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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
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Ye Smudge Pot .
By Arthur Prry I
A record crop of acorns, a
sign ot a hard winter, Is com
ing up, mountaineers report.
Some of the acorna may grow
up to be a "mighty oak," inas
much as there is no "Indispensa
ble Oak."
A careful driver, stopped,
looked, and listened, at the
Main Stem crossing yes. He
Washington, D. C, July 18. Washington is certainly a deserted
city, a welcome relief from the old days. We would not be here
either except for an S.O.S. on the Camp White situation, which
brought us down from New York Just as we were about to hop a
train for Chicago. As luck would have it, and it certainly WAS
luck, we were able to get accommodations to replace those we
had, after being told everything was booked up for a month and
if we went to Chicago we would have to sleep in the aisle of a
day-coach! (Lady Luck DOES hover around your correspondent
now and then.')
And it isn't so hot.
We have Just come from a conference with General X, after
a much longer one with Guy Cordon, and well, that wasn't so
hot either. But it was funny, in spots.
General X has the final word as far as the disposition of Camp
White. and all other army camps is concerned. Only General
Marshall and of course the President are above him, so he is really
a person of considerable importance, and we did not expect to
be given any inside information, or interesting camp gossip. But
we DID expect more than we gotl
Not that the General was rude or unfriendly. Far from It. We
have never met such a genial General, one so warm in his personal
approach and so ingratiating. He greeted us like a long-lost
brother, thanking us profusely for coming far over to the Pentagon
Building to see him, and when we departed, again he almost
wept at the thought, of seeing us so short a time, trusting that
when we came to Washington the next time we would be sure to
drop over and see him. His personal aide, an extremely photo
genic end "collegiate" captain, escorted us, both up the escalators
and down, with flawless protocol, cursing out F.D.R. meanwhile
for a Republican editor's special benefit! BUT when it came to
the subject at hand, the General and his aide, said exactly
NOTHINGI And lots of thatil
On any subject other than Camp White, the conversation was
positively scintillating, the weather, apples and pears, Oregon
timber, Pullman travel, the newspaper business, the latest shows in
New York, Senator McNary, Senator Cordon or any other Senator,
but get around to the final fate of Camp White or anything
approaching it, and the General shied off like a colt from a cougar,
and not only would say nothing, but gave not the slightest hint
or intimation, and this, like everything else, with the greatest
courtesy, consideration, and kindliness.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
I physically and mentally capable
, of taking over the leadership of
the country in Mr. Roosevelt's
i absence, and this is said factu-
ally, not partisanly, not con
servatively, radically or any
thing else. Everybody knows it.
I cannot resist the feeling
that I have attended the wake
of democracy.
Am urn InlH ihn aminhln rnntnln uta hnH hnrl "hnieh-nf f hffnrt
evaded the approaching , but never one quite M compiete and neat and s0 immaculately
engine, but was bumped by the done the Generai we acknowledged was a supreme artist in that
car behind him. Both hopped I direction. BUT we failed to see why he couldn't give us some hint,
out and looked mad at each oth- . f -iluatio
cr's license plate.
.
"Please stop the paper. I do
not want it, or my wife either'
(From a letter.) Ono disgust at
a time,, plcasel
, . .
The weather is now the cyn
osure of all cussing. It is such
even the CofC can't think of
anything good to say about it.
...
The thing that nettles the
New Deal moguls and satellites
the most is the charge of Gov.
Dewey, key posts in the Ad
ministration are occupied "by
tired old men". What the coun
try needs Is "fountain of eter
nal youth," and no elections.
An unmentioned "tired old man"
at Chicago Is the 70-year-old
president of the Montgomery
Ward company. Two. soldiers
toted him out of his place of
business a few weeks ago. Sub
sequent events revealed the
cause of his weariness was due
mora to the New Deal than his
years. His sontlment are wide
ly reflected in nation-wide polls.
An "unloaded gun" wounded
three people at a Wyoming
dance. The sheriff thinks an
"uncorked" bottle, -everybody
knew was "uncorked" had
aomcthlng to do with the casual
ty list.
!
POINT WITH PRIDE
(Oregon Journal)
"Here they find a furlve
and mysterious stranger, Sid
ney Hillman, a continental
ideologist, holding forth In an
official political command
post as boss of the political
action committee of the CIO,
largely composed of New
York Communists, and issu
ing decrees to their own
party's convention, issuing de
crees to them, with the blcs
sing of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Hillman! In God's name,
how came this non-toiling,
sedentary conspirator, who
never held American office or
worked In the democratic or
ganization, to give orders to
the democrats of the United
States?"
A federal road survey shows
O-.egon motorists maintain the
highest average speed of all the
sliilos, at 44.2 mph. This, a met
ropolitan daily editorially ex
plains, is due to war-workers
In a hurry to get to the Job, and
back home afterwards. The
Oregon autnlst also make time
getting to the fi.hing-hole, and
the Saturday night dance.
.
llerr Hitler of Germany, the
former Austrian paperhanger,
Is now really busier than one
with the hives and shy an arm.
Yesterday was a hectic day for
him, He was nearly blown to
hell by a bomb, and had to
make two speeches to prove he
was not, revolt broke out at
home, and in the army, and de
feat came to him on three
fronts.
YE ED. PATS HIMSELF
"The lawn social to be given
by the ladies of the Congrega
tional church on the church
grounds this evening gives
promise of being a delightful
affair. Indeed anything that
the Dalles ladies undertake Is
always successful, and between
beauty and lemonade, cake and
Ice cream, and the fact that we
will probaiily be there ourself
it will undoubtedly be he af
fair of the season." (50 Yrs.
Ago col. The Dalles Chronicle.)
Clnamft tlm, for 8utvi. Too
to 1'iM.ify no 8turai siwtnooa
rmM rtnwmnw.
Well the Captain is a good scout, the General is for that matter.
both very much of the clubby type, and in our farewells at the
bottom of the stairs, a few things were said but entirely "off-the-record,"
which justify the belief the conference was not
ENTIRELY in vain.
We can't give any details, but this much can be said:
The situation regarding Camp White Is not good, it Is not good
regarding any army camps in Oregon but it is not hopeless, and
there is no reason to believe there will be any complete ABAN
DONMENT in the near future. The process of liquidation in other
words promises to be, we said PROMISES a gradual rather
than a sudden and abrupt one. But on the long pull, "we the people
in Medford would, we think, be wise, to adjust ourselves to the
fact that the shot-in-the-arm that Camp White has provided in a
business way, is not going to last forever. ; Far from it!
Finally let this be stated, and most emphatically. Everything
that can be done to salvage Camp White has been done, and will
be done in the future. Senator Cordon is on the .Job 24 hours a
day, he is In close touch with those who will determine the camp's
fate, all the information the powcrsuhat-be want, has. been given.
The excellent Chamber of Commerce "prospectus" has been circu
lated where it will do the most good (and it'definltoly HAS done
good), we are convinced that no stone that SHOULD be over
turned, hasn't been. If letters, briefs, any sort of political pressure
would help the situation, we would certainly call for some and in
most cases of this sort they might be advisable from the standpoint
they could do no harm and might do some good.
But not only as a result of our "wash-out ' with General X and
talks with Senator Cordon but from a general size-up of the
situation, your correspondent Is convinced the best course for
Medford to pursue NOW, is to relax, keep its shirt on, and let
nature take It.f course. Don t try to stir up the animals anymore.
lot there can readily be too much ot that sort of thing at this
particular time. Later on pcrhops, not now. The seed has been
sown, give it a chance to sprout and growl
Yes with all the Big League Democrats except the President at
Chicago, Washington is a quiet and much Improved toWnt Every
one wonders if after November there will be even a larger Demo
cratic exodus.
Since our last visit wo would say the Republicans have become
more and more hopeful, the Democrats more and more worried;
but the boys who have no partisan sympathies one way or the
other (in other words the bookmakers down at the Willard) still
will take your money, at odds of two to one, that F.D.R. will get
his 4th term.
This will be hard medicine for M. Hogan to swallow, but at the
moment we happen to know It's true, though it doesn't necessarily
prove anything more than this. the odds are always on the
favorite, and as all race track followers know, favorites don't
ALWAYS win.
There Is also a definite change In the local feeling regarding the
WAR since our former stop. Ono runs Into It everywhere. Ewcept
on the Russian front progress Is far behind schedule In Europe
and in China the situation is genuinely serious, as far as China's
continued LFFtCTlVE resistance Is concerned.
To sum up: the prevailing sentiment today is that there will
have to be a marked improvement In Europe if Germany Is to
be beaten this year, and anything final In the case of Japan m less
than two years, looks dim indeed. But here again it may be a case
of the "bookies" being badly off the beam, one can never be
sure. Here's hoping they arcl
Some day we would like to take "Rosey", or some other loyal
S. P. factotum on a ride on the Penn trains between here and
New York. Wonder what they would think of it, a Irain every
hour, always on time, and going like a bat out of Hades all the
way, with four or five stops, and crowds always on hand, but
stops averaging less than a couple of minutes! In our humble
judgment it shows what an up-to-date well managed railroad can
do, but so few accomplish. and the S. P. never ATTEMPTS, at
least as far as Oregon Is concerned.
c have an idea Rosey would be certain the engineer had lost
his mind or taken one too many shots of shellac Just before ho
climbed Into the cab, for to a patron of the S. P. It does seem
llko "reckless driving." Were the same technique adopted by the
S. P. in Oregon, it would take fivo or six hours instead of 15 from
Medford to Sim Francisco!
If we miss getting off today we will miss the opening of the
Democratic Jamboree In Chicago tomorrow, and then we would
lose our Job, and deserve to.
The Chicago weather man, Incidentally, according to the
Times promises better weather this" time. He Is fairly safe. There
couldn't be worse than the LAST time! R.W.R.
Auto Sellers Must
Surrender Unused
Portion Gas Ration
Present OPA regulations pro
vide that when a motor vehicle
Is sold the seller surrenders the
unused part of his gasoline ra
tion to his local OPA board, the
surrender being mndo In one of
two ways, according to L. L.
Ternahan, executive secretary
of the local board .
In the two methods of sur
render recognized, Mr. Tcrna-
UM Mill Rlbunt Wnl Ads.
han states that the seller himself
may surrender the unused ra
tion and get a receipt from the
board which he turns over to
the buyer with the tire inspec
tion record, or if the sale is
made to a dealer the seller may
make the dealer his agent to
surrender the unused ration and
get the receipt. The second ,
procedure is the one often fol-
lowed when the owner sells his
car to a dealer, Mr. Ternahan !
adds. I
Chicago, July 21 For 24
years now I have covered na
tional political conventions as a
repo rter. At
gaWM times it has
been a great
strain on my
faith in com
mon sense, but
I h a v e never
before said
anything about
it. From long
press associa
tion experience
in nonpartisan
I'aul Mallon ship, I devel
oped a phlegmatic, impregnable
belief that these quaarenman
grand Illusions were human
phenomena, like the breaking
out of a boil on a man's neck or
the rise of a blemish on the face,
which would soon pass, or at
least could not pierce my faith
In democracy and the Inevitable
domination of sense from the
mass mind.
THIS one here In Chicago,
however, ends all that for
me. The assembly of milling,
footsore delegates from the 48
states into a few hotels and an
arena to express the will of the
party they represent has always
appealed to me as an accurate
expression of the United States,
its ways, customs, heritage. 00
eager and confident was my
mindin this belief that I accept
ed without hesitation the farce
of Madison Square Garden in
1928, the usual nonsense of plat
form writing, the breast-beating
orators, the foolishness of candi
dates without a purpose and
such tpyical convention manifestations.
I always had enough sense to
realize these things made no
sense in themselves, but I had
faith In the eventual essence, the
final common denominator, the
the ultimate averoge of these
things as they worked out in the
end.
.
AS I say, this one has ruined
"all that for me. I could strain
my Intelligence to the acceot
ance of the Illusion that Mr.
Roosevelt was really not Inter
ested In his re-election, that he
is nlavine the part of a good sol
dier, that he bowed to the will of
the pnrtv in acceding Wallace's
cancellation, that his letter an
nouncing his decision to keep
his hands off the vlce-nrcsiden-tlnl
matter came from the heart
Then how can I turn around
next rinv and believe the onmv
lte that Mr. Roosevelt ordered
he withdrawal (of Assistant
President Bvrnes. How can any
one fnithfullv report to the peo
nle the eolnes-on. the fundamen
tal guiding theories and effects
of a mass nartv meeting, which
Is not really one, but only the
carefully contrived arrange
ments of one man. one leader,
who changes his mind from day
to day.
As the gruff old sage, Indi
ana's former Senator Jim Wat
son, once put It, commenting on
President who was his leader:
"How are you going to stand
behind a man with St. Vitus'
dance?"
I give It up. Conventions in
my studied opinion Bre out
moded devices. They are the
formulas of a bygone era of
slow transportation and archaic
communications.
OACK In the time of the civil
" war It may have seemed fit
ting and necessary for deleeates
to come In from all parts of the
country to discuss freely their
mirnoses and ambitions. In order
that a solid, common ground of
partv understanding mlcht be
reached. It no longer works that
wav.
These things are half political
elr"uses aimed at radio publicity
(the hiring of Actress Helen
Gahagnn. for Instance, as an off
set to Clare Luce of the republi
cans) and. frankly the delegates
and their opinions no longer
amount to much. The other half
of these affairs is a planned mass
deception, arranged usually by
one man or a group of men on
consort.
Some day, and not very far In
the future, someone Is going to
abandon this stunid convention
ality and provide an accurate
method of expression. True, free
primaries might fill the need.
Uncoerced state and county con
ventions also could accurately
express the mind of the people.
TPHE trouble is not so much
with the system as with the
manner In which It has been
corrupted for radio, for power
politics for simile-headed lead
ership, for dominaion. Former
ly you could look to the radi
cals and intellectuals to resist
such authoritarianism. Rut the
radicals now are authoritlarian.
They Just want to be the au
thority. There are no democrats
left, at least no believers in the
democratic theory In positions
of power and leadership.
For example, a Negro leader
here says there are no more
than eight or ten seated Negro
delegates to this convention,
and admittedly the C. I. O. con
trols no more than eight of the
48 state delegations. Yet they
dictated, through Mr. Roosevelt,
the w ithdrawal of Pyrnrs, who
is admittedly Ui only man
Flight o Time
Madford and Jackson Co. His
tory from th filet of th Mail
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 21, 1934
at Was Saturday)
Mid-west drouth loss soars;
Heat kills scores.
Fair and rising temperatures,
high 74, low 51 degrees.
Shirley Temple, five-year-old
movie star, signs contract for
51250 per week.
Humorist Will Rogers and
family leave on world cruise.
Strike arbitration vote called
at Coast ports.
Portland acts to curb com
munist agitators in strike tur
moil.
Trail-Prospect-Butte Falls for
est areas closed to curb lire
dangers.
Bartlett harvest to start Mon
day.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 21, 1924
(It Was Monday)
Radio message brings rescue
of 872 lives aboard passenger i
boat when rammed by tanker !
off Long Island sound.
Hair dressers of nation op
pose break bobs like "Little
Egypt", "snake's hips" and
freakish caricatures ol the
bob. ;
Generally fair and moderate.
High 85, low 52 degrees.
Jack Dempsey, world cham
pion, hit by auto in Los An
geles, and right arm broken.
Forest -fires break out anew
in Coos county.
Mr. and Lewis Ulrich home
from five weeks' trip in East.
Olive s2i
Barber's
Observations
It is 5 a. m. as this Is being
written and I forget the horror j
on the faces of friends when
they learn of this early rising 1
habit as I hear the robins calling
on every one to 'Gitty-up! Qitty
up!" Their unmusical insistence
that everyone follow their exam
ple reminds me of a friend of
mine who has gone more than a
little wacky over vitamins. As a
persistent subject for convcrsa-'
tion, I much prefer the weather. '
Weather has the prestige of an
tiquity behind it. Hardly a man
now alive can recall the time
when there wasn't more or less .
weather lying about. Nor is
weather a controversial . topic.
Like death and taxes, weather
Just is. and that's that.
No one corners you and be-,
seeches that you choose a cold ,
and snappy day to put color In
your cheeks and zip In your ac
tivity. No one tries to convert
you to clear weather since clear
weather will give you better
vision. It's Just taken for granted
you've been playing around with
weather all your life and that
you know as much about it as
anyone. . !
But vitamins are something :
else again. You mustn't eat raw ,
carrots simply because you've
always enjoyed eating raw cat-,
rots; you must eat raw carrots
as a duty; must be conscious of
what they're doing for you. None j
of this pally stuff of natural at- j
traction. In spirit you must ap
proach a carrot with genuflec
tions and a full awareness of its
virtues.
For instance. If a girl were a
carrot, a man wouldn't look at
her, see that she was sweet and
lovely, properly curved and col
orful. Instead he'd remind him-1
self how good she was going to
be for him; how she'd work for
his advancement and well be
ing; how much more energetic
she'd make him. A pretty girl, to ',
such a man. wouldn t be like a
melody: she'd be his dose of cod
liver oil.
Until I learned about vitamins.
I ate raw vegetables simply be
cause I liked them: liked the skin
of baked potatoes; liked the snap
of apple skin as I ate it; liked
everything edible, in fact. But
my friend has made me realize
this is childish. I must eat this
and that only because it's the
only way to get my shot of this
and that vitamin. I mustn't think
of the pleasure these foods give
me but of the good they do me.
Which Is most depressing. Beau-
ty for ashes; melody for cod
liver oil.
TAKES THE CROWN
Scottsbluff, Neb. U.R) Two
small boys were deep in heated
argument over the merits of
their respective fathers. Asser
tion crowded assertion until vic
tory finally was won by the
young braggart who claimed,
'Til bet a million, billion, tril
lion dollars my daddy has more
dandruff than your daddy."
GETS O.K.
Topeka, Kan. (U.PJ Officials
at the army air field here report
that the name "Pat Pending"
rrfntiv was nnnroved for a new
plane. The aircraft is piloted by I
an expectant father. If a boy, the
child Is to be Patrick; If a girl,
her name will be Patricia.
SERVICE TO SERVICEMEN
Portland, Ore. (U.PJ So far
this year, USO women volun
teers have given nearly 225,000
nf oryirn to nearly a mil
lion service men and women vis
iting the various USO units in
Portland.
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