MEDFORD MAID TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1943.
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"S JOB AS
NO. 1 "NO MAN" IS
Economic Stabilization Di
rector Says All For Sta
bilizing the Other Fellow.
By Sandor S. Klein
United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Nov. 2 QJ.PJ
A self-styled "country boy" from
Kentucky sat back In his leather
upholstered walnut - chair and
allowed as how being the nation's
foremost "no-man" is a pretty
tough Job.
As a matter of fact, said Eco
nomic Stabilization Director Fred
M. Vinson, his present job is
tougher than any 1 he has had
in the 53 years of his life yes,
a lot tougher than practicing
law back in Louisa, Ky., his
home town, or serving as a mem
ber of congress for 12 years. He
has to say "no" to a lot of
things especially wage in
creases and price increases.
-He's Still 'Judge'
The judge his friends still
call him that although he re
signed as an associate justice of
the U. S. court of appeals for
the District of Columbia five
months ago for his present post
discussed some of his prob
lems with the United Press. The
interview was granted with the
understanding that he was not
to be directly quoted. He per
mitted one deviation to explain
his aversion to quotation:
T proceed on the theory that
the job I do speaks for .itself."
Vinson had just come from
one of the many conferences he
attends during a normal day. His
desk was piled with papers. He
extended a big hand in firm grip
to his interviewer.
He stared out the window of
his moderate-sized office in the
Federal Reserve building as he
spoke in a lich, deep voice. His
speech had a homespun flavor,
punctuated with an occasional
anecdote to illustrate a point.
Pressure Always
His job, he said, is to see to
ft that the nation's economy is
kept stable so that inflation,
dangerous runaway inflation,
doesn't take root. One of the
things that Vinson has to con
tend with is the pressure groups.
Pressure from all segments of
the economy industry, labor
and agriculture is ever present.
Everybody, he explained with
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same program is "Adventure in
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ON OPENING 0-C
LANDJOjIINERS
Rep. Ellsworth and Sen.
McNary Seek to Aid Min
ers of S. Oregon Section.
a wry smile, Is against inflation.
And they re for stabilization
but for the other fellow.
Some folks, he continued,
would like to have more dollars,
even if they're cheaper dollars,
so long as they have a bulge in
their pockets. It reminded him
of the story of Bob Taylor, a
Tennessean and a great orator,
who ran for congress in 1896
when the paramount issue of the
day was money. When Taylor
was asked by the gold standard
advocates about his position, he
said with a great show of sin
cerity that he was "fer it." When
the silver proponents sought his
views, he said with an equal dis
play of sincerity that he was
for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
"And confidentially," Taylor
added, "I'm also for a little
grain of eounterfeitin'."
Playing With Fire
Vinson observed that some
folks today favored a leetle grain
of inflation and they're playing
with fire.
Did he think he was doing
the job the president appointed
him to do? The judge thought
about that a moment. Finally,
he said that the real job of pre
venting inflation was done be
fore he took over. Back in 1939,
he continued. President Roose
velt had visions of the coming
war and envisioned inflation.
Executive controls were first set
up and Vinson said a real job
was done under them. AH you
had to do, he went on, was to
look at the record and compare
it with the last war. Steel hasn't
gone up one cent. And sugar?
Well, that was selling for about
25 cents a pound in the last war.
Vinson made it clear that he
isn't sitting back and letting
things ride along in the groove
cut by others. He sees some dif
ficult problems ahead. There Is
already visible for the next cal
endar year an inflationary gap
of $20,000,000,000, he said. And,
by George, he declared, these
dollars are going to have to be
immobilized. The means? Well,
he thought it might be done
with taxes, increased sale of war
bonds, controlling black mar
kets and so forth. :
How does he operate? First,
get saturated with the facts and
then apply common sense eco
nomic laws within the existing
legal framework.
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Terming John L. Lewis, presi
dent of the United Mine Workers
of America, the "Judas of Amer
ican labor" committing "the
greatest treason against Amer
ica, Frederick Myers, vice-presl
dent of the National Maritime
union, told the sixth annual con
vention of the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations today that
Lewis "must be driven from the
American labor scei.."
Myers termed the current
worki stoppage of Lewis' United
Mine Workers the "greatest
blow against the nation and the
greatest treason against Amer
ica."
"We must expose Lewis," My
ers said. "He is the Judas of
American labor and we must
drive him from the labor scene.
It's about time the absentee land
lord be driven from the palace.
He is not a miner."
A general attack on Lewis.
former president of the CIO, was
given by R. J. Thomas, president
of the United Automobile Workers.
Possibility that a congression
al subcommittee of the public
lands committee of the house
of representatives will bold
hearings in southern Oregon this
fall on a bill introduced by
Congressman Harris Ellsworth
to provide that certain lands in
Oregon be opened for location
and entry under the mining
laws was seen in a letter from
Ellsworth received recently by
Wade Crawford of 707 South
Oakdale avenue.
A companion bill was Intro
duced in the senate by Senator
Charles McNary following com
plaints by Crawford that a fed
eral act passed in 1937 provided
that mineral rights on O and C
grant lands in Oregon were re
served by the government and
that certain minerals could not
be taken off the land by citizens.
Hearing Urged
Ellsworth, . writing that his
bill as written apparently did
not meet with the interior de
partment's approval, said in his
letter:
''Anticipating their objection,
I have repeatedly urged upon
the Honorable Hardin Peterson,
chairman of the public lands
committee, that hearings should
be held on this bill in southern
Oregon by a subcommittee. He
told me he had in mind sending
a subcommittee to Washington
this fall for some further hear
ings on the tax bill, and I am
hopeful that the same subcom
mittee can be routed . through
southern Oregon. .
I feel that we will be at
a disadvantage In protecting
yours, and other local interests,
if hearings on the bill are held
only here in Washington, be
cause the arguments presented
by attorneys from the interior
department will unquestionably
over-weigh the limited amount
of testimony that can be pre
sented in favor of the bill as
written. I doubt very much
that we shall be able to pass
this bill through the house this
fall, but I am going to do every
thing I possibly can to get it
passed soon." - - ,
Adverse Report
Crawford also received a let
ter from Senator McNary in
which he said the department
of the interior had given an
adverse report on his companion
bill, and that Harold L. Ickes,
secretary of the Interior, had
offered a substitute bill. -
Ickes' bill, consisting of 10
pages, was sent to the Honor
able Carl A. Hatch, chairman
of the senate committee on
public lands and surveys and
this bill, along with Senator
McNary's, will be studied by
Hatch's committee.
The I.:kes bill would authorize
the leasing of certain O and C
grant lands for the removal of
minerals under a competitive
bidding plan to be under the
sole direction of the department
of the interior. A copy of the
proposed bill was sent Crawford
by McNary.
Amendment Sought
The bill introduced by Mc
Nary - and Ellsworth would
amend a section of the act
passed in 1937 by adding the
following paragraph:- . . .' .
"Any of the revested or re
conveyed lands to which this
act applies may be classified
by the secretary of the interior
as mineral lands if the secretary
finds, upon application or other
wise, that such lands are more
valuable or suitable for mining
purposes than for use ps agri
cultural or timber lands. Any
lands ao classified as mineral
lands ' may be restored to the
public domain and may be
opened to location and entry
under the mining laws of the
United States."
Crawford, who was formerly
superintendent of the Klamath
Agency, contends that the 1937
act involving the O and C grant
lands takes away the rights of
American citizens, and that
Ickes' substitute bill would
place complete domination of
the mining right in the hands
kof Ickes.
Public Uninformed
He claimed there were about
1,000,000 acres of O and C grant
land in Oregon now closed to
mining, but that the public had
never been informed minerals
coutd not be- removed there
from. He said the county clerk's
office here knew nothing about
the restrictions and had .record
ed many mining claims on O
and C land.
Crawford said he owned 140
acres of cinnabar mining prop
erty on Squaw creek in the
Applegate, 120 of them on O
and C land, and that the first
he knew of the 1937 act was
when he prepared to remove
the mineral from the O and C
land. He said he spent a consid
erable amount of money on the
land before he found he could
not take ony of the mineral off.
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Moscow, Nov. 2 (U.R) The
Communist party organ Pravda
said today that the Moscow con
ference successfully decided sev
eral urgent questions regarding
the conduct of the war
"The consequences of the close
solidarity established between
the allied nations will be felt
soon," Pravda said. "The deci
sions will deal heavy blows to
the plans of the Hitlerite strate
gists, where the principal hope
is based on protracting the
war."
Izvestia, the govenment or
gan, hailed the results of the
conference as "a new and sub
stantial success in the develop
ment of Allied collaboration."
The conference abundantly
demonstrated the determination
of the three great powers to car
ry the struggle against the Nazis
to a conclusion, speed up the de
fer t- of the enemy, and hasten
the hour of victory, Izvestia said
editorially.
Second Lt. George W. Rohrer,
Flying Fortress pilot, is missing
in action in the Mediterranean
war theater, according to a wire
from the war department re
ceived today by Mrs. Rohrer
who makes her home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Myers on the south Pacific high
way. The wire stated that the
lieutenant has been missing since
Oct. 10. His base was in North
Africa.
Lt. Rohrer has been In the
army for about three years and
was stationed at Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii, at the time of the Jap
anese surprise bombing. He was
in Schofield barracks when that
building was bombed. Shortly
after the Pearl Harbor incident
Lt. Rohrer returned to this coun
try and joined the air corps,
graduating as a Fortress pilot
from the field at Roswell, N. M.
He sailed for overseas duty last
May i.
The young man graduated
from Medford senior high school
with the class of 1939 and en
listed in an engineer's division
soon after. He and Mrs. Rohrer
were married last January.
Lt. Rohrer's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Warren W. Rohrer of
214 West Jackson Blvd.
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Juliette Lour
The first petroleum well In
the U. S. was opened at Titus
ville, Pa., in 1859.
Lake Champlain was discov
ered by the French explorer,
Champlain.
The first American perform
ance of Gilbert and Sullivan's
"Pinafore" took place in San
Francisco on New Year's Day,
1879. .
' As a part of National Girl
Scout week, being observed this
week . by Medford troops, the
Medford Sal
vation Army-)
USO is spon
soring an open
house program
We d n e s d a y
night from 7
until 9 v m.
The special
week opened
Sunday with a
"Scout Own'
ceremony held
at the River
side USO
which com
memorated the
birthday anniversary of the
founder of Girl Scout, Juliette
Low. ,
In addition to Girl Scouts of
all ages from all parts of the
county, parents and friends have
been invited to the open house
and several members of the Wo
men's Army corps stationed at
Camp White, who are former
Girl Scouts, will be guests. In
formal singing will make up the
program, which is being planned
by Adjutant Charles K. Cox,
director of the USO center. .
If troops attend as a unit, they
are invited to present a program
number or to bring craft dis
plays.
It Is expected that several
hundred visitors will attend the
open house during the evening
and it is stated that a check
count will be made at the door.
Clostnir time for Bundar Too Late
to Clawlty. 6:30 Saturday afternoon
Please rememoer.
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Ethel Brett, who works ia ffl ,?i3!i"r A 4
with the men in the Nay I 8i- - . - s 4
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American Flying Fort
resses end Liberators dropped
4,698 tons of bombs on Germany
and occupied territory last
month and their gunners destroy
ed or damaged 1,261 German
planes, the Eight Air Force an
nounced today.
The Americans lost 176 bomb
ers while shooting down 783
planes, probably destroying 130
and damaging 347 in October,
the headquarters announcement
revealed.
American fighters ran up a
combat score of better than 15
to 1, knocking down 77 German
planes against the loss of five
Thunderbolts In about 3,000
sorties during the month.
First fight engagement of
ironclad naval ships was be
tween the Confederate Merri
mac and the Uniof Monitor In
1862.
.The Chinese used a saltpeter
mixture to make flares as far
back as the beginning of the
Christian era.
White Peak in Lassen Vol
canic National Park has been
renamed Reading Peak, in hon
or of Major P. B. Reading, first
white man to visit the area.
Golden Gate Park, San Fran
cisco's outstanding playground,
grew from 1013 acres of sand
dunes set aside by the State
Legislature for park purposes on
March 14, 1870.
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Girl Scoutsyou are a home-front
army almost a million strong !
You are doing lots of big Jobs,
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x Collecting Pot and Scrap
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Like your army, millions of Reddy Kilowatts
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1943
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