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The esteemed Oregnnian edi
torially warns defense workers
who are spending prodigious
war time wages, with both
hands, ably assisted by "the
little woman," to start imitating
the ant, instead of the grasshop
per and be prepared for the
economic stormy weather fore
cast for the coming of peace, as
it will be called. They again
may be singing that popular
ballad of the late depression:
"Brother, Can You Spare a
Dime!" without even a Cham'
pagne cork as a memento of
their career as playboys.
Unrestrained public sneezes
are now the order of the day.
Some rattle the rafters and
lave the listener uncertain
whether to look for a tire blow
out or an air raid warden.
.
The Low Countries (Holland,
Belgium and Denmark), dis
patches state are making con
siderable trouble for the Lowest
Country (Germany).
.
The N. Y. Yankees crushed
the St. Louis Cardinals and H.
Fredette, former St Louislte in
the first game of the World
Series yes. . ,
FARMER IN A HUFFI '
(Mackqpurg (Kan.) Enterprise)
"To you and you. There is
to be no fishing or hunting on
any of my places. We can't
build fences every Monday
morning. This means you."
Herr Hitler promised his peo
ple "Stalingrad will be cap
tured you can rest assured of
that." A year ago he told them
Russia "is crushed never to rise
again." He glossed over the
failures of his legions, and
boasted of victory for the Nazis
in the end. In 1918, six weeks
before the Kaiser's hordes start
ed to bawl "Kamerad" and hit
for home, that war-lord declared
"The British will eat granite."
Adolf's promise ranks with the
great ones of history like "kept
us out of war" and "free electric
lights for the people."
A bill has been introduced In
Congress giving the President
power to keep men at work,
where they would be the most
useful In prosecution of the war.
It will be interesting to note
what happens when this meas
ure collides with John L. Lewis.
miners' union boss, who this
week refused to permit the ex
tension of the mine work week
from 33 to 48 hours, to end a
threatened fuel shortage.
PROGRESS!
(Buffalo (N. Y.) News)
"The American air force In '
Iceland has brought down its
first German plane, and we
hear of it four weeks later
whereas in the days of Leif
Ericsson It might have taken
five."
The food supply prospects for
next year are painted by gloomy
economists as black as mid
night, the ace of spades and a
colored gentleman's heel. No
body will miss any meals but
several will be a day or two
late, it is predicted. There will
be no more Grange dinners with
three wa.htubs full of fried
chicken and 14 different kinds
of pie.
Judging by the letter writing
column the next time an Ameri
can Good Neighbor emissary,
loaded with good will goes to
Argentina, he should make a
detour and spill some of It in
this vicinity. If a movie beauty
could make Rio De Janlero feel
neighborly by a plane visit the
same thing could happen here.
The marksmanship In the Bal
kans continues poor. A pot
shot at a Nazi puppet In Ru
mania went wild and so did the
target.
Vm sUU Tribune Want sda.
If You Haven 't Registered,
Register!
Here is a last-minute reminder. Registrations for
the November elections will close this Saturday, Oc
tober 3rd I
If you have lived in this
you may vote November 6rd It you register at once
at the county clerk's office in the Jackson County
courthouse. If you have moved to another precinct
you should also register; even if you have changed
your address in the same precinct it is wise to register
again otherwise the records will not be correct ana
you will not receive the regular voter s pamphlet
IT IS natural that there should be a greater apprecia
tion of the privileges of
most in jeopardy. That is
estly hoped that one of the
UUUD citizenship the right to vote will De recog
nized. It is futile to fight
safeguard this priceless
home by our own indifference.
It is a sorry commentary
government that a woefully small percentage of
eligible voters cast their ballots in important elec
tions. Continued lack of interest and action in this
regard is decidedly a threat to the very life of a gov
ernment "of the people, by the people, for the
people."
CO LET US not accept too lightly the responsibility
of proper registration at this time the necessary
requisite of voting next month.
The county clerk s office
o'clock Saturday evening
eligible to vote November
Needed; a Single Command
According to a dispatch from Washington, con
gressional leaders have demanded an immediate end
of all semblance of jealousy or feuds between the
U. S. army and navy. .
We have a pious idea that most of the "folks back
home" will rerrard this action as only more evidence
of the tendency in the congress to waste time in triv
ial shadow-boxing "while Rome burns."
"Jealousy of any serious
ent forces on land and sea
THE present writer after a recent trip to Southern
f California, however, and particularly San Diego,
can't take this problem so lightly.
We don't refer to the perfectly natural and whole
some rivalry between the doughboys and the middies ;
but to a most curious and
the officers and especially
sea: and land arm.
In less than a 48 hours'
into several examples of this spirit of rivalry, a rival
ry so intense and really hostile, that we commented
upon its dangers at the time. The idea seemed to be
that the "other service" was trying to grab all the
credit for the victories in the war, whereas the service
represented by the SPEAKER, was responsible for
the major portion.
We remarked at the time active combat service and
ONE command over army and navy and air would go
far toward correcting the situation.
That is still our belief, with particular emphasis
upon the second.
Is Lobbying a Sin?
One of the best definitions of lobbying we have
ever heard was delivered by Edward O'Neal of the
A.F.B.F., in Washington yesterday.
Asked if he, and other members of the American
Farm Bureau Federation had been lobbying in favor
of higher parities in the anti-inflation bill Mr. O'Neal
registered surprise and said :
"Lobbying? Gosh no! We've Just been talking with
our friends!"
" JUST been talking with our friends 1" EXACTLY,
and that is all lobbying is, has been, or ever will
be.
In fact there is and always has been a great deal
of confusion regarding this long-established practice
in our democracy.
In certain quarters the term is almost always used
as one of opprobrium.
As a matter of fact proper lobbying is not only per
fectly legitimate but for the proper functioning of
democratic government it might be termed ESSEN
TIAL. For in no other way can or could our legislators be
properly informed on ANY important issue, in the
phort space of time available.
Only: when lobbyists abandon argument, persu
asion and more important than all, the transmission
of information, regarding the exact meaning of any
political action, and the effect upon the body politic,
and revert to such reprehensible forms of political
pressure as bribery, blackmail, or kindred acta of a
criminal nature, does lobbying deserve the censure so
generally bestowed upon it.
"Lobbying? . Gosh no, Just been talking with our
friends!"
IT IS quite obvious that Mr. Edward O'Neal was eith
1 er entirely facetious in that remark, unbelievably
naive or, from a too extensive and intensive experience
as a lobbyist in Washington, believes that when lob
bying is mentioned there is only ONE kind the
speaker has in mind I
state for at least six months
citizenship when they are
true today. It is to be earn
gravest responsibilities of
on distant battlefields to
heritage, then imperil it at
upon the American way of
will remain open until o
so that ALL who will be
3rd may do so. H. G.
nature between our gai-
absurd I v
surprising teeiing between
the higher officers, of the
stay in San Diego we ran
Personal Health Service
By WUUrn
8 lined lettara pertaining to perwinal health and hygiene, to dlwaa
magnum or treatment, ft ill b a nattered b? ur. Brady u a 'Stamped aelf
add retard tnvelupe la enrluaed Letter should bo brief and urttUa In Ink
Owing to tha large number of letter recelted only a few eaa b answered
Here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
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WHATI NO SO
Once more I want to thank
you for having put me on the
road to a happier old age (writes
a medical col
league). Seven
years ago when
I first wrote
you, I was any-
thing but a
good insurance
risk. I con
tinue t a k i ng
vitamin B com
plex, the io-
d i n e ration
and practice
belly breath'
Dr. Brady lng daily. 1
will soon be 63 and with a few
exceptions feel as well as I did
at SO. But I cannot turn your
somersaults. I have a blood
pressure of 00160 and it makes
me very dizzy to "turn heels
over head" as Webster defines it.
(Signed M.D.)
Hold It, Doctor. Let's see about
somersaults.
Some people don't turn 'em
because they re afraid to.
Some people don't turn 'em
because they are Just plain awk
ward and can't.
Some people don't turn 'em
because they think it is too silly.
And probably some people
don't turn 'em because the;- don't
know how or why. '
turn em iirst nuns cvciy
morning to get the stagnant
blood out of the splanchnic pool
and back into circulation again.
Regardless of age, sex or pre
vious conditions of decrepitude
your ability to somersault or the
lack of It best answers the ques
tion "How old are you?"
Ten or fifteen years ago many
complacent people laughed at
the agitation for the use of whole
wheat Instead of refined white
flour. They were wrong, of
course, as everybody now ac
knowledges, but they still think
they know what's what about
medicine, hygiene and health.
The same people laugh at the
Idea of grown-ups rolling somer
saults. In this, too, they are
wrong, in my opinion, and thou
sands of old timers who roll 'em
will gladly give their testimony
In support of my teaching about
this. What any old stiff may
think or say about it doesn't
concern us much.
For many years I have found
that whenever I become er
Medford Minority Only Ai Fault
To the editor:
The spirit that prompted me
to write a letter of complaint
is exactly the same spirit with
which you publish such letters,
namely to let the unpatriotic,
selfish, money grabbing minor
ity in our midst know that they
aren't pulling the wool over
anyone's eyes and that we resent
the reflection their methods cast
on the whole community. If I
had realized the reading public
would see my letter, with the
libel part omitted, I would have
made my views plainer. Thus
this second letter:
Now, I know that Medford Is
not one bit worse than any
other town despite these com
plaints but the idea is to clamp
down, so to speak, on the small
number who are responsible.
One of my first observations
was the unusual selection and
variety of merchandise offered
here and far surpassing some
places of much larger size. Let
me also say that It is a pleasure
to shop In most of the Medford
stores because the real brand of
western friendliness is prevalent
among the salespeople.
There is a tendency toward
narrow mindedness on the part
of many people, no matter
where one goes. Have you ever
heard such remarks as: "Oh.
teachers are this and that; I
knew a teacher once who did
such and such!" People have
been known to make similar
rnarks about nurses, doctors,
or almost any organization you
can mention. In other words,
this unwelcome minority cast a
bad reflection on the innocent
as well as themselves in the
minds of some.
Now, some people In Medford
may be taking this same narrow
minded view toward our sol
diers. If a few soldiers over
indulge in liquor or in some
other form of offense which the
army didn't teach them. Is that
any reason why every soldier at
Camp White should be judged
likewise and put under the same
abel? And Just where cfb so
many civilians get the idea that
armv people are rich?
While in the West I have
never deemed it necessary to
either count my change or ex
pect anything but a square
business deal
The policy has I
always been to trust every
stranger until he proves him
self unworthy of our trust and
then treat him accordingly. Just
why the presence of a new army
camp thnuld change that policy
with this minority I complain
Communications
Brady, M, D.
MERSAULTS t
say vexed or irked or peeved
about anything while frittering
away good bowling time here In
my playroom, and that is often
er than you may think if I get
up and roll a dozen somersaults
on the floor beside my desk, I
can return to the snag that both'
ered me and tear through or get
around it or laugh it off and
forget it.
Somersaults are the best sub
stitute for exercise, the easiest
way to let off steam, the most
convenient balance or control
for emotion and the best prophy'
lactic against high blood pres
sure I can prescribe or take my
self. On request, if you provide
stamped envelope bearing your
address,-1 11 send you an "Invi
tation to the Somersaultauqua"
Hold one in your own home.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Have a Nip with Me
We certainly enjoy your column.
Aside from the sound health adrlee
we get from tt there Is Just enough
humor In It to keep reader on the
alert . . . Please send the Instructions
fur Taking an lodtn Ration in the
stamped addressed envelops Inclosed.
(W. H. R.)
Answer Thank you. The -humor"
Is sometimes pretty weak, I'm afraid,
but still, the general effect Is not so
had when you compare It with ths
funereal atmosphere of some "health"
columns.
Isaacs
Plesss tell me ths food Talus of
dark molassea, number of calories m
a tesspoonful, what vitamins It con-
tuns. (P. A. H.)
Answer Molasses Is a fair source
of Iron, contains only an Insignifi
cant amount of vitamins, yields ap
proximately 1300 calories per pound
as compsred with cornstarch which
7lelds 1075 calories per pound, and
whits sugsr which-yields 1850 calor
ies per pound. A tesspoonful Is not an
exact quantity sometimes six, some
times eight tesapoonfuls In an ounce.
Call It Crt
I cant see what good It would do
to call a cold "crt. as you constantly
urge. What difference. (M. A. C.)
Answer Send twenty-five cents
snd stamped envelops bearing your
address, ask for booklet "Call It Crt."
If after resdlng It you still can't see
why. return ths booklet and 111 re
imburse you for your outlsy.
(Copyright 1843. John P. Dine do.)
Ed. Nolei retwns wlahlnaj to
rommrmintrate with Pr Brady -Mould
send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. O- tftS El
Csmlnn. Beverly Hills Calif.
about, I can't understand. Do
they consider this of all times
the opportunity to "get rich
quickly; soldiers have so much
money, here's my chance to
grab off some extra cash for
myself!" In peace times a town
near an army post is the most
reasonable priced place for mer
chandise. (Fewer soldiers of
course.) Just why all this glut
tonous, selfish, unfairness at a
time like this when our country
is at war; or do these certain
individuals realize that? Not
only in Medford, mind you, but
any place that is guilty of the
same offense against a commu
nity or a nation that in times
like these should be united as
one people for one worthy
cause: Victory against Just such
oppressors in other countries!
Just why some people should
consider war time the time to
get richer for their own per
sonal benefit at the expense of
the soldiers who are defending
their Interests for them is some
thing that is difficult to under
stand. Could this type of per
son acually consider himself a
good American? I'd say he be
longs with his fellow breed, the
Nazis or the sneaky Japs.
Too bad their names can't be
printed. We'd clean them up
In a hurry. Keep up the good
work, Mr. Editor. More power
to you! Let's make this town
set a good example.
Mrs. Richard H. Sneed
911 W. 11th St..
Oct. 1 Medford.
Swat That RumorT
To the editor:
The war is here! sitting on
our doorsteps, leering In our win
dows, seeping Into our homes!
An obvious fact? To our eyes
and ears perhaps, but it is not
yet obvious to our minds and
personal convictions at least
not to mine until very recently.
Rumor is that vague some
thing that you hear about rear
lng its ugly head in Boston or
Washington. D. C, or Podunk
mil never In Medford! Well, I've
discovered that for months I've
been hearing rumors, and pass
ing some of them on, and neg
lecting to discourage my friends
from doing the same.
Moreover, these Medford ru
mors are far from insipid little
things. They contain the seeds
of distrust, racial hatred, dissen
sion, doubt, disunity, indecision
and loss of confidence In our
army and government.
Whe you read the following
list of stories that I have heard
(the gory details deleted), recall
some of your bridge or poker
table conversations and see if
you can add to them. Look at
them with new eyes as I did
and see their danger. Here's the
list:
U) My brother-in-law returned
from Crescent City with the
story that scores of our ships
are being sunk right off the
Oregon coast and we are not
being told.
(2) Two Medford women are
rumored to have been killed by
some negro soldiers from Camp
White. (The newi was supposed
to have been squelched for fear
of a lynching.)
(3) Countless stories of extrav
agant waste of materials and
labor In the building of Camp
White are perhaps most popular.
(Starting in 'fact, these stories
become ogres of exaggeration
upon repetition.)
(4) An unbelievable number
of vicious rumors concerning
high officers of Camp White are
making the rounds of beauty
parlor, factory, and pool hall,
(These are so surprisingly thor
ough that they appear to be
created intentionally by enemy
agents.)
(9) Even the exaggerated dis
satisfaction of army wives with
Medford, and of Medford with
army wives must give axis sym
pathizers a comfortable feeling.
I confess to having listened
to these things. I confess to
having added a little to a story
now and then to make it Juicier
in the telling. Even after becom
ing conscious of the dangers of
such talk, I have often hesitated
when it was in my power to
squelch a rumor. (I was afraid
to embarrass close friends with
lectures on patriotism.)
I hope I am alone in my sin
BUT AM I? I ask this ques
tion of each one of you that
reads this letter. Sit down and
make a list of every possible
rumor you have hear (including
things you know to be true but
dangerous when swimming free
ly in the stream of conversa
tion), and I promise you will be
surprised.
Then resolve to be a rumor-
squelcher for the duration.
Catherine Le Gault
West MacAndrews Road.
Oct. 1 - Citv.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington. D. C,
Power Authority.
Bill Will Sleep
Kindred Measure
May Be Offered
Magnesium Delay
Raise Question
Sr John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, Oct. 1
The Columbia power authority
Bill has been tucked into bed and
the indications are that it will
repose there for some time, per
haps until congress ends this
session in early January.
A joint committee of com
merce and rivers and harbors
from the senate and house, re
spectively, voted that this was
not the time to take up a power
auhority measure. Revenue de
mands, in uncounted billions.
must come at once, and the presi
dents ultimatum for price con-
trai, with the assurance that
he would thereafter take ud
some form of wage stabilization,
are high on the agenda for con
gressional consideration. In the
light of this urgent work, and
perhaps other very important
measures, the Join committee
decided not to resume hearings
on Senator Bone's power author
ity Dill.
When and if further hearings
are opened on the controversial
power measure, it is likely that
some portion of the joint sub
committee will be asked to go to
me racific northwest for this
purpose. There has been strong
demand for such procedure. Op
ponents declare that a host of
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opposing witnesses cannot be
financed by state or federal
funds but would like to be
heard. Friends of the measure
took up most of the time so far
given to the hearings but they
insist that if hearings are held
in the affected area they want
a lot more time for champions of
leaerai puDiic ownersnip.
Senator Bone's bill was de
clared by Secretary of the In
terior Ickes to be a "grassroot"
measure. He saw it springing
from the very soil of the Pacific
northwest with an army of
natives standing around in a
paternal attitude. Others, not so
intense as the fiery secretary,
have witnessed draft after draft
of the measure emanating from
the power division of the inter
ior department and suspect that
its very soul was harbored
there. Wherever may rest pa-!
temity responsibility, the child
is apparently sleeping. The cur
rent congress expires the first
days of January next, when all
bills presented to It and not en
acted pass from the slumber
stage into eternity. Should the
joint committee feel that here
are more urgent war measures
pending for he remainder of
1942 the Bone bill will exis Into
the mortuary.
s
OTHER kindred or altered
bills are eligible in the next con
gress. Three major needs for
such legislation were offered in
recent testimony by Bonneville
staff men. First, there should be
congressional authority for time
contracts in selling power from
the Grand Coulee project, rath
er than presidential order alone.
Third, a more complete devel
opment of the national resources
of the Pacific northwest could
be attained through full owner
ship and operation of power
there.
QUESTIONS are being raised
as to why manufacturers of
magnesium are proceeding so
slowly In the Pacific northwest.
where some excellent deposits
of magnesite, dolomite, ets., are
known to exist. Magnesium met
al will soon become one of the
most important strategic ele
ments in the war program. It
is expected that with completed
plants and those being construct
ed there will be an annual ca
pacity of 640,000,000 pounds.
trior to this war production
program magnesium metal had
attained a total annual volume
of 13,000,000 pounds. When this
was doubled by the sole manu
facturer, Dow Chemical Co. of
Midlands, Mich., experts thought
maximum needs' would be
served. Then, after we got into
real war production, the figures
began climbing steadily but at
several stages those experts still
insisted that all requirements
were then fully covered. Now,
with an assured production 80
per cent higher than that of
aluminum prior to the war pro
gram, no one seems to want to
risk a statement as to ultirnatesav
demands. Magnesium, 30 persaf
cent lighter than aluminum and
with metal properties quite dif
ferent, is going most heavily into
airplanes, incendiary bomb
flares, tracer bullets and other
uses. It is a relatively new metal,
still wallowing through priml
time stages of alloying. It Is be
ing developed so rapidly, how
ever, that it Is quite possible in
creased manufacture of this
metal may develop in the Pacific
northwest.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Saeitaon County
History from ihs rile of ths Mall
Tribune 10 and to years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY 4
October 1, 1S32
(It was Saturday)
County republicans to open
headquarters in city. Pop
Gates, independent candidate
for county judge, declares "1
will leave "mudslinging to
others."
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
both blast homers to win third
game of World series from Cubs.
7 to 5. .
University of Oregon upsets
dope to defeat Santa Clara, 7
to 0 in football game.
Fair and moderate. High 87,
low SO degrees.
Community Chest drive to
open October 24.
Miss Blanche Fried and Howft
ard LeClerc are wed. w
Federal court to open Tues
day for long term.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 1. 1922
(It was Sunday)
James W. Mott, candidate for
the state legislature from Clat
sop county charges Klan forces
are threatening him.
Armistice agreed upon for
Near East. American destroyer
fleet sails for area.
Rear Admiral Edgar Clark,
commander of the battleship
Oregon during 1898 war, dies In
Long Beach, Calif. .
Fair and Cool. High 78, low
37 degrees.
San Francisco leads Coasw)
league race by one game mar- (
gin.
Pears shipped from valley to '
date total 1,085 cars. Showers
halt picking.
Ose UaU Tribune Want ads.
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