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MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNPAY, JULY 28, 1940.
TOWNSEND PLAN
HELD NEEDED AS
DEFENSE PHASE
Son of Pension Advocate Ad
dresses Large Meeting-
Contentment Seen Bui
wark.
Contented people, content be
cause they have work, plenty to
eat and wear and assurance of
security in old age, do not em
brace ideologies foreign to the
democratic conception of gov
ernment, Robert Townsend
secretary-treasurer of the Town
send National association, and
son of the founder of the plan
told an audience of approxi
mately 1000 Townsendites at
the high school Friday evening.
Declaring that while America
needs military defense, it also
needs the defense of content
ment as a bulwark against sub
versive forces which would
bore from within, capitalizing
on poverty and discontent, the
speaker cited the Townsend
plan as the best means of bring
ing about such universal well-
being.
Open to Propaganda
"Democracy," he said, "has
done little for over a third of
the population which lives in
poverty and uncertainty. If
these people are told a change
in governmental form will bring
them more, it is only natural for
them to listen to such propa
ganda. "In this country we have the
best form of government in ex
istence. We produce more than
enough food for all, we have an
abundance of everything that
makes life worth while, but our
distribution system is faulty; we
do not keep money in circula
tion so that all can buy the
things they need. The Townsend
plan would put money in circu
lation, make work for young
people and do away with pover
ty and with uncertainty for the
aged."
Before formal opening of the
meeting by William Perry, con
gressional district president, mu
sic was provided by Alexander's
stringed band, and by Rev. and
Mrs. D. E. Millard. Invocation
was given by Rev. R. W. Cole
man of the Christian church.
Officials Introduced
President Perry Introduced
Sheriff Syd I. Brown. Countv
Treasurer R. E. Sweeney, Coun
ty Judge J. B. Coleman and
Mayor C. C. Furnas, who were
seated on the platform with of
ficials of Townsend clubs of
this vicinity. Judge Coleman
welcomed the visiting Townsend
officials and members in behalf
of the county and city.
W. A. Sumner, state manager
for Southern Oregon, acting as
master of ceremonies, intro
duced Charles W. Wetterman,
state Townsend representative,
who following a short address,
introduced Robert Townsend,
speaker of the evening.
Large delegations were pres
ent from many clubs in South
ern Oregon and Northern California.
BUSINESS OFFICE
Business office of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany is being moved over the
week-end from its present loca
tion at 218 West Sixth to re
cently completed quarters in the
telephone building at Fifth and
Bartlett streets. It will be open
for service Monday, according to
R. B, Hammond, local manager.
Business office hours will be
from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. except
Saturday, when the office will
close at noon.
The new business office quar
ters, which will carry the ad
dress of 145 N. Bartlett street,
are of the latest design and will
have every convenience for serv
ing telephone users.
The business office move is
a part of the telephone com
pany's $200,000 improvement
program for Medford, which
will be culminated with con
version of the Medford ex
change to dial Saturday, Au
gust a. me Jacksonville ex
change also will be converted
to dial the same day.
New telephone directories for
Medford and Jacksonville, con
taining the new telephone num
bers for customers of both
exchanges as well as complete
instructions on how to use the
dial telephones will be off the
presses early this week, and
distribution is scheduled for
completion by next Thursday
or Friday.
E
ON JOBLESS LAW
I
GEO. HUNT GIVEN
'JOURNAL' PRAISE
Under the heading, "George
Hunt, Movie Blessing of Med
ford," the Orrgonian Saturday
aid. editorially:
"George Hunt, operator of a
theatre in Medford, is a bird
singing in the wilderness, an
oasis in the desert, a still small
voice in the roar of Armaged
don and, as such, he deserves
credit, without further mixing
of metaphors. He said:
"The theatre la primarily a
medium of entertainment, and
I believe the current Influx of
war pictures is not in that cate
gory." So he eliminates war scenes
from the news reels and tries
to book comedies and cartoons
in thetr place.
"People attend the theatre to
relax and enjoy themselves."
lie says, "and with the present
flood of nerve-Jangling war re
leases it is quite difficult to do
this."
George Hunt's theatre in
Medford must be a nice place
of release from a world In which
the eye and ear are under In
cessant barrage of war and ru
mor of war.
George Hunt and a few more
Mickey Mouse comedies help
restore sanity in the mid.it of
war hysteria."
Eleven arrests were made by
state police Friday night as they
carried on a four-hour traffic
check of 806 vehicles. Besides
the 11 citations, warning were
given 185 motorists for minor
violations.
Most of the 11 arrests were
for no operator's licenses and
for improper lights, and the
majority of the warnings were
for improper lights and to non
resident motorists for failure
to obtain registration stickers.
Fifty-five non-residents were in
structed to register.
JUDGE SWEEK 10
HEAR FEHL III
Salem, July 27. UPiCAtcuH
Judge Calvin L. Sweek of Pen
dleton was assigned to the
Marion county bench by the
supreme court today to hear
three cases, first of which is
the second petition of Earl Fehl,
former Jackson county Judge,
for a writ of habeas corpus for
his release from the Oreeon
state hospital. Fchl's first such
petition here recently was held
insufficient.
Judge Sweek will hear the
Fehl matter Tuesday.
Manufacturing Of
Ermine Coat Shown
In Arista Window
The historv nf an ,rmi,. nDt
showing the skins in the vari
ous manufacturing stages, forms
an unusual window display at
the Arista Fur store.
The coat is being made from
fine Lasky ermine skins from
the Laskv nrnvlnr in u,.,.;.
The window display shows the
vast amount of time and pa
tience necessary tn mnlr Dn ....
mine coat. There will be approx
imately 175 skins and two miles
of thread in the finished cont.
There are also an uncounted
number of pins necessary to hold
uie ooay oi we coat on the
board to straighten the seams.
The Arista display offers the
people of the Rogue river val
ley the rare opportunity to see
an interesting manufacturing
process that is seldom shown
to the public.
Destroyers Dtpart
Portland, July 27. i.-Ti Two
destroyers, the Crane and Ken
nison. carrying 148 naval re
servists for two-week training
cruises off the west coast, left
today.
Tf nrffan I ?H lahnr'a nrntvitMl
changes to the unemployment
compensation act were enacted
Intn lfcri1nt inn that mniirm mtafm
of Oregon would be unionized,
inaries i. Haas, Portland attor
ney and a director of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce,
tntH A ffrmin nt Minlnvm a ,
a ennfprenp in th Hntol .lurk.
son Frlriav nioht Th .nnf.p.
ence was sponsored by the Asso
ciated employers of Oregon and
was the fifth held throughout
the state.
Only 35 oersons attended the
conference, including Dan Hay,
executive manager of the Asm.
elated Employers, his program
speakers and a number of busi
ness men from Grants Pass. Mr.
Hay chided Medford on the poor
attendance, declaring that em
ployers turned out In large
numbers for the conferences in
the other four cities. At the
end of the conference Mr. Hay
said the organization of em
ployers would have to be built
up to a stronger unit here.
Mr. Haas also expressed dis
appointment over the attend
ance, calling it "pitiful." He
said, humorously, that he had
often heard it said Medford was
in California and added that the
"poor attendance makes it look
as though it is."
Mr. Haas analyzed the com
pensation act resolutions arinnt.
ed by the State Federation nf
Labor at its convention in Klam
ath Falls some weeks ago and
gave his interpretation of what
would happen if they were put
into effect.
Mr. Haas gave it as his nnln.
ion that social semritv i-h.n.
proposed in Washington, D. C,
were even worse and he urged
all employers to remain alort
and tell their legislators what
mey want in the way of legislation.
Virgil Sexton, chief taii.n.
cian and supervisor of research
tor me state unemployment
compensation commission. cnv
a review of the methods em
ployed under the "merit r.ilina"
system, told of the statistical
technique used and described a
siuoy now being made in search
of a possibly more equitable
method of imnoslni! eninlnvpr
payments.
Ralph H. Camnhrll n
sistant attorney-general assign.!
as counsel to the unemployment
compensation commission, told
of the complexities of social
security legislation and admin
istration and emphasized that
employe cooperation is a re
quisite in attaining the aims of
the law. He said that the inten
tion of social security legislation
is to "demobilize the
relief" and to stabilize employ-
.iiii. me uregon law, he de
clared, "is as good a law as
we can have under our limited
experience."
Mr. Campbell indicated Inci
dentally that he planned to r.
sign soon as commission counsel.
uer me formal talks a ques
tion hour was held inH .
ber of questions were threshed
Ulll.
Edward Heydcnburk of Grants
Pass, a director of the Associ
ated Employers, presided.
Red Leader Beaten
Princeton, W. Va., July 27.
tfrt Louis Fleischer, attorney
for the national campaign com
mittee of the Communist party
was waylaid and beaten by a
group of men as he left the
courtroom yesterday after de
fending the signer of a Com
munist petition. Sheriff II. H.
Criunpcckcr reported.
Dun Upheld
Portland, July 27 (,P( ray
ment of dues to the Association
of Oregon Counties out nf
Multnomah county treasury was
sanctioned by Circuit Judge Al
fred P. Dobson yesterday
Obituary
Silas Obenchain
Klamath Falls, July 27. (f,
Silas Obcnchain, 76, resident of
Klamath county for 54 years
died here last night after a short
illness. He served two terms as
sheriff and one term as county
commissioner.
Hold Rumanian Ships
London, July 27. .4) ln.
lormeo circles confirmed today
Rumanian reports that three
Rumanian ships have been
seized by British authorities at
Port Said. Egypt.
Refreshing Invigorating
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FOR KILLING DAD
Reldsville, N. C, July 27.
VP) A coroner's Jury exoner
ated tonight a 15-year-old farm
boy who said he shot and killed
his father to prevent him from
striking his mother with an iron
pipe during a drunken rage.
The boy was Louis L. Pruitt.
and his father was Louis D.
Pruitt. 38-year-old farmer of
the Ma field community. The
boy and other members of the
family said the senior Pruitt,
father of 10 children, threat
ened them during an all-night
drunk last night.
This morning, they said, the
senior Pruitt resumed a quar
rel with his wife and was about
to hit her with the pipe when
his 15-year-old son grabbed the
shotgun and fatally wounded
him.
The United States has a
larger number of high-speed
passenger trains that any other
country in the world.
FEDERAL WORKERS
ASK BACK WAGES
Portland, July 27. (JP) Ore
gon federal employes, in state
convention today, adopted a
resolution asking federal work
ers be given payment for ac
cumulated leave in case they
were called to military service.
The U. S. workers of the
state elected L. J. Canfield.
Portland, president; Clarence K.
1 Rand, Roseburg, vice-president;
C. E. Mounsey, Portland, secretary-treasurer.
Biofi's Plea Denied
Chicago, July 27. Wil
liam Bioff's third petition for a
writ of habeas corpus was re
jected today, leaving the Holly
wood labor leader still confined
in the Cook county jail.
Izaak Walton convention yesterday.
POISON OAK?
Try a bottle ot ZEMACOL
Voa must be satisfied or jour money
cheerfully refunded. Gel a but l la
today at WtSltHN THRIFT.
Stat Lines Handicap
Tillamook, July 27. OR
State lines are more of a hand
icap than state anti-stream pol
lution legislation can overcome,
National Vice President W. L
iFinley, Portland, told the State
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