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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940. G if MDFORDTRIBUNS MKnrmu hhintino on 96.27-29 Norm ptr St. Pbocn 9141 rf. HifcjKI W HUH I., IMlUM UN KMT OIIJTHAP. Unmm, Em- moon aat.r H4- ford, UrM. ifi(1r cl f t trk L 179 m.'HMCHIf I ION IATU r Mtil I Aivanci Diif tu4 mifly rii ....lit lilf tot. auniv moaths.. I Dftilv man lun1r ihrta month I Dliy n4 gin1r on monih,, f y Carnal- lu A4vaai MirMl Uod Cantr.,1 Point, Jaekonvli, O'.ltl HMk R ua fUvar. phoaala, TalanL nd h motor reutoci Dahr anil tfurel r f T . Pally iM Sunflar n mimth,,, .It All tartna aah fl vaao. Om-UI rapr art tit lily at MralfMal OfflriMi lwMf al JarkMta ltialy H fr.MttfaM it I Hfc AHHOI I A I K It PHfcJMI Rmlklni tut I Lauwd Mlr aWvlra. Th AuxniM rraa ia 4elaaiiy aatiilad t l um for pubiioatlo of all eova diapaicha trailiiod ta II ar athar via fx1iisv. to ihia p par. ar4 alaa la Uia imi oawa paaiian4 h oral a. Ail Mania for aoniicaiioa tflapatabo aaraia r aJa roaarvod. MEM 8 ICR OK UNITED PKEHE UCUHkH UK AUDI I BUREAU Or CIRCULATION Advarttalnc fUp.aaanUlltaa ttBtfT-HOL i.JDAV CUM PAN I. INa Offlaoa la Nw fork. Chieag. OatrelL Pranelaca Lo An !. Aaatti, pariUnL St Lut. Atlanta. Vanaour H C Ml funs I ATI Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur ferry. In the mldat of all the shoot ing and ihoutlng the world around, with nations In a quick step for war and ruin, shines a lone bright light of future hope and cheer. Sen. Rufus Holman (R-Ore.) announces in a formal press release "I shall vote for the election of Willkie and Mc Nary with enthusiasm ..." It was "with enthusiasm" many Oregon editors noted on their front pages the "enthusiasm" of Rufus. It is similar fervor that will cause proud parents to name the late September babies Wendell Willkie Jones. Herr Hitler Is now In France, and this Is viewed as a sign of mighty doings in the invasion of Britain. He may command the waters of the English channel to part and form a wall and paved highway for the Nazi hordes to march to the land of their hate. If such a miracle should come to pass they would need it most on the way back. Another finder of a hand some sum of money has been rewarded by the owner with a quarter. One of these days the tables will be turned. The finder will give the owner a dime. It now develops Secy. Ickes was In line to make money faster than votes for whoever he opposes by the sale of "im perforate stamps" (whatever they are) costing $82 SO for a profit of $187,417.50. The oldest Roosevelt boy, selling insurance, could have done no better. How Mr. Ickes can be so vocally mean with such prospects is smoothing for the books. Meet Olive Barber f.iifftMM Nrwa rolumnliit Who llt a Charr.r. "Thoughts while pitting cher ries on the front porch: Nice, this having something to do which requires no thought process; grab a handful of cherries out of the pail of water, pinch one slightly, out pops the seed; drop the pitlcss cherry in Abigail, the big mixing bowl: keep pits in loft hand until too many to hold comfortably, then cast them Into the little yellow ket tle. Over and over. Simple as that. "While I know positively that I haven't dropped a single seed, yet I know just as positively that some time this winter, most likely when we're entertaining the preacher, a cherry pit will turn up in each and every pie; and of course it will be his rev erence who will crunch down on the dental-shattering stone Over a period of twenty-five years, I've never known it to fail. "Here are two big red globules whose stems are united; I'll hang them over my car in the time-honored manner. Now I'm a Spanish senorita with a devas tating manner; let the senors pass this wav at their own risk. I'm slim and ynung and a dash ing brunette. Those who think ine Just another rotund, hc-spec-tacled matron domestically oc cupied are poor sticks with no Imagination. "Maybe the 'Tap-around' apron wasn't such a good idea, after all. II has an undecorous way of flipping open at the bot tom. Oh, well, what if it does, it's straining at a gnat and swat lowing a camel, to be shocked at a little unconventional display of knees through an apron and then never bat an ey at women in sun or bathing suits. Time people get a little i .'onable.' Vss Mail Tribuua wani sua. The Party Behind 3d Term CECRETARY ICKES certainly laid himself open when he made an issue of the characters of the two parties behind the respective candidates this year. Needless to say, the skipper of this column is no worshipper of any political organization per se, the Republican, Democratic or any other. But on the basis of party we do maintain there isn't an informed, right-thinking or self-respecting citizen in the country that would not prefer the Republican to the Demo cratic organization THIS YEAR. In fact, compared to the Roosevelt backing, the Willkie backing is lily-white and 102 pure. It is essentially, as the Republican candidate has main tained, a righteous crusade consecrated to the task of saving this democracy from bankruptcy, demorali zation and destruction. . Also the Willkie leaders ARE, by and large, AMATEURS, whereas the Roosevelt leaders are PROFESSIONALS, extremely cynical and venal ones. I ET the truth be told, for example, regarding the new leader of the DEMOCRATIC national com mittee, Ed Flynn of the Bronx, who will have charge of the 1940 Roosevelt campaign. How did he make his money? What connection did he have with the notorious "Dutch Schultz?" What are the charges an t z"1 . . 1 : - t xt-... v i- ua uuaiuia ui new i oik, uruugni against mm I uoes President Roosevelt endorse or repudiate the record of his new party leader? Then let the Republican candidate go to the record regarding Boss Hague of New Jersey, Boss Pendergast of Kansas City, Bosses Kelly and Nash of Chicago, all in excellent standing, as far as the Dem ocratic nominee and the third term campaign are concerned. LEST we again be misunderstood, let it be clearly ... ,.n Tfi HP i .' . T" - 1 - . r cjv.ai.eu nC mc x maintaining rresiueni rtoose velt is HIMSELF either dishonest or corrupt, on the contrary we regard him as essentially an honest and incorruptible citizen. But we ARE maintaining that in striking out for a third term he is not above ACCEPTING the support of Democratic bosses who ARE NOT, professional politicians, in fact, who ARE dishonest, who ARE cor rupt, who ARE not only affiliated with, but leaders of the most degraded, contemptible and criminal ring of political gangsters at large in the United States today! CO in bringing up the respective morals and merits of the two opposing parties this year, Secretary Ickes, certainly violated the principle that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. For neither he, nor any other defender of the present administration, can face the facts, and DENY that a VOte for thp npmrwatio pnnriirl;iti this year, means a vote to sustain and perpetuate, in the most populous districts of the land, the most unprinci pled, demoralizing and evil political forces, function- I u .! iL . Tf.'i. .1 Oi.i a it ... iiig in me uimeo. siaies at Pretty AS for the rest of the Ickes harangue,. Mr. Willkie " is entirely right in ignoring it. To attempt any answer would be akin to answer ing that familiar trick query of the shyster attorney: "Have you stopped beating your wife; answer yes or no!" Either answer, any answer, would incriminate. e e e e e 17E also share, and believe an overwhelming ma " jority of the people regardless of party share, the Republican candidate's feeling of genuine sur prise and regret that the President of this country should sanction such an undignified, scurrilous and cheap-skate attack. President Roosevelt knows, Mr. Ickes himself knows, EVERYONE who has made the slightest in vestigation of the Willkie record knows, there is, and has been, no more unrelenting enemy of Insull meth ods in the power business, and Tammany Hall meth ods in politics than Wendell Willkie. e e e e e IT may be true Mr. Willkie at one time praised Insull as a civic booster and brilliant promoter; Insull's bitterest enemy wouldn't deny it It may also be true that Mr. Willkie. a life-long Democrat and a public-spirited resident of New York, worked with members of Tammany Hall. for you can't do any effective political work in New York City, for that party without such association. But the Republican candidate first attracted na tional notice by his fight against Insull methods in public utilities, and the cornerstone of his political philosophy is, and always has been, in utter and com plete opposition to every principle and political j method that Tammany Hall represents. i e e e R. WILLKIE doesn't believe in universal public " ownership. He doesn't believe in the govern-' ment, through its taxing power or federal competi tion, running legitimate and law-abiding PRIVATE i business out of existence. I But he DOES believe tures like Bonneville and should be continued, and pointed out in his acceptance speech, in the rapid extension of cheap rural electrification. e e e e e SECRETARY ICKES knows this, so does the Presi ,lnnl Wl,,. ul,l.l At.. Willi Willi. i n4, ,-iiMMii .UI, ; I he ppoplo of the rountry I campaign is finished 1 ardent New Dealer, Mayor i Li l - tne present time. , Cheap! j that the government ven T. V. A., firmly established, he also believes, as he . II lllltv CH.H'P tu itn:wti. will know it before this , Personal Health Service Br WUllam Sl(nr lettm pertaining ta peroral health aotf h;g1en. o tflMM aiasncMlt or treatment, mil b an wired bj Dr. Brady ir a atamprtf aelt addrnaed enielopa u anrloard. Utters should be orter and written In Ink. Owlnf to tht larsa numbers ol letters merited only a few ran bt) answered. No reply tan be made to queries not conformlne to Instructions, address Dr. Hllllsra Bradj, tSS El Cam I no. Beterlj Hills. Calif. SALT AND Many tramps wet the bed, re marked Ernst von During years ago, not because they are tramps. They are tramps be cause they wet the bed. A sixteen-year-old boy nearly ready to g r a d u ate from high school began to consider running away because he was barred from f o Mowing a technical ca reer in which an opportunity was available, by the bed-wetting habit. The boy was able to understand that his trouble was not "weakness nor deficiency but merely a matter of habit. Physically and mental ly he was above the average. With the aid of simple regula tion of diet and an earnest en deavor on his owp part to gain better control over the function affected, and some routine med icatlon such as any doctor might prescribe in the circumstances. he succeeded in overcoming his handicap and continuing in his chosen career. Otherwise he might hav-3 become a tramp. A correspondent who does not give his age writes: "Ashamed that I continued at my age to wet the bed, I con ceived this plan to stop it Whenever I felt the call I would kick some stone, post or other object and purposely restrain or delay answering the call. After a while, even when asleep, the call would set me kicking and this would be sufficient to awaken me I have never wet the bed since." That is good psychology. The function of micturition is pri marily a reflex or automatic one which does not necessarily re quire conscious volition or con trol. It is natural for infants to wet their clothes when awake, the bed when asleep. Gaining conscious control over the act is a matter of training by con ditioning the reflex, as the nurse or mother teaches the infant eight or nine months old to as sociate emptying the bladder with sitting on chamber pot or small toilet seat where she places and supports the infant regularly every two hours thru the day: or as the correspond ent E. F. M. conditioned the re flex by kicking on some object whenever he felt the call. Restricting the fluid Intake Washington, D. C. Aug. 21. For the next few days this col umn will be devoted to the poli tical situation in Oregon as af fecting the presidential cam paign. The assumption that Ore gon will be carried by the Will-kie-McNary ticket because Ore gon's Charley McNary is the vice-presidential nominee Is challenged hy new dealers while some republicans express doubts when they think of the smash ing majorities Mr. Roosevelt has had in his two previous con tests. To get at the heart of the Ore gon situation opinions have been solicited and received from many of the smartest political observers In the state. These ob servers cover the range from labor leaders and labor rank and file to Jrffcrsonian demo crats, new dealers, oflice hold ers, professional and business men. practicing newspaper men and farmers. They constitute a cross section of the men (and women) who take an active in terest in matters political. A symposium of the views of this cross section should be a fair reflection of what is goins on In Oregon's composite mind politically. TltF first thlii that Impreeeea a iMtlng political writer Is the presrnoe everywhere of Wlllkle-Mc. Nary buttons and the absence of RtxNievelt buttons. In IPS a landoti Knov button was a rarity: It required fortitude and revsiesnneea to be seen wcsrinc one in that campaign tour years ao eery Orit-.'n htdhwsy car ried a a'.mm of traflir In which three out of every five cere carried a banner on the b-.imper proclaiming "Rooeexelt for President - The other two cars were not decorated with tandon streamers. It mev well be that the new drat orrfani.-aTio'i hss not h-rn furnuried th -vi I - -r.ivrr ..-d r:cl lrei of Mr : e.t ::--.. at thl tune (Auf jst 1.U lAej ware, as Brady. M. O. PSYCHOLOGY after S or 6 p.m. and then giving the child bedtime meal of bread or crackers (salty) and salty butter and either ham or corned beef or dried beef or pickled herring or salami the large amount of salt in such food serves to retain water in the tissues without causing much thirst, and the child sleeps the night thru without wetting the bed. An Italian pediatrist. Dr. G. Macciotta, reported in Pediatria (Naples) 11 1-'31 -that in many cases of bed-wetting the blood calcium was below normal, and this is commonly associated with a peculiar tendency toward spasmodic conditions. The ad ministration of calcium and vi tamin D to such children is like ly to give better results if the children also receive adequate daily rations of vitamin B com plex. The treatment of bed-wetting acquired, perhaps following some illness, years after a child has been "bed broken," Is a problem which demands medi cal attention and the first es sential of medical treatment in such cases is analysis of the urine. l ESTlONft AND ANSW ERS Uvea Husband suffered mucb In the past four summers from raw red spots on his akin with much burning and Itching and ararry looking welts. Altho he laughed at the Idea of taktne medicine. I finally persuaded him to try soluble potassium chloride you suggested in the pamphlet on hlvea. Relief waa almost Instanta neous and for the first time In warm weather he la free from any algna of the trouble. He ta grateful and so am I. Mrs. W. h.) Answer On request I am glad to send pamphlet on "Hires" and .'Re lief for AllerKT" the latter tells hew to use potaaslum chloride solution. Inclose stamped envelope bearing your address. How to Gain Weight I am happy to report that in less than three months I have gained IS pounds weight and now am nor mal for my height. I believe It la due to the vitamin B complex and vitamin D recommended In your ex cellent pamphlet. My general health and "vlte" are so much better, too. (Mrs. R. E. M.) Answer Thank you. Copy of "How to Oaln Welhf and booklet "Re. serve Power" mailed on request If you Inclose 10 cents coin and tamped envelope bearing your address. (Protected by John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note. Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. tVllllam Brady. M. D 2fiJ El Camlno. Beverly Hills Calif. stated, everywhere present on coat lapels, on automobiles and In the windows of homes. Visually, whatever the reason. Re publicans are making the beat display In Oregon at the moment. Possibly the kicking out of Jim Parley by the White House Inner circle and reorganisation of the national com mittee haa delayed the buttona and other display advertising. OBSERVERS state that business and profesaional men and their employes are practically 100 percent for Willkie and McNary. Thla waa not true in I93. At that time there waa little enthusiasm for the Landon Knox ticket; Landon did not click, and Knox (now In Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet l denounced without quallfl cation everything the Roosevelt ad ministration waa doing. Many busi. ness men approved of some new deal objectives. Republican party workers had little heart In the cauae. recog nising that they were doomed to defeat. Big business, which haa been whipping boy for the new deal. Is actually little business, for punish ments meted to so-called big busi ness haa hurt also the little fellow. In the past four years little buslneaa haa felt the restrictions which have curbed Initiative and handicapped expansion. These are matters which have changed the sentiment of the small merchant and shifted htm to the Republican aide. TROUBLES with labor have con tributed to costing Mr. Roosevelt much employer support. In Isrge pert this trouble haa come through gov ernment agencies, such aa the Na tional Labor Relations Board. There baa been general agreement on the Wagner labor act but the peculiar and frequently unfair dectetona or the board In administering the law are the seat of the dissatisfaction, and the board haa crested discord where formerly harmony and good will existed between trie bona and the workman. Theee are matters which dfd not enter Into the cam paign of !M but now must be reckoned with In a time when every vote counts. On the surfsce. therefore. It looks ss though the employing class Is with Willkie and McNary. This ts but one of several groups and is not sufficient of Itself to determine the outcome In Orcaron. Equally important are the farmers of Oregon, the Demo crats, and. of couroe. tabor, which haa more ballots to deliver than any other group. What experienced observers of eech of these groups think of the contest between the new deslers and the Republicans will be set down in order They voice the drlftwhet ever It t -f Oregon in the cam rs:n and can he arcrr.-j ss the considered judgment of db and Nominated To I ' Claude H. Wickard (right), Indiana farmer, was nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Henry A. Wallace (left) as secre tary of agriculture. Wallace is resigning to campaign for the vice presidency of the United States. women who know fields. their particular THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER (Continued from Page One.) now, decisively, to meet the threat we shall be too late." THE disparity haa always seemed completely fantastic, between the calm face shown to the world by the president, and the desperate private pessimism of every Informed man around htm. Proof was lacking that the president shared his advis ers' pessimism, until It waa supplied In the Bullitt speech. Certainly Uiere could be no better proof than the president's spproval of an unvar nished, unqualified prediction, by one of his own ambassadors and most Intimate friends, that within 13 months the American way, the Amer ican government, the very Independ ence of the American ' people, may all have fallen before the German onslaught. . The Bullitt speech, of course, seems to substantiate Wendell Winkle's charge of lack of candor In the president. There Is reason to hope, however, that the president himself will follow Bullitt In telling the people frankly what he believes to be the truth. Whether he does or no will depend, no doubt, on the total reaction to Bullitt. In the senate, news of what Bullitt aald In Philadelphia promptly touched off a violent demonstration. In which Senators Burton K. Wheeler, Bennett Chsmp Clsrk and other Isolationists joined In shouting for Bullitt's blood. Impeschment or both. In the country, on the contrary, the reaction appears to have been good, for both the White House end Bul litt's office at the state department have been deluged with approving telegrama. and editorial comment hsa generally been favorable. WHATEVER the president decides to do, Bullitt may be expected to carry on what he regards ss a vitally Important campaign to edu cate the American people. His gloom Is so complete that he haa told friends he very much doubts whether anything can be done to avert the peril ahead. He expecU Englsnd to go under without aid from this country. He questions whether the aid can be obtained In time. He la positively convinced that the de feat of England will soon be followed by a Oermsn attack on the I'm ted States. And he ts equally sure that our rearmament cannot be quirk enough to make really sure the ward ing oft of such an attack. Tet he also feels, as he puts It, thst It Is his Job to ' shinny on hla own side'" until the end of the game. Two questions remain. Why has not the president spoken out before? And are Bullitt and the president right In their dark views? To the first, only the president can supply I the answer, and to the aecond only ! - "',,u"uon ,ne IO"' earnings th, future, it must be said. how. J" ,ne "oosevelt family were ever, thst if trie senators who de-' ,i5,ed as a matter of interesting nounce Bullitt are right, they must I news, but only the methods of ce rlht by Instinct only. Bullitt, on the. two sons. particularly live other hand, haa all the ava labie I James, were in anv way critic'i mtormatton at hia disposal, and hs. ! cd. Mrs. Rooevelt In V?ct was Ihed close enough to the event to I form a competent Judgment. Before 1 they dismiss his warnings as foolish 9 . and groundless, the senators might i also remember, thst from the dav i when Bullitt exactly forecast the ' reaulta of the Versalllea treaty In ! Parle In 19 1 . he haa proved a sur- ' prlstnglv accurate, if often Irr.tatmg and Indiscreet prophet. Control Brush Fire i Bend. Aug. 21. V One! hundred and fifty men and mo- tonzed trenching equipment stemmed a 2000-acre fire today six rril-s east cf the twin ror thrrn K!a.natH co.'v towns of Gilchrist md Crescent. Succeed Wallace Communications Declares Editorials Unfair To the Editor: I desire to call attention to two instances in which the us ual spirit of fairness that char acterizes your editorials were missing. I refer to an editorial Inst week containing a list of the alleged earnings of the Roosevelt family, exclusive of the president, on the authority of an unnamed contributor. Eleanor Roosevelt, the only one on that list that th- president could be possibly held respons ible for, wa3 listed a earning $1,000,000 and over. Waiving the piffling and ri diculous contention that any Chief Executive should be re quired to certify to his financ ial integrity during his official incumbency, it seems to me in all fairness to the lady you have so frequently expressed admir ation for that you should have added that her earnings were disbursed to charitable under takings. All of the Eleanor Roosevelt earnings derived from public sources, with the excep tion of income tax deductions, have been donated to philan thropic enterprises and for a considerable period of time she even paid the income lax as sessments on same out of her private resources. The second instance has ref erence to Mr. Willkie's chal lenge to debate, covered by your Sunday editorial and in which you say: '-Well, why not? Abra ham Lincoln had time to debate with Senator Douglasx. why shouldn't ihe president?" That is certainly an unfair compari son and not a precedent as the famous Lincoln Doug'ass de bates took place in 1858 when both participants were renator ial candirintes and their debates were confined to the state of Illinois. Moreover, that occurod back in th circuit rider, poney express, tallow candle era when Edison and telegraphy were on ly fourteen years of age. tele phone, wireless, radio and air mail undreamed of and daily pa pers limited to metropolitan eastern centers. I can conceive of nothing that would be more gratifying to the totalitarian dictators, in the present crisis, than the spec tacle of the president engaged in the Nero-like fiddling of words incident to debate. Mr. Willkie having nothing else on his mind will have ample op portunity between now and November to demonstrate his forensic ability and all of which will not interfere with critical affairs of state. His 'Mein Kampf' to date, at least, indi cates that he is not afflicted with an inferiority complex. Fred Kelly, 911 Queen Anne Editors Note: In the editorl- :i ' . ,r , . lne TRY OUR HERBS -WHEN OTHERS FAIL Recommended f.w olds. Inflnena. rheumall.m. nerv or:n.r.,.ndmg",nd""" - The CHINA HERB CO. I lee A : r Mvn st. specifically exempted. The fact remains she has. during her eight years in the White Houso and because of that fact, earned approximately $1. 200.000. and according to our information, only the portion derived from radio broadcasts has been de voted to charity. Joins Jenkins Camp To the Editor: Congratulations on your re cent political editorials. They have been honest giving credit where credit is due and arriv. ing at the logical conclusion that Willkie is the man. I'm joining Frank Jenkins camp. An ex-Democrat, H. M. JOHNSON. Aug. 21. 135 N. Holly. Flight 0' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of the stall Tribune 10 and SO years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 21. 1930 (It was Thursday) Drouth conditions in Eastern Oregon are denied, and no fam ilies leave district. Dr. Spears, UofO. football coach on visit here says "pros pects are only fair for coming year." Local revellers in apartment house are fined $10 and costs. Start gathering tomato crop in Eden valley. Northwest rum czar contrib uted $250 to WCTU he testifies at federal trial for Volstead Act violation. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 21. 1920 (It was Saturday) Price of wheat drops as pcaca looms in Poland. American team in Olympics at Antwerp picked as winners. Democratic nominee Cox at tacks Senate stand on League of Nations. Bartlett shipments total 114 cars. to data The Page theater to be re modeled into modern movie by the George A. Hunt company, and opened for business Octo ber 1. President Wilson orders Po land not to send her army in war with Russia, beyond th "ethnographic boundaries." 'FIGURATIVE' KEY Salem, Aug. 21. f,p) Sen ator Charles L. McNary will be given tne key to the city when he arrives in Salem next Sun day for the ceremonies follow ing Tuesday when he will ac cept the Republican vice pres idential nomination. Mayor W. W. Chadwick was instructed by the city council to give the senator the key which will be a figurative one unless a real one is obtained. Wool Still Quiet Boston, Aug. 21. P)-(USDA) The Boston wool market con tinued quiet today. Your Vacation Will Be a Sue cess. It just has to be, if you'll J spend it t a la Ike Megntsint, Butt. Ceua Calilera.. icfiardson ; Mineral j Springs Z Evceflei rietel. Meals awe Certsees rtnng) Medfnrd rr-tn rls.lt). Recresbo eVlfure 4mi
