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BIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordWTribune Ererjone In Southern Orefoa the Mall Tribune" Pall? Except Saturday Published br MEDFORD PR1NTIMO CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phon 1141. ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. Oil STRAP. Manager. An Independent Newapaper. Entered aa aecond .clasa matter at Medlord, Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday ona year ..7.S0 Dally and Sunday etx munthe 4 00 Doily and Sunday three moa. 1.10 Daily and Sunday one month.. .73 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aehland, Central Point, Jackaon ville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday ona year... IB M Daily and Sunday one month .78 All tcrma cash In advance. bflirl.il Paper of the City ct MedIor OKlcial Paper of Jacmon County United Preis Full Leased Wlra MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreientatlvs) WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Ofllcea In New York. Chicago. Da trolt, San Franclaco, Loe Angelee, Se attle, Portland, St. Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver. tsB Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry This Is National Week, we hear. Hearing The Safety Council boy blcyl Issta ar exercising more care and caution. It seemi they look at Interesting things before they pass them, instead of after wards, as In the post war period. a The Salem Statesman charges Gen. MacArthur returned to the Philippines, writes his own com muniques, and uses "purple rhetoric" and is flambouyant. This is not the exclusive or copyrighted privilege of a pres idential candidate. Stockmen report their steers have started to look too much like dcers, and are no longer a part of the alleged beef short age. VE CIVIC GLOAT (Red Bluff (Cal.) News) "Twenty years ago the Honkers took the Spartans Into camp on the Willows field by a score 128 to 0. This Item by the Willows Journal, Why bring that upT The good neighbor policy de mands some generous forget ting of episode like this." Indian summer continues gor geous. If it was April scores would make affidavit they have spring fever. Sen. Ball of Minnesota, prac tically unknown outside of Min nesota, and small spuds In the scnato, comes out against Gov. Dewey over the International security program. The senator Is a republican when he needs votes, and the rest of the time bounces where the publicity is hottest. The current hullabaloo Is timely. It takes the public mind off home front Issues, such as Now Deal nonsense, war plant strikes, H. Hopkins, the deputy president, and "clear ev erything with Sidney". A dispatch from Guam re ports a barber in the Marines killed 11 Nipponese In an aft ernoon, without the formality of lathering them, or an argument, e a a The Glen Fabrlck boy Steve will encounter a birthday to morrow. The younger set of his acquaintance will meet and min gle, and make merry on Ice cream and cake. a a MAM WANTED (Siskiyou News) "Naturally, we hope this situation will be remedied within a few days. We've been supporting the Western Union office in lux ury the past two weeks to ward that end." a a a Indigent cats are now on the prowl in the residential areas, and the licensed dogs aro too laiy to chase them, or fight their own fleas. a a The Older Girls, as a relax ation, have taken up poker to case the mental strain of bridge. in a recent session, the hostess lost three hours sleep and a nickel. The Salea Tax will be before the voters In the November election. As yet, there has been lio w idespread outbreaks of the St. Vitus dance among farmers over such commonsense, a a a Fit-Throwing Season "Anyway, every four years a Jot of people, apparently by a process of gabbing with other people of like mind and pro clivities, reach the conclusion that tho country is going to pot If somebody is elected President or somebody isn't elected Pres ident. Then they make speeches to this effect, to vast audiences over the air If they are among the chosen, or Jtut to three or four guys or even to the bar tender only, If they are not among the chosen but Just hold ing forth In the neighborhood pub." (S.F. Chronicle.) Cm iuu iitiauu Wwi 40a. Tuesday, Oei. U. 1944 Much Ado About Ball The reaction to Senator Ball's support of President Roosevelt brings into sharp relief the essential un reality of American politics. To hear the-cries of pain and rage from the Repub licans, and the shrieks of joy and enthusiasm from the Democrats; one might think this long delayed announcement from the junior Senator of Minnesota would decide the election two weeks hence. As a matter of fact, the decision will decide noth ing, except that the impressionable and impulsive Mr. Ball, after a visit with President Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins at the White House has at long last decided to desert his own party this year and support the op position. a a THAT'S all. We venture to say it won't change a dozen votes perhaps not a single vote except the junior Senator's and those of his immediate fam ily. For Senator Ball has no' great personal following in Minnesota nor in the country at large, and those citizens who two weeks before election have still not decided how they will vote on November 7th, will hardly be influenced by the Senate "pro-league" committee prefers the word ing of President Roosevelt international questions, publican candidate s. "THE political psychology of this country, however, particularly near the close of an important presi dential campaign, is such that from now until elec tion day, the junior Senator from Minnesota will no doubt be cursed and castigated by the members of his own party; and praised and lauded by the sup porters of the administration, as if his decision were a matter of world-shattering importance. Quite obviously Senator Ball believes this to be true. But his enthusiasm exceeds his good judgment in this direction as in many others. don't mean this 11th hour "switch" by the Re " publican senator from Minnesota won't prove to be a good "talking point" for 4th-term campaign ers, for .the remainder of the campaign; or that it won't be a blow to the morale of the Republican High Command. Both are true. But we DO mean that aside from the angle of ballyhoo and morale, this more effect the RESULT similar switch by one of President Roosevelt's former ardent supporters, John L. four years ago. IF we the people were normally sane and clear head ed this truth would be plainly seen. But we are not two weeks before a presidential election we never are. , So this pronouncement has not onlv caused a con siderable sensation but in all liklihood induced Gov ernor Dewey to change the subject of his address in Minneapolis tonight, while the verbal reverberations of the "incident" will probably continue until the night before election day. Then ho hum! they will disappear as suddenly as they were aroused, and along with the campaign buttons and the long-winded table thumping speeches and various and sundry other manifestations of mass hysteria, they will not reappear until four years hence when (presumably!) another presidential election will come around I Why The "Switch?" Two of the best comments upon Senator Ball's de fection were made by Democrats Senators Truman of Missouri, and Johnson of Colorado. Said Senator Truman : "I Riiesr Senator Ball always was a Democrat and didn't know it." And Senator Johnson : "Senator Ball Is taking himself too seriously. His stand will put Minnesota on the Dewey bandwagon." We do believe Senator Ball is and always has been at heart a Roosevelt Democrat or he would not have deserted his party at this critical time, for the reason he gives. XE grant the nature of the precise post-war peace " pact is important, in fact this paper has from the first, favored a league with independent powers a league pact with its OWN set of teeth so to speak. But we can't imagine being strongly opposed to four more years of Roosevelt and the New Deal, and sincerely convinced the future welfare of this coun try demands a change at this time and -then switch ing allegiance at the 11th hour, on such a relatively unimportant matter, as tne ing of t s in a league covenant still to be written. Moreover as Senator Johnson implies, the people of Minnesota may very well be opposed to the adop-! tion of this particular "police provision" at THIS j iiMCij aim tor mat matter country at large. In which provision wouki nettor serve tne cause 01 me world peace league and this country's participation than its inclusion; for to follow tho ''Ball-line" would be to risk the failure of the entire world peace movement, for the fanaticism of a minority group of super-idealists and perfectionists. FINALLY, instead of this switch of Senator Ball being in reality due to the reasons cited, the rea sons cited were, we believe, put forth as a justification, for the Senator doing what his inclinations and sym pathies particularly after the palsv-walsv session with "Franklin and Harry" at the White House im pelled him to do from the outset. the fact that a member of s answer to one of his to the wording or the Ke- one-man switch will no two weeks hence, than a Lewis, affected the result (lotting 01 i s and cross so may the people or me case, elimination of the News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Our Town, Oct. 24 This is our town, U. S. A., Just like many another I suspect, and rather as toa Ishing place right now for 4 everyone In it. I should net 7 say "astonish 1 e. m ing" because no one is as t o n 1 s hed at anything these days. Its pecul AM iar condition is a chief subject Paul Malloo o f conversa tional concern among Its residents, although not yet recognized In public statements. It Just seems to be growing into something no one understands. THERE Is our plumber, for in etnnpA AR tfnnrl ft nllimber as there ever will be. His Integ rity shows in his work. In the past year, there were only three days out of the customary 365 in which his entire for" of help appeared for 'work. They are making such high rates of pay they can live comfortably by working only half time, and nothing can get them to work the other half He keeps 12 men on the payroll in order to get the six necessary for his bus! ness. I called the best bricklayer In our town to do a little job. He said he had gone out of busi ness. His health could not stand the strain of trying to keep his troup of bricklayers together. as none wished to work reg ularly. It was not worth the trouble to try "to handle them because you could never get a job done. He opened, instead, an old blacksmith shop which had been closed for 30 years. Yes sir, our leading bricklayer ,i. has become a blacksmith, a sym bol of our progress. TPHE hotel manager In our town Is a superior fellow, has had top experience In New York City, a progressive kind of man ager who wants to make his food better, his place efficient and superior. He broke down trying to do it, and after a few weeks in the hospital is now takftig a month's rest. His waiters made enough money to allow them to retire each payday and return, either rested or bleary-eyed the fol lowing Tuesday or Wednesday. His maids went off to the local war factory where they could make $30 a week and more. Some days only one employe showed up. a 'THE elderly couple down the street finally got a man to wash their windows this fall, but ho wanted $8 a day for that simple task and they could not afford It. The kitrhen maids ask $30 a week more than twice as much as a soldiei fighting at the front and sometimes get it. But like others they do not want to work, as a group and they In crease their salaries, while cut ting their hours of labor and their days off, laying off when they accumulate enough money to rest up for a few weeks. They seem to be working toward a three-day week also. Is this a war situation or a local phenomena? I think not. It Is not a war question because It started long before the war. Indeed. It Is the same condition to which most authorities ascribe the fall of France and It ruined communism In Russia. When conditions encourage people not to work, they nat urally will not work, and when a nation docs not work It de teriorates and gives its emi nence to nations which are pro ducers A nation has no wealth except the product of its labors and when the production falls off, for any reason, It declines. But what bothers me is the future. The government Is pledged to an Inflationary post war policy of high wage's and high prices, thus continuing the conditions which are causing the unofficial Institution of the three-day week, or work avoid ance and employer retirement. How then wiil this country maintain production? When the pressure of war is off, will It not be worse? COMMUNICATIONS Utten to tha editor tnuit Beat tha name ai.d addreee ol tha wrltei otruHigh tha use of a pea name it Inmate tot publication la Pa nlMlDle rtie Mall tribune re lervee the rtjht to edit all lettan etth a elew to clarity and eoo tenaatlon Letter From Marine To the editor: Here is a com munication from a marine corps corporal sent to me by my son, Ed llinkle, hospital apprentice third class, which my son and I think should be of interest to your readers. ARTHUR HINKLE. Box 102. Jacksonville. The war in Europe Is nearly over. Germany is ready to col lapse under the pressure of Icon and blood. The marine are aware of this, and are proud of their brothers In aims over lis , there on tha other side of the world. The nation Is eagerly await ing the day when the fanatical : Hitler and his brutal forces sur render. They are awaiting it with liquor stored away, confet ti ready to throw, and bells tense, ready to. clang out Vic tory. The newspapers report that It will be a gala day, this V-day of ours. It will make the last time look like a side show. The people must be very proud of themselves. Remember, when you are out there, drinking your whiskey, slapping neighbors on the back, bidding farewell to the "dura tion" and blowing whistles, and take It easy when you go by my house. I'm still out there in the Pacific. You see, Japan hasn't given up yet. She'll still be In there pitting out her ugly little death. She'll stIH be making us fight for every ditch and die for ev ery beachhead. We're still fightr ing a war. Sorry to have bothered you like this, but I would like to get home alive, too. A MARINE CORPORAL. The New Deal "Baby"' To the editor: Speaking of "whispering campaigns," what do you expect folks to think of a man "who doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain?" Thats as bad as asking us to think "ralla is still Scotch" after living three terms with the "New Deal" and Just as ridiculous as the idea "that the republicans committed a felony in throwing the New Deal's brain child, the "Embar go Act" back into its "New Deal crib." To be sure it was an abnormal child and should have been strangled at birth, but after all it was a "New Deal baby." MRS. LOIS NELSON, Rt 4, Box 337, Medford, Oct. 23. Hunter Complains To the editor: I am just a vis-J 1 . . va"!y ul 1 wouia ime m lane mis means of making a confession, I am an ardent sportsman and respect all game laws and espe cially game refuges. Now I've discovered that I hunted ducks all day, first day of the season, on a game reservation along the banks of Rogue River, and by the way I shot three ducks. Now, what I would like to know is why this game refuge is not properly handled. It sure ly can't be a state owned refuge as it Is not designated in the game laws. About 4 p. m. of that day signs properly desig nating this area were posted, but not before a hunter from Gold Hill and one from Eagle Point were apprehended by a farmer for hunting on a game refuge. All the rest of the hunt ers were ignored, and there must have been 25 of them judging from the shell bursts all around me. Why didn't he take up a truck load of violators while he was at it? And why wasn't this area posted before the season opened? Was it because they needed a few dollars to pay for the nice brand new signs that now properly adorn this area? How do they expect a hunter to know the boundaries of a game refuge, by instinct? Certainly such unsportsman like meinoas cannot be admired by the public in general. JAMES STEIBENS, Gen. Del., Salem, Ore. lo the editor: I have Just finished reading Mrs. S. Jones' letter of October 18. Ia her letter Mrs. Jones seem ed to get a great deal of iov out of raking Mr. John Nealon over the coals. Now I don't know Mr. Nealon but I certainly have to agree with him, In regard to keeping the hunters off farms. Of course if we farmers didn't have anything but an old corn- uem to damage, we wouldn't care If the city of Medford mov ed in. But Mrs. Jones, has It ever dawned on you that our cattle are grazing In these fields, mm mat mere are still some crops to finish harvesting? And after all, we all want to live as wen as you. There have been cases where someone shot a fine Hereford beef, and claimed he mistook it for a pheasant. And he too claimed he was a hunter. "u jears ago a man was roofing his chicken house, and was plugged full of bullets. For tunately he was far enough away, or he might have been killed. And In regard to Mr. Nealon's PIN-WORMS Now can be Beaten! The tnlsertee ef TMej-Wenne tiara f. H known tor eentnriee, end many dnrtare have sought a war to ileal with this dread ful pest that livee and growe tneida the human eodr. Tclar. ther-H to an Imtwrtant arlentlSa discovers, e H,w end s.ie'r tfftftir treaf seewt Is being hailed by medical authoritiee. It is based on a remarkable drue known ea evntmn TloM. This drug la the vital ele ment in T-W. the new Tin-Worm tablet rievrtorrd hr the lahoratorlee of Or. n. Jarne a Son, AmerifA'e leading epectelista la worm medietaee. P-W masse It anneceesare for you or your ehild to eulTrr In ellenee with the embarrassing rectal Itch caused be Pin Aonns. or to take chaneee oa the real distreee thr oft.n ereete. The email, ease-to-take r-w tableta act ia a epeeial war to destroy fin-Worms. So wt.-h for possible warnlnt elrne enoh as : It? hint seat and nose, unease stomach, bed.wettinf . nervous Arreting. If Ton sus-l-eot Tin-Worms. ee Tour dniealst for a rsckere of p.w and fellew the elmrle dl Teclioiia carefully. It Is eat; e reaiimber i -W for rU'Wera. I The Crossley Poll Attitude of Roosevelt and Dewey Voters Compared By Archibald M. Crossley Personal popularity of Roosevelt appears to be the greatest reason for his following. More than one-quarter of Roosevelt vot ers gave as their reason for voting for him "the kind of man he i. Th mHnnino ni th war came next, and International prob lems as a group third in importance. The comparative standing of the "biggest reasons for voting ' 1. For the kind of man he Is 2. To win the war... 3. To settle international problems For the peace treaties For international cooperation 4. For Jobs and prosperity later. 5. For better social laws 6. DisaDDroval of Dewey Too young for Job - 2.7 Don't like as person 2.0 Clues as to why people shift are provided by a comparison of today's attitudes among Willkie voters and Roosevelt voters in 1940. Willkie voters who have shifted to Roosevelt give as their DrinciDal reasons the winning of the war (31) and international cooperation later (20). The corresponding figures for Roosevelt 1940 voters are 23 and 12 voted for Roosevelt before say because of "the kind of man he those Willkie voters who will parative figures for jobs and prosperity are: Roosevelt 1940 and 194419, the Willkie 1940 to Roosevelt 1944 voters 13. For "don't like Dewey as a person": Roosevelt 1940 2 , Willkie 5. While jobs and prosperity the similar figure was only 7 this country is isolationist or internationally minded could hard ly be determined by these figures alone, but it may be significant that only 6 of Dewey voters give as their reason "to keep away from foreign problems" while 12 of Roosevelt voters give as their reason "for international cooperation later." ' Relative ages of the candidates did not appear to be a major Issue in September. 3 of the Roosevelt voters said "Dewey too young and 3 of the Dewey voters said Roosevelt too old. Contrasting with 24 of the reasons "to win the war and 10 20 of the Dewey voters giving term" and 15 "Roosevelt wants Dewey voters mandate to their nominee is shown by "reduce spending and taxation" given by 19, "better appointments and better management" given by 16, "break up political rackets" 13. The following table shows how Roosevelt voters vary by types. of Roosevelt Voters Win Internat'l Jobs Sc Men 24 22 23 20 Women 27 26 21 18 Voters under 30 . 26 22 24 24 Voters 30 and over 25 24 21 17 Negroes 30 18 20 19 Upper economic level 21 13 37 14 Middle economic level 26 21 27 14 Lower economic level 26 27 17 21 1940 non-voters 27 27 21'. 19 1940 Roosevelt voters 27 23 22 19 1940 Willkle voters 9 31 28 13 Metropolitan areas . 28 22 23 17 Non-Metropolitan areas 20 30 18 25 A. F. of L. members 19 29 18 28 C. I. O. members . 25 26 14 31 remark on the gas and manpow er shortage. Perhaps Mr. Nealon has had to apply for gas for his tractor at sometime, and after spending 3 or 4 hours at the rationing board, had to walk out not knowing whether he would get it or not. He'd have to wait until the board met, and then taking a chance on the answer being "No"! As for the manpower short age, how would you like to be faced with enough work for 4 or 5 people and only you to do it? Also Mrs. Jones any trip the farmer makes to town is a ne cessity and not a pleasure. There's more than one way to be patriotic, aad that's to quit t k 5r iAMih'j, ' miAxm-S is s .....I. iiiasna : APZrZ- .swar- er U lei aTuTttft. -,;..-'; r -r '" "1 isifum inT e 1 f V f aw.as.KvvV.-e'ie(t .eV ' A ,n -.vt,.. os a Laai fiiV-i'f e ' vn .iaisfavksik DISTINCTIVE BUT NOT Since 1888 CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Office of tha County Coroner Phone 3147 H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris Hooseveif iouows C- nt tntol Pn of total Roosevelt voters 25.7 24.2 22.0 later 12.1 - 18.9 4.8 4.7 respectively. Z77o of tnose wno they Intend to vote for him again is." The corresponding figure for vote for Roosevelt is 9. Com account for 19 Roosevelt voters, of the Dewey voters. Whether Roosevelt voters giving as their "for the peace treaties were as their reasons "against fourth too much power." Personality the war Problems Prosperity panning the farmers If you know which side your bread is butter ed on. Mrs. O. J. G., A Farmers Wife (Name on file) WELLES IMPROVES New York, Oct. 24. (U.R) I Actor Orson Wpll ed "considerably improved" to - day by Jack Lighter, his man ager. Welles has been confined to his Waldorf Astoria suite with a severe throat infection. Light er said the actor was out ofj danger and resting comfortably. Records show that Boston ! contributed $75,000 to the war j bond drive in eonnertinn with i 1 the War of 1812. I I fit f a iw,i...u.l a)1 I' r Flight o' Time Medford and Jafckson Co. His tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY , October 24, 1934 Ot Was Wednesday) National convention of Ameri can Legion favors immediata cash bonus payment. State WCTU convention gets underway after banquet last night, with business session to day. Railroad retirement law Is de clared invalid, on grounds con gress over reached its power. Unsettled. High 50, low 49 de grees. Democrats show gain of 28,000 voters in state registration. Rain the past three days bene ficial to crops and orchards. Dogs raid sheep bands of vale ley and cause heavy losses. Deer hunting season ends to morrow. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 24, 1924 (It Was Friday) Prince of Wales ends Ameri can visit and sails for home to morrow. Final campaign address of President Coolidge Is broadcast by radio. Calls upon nation to "maintain established order and integrity of courts." Publication of federal Income tax list causes furore in Wash ington, D. C. Rain. High 67, low 28 degrees. Civil war in China nearly end- ed. Landlord of Central Point ho tel is robbed. Rock Point homo is entered and Warren Kelsoe's violin stolen. Fall plowing in Eagle Point district in full blast. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO October 24, 1910 at Was Monday) Large crowd hears Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate for president at the Nat. Oswald West, democratic can didate for governor visits city and valley. Ground broken Crater Lake. for road to FAMILY ROW Los Angeles, Oct. 24. (U.R) . Golden Donald Arnett, 38, pon dered In a Jail cell today the exact meaning of the term "as sault" while awaiting a hearing on charges of threatening his mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry Yates, with a revolver, only to be 1 "ocked out by a baseball bat in the hands of Mrs. Yates. Ose Mall Tribune Want Ada. Fur Remodeling and Repairing Relining Cleaning and Glazing Frances Dnllaire Ph. 252B Woodrow and Crater Lake 1 JFF; m LTt-i ."11 . o, i Ji- v-i EXPENSIVE mo STEPS To Climb to Enter Our Chapel AMBULANCE SERVICE -1
