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MEDFORD
Full Associated Preaa
rul! -T d Pratt
Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940.
No. 101.
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fo)fnifni(gf
Delegate!, polet and placards
the nam ei President Roosevelt
bled deltgattt rottd him the history-making third term nomination on the first ballot. Conven
tion talk today gave Henry A. Wallace, secretary oi agriculture,
presidential nomination.
Alsop-Kintner
At Chicago
Demos Out-Promise
Republicans On
Peace Plank
Chicago, July 18. The pres
ident has permitted to be in
cluded, in the Democratic plat
form on which he will stand
for re-election, something very
close to a flat pledge against
involvement in all foreign wars.
The language is almost precise
ly the same as the language
which men fair-minded enough
to support the president's for
eign policy fought hard to keep
out of the Republican platform
at Philadelphia. The Democrats
have managed to out-promise
the Republicans again.
Of course, taking the entire
foreign relations plank and re
garding it as a whole, it is a
fairly coherent if somewhat
weasel-worded affirmation of
the president's foreign policy.
But it is an extraordinary thing
that the president was willing
to allow the isolationists the
triumph of the sentence, "We
will not send our army, naval
or air forces to fight in foreign
lands except in case of attack."
DURING the very week-end
of the outbreak of war last
September, the president wrest
led with his conscience for
nearly two days before he
would go so far as to include
in his address to the nation
promise that no American
"armies" would be sent abroad
He told his advisers, who urged
some soothing utterance, that
he would never fall into Wood
row Wilson's tragic error in the
1916 election.
He only agreed to go as far
(Continued on Pigo Eight.)
The Oregon fish commission
pledged cooperation with other
agencies today for a scientific
study of Columbia river pollu
tion. SIDE GLANCES
bT
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Oeorge r rev sntting a bit;
hand tor his six years of de
voted service as Re.l Crosj(
chairman.
Dwight Hougron and Cashier
H. L. Stiles sllpTin. out the
sid dt-or of their bank for a
bracur of coffee.
Lulu Saulberry enloyitig a
vacation in Shan$n!i her par -
ticuiar mcniker fcr Jackson-
vill.
A
Jammed tht alilet tati night In
had bttn placed in nomination
FARLEY DECLINES TO
PREDICT RESULTS OF
Chicago, July 18. (P) James
A. Farley, Democratic national
hairman, declined today to fore
cast election results of the 1940
campaign between President
Roosevelt and Wendell L Will
kie. Farley, who predicted Mr.
Roosevelt's victories in 1932 and
1936 with exceptional accuracy,
asked newsmen to withhold
questions on the subject of the
election until Friday or Satur
day, when. he. indicated, he
will announce" his own plans
for the future and probably
make some formal comment on
the prospects for the 1940 cam
paign. Farley made this statement
when asked whether he would
predict a victory In November:
"I am not in the role of a
prophet. Let's be serious for a
moment. I don't want to start
making any prophesies or any
predictions, because the answer
to that will have to be given
out Saturday or Friday."
BASEBALL
American
R.
St. Louis 3
Philadelphia 10
Harris. Trotter, Mills,
Cox and Swift, Susce;
and Hayes.
Cleveland
New York .
6
9
Milnar. Andrews, Eisenstat
and Hemsley. Pytlak; Chandler.
Hadley and Kosar.
National
Brooklyn 7
Chicago 4
i Davis. Tamulis. Wurl and
Phelps; Lre Root, Page. Raffens -
bergcr and Todd.
: tfflSL m Mif lis
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT HENRY A WALLACE
tht tiadlum ai Chicago afitr
lor third term. The assem
the inside track for the vice-
HOT-FOOT BY FATHER
IS
San Diego, Cat., July 18.
(U.R) A father charged with
searing his nine-year-old son's
foot to prevent his running
away was sought today and the
boy's mother was held as an ac
cessory. Police said they believed Gus
tavo Hernandez, a caddy, had
burned the bottom of his son
Gilbert's foot with a torch made
by rolling a newspaper and
soaking it In gasoline. Juvenile
authorities said he had been so
badly burned last March 26 that
medical treatment had been
necessary since. They had only
learned recently how he had
been burned.
Mrs. Caroline Hernandez.
held on a charge of abetting
the torture by encouraging her
husband, told officers that her
son was a "chronic runaway"
before his "punishment.
I
RUNAWAY SON GIVENi
H. E. A plea for the modernization
' 2; of the Pacific highway between
17 2 Grants Pass and Cottage Grove
Auker. . will be made by four southern
Babich Oregon counties at a meeting
of the state highway commis
, , sion In Portland tomorrow.
f i - MM ...ill u
Perry, County Engineer Paul B.
Rynnlng. secretary of the Ore
Igon Pacific Highway assocla
E Hon. and Capt. S. M. Tuttle,
0 chairman of the highway com-
3 mittee of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce. The
1 four men left for Portland by I
'motorcar this morning.
THIRD TERM ISSUE
GETS FIRST TEST
IF F. D1ACCEPTS
Subject Discussed Since
Washington's Time But
Never Submitted to Voters
Chicago, July 18. If
President Roosevelt accepts the
renomination tendered him by
the Democratic party. It will
provide the first clear-cut test
of the third term issue.
Although the subject has been
discussed almost continuously
since George Washington de
clined to consider a third term.
it never has been submitted di
rectly to the electorate.
Theodore Roosevelt, however,
was nominated to serve more
than eight years In the execu
tive mansion, and Ulysses S.
Grant actively sought third
nomination.
. T. R. Elected Only Once
T. R.," running as a pro
gressive after bolting the Re
publican convention, was de
feated by Wood row Wilson in
the three-sided 1912 campaign
in which William Howard Taft
was the regular Republican
nominee. But "Ro6sevelt had
been elected to only one term,
having succeeded to his first
term on William McKinley's
death.
Grant led the voting for 35
ballots before being rejected by
the Republican convention in
1880 when he sought the nom
ination again four years after
leaving the White House. James
A. Garfield was nominated and
elected.
The thoroughness with which
the constitutional convention of
1787 debated limitations on
presidential service has been
used. by some as evidence that,
despite Washington's precedent,
the nation's founders never con-
; templated the two-term tradi
tion. Tradition Has Force
Evidence that the tradition
has had force, however, is
found repeatedly in American
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Over the Dam
Astoria, Ore., July 18. (A!
Bonneville dam fishway check
ers tallied 91,136 edible commer
cial fish over white counting
boards for the week beginning
June 30, the state fish commis
sion reported today.
Roosevelt Victory Likened
To Apple With Worm in It
In Journal (Dem.) Editorial
By United Press
Portland. Ore., Journal! The
people will not be gullible
enough to swallow the draft . . .
Stripped of all window dressing,
President Roosevelt by indirec
tion, sought and secured for the
third time the Democratic nomi
nation which four years ago and
eight years'ago he won by direct
methods . . . Roosevelt's appar
ently overwhelming convention
victory is like an apple with a
worm in it; all it not as rosy as
appears on the surface. The en
tire procedure smacks too much
of regimentation and overwhelm
ing personal ambition.
San Francisco Chroniclei Mr.
Roosevelt's nomination Is wel
come. It lays me cnanenge oi
the third term squarely before
. we
ions to lead
the contest. They can, if they
wilt, keep it on such high ground
as that upon which Lincoln and
Douglas fought their memorable
battle. If they do it will be a
contest worthwhile to the na
tion, whichever way the people
decide.
1 Hew York Ttmett We believe
MMKJAIMH
NAZI WARPLANES
RENEW ASSAULTS
ON BRITISH ISLES
One-Day Lull in Bombing Is
Broken by Raids Through
out Kingdom Five Killed
By the Associated Press
Nazi warplanes ' explosively
shattered a one-day lull In
bombing assaults on the British
isles today, subjecting the king
dom to machine-gun attacks on
villages, dive-bombing blasts at
steamers and widespread raids
from Wales to the English chan
nel. The German high command
reported attacks on the big mili
tary camp at Aldershot Eng
land's "Plattsburg," about thirty
miles southeast of London and
on airports, factories and har
bors in south and central Eng
land.
At least five persons were
reported killed, including a wo
man slain by a bomb splinter
and four elderly persons in a
southeast town.
The nail high command said
"big fires were observed" in
the bombing of Industrial and
armament plants. It also re
ported the landing of German
troops on the French island of
Puessant, off the coast of Brit
tany, commanding the south
gateway to the English chan
nel. Six nazi Stuka dive-bombers
stormed down on channel steam
ers in a morning attack, but an
eye-witness said the ships ap
parently escaped harm. One of
the raiders was believed shot
down.
The fury of the German on-
(Continued ja Page Fire.)
Chicago, July 18. JP Pres
ident Roosevelt was reported
reliably today to have selected
Frank C. Walker of New York
to be the new chairman of the
Democratic national commit
tee, succeeding James A. Far
ley, who Is expected to retire
and become affiliated with the
New York Yankee baseball
club.
that he (Mr. Roosevelt has
searched his mind and heart be
fore making his decision; that
he has not accepted this nomi
nation because he really believes
that he has been "drafted," when
he has seemed so carefully to
plan this "draft," and could so
easily have resisted it. We be
lieve that he has accepted It be
cause he, too, believes in the
doctrine of his own "indlspensa
bilily." New York Posti It is right of
a democracy to break tradition
and to alter rules in the moment
of necessity. That is what makes
us a democracy.
Scrlpps Howard Newspapersi
It (the 1940 Democratic plat
form) will be soon forgotten
almost as soon as the platform
of 1932 was forgotten. Mr.
Roosevelt is again the nominee.
And Mr. Roosevelt, not the pro
lix statement adopted last night,
will be again, at he proved to
be after 1932, the Democratic
party's real platform.
New York Sunt The third
consecutive nomination of
(Continued eo Pace five.)
1
Muaaolini'a Fliers
Pull Boner; Bomb
Big Rock F or Ship
Athens. July 18. (U.R)
Greeks today Jocularly re
named a rocky, barren islet
Just south of Cephalonla
Inland "Hood Rock" after
Italian warplanes had bomb
ed it extensively in belief
that it was a British man of
war.
It was learned today that
Saturday the Greek naval
auxiliary vessel Orion was
bombed in mistaken belief it
was part of the British fleet.
The crew, which had aban
doned ship in panic, returned
to it when it was learned
that none of 60 bombs drop
ped had struck the vessel.
BOLTS ACCOUNT
THIRD TERM TRY
Washington. July 19. U.PJ
Sen. Edward R. Burke. D., Neb.,
a foe of the new deal, today
bolted the democratic party and
announced his support of the re
publican presidential candidate,
Wendell -L.. Wlllkie.
Burke sent a telegram to Wlll
kie at Colorado Springs, Colo.,
advising him that he would
work for his victory at the polls
In November.
Burke, who was elected to the
senate for the first time in 1934,
was defeated for renomination
this year in Nebraska primaries
by Gov. Roy L. Cochran.
'Thus only may we make cer
tain," Burke said, "that never
again will any party or any
individual be tempted to try to
overturn the wide precedent es
tablished by Washington, streng
thened by Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe and Jackson, and cher
ished by all Americans who
prize their freedom."
The telegram was the first ad
verse reaction here from con
servative members of the demo
cratic party to President Roose
velt's nomination for a third
term.
Another member of the Ne
braska congressional delegation,
Rep. Harry B. Coffee, a demo
crat and a frequent administra
tion opponent, joined Burke in
declaring he would not support
President Roosevelt for a third
term. He refused to say whether
he would vote for Wlllkie.
OF HABEAS CORPUS
IN BEHALF OF FEHL
Salem, Ore., July 18. (U.R)
A petition asking for a writ
of habeaus corpus on behalf of
former Jackson County Judge
Earl H. Fehl, who Is confined
to the state hospital here, was
on file today In the circuit court
of Judge L. H. McMahan.
Aski.- for an early hearing,
the petitloi. '-tatcs that Fehl is
now "sane and safe to be at
large" inasmuch as the original
observation and treatment pur
poses for which he was com
mitted "have been accomplish
ed." It was filed by Attorney
Roy R. Hewitt of Salem.
Hewitt also furnished the
court with copies of the original
committment order of Circuit
Judge Harry D. Norton of Jack
son county and other papers
dealing with the case.
Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt
of Multnomah county last June
. . . . ...
. .. ., , , ...j. "
will VII terminal eluuIIU"
Chlloquln, Ore., July 18, U.R
rire of undetermined origin
destroyed 37 empty mall bags In
the rear end of the postofflce
here last night. The building was
I undamaged.
Convention Windup
Due Tonight With
Talk by President
i Washington, July 18. (U.PJ President Roosevelt will address
the Democratic national convention at 9:00 o'clock E.S.T. (6
p. m. Pacific time) from the White House presenting his answer
to the third term nomination offered him last night. There was
virtually no. one who believed that Mr. Roosevelt would re
ject the nomination. The announcement was made by White)
House Secretary Stephen T. Early, who said that the hour of
the address now is official.
. By Lylo C. Wilson
United Press Staff Correspondent
Stadium, Chicago, July 18. (U.R) Administration manag
ers today picked the slate of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry
A. Wallace to carry democratic third term colors in the 1940
presidential race.
Word that President Roose-1
velt had approved choice of Wal-1
lace as his running mate swept !
ail serious vice-presidential con- j
tenders out of the race within
two hours and plans were quick- i
ly whipped up to conclude the
convention tonight with big :
democratic show. 1
F. R. Talk to Feature . .
The feature attraction will be
a radio address by President
Roosevelt from Washington in
which he speaks publicly for the
first time on the unprecedented
third term and the convention's
vote early today to draft him for
another campaign.
Before Mr. Roosevelt speaks
the convention will conclude all
other business.
It will meet at 6 p.m. (CST.)
and hear Wallace's name placed
In nomination.
The likelihood was that no
other name will be presented to
the convention, Jesse Jones of
Texas,, backed by National
Chairman James A. Farley, took
his name out of consideration as
did virtually all other conten
ders as rapidly as they learned
that Wallace was the president's
choice.
Yet or No Withheld
After a quick ballot or a mo
tion of unanimity the plan was
for Sen. James F. Byrnes of
South Carolina to read to the
convention a telegram from the
President acknowledging notifi
cation that he had been nomi
nated and thanking the conven
tion. The telegram, it was learned,
would not say yes-or-no. Thet
yes-or-no and no one here
doubted it would be anything
but yes will come in the Presi
dent's address.
The President's address will
follow immediately after the
reading of his telegram. It was
expected to be piped to the con
vention hall by radio or tele
phone line although there were
rumors around the convention
city of the possibility of a dra
matic last-minute airplane flight
from Washington and a personal
Roosevelt appearance at the
hall.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
left by airplane from New York
to be present at the session to
night and hear her husband's
address.
Belief In convention quarters
was that Wallace was picked by
the administration as a. counter
poise to the Republican No. 2
man, Charles L. McNary of Ore
gon. Both Wallace and. McNary
have made their record on aid
to agriculture. Both are regard
ed as vote-getters In the farm
belt.
Repercussions of tht conven
tion's unprecedented action
early today in voting a third
presidential candidacy to Mr.
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NAZIS NOT SURPRISED
BY DEMOS' DECISION
Berlin, July 18. 0JR Nazi
quarters said today that Pres-
I Ident Roosevelt's renomination
. . . , , . mrm
'Practically no new element
Is Introduced in tht foreign pol
itical situation," an authorized
Informant said, "since Mr.
Roosevflt's position is well
known.'
First Ballot
Chicago, July 18. (IP)
UP) Franklin D. Roosevelt
was renominated for presi
dent early today by a Demo
cratic national convention
which, with a thunderous dis
regard for precedent, flung
aside the 144-year-old two
term tradition.
The delegates gave him
946 13-30 votes on a first bal
lot roll call to collective
149 1-13 for four other can
didates. . - ....
Their votes:
James A. Farley 72 27-30.
Vice President Garner 61.
Senator . Millard Tydlngs,
014.
Secy. Cordell Hull 5 2-3.
Each of the others quickly
removed himself from the
field, and with a roar of ac
clamation the nomination was
made unanimous.
AT
ON POWER ISSUE
By Rex Ingraham.
Chicago. July 18. (AV-Tht
Democratic party formally en
tered the 1940 election cam
paign today with a platform,
pledging not to send American
troops overseas except in case
of attack and to give all con
sistent material aid to victim
of "ruthless aggtessors."
The party's national conven
tion shouted quick approval
last night of the platform.
Just before adoption of tht
Democratic platform. Rep. El
mer J. Ryan of Minnesota of
fered an amendment expressing
the view that no man should
be eligible for third term as
president.
Boos drowned out tht reta
in of tht proposal, which tht
delegates immediately howled
down by voice vote.
In their plank on electw
power tht Democrats thrust di
rectly at WendeU L. Wlllkie,
tht Republican presidential
nominee.
"The nomination of a utility
executive by tht Republican
party as Its presidential can
didate raises squarely tht is
sue, whether the nation's water
power shall be used for all tht
people or for the eelfisn inter
ests of the few," tht platform
said. "We accept that issue."
Tht Democrats re-endorsed
the administration's farm pro
gram and pledged themselves
to continue or broaden virtual
ly all Its phases.
They opposed lodging control
of federally-financed work re
lief in the states, contending
a Republican proposal to that
end "Is a thinly disguised plan
to put the unemployed back,
on tht dole." A national un
employment conference "under
the direction of tht President"
was recommended, to be at
tended by leaders of the gov
ernment, industry, labor and
farm groups.
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