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BIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Oct. II, 1944 Medford$$&WTribune "Esaryone in Southern Oregon Reads the Mill Iilbune" Dallr Except gatnrdar Published br MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 3141. ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. GILSTRAP, Mantra An Independent Newspaper. fcntered aa eeoond clasa mattar at Medford. Oregon, unaer Acs oi March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday ona yaar ..$7.50 Dally and Sunday alit montha 4.00 Dally and Sunday threa moe. 3.10 Daily and Sunday ona montn.. .10 ly Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point, Jacnion vllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday ona year....9.00 Daily and Sunday one month .75 AU terma cash In advance. (fllclal Paper of the City of Medfora Olllclal Paper ol Jackson County Halted Press roll Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, run in Neu York. ChlcaeTO. trolt, San Francisco. Los Anleles, Se atUe, Portland, St. Louis, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. INC Da- Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Total registration In this tate for the November election Is es timated at 600.000. Of this num. ber, it Is estimated 4S0.000 will cast ballots. This leaves but 13U, 000. trying to catch a fish, shoot a deer or duck, hold perfect hrlriee hand, or too tired to struggle to the polling place, e e "Should Dewey be elected this publishing and printing business will be for sale cheap." (Capital Press of Salem) Even so, Amer lea Is strong enough to survive, e e The nasslne of Wendell Will kie brought sorrow to the world and the nation, who paid tribute to his greatness, his statesman hln. his sincerity, his Integrity, his grasp of world affairs, and love of humanity. He was one and the same person, who four years ago this month, near the close of the presidential cam paign, was the target of eggs and tomatoes, hurled by the rabble, and, upon whom a female zealot of Detroit, tried to drop a ten pound cast-iron waste basket, from a skyscraper window. The Morse-Smith Mix-Up According to otir Bpecial operative in Portland a very unusual situation exists up there as far as the race for Rufus Holman's seat in the U. S. senate is concerned. The rival candidates are Wayne Morse and Edgar bmitn respective winners of the Kepubhcan and Democratic nominations, A few months ago the disappointed Republicans who supported Rufus Holman, were all for Edgar bmith, and the tJ.I.O. rohtical Action Committee was solidly for Wayne Morse. , DUT today the roles have been exactly reversed The Holman Republicans, in fact the conserva tive members of the party en masse, have recently gone over to Morse, not only unanimously, but en thusiastically. Radical labor on the other hand, finally convinced that Morse is not what they supposed,-is neither a New Deal Democrat, nor a 100 partisan of Sydney Hillman, have gone Democratic, and as Edgar Smith 13 the only senatorial candidate of that party the assumption is he will get the radical labor vote. We said radical But NOT the labor vote as a whole, for the A.i .L. and conservative workers in Multomah again this is our operative's report will pretty well split be tween the Republican and Democratic candidates, News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Arts and Sciences YOU KNOW THEY WONT (Siskiyou (Cal) News) "This one Is personal piffle of a hundred octane rating, chum, and if you are bent up on the dolorous themes of war, politics and the sad, sad, as pects of line in general, you may as kell skip it." IN other words there has been a complete political primary those who were for then, are now against; and those who were against then are now for.. How come? What does it all add up to? . Well in a nut-shell to human nature. For say what we will about politics and partisan ship, when it comes right down to brass tacks, self interest is usually stronger than either. It is in this case. THE only surprise is that the individuals concerned Air ris-if f.tn-1 iiif ii'Vif roa f r thaii r.r.1 if 1 co1 U1UV J1VSIV 11WU U It U II IIUV i V UO lyV Wllyll JV11WVU1 eJV iX interest earlier. For in spite of all the gossip and hearsay of the Primary campaign, Wayne Morse was NEVER a pal of Harry Bridges, NEVER a pro-labor partisan, NEVER a 100 New Dealer. TRUE he had been an arbitrator in coast labor dis nnfaa in tirViiVi "Rinrlrrna wqq rmro nr ttxripo in- volved: he had also been a member of the admini stration's War Labor Board, and was and still is a genuine, sincere and devoted friend of labor, as well as a personal friend of the President's. But, as the slightest inspection of his record would have shown, he had never been a labor PARTISAN, or a New Dealer. He had fought for organized labor when he be lieved it to be right, he had fought equally hard The Les Taylor boy, Bob. of 'against it when he believed it wrong. And because ne opposed me cuciaionai taciics ui junn jj. .uewia on one hand, and the refusal of the Roosevelt admini stration to discipline Lewis on the other, he aroused the hostility of both groups. fl ".'.lllii..'.si eWilsfelW.isel Phoenix has encountered his first dentist. He now wants to grow up and be a dentist, and have his first dentist as his first patient The C. Pheasant season opens the coming week-end. Rural resi dents are advised to discontinue flying over barns, and imitating the evening songs of wild birds. F. Sinatra, the swoon crooner, earns as much In two days, as Gen. Elsenhower does In a year. There is some Justice In this. The Ceneral does not have to listen to the Sinatra crooning and Mr. Sinatra does not have to obey any of his orders, e e Quite a few of the decrslaycrs are bark from the chase All re port their legs and lungs are as good as ever, but the Eastern Oregon mountains are getting steeper. IN short Wayne Morse is not only extremely able he is a square-shooter and a square-dealer, as far as organized labor is concerned, or organized capital, or organizations of any sort. He always has been, he always will be. And in justice to organized labor as a whole, it should be added that for the labor rank and file, that is all labor wants a square deal and that is why a large share of the labor vote will undoubtedly go to Wayne Morse in this election.' But not the radical vote, either the radical Hillman Political Actionists for labor, on one hand, or the radical 100 New Dealers for Roosevelt on the other. Thev will go where their beliefs and self interests lie, where their extreme demands and partisanship James Cnesar Pctrlilo. head of 'will he welcomed and encouratred not renounced and the musician's union, declines denounced. the President's request, his union obey a war labor board order. He replied with a nlne-piige tele- grnm that Indicates Pctrlllo's middle name has gone to his head. e SOUNDS LIVELY (New Albany Tribune) "Mrs will entertain the members of the Altar iluild of St. Paul's Epis copal Church at her home Fri day, with an all day meeting. "A snort business meeting will be held at 2 p. m." a e e Gov Pricker of Ohio, repub lican vice presidential candidate, will be here Friday the 13th. He represents hiilf of an avalanche of hard luck for the Fourth Term notion. The Nazis are hot on the trail of the culprits suspected of put ting poison In Herr Hitler's coffee World War I veterans recall the coffee they drank In Gcrmahy and maintain If It's the same brew, there is no need of poison in it. TO THE COAST. MENI 'The town is famous for the periodical furores of public spirit. First, a wagon road; next. water-works, and then a railroad fever seizes our good people and CONVERSELY those who DON'T want four more years of Roosevelt nor four consecutive terms for any President for that matter who are tired of the New Deal and want a change, who believe in a square deal for organized labor but who don't ne cessarily want organized labor to RUN EVERY THING, including the government they will go where their self interests and beliefs lie, and Mark their ballots for Governor Dewey and Wayne Morse! XniICII is all quite as it should be. The astonishing thing is that it took so long for this realignment to take place, required so much time before either side woke up to the political reali ties of the situation. ' IN fact it looked for a time as though the conserva tive Republicans up there in Multnomah and else where who pride themselves on being such shrewd business men and smart politicians, would go on blindly being governed solely by their prejudices and resentments, only to wake up the day AFTER election and find they had really voted for the very thing they did not want. They would find they had, in other words, been sold down the river by a small group of scheming politicians, and had nothing to renders them almost insane. The! show for their excursion when the ballots had been l!.tni.ep!r1t?m,c 'a,u rallroad: counted and it was too late, but a nice, well-calcimin- mania. They are however, ap- ,i ri.i r..:i, i parentlv ennvnlp.o.nt iPio, ' UOIU lillCKI (Cal) Press Item in 1857) Grants Pass note. Washington, Oct. 11 Death swerved the future course of politics In this country when it cut Wendell Willkie down He was headed toward even tual leadership of a third party, or at least a third political move m e n t, repre senting the left wing in inter- national affairs. His In fluence In the. republican party had been super seded largely by coming of the Dewey regime, representing in ternational practicalism. No matter what the result of the coming election, Dewey has taken over the party, and will lead it, If not the nation, toward that postwar purpose. M7ILLKIE hated the new deal " and its ways, and since his defeat four years ago had tend ed more and more to become spokesman for what might be called at best, the New York literati, with extreme views on internationalism. That group now has lost its most respected, if not its only powerful, political proponent. The administration itself is veering toward practicalism, a trend which will be maintained as long as State Secretary Hull is an influence. The only other deflection from the Dewey lead ership among the republicans has been Minnesota s Ball, whose as sociates, the Stassen people, have isolated him to a minority of one. The prospect that this com paratively young man, Mr. Will kie, would rally Increasingly strong direction of the idealists' school of international thought, is eliminated. (Coincidentally, some of Mr. Willkic's more ar dent supporters have complained against my early and consistent challenges of the logic of his in ternational position, saying I was attacking Willkie He never thought so. We were friends.) e e e THE practicalism trend toward nnelurnr l evtrlpnt alcn rip- hind the speeches now being pro moted by the foreign policy as sociation. Last Saturday Dr. James Bryant Cnnant president of Harvard, acknowledged the differences in temperament and places of nations in advocating an International organization plus disarmament of Germany and Japan. He rejected proposals to dis member Germany, to finance In dustrial reconstruction with our money again or to cut them off from their industries radical ventures all. He would prevent them forever from making planes thus to keep them dis armed. In wandering among these de tails, pro and con, current thought is proceeding down to bedrock The world peace prob lem is not to keep our current enemies subservient, but to keep them from armaments. Indeed, it is more than that, to keep all nations from gathering or using armaments for war. It involves not only Germany and Japan but Russia, Britain, China and ourselves. c t V ommittee Pledge1 FDR Support r:n rsr-r c n? Mil f, T , n At - (tim "T-aa W--r- ..- ''Ai(; Jit n Mm- m i i If . . II Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files oi the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. . 10 YEARS AGO TODAY October 11. 1934 Ot Was Thursday) Peter, is proclaimed King of Yugoslavia. Mrs. Alice Stott, Louisville society woman is kidnaped. Family ready to make quick payment of $50,000 ransom; Union labor rejects plans for formation of third political par. ty. Fair. High 92, low 49 degrees. t Aetna 7 eletihotnt Members of delegation representing Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for ftoosevell are shown as they met with the President and presented him with a pledge of their support for a Jouruj term. Left to rignt ibewiid Kuosevew: Aulliur Van Wyca BrooKs. Hamian Uorner, executive secretary; BculDtor Jo Davidsun, Opera Star Jau riieiiura, Screen Stars Josepn Gotten and Lillian also. curing her daughter, a brilliant beautiful, young lady in her 20's. She worked in a bank until she was injured in a fall from a riding horse, which left her in a paralyzed condition. She is too helpless to be moved by train or bus, and her mother, a widow. wishes to have her moved to Chico, Calif., to consult a doctor there. They do not plan to re turn as Asland isn't their home. I offered my car, as a favor to help them, If we could get the gasoline to make the trip. After much heckling at the Ash land ration office, I was told the ration board might give me gas to go to Chico if I would sign a statement promising not to re turn my car to the state of Ore gon. This I could not do as we are ranchers and own our home here. This widowed mother has a son fighting In our armed forces. Can any one offer any assist ance to these worthy people? I'm sure the Lord will bless and reward you. Mrs. J. H. Harris, Rt. 2, Box 101, Ashland, Ore. (3rd ranch So. County Farm on the same side of highway 99) P. S. The Chico doctor sent a letter to the ration board but to no avail as yet. Reveals Assault L V m "Me THIS war was not brought on particularly by "armaments." Indeed, we had some ourselves. It was made possible by arma ments outside of our knowledge or control. Behind pacts pledg ing disarmament, both Japan and Germany rose correctly to war might. ' The possibility of secret arm ament should be eliminated. An uncontrollable inter national committee should have the right to inspect not only ours, but Russia's, and should make con stant public reports. They should have access to plants, being prohibited only from exposing business secrets and purely non-military process. Then all would know the reali ties of peace and war prospects If we.could get Russia to open up and consent to this one step (the armaments of Britain and the United States are fairly well known In view of public appro priations and required public re ports) Germany and Japan could be well managed under the same open rules, and some confidence for future peace might be estab lished In sound ground. The hand of the great Im ponderable is moving above the plans of men. Cirainf ime f ciasaiderl am t m. Too Late to Claaaur, 1340 s Mm And that, all right-thinking people, and true friends of our democracy must agree, would have been a terrible calamity not only for them, but for their country and for their state I Assistance Is Appreciated To the editor: The directors and member agencies of the Med ford Community Chest and Na tional War Fund thank you most sincerely for the splendid pub licity, editorial and advertising support extended us by all de partments of your newspaper during the current campaign. A. M. Cannon, President Medford Community Chest and War Fund COMMUNICATIONS Letter to the Kdltot must dj the name ai,d address ol the armei tlthutith trie use of a pen nam n Initial ten publication t per mIMIbl Hie Mall mbuu re terve th rrghl to edit all letters itb a flaw to clarity and coo leneatloB, Appeal To Aid Sick Girl To the editor: Has the present! American destroyers transferred administration became so narrow I to the royal navy under the and biased as to refuse gasoline Anglo-American agreement on for a needed and worthy cause. I September 2, 1940. No details on or is it the fault of those in ! the sinking were disclosed. charge of issuing the gas? I 1 have a friend in Ashland Cloeine time tor Suts loe Ute i nave a iricna in vsiuno () C1,M, , j,, g,lur1,7 .'tmoou- tvho came there seeking help In pnate rsmcmsxr. The School Problem At Brownsboro To the editor: Answering the article about the School at Brownsboro, there were two families who could vote and who had school ' children. Us poor new comers have the same wish for our children to continue in good schols as they were accus tomed to before they came to Oregon, the school at Browns boro is not as good a school as the larger schools. The water at the school has been condemned by the board of health. Us onery "new com ers" have to pay to get our chil dren to a good school and every tax payer who has children is sending them to larger schools. A few at Brownsboro, In charge of the sch K)l think whrat was good enough for them should be good enough for every one else. The seven pupils from Lost Creek are from parents who be lieve In one room schools, are using our school to help keep it a one room school. The old yell about our boys fighting and dy ing for this thing we call liberty is a ono si led affair. I was in the last war and am proud of it, but I did not fight for this kind of liberty, and If it is the kind they are fighting for now, all I can say Is God help them and us. You would be very surprised at the old timers of Brownsboro, who were too busy to go to the war but who shout patriotism, at the one room school. One of the onery new comers who is writing this is in favor of better schools for our children and for the non tax payers chil dren too. ' Yours for larger schools. John C. Wilson ' Brownsboro, Ore. Oct. 10 OLD DESTROYER SUNK London, Oct. 1 1 lU.P.l The British admiralty announced to night the loss of the destroyer Rockingham, formerly the U.S S. Swasey, one of the over-age (Acme Teleplioto) Lt. Randolph Dickens Jr. ol rorl Bliss. Tex., naval veteran ot Midway and battle fatigue patient at Bc thrada Naval Hospital, tells report ers his side ot Statler ejfntel oattle following President Roosevelt's talk before the teamsters union He snld that a uroup of men attacked mm and a friend for refusing trj stale their political af filiation SANTA ANITA POSTS MILLION IN -STAKES Los Angeles, Oct. 11 (U.R) Stakes totaling more than $1, 000,000 were announced today for the 55-day winter meeting of picturesque Santa Anita race track, its first since the war, fol lowing approval of the Dec. 30 March 13 meeting by the state horse racing commission. General Manager Dr. Charles H. Strub said the purses made the Arcadia, Calif., track's pro gram the richest in the nation, and revealed the fillie and mare stakes would be richest in the history of racing. The famed $100,000 added Santa Anita handicap will be held March 3. Grange Master In Address Before Oregon CIO Meet Portland, Ore., Oct. 11-J(U.R Morton Tompkins, master of tlje Oregon State Grange, told dele gates at the convention of the Oregon State Industrial Union (CIO) that present stockpiles of sumlus food must not through faulty distribution be allowed to ruin those who have built them up. Tompkins urged a program of world cooperation, saying "this is no time for isolation . ... if our boys can die in the foxholes with soldiers of other countries we must have a voice In guiding the world affairs after this war." Roy Atkinson, regional politi cal action committee director, told delegates their most impor tant duty Is to vote "because if we do not vote in greater num bers than we did in 1942, we will find ourselves represented at the peace table by a government in which we have no confidence." Earl Snell visits city in cam paign for secretary of state. Medford high to play Eureka high here Saturday night under the lights. Von der Hellen and Plerson given contract for building Cra ter Lake rim road. No change in NRA policy la word from White House. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY October 11. 1924 Ot Was Saturday) New phone and ytSer poles set fr Centtal Pols line. Football Briefs By United Press Los Angeles, Oct. 11 (U.R) Coach Babe Horrell of UCLA today sent his secondary through heavy pass defense drills for the St. Mary's college game here Saturday. Herb Boom, who. suffered a concussion against San Diego Navy last week, was back irf uniform. Valley stockmen make ready to bring cattle down from hills, as considerable snow has fallen. Crater Lake road as far ! Prospect Is completed. Building, business and politic lively at Butte Falls. Talent holds reception for its school teachers. Dirigible Shenadoah arrives at San Diego navy station. Fair. High 57, low 52 degrees. Police court docket crowded with bootleg cases. Palmer Investment company buys Arrowhead orchard. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY October II, 1910 (It Was Tuesday) Steady downpour drenches valley In first storm of winter. In- City school enrollment creases 24 per cent, ' Oregon ballot In November election Is six feet long. Closing time tot Ciasalflrd ads a. m. Too Late to Claaeifj. 1230 FREIGHT OFFICE ROBBED Grants Pass, Oct. 11 A break- Los Angeles, Oct. 11 (U.R) Capt. Jim Hardy joined his USC Trojan cohorts today in intensive scrimmage for the game with St. Mary's naval pre-flight Saturday night at Fresno. Hardy, Linemen Wally Crit tenden and Marshall Romer were injured last Saturday against California. Seattle, Oct. 11 (U.R) The University of Washington Hus kies made believe In yesterday's scrimmage that their reserves were Trojans as Bill Coles, Ken Solid and Jack Bigley played the respective parts of Jim Hardy, George Callahan and Gordon Gray of the University of South- j ciu uuiurma team, wnom me Huskies battle Oct. 23. AFTER V-E DAY Los Angeles. Oct. 11 (U.R) ' Cam ITxifnl ,1.1. . .1 in r f c . "ul ireigni, : War Manpower Commission, told c..tt., miu, .uKm ui a west coast reconvei Sunday netted the thief $76.50 from the cash box, Chief of Po lice Carl Dallas said today. En trance was gained by prying loose the safety latch on a back door, Dallas said. Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell carries an Army Ordnance car bine as his side arm. est coast reconversion hear ing yesterday that a 30 per cent gain in rail and truck transporta tion, warehousing, longshoring and related activities In the al ready labor scarce San Francisco bay area would follow victory in Europe. Closlne. time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 5 30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. I mm a n-Sj?-tf" 1 Mil i 4 n tdfL w ftf WE'LL PAY YOUR PRICE for your GAS BUGGY WITHOUT GAS! Fly In, Ritfe In, Fall In, Walk in, Write in or Phone in . . . 3919 Automobile Market Sixth and Bartlett LOW WEEKLY RATES ' CRATER HOTEL Across From Craferlan Theatre Phone 4174 SINGLE $4.50 to $6. OOUBLE $7.50 to $12 New S I m n o o s Inner Spring Mattreires Free Shower Clean Roomsl The Wonderful Wizard of Jobs!" 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