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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1939. MEDFORDIWrRIBUNE ETrjoa Ib Southern Oreo Bmdo tb Uail Tribune." Dallj Exeept Saturday. PubHcnS by MBDPORD PRINTING CO tl-IT-SS No Fir St. phontfl ROBERT W RUHU Editor ERNEST K O.LSTRAF SUnaisr. AB Iit"Jpin1nt Nwippr. Butr4 a Meond-elaii maitw at UJ ford. Orion. unrtr Act of March I. Ull SUBSCRIPTION RATES DftUr nd Sundir n ..1100 Daily and Sunday ! month!.. 110 Dally and Suuday thraa montha I JJ Dally and Sunday ona month.. T4 My Carrier to Adanca Mdford, Aon land. Cantral Point. Jackunnvtlla. Ql1 HIM. Rofna River. Phoenix. Talent and od motor routaa: Dally and Sunday one year . . . .!." Da.Ur and Sunda one month . . all terme etin in " Official Papw of lh rtty of Merffnrd UIMCIUJ 1" " - - MEMBKH OP IHBSflCHJA I'KJ) I'KKNh RerolvlnR Full lna-d Wire The AMociatd Pre ntltied lo the uaa for Publication of all l.w. diapatth.a credited to it Wit credited lo thta paper and lw te toe local ni puhtlehed herein All rlhte for publication of SlapatchB herein are aiao rwr. "ITalMRERS OF UNITED PRESS UEMRER OF AUDIT BtJ READ OF CIRCULATIONS Advert lalng Repreeentatlvee WEST.HOI-LIDAV COMPANY. INC OfMee to New To?. Chicago Detroit. Ban Franclaco Loa Angelee. Seattle. Portland. St Lmils Atlanta. Vancouver fUUISl 15 ASJfH ATI I Ye Smudge Pot Bt Arthur Perry. it i nnw assumed some diffi ittv will h. pxnerienced in re' federal employees, listed aa members of a "Communist Front" organization, from the payroll, where they drew salaries ranging from ?auuu 10 iu,uuu cer year. This can be accom plished painlessly and speedily by paying them with Russian rubles, instead of the legal ten der of this capitalistic nation. The Bear creek park bonds were defeated yesterday, but the game was closer than the score indicated. . AND H1H HAIR UNCOMBED (Oakland (Calif.) Tribune. "Captain Daley of the High way Patrol, describing arrest of John T. Hansen after a 10-mlle ehaae at 90 m.p.h., punctuated with platol ahota and ending In wreck of . fugltlve'a oar In 200 foot plunge. He waa aurly and had no re gard for authority.'". ... The Hallowe'en havoc was mild and merchants hope to have the soap and parafine scraped off their windows before It Is time to erect the Christmas trees. . Rep. Starmcs of Alabama, a member of the Dies Committee, engaged In probing un-American activities were considerable put out by the arrest of a witness after he left the witness stand. "The whole thing not only . smells to high heaven, but it stinks, he averred. The situation appar ently barely missed being a nau seating stench. Thursday, November 23. has been proclaimed by FDR. as Franksgivlng, instead of the last Thursday of the month, an idea originating with G. Washington. ... Your corr. had a sore thumb that stuck out like one, yester day. A nation wide drive is In the making "to keep us out of med dling in Russia." A large bloc of citizens feel all meddling should be confined to meddling with home problems, such as agricul ture and unemployment. LATEST IIITI.KK VAKN 'It seems Atlolr with Ooerlna. Von Hlbbentrnp. Heaae and othera were driving down the rood. A dnchund ran out Into ihe road and was struck )' the car and killed. Hitler Insist ed they stop and that he go m and appease the owners. Ills companions oojected. but the enr stopped and Hitler went In. He was gone about thirty minutes. The others herame worried and started toward the house o see what was wrong. Just then Hitler came out of the door. Around his neck were several strands of sausages. Hla arms were filled and hie pocketa stuffed with bread, meat, cheese Bnd other edibles. He seemed bewildered. He waa assisted to his car. When the car started, Von Rtb bentrop sskod him what had hap pened and what he said In his ap. peaaement move to gain such a hearty welcome In the Oerman home. Hit ler, still apparently dawd, replied. I did not aay much. All I ssld was. Hen Hltlerl The dog la dead " Ex. change. Man Dies, Dog Lives As Car Hits River Marshficld, Nov. 1. (AP) A man died In the plunge of his automobile In the Coquillc river near here yesterday, but his dog, trapped in the car with him, was not harmed. The body of Carl Beliu, 55, of Bridge, member of a pioneer Myrtle Point family, was found In the partially submerged car, along with the dog. Whether Bellcu drowned or died of In juries was not apparent. Closing time for Too Utte to Clas sify Ads is 1,30 p m. Editorial Correspondence North Bay, Ontario, October 27. Decided at the last moment to break the Journey cross country, for a view of the Dionne quintuplets. Have Just returned from the "view" which wasn't as close as expected. This was due to the bad weather, a heavy rain start ing about three in the morning, which has been going great guns ever since. And when the weather is bad the quints don't play In their outdoor glass enclosure. They stay indoors, while the visitors stay on the other side of the wire and steel fence, three or four hundred feet away. We were prepared by the bus driver at North Bay, however, so took along our binoculars, and as a result perhaps had a clearer "close-up" of the quints and their nurses, than if the weather had been fair, and we had brought no glasses. There is only one public showing at the Defoe "hospital" dur ing the winter, from ten a. m. to ten-thirty. Promptly at this hour the Venetian blinds on the glassed-in porch were raised and there were the quints, all togged out In crisp light blue dresses with pink ribbons on their glossy black curls and their faces pressed on the glass toward the crowd a very small crowd lined up in the rain along the fence. Emilie took the lead waving a chubby hand through the rain drops, Marie followed suit, and finally all five were waving. all but Emilie however in a rather perfunctory fashion, we thought. At once the field glasses became greatly in demand, we might have made bus expenses by charging five cents a look! The hospital is 13 miles south of this place. Well, needless to say they are a cute bunch, and a great adver tisement for whatever may be their diet, as roly-poly as a litter of New Foundland puppies and apparently as happy as a bevy of baby larks. The next time they do a picture it should be in color, however, for color is such an important item in their attractiveness "in the flesh." The striking contrast between their Jet-black, raven locks, for example, and their marvellous complexions! They are not "snow whites" but a sort of transparent ivory, best describes their skin, with Just a FAINT flush of rich red blood, beneath. And what sparkling black eyes and milk-white teeth! If they keep up at this rate Papa Dionne is not only going to be the bouncing father of five of the most famous daughters in the world, but five of the most glamorous debutantes. After seeing Papa and Mama Dionne, however, they live in their original farm shack, Just across the street with 'tother chil dren we have our "doots." Environment and care can work wonders, but from what we know of biology and eugenics, we would predict that the quints as a group and individually will never again be quite as attractive and appealing, as they are today. In other words we would guess the five-year mark is about the peak. Mebbe not. The quints not only have the most perfect scientific care, but they now have over a million dollars in the bank. And miracles CAN be performed if there is money enough. Nevertheless that's our prediction and we are going to stick to it. STRANGE, take them one by one and the girls aren't dupli cates, by any means, they vary in size and features. Yet there is such a striking family resemblance with all of them (all on the mother's side moreover), that when the five of them are mov ing about in a narrow space, one Is as confused as if the old fashioned pea game were going on. At least that was our pre dicament. "Oh, there's Yvonne pushing up the window no It's Annette, is it, why that's Cecile Isn't it?" and so on and so forth. The program is arranged with this fact in mind apparently, for one by one the girls bow before the open window and announce themselves In French, (everything of course, Is In French, though the girls are starting now to learn English). But after the intro ductions are over, the same "now you see her and now you don't" continues. It's a grand and glorious puzzle to pick them out. e Before the half-hour was up it stopped raining and everyone felt better Including Tony the huge Great Dane, on the other side of the fence, who dislikes getting wet, and for that matter dislikes strangers getting too close to his Royal Nibs and the fence. Incidentally Tony Is on the Job, day and night, also serving as company for the special guard, during the latter period, when Mr. Guard has to make the rounds and punch his clock every THIRTY MINUTES! The night guard returned on the bus with us. and admitted one can't get much rest, on a schedule like that. doesn't mind it so much in the summer, but in the Ontario, however, Is taking no the quints, from fire, kidnapping comes FIRST! Following the individual introductions, all the windows were opened and the nurses put white sweaters on the girls. Marie was very proud of her appearance with this addition, and proceeded to strike a dramatic pose, before the assembled and somewhat bedraggled onlookers, reaching her arms high up and putting her head coyly on one side. showing her woolen panties, knee length, beneath her flaring skirt. "Oh isn't she simply DARLING" cried the lady from Chicago. Her well-nourished husband, took the cigar out of his mouth long enough to agree but immediately reverted to the suggestion he had made at least half a dozen times before: "Oh come on Maizy, lot's get In out of the wet!" There were not more than 15 or 20 spectators in all, and it was noticeable, the women got a big kick out of it, while the men. as a group, DIDN'T. One of them in fact his car had a South Carolina license took refuge in the back seat, two minutes after the blinds went up, and there he sat, until the 30 minutes were up. Oh it wasn't that the men didn't think the quints were cute, charming, adorable, and all that, but why stand there looking "at the kids," for half an hour straight, and in the WET! (We had to grant a certain sympathy with the argument, but we also felt a certain professional responsibility, one of the quints might get rambunctious, for example, and start a fight! That would be some thing no roving newspaper man could afford to miss.) But nothing of the kind happened. Exactly at 10:30 there was a final hand waving by all the cast and down went the blinds The show was over. We would like to know what the five little girls really think about it, these crowds of strangers staring at them, as they go through their paces, day In, day out. It was obvious their Interest lagged, after the first few minutes They not only sang their French-Canadian nursery songs, but even piped away at Santa Lucia, and one of the recent song parade hits. Yet one felt their hearts weren't really In it, in fact some of them refused to Join with their sisters In singing at all for long periods, but concentrated on dressing their dolls, or trying to push the windows open and shut. There was one MOST refreshing fact about the entire presen tation however there wasn't even the faintest suggestion of self consciousness or the show-off complex. The quints have become accustomed lo this half-hour in their daily routine and take It perfectly naturally, as a matter of course. Across from the Defoe "hospital" is a pine board shed with the quints' hand painted "banner" above it. where Papa Dionne sells all sorts of trinkets and souvenirs, and a smaller store next to It. where linens and woolens are dispensed. We went in to look around and a more unattractive lot of Junk could hardly be imagined. The muscular, pinkchroked (no iiKikc-up) young woman in charge explained the poor showing by the fact the place will be closed winter "IT'S TOUGH!" chances of any harm coming to or anything else. Their safety ' up for the winter tomorrow and They say Papa Dionne makes a very good thing out of It however during the summer months, when the tourist trade is this district's chief business. Papa Dionne came over to the store while we were there, and it was at once apparent that he has a claim for damages against M. G. M., or whoever it was who put on the original quintuplet cast, if he wishes to pursue it. For Dionne is no weak sister, he isn't the robust He-man type either, but one is impressed with his physical fitness, his poise, his general bearing of self-confidence and self-respect. He still farms his little place, without help, and he looks it, a man who has been close to the soil all his life, and worked in the dirt. With increased prosperity and a certain world wide prominence, he has lost nothing of his rural integrity or simplicity, but at the same time WELL, after seeing the man and sizing him up, our advice to any city slicker planning to pull Papa's leg, would be to look carefully at his hole card and watch his step. Unlike the "papa" In the movie, Olivier Dionne is no set-up, no Mr. "MILQUETOAST." Mrs. Dionne, the glimpse we had of her, provided no such surprise, one doesn't stand aghast at the idea that she COULD have given birth to seven children AND the five quintuplets! The French-Canadian women up here are very pious and very prolific there is Mrs. Ben Labelle, Mrs. D.'s neighbor and best friend, for example. She is the mother of 18 CHILDREN and no twins, much less quintuplets! En passant we believe it extremely fortunate that the quints happened to select the sort of environment they did, and the sturdy, unassuming type of parents. We stand appalled when we consider what would have happened to them, had they been born say within a few miles of Coney Island, L. I.! New York! R.W.R. Personal Health Service By William Slened letters pertaining lo personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Urady If stamped self addressed envelope Is enclosed Letters should be brief and written In Ink Owing to the large number ot letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. ' Address Dr. William Brady. 263 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. THEY LOST THEIR TEETH BUT NOT THEIR DYSPEPSIA. In the British Medical Jour nal, London, Drs. J. M. Vaizey and A. E. Clark-Kennedy pub lished June 24, 193!), some in teresting o b servatiorjs they made in a study of the general effects of removal of all the teeth of 234 out pati ents. The teeth were removed from 76 of these patients on the theory that "sepsis rrom diseased or infected teeth was responsible for their hyspopsia. Others had been deprived of their teeth on the theory that removal of bad teeth would bring relief from anemia. Still others had lost their teeth In the hope of get ting relief from rheumatism. But In 120 of the outpatients it ap peared the teeth had all been ex tracted for purely dental rea sons. I still raise my eyebrows about the purely dental reasons. Members of the dental profes sion are sometimes pretty arbi trary about extracting teeth some of them insisting that a pulpless or so-called "dead" tooth must not remain in the mouth, for in many instances such teeth unquestionably do become in fected eventually. Only six of the 7fl persons with dyspepsia obtained appar ent benefit from the removal of their teeth. The other 70 lost their teelh but not their dys pepsia. Of 13 patients whose teeth had been removed on the theory that septic poisoning from in fected teeth was responsible for the rheumatism, five experi enced benefit. Of the 126 patients who had lost all their teeth for "purely dental reasons." 39 later devel oped dyspepsia, and 19 devel oped rheumatism. You see, we've been and now we're coming back. Drs. Vaizey and Clark-Kennedy question the widely accept ed relation between dental sep sis and dyspepsia and rheuma tism. They express the opinion that the mechanical, or we should say the physiological factor that is, inadequate or function ally inefficient teeth and hence insufficient mastication of food is more important than the septic or focal Infection factor. The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington. Nov. 1. In the! sea of doubt about British ant French war-buying, some islands of certainty begin to appear. Buying will start in earnest the! instant the arms embargo is re-' pealed. While the British may be rather cautious at first, French orders will be prompt and sizable. Armaments aside. I French inquiries for goods and contracts in negotiation already 1 they have let the stock run out. Brady, M.D. These English doctors con clude, and Ol' Doc Brady con curs, with the advice that when extraction of dne.several or all of the teeth cannot be avoided, efficient prosthetic dentistry is essential in the prophylaxis of all types of dyspepsia. Prosthetic dentistry is the construction and installation of dentures to function in place of the missing tooth or teeth. Incidentally, one of the Seven Keys to Vite is "Save Your Teeth." I quote from the book let "Seven Keys to Vite" "Every tooth lost by disease, accident or design subtracts a year or two from the individ ual's life expectation unless its function is carried on by a suit able denture." QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS To the Demurs Just to show the Dcntors of North America how highly I regard them a colleagues In the practice of pro phylaxis, the prevention of disease and the preservation of health I'll be happy to send any Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) who asks for It on his professional stationery, a copy of the booklet "Save Your Teeth" and a copy of '.he booklet "The Seven Keya to Vite." with my compllmenta. Others who desire either booklet may ask for It, Inclosing 26 cents coin and a 1-cent-stamped envelope bear ing the correct address. Let no cor respondent who calls himself "Doctor" but falls to reveal his degree attempt t ge. by my guard. Which Tincture of Incline Having alwaya regarded tincture of iodine as Intended for external use only. I was astonished to learn you recommend It for Internal use. Todsy when I tried to buy some the drug gist hesitated to sell It when I told him I was going to take It as medi cine. He pointed out a poison label on the vial, and he said I had better ask my doctor to specify Just which strength of tincture I am to take. (B. P.) Answer Which leaves you out on a limb, eh? The Pharmacopoeia recog nizes Tincture of Iodine which con tains 7.5 per cent of Iodine and Is the tincture used by physicians and surgeons: and Mild Tincture of Iodine which contains a s per cent of Iodine and is the tincture intended for pop ular use. Either may be used In the todln Ration. Some druggists have not yet heard of the two tinctures, but any druggist who complies with the law has a copy of the Pharma copoeia in his pharmacy and can easily learn what we're talking about. i Protected by John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D.. tes El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. total over $30,000,000. Airplane companies will get the lion's share of the earlier armament orders, but both British and French will branch out later, buying largely In many fields. Above all, no one American banking house will receive com missions or control the placing of orders, as J. P. Morgan and company did in the first world war. Acting on the strongest hints from the president him self, the British and French gov ernments are not only appoint ing their own purchasing mis sions, they are also preparing to get advice from widely in clusive panels of American bankers and Industrialists, and to have most of the tasks of a fiscal agent performed by mem bers of their own staffs. In short, nobody will have the inside track. Furthermore, no commercial banker is even like ly to make a profit. The British and French can give the banks only their deposits, and it may be that payment for war orders will be cleared through the New York Federal Reserve bank from the central banking insti tutions in Tans and London. On the other hand, nobody will be left out in the cold either. Stories have been going round that, because of the ad ministration's enmity toward the famous firm, the British and French missions would sedu lously avoid any contact with Morgan's. This is not so. Mor gan's is on a basis of equality with all the other banks, and advice has already been sought from them as from the others. The British purchasing mission la already on thla aide of the Atlantic, waiting In Canada for final action on the . arms embargo to cross the border of the United States. Headed by Colonel Greenly, a member of the famous English engineering and msn ufacturlng firm ot Babcock and Wil cox, It la composed of a group of financial and Industrial experts, and, contrary to report, boasta no member from the House of Morgan's London affiliate. It haa already done much buying In Canada, the Argentine and countries where payment can be made In 'sterling are naturally being favored over thla country, where every order exhausts precious British foreign exchange. The British thought It good policy to waft until the neutrality problem was out of the way for all but the most essential buying, such as sur gical forceps, optical goods and ether articles obtainable only here. The French, whose army Is much more deficient In ordinary euppllea, fol lowed a different policy. Officers of the French army, navy and air corps reached thla country soon after war waa declared. These officers, seeking blankets, shoes, electrical gooda, mo torcycles, trucks, machine tools and raw materials, have already built up the S30.000.000 total mentioned above. Thus far, the French officers have worked through the commercial and financial counselors of the French embassy, M. Oarreau-Dombaale and M. Leroy Beaulleu. Oarroau-Dombasle has served aa coordinator, and to date the National City Bank of New York haa been chiefly relied on for advice and haa received the bulk of the French deposits. At least one French problem, con cerning a contract for electrical sup plies, has been taken to Morgan's, however, and a broader system ot consultation will be Instituted later on. The present set-up has worked well enough to let tho FrencL gov ernment delay declalon on the per sonnel of lta purchasing mission, but a mission will ultimately be sent to this country to take command. The squabble over neutrality re vision has greatly delayed British and French purchased of all sorts, of raw rm.terlala aa well aa armaments. Preferring to have the raw materials processed In this country, the two governments hive waited to see whether thla would be poasiblo. Now their purchasing systemu will soon be complete, with elaborate. Inde pendent New York offices, huge staff of experts and clerical workers, groups of advisers chosen among our ablest business men, and complex legal and financial machinery. In the British and French decision to do the purchasing Job themselves, administration Influence was cer tainly important. But for reasons of public opinion, If for no others. It must be admitted the Influence was wisely exerted. At The National Capitol with John W. Kelly (Continued from Page One.) There are several fruits which are competitive and easily sub stituted one for another. Peaches, apricots and pears, for example. If there is a few cents difference in price, the housewife will usu ally take the cheaper say peaches and the apricots or pears will remain on the shelves. Marketing agreements by pro ducers of these fruits could, says McNary, equalize the competi tive products. Under a marketing agreement, explains the senator, a grower would know how much to raise to prevent a surplus, and acres could be used for other purposes as the grower reduced his num ber of trees or asparagus beds, strawberry patch or whatnot. It is the canned surplus, held in reserve, that hurts the producer in the years of a short crop and prevents him from getting high prices. FROM these highlight It Is ap parent that McNary'a bill will be controversial and a bone of con tention, with cannera on one side and farmers on the other. There are very powerful pressure groups on each side. The proposed bill la seeking a solution of a farm problem (cost of production) from a different angle. MANY DESIRABLE FEATURES Combines the super-softness of fluffy cotton with a moisture proof back perfect comfort and complete protection. Sold by drug gists, groceri and department stores In the M. D. sjmtsrv bo. 12 for IS cenu. ENGINEERS of tht reclamation bureau are Mud y in taking a block of power from Grand Coulee and transmitting H down the Colum bia river to the lower aectlon of the Columbia baatn reclamation project In the vicinity of Pasco. The project to be aerved by Grand Co a lee has 1550.000 acres to be reclaimed and around Pasco are some 200.000 acres. Desire of Reclamation Commission er John Page la to give an oppor tunity to develop Irrigation on a part of every section of Grand Coulee and save time. PRESIDENT ROOBEVFLT is a master-politician. Discovering that there was a group In the senate who planned forcing congress to continue In session after the neutrality bill was passed In order to raise funds for drouth sufferers and flood vic tims In the west snd south, Mr. Roosevelt acted with promptness. The president wants congress to get out of Washington and high-tall it for home. Here Is how he prevented the sen ate group from- keeping the session going until January: He dug up $28,000,000 and gave It for drouth and flood relief. Of course, Federal Farm Security, which advanced the money, will have a deficiency of that amount at the regular session, but It was a small price for the president to pay to keep the boys out of the congressional trenches until after Christmas. Tactics used for the house: admin istration lieutenants suggested that the Democratic representatives should go home and ride their political fences, which they were unable to do. in the few weeks between ad journment last August and the spe cial session in September. Flight 0' Time Medford aod Jackson County History from the (lies of the Mall Tiihane 10 and 10 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 1, 1929 (It was Friday) Albert B. Fall, former secre tary of the interior, found guilty of bribery money acceptance, sentenced to a year in county jail. Leniency extended because of delicate health. Rain is badly needed in the Sams Valley district, farmers re port. Minor local damage reported as result of Hallowe'en pranks. Weather bureau moves new quarters at the airport. into Price cut for Model A Fords. German Communists stage demonstration against Mayor of Berlin, on return from America. Medford high to play Eugene tomorrow. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 1, 1919 (It was Saturday) Rain falls over the valley, and routs cold spell. The new Edison phonograph "The Phonograph with a soul" is given a demonstration at the Page theater before a large audi ence. Local Red launched. Cross drive is Striking coal miners In Colo rado return to work. Sen. McNary asks for Amer ican control of sugar market. A number of local hunters, charged with illegal hunting, paid fines to the game warden who caught them. SOFT to. prevent irritation" Young, lender skins ore especially sus ceptible to harmful effects ofharsh toilet tissues. M. D. is soft and gentle. ..free from abrasive fibres ...sterilized. ..SAFE! J:.':In The;, f ry '- ' - ' S. 1 V Vz-" ' ;:,-News By Frank Jenkins THE dispatches tell us that this is "grievance week" in Brit ain. There is too much secrecy. There is too much censorship. Too much of the bosses at the top telling ordinary people what they can do and what they can't particularly what they can't. The British don't like It, and since the war isn't providing much excitement they are plan ning to provide a little of their own by jumping on the govern ment. THE "opposition" plans to cen ter its attacks on the govern ment's powers to restrict free dom of speech and of the press. It is quite possible that these at tacks will do no harm. They may even do some good. Some censorship, of course, Is absolutely necessary in war time, but this writer gravely doubts the value of the extreme restric tions that have been practiced in England. It seems reasonable to believe that the censorship that has been practiced there has actually had the effect of shak ing morale, rather than bolster ing it. It is extremely doubtful if all this secrecy has kept anything of particular value from Hitler. OVERNMENTS are naturally inclined to limit freedom of speech and freedom of the press as much as they can. For one thing, freedon of speech means FREEDOM TO CRITICISE. This is especially true of the press, which is al ways free with criticism. Quite often the press goes off at half cock with its criticisms, and makes itself a little ridiculous. But criticism, whether justi fied or not, gets under the skins of those who are criticised. The tendency of all government is toward secrecy. In time, those who run the government get to telling themselves that the less said about public affairs the bet ter. That is bad for democratic government. So this writer rather hopes that the opposition in Britain has just a little meas ure, at least, of SUCCESS in its plans to attack the powers of the British government to restrict freedom of speech and of the press. llHILE we're on the subject of " Britain, the dispatches tell of plans to push sales of British products in this country in fact, it is intimated that sales may be pushed with extraordinary activity. Let's not get our dander up over this proposal to invade our home markets. Now that the embargo bill seems pretty sure to go through, we're planning to sell the British a lot. and if they don't sell to us they can't BUY from us. That's one axiom of trade that can't be got around. t Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p m. TV,,, jLay 7:wr7
