond nee for back fencee which feline pet profea. But doga do range afield, a th woman acroa th way may well and truly testify. "If peraona wno own aoga wenj w arrange to keep them at bom at night by the comparatively almpl p roc ra of either locking mem "n or tying them up. there tould be Hewer night dog parties, more kind line and nelghborllnea and more daffodil" (Caldwell, Idaho, New Trtbune). LAWN MOWERS sharpened W can j tad del mat 0rosH fl 291. 33 H. fU. 1 a' Give It A QECRETARY PERKINS hag J and labor leaden to diacusa labor peace under the recently Among the amendmenta auggested by the industrial leaders are the following: 1. Incorporation of labor union to make them more reaponalbl. 9. Compulsory mediation. t. Aa amendment to the Wagner act which would prohibit union from coercing workers Into Joining their organization. Th act now plaot this restriction only upon th mployr. 4. A ban on sit-down strikes. This paper favors all the amendments but the second, but we doubt the advisability of trying to secure their passage at the present time. For organized labor will fight stand on the ground, that it ia too early to seek radical change in a measure that has not been tried out. Tbey contend the provisions that appear unfair to the employer, would not prove to be so in practice; and that their practical effect, destroy far aa maintaining the rights of TrCE first argument, we regard, aa a pretty atrong one. After all the proof of the pudding be right. At any rate we can see the Wagner measure, a fair trial, and delaying any radical changes, until the defects have been clearly demonstrated, in practice. Moreover, as a practical matter, there is no chance of secur ing the passage of these amendments, at the present time. The attempt would merely stir up bitter controversy again, organ ized labor would win, and be more strongly convinced than ever, that waging eternal warfare ia the price of securing and maintaining labor's legitimate E'AR better, from the standpoint of industry, to let nature take its course for the time being, f the measure is as unfair to the employer as it appears to soon be demonstrated. And with that evidence before have public opinion with them, in deal. For the people of this favor of just that. QO while both sides should Wagner Act at this conference, it is to be hoped thst repre sentatives of the employers will that radical changes be delayed, given a free and fair trial. From a realistic standpoint, concession and much may be eventually securing a measure and labor, at the minimum cost. It Won't TTHIS PPT opposes compulnory vineed, that in this country, compulsory methods won't work. Or at beat they won't work as well as non-compulsory ones. A survey of labor legislation and practices not only in this country, but abroad, clparly demonstrate, that while com pulsion for both sides is perfectly sound in theory, in practice, it encourages rather than discoiirnges industrial unrest and conflict. Probably the eiplanation lies in the realm of psychology rather than economics or political economy. However that may be the fact remaina, that if industrial peace is the goal, not peace as a result of warfare and force, but of mutual adjustment and accommodation then the less compulsion, the less strong arm .stuff, except as a last resort, the better. THE national Railway Labor nnrhi enmnnlanrv in this nor the worker HAS to do this supplied, through which certain law encourages both sides to a This law haa been in force been a serioua railroad strike in strikes and tie-ups of railroad traffic were almost aB frequent, as sit-down strikes, in the manufacturing industry are todnv. Its effectiveness was shown S. P. workers were ordered out, and up to a couple of hours of the deadline, everyone expected tbem to walk out. Does anyone imagine, for a abor act had not been in effect, hour have called it offl Not a chance. MOREOVER if a group of workers want to strike, no lsw poninnlsorv nr noncomnulaorv can prevent them. There i .... r no way to prevent one man, or if they insist on doing so. Then whv mske arbitration way of enforcing it, and as a prsctical matter such legislation merely creates in advance a spirit of resentment and resistance! W! E know the talking points in favor of compulsory arbitra tion. A smart lawyer can make a good theoretical case. But where industrial peace is concerned, the country most de cidedly faces a condition, NOT a theory. An acceptance of this fact, particularly on the part of indus trial leaders will go far toward hastening the day, when labor and capital will realize their interests are not conflicting but mutual, and cooperation not controversy, is the path to security and permanent well being, for both. Ye Poets Cornei MF.nroRn There it stands, so stately, all si on Amid the rugged mountain peaks; A town, its fame already known. A higher, mightier name still seeks. Still young and swiftly forward tread' ing- Each footstep longer than the last: Its sun Is high, and far from setting; It'll outlive tenfold It short-lived past. Though Time will worldly ways yt -tr. Trial First called a conference of industrial waya and means of ea'ablishing legalized Wagner Act. all of them, and support their the changes proposed, would in the effectiveness of the Act, as labor ia concerned. ia in the eating. Labor may no serious objection to giving rights. a be on its surface, the fact will them, leaders of industry will their effort to secure a square country are overwhelmingly in freely state their views of the accede to labor's contention until the measure has beeu nothing can be lost by such a gained, from the standpoint of that will be fair to both capitnl Work arbitration, because it is con Act is a good example. There ia meflftllre. Neither the enililover or that. A medium is merclv things, can he done, and the railroad controversy to do them. for 11 years, and there has not all that time. Before its passHge the other day wheu over SOOO moment, that if the railroad the leaders wonld at. the 11th . , 10,000 men from quitting work, mandatory, when tnere is no And things will eome, now too re mote. We shall not let Its footsteps falter. For rotted boards make a leaky boat. By EINO J. HYYPPA. 1131 N. Riverside. , Cow Jumps t Feet CArC OIRARDEAU. MO. UTl Somewhere In thl section of south eastern Missouri Is a high Jumping cow. When a train stopped at the stock oens hem to unload, the cow ' trame excited. She leaned a seven- foot fenoe with Inches to spsre and r.'jvde for the nearby woods. C 101114 time lor Poo Late to Cits utj Ada 140 p a. Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and byglene, not to disc, diagnosis or treatment, wUl Be answered by Dr. Brady U tumped, self addressed envelop Is enclosed. Letters should be brier and written In Ink Owing to tb large Dumber of letters received only few can be answered No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 2SS El Camlno. Beverly, CaUf. IS SYPHILIS C Article If arphllla were a venereal dlaeiM only, lu prevention might well be left to education which Influences conduct and morals. B u t It would be barba rous to shut our eyea and ears to the truth that hundreds and thousands of in nocent victims of syphilis might be saved, can be saved by a more enlightened attl tude on the part of tfce public. Eudcatton o t the public about the nature and course of syphilis Is necessary In or der to correct many misconceptions thst have grown out of the old con spiracy of Alienee and to ensble con scientious syphilitic persons to take precautions against Infecting others with whom they come In everyday contact. Education of the public about the nature and course of syphi lis tends to insure more thorough treatment; and adequate treatment whether by old-fashioned method or by remedies recently Introduced, cer tainly tends to shorten the period of Infectiousness In any case. Tuberculosis Is yielding to public enlightenment about the nature and course of the disease. But the fight sgslnst tuberculosis hsa had to over come merely Ignorance. The fight against syphilis must overcome a more formidable obstacle, namely moral bigotry, the narrow virtue that wouJd regard syphilis as the wages of sin, the sins of the father being vis- iwa upon tne children or a loathe- some penalty of licentiousness, and tnat heedless of the fact that avDhl- 11s Is a medical and sanitary problem witnout the slightest bearing on sex ual morality or Immorality In hun dreds of thousands of cases. In the preface of a forward look ing book published a generation ago for lay readers appeared this proph ecy: "By an appeal to those who can read the newspapers Intelligently and remember a little of their high school pnysioiogy, an Immense body of in telligent citizens can be added to the forcea of a modern campaign against the third great plague. FVr such an awakening of public opinion and such a movement for wider co-opora- uun. mo TiniPB are reanv." (The Third NEW YOKK. April 19. Diary: Up ana a new serving maid named GabrJello from Provenc who blush es piettlly. And a letter from the A p p 1 eton Century folk suggesting a book on small town memories, which I wish I hsd the energy and time to do. So came Dex Pellows of the circus, a r a r o Roman. Verne Porter popped in and I brewed him a tea from snsssfras Lottie West sent from Mlswurl and we played the old card game, pitch. Then off to Mrs. William Brown Meloney's re ception for my favorite mystery writer. E. Phillip Oppenhelm. and then to see Thyra Samter Window at the St. Moritv,. To dinner at the Mascotte and talked to Bill rarnsworth and the actor Bill Halltgnn. who has grown so gray and haudsome In eight years did not rPcoTnlr.i' hi. a soever. Then walking over to Park Avenue to sit with Keats and Florence Speed. about the nicest couple I ever came to know. To bed early. The barny Mills Hotels are the only inns left with window lobby sitters. Designed for men In low purse, their clientele Is largely com posed of tight-lipped, grim men also in low spirits. Thoee who have so of?m snatched at success and miss ed but carry on. They arc marked by their silence as they look upon the sidewalk throng. And like most. mn who despair, seldom remove their hats. Many yesra ago as more active reporter. I spent a night In an up stairs lodging house on the Bowery In quest of one of those "submerged tenth" features. The place was call ed "The Little Belmont" and the night clerk, tottering, kindly and deaf, .seemed surprised when I askect If I might have a light after 10 p m. "Nobody reads In bed here.' said. I did not expert to sleep but ! ( Be eee.atW to read and listen. Th rooms were th, vallev are poeltlre In their state mere stalls with paper-thin, head- j m,1)t ot disapproval of the present hleh partitions. Straneely. there was riltv ,a no pn. ,m rolce no fitful toln. Rather the terrific o,nion, p,lbll-ly I will tell von of sound .norma. A I ! ,h otmi, Mm tot, routed at 9 a. m. for the day sleep- w, ers. snd all looked heaw lidded " , . from deep slumber. No here. Just utter fatigue, Insomnia Mem with ideas: I know an up. snd-coming radio executive who;" dreAses each morning to the record of Victor Herbert s "March of trie Toys." He not only aneaka in a good exercising march but has lop- ped off fifteen minutes from the usual drrfw ing tl'tie and is sprucer than ever before. Also leas grouchy Newspapermen, used to watching divine afflatus as it effects the ceirhntr. u.aiw noint to Kate ' Umith as a auner stud m modesty A her popularity has increase! with O years, so ha her self-effacement, She ; seldom in puhiir. al-j thoueh she has !vt all jer.v tiw -i.rss about her aiae. She la deleted to i Brady, MP. ONQI F.BABLEf No. I Great Plague, by John R. Stokes, A B.. M. D.) I was inspired by that, and other utterances of a similar character, to appeal to newspaper readers to re gard syphilis as a medical and sani tary problem and to cease thinking of It as badge of sin or aa a badge of Immorality or as a punishment visited upon the second and third generation. I aoon found that the prophecy waa Inaccurate. Newspaper readers that means everyybody, of course were not then deemed cap able of understanding such things, X learned. If, as I believe, this presages a more liberal view of the syphilis problem by the press and the public, then the "third great plague" of our times (tuberculosis Is one, cancer an other) can and will be blotted out. QI ESTIONS AND ANSWERS Anesthesia Should a person have his heart ex amined before taking gas for tooth extraction? Could a person take gas if his heart Is not good? (L. B. R.) Answer. It would be best to have the heart examined before taking gas. If there Is sny doubt about the con dition of the heart the physician should attend the operation. Graham Crackers Are graham crackers easily digested and Is there food value in them? I have a very sick stomach and have been unable to keep anything in my stomach. (Miss P. C.) Answer' Graham crackers have a nutritive or caloric value of 16 cal ories to the pound, twice that of good oeer. They are ordinarily easy to di gest. Vitamins Noticed your statement that cats and dogs thrive and reproduce young Deiter when fed raw meat rather than cooked meat. Kindly give rea sons. (L. E. C.) Answer. Experiments conducted by nutrition workers show the truth of the statement. Probably the animals get vitamins from raw meat (their natural food) which are more or less destroyed by cawklng. Tomorrow: What Everyone Should Know About SyphllK (Copyright, 1937, John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: persons wishing to communicate with Or. Brady should tend letter direct to Ur William Brady, AI. O.. Z65 El Caminu. Beverly Hills, l.'allf. her Job and to her charities. There is scarcely a personal appeal to help with this benefit or that that goes unheeded. Emp'oyees about radio sta'-ns look upon her as the most agreeable of the stars. She has a cheery word for all and when need ed Is always on the spot. vMIa Smith's triumph has always been an Interesting study In over coming what many might regard as a severe handicap. I aaw her open ing night In her first Broadway stage appea:ance. In size she was something of a monstrosity Indeed almost a circus freak and was the target for much clowning on the part of her fellow players. If she was to be anything, it seemed, it was a horseplay comedienne. A sort of female Prank Mclntyre or Willie Oerdea. Yet singing that night, ene stopped the show cold. Gradually the clowning was abandoned and she went to the Palace In a song act and remained for I ie longest run 14 weeks as I recall -ever re corded at that hallowed variety stamping ground. Then came ner try out on the radio, a natural for her talent. I am told that, despite her generous Impulses, she is among the richest of our women entertain ers. She has salted her ea.nings In carefully selected annuities and cn retire in luxury any time. Her escort Is always her manager, Ted Collins. Bagatelle; Jim Braddock likes to visit the astrologers . . . Philip Guedalla, the author, has written his best pro!e when frightfully hungry . . . There are 3S0.0O0 Poles living in New York city . . . Coblna Wright, socialite cafe hostess, en- Joys a full-sized cigar after dinner . . . Jacob Rupert has 20 different .safety razors on a shelf in his bath . . . Ziegfeld. musical revue expert, could not hum a tune. There la a comic gooflness atr-ut Midc' n emban ssment. Last ve iling, along the street, I met a man from whom in early days in New York I borro ed a sum that was not repaid as promptly as promised. And for .mc reanon. In greeting him I ttpped my hst. Communications , Word for !if. fo the Editor: Is there no one to apeak for Justice for doss? All our neighbors here In small stork and one man who hsd bsnd of sheep felt he must em- 'v up the business or do somethi. tir "'"w" w "r 'J chose the latter snd the method elected was to get together a ban lare dogs! Others noting succe. his venture followed and many i otes were slain and for several j we were free from auch deprt tions. but now thst do are in 6. repute we hear coyotes bsrk snd di .vreeahle reports of sheep killm dgs. 1 don't remember of sny proven c dog killing sheep in our community, but we nave nearo 01 j covotoa doln so. Then a hort time a?a the farmers were aain called Into action snd what proved their strongest aeapon? Why. dogs I Perm dogs ware scarce so they sent away and asked help from a distant man who brought in his pack of dogs to assist and the nuisance was abated for a while. Our stock men need our dogs. They are an asset; they protect shsep: they are necessary. We all need our dogs but some are too poor to pay the heavy tax, and some are too heartless to properly care for them. Now as to cats. We have eats nd birds. But we find rhe cat Is much more useful around the farm than the birds. A well fed cat seldom catches birds. This Is proven (at least to our satisfaction) by the fact that we cannot raise berries here, or cherries, because of the birds. Last winter when we fed the poor starring wild birds they came In droves and the csts watched them, and I don't think the cats caught one. Statistics ahow thst rodents destroy and injure much farm produce and the cat Is the most reliable control we have. Birds In the orchards are more of a disadvantage than help for they peck the fruit and make It unsalable. Let's look to ourselves. God made the animals for our help and Joy and pronounced sJl very good, but "not a sparrow falleth to the ground" but He takes notice. Dogs, cat and birds are all useful helpers; we need them for work and also for pets. If man does his part we can rejoice In them. NELLIE S. SCOTT. flams Valley, Ore., April 10, 1937. The Supreme Court To the editor: April 19, 1775, at Concord snd Lexington the embattled farmers fought for freedom and liberty. They were true patriots. "By the rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag to April's breeze un furled, Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard around the world." Today, April 19, 1937, the greatest issue since the days of Abraham Lincoln Is before the American peo ple for settlement. Our faith is in God and right will triumph. The supreme court of the United States is our bulwark of freedom and liberty. The American people stand for the Independence of the supreme court. They will defend to the utmost the Integrity and Inde pendence of the United States su preme court. The American people will" hurt Into oblivion all those who seek by means of the appointment of six new and additional Judges to con trol and to dedicate the future ac tions and decisions of the supreme court of the United States. The majority of the people of our country are opposed absolutely to the president of the United States appointing six new and additional Judges of the supreme court. They are opposed to the appointment by President Roosevelt of even one new and additional Judge of the supreme court. The people of the United States are against the packing of the supreme court by President Roosevelt or by any future presi dent. They are against this being done cither by Indirection or In any other manner. On this anniversary of the battles of Concord and Lexington let us re consecrate ourselves to the advance ment of liberty and freedom. In every way let us uphold the integ rity and Independence of the su preme court of the United States. FRED W. MEARS. Salem, Ore., April 19, 1937. Constitution and Court To the Editor: I was very Interested by an article in the Saturday Evening Post. "How the Supreme Court Works." Much Is revealed between the lines as well aa In the lines. They hsve especially made cbslrs tor each according to his desire or need. One Justice has built in cushions to rest his neck and back. (Resting his feebleness, not from la bor, because their' secretaries do th? work and even decide the issue for them at times, so this article says). There are only one or two of the nine that have any Interest In their Job. That la one of the things you can see "between the lines." It Is wrong to nae to abide by the decision of five persons whose minds and bodies nr nn t- 4uin What do they care whether anything ib conM.iuuonsi or not? What is "confttitiitti-m.r -i As near aa I can find out It Is some- Tnmg with e two-way stretch. In A HOME YOUR RENT MONEY COULD PAY FOR The FHA Makes Such Easy Payments Possible Ask us about: thi modern and convenient way of financing a new home Plan books of artistic homes, and correct materials for construction. Big Pines Lumber Co. 1 Phone 1 looking over a school manual on the government of the United States. I find that the supreme court Justices are to retire at the age of 70. Why don't they? In the "Fundamental Laws of the Nation" it says: Anyone may refuse to obey a state law or a law of con gress, pleading In self-defense that the law is "unconstitutional." Has the supreme court declared It unconstitutional for themselves to retire at the age of 70? It' a safe bet that the supreme court la unconstitutional until It doea aa Is being taught our children lc school. Our laws of the constitution say the president haa the power to change the supreme court. Therefore, it is silly for anyone to accuse him of be ing a dictator because he sees the need of men that you can tell which is the quick and which 1 the dead. President Taft made changes In the constitution, the first that had been made In 40 years. No doubt some thought the heavens would fall, but nothing direful happened. The first change ever made in the constitution waa Dei ore It ever was In operation, when a man by the name of Shaw led a rebellion In behalf of the poor, becauue the constitution as it was first constructed gave all power to rule to the rich and high born. The poor won with firearms against the troops. All of the amendments of our con stitution were adopted as safetyvalves against too much power of the su preme court. And the first one of those amend ments Is this: "That congress should have no power to pass any law abridging the freedom of 'speech or the press." MARY ETHEL ATKINS. April 17, 1937. (Continued from page One ) stories appear, complete, the After the financing Is talk sometimes dies down. This evidence, however, Is not con clusive. There may or may not be a tax bill. You will know definitely In mid -May. t The president's government reor ganization plan is being severely cuffed around backstage. The Joint congresslonsl committee which Is supposed to be formulating the legis lation la so mixed up it has not held a meeting for the last two weeks. In the end, the president probably will get hla six new secretaries. Com mitteemen seem to feel that, If Mr. Roosevelt says he needs these new Jobs, they cannot go behind his re quest. They are nowhere near as enthusiastic about creating the two new government departments (wel fare for Ickes and public works for Hopkins) as their published words would Indicate. They may grant it and they may not. They are already determined not to give the president control over the budgets of several Independent com missions. Sentiment appears crystallizing against placing the interstate com meroe commission and the federal communications commission under departmental control. It's better than a 50-50 bet that their present Inde pendent status will be maintained. Present state of the legislation, however, la decidedly muddled. The outcome really depends upon whom you talk to. The new ordAlnera hav nrf au. given up on disarmsment. No public wwa nu ofen jpoxen on the subject, out the vsrlous thine vhirti h.v been tried out on the inside are said to have been filed away. What they will do about the budget pending and the related subject of '.he government bond mricet ta im Mr. Roosevelt s messsge this week on relief and budget revision. Evidence is available thst he tore up his orlg insl message, or at least abandon. his original Idea. The new one may be more to the llklns of th iovIm. Moreenthau srhonl of curtail merit Dependable Building Advice and budget balancing, not merely oq paper, but In fact. The only really dangerous f?tor in the si t u t Ion la prices. On true, be still has hla unannounced "plan." but no one knows what he will do with It, There will be legislation on this subject, and probably also on the ntw NRA and hours-wages, again no ona knows what. There will be no sit-down legists tlon. unless the current spresd of small strikes breaks Into big ones. The president himself gave an Indica tion on this by amplifying his aiieno on the subject at his last two press conferences. When first asked whether he had any comment on slt-downs. his reply waa "what slt-downs?" The second time, in response to the same inquiry, he rarely chuckled. Few authorities can recall a tune when a president of the United States was beset with so many confusing problems In peaoe times. Even In the early days of the New Deal, there were only one or two subjects hang. Ing fire at a ttme, and the only prob lem waa to work them out. Now there ara dozens of problems pressing for solution snd few acceptable solutions being suggested that is. solutions acceptable from a presidential stand point. Some callers have believed the president shows as much sign of be ing nettled as he ever has, although, this, of course, does not mean he is worrying much more than usual. He has a faculty for taking things as they come. Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County history from the files of the MaU Tribune 10 and 20 rears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Aplrl 19, im (It was Tuesday) First heavy smudging of season comes. Survey shows damage light. O. E. (Pop) Gates attends first meeting as state highway commission member. Steps taken for organization of Fruitgrowers' league here. Twenty towns along Mississippi hi Tennessee face destruction fronl floods. Chamber of Commerce opens drive for new members. Trans-Atlantic flight to start next Sunday. Craters club meets and eats chop suey, and Invites Grants Pass Cave men to be guests at next session. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 10. 1917 (It waa Thursday) Germans pour in fresh troops In effort to halt French drive In west; congress opposes press censorship law. Senator Chamberlain wires Mayor Gates he will back a military railroad from Medford to Bend. Crater Late highway to be Improv ed aa a forest highway. Heavy frost hits California fruit crop. Red Cross to sell old papers to buy material to make war bandages. Fed eral building quarters offered the or ganization to work in. Portable signs ordered removed from Main street by city council. President authorized to take over control of railroads for duration of war. For greater satisfaction Buy NOLDE b HORS1 HOSIERY t Ethelwyn B Hoffmanns Communications The Mail Tribune Is glad to pub. llsh letters from Its resders, but finds It necessary to require tha. such communications be signed b the writer thereof, and do not ex ceed 400 words. Where writers request and have a legitimate reason for anonymity, their names will not be published with their letters, but it is neces sary thst the names be known to the newspaper. irt itj flOOt-PUMoi HL 6th and Fir Sts. 1 i
