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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.
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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
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tim )nfost ,he nnsrd, of the
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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.
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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.
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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