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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940.
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By Arthur Perry.
An eastern Oregon paper re
ports "Johnson sustained
broken nose, and right leg, and
two fractured ribs when his auto
plunged off the road near Helix,
and considers himself lucky.
The well-dressed woman come
Spring, for ornament, fashion de
crees, will wear imitation dog
teeth bracelets. What could be
snappier, as Fletch Fish, the
snappy punster of Phoenix
would say, If he had thought of
it first
Premier Chamberlain of Brit
ain, who messed things up mag
nificently with his Munich
peace, informs the world Europe
is now in "the quiet of the calm
before the storm." The Finns do
it better but backwards. They
have the storm before the quiet
of the calm.
PERSONAL TOUCHI
(Yraka (Calif.) Journal)
"for your further Information
thla location la directly behind
and west of the Dr. Plua man
alon. We all take It for granted
that Dr. Plua, (the big homely
brute) and other eminent phyal
lana will approve of and help
aponaor thla project."
.
The first frontyard of 1940
has been spaded up, in a resi
dential area. For two blocks in
all directions, the womenfolks
have hidden the golf clubs, and
the menfolks the spades.
...
California adventurers seeking
$60,000,000 said to have been
buried by pirates on Cocos
Island, are not missing as re
ported, but the $60,000,000 still
Is.
...
The Democratic press boasts
there was no mention of former
President Hoover at the Jackson
Day banquets. Neither was there
any mention of the late Passa
maquoddy power project in
Maine.
The first rubbery-legged lambs
of the year are cavorting In
Applegate meadows.
RACKYAKO TRAdKllY
(Mountain (Calif.) Mr Monger)
"Tho clothesline at the home
of Mra. W. D. Johnson was. de
nuded of a heavy load of clean
clothFR. which sailed In the di
rection of the river, moat of
them becoming entangled In tree
branches."
...
Fate would have been kinder
to Roy Gardner, last of the mall
robbers, who ended his own life
in a San Francisco hotel, had
it decreed he round out his last
years in the grim, but certain
security of federal prisons he
knew so well. He was 56, and
the world is not kind to unfortu
nates, whatever their life rec
ords, sad to tell. Whatever his
faults, for which he paid society
tn full, Roy Gardner was con
siderate. One of his last acts
was for the protection of others.
How different from another train
robber Josef Stalin, dictator of
Russia, whose brutal ruthless
ncss has no rival in history, and
whose victims sleep in a million
graves. Stalin started his rise to
power "with train banditry at
Tiflls. There is no written word
he ever showed kindness to any
being in his cruel code it was a
sign of weakness. But, Roy Gard
ner could boast, with justifiable
pride, despite his calling he had
never caused physical harm to
any person. He bore malice to
none, and was his own worst
enemy. The world may be no
happier for the deeds of Roy
Gardner, but it is no sadder.
But Stalin, who never took an
honest chance, is co-author of
most of the miseries of the world
today. And, this comparison Ls
unfair to Roy Gardner, who at
his worst, was always human,
and no jackal
To Fight Whom?
WE are all for pushing, along the query of Senator
Adams of Colorado: "Whom do we fight?"
, Just WHAT enemy are we preparing to combat,
with the largest peace-time appropriation for national
defense in the history of the world?
After all, when Germany started to rearm she had
a definite idea against what countries she would
wage war.
So had France. So had England. So had Soviet
Russia and eveiy other country in Europe. In short,
from the standpoint of national defense and the
FACTS, the recent armament race across the Atlantic
made and still makes SENSE.
DUT does any similar condition exist on the Ameri-
can continent? Has it existed, or is there any prob
ability of it existing in the near future? If so, just
WHAT nation or group of nations plan to attack us;
or just WHAT nation or group of nations do we plan
to attack?
r ERMANY and Russia?
Germany is having a hard time to exist, much less
extend its theatre of operations to this side of the
Atlantic. "Russia can't handle a little nation one
twentioth her size, on her very borders, much less
try any military or naval adventures six or seven
thousand miles away from her base !
Japan? Japan is trying desperately to let go the
tail of the Chinese bear without getting unmercifully
clawed, without considering taking on the United
States into the bargain its best customer, and its
chief source of war supplies.
South America, Africa, Asia, the Antipodes, Eng
land or France?
JUST where IS this enemy, or group of enemies,
against whom we are preparing to wage war, to the
tune of a couple of billion dollars when our national
debt is already within a hop step and jump of the legal
limit, and we have between eight and nine million
unemployed.
We believe Senator Adams' query is extremely
pertinent, and the congress would do well to answer
it, for the benefit of the people of this country, before
they swallow this gargantuan war budget, bait, hook
and sinker.
THERE is another point.
uuoi uun ciictuvc jo an an aiicicn. in r uxvtji on a
battleship? That hasn't been demonstrated yet, has
it? It probably will be within the next twelve months.
Before we appropriate hundreds of millions for
new super-dreadnaughts, might it not be well to see
how the acid test of the inevitable North Sea battle
comes out? Perhaps that result would show the wis
dom of Uncle Sam spending more on his air, and far
less on his SEA fleet.
IN SHORT, this department is all for the Republican
decision to "stop, look and listen," as far as imme
diate endorsement of the President's budget is con
cerned, and particularly regarding the expenditures
for a prospective war that just isn't in the cards for
, 1. ... t , , ,
anomer aecacie at least.
WE grant when the world is on fire is no time for
nvilT nnfinvi nnn v. .' A- .1 .i 1 T . . 1 . I
ciiijr luiuiun iu ouiajj iw) lire uepai uiiem.. mil iaK
intr reasonable nrprautinns is nn rhino- Vioincr Ktnm.
peded into a war hysteria, to the delight of the muni
tion makers and battleship trust, is quite another.
"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their
eves!" we believe is an excellent earlv AmpnVnn sin.
gan to polish up and put
present time, tseiore we
preliminary cost of "another war" let's at least decide
where and against whom that war is to be fought!
The First
IN yesterday's Oregonian
three congressmen, with
congratulating themselves
anti-lynch bill.
We should think they would grin.
For this measure is a joke, a joke, that is, as far
as any serious concern over
these United States is concerned.
THESE three congressmen, Messrs. McKeough and
not concerned over mob action against the colored
people south of the Mason & Dixon line. They ARE
only concerned over the loss
it, particularly in the black belts of their native
states, New York and Illinois.
The passage of this bill in the House will help in
this direction, give them or tend to give them a
colored support their Republican colleagues used to
have, and are trying desperately to regain.
So naturally they are pleased over this, and not
exactly depressed by the consequent dilemma of their
Democratic colleagues in the deep South.
POR it's a ten-to-one bet the measure will be talked
to death in the Senate this year, as it was a year
ago.
So-o-o-o-
Unless all signs fail, the Senate Democrats who
can't allow the passage of any such legislation, will
have THEIR way, and, . . .
The northern Democrats in the House, who only
wish to please their colored constituents back home
in an election year, will have THEIRS.
And when such unanimity of opinion ami all
around satisfaction exists in the Democratic party,
that is something for all good Democrats and true to
be jubilant about. on Page One of the Oregonian,
or anywhere else !
back in circulation at the
decide to bear the terrific
Laugh
was a front page picture of
broad grins on their faces,
over the passage of the
the crime of lynching in
of the colored vote above
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self
addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large numbers of letters received only a few ran be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady. !6S El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
SUBNUTRITION
China, where, If you are
child-minded, doctors are paid
as long as patients remain well,
but not if the patient becomes
ill, has never been famous for
the good health of the people.
New Zealand is far enough
away from this country to rival
China in leg
end and myth.
In recent
years the low
death rate in
New Zealand,
parti cularly
the low rate
among In
fants has been
much publi
cized on this
continent.
Probably the
New Zealand
babies get a better break than
American, babies, do. Perhaps
New Zealand mothers try
harder than American moth
ers to be 100 mothers, that
is, to nurse their babies. Or
perhaps New Zealand mothers
are less fearful of fresh air and
sunshine for their infants. Here
in America it does seem that
amateur mothers, with few ex
ceptions, are as dumb about
this as their great-grandmothers
were a century ago. For that
matter, so are their half-baked
podiatrists.
Recent survey of food con
sumption in New Zealand shows
that each person there consumes
daily from six to seven ounces
of sugar, approximately a pound
of red meat (New Zealanders
are the biggest meat eaters in
the world), one-half pound of
white flour, two-thirds of a pint
of milk, two-thirds of. an egg,
one-third ounce of cheese, and
from two to three ounces of
butter (not margarine). Most of
the milk is taken by adults in
tea and the egg in cakes. Thus
the New Zcalander's diet is not
greatly superior to the diet of
the poorer folk in England.
Meat is first class protein, bio
logically complete, that is, it
includes all of the amino acids
required for human nutrition,
growth and repair, unlike soy
bean, corn, peas, wheat and
some other sources of protein.
But the balance of the modern
New Zealand diet white bread
cakes, sugar and tea falls far
short of the essentials of nutri
tion. In New Zealand 97 per cent
of the school children suffer
with dental caries, and more
than 50 per cent of adults have
artificial teeth. One in every
20 persons in the country is in
hospitals in the year, chiefly
for appendicitis, tonsil troubles,
goitre. Adults in New Zealand
suffer to a considerable degree
from digestive troubles, neuritis
and so-called rheumatism.
Up to the age of eight or ten
months the New Zealand chil
dren thrive New Zealand still
has a low infant mortality rate.
After that age the daily ration
of milk, cod liver oil (to supply
vitamin D and vitamin A) and
orange juice (to supply vitamin
C) is cut down, in New Zealand
as it is too commonly in Amer
ica, and the child's diet consists
chiefly of refined carbohydrates
(starches and sugars). Children
on the latter diet suffer from
subnutritlon, which is indicated
by decay of the teeth.
In New Zealand the people
consume great quantities of
cakes and pastry, many depend
ing on such food as a mainstay,
along with strong tea, plenti
fully sugared. Such a diet is
deficient in the essential vita
mins B-complex and D, and in
calcium, iron and iodine.
It would seem that New Zea
land people could not be much
worse off if they lived in the
United States.
Ql KSTIONS ANn ANSWERS
t'lh Liver (ill
ls the crude cod liver oil used for
poultry fit or human use? If so,
how much should be given children
a$rd five and seven years? (Mrs.
McK.)
Ans Yes. If the taste Is not too
bad. Fair dally ration tor children
from four to IB years of age Is
two teupoonfuls. or about one-half
tahlespoontula of any fish liver oil.
throughout the winter. That repre
sent approximately 5000 Interna
tional unlta of natural vitamin A
and 700 USP XI unite of vitamin D.
These or more liberal dally rations
of the essential vitamins are avail
able In capsules or tablets for chil
dren or adults find pleasant to eat.
But t assure you the cod liver oil
ls as good for your children or your
self as It la for the chickens. It
cornea cheaper for the chickens be
caue they don't read all the hokum.
Eelrnln
Is It harmful to the eyes to read
with bright sunshine on the page?
(Mra. E. J P.I
Ans. Wa. Dlffus or rellft'tcd
dsyll,:ht or skyshlne Is alwavs better.
Two Years for Etery Inch
What la the rule you mentioned
concerning the relations of wnlst
measure nnd longevity? 1H A. Ml
Ans "FVr every Inch by which
a man's wnlst measure exceeds his
chest measure subtract two years
from his life expectation." If you
find on .vppl;, ln the rule tint you
hayen't must longer to Ihe, maybe
Brady. M. D.
IN NEW ZEALAND
you had better send 36c and a lc
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress, for booklet "The Seven Keys
to Vita."
(Protected by John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate wltb Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M D, 265 El
Omplno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
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PARADE
By JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by the North
American Newspaper
Alliance Inc.
Washington, Jan. 12. There
was a simple motive behind
Senator Pat Harrison's plan to
have the president's budget and
tax recommendations jointly
considered by representatives
of the house and senate com
mittees on appropriation and
taxation. The president has
impaled congress on a .cruel,
three-horned dilemma; the law
makers must either accept
agonizing budget cuts, or raise
the $45,000,000,000 federal debt
limit, or levy new taxes in an
election year.
A congressional strategy com
mittee to ponder ways and
means of escaping from this
dilemma was what the canny
Mississippi senator really wanN
ed. Owing to opposition in the
house, it now seems that the
Harrison plan will not go
through. Meanwhile, it has
started remarkably interesting
discussion of much more basic
and important innovations.
Specifically, Senator James P.
Byrnes of South Carolina, one of
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I the ablest and most influential men
I In congress, is talking to his cronies
j about the "over-all budget," an old
Idea of his. This was first proposed
toward the end of the World war,
when Byrnes, Swager Sherley and
Uncle Joe Cannon were leading the
fight for Improvements In the fed
eral budgetary procedure. At that
time It was set aside tn favor of the
present system, by which the presi
dent prepares an Itemized budget
and presents It to congress for action
during the session.
As the budget ls acted on. Hem
by ltm, each Item ls an easy prey
for logrolling pressure groups. The
difficulties of Intelligent economy
under this arrangement have long
obseseed wise men In the govern
ment. Reforming It was one of the prin
cipal objectives of former Under
secretary of the Treasury John W.
Hanes, whose work did more than
the work of any other man In recent
memory to surround financial prob
lems with a sensible atmosphere and
to improve relations between busi
ness and government. Reform was
also the intention of the agitation
In congresa, not so long sgo, to make
It Illegal to Increase any Item In
the budget beyond the president's
recommendation.
This is the English system, undsr
which parliament may reduce, but
not add to appropriations asked for
by the cabinet. Byrnes' plan would
be an approximation of the English
system, without the constitutional
objections of limitations on the es
tablished powers of the legislative
branch.
He would like to see the appro
priations committees of the senate
and house appoint three members
apiece to a permanent select Joint
committee. This select committee
would recruit a staff of perhaps a
score of experts, to carry on con
tinuous Btudles of the work of the
different departments and agencies.
Each fall, two or three months
before congress opened, the com
mittee would begin Its work, receiv
ing the reports of Its experts, form
ing a close liaison with the budget
bureau and the president, and ex
amining needed appropriations In
detail. When the new session came,
the labors of the select committee,
the budget bureau and the president
together would make it possible to
offer the "over-all" budget.
This would be a one-sentence bill,
to become the first order of con
gressional business, and would read,
"For the expenses of the federal
government during the next fiscal
year, the congress of the United
States hereby appropriates $8,000,000,
000," or whatever the sum might be.
Thereafter, there would be no fur
ther appropriation bills, except per
haps a deficiency budget bill at the
session's close. Instead, money from
the lump 9 tm already appropriated
would simply be allocated for the
various purposes of government.
And when a pressure group got to
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work on one item, other pressure
groups, knowing increases In one
item would mean cuts m others,
would promptly oppose.
The plan may be Imperfect, and
would certainly step on a number
of Important toes. Yet It ls a strik
ing attempt to meet a basic problem
of our time. This is the division of
responsibility in our government so
great that responsibility almost dis
appears at a time when the govern
ment has assumed new duties and
functions of the most appalling
complexity. Other forms of the
same plsn are also most attractive.
For example. It is now utterly im
possible for the executive branch to
keep the legislative Informed on for
eign affairs, since reports must be
made to committees so big they are
almost sewing circles. This might
be cured by the appointment of a
select committee of six men from
the house and senate foreign affairs
committees, small enough and re
sponsible enough to permit really
free discussion with the state de
partment. In any case, one thing
Is sure. In these times, the( govern
ment cannot much longer sprawl Its
way through.
Flight 0' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 12, 1920
(It was Sunday)
More snow falls in valley and
city bringing total to five
inches, with no relief in sight.
Jackson county fair set for
September 10 to 13.
Boundary board cuts salaries
of Butte Falls teachers and over-
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DEPT. NINTH AND BARTLETT STS.
IN. Kiveride, Foot of 4th.
rules plan to Increase teaching
force.
Grants Pass to oppose pro
posed Williams Creek cut-off
road at highway meeting Thurs
day. Excitement still prevails over
local dance matron issue. Week
ly editor declares "human rights
have been trampled upon," and
"calls for a mandate of the per
pie."
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAT
January 12, 1920
(It was Monday)
Supreme court hods Gover
nor Olcott to hold post through
out entire term of his predeces
sor. Mrs. W. T. Quizenbury and
children will leave this week to
join Mr. Quizenbury in Wichita
Falls, Texas, where they will
make their home.
Fine and balmy weather pre
vails throughout the valley.
Oil drill finally arrives and
work will start soon at the TrW
gonia well.
Martial law declared In Ger
many and radicals demand con
trol of all industry. Scores killed
and wounded when mob raids
reichstag.
Weather
Northern California: General
ly fair tonight and Saturday
but unsettled extreme souh
portion and over mountains,
cooler tonight with local frosts
except cloudy and unsettled to
night followed by morning fogs
extreme south portion; fre?h
northwest wind off the coast,
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