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PAGE PIT MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1940. MedfordTeibuni 1& -2720 NortU pu Si. Pboo 2141 lt.ftsl.Ki W AIIUU KlllOf BB.HF.it ft OllSTHAl MUr. CuirM m tiwn-iaw matiw at 114 lard. Urfftv . Act W k rk I. lilt UKMLKIKIIUN MTU Bt MUI Artooi Otiijr d uiiii u rr Daily tad ua'iir-i woaiba.. I Daily hraa mauiha I Pally a ettftMe-r awa manlb.. Ta y Carries- In A 'I fat 4. -UntL Oantral Paiab Jaekannvllia. Ofl4 HML It aua Rlw. Pboaala. Talaat aod aa motor routoi Daily and tjtly na yaar. . ...II.M Dally au1 Sunday ana month... .t Ail larma tea ) adaaaa Offlrlal Capor al tba My af MrcJIW OfMHal I'apar al Jarkav Caaaly MKMHfcMO I UK AttMUl I A I fell fttU atacalvlat full Lird Wlra eWr-ica. TNa Aaanciatad fraa la c!aalaiy aatiilad ta ina aaa foi puaitaaUoa af ail aawa dupaichaa aradiiad ta II ar athar laa aradiiad ta ifua pa par. and aiaa ca th imu aawa aablianad harala. an riahia for aublieatioa af tlapatahaa aaraia ara Aiaa raaaraad. MbfAtUICR Or UNITED rHCM msuhcr up auurr uuncAU or CJBUULATION Advarilalng Raa,aaaatatlaa tVBdT'MUl UDAV COMPANf. INU Offlaaa ta Naw fork. Chioafa. Uatrail aa rranelaoa, Laa Anfalaa. ftaa'tlA, rartlaad. L Laa it Atlanta. Vaaaauaar B C Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur ferry. Th. iminl shortage of water, and surplus of wind for this time of year now prevails here. Seven years of depression have "failed to Impair the na tional health." a survey shows. This is no surprise, considering the number still braving the rigors of riding in old cars. Meet Ad Schuster (En-Local Boy) . Concoeter of "The other relloW la the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune. Cleanliness in college athletics is another thing great number of people are for until someone undertakes to do something to produce it. Misted the Spinach "Th nrinrlnal German activ ity today was the dropping of some 200 incendiary bombs on the countryside, possibly with the Intention ot damaging Orn ish crops." A. P. Dispatch. The war has reached a deadly pass, They're bombing peas and cab bage grass. And Sussex farmers, white as sheets. Are building shelters for their beets. Poor England nowl Those thoughtless Bosch Have ruined all her crook-necked squashl A Messerschmidt In fury dives And devastates a bed of chives; But, fie on them, and damn their Junkers! The soya beans are safe in bunkers. The corn is coming up but sparsely, England's sunk she's out of parsley. And the war on food hits an other front! Italy's Minister of Corporations has announced it will decree a standard type of spaghetti for the whole country. We have always thought the chief virtues of spaghetti, save for Its courageous incentive to ward a lifting of the chin while eating, were In its variety and confusion and have admired cer tain experts who could tackle deftly hundreds of Individualistic samples. Standardized spaghetti will be a blow to competition. acrobatics and surprise In the dining rooms. Query The world, it gets no better, It's out for loot and pelf; The world, it gets no better And how about yourself? Those Strang Dutch Recently the burgomastrr of Amsterdam issued a proclama tion in which he said: "I notice that everyone is not conducting himself correctly and respectfully toward the German Army of Occupation." Good Old Days Do you listen to amateur hours on the radio? Are you fond of crooners? Maybe you will be Interested in this: Back In 1733. one David Bond was suspended from membership In the First Congregational Church of Boston because the members "In solemn delibera tion determined that he had been singing above the pitch." Tourist reoorts this sicn on a motor camp: "All beds have inner-spring mattresses and are equipped with hot and cold run ning water." Isaac Newton. In 1668. con structed the first reflecting telescope. Editorial Correspondence 1 OOINO UP Why don't more people get up thii time of year with the tin! It's the most stimulating and beautiful time of the day, and close to the most beautiful time of the year! The answer probablv is, they don't HAVE to. Well we had to, to reach Salem in time for the McNary luncheon, and as far aa that goes, were glad more people haven't the habit. For one of the great charms of the very early morn ing ii the peace and quiet all about you. The outstanding ad vantage from a motoring standpoint, moreover, is the absence of ears. Left Medfnrd at 20 to 6 and never met a ear until we hit the bend at Rogue Iiiver. And then only one, all the way to the Pass. Nice looking eowa and calves in the dewey fields along the way, quietly grazing. We know only a few people who would like to do that, start eating with the sunrise and keep it up steadily until sunset, (Only one, in fact. And probably after eating steadily for three hours even he would have to quit.) Unlike the present atate of the world the Pacific Highway ia slowly but surely getting better and better. A decided im provement just this side of Grants Pass, with the old right-angled curve and narrow highway taken out. Wonder how long it will be before the Highway Commission will pay some atten tion to the antiquated and dangerous section from Central Point to Savage Rapids! They are making a similar improvement entering Cottage Grove, sending the highway straight through instead of around the block. And perhaps Drain will be next. Sometime, oh probably about the close of Wendell Willkie'g second term (he will of course observe the tradition against a third one!) there will be a uniformly modern highway all the way from Ashland to Oregon City. A big banner across the Highway as one motors into Salem reads "This is the home of Senator Charles L. McN'ary, candi date for Vice-President on the Republican ticket!" The banner must have been up for some time, for it is dirty and bedraggled, badly in need of a wash. The fields and orchards around about are in a similar state, Salem must have been the victim of a drought. (How about that irrigation sys tem for the Willamette?) Made better time than expected, walked into the new capitol building at 11:20 a. m. to procure a duplicate driver's license. Some night prowler on the Michigan Central betweeu Ituffalo and New York liked the looks of ourn so well he KEPT it! "Fir Cone," Senator McN'ary 'g ranch home, is nearer Salem than we expected, only a few minutes' drive at a leisurely pace on the Newberg road. We expected more banners and even a few peanut and pink lemonade stands perhaps, but only a lone state policeman at the entrance marked it off from all the rest. that and rather a better kept orchard, with the soil between the filbert trees a uniform gray granulated, weedlcss mulch. No imposing iron gntes or high privet hedges covering barbed wire, as at the President's Hvde Tark summer place! No dog AT ALL, in fact. A heavily-tanned rnncli hand, with sleeves rolled up pointed out a parking place under the trees in the orchard not far from the house. We were enrly, only a few cars had arrived. L'pon the sloping lawn to the bungalow, shaded by huge trees, there were a few groups of men, engaged in that form of desul tory conversation common to strangers who have time to kill before the eating starts. There were several army officers among them, in bright silver and freshup pressed khaki, also a Catholic priest, no one we knew, so we strolled on down the drive and back of the house where we tried to make friends with Charlnttc'a "Shetland" pony who was busily munching grass on the terrace. Not much of a success. In fact, we were wondering if "horse bites editor" wouldn't make the front page of the Oregonian when a cheerfill greeting behind us caused us to turn and there was Salem's "Charley Mac," coming off the side porch with his usual smile, bow tie and extended mitt. Yes. it was just as informal as that, from soup to nuts. In fnct, as far as we could make out, there was no FORM to it. (By the way, whv are Shetland ponies so uniformly crabbed and cross, is it the pigmy complex!) On the other side of the trout stream in another green, open space under even larger and more stately trees, three long rows of tables were set, and without any announcement, that we could hear at least, the crowd of two or three hundred men (with a few women sprinkled here and there) filed in, took their seats and started to cut. Huge salmon bakej in a live coal trench, equally huge baked potatoes, cold chicken and turkev formed the piece de resistance. There was one colored man in the group with a clever "Coqiieliii" face, rer-resentine a Mid-Western newscaner. some. one said, but we were unable to vie can imagine how one white newspaper man might feel, entirely surrounded by colored people", but if our dusky con temporary felt conspicuous Pr ill at ease, he certainly' never showed it. From start to finish he appeared to be having the time of his life, so we guess W. and M. will get one colored vote at least ! This was a luncheon for the notification committee and the press, but there were a few other notables, of course. several ironi Washington state and the gresarious General tieorse White of Oregon, with no insignia or medals on him this time, but in mufti (or whatever the proper military term for a double breasted SKY-ilM'K business suit may he!)' If any daily newspaper lads from the great state of Oregon failed to get in on tliis charming "al fresco" gathering, we failed to note them. Editors (iroen of Ashland and Powell of Central Point were on hand. and our own Herb Grey who is on his annual vacation took time off from chauffeuring the family, to break hrend with "Charley Mac." There is one disadvantage in being a member of the press. Political notables nt su.-h a time as this are invariably opti mistic when talking to the Fourth Estate. just why it is we don't know, but they all behave precisely like prire fight managers, on the eve of the big event. lid you ever hear a prie fight manager say his boy would probably be knocked out in the first round, or at best the sec ond? NEVER! No matter if tiargantua the Ape were the op ponent, it's curtains for tiargantua in the fourth or fifth. There ere a number of prominent Republicans on hand, including Congressman .loe Martin, chairman of the National Committer; Senator Townsend of Delaware, chairman of the Republican campaign committee. Governor Stassen of Minne sota the original Willkie man (there are about :!.(H0.P0 pre tenders to the title ami they were all outwardly as optimistic regarding the result of the election, as so many Rogue fruit men during the htsom season in a frostless Spring. Nothing to it. in fa -t ! It's Willkie ami McNary in a walk! What these notables REALLY think, or what they talk in the bosom of the lodge, or when they are asleep, we don't know and will prob.ibly nAer have an opportunity to find out. But we ARE certain of this, they are not half as cocky and confident as they inske out. when the press is in ear shot. They can't be. i And n far as that goes. !, can anjonc KNOW" how the people of this state. or any other, ire going to Tote in No ttuiber, whea the ,et'jle themceht DON'T.) identify him further. 1 Personal Health Service Br WlUUm lined letters portalalni to pmonal health ane hjflea. hot 10 tttMM 4ISfnoli or treatment, mil ha oueaaree) he Or. Brad; If stamped tell sddretaed rntelopa U enrloaed. Letter ahould ha urlef and written In Ink. Onlni to tba Ursa numbers of letters resetted only a few can bo answered. No reply ean be made to querlet not conforming to Instructions, addreaa pr. niutam Brad;, 26S El Cam I no, Beverly UUU. Calif. PREVENTION OT ALLERGIC REACTION Tn the ' eight-page pamphlet 'The Calcium Shortage" (ask for copy and inclose stamped envelope bearing your address) I mention, among condi tions which seem to be caused by cal cium shortage and which re spond well to calcium feed ing, hay fever, bronchial as thma, hyperes thetic rhinitis, r h I n o r r hea rwaterlng at the nose for no apparent reas on, just cussedness), recurring hives, angioneurotic edema (gi ant hives), tetany, periodic sick headache (migraine), ordinary so-called neuralgic headaches, moist or weeping eczema, recur ring chilblains, delayed clotting of blood, hypersensitivity or un due excitability of nerve fibres and nerve centers. Along with the calcium, whether you get it in food, medicine or water, of course you need enough vita min D, whether you get it in food, medicine or from the ac tion of direct sunlight on your bare skin, to insure assimilation and utilization of the calcium. Then I have another pamph let "Relief for Allergy" which tells all I know about the use of potassium chloride. If you mention it, a copy of this will be included with the calcium pamphlet with my best wishes provided you have not omitted the indispensable stamped ad dressed envelope. A reader gives a good Idea of the way potassium chloride works: "I sing and speak, but due to a bad throat 'infection' it seemed I would have to give up this work. The 'infection' was getting worse. Every morning my throat was chok ed up with thick stuff that almost strangled me. I had been skin-tested for allergies following a round of giant hives, but no one ever sug gested that the throat condi tion was allergic. I had had a course of autogenous vaccine for the throat trouble, with no apparent benefit. Imagine my Joy when, after the first few doses of potassium chloride soluble I awakened with a clear throat! Now I'm singing more and carrying lead roles and using my throat in other ways more than ever and have no trouble at all to speak of. My allergy proved Salem. Ore.. Aug. 28. No part of Senator Charles L. Mc Nary's acceptance speech re ceived closer attention In the Pacific northwest than his state ment on hydroelectric power. Utility cxecusives from the At lantic to the Pacific were at the radio listening, for McNary. who is power-minded, was dealing with a major subject that had been avoided by Wendell Willkie ! in his acceptance speech and j which Alf Landon. four years ago. dodged. Senator McNary ; dragged the power issue out into j the open, held it up for all to see, I and enunciated his views as to the government's relation to power and private utilities. I Less than a week ago efforts were made to learn what Mc-! Nary would say on power. It j was even hinted that the sub ject might be ignored and tliCj theme of the speech be asricul-j j ture. As Willkie had been a utility executive some apprehen-, 1 sion was felt that perhaps Mc-I Nary might say something that would embarrass the candidate.; j On the other hand, certain: power enthusiasts In the north-, : west were afraid McNary would pass over the subject, as Willkie had, and one editor in the Grand l Coulee area proposed chartering ; a plane and (lying to McN'ary's j farm to urge an expression on public power. I ' THE principle on power enunciated by Benitor McNanr ar baaed on ' eta of ronr.rrM and court decitloni 1 until they tanj cryvtat clear. The 1 1 Oregon aenatnr documented every 1 1 statement in hit add re A preview j of thta part of the apeech re(J and I analyzed by Nebraska t Norr.t. bent ' advertised champion of puKic power. I drew from that e der atateamtn the 1 Utrrtnl t:iat It tie het and nwt rnpii'i.-t ftinr.f.i". n rn trte I poTor qu.'5'.it-n that he had ver ' ra4- Noma, by Uit aj', u auipart 1 ii . . V, i Brady - H. D. to be cottonseed oil and one gets that so often nowadays when eating out. I now carry along two five-grain tablets of potassium chloride soluble, and drop them in my glass of water, drink it and go my way rejoicing. I shall always be grateful to you for this suggestion." Calcium feeding to correct the nutritional deficiency re sponsible for allergy. Potassium chloride merely to relieve, or perhaps to prevent the manifes tation of allergy. Physiologists say potassium chloride acts somewhat as adrenalin does in the system. All I know is that a dose now and then can do no harm in any circumstance. QIESTIOSS AND ANSWERS Something to Brag About I am past 72. and while not brag ging I am tn better health than moat men 10 years my Junior. I enjoy plain wheat (cooked) In place of fancy "breakfast foods" every day. and I eat also half a donen of the B-complex and D tablets you sug gested. (R. s. H ) Answer Millions of people of your age would enjoy better health If they ato plain wheat dally Instead of refined Hour products. On request, accompanied with stamped envelope bearing your address. I am (lad to send monograph "Wheat to Eat" which telia bow to use plain wheat In tho everyday dietary. Firm Should a young woman wear a tight brassier at night tn order to retain a firm bust? (Hiss E. R.) Answer No, nor in the daytime either. Regular dally exercise, such sa the movements of tho Last Brady Symphony, will preserve the figure. Tight garments or apUnta or braces produce flabblness. Easy to Take How In the world can a person take 100,000 units of vitamin A or 300.000 units of vitamin D In a day. aa you have suggested on various occasions? (Mrs. T. 8. A.) Answer It Is easy enough to swal low four little capsules of vitamin A. each containing 39.000 units, or four capsules of vitamin D, each contain ing 60,000 units the whole works would make one good swallow. Or take two after breakfast, two after supper. Corn Collodion I think you advised flexible collo dion, but drug firm where I tried to buy your corn remedy Insists it is plain collodion. (N. T.I Answer I suggest painting com. wart or callus once dally for week or two with SO grains of salicylic acid dissolved In one-half ounce of flexible collodion. (Protected by John T. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note. Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D.. IHi El Camtno. Beverly Hills Calif. ln(c tha new deal ticket aa the admlnlatratton of TV A named NoitIb dam aa a monument to him. It la the government's responal blllty to aasure navigation and con trol floods. Prom dama for thla purpose cornea aa a byproduct power. ay McNary. Congress has given ths public preferential rlghta on power generated from navigable streams. Having made thla power available, th government should hav an in disputable right to control tta utlll zation and distribution. Maximum benefits for domestic consumers, farmers and small users of power should be the. yardstick by which ws measure the usefulness and serv Icablllty of every federal development. Rates should be maintained at the lowest level consistent with sound amortization. In other words, the government having created the power can dispose of it tn any manner which will be for the general welfare and at the lowest possible rates which win pro vide for repayment of the cost of th project. That la Bonneville in a nutshell. SENATOR Mr NARY 'a position on whether th government should crowd out private companies is aa plain aa he can write it. Where thr is an Irreconcilable conflict between public and private Interests. priva;e holdings should not be con fiscated. The senator cited as prece dent for this the purchase of private companies by TV A. This precedent should be noted in the current sgi tatlon In Oregon and Washington, where groups are seeking to crush private companies by dismembering them piecemeal and proposing com pensation which la allegedly confis catory, Juatlflcatton for the Boulder canyon dam and Bonneville dam la given by aVnator McNary in the assertion that thee projecta are liquidating their commitments to the gornmnt. He expects Grand Coulee, rort Peck and similar projects to repay their costs to the federal treasurr in the coming yesrs as Bonneville and Boulder are now starting to do. The senator definitely place him self on record aa favoring further power development on atreams of the north weat presumably In accord with the comprehensive plan of army engineers for the Columbia. Wil lamette and other rivers. THIS position on power defends government hydroelectric develop, ment incidental to navigation and flood control: upholds the govern ment's rvht to control and distribute luch power: the contention of ad?o ca'ea of government ownership. At the same tirra McNary opposes tha government aq llrlng pri ate prop erties at leas than fair compensation which should satisfy utility txeeu ttves seeking to protect their stock holders. NOTE The second aluminum com pany (Identified at present as X) which is considering establishing a 5.000.000 plant In Portland area ta making progress in survey snd Is expected soon to approach Adminis trator Raver of Bonneville to discuss power requirements. The company will need about 82.000 kilowatts. THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT XINTNER iConunued from Page One.) "We must keep our liberty. Fighting for that, what doea It matter It we get a bullet or so under our skins!" The crowd turn Into a cheer and Raynaud waa wiping hia eyes aa the crowd moved, on. The second episode occurred on the day of the last French appeal for American aid a message addressed by Reynaud to the president, which has not yet been published. The night before, after ths appeal had been drafted, the premier had driven into -Bordeaux to make a radio ad dresa to the French people. He re turned late to the chateau outside the city, where he waa established with the celebrated Comtesse De Porte. The next morning Ambassador to Poland Anthony J. Drexel Blddle. then acting aa American representa tive at Bordeaux, arrived at the cha teau rather early to get the appeal. Reynaud had to be waked to receive him. Reynaud, In hie dressing-gown, greeted the Immaculate Blddle tn the salon of the chateau. Tbe two men talked for a few mlnutea of the des perate state of affaire. Then Blddle reminded Reynaud that facilities were poor, and that it would take aome time to get the appeal on the wire for Washington. At the mention of the appeal. Reynaud looked puz zled for an Instant, said he could not remember wnere he had left It; then remarked that he believed the Com tesse De Porte must have It. She was sent for, and appeared In the salon, still In pajamas, with the document In her hand. The Comtesse De Porto is dead, killed In the same motor accident from which Reynaud emerged a badly Injured and a broken man. Neither la any longer a significant figure. Yet when a wise American heard the two tale not long ago In Washing ton, he remarked grimly, "those have a moral for us. Like the French peo ple, our peoplo are all right. And while we do not have any Holene De Portea In Washington, we have our own disease of wishful thinking, which poor Reynaud was certainly not troubled by." Indeed, what troubled Reynaud far more than the Influence of the Com tesse De Porte was a sort of political paralysis which does also afflict American leaders. After It began to seem probable that the battle of France was lost, he could do nothing but make speeches and draft mean ingless pleas for aid from the United States. Although he was defense min ister, war minister, foreign minister and prime minister simultaneously, he found himself unable to rally the strength of France. He personally wished to continue the war, removing the government to Algeria If neces sary, and at least protecting the Eng lish flank in the Mediterranean. He might have done ao. for although there waa a narrow majority In the cabinet against him. he had with him President Albert Lebrun. Herrlot. the speaker of the chamber of deputies and the president of the senate. The meana to escape existed, for Jean Monnet. head of the Anglo-French Joint economic warfare board, brought the English clipper plane, the Clare, to Bordeaux for the purpose. But Reynaud let the Pctaln minis try come In because he thought the German armistice terms would be too severe, that Prtain would fall, and that he himself could return to power with renewed support. It waa a politician's Ulck. Unfortunately. In such tlmrs ss these, even the smart eat politicians' tricks no longer work. By Frank Jenkins pHARLEY McNary, in his ac- ceptance speech at Salem today (Tuesday), makes plain the division of labor that has been agreed upon between him and Willkie. He will talk to the WEST, whose problems he knows, leav ing to Willkie the Job of talking to the nation as a whole. A GRICVLTURE. power and " timber thrse are Me Nary'a themes. He Is familiar with them all. and in his 2:t years in the senate he has had a finger in them all rather an important finger. With Representative Haugen. he was the author of the first farm air legislation. Hindsight tells us now that if the Mc.Nary Haugen bill had been enacted into law (instead of being twice vetoed) American agriculture would be better off today. McNary of Oregon was iarse Iv rrpon?ible for Bonneville dar.v McNary hja hai a hand in the shaping of most of the In The ;DaS--f q News'- federal legislation designed to! aid and stabilize the western in dustries built upon the use of timber. He knows the West. AS ta agriculture end the New Deal. llrNirv says: -With one hand the Hew Deal pars farmers not to sow and reap: with the other It lowers tariff bar riers so that foreign trope UNDER SELL our own in our own MARKET." McNary aaya that la unsound. If you are a farmer, you know It Is unsound. Without eockaurely offering a sure fire remedy, ha save: "The McNary Haugen act was at least a system enabling ua to export without Injur ing the domestlo price level." BY way of aummlng up. ha aays: "During the seven New Deal or lean years, the farmer's Income. INCLUDINO BENEFIT PAYMENTS, has averaged aeven billion dollars. During the preceding aeven or Re publican years, the farmer's Income averaged NINE billion dollars even with disastrous 1932 Included." AS to power McNary, seeing eye-to-eye with Willkie. Is for full and Intelligent use of great govern ment projecta such as Bonneville and Grand Coulee without recklessly de straying private Investment. This writer believed from the ,ftrst that McNary waa the best choice the Republican party could make for vice-president, and Is even aurer of It row. AS to the campaign that la now beginning In earnest. Governor Stasaen of Minnesota, flying to Salem to fcear the McNary acceptance speech, says: "Thla movement for Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary la a CRUSADE, not a political campaign. Everywhere I find men and women stepping for ward as volunteers not In the cam paign but In the crusade." THAT, In this wrlter'a judgment, TELLS THE STORY. In thla movement for Wlllkte and McNary,. there can be none of the old-time beating of the party drums, none of the old-time appeala to aet on the band-wagon, none of the ancient ballyhoo. It la a crusade, atartlng with frightful odds against It. for Ideals that people believe In and ara willing to make aacrlflcea for. Flight (V Time Medford and Jackson County History from the flies of the .Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 28, 1930 (It was Friday) Ford Potter of Sams Valley finds bee-tree that yields 150 pounds of honey. Large crowd from all parts of the valley attend the dedication of new Grange hall at Central Point. Mrs. Gordon Voorhies leaves on a short visit to Portland. St. Louis wins a twenty Inning game from Chicago Cubs, 7 to 6. Medford milk law is post poned until later due to protest of dairymen. Aimee S. McPherson seriously ill, her doctor reports. Evange list denies report she had her face lifted. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 28, 1920 .It was Sunday) Ashland Boy Scouts to walk home from Lake o' Woods camp. Local autoist is fined In jus tice court for failure to dim his lights, and appeal to circuit court will be taken. Deer hunting season to open next Wednesday. Medford Bartletts average $5.74 per box in Chicago. Police arrest speeders on South Riverside avenue and East Main. Sincerity Urged Salem. Aug. 28 P Persons applying for unemployment in surance must make sincere at tempts to obtain employment, the state unemployment com pensation commission said to day. longitude along the equator is 69.2 miles. Electrical CONTRACTORS Medford Electric Basemen! Medford Bldg. rhnne SS90 SECONDS TO f PORTLAND'S CITY CENTER I CKkMT-, .Shew, j V Spooota "lWc m J J20Aras jr Communications Penlea Roosevelt Reforms To the Editor: In your editorial yesterday, "Want 4 More Years?" you do a very good Job, so far as you go. In listing the failures of the) Roosevelt administration. But you say "In the direction of reform President Roosevelt has accomplished wonders" etc. We seem to remember that you have stressed that same thought several times, even since enlist ing as Willkie supporter. But your sweeping statements ara vague, indefinite and general, like the above. In that form they must bring much comfort to the Roosevelt camp, and not a little assistance where the M. T. has Influence. Please be more) specific. Just what are those wonderful and benificent "re forms"? Was it the way he has re formed the Supreme Court? Was It his attempted purge of those he disliked from congress? Was it the vast increase of bur eaus and bureaucrats? Maybe it was the destruction of pigs, sheep and cotton, and hiring; the farmers (with borrowed money) to NOT raise wheat, so as to bring prosperity through scarcity. Or you may refer to the junking of all we had ever learned about the wisdom of saving, economy, thrift and bal-. anced budgets and teaching us to grow rich by borrowing and spending. Possibly it was the placing of a booze joint on every street corner and two in the middle. Or again it might be that vast, complicated sys tem of dole and relief by which millions were transferred from private to governmental em ployment, so that feeding from the New Deal hand, they would not bite it. You see, if we have been unconsciously receiving such wonderful benefits from the new rjeal, we ought to be told just how, so that .we might vote to continue the "status quo". We thought we had watched the new deal program with much interest and attention, yet we seem to have been just too blind and dumb to recognize those "wonderful reforms". That program has seemed to add up to just one result, viz. MORE POWER TO THE PRESIDENT. Of course, we want to be fair and "give the Devil his due" etc. And If F.D.R. and his ir. responsible "brain trust" has really given this country such wonderful reforms, some one should "show" us. But In the interest of the Will kie campaign may we suggest that you clearly identify those "reforms" or quit bragging about them. N.B. REAL REFORM WILL BEGIN WHEN WILLKIE AND McNARY TAKE CHARGE. Edwin Deacon, Talent, Oregon, Aug. 27, 1940. Ed. Note We suggest our correspondent inquires of the heads of his ticket, Messrs. Will kie and McNary as to the Roose velt reforms they have both re peatedly declared they endorse and if elected will retain. Invited to 'BurnJ Tillamook. Aug. 28. JP . Senator McNary, Republican vice-presidential nominee, was invited by the Tillamook junior chamber of commerce last night to inspect the great Tillamook burn. One of the smallest big game fish on record was an eight pound swordfish caught near Havana. Closing time for Too Lata to Clas sify Ads la 1 30 p. m. 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