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PACE SIX ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON', TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IIesfordITbibuns "Ettrytw t Ntuibrra t)rrgu ftwuU Ik Mall frlbaM." Puttllahtxl bf Madrono pkintixo ro St-tT-39 Nof-to Plr St. POoo 3141 HUBERT W HLHU fcl.ifr. jlUrd fMil-elM m-tf l Hert ford. Oraioo, ttnrtor Ad of March 1 Hit lUHttCRIPTlUM HATfci tiiy nf Mand.y on jrsr . Dtiiy aad uM'Ujr i moott-f... l M Daily on lan-1-.f hr mint hi. B Crrlr In Alnt MUord, A Uai CwtMl PJlt-U Jaekollio. Clrt HUL Bogua lliar. PhMnlft. TalMt. nd aa n-'tor rouiaai pally anrt Munrtiy on roar I PatiV anrt aunilay ona month... .i All Urmi cah i art wane Official Papor of lb Mt ! Mirrd Official l'upr of JnrkMto l ouniy. HENHKNUr MIR AWM I A I Ml l'HI-M Roollo ro LcmmnI Htra fc-rtlro. Th Aaajelaiad Pro eluaivaty ntltlad la lha as for publication of all Hi 4iopaicna cradiirt o It ftr oftfar wlao erartiiart to ;hi pupar. and alao lo tba loaat nwa pubMhad nrln AH ft" ta tor puhlicatloo f apoelal dJUpatahaa harala ara aiao roaro1 MBWRKR or UNITKO rHsvHo - UKMPRR or AUDIT HHHEAU or CIKi;l)LATION Advartiaini H pra"antaitaa WEtT-HOlXIUAV CuMI'ANV. I NO. ntfiaaa IS N Iforlt, Chicago. Detroit. ao Franrtaca L.oa Angala HaaMia. Portland. Louta. Atlanta. Vancouvar. H r. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Prry. The high school pigskin season opened throughout the state over the week-end, and some of the cores were as lopsided as the number of planes claimed shot down In the battle of London, per either British or German re ports. "H. W. Ligon and his beautiful and bossy wife called on Mrs. Katie Stewart on Sunday." CWinnsboro (NO HeraldNews) Personal Journalism. m Only In America would a German Bund settlement be- al lowed In the same county as a major powder plant, before or after the latter was mysteriously blown up. If tolerated at all, a Bund settlement should always be located within the danger one. H would Insure the snfuty ef the powder plant. Honking geese wending their way southward, and want ads in the papers offering to swap a sedan for a milk cow and four cords of wood are among the signs of an early fall, and a long, hard winter. FAIR ENOUGH (Had Bluff (Calii.) News) "BOYS TAKE NOTICE: One of the boys that broke Into and robbed my residence was recognized by a neighbor. Now if jewelry stolon is re turned at once, nothing will be said; but if not returned may mean a free trip to the reform school, Jas. E. Moore." The boys are In the Armory tiowl Republican conpressmen are mad at Mr. Willkie, the party nominee, because of his hide, pendent atitudc on public is sues and lack of respect for their desire to squat on the political fence, and continue as rubber stamps, with an election in the offing. If any Oregon statesman has any doubts about where his constituents stand, he should hurry home and say so. He will be speedily cured of anv sulks, due to Mr. Willkie ruffl ing his officinl dignity. Oregonlans are warned they must not attempt to make wine In their basements without a Treasury Dopartnu-nt permit, it' meeting in Miami, Florida, only 8 months ago! Is hoped the type do a better Job . EtadX'Slp other words, in this year of our Lord. 1910. both rf brer was a little worse timn, tho head of the C. I. O. (who said what he did Janu XlmToSEw official spokesmen of the A. F. of L. publicly declared the Roosevelt adminis- MR. ASHURST FOLDS BRAVELY "Politics Is a game fnr Ashursts of congress. Arcord j I?.? iuIr,f ,,,c sional game, for example, they. may denounce nuh other bit . terly on the floor 'loor and remain' imWetrlbmiHace' issue of principle. I the best of friends raught In a com on some basic I they may bon,t. as Mr. Ahurst 1 Thi," ZZZ the :ZTD . Kor cny in the unemployment, an independent judiciary, 'no in the direction of restoring business confidence, in quicker than ''p'1'" m'"d tne direction of encouraging greater industrial stuff Z thea"enate.ll,al, Kr,'al j activity (outside of such stimulus as war orders auto Cnfortunatciy for Mr. Ah- tuatically give) this country FUNDAMKNTA1.LY is now h-el)cZi,h.!r 1 Ar""a lertiiinly no better off than it was eight or nine now nae nronln! to change .1 t 1 ,1 . 1 ,. . their minds, too and have noun months ago. And there is no reason to behove it will nated someone rise for his s-at 'ever be if the SAME NATIONAL MANAGEMENT Rton,i:i:vhat has fai!e'1 for sevcn l 'It Is better that I go down to J'eai'S niOl't. defeat,' he says, 'than to desert! ..... ZkTmJJA? lhis is n- RiK Bu!,inos jent. It is no par knows he is going to be bi-aten.i tisan verdict from the Union Lea one club. It is ?-3!!!VBd "IT1. V,cH"!'nis ua kuou joos inr janie ducks." (Kanas City Star ) Clouni tim (1 loo Wl kit Is 1 40 g m. Who Is Abusing F. D. R.? THE Democratic party is in default to the Ameri- can people. After seven years of power it finds itself without solution for the major problems of unemployment, low national income, mounting internal debt, increas ing direct and consumer taxation and restricted for eign markets. There still exists the same national unhappiness that it faced 7 years ago. Labor and the people are losing confidence. They fear for the fu ture, and rightly so. VES, all partisanship aside, Unemployment is still the most acute problem of the nation. No orderly or intelligent effort has yet been made to determine the facts with regard to its causes, its extent and cure. As a nation we have not hesitated to spend bil lions for relief of those who are unemployed, but we have neglected to take the necessary steps to reduce and end unemployment. AT this time there are not enough jobs in private " industry to go around. This is largely due, in our opinion, to the fact that LACK OF CONFIDENCE HAS STUNTED BUSINESS GROWTH AND EX PANSION. We, therefore, demand that those in authority take .whatever steps may be necessary to RESTORE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE. We urge that all govern ment actions THAT TEND TO UNNECESSARILY DISCOURAGE BUSINESS EXPANSION CEASE and that a positive effort be made to ENCOURAGE i GREATER INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. We have learned the lesson that when opportuni ties for profit diminish, opportunities for jobs like wise disappear. MOW. unless all signs fail, this office will receive at least half a dozen protests tomorrow morning for showering more billingsgate and abuse upon the head of the President of the United States. In fact the most striking feature of this campaign thus far has been the demonstrated INABILITY of the Third-Term Rooseveltophiles to TAKE it. They can dish it out all right, smearing and damn ing Mr. Willkie as they did Herbert Hoover nine years ago. But let anyone suggest that Franklin Delano Roosevelt isn't the supreme incarnation of human perfection, entitled to occupy the White House just so long as he may desire to do so, And the "suggestor" is not only a victim of "in senate hatred and malevolence" but is little better than a traitor to his country! (And parenthetically this condition is the really dangerous one in this country at the present time. NOT Mr. Roosevelt's ambition to become a dictator, which we don't believe, but determination of his in fatuated following to clothe him with a sacrosanct authority and an infallability which might well make him one.) "117IIEREUP0N we come to the little Ethiopian in this particular woodpile ! For the opinions expressed above do not happen to be those of this newspaper at all, nor those of Wendell Willkie, nor those of the Republican Na tional Committee, nor, as far as that goes, those of any REPUBLICAN organizations or individuals, at all! The first paragraph, indeed, is from the pen of Mr. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Work ers, the labor organization that donated to the Roosevelt campaign four years ago, the largest sum ever given to any political party by any one organiza tion in the history of this country. And the second, starting with, "Unemployment is still the most acute domestic problem," and ending with, "We have learned the lesson that when opportuni ties for profit diminish, opportunities for jobs like wise disappear," Is taken from the report of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor at its tration in 7 years had failed to solve the problem it llnil tMitr i eft, 1 I n c-1,-a o.l Ua .1 t IIIK'T II,.1""" eiuiiuwu ") runt, iui BE SOLVED if this democracy is to endure, much less prepare itself for adequate and prompt defense . r t !. "Kainst any foreign foe or combination of foes ! . . IF tnat was tnie J:,m,ary f,f this year, will the most rabid idolater of the New Deal deny that it is es- SCntl'allv true TODAY? the CONSIDERED AND OFFICIAL JUDGMENT of . 1 1.. 1 iu;;uu.fii laoor, noin conservative aim ranicai. nom Mexico to the Canadian border, and from San Pedro to Bangor Maine II uir I 'I ill! It III Willi .llUOl . .. . . Personal Health Service Br William tl!a letter, pertaining ta penonal health and hlen. Bat t tflteaie ilatno.1. or treatment, mil be an.weretf by Dr. Brad; If a tumped aelr addreued eatelopa la enelowd. Lettera ihould a hrlef and arlttea In Ink. OKlnf ta tha Ian number of letter, received sale a few ran be an.nered here. Na reply can bo made ta queries not conforming to Instructions. aaam. ur. H Ilium Brady, zs E DIFFERENT POINTS OT VIEW Nursemaid brought from Ala bama reads, writes, regularly attends services in her church, sings In choir. Mar Jane, if you gets wet playin' with "at hose you Is sure to cotch cold." she ad monishes her four - year - old charge. Mary Jane finally pauses to reassure A m a r i 1 1 a. "Marilla, I'm playing all by myself You can't catch the cri 'cept from someone who has it So you needn't worry. Daddy and Mother know it is all right." The child resumed playing with the hose and pool. The nursemaid shook her head in earnest disapproval. "H o n e y, chile, I knows I always cotch cold if I get wot and don't take off the wet things right away." The problem remains precise ly where it was before Amarilla and Mary Jane took It under consideration. Amarilla believes what she has been taught to believe. So does Mary Jane. The encouraging aspect of it, to my mind, is that Mary Jane, at the age of four years, has no illusions about the nature and cause of the most widespread and preventable Illness she is likely to encounter In her life time. So far she is infinitely safer than 99 out of JOO chil dren of her age and social class or status. One day when Mary .lane was three years old. her grand-aunt called at her home. Mary Jane had developed what might be some kind of respiratory infec tion. She looked in at the door of the room where her aunt sat, started to run to her as usual, suddenly caught herself and stopped in the doorway. "I had better not kiss you. Auntie, 'cause I'm getting the cri." If only the adult population if the country, especially the health authorities and the rank and file of medical practitioners, had as sound and sensible a view of the matter as Mary Jane, what a tremendous amount of Illness, surgery, time, money and unhappiness we could save. Trouble is that the great ma jority have been educated as Amarilla was educated, and it is so hard to teach old dogs new tricks. This goes for the health THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER (Continued trum P.g. On. ) is resigned to the state of af fairs, his calm Is not shared by others. And the Republican cloak room comments on "that man." as Willkie is called, are as bitter as any directed at the president from the Democratic cloak-room- ... THE question is often asked, "why doesn't Willkie wise up and pay more attention to the Republicans in congress"" Ac cording to one of his advisers. I the answer Is a simple one. Will kie knows the situation as well ' as anyone else, but he figured there was nothing to do about : it. until a short time ago. Soon j after he was nominated, Will I kie discovered that he and a 1 great many Republican con gressmen did not agree on cur rent issues And the more he talked with members of the house and senate the more he .became involved in controvers- ies. ' The draft Is a good example f Except for Charles L. Mi'Nary, minority leader of the senate land Willkie's running - mate. ! there was hardly a Republican ! in congress who wanted Willkie j to support conscription. Tn fart. I he was besieged by telephone 'calls, warning him that the Jig was up unless he opposed the president on this issue Willkie had made up his mind in favor of the draft and he said so frankly. He also told friends that until congress voted on conscription, it seemed hopeless to seek advice in that quarter. I ... THKN. too. Willkie was shock ' ed by tl e reaction to his statrment refusing the support of rather Charles E. Coushlin. ; Cougtilin's magaime hart an-1 J nounced for Willkie. and Will ' kie inimrd'atelv disavowed the r.d o pr-.i-t on fie bi-!;rf that iCoin'ilni had racial prejudices.1 M Brady. M. D. Caralao. Beverly Hills, Calif. authorities and medical peti tioners as well as for laymen. After all, my own attitude is not quite sosingularas was Johnny's when the rest of the regiment were out of step. Mary Jane's view of the question is the one which a steadily increas ing number of thoughtful, in telligent people have accepted. Health officers or "authori ties" and medical authors or speakers who continue to get off cracker-barrel hypotheses explaining how wet feet, drafts, change of weather or anything you please to call "exposure" lowers resistance and so makes you more susceptible to what ever you happen to catch, are getting a snicker from a good many others besides Ol' Doc Brady these days- Ql'ESTIONS ANSWER Ret Tim Please itt whit tlm a boy 13. girl 14 and & boy 18 should go to bed. They all get up t 7 in the morning. (T. H. O.) Answer The boy aged 13 need 10 hour sleep, must be abed at B p m. The girl aged IS needs nine hours sleep, must be abed at 10 p.m. The boy aged IS needs 8 to 9 hours sleep depending on his physical or athletic activity (the more muscular work or play the more sleep child or adult requires) srvd he should therefore bit the hay by 10:30. Health Monographs I have had half a dozen of your practical pamphlets or folders deal Ing with everyday health problema. and they have been Invaluable In our family. Won't you please Ht all you send to readers I am sure It will be appreciated by thousands. (Mrs. C.W.H.) Answer From time to time, as pare permits. Here are a few now available: Muscular Rheumatism Insomnia Bolls ' Ichthyosis (flihJOcln) Psoriasis (silvery scale disease) Croup Syphilis Shingles (Herpes noeter) Household Sanitation Corrective Protective Diet Hives Prurltls (Itching without evident akin raMi) Somersault Belly Breathtnf Chorea (St. Vltus's Dance) Whooping Cough For any one, send stamped envelope bertrlna your address. If you ask for more than one. Inclose ten cents for each three. (Protected by John F. Dtlle Co.) Fd. Note: Persons wishing to eomniunliwte alth Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. I Milam Brady. M. D.. ZG& CI Cam I no, Beverly Hills, Calif. It Is sad to relate, however, that some Republican congress men criticized Willkie for this statement, pointing out to him j that the Coughlinites were well organized and politically very powerful in certain sections of' the country. They accused Will kie of throwing away votes needlessly. Willkie was incensed by these, calls. He later told friends that if this was the kind of advice he I was to receive from the profes- j sional, he would rather go his way alone. i At tha nl nl,.. r IVilllttA U'itK Martin i-A It. ! Nary, however, it was decided to try to develop closer contacts between the candidate and the Republican congressional lead ers. Willkie said that he was perfectly willing to listen, and that he too was disturbed by the ill-feelings. IN CONTRAST to the Republi- cans, except for Jim Farley and a few others, all seems peaceful and harmonious In the Democratic camp. The orthodox leaders and the new dealers alike consider the ramoaign as good as over. The latest wise crack In White House circles is that "it s too bad Willkie lost his voice. He's our best cam paigner." The glee of the Demo crats stems from Willkie's week end tour, which, to them at least, proved that it was suicidal to try to campaign nationally without an elaborate research organiration and use of manu scripts. The president rarely delivers a speech that has not been care fully prepared and polished by himself and his aides. For rx ample. Sam Rosenman, an able writer and presidential crony, was Imported to the White House last week to help with the president's address to the Teamsters. Rosenman and the president devoted the better part of a day to polishing up a draft that had been prepared previously. And in his other campaigns, the president used prepared talks for even his briefest appearances The presi dent s address to the Teamsters was in great contrast to Will kie's extemporaneous talks, two of which had to be corrected Inter. Willkie knows full well the risks he Is running, but he believes he is more effective than if he tried to read care fully tliouht-out statements. , .rATrTHEti Mnxmiini Washington, D. C, Sept. 17. Before Wendell Willkie start ed on his campaign tour which will land him in Oregon and Washington, he was given a heart to heart talk by the Re publican leader of the house of representatives and the Repub lican leader In the senate. Mr. Willkie, as every reader who has followed his statements is aware, has placed himself In the attitude of a critic of the Re publicans in congress in a num ber of matters. This is because Mr. Willkie pops off without being advised of all the facts. A sample is the matter of conscription for compulsory military service. Most of the Republicans in congress (and some of the Democrats) favored waiting a couple of months to see how voluntary enlistments come in before applying con scription. Mr. Willkie was for immediate drafting, as the ad ministration desires. And there was some suspicion that if con scription took effect without de lay the army is not prepared to clothe and house the draftees. ... CENATE and house Republican leaders are In a better posi tion to know the ins and outs of legislation than is the can didate, and before he takes a position on an important ques tion he should at least know the reaction of Republicans In congress, Mr. Willkie was told. In the past three weeks the candidate has issued several im promptu statements, through his party members in congress. This has caused Ed Flynn, boss of the Bronx and in charge of the third term campaign, to suggest to Mr. Willkie that he get together with his party in congress, as he appears to be out of step. ... THE conscription bill has been highly controversial. No one can say positively whether a vote for or against it helps or hurts a candidate. Henry Foun tain Ashhurst, senator for Ari zona, is said to have been pun ished for voting against con scription. Others point out that Hiram Johnson of California al so voted against conscription yet was nominated by both Re publicans and Democrats for an other term in the senate. ... INDICATIVE of the seriousness with which the new deal re gards the growing menace of the Willkie-McNary ticket was Mr. Roosevelt's dropping of his plan not to make political speeches. His talk to Dan To bin's teamsters' union was a di rect political bid for the labor vote. For the privilege of hear ing Mr. Roosevelt Intimate that a union never had a chance be fore his occupancy of the White House, and that if he is selected for a third term he will do even better, labor con tributed many thousands of dol lars to have the speech broad cast. Tobin, in this campaign, is occupying a position similar to that held by John L. Lewis in the 1936 campaign. Heretofore when Mr. Roose velt wished to broadcast he was given the privilege without cost. Now, however, if he makes a political talk on the radio, the Republicans can and will de mand the same amount of time gratis. ... "THERE are more Willkie than Roosevelt signs on automo biles. In a 7000-mile motor trip only three Roosevelt signs were encotintered on cars, whereas in the presidential campaign four years ago Roosevelt banners and stickers on cars were found on almost three out of five ears met. and the other two had no signs. This year, of cars with Will kie signs two out of three were driven by women, which may or may not be significant. . Casual polls taken at county fairs in Nebraska and Iowa re vealed a Republican sentiment exceeding that expressed for the new deal. In these farm states the acceptance speech of Henry Wallace was a disap pointment and caused resent ment, whereas the impression made by Senator Charles L. Me Nary's speech, which featured agricultural problems, was more favorable. ... VlfAR department officials haw " turned thumbs down or. proposals for establishing muni tions plants In the Tacific north west. When asked what they would do if the Tacific coas, were to be attacked and trans portation to the east was inter rupted so that munitions could not be shipped west, they shrug their shoulders. Comp'.mts are coming from fl-e Pacific north west that the quartermaster de partment i not picu-:g as many . orders in that region as it could and should. ... LORD Lothian. British ambas sador, was having a dinner party when the Nazi birdmen were dropping bombs on the king's swimming hole at Buck ingham palace. The dinner, however, was not a social event it was strictly business. Lord Lothian expects the Atlantic ports to be opened to the British fleet if it comes after the invas ion of England. Secretary of War Stimson thinks it is a good idea and has been advocating it for some time. In The News By FRANK JENKINS rR. GLENN FRANK, educator, " author and Republican po litical adviser, Is killed in an automobile crash in Wisconsin. His son dies with him. Senator Lundeen was killed recently in an airplane crash in Virginia. The hazards of modern trans portation apply to the great, as well as the small. IT is Just as well to remember that HORSES ran away and killed people. In proportion to miles trav eled, it is probable that more people were killed and injured in traffic accidents in the horse days than in these modern days of cars and planes. . 1IE read today of great battles and heavy loss of life. Since history began there have been great battles and heavy loss of life. When Attila the Hun (of whom it was said that the grass never grew again where his horses trod) swept westward across Eu rope, clear into what is now France, he was stopped in two great battles in which 150,000 men were killed on both sides. Killing is not confined to any one age. SPEAKER WILLIAM B. BANKHEAp of Alabama dies In Washington of an internal hemorrhage after a stroke o week ago just as he was about to address a political gathering in Baltimore. He is the third speaker of the house of representatives to die in the seven years of the Roose velt administration. That bare statement is startl ing, suggesting that the labors of public men are disastrously wearing, but if you will apply the normal death rate at tne ages of men serving in Washing ton you will probably find it not far under the death rate for members of congress. IT is easy to draw wrong con clusions unless you are in pos session of the whole picture. Think of that the next time you are tempted to criticize someone for something he has done. If you knew ALL THE FACTS you might not criticize. Tolerance (one of the more precious of the human virtues) is inclined to accompany wide and accurate knowledge. Intol erance and ignorance are in clined to go together. A "SUICIDE SQUAD" in Lon " don, today's dispatches tell us. digs for four days and nights to remove a 1.000-pound delayed action German aerial bomb from! the near vicinity of St. Paul's cathedral, dropping it back twice into its 27-foot crater be fore finally removing it and ex ploding it harmlessly. The members of this suicide squad (as volunteers for such service are known in London) could not even guess at what moment the bomb would ex- j plode and blow them into eter nity. 1 There's cold courage for you. Pittsburgh Dave Roberts laughed when an insurance company sent him a safe driving award- Although he's owned an automobile for 14 years, he has never driven it himself. Does Your A NEW He-roof new before the use Certiorade Cedar and tatiifaetion. Call us for and Big Pines Phone 3030 Flight 0 Time Mrdfora ana lukim Count; Itlitory from th. file, of th. Mali TrlbUD. 10 and 10 )tro aco. TEN YEARS ACO TODAY September 17. 1930. (It was Wednesday.) Sen. McNary tells Grants Pass audience he has high hopes for the building of a harbor at Cres cent City. Parking time in front of the postoffice is limited by the city council, as many stay there all day. Local voters show apathy about registering for coming election. October 4 is final day French fliers Doste and Bel lonte. on good-will flight over nation, to fly over city next week. J. C. Mann, Fred Wahl, Scott Davis and A. C. Hubbard ore among citizens named to draw up city budget by city council. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 17, 1920. ' (It was Friday.) Nominee Harding, in address at Marion, Ohio, from his front porch, said "the constitution or Woodrow Wilson covenant" is the issue in the campaign. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Demo cratic vice-president hit, for boasting in Montana speech, "I have something to do with the running of a couple of little re publics. The fact is I wrote Haiti's constitution, and if I do say it myself, I think it is a pret ty good constitution " Harding declared, "To my mind it is the most shocking assertion that ever emanated from a respon sible member of the govern ment." Complaint filed by citizen that J'ville railroad flatcar off the track near the depot, is an "eyesore." Beauties of Crater lake are now at their best, with the leaves taking' on their fall colors. Attendance at Central Point and Sams Valley schools shows increase. Ye Poets Corner There's a mighty war going on Over there across the pond. Here's hoping that it stays right there Till the bombs stop bursting in the air. While over here in the U.S.A. Things are better in every way. We have no blackouts and our children play From early morn to the close of day. With all of working and hitting the ball, (Not just a few. It takes us all) Remember what our Patrick Henry said: United we stand, divided wo fall. V. W. The Rogue Valley golf courso now is short A C.P.O. called Pat, a darn good sport. The Navy has called him out to sea To help navigate ' Its ships, you see. He's been in our midst quite a spell: So his friends use this way to say Farewell. V. W. ELEVEN SCRIMMAGES Seattle. Sept. 17. VP) Bill Marx's slashing play at right end drew the attention of Coach Jimmy Phelan yesterday as the University of Washington foot ball squad was sent through a stiff scrimmage drill. The showing made by the husky, fleet-footed wingman in dicated he would be in the starting lineup enainst Minne sota September C8. Home Need ROOF? hoary rains come and Shingle, tor long wear information prices Lumber Co. Sixth and Fir Streets
