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BIX MEDFORD MAIL TFIBUKB MEDF01 .Tribune "Everyone In Southern Oregon Read! till Mill Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Publiihed by MBDrOBD PRINTING CO. 17.39 North JTIr St. Phone 3141. ROBERT W. RUHI, Editor. ERNEST R. GILS TRAP, Manafer. An Independent Newepaper. Entered as aeoond clan matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mill In Advance: Dally end Sundey one yeer ... $7 .SO Daily and Sunday aix mbnthe 4 00 Bally and Sunday three moa. a.10 Daily end Sunday one month.. .75 iy Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Jackson ville, Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, end Dally end Sunday one year....t 00 Daily and Sunday one montn All terma cash In advance. .75 bfflclal Paper of the City of Medforg OHlclal Paper of Jaekeon County United Preaa rnU teased Wire " MEMBER Of AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlalnf RepresentaUve WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Oflcee In Now York. Chicago, Do. trolt, San rranclaeo. Log Angelei, So- Portland, St Lou la. Vancouver, B. C. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Gov. Brlcker of Ohio, the next vice president of the land, itopped briefly here Frl. eve and was greeted by what New Dealers called 'a handful , and the state police estimated at 3,000 people. He touched briefly but fervently on the Issues of the day, including the June "Hanne- gan-shennanigans" at Chicago, when "everything was cleared with Sidney." He predicted the people at the polls would put a stop to any further such non ense. e e e Three weeks of school has convinced any number of kids, who thought their teacher was an angel, she is something else, they report. e e e Due to the rains, new grass Is coming up on hill and dale. Weeds and the much-cussed dan delions, are also showing signs of new vim and vigor. e e J. Tannehlll Walker's brother Bob, has five new teeth, and is learning to walk, but with a heavy list to starboard. His Paw Is in the navy. e e e Lionel Woodpecker reported to the sheriff, he had been shot at by mistake for a C. Pheasant. Mrs. Woodpecker phoned the authorities she did the shooting, and the only mistake was she missed him. e e e The weekly mayhem at the Armory Thurs. eve caused the customers' blood to boll In the main bout. A whole-souled at tempt to remove the head and mask of the Cray Mask failed. e Rural resident have taken steps to have sauerkraut, and brown October elder. The form er Is used by Older Girls to put authority In the Thanksgiving mincemeat. e e e Sen. Guy Cordon has declined the challenge of the former boy Mayor of Klamath Falls to a debate. The consensus of opinion holds 12 years Is long enough for the challenger to hang onto the residential coat-tails with out changing hands. a e The upland bird season opened Sat. Many nimrods hied for the uplands for a breathing spell, and returned breathing. a a Cowmen are busy bringing In their steers from the hills. They take the reports from Washington, D. C, of a beef shortage with a BO-pound hunk of rock salt, of which there is also reported to be a shortage. a a a Joe Early's boy Joe Is home on a furlough. He has been In England a long time, forgets oc casionally and calls the mall carrier, a courier, and gasoline, "petrol". a a e Citizens of Berlin, Ore., won their fight against changing the mime of their town to Distomo, a Greek village destroyed by the Nazis. The Berlin In Germany, from whence flows most of the current woes of the world, with the Allies approaching victori ously will soon be the most com plete and total pile of ruins, In all hi.itory, with less population and houses, than the Oregon wldo place in the road. a a a Freak election beta have start ed to show up. No partisan has agreed to wear his wife's fall hat to work, if his favorite Is walloped at the polls. a a a The B. Tornado has been tak ing it easy all week, and engaged in no football labors over the week-end. Starting with next Friday, they will meet the "pow erful Pelicans", the "powerful Cavemen", the "powerful Lava Bears", the "powerful Grizzlies", and the "powerful Vikings" of Salem. They have been polishing up the "p s" and "q's" of their T-formatlon. Cloelnf t,ma tot Claealftael ade f- - Too Late to CUaetff, 13 JO I P- BO. I Sunday, Oct. IS. 1944 Does Talk Change Votes? This is an era of polls, surveys and researches. We wish Mr. Crossley, expert, would tackle speeches, articles, yes votes do they change during a campaign e e e e FOUR weeks from day after tomorrow, the Ameri can Tinnnln mill trn in trio nnlla tn chnnsto a npw V. C4 1 1 ;mjlb IIJll fe President. Dunne this period there will be more politica; speeches, articles and editorials poured upon the de fenseless electorate than the campaign. How many votes will they change? m 9 9 IN our judgment very few. 1 Two or three months thousands of independent particularly interested and therefore had not yet made up their minds. There are very few of them today. On the other hand, in. one promises to oe, tnose iew migni, we saia MIGHT. determine the And that is the sole thumpers and bye-line writers and editorial pontifi- cators, keeping up their last dog has been hung, of November 7th has dawned. THEIR combined efforts may not change the result in the slightest; on the other hand, one never can tell. So until there is some exact information in this field. which an authoritative poll might, (or might not) give, the noise and the fury will go on and on, until the last shot of the campaign has been fired, and peace reigns again ! People Want Facts On the matter of influencing votes and how to get them-this much is certain: The American people no longer go to the table thumpers, the rhetorical pamphleteers, or the news papers, for their political OPINIONS. They go to them for INFORMATION upon which to base their own opinions. That is all. TTHE political influence of the above-mentioned campaign workers therefore depends almost entirely upon the confidence the voters have in them, that is in what they believe to be the reliability of the mfoiTiuion, the dependability of the source. The speaker, the writer or the newspaper, in which the individual voter for some reason, has no confi dence, might as well whistle against the wind as try to influence that voter. It just can't be done. . WHICH is only another way of saying that the ctrnrtn-ltr napfiean nroiiiHinprl vitlinpraMvA t.VTlP. uuv.iij i . ... , lJ ' j . . , 1 I of thing, whether via the spoken or the written word, seldom if ever makes votes, it delights the extreme partisans on one side, enrages those on the other, and leaves the voters who are neither, merely amused or cold and unchanged. On the other hand when the offering is fair, factual, temperate, giving information which to any unpreju diced person is convincing, then the effect is consider able, and may be decisive. AS an example of the latter, there has been no offering in this campaign equal to an article in the October 7th issue of the SatEvePost, by Robert Moses, the distinguished Commissioner of Parks and Public Works of New York City entitled "Why I Oppose a 4th Term." Not only is the literary style of the article of a very high order, but every argument against the re-election of President Roosevelt is sane, telling, completely established by the evidence. a a a e e 'IX'E regret our limited space prevents a complete reprint, for it is one of the few political docu ments of the campaign which suffers from elimination and condensation, but the following will give some idea of the character of the article and its rare per suasive quality : In October of 1940, Life published an article called "The Case Against Roosevelt." I was the author, and at the end of my piece there appeared this paragraph: Let us suppose now that the President wins and has his third term, can anyone confidently predict that with no further political ambitions he will give us a forthright, non- C artisan government of all tho talents, thnf he will pick the est man, that he will have an eye single to the problem of defense, that ho will cense stirring up class hatred and fac tionalism and will stop giving Hp service to conservatives, while he allows radical brnln trusters to formulate his actual policies? Or will he continue Just as he is until . . . July, 11144, when a listless Democratic national convention, com posrd entirely of robots and stooges, will fan themselves In some overhi-Hted convention hall, waiting for the voice from the White House which will say In its suavest tones: "My friends, lift up your hearts, I have decided that the country's extremity requires me to run again." That wasn't bad guessing in the light of what happened this summer. Our hearts need not bleed for those nostalgic yearnings of the President for Krum Elbow and the Hudson Valley as announced by letter and radio to the recent Demo cratic national convention. It Is hard for ns to picture Mr. Roosevelt as Cinrlnnnttis longing to get back to the plow. Some say It Is unfortunate that we must hold an election this fall. I believe, on the contrary, that the time is Ideal to test our system of , government In the forges and by the ledge hammers of war. The morale of a people who can keep their heads and conduct a political campaign at home on decent and honorable lines cannot be questioned by those to whom democracy is merely an aspiration. Let us there fore express ourselves clearly, emphatically, unequivocally, without bitterness, meanness or exaggeration. Above all, there li no excuse for violently denouncing a President who, whatever his faults and failings, hat obviously worn himself out In our service. Let us approach the subject, then, In a reasonable frame of mind. Wa can be serious, aware of the war, grateful for tacriflces by others, without being glum, tragic or hysteri cal. If we proceed in this spirit polll teal Institutions is perfect. or some similar polling the question of politics and editorials. How many V..V. J' - ..vw..w ..w.. at any previous period of ago, as we see it, there were voters who had not become as close an election as this final result. justification for the table rhetorical ban-age until tne until the momentuous day the time for the test of our Why F.D.R. Should Be Beaten How is that for the preface to' a political argument designed not to arouse in an atmosphere of reason And here are the author's conclusions in condensed form: ONE: I am opposed to a 4th term for President Roosevelt because he has almost ruined the Federal Judicial system after 4 more years there would probably not be a single Federal judge in any court of the United States who does not owe his appointment to the New Deal, and most of them will have been chosen to expedite the economic revolution. TWO: I am opposed to a 4th term for Mr. Roosevelt because he is destroying the very idea of a union of states, and would destroy the United States and substitute a re gional autocracy. , THREE: He has increased the conflict between the executive and Congress to a degree at which we are ap proaching chaos in legislation. FOUR: He has promoted factionalism, stimulated minor ities, appealed to class prejudice and divided our people. He has sought to keep power by every art of demagoguery. FIVE: His is a government of impulse and improvising, a government which is constantly creating new bureaus and agencies instead of boldly reorganizing cabinet offices. ... I am opposed to the bloodless revolution by which the New Deal bureaucrats are slowly but surely establishing a totalitarian government in this country. SIX: Because his administration is one of tired men for ' whom there is no further thrill but International control. Men do get stale in office; it is not a matter of age but of jaded ambitions. No one can give first rate service to a government as large as the United States for 16 years. SEVEN: I have no confidence either in President Roose velt's intentions or his ability to convert war to peace pro duction to provide full employment and to guarantee a reasonably swift transition from prodigious government spending to reduced budgets and taxes. The New Deal's hostility to private enterprise and subservience to the more radical elements of labor will outlast both the election and the war. piNALLY here is Mr. Moses' conclusion : It is characteristic of Mr. Roosevelt's light-hearted adapta tion of the ideas of other and deeper thinkers, that he should borrow from our great Yale teacher, William Graham Sum ner, the symbol of the forgotten man and twist him into the precise opposite of the original. Sumner's forgotten man is not the underdog at the bottom of the economic pyramid pictured by Mr. Roosevelt as the sole great object of his solicitude. Sumner's forgotten man is the fellow who creates all real wealth by his patient industry, supports his family, pays taxes, casts his vote conscientiously and not for a subsidy, supports church and school, the only one for whom there is no provision in the New Deal scramble and the big divide. This election will be settled not by quacks with pills political, frenzied henchmen and partisans who call names and make faces, but by men who meditate and smoke their mild cigars, by their wives who remain calm in a world that is ajangle and ajar, and by their sons in uniform who study the stars in strange latitudes, and keep their own counsel. COMMUNICATIONS Letter! to the Editor mull oeai tbe name ai.d address ol the emtei iltbuugn the use ul e pen namt Initials lot puDllcatluu is pel mtaaible rhe Mall, rrlbuiie re uirves tbe rlgbt to edit til letteri ailtb a new to clarity and cod lensatlon. Who Will Be Our Next President To the editor: That is what we all would like to know? If I were a betting man I would bet on the'best politician, they always seem to get the most votes, right or wrong. I would bet on a politician that can soothe us to sleep with his fireside chats; and (figure tively speaking gather our wives and mothers into his arms) and allay their fears, with promises that their sons and daughters would never have to bleed and die on foreign soil. A man elected on promises of great reforms in government spending, and then develop into the greatest spendthrift of all time. A man that can tell the farmers the way to prosperity, is to kill their pigs, and cattle, plow under their cotton, and grain, and make them do it. A man with the foresight and wisdom to see, when two per cent of tho vo'ters, own or con trol more than half of the wealth, a proposition to rob and divide, would appeal to any mob. A man that could take a "noble experiment" and a busi ness In outlawed disgrace, and develop it, into the biggest busi ness on earth. Six billion dol lars spent annually for liquor In war time, is no small record for a regime, pledged to curb "big business" and all enemies to labor. A man that can persuade the laboring man, the way to be prosperous, is to quit work, and force others to do so, and make them believe it. If the boss doesn't like it, we will carry him out, and run the business ourselves. A man with such genial per sonality and wisdom, that he can maintain cordial relations with the most corrupt vote get ting machines of the day, and with such personalities as Prn dergast. Kelley, Browder, Hill man, Bridges, and after accept ing money and support, can kick out, "Lewis." A man that has the political sagacity to un derstand, that three million government employees,, and their families, would most like ly voto for the hand that feeds them, and that the three mil lion "alcoholics" (now rapidly multiplying) should vote for the hand that gives them drink, (but not their families!. Provid ing drink, was the first consid eration allowed to interfere with war production. Last but not least. A man that can break all records of a Santa Claus, spendthrift, with out spending one penny of his own money, and make us like it. although we foot the bills, is some vote getter. By all rules of the netting game, your mon ey should be perfectly safe on passions and prejudices but and logic to change votes ! such a man, even though you read the Bible and know of "David and Goliath." But don't blame me, If the little honest stipling, should win. "We might do it with Dewey." A ONE VOTE REPUBLICAN Medford, Oct.. 13. (Name on file) . Tribune Aid Is Appreciated To the editor: On behalf of the Medford Ministerial Asso ciation I wish to extend our sincere appreciation to the Med ford Mail Tribune for your most generous and courteous response to our almost daily demand for publicity in making possible the success of the re cent clothing drive. Without your help it could never have gone over the top as it did. Thank you again many times!! Karl W. Brockhaus Vice President Medford Ministerial Assn. 'LEFT' PRISONERS San Francisco, Oct. 14 (U.R) Gov. John W. Brlcker of Ohio, GOP vice-presidential nominee, and Gov. Earl Warren of California unsuccessfully at tempted to get together for a quiet conference all day today. Tonight they attended a re ception at the San Francisco Press club. When they stepped Into the elevator the power fail ed and the car stopped between the basement and the first floor. Aftr 15 minutes of effort, the two governors aided by -numerous newspapermen worked the elevator down far enough to crawl out into the basement and then walked up four flights of stairs to the Press club. OLDEST LINE Burlington, Vt. (UP.) The Champlain Transportation Co. is the oldest steamship com pany in the country. It received Its charter to operate passenger steamers on Lake Champlain from the Vermont legislature October 26. 1826. TRAGIC MONTH Keene, N. H. (U.R) In one month, the Conway family lost son James, a paratrooper killed; In action in France: his father Simon, killed in a railroad acci dent at Bellows Falls, Vt., and his grandfather James, who died of natural causes at Walpole. LOGBOOKS SAVED New Bedford, Mass. (U.R) The Bourne Whaling Museum here contains more than 600 logbooks recording the history of New Bedford's whalers In the great days of the Industry. EVERY BIT HELPS Holyoke. Mass. lU.R) With little help from the relatives, four-year-old Gerald Aubuchon saved 4.475 "white" pennies during the past two years to be invested In War Bonds. DEWEY'S SPEECHES IRK WHITE HOUSE, PROTESTSJS SUED Hershey and Berle File Statements FR Blasted By Lady Solon Washington, Oct. 14 (U.R) The 1944 presidential campaign appeared tonight to be living up j to advance predictions inai n wauld be the roughest, tougnesi since 1928 when both sides be came at times disoriented in re lation to the belt line. The year campaigners for both major parties have made block buster attacks on their oppon ents' honesty, and the most fre- auently employed verbal weap on, translated into barroom Eng lish, has been: "You're a liar." The White House Issued a bill of particulars today designed to j show that Gov. xnomas r.. Dewev. the presidential candi date, has played fast and loose with the facts In quoting admin istration spokesmen to their own disadvantage. At the same time, Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle, Jr., whom Dewey quoted a week ago tonight in charging the administration with com munist intentions, asserted in a letter to President Roosevelt that the republican candidate had been "surprisingly dishonest." Some hours later, Selective Service Director Lewis B. Her shey said in another letter to the president that a remark he once made about plans for war veter ans had been given a signifi cance "completely out of accord with the facts." Dewey had quoted the remark in which Hershey said it would be cheaper to keep men in the armed forces than to set up an agency to find jobs for them as the administration s plan for war veterans. Hershey assured the president that the remark was given as his "personal opinion in a field over which I have no respon sibility." Hershey's letter dis closed that he has been a re publican all his voting life. For his part, Dewey scheduled a broadcast from St. Louis Mon day night on the subject of "the urgent need for honesty and com petence in our national govern ment." Last night at Chicago. Ren. Clare Luce Boothe, R., Conn., tossed aside all euphemisms for the ugly word, and declared that President Roosevelt had "lied us into war." An expression of appreciation by the local committee in charge of the collection of clothing for the needy of Europe was ex tended Saturday to everyone who aided in bringing the drive to a successful conclusion. Over a thousand items were classified ahd packed Friday afternoon and evening by min isters and laymen of various city churches as the appeal, sponsored nationally by the United Nations Relief and Re habilitation administration, came to a close. The work was carried on locally through the joint ef forts of the Ministerial associa tion and the Council of Church Women. It was pointed out that though the drive is now over and no more clothing can be accepted at this time, persons who failed to get their materials in on time should continue to hold them until a latter date when, because of the extreme need In Europe, another call for clothing will undoubtedly be issued. Clothing collected in Medford the past week is now on its way to a central collection center in Seattle from whence It will be forwarded to its final destination by October 22. READER TO EDITOR Springfield, Mass. (U.R) Tho reau Cronyn, one-time managing editor of Collier's acquired a taste for newspaper work from reading the Springfield Republi can to a blind man for 25 cents a week in his hometown of San Diego, Cal. COUNTRY NEEDS PRAYERS Boston TJ.P.i "Do you pray for the senators?" a woman once asked the Rev. Dr. Everett Hale, famed Boston clergyman who served as a senate chaplain. "No, madam," was the urbane reply. "I look at the senators and pray for the country." C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY Successor to Dr E D El wood Betterment of Human Vision LENSES PRESCRIBED Ph. 3881 214 Fluhrer Bldg Cor. Main Central. Medford Mystery Death ft 1 - t i tjp- (Acme Telephoto) Police are investigating aeain oi Georgette Bauerdorf (above), 20-year-old heiress, whose nude body was found submerged in bathtub of her Hollywood apartment. Death is believed to be accidental, but probe was ordered. RITISH REVEAL Washington, Oct. 14 (U.R) The British tonight revealed the existence of a new, streamlined 12,000-pound blockbuster bomb. "the Earthquake," which was described as "the most destruc tive air weapon ever used." The new bomb, which for the first time combines tremendous penetrative power with devas tating blast effect, has been in use for several months. It ex ploded from a delayed action fuse when it is within or under its target, and apparently was designed primarily to get at the Nazi concrete submarine pens which had resisted all prev ious bombing efforts. It has been used as well against robot bomb launching platforms and storage dumps, dams, canals and sea walls, and at least; one hit the big Nazi bat tleship Tirpitz, necessitating ma jor repairs. "The extraordinary penetrat ing power of the 'earthquake' was shown during attacks on the submarine pens at Brest," the British information services said. "These pens are among the strongest shelters ever built. At the time they were constructed no bomb in use then had any prospect of penetrating them. "Four of the new bombs hit these shelters and drilled their way right through 12 feet of con crete to explode inside." The new bomb contains "the heaviest possible charge of a very powerful explosive" and achieves a terminal velocity con siderably higher than that of any other bomb, it was revealed. WIN 'CHEAPLY' Topeka, Kan. (U.R) Inex pensive victories were recorded here recently by two Democra tic candidates nominated In the Kansas primary election. The sixth district congressional nom inee, Dan M. McCarthy of Hays reporten nis only expense was the $100 filing fee. while Mrs. Page Manley of Elk City said she had no expense in winning tne nomination for state superin tendent. The low expense ac counts might be attributed to the fact neither candidate had primary opposition. DOWNRIGHT FRANK Boston (U.R) Edward Sim mons, the famous painter, was widely known for his loquacity. Once when a lady begged his pardon for interrupting him, he replied, "Madam, no one can speak at all without Interrupt ing me." Ose Mall Tribune Want Ads. MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS Used and unre deemed tewelry at great sav'ngi PEOPLES LOAN CO. 2291 E. Main Street State License P 137 Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anirwhere Anytime Lewis Super Service ft I;.'. if - V ; i 1 - 1 Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mall Tribuna 10. 20, and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October IS. 1934 (It was Monday) Raymond Poincare, former president of France, last of French War I leaders dies. Klamath Falls delegation ar rives for opening of plane ser vice from this city. Fair. High 75, low 44 degrees. Leland Clark wins annual P.A.T. golf tournament. Defeats Walter Leverette in finals. Many get limit of Chinese, pheasants on opening day of sea son. Wheat-corn adjustment money for Oregon to total three million dollars. Bruno Hauptmann makes de nial he kidnaped and murdered Lindbergh baby. Princess Jacqueline, world'f only talking dog, dies of pneu monia. Could say, "I will" and "elevator." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 15, 1924 (It was Wednesday) Dirigible ZR-3 crosses Atlan tic from Germany in 81 hours, and lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Chinese pheasant season opens) with army of hunters in field. President Coolidge in Wash ington speech declares "religion is more vital to nation, than -making more laws". Rain. High 76, low 51 degrees. Precipitation .08 of an inch. Portland traffic officer frus trates attempted holdup of East Portland bank. Safes in Medford Lumber Co. and Medford Planing Mill of fices blown, and money stolen. Medford liigh to play Klamath Falls next Saturday. Three more divorce suits filed at Jacksonville with profanity the popular cause. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO October 15, 1916 (It was Saturday) Rumor says new postoffica building will be located on prominent corner, but corner Is not named. "The Failure of Success" In three reels at the Isis. Harry Blanchard will sing illustrated song, "The Mansion of Aching Hea'rts". THE GRANGE . Phoenix Grange Home Economic club of Phoe nix grange meets at the home of the chairman, Myrtle Hixon, October 18. Mrs. Grace is assist ant hostess. Preceding the busi ness meeting there will be a cov ered dish dinner at noon. Wives) of men .members are invited. The Hixon home is on the old highway between Phoenix and Talent about a mile and a half from Phoenix. rooi El j 6.00-16 S J LOW WEEKLY RATES CRATER HOTEL Across From Craterlan Theatre Phone 4174 ilNGLE ..... $4 50 to $6 OOUBLE ... $7.50 to $12 .lew SimntBi Inner 4prmo) Mattret'et Free howert Cieep Rooms! ran 1
