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FOUR MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 14. 144 MedfordwIWteibune "Jlmjaat la SovtlMm Oi tsmm Btdi th Hall TribM" Doltr tstpi tetordar Publlabad tr If UFO It D FH1MT1XO OO. n-M Kortb Ftf M. rhos tilt HUBERT W. HUWU SdiUr. BUN EST R. OrUITRAF, M . Entered ootid eltaa matter at Mad- trd Oregon, under Act tf March l Slit. flUUSCHIPTION HATES Yr Mall la Advaoeai Dally and fluaday r. 9T.I PaJly aad fiuadar tB tooath... 4.4 Dally and Sundtr-HhrM month. 1.11 Dally aad Sunday or month. .Tl Bty Carrier la Adraaee Wed ford. ! land. CeatraJ point. JaahaoBvllla, Oeld Hill, Pbeeala. TalaaC aad mm aaetey rente it t Dally aad Sunday year fl.tt Dally and Runday.eae month.. .Ik All term aah la adveaee. WlHal Paper the City at Mad(r4 Official Papar ef Jackae Caty Poll I Wire WEU6BR OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Adverttalai Repraaeatatlva WEST-UOM,I DAT COMPANY. INC Offleee la New Tor a. Chleage, Dotrott, Bxm FTaaclaoo, hot A nee lea. Seat tie, PertUad. SL 1d1. AUaata. VaaeeaTee. a. a Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur P.rry ' A transient detained up north 'can't keep from running back wards. Bureaucrats In Washing ton, D. C, have been doing this for nearly 12 years, without at tracting any special attention Their antics are regarded as cute, Instead of crazy, The president proposes a post war quarantine of Jaoan, with "years of proof of peaceful in tentions before it is lifted. Some thing like this listens good as a cure for domestic Ills, such as war time strikes, and defiance of the government by labor czars. "Wanted Woman to take care of children while I work." (Ex change) The hand that should rock the cradlo grabs the dough. ... YE ED. GLOATS (Del Norte (Cal.) Triplicate) "In the first place, it Is in conceivable that the Imposing list of names which led the op position and called for a "No" . vote on the question, should be so far out of touch with public sentiment . . . and they must realize now how wrong they were, even though they won't admit It . . . when they could muster only 275 votes. Why, even some of their wives must have voted against them!" ... Wendell Wlllkle, the GOP presidential hope In 1940, and target of mad New Dealers with eggs and tomatoes, that year, has been invited to the White House for a conference on foreign pol icy. Once the prime minister of Australia Invited Wlllkle to visit him. Instead, Eleanor was sent, and, on a 'special mission. ... The Japanese may fold-up and ask for Hon. Peace, without notice at any time, according to Admiral Nimltz. The Admiral knows whereof he speaks, and is not talking through his silken whiskers, as was the official pes simist, who once dolefully pre dicted it would be well Into I960 ere the foe turned up his toes. ... The Older Girls have stnrted bracing themselves for their an nual fall housoclcanlng blitz, since it has been ten days since they finished the annual spring houscclcanlng. The Gallup poll Is not what It used to be, and democrats have started contradicting Its accuracy. Cause: It shows the Middle West states are over whelmingly In favor of Gov. Dewey. To them this It treason, lese majeste, and plain horrible to contemplate. Mid- August trends Indicate the water-soaked nag that has been standing In the middle of the creek for 12 yean will get a chance to dry out, come November. ... The huckleberry season Is now underway. It's a trifle early for a picker to be shot In a vital spot by an armed citizen, who mistook the sun's reflection from a water-pall, for the gleam In a catamount's eyes. ... PROUD PAPASi NOTE. 'There It no creature that can take more punishment than a little baby. Some people think of a baby as being frail, but you ran tell this Isn't the case by watching mothers and babies downtown. You see mothers shopping with baby In her arms and you are worried for fear the crowd will smother the young ster, hut he sleeps right through the desperate encounter. He Is carried from store to store-, some times with the blazing sun in his eyes, but he lives on. He Is load ed Into crowded busses and you wonder how his little nose can find enough air, but the tiny creature Is so rugged he pulls through In fine shape and Is still strong enough to keep everybody In the house awake that night." (Kansas City Times) The civilian labor force In creased to 62.840,000 between April and May of 1S44, with women accounting tor practical- i oi the 780,000 rise. Labor Opposes Townsend Bill An a foot-note to our recent sunnort of ereater and more general participation in politics (including that of organized labor), we note from a recent copy of the Oregon Labor Press, that the State Federation of Labor vigorously opposes the proposed utile Townsend nlan". This is a surorise. For have claimed the support a recent meeting in Portland, Dr. Francis lownsend, originator of the old age pension idea claimed the proposed amendment to our state constitution would pass, because a deal had been made between the Townsendites and Oregon Labor, whereby the latter would co down the line and the former, would political demands, in toto. I7ELL someone must have slipped up somewhere " For the following is which is the official organ for organized labor in this state:' "LISTING OURSELVES BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS" That is the way the recent convention of the Oregon State Federation of Labor characterized the deceptively titled 'Oregon Employment and Retirement Mutual Insurance Plan' calling for a vicious 3 per cent gross income tax. The proposal Is being sponsored by Townsendites and contains a financing proposal that is more abominable than a sales tax. We certainly denounce the misrepresentation and chicanery that characterizes the promotion of this particular bill. "Despite the Intimation In advertisement and handbills, that the Labor movement Is backing this bill, the plain truth is that the Labor movement is opposed to it because of its regressive tax feature. And It needs also to be made clear that Labor is not abandoning its position of supporting honest and wise social security measures, but such proposals as this one are unsound and deserve to be soundly trounced at the hands of the voters. "In addition to Us being unsound, the plan is sponsored dishonestly, and untrue and ridiculous assertions and hints as to Labor support are here and now. In the name of the State Federation of Labor, repudiated and denounced. Well, well that is pretty strong language ! And Oreeron labor is exactly right in terming this proposal a silly and unsound effort to lift "ourselves by our bootstraps." "THE Mail Tribune does not share Labor s violent opposition to a sales tax, but we do approve heart ily of its opposition to this "Little" Townsend plan, or the bier one for that matter, and we welcome its support on behalf of desirable legislation and a sound practical taxation system AS before remarked, commending labor for actively participating in politics, and urging all other groups that make up the body politic to do likewise, does not mean we necessarily approve of whatever political action labor may take, in this forthcoming election or any other. Nor of any other group. But we do approve of political participation by EVERY group, the more the merrier and the better and healthier democracy we will have. When we believe labor or any other group is right we will sup port it; when we believe any group wrong we won't. The net result however participation by all and eliminating rule by minorities and small-pressure groups, will be all to the good, and in the end give the people of this country more responsive and more efficient government. Morse Is Pro-Oregon Sneaking of labor support in the coming campaign, Oregon labor will support Wayne Morse for the U. S. Again the Mail Tribune such support. For as in the primaries, so believes that the people of Oregon by sending Guy Cordon, Harris Ellsworth and Wayne Morse to the Upper House of Congress, will regardless of polities have the strongest representation in Washington this state has ever enjoyed. DUT needless to add if Oregon Labor opposed Wayne Morse the action of this paper would be the same. For our support of Morse is based upon the man's unusual courage, not upon what any minority group may or may not think of him. MEANWHILE let us add this for the record. " Those members of organized labor who are supporting the Republican senatorial candidate be cause they believe if elected he will be a special pleader and blind supporter of labor, or any other minority group in the country, are due for a mde awakening. FOR Wayne Morse will be a rubber-stamp for no He believes in labor, in in labor's right to improve legitimate means, in greater political participation by labor. Wayne Morse can justly be termed a TRUE friend of labor. But is is no blind labor the War Labor Board and lie will tight for organized labor when he believes it is right He will fight just as hard against organized laoor when he believes it is That is the type of man speak for him officially we be defeated, than to receive a single vote on the assumption that he is of anv other type. . XAYNE Morse is a straight-shooter and a hard " fighter. If elected he will work for the special privilege benefit of no one group in the state, but for justice and the benefit of all, for the welfare of the people as a whole, and no group, labor or otherwise, who want MORE than a square deal will, if he is elected, GET what they want I the Townsendites in general of organized labor, and at for the initiative measure, support organized labor's taken from the Labor Press, lurtms uiate. by having more general the Republican candidate Senate. enthusiastically welcomes in the election, this paper character and abilities, labor's right to organize, its condition by every partisan, and his record on before that, proves it. wrong. he is. And while we can't believe he would rather News Behind The News By Paul MaJlon Washington, Aug. 14 The new political figure, Sidney Hillman of C. I. O., has been 1 1 a t ementing almost dally that honest-to- goodness he is not trying to capture Mr. Roosevelt, the d e m o c r a tic party, and the congress in this election . . , He is only try ing to "co-operate" with Paul MaJlon them . . . any suggestion otherwise Is "dis torted" and "unprincipled" . . . so he says. The facts of the mat ter are these, as near as I can ascertain them: The secretary of the democra tic congressional compalgn com mittee says the C. I. O.-HUlman front has backed about 75 con gressional candidates firmly and directly. All of these are demo cratic, excet one, the republi can representative, La Follette, of Indiana. So the "co-operation" which Mr. Hillman proposes to furnish congress is 7S-to-l democratic, differing radically from labor's generally established policy (fol lowed both by the A. F. L. and Railroad Brotherhoods) of en dorsing, in a truly non-partisan way, the candidates la both par ties most likely to be friendly to labor. THESE endorsements, says the magazine "Labor," represent ing no less unprincipled an out fit than the Brotherhoods them selves, are not being made by Hillman for the Interests of labor, but for the interests of the Hillman front. In an editorial, "Labor" charged $8,000,000 would be spent by the Hillman groups to elect men frequently represent ing causes of no concern to the worklngman (meaning commun ist sympathizers, socializers of the extreme left, etc.) Thus you may see the true picture. As far as congress is con cerned, Hillman Is trying to es tablish a left-wing bloc of at least 75 (I suspent his endorse ment list will be much larger) within the democratic party. This may or may not control the party in the house, depending on how many democrats and C. I. O'ers are elected. As far as controlling the White House, there seems to be a valid question of who is running who. It seems to me the White House figured Mr. Hillman could be used as banked to back the fourth-term campaign. Repres entative Dies agrees with "Labor" thai Hillman will shove In $6,000,000 before the election is over. Mr. Hillman says Sl. 800.000 Is his "campaign goal." Whatever the millions, it Is more money than anyone else has shown. Money generally gets what it Is after In politics. So far, Mr. Hillman was able to defeat Mr. Byrnes as vice-presidential can didate and get Truman in at the convention. A dozen or more prominent government officials have left their good Jobs to "co-operate" with his old political action com mittee. A vague haze Is being maintained over his new group, "the national citizens political action committee," but no radar Is needed to detect the fundamen tals. ... TTHE N. C. P. A. C. Is a legal subterfuge created because the C. I. O.-P. A. C. ran afoul the law preventing direct finan cial . contributions by labor unions to campaigns. It is a new money bag, to collect contribu tions from individuals rather than using union treasuries di rectly. The whole front obviously Is one erected to cover some clever bookkeeping and get around the law. The forced change may im pede Hillman's activities, but will not change them, or his purposes either. Now what docs all this mean? Mr. Dies says it represents not ; so much a lab- r front as the l New Deal taking over labor. I do not think so. I do not believe this Is labor, or even the New Deal. It seems to me, on Its face, purely and simply a lcft-wlrg effort to buy Its way Into politi cal power, to purchase the demo cratic party, If possible, for cash on the barrelhead. Hillman Is not labor. The crowd behind and around him is not. Their primnry devotion Is not to Roosevelt, the demo cratic party, or even to labor, but to their own radical doc trines. Their group ideology is far nearer the Russian than the American. Wiser labor leaders know that subtler Influences are better. CliHlnf Urn. for Clwili1 itt . m. Too Ut. to ciMirj, 13.10 MONEY TO LOAN Oa JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Sea our un r.d.m d Jewelry taring. PEO PLC'S LOAN CO. 22911 E. Main Street State license P 137. 172551 mum r- v 'I . .. . . . finishing touch to tj. 8. conquest of dead Japanese soldiers found Observations Our son, who Is raising tur keys, writes of how he has met one menace to his flock. "I shot a very interesting hawk this morning. Vultures are very nu merous and so far the young turks have never appeared frightened by them. So when I saw they were very excited over a low-flying bird, I was immedi ately suspicious. "I guess you know I have to sleep in a little shack tight on the turkey ground while the birds are small. If I'd been up at the cottage with Bettle and Scotty, I'd not have seen or heard the rush and roar of the turkeys heading for the brush. But keved as I always am to any thing unusual In the flock's actions, I was Immediately aware of their excitement. Look ing out, I saw a fair sized hawk sailing over the birds. Grabbing my gun I waited for it to circle near and then nailed it. "I believe It is a marsh hawk as it has the white tail patch (rump) and falcon-like wings. Also the distinguishing falcon 'tooth' was absent. This hawk is smaller than a red tail and looks like the marsh hawks I saw in eastern Oregon. These hawks are not common to the Wii'amotte valley but are seen occasionally. "For vour Information in case you don't know, Mother, the status of the marsh hawk is a scrambled one for although it does eat ducks sometimes it Is generally beneficial It usually takes crippled ducks and has the habit of harrying flocks of ducks, although not striking them down on the wing. Rats, mice, ground squirrels and birds are Its main diet. Nevertheless. I didn't care to have him around stampeding my turkeys every day. I can't say he ever takes one. for I've never caught him in the act. but turkeys are era rv birds at best and I am to have the service boys eat turks which lived In peace, however tragic and untimely their end." Looking up what Ira Gabrlcl son has to say regarding the marsh hawk. I found the son's deductions regarding the bird were correct that it Is common In eastern Oregon but Is found onlv occasionally In the Cor vallls area. There Is no doubt that the hawk disturbing the turkevs was a marsh hnwk And though largely beneficial, this Is another case where an indi vidual bird can be an annoy ance. An even greater menace to successful turkey raising Is the hrtrrfji nf "Knot" n-hlnh o tim )nfost ,he nnsrd, of the ,.., rv Th hirH. r oivn homeopathic doses of Epsom salts, then changed to new ground. Give a turkey a dose of Epsom salts and even a marsh hawks no longer excites him. DEMOCRATS ELECT Sacramento, Aug. 14. (U.R) William M. Malone, San Fran cisco, today took over leadership of the Democratic party in Cali fornia from Assemblyman Al fred W. Pobertson, Santa Bar bara, who has held the reins for the past two years. New!! r4' rc,Jr 'J . ,.-.-; Vv. f v x " Olive J Barber's PROJECTION MACHINES ... for clearer, sharper projection of your favorite motion pictures. Bulldozers" Used to BuryTapanese Dead W - . J ' v Saipan is added as bulldozer Is used in mountain caves and sniper nests Russians Return To Homes After 3 Years In Siberia Editor's Note: The writer of the following dispatch on the great Russian migrations first from the west to the eastern areas back of the Urals and later back to the reclaimed west accom panied Erie Johnston, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce on a tour of the previously-mysterious Russian industrial installa tions east of the Ural barrier. By Harrison Salisbury United Press Staff Correspondent Tashkent, U.S.S.R. (U.R) In the great modern railroad station of Novosibersk almost as big as the Union Station in Chicago were Russian men, women and children. Some were sitting on the waiting room benches. Others were sleeping on the floor. Many had huge bundles containing all their worldly possessions blan kets, a samovar, pots, pans and These people were tired and worn, but happy. They were go ing back home. Every dcy Novo sibersk station and other sta tions on the trans-Siberian and central Asiatic railways are crowded like that. The Russians pre people going back home after nearly three years of life as evacuated refu gees. It is a vast problem handling this population mov em e n t. Every train puffing westwards from Siberia, the Urals and cen tral Asia Is filled to overflow ing. But big as It Is, this task pales beside that of the original evac uation. Russian officials estim ate that at the peak period mil lions of people were evacuated. Kazakhstan province alone had more than one million refu gees. Uzbekistan had two mil lionsequivalent to an over night population increase of one third. These people had to be fed and given work. On top of this there was the evacuation of industries, the movement of troops and war supplies toward the west, the movement of wounded and con valescent men by the thousands towards the quiet eastern dis tricts to be handled. Every imaginable expedient was employed. The Moscow Art Institute was housed in the an cient courtyard of Regiztan, in Samarkand, where Moslem scholars of the 15th century studied the Koran. The seats were ripped out In the big modern theater of Alma ata and the auditorium turned Into the chief Russian film studio. Patients were evacuated from a rest hospital and the building turned into a parachute factory. The same thing happened In many other cities. The worst phase was the initial evacuation period during the autumn of 1941 to the spring of 1942 before adequate housing facilities could be organized and food and water supplies provid ed in sufficient quantities. In Novosibersk, housing for 300,000 people was erected In 73 days. Tashkent built 10,000 square yards of housing space for the evacuees and 10,000 square yards for industries. Vice Commissar Rodon Kluk hav, of the Council of People's Commissars of Uzbekistan, de scribed the Industrial evacuation in the following terms: 'The Industries started com ing in October, 1941. We usually got two weeks notice before the arrival of the plant and the workers. A certain large aircraft factory was transferred here. We got it set up and producing within 80 per cent of capacity within 30 days. "A very large-munitions plant was transferred here. It had to (Acme Telephoto) to dig mass grave for hundreds of by Yank mopplng-up forces. small string bags with food. go into production Immediately, but it could not work without a foundry." 1 Glukhov asked Eric Johnston, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, to guess how long it took to set up the foundry. Johnston said he believed It could be done in 45 days. Glukhov smilingly said: "We got it working in 28 days. It is now producing 50 per cent more than the original foundry." The food problem was solved by a vast expansion of the local food production possibilities. Novosibersk had 20,000 acres under food crops before the war, most of which were cultivated by the factories. Novosibersk now has 45,000 acres of victory gardens run by individual workers plus 125,000 run by the factories. In Uzbekistan and Kazakh stan the food problem was slightly different because of the normal huge food production in these areas. But all this produc tion was needed to make up for the loss of the rich Ukraine provinces, so here, too, the vic tory garden and the factory farms were instituted. The re-evacuation of workers back to their original homes has nearly been completed. But nevertheless many workers have remained behind with the plants. This creates a problem because their original cities want the workers back. Vice Commissar Glukhov, commenting on this situation, said: "We have lots of skilled work ers here from Leningrad. Lenin grad is giving us no peace be cause they want these people back. On the other hand we want them to stay to enrich our cultural and industrial life." The number of gold-producing mines In southern Rhodesia, British Africa, decreased from 1574 in 1930 to 770 at the close of 1943. A Perfect Setting . . . Conveniently located ample parking space no steps to climb. The QUIET beauty of our chapel affords a perfect letting for your hour of parting. Sin CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 3147 H. W. Conger -Carlos W. Morris Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. Hit tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 14, 1934 (It was Tuesday) Home repair loans from gov ernment made easy. Fair. High S3, low C4 degrees. Gen. Martin at banquet prom ises aid for southern Oregon if named governor. He is cam paigning on New Deal Issues. Rih Canadian brewer kid naped and held for ransom. State restaurant owners face suspension from NRA. Won't follow code. Dr. H. Schacht, German eco nomic dictator, makes whirl wind campaign to permit Adolf Hitler to assume presidency. Midwest drouth believed past peak. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 14, 1924 -(It was Thursday) County court declares war on digger squirrels. Army filers plan to hop off to morrow on flight from Iceland to Greenland. Forest fires in California be come more plentiful and threat ening. Fair. High 93, low 54 degrees. Wild blackberries Applegate on sale market. from the at public Raise In price of sugar on Pa clfic coast announced. Labor unions to back LaFol lette for president. Henceforth, parking of cars will not be permitted in local alleys. ENDEAVOR CONFERENCE AUG. 21-27 AT TURNER Portland. Rev. Holly Jarvis. pastor of the Christian church of Lebanon, will be the featured evening speaker at the Christian Endeavor Summer conference to be held at Turner, 21-27, spon sored by the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union. Any further in formation regarding the confer ence can be secured from Ver non L. Fishback, executive sec retary of the Oregon C. E. Union 303 Davis Bldg., Portland 4, Oregon. Delegates from all portions of the state will comprise-the con ference body. FORM NEGRO PARTY . Dallas, Tex., Aug. 14. (U.R) Formation of a state-wide organ ization known as "The Texas League of Democratic Voters," described as a move to weld the big negro vote into one unit and promote political activity among the state's 571,000 negroes was revealed today. 1888
