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The British press continues to
heckle Gen. Eisenhower for the
German "breakthrough" on the
Belgian front. A nation whose
representative in the .Munich
appeasement tried to tame "Der
Fuehrer" with an umbrella has
no heckle coming about any
thing. Most of yesterday was as
bright as a Christmas necktie,
several of which were heard in
the business district long be
fore they turned corner,
e e
Ed Kubli, the Applegate cow
man, as yet bas not found his
lost wallet. He has looked ev
ery place Including on the piano
and In his Sunday pants, i
e I
Nations bordering on the Pa
cific have agreed the Mikado
of Japan, regarded by the Jap
anese as "a divinity" should be
humbled following the - defeat
of his country, made to person
ally sign the terms' of surren
der and be exiled.. This would
convince his subjects he is Just
another Jap, no different from
them except he owns more kl
monas. Exiling Hlrohito to Ger
many would be fit punishment
for all concerned. Extra torture
could be Imposed upon the
"master race" by compelling
them to assemble once week
in what is left of the Berlin
"Sportsplatz" and listen to the
"Son of Heaven" Inflict on of
his own poems. -
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' DIFFERENT NOW!
(Jefferson (Ore.) Review) . .
' "The card has picture
printed on it of Mrs. Morri
son and her brother, taken in
Salem in 1863, when she1 was
four years old and her broth
er was three. It shows Mrs.
Morrison all dolled up in the
fashion of the day, including
panties with white embroid
ered ruffles showing beneath
her dress. A note to Melissa
says that little girls in that
day did NOT run around with
bare knees."
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The Governor in his message
to the .legislature demanded a
probe of the purchase of two
Kentucky distilleries by the
sister states of Oregon and
Washington, and other matters
appertaining thereto. "I want
no cursory examination," clar-
ioned the chief executive, as
mild cussing started in the dark
corners of the legislative halls.
Ear doctors of the land warn
people to cease the habit of
poking toothpicks and matches
in their $1,000,000 ears, as its
one of the leading ecauses of
deafness. It is argued the ear
' owners, with a $11 watch would
not think of Jabbing its vitals
with either object.
Money and War Veterans
Yes the science of money if it IS a science Is
too much for the cerebration facilities of this depart
ment.
And what would be true in normal times is super
latively true in war times. .
There was a time when people talked of hundreds
of THOUSANDS of dollars, then it was hundreds
of MILLIONS which caused a gasp But now its
hundreds of BILLIONS I Whew what is a billion
anyway!
Before this war is over mere interest on the federal
debt will exceed all federal expenditures (4 billion)
of only a decade ago; while Budget Director Harold
Smith estimates that war veterans costs alone, when
this war ends, will range between $3,500,000,000 to
$4,000,000,000 a year one-tenth of our population
or about 13,000,000 being then ranked as war vet
erans! '
.
WHERE is it all going to end?
We don't know. We doubt if anyone does,
even the wise money boys.
But we do know this when the boys who have
fought this war do come home the American peo
ple are going to give them everything they can pos
sibly AFFORD to give them, and then feel their debt
has not been and cant be adequately repaid!
Peace In Greece?
There is little news from Greece these days. The
excitement of two weeks ago has entirely died down.
The last report we have seen however, indicates
the E.A.M. forces are being driven steadily back by
the British troops and are about ready to call it a day
and come to British terms. 1
XE hope so.
For British terms would mean disarming of
the E.A.M., restoration of law and order and eventu
ally a general election to determine the sort of gov
ernment the people of Greece really want.
This would not please Moscow, or Mr. Browder,
but we believe it would please world opinion in gen
eral, and be decidedly in the interest of restoring
world peace in the Near East.
COR the refusal of the E.A.M. to disarm, caused
all the trouble in the first place and was based
essentially upon the determination of the Greek Com
munists to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat
y force.
That is all there was to the so called Greek revolt.
The "national liberation front" claimed of course
that this demand their members disarm, was merely
a ruse to auow a fascist coup d etat, for the latter
were not asked to do so.
But there was no armed Fascist uarty in Greece to
disarm. There was only the provisional government
witn armed force to oppose the red revolters.
'THE demand from E.A.M. that.the government dis-
arm first would therefore be rather like Al Ca-
pone if he had agreed to throw away his gun, if the
cop on the corner would do likewise and do it FIRST.
Once let the E.A.M. be disarmed, and we nredict
miinVi T.nKliniTn1 ''ni-ml won" in flvmn will
vav U1UVU UWelVle.&U 1T11 TV OL lit UlCGtC Will OUUII
subside, and another victory for determination de
cisive action and sound good common sense, can be
cnaiKea up to Mr. Winston Churchill's credit.
. Weather A ids Germans
News Behind
The News
By Paul Malloo
.St
"Just before election they
made it easier to cash war
bonds. No political significance,
of course! Prior to election they
eased up orr point rationing, and
many gained the lmnresslon
that the War was about in the
bag. Prior to election, Ward
was taken over, only to be
dropped again when the action
looked like it might become a
political boomerang," (Oregon
lan: better to ed.) A patriot
wakes up as the campaign soft-
soap comes home to roost.
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ine nrsi mention in some
time of Mons. Laval and Petaln.
the cream of French cussedness,
comes from Berne, revealing the
people of France, via a poll, are
heartily In favor of terminating
the earthly activity of M. Laval,
known as the "Viper of Vichy."
A kinder feeling is shown for
M. Petaln. He is looking through
the portals of B0 years and time
is expected to soon take its toll,
though he dealt plenty of misery
to his native land and democ
racy when the Nazis were going
full steam. Nothing is revealed
ot the whereabouts of either.
Both are quiet enough to be in
Argentina.
Long, dark winter nights, as well as bad winter
weather, are fighting on the side of the enemy along
the Belgian-German-French battlefront.
Few observers here realize how short the days and
how long the nights are in west central Europe at
this season of the year. Aachen, largest German city
yet taken by American forces, and typical battle line
marker, lies near the 51st degree of North Latitude.
Although in that zone in late December and early
January about eight hours elapse between sunrise
ana sunset, effective daylight usually is cut sharply
at both ends of the day by heavy fog. Since the sun
is low; in the south its rays are dimmer than those of
the high summer sun even when fog is absent
IN Peacetime, city dwellers in central Europe often
kept lights burning until after 10 o'clock in the
morning and frequently turned them on again as
early as 2 p. m. Even on the clearest mid-winter days
twilight is of little use to Allied fivers, so that for a
penoa oi 14 to lb nours they find the battle area
blacked out.
It was doubtless during these lornr hours of dark-
ness says the National Geographic that the Germans
made their elaborate preparations to break through
the Allies' line. Under nature's blackout, the enemy
torn fill .:i.t- . 1 . . -
v mi iiiuiiwuvb wiui marcninc' men and lone nrn.
cessions of tanks and tracks, and can shift trainloads
ana Doauoaas of supplies fully protected by the dark
ness.
Washington, Jan. 11 Mr,
Roosevelt's- announced program
for the fourth term proposes
compulsion as
the answer to
the most prom
inent pending
war and post
war questions.
Not enough
4-Fs are going
into war work.
Compel them,
Not enough
nurses are vol
unteerlng,
Draft them.
Labor short
ages exist in some few but im
portant war lines. Give the presi
dent power to draft everyone for
war work.
For future defense of the
country, draft the. youths for a
year of training in army camps.
For 60,000,000 postwar jobs, let
private enterprise be encouraged
to furnish them, but let the gov
ernment also furnish many by
great public works (airfields,
roads, new TVAs).
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THE congressional reacUon to
these ideas was hesitant. The
president was fresh from a suc
cessful election to a fourth term,
with increased majorities in con
gress, yet the common calm con
gressional comment suggested
only the 4-F draft would be
authorized, probably a nurses
draft would be included (if this
scare does not work), but cer
tainly a work draft would not be
voted soon and the youth draft
for peace might wait until peace
for decision.
The postwar business program
was rather generally approved
and will, no doubt, be provided
by congress as it comes along.
Why this resistance, largely
silent and unexplained, to vital
points of a program which is not
new in any respect, the president
having proclaimed himself for
most of these things before? The
answer is the average congress
man is scared.
Opposition was crushed po
litically in the election, but the
general .reaction here even to
that result was somewhat the
seme hesitancy, silence, fear
(of elements prominent in the re
election campaign). .
IT IS NOT a partisan matter,
and it is not being pushed for
political effect. No one is much
interested in such things now. It
is a recognized genuine state of
public affairs, .v.
The president looks upon his
work draft suggestion, no doubt,
as a reasonable and democratic
solution. England has a much
milder counterpart of the same
thing, being empowered to draft
men for the army, and then to
assign them to industry. They
have put draftees into the mines
to work. . '
The president says he Intends
to use the power only sparingly
to meet emergencies (although
there are few powers the ad
ministration has not used, some
more fully than anticipated),
He counsels, now (he did not
before) safeguards which would
not draft a man to work for a
lower salary than he has been
getting.
What is certainly also behind
the Idea, but not mentioned, is
the power such legislation would
give the president over strikes
and nonconformist labor union
leaders or workers. They could
be drafted to work (aU union
leaders have been against it),
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JUDGING not only from these
government compulsory powers
but also the steps taken recently
closing all race tracks, tighten
ing rationing and the other war
compulsory decrees, it is impos-
sime to retrain from the con
clusion that this government is
moving further and further to
the compulsory theory.
Its ideal of a perfect form of
government seems to be a new
kind ot democratic statelsm pre
serving free enterprise, contra
dictory as those terms may
sound. This may be the fourth
new deal.
Actually the only factor hold
ing congress back is that the
need for these steps has not bcerf
proved conclusively. If, in the
future, anytime, a major setback
in the war, a wave of strikes, or
a critical shortage of labor which
cannot .otherwise be met, de
velops a crisis, the congressional
attitude could then be swung
easily in favor of such form of
action.
W99fdm' i stile-A
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tore from the files ot the Mall
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 rears
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
- January 11, 1935
Ot was Friday) t
Mary Plckford, film queen to
seek divorce from Douglas
Fairbanks on grounds of "in
difference." -
Gen. Charles H. Martin to be
inaugurated as governor of Ore
gon next Monday.
Roosevelt outlines social se
curity plans to congress.
Premier Mussolini and For
eign Minister Laval of Franco
hold conference.
. Heavy snow
mountains.
falls In high
El THE MIDDLE AND HOW! The guy holding his head in the center of this seething mass c-1
ulchritude is William Nicholas, chairman of the Tournament, of Roses. The bevy of beauteous gals
gathering around in mob-scene manner are aspirants for Rose Queen title, and the place Is the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena. Calif.
rant such a departure from our
traditions.
- For the long run, I would
guess the odds favorv the pro
jected administration outline,
which events could swiftly pop
ularize and justify. - '
ONE BiraSES
IN FIRST 3 DAYS
OF LEGISLATURE
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 U.F9
With only one bill passed dur
ing the first three days of the
session, Oregon's 1945 legislators
began- to be restive, asking
"where are the bills?", and to
day looked forward to some
thing to do more work on.
Only minor or non-controver
sial legislation was on the floor
yesterday, with contentious sub
jects, such as the "Big-truck" bill
not yet up for debate.
Only flareup yesterday was
competition'between two senate
groups to have adopted a joint
resolution of their own, each
Drovidins for a lesislative in-
vestigating ' committee to look
into the liquor control situation
in the state, as demanded by
Gov. Earl Snell.
One resolution grants broader
powers to the proposed commit
tee than the other, the only difference.
$50 Month Old Age
Pension is Passed
By California Body
Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 11
(U.PJ The state assembly yester
day passed and sent to the sen
ate a bill continuing indefinitely
the $50 month rate for old age
pensions a 1 1 e r defeating an
amendment to make the rate
seo a month.
The vote on passage ot the
bill was 79 to 0. The amendment
to increase the amount to $60 a
month was supported almost en
tirely by Democratic members
Letter From Washington
By HARRIS ELLSWORTH
Member, ot Congress From Oregon
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 (U.B-
Bills Introduced yesterday in the
1945 Oregon legislature includ
ed those which provided;
' an the house):
Limitation of financial respon
sibility for. auto owners who
have had an accident, to three
years, instead of perpetually,
and permitted self insurance in
certain cases. " '
Extension of drivers' licenses
until June 30, 1947.
Invalidating of all tax refund
invoices for gasolines used off
the highway if any. invoice was
found to be fraudulent.
A refund of registration fees
for trucks which are destroyed
by accident before 50 per cent
of the registration period is up.
Registration of trucks and
trailers, used exclusively as resi
dences, for a flat $5 instead of
by weight. .
(Passed in the house):
Bill validating use of stickers
on autos in lieu of license plates.
(Introduced in the senate):
Establishment of standards
and weights for containers for
wheat, corn and flour.
Probate of veterans estates.
Audits for the accounts of
municipal corporations.
and was defeated by a 31 to 46
vote.
The present S30 a month nen-
sion rate is to expire July I.
P. W. KILLED BY TRAIN
Phoenix: Ariz.. Jan. 11 U.PJ
Rudolph Tranmueller, German
prisoner of war, escaped Mon
day lrom a cotton-picking detail
near Casa Grande, Ariz. Tran
mueller's body was found beside
Southern Pacific railroad tracks
between Tusron and Yuma, his
body mangled almost beyond
recognition, the FBI said.
Clotlne lime (or Sunday loo Late
iw nattiiy e.au fieiuroajr mernoon
Pleue) remembt.
pONSEQUENTLY any sound
analysis must conclude that
the plotted march of the fourth
term is definitely headed to
ward extension of compulsion
methods, completely for war,
and to a new undetermined ex
tent for peace, that the end-
ideal seems to be a state in
which individuals are subjected
to extended authoritarian con
trol by federal authorities.
This trend may be arrested
by victory, but Its course is
largely in the hands of events
to come. The position of con-
greys seems to be only that it
dors not understand conditions
to be bad enough yet to war-
REACTION to news, espe
cially war news, here in Wash
ington is always swift and some
times drastic. If the trend of
news is good, there immediately
follows a spirit of optimism and
optimisic prediction. Last sum
mer when the war was running
heavily in our favor, discussions
had to do with post-war plans,
reconversion , and re - employ
ment
Lately the news has been dis
couraging. Not only has the
news from the European war
front been bad, but the develop
ment of our relations with our
Allies has been disturbing. Even
the civilian front here has taken
some minor beatings, what with
very little gasoline, few cigar
ettes, and the cancellation of
carefully saved ration points.
Consequently, this has been the
gloomiest Christmas season in
Washington, D. C, since the
Civil War.
Perhaps the greatest shock
here apparently even a greater
shock than the news of the Ger
man offensive was the state
ment by the President that the
Atlantic Charter does not exist
that it was just some "scraps
of paper." Noticeable evidence
of shock was in the Senate de
bate on the confirmation of new
assistants for the Secretary of
State. Former stalwart New
Dealers and Administration
"yes men" were heard to ques
tion the President's foreign pol
icy and even voice criticism of
it, or to be more specific, criti
cism because our foreign policy
is not defined.
rom - the bad war news
comes a noticeable trend to give
the War Department almost
complete control of the War
Production Board. Previous de
cisions regarding increased pro
duction 'of civilian goods have
Deen voided. .
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THE organization of the
House of Representatives is al
most the same for this Congress
as for the one just ended (78th).
The principal difference is that
democrat control is more def
inite. During the 78th Congress,
the majority of the democrats
was so thin that their control of
the House was never certain.
During the last six months, the
margin of difference was less
than half a dozen. Now, how
ever, the margin is 40 which
appears to be ample for the
purpose of giving the adminis
tration whatever legislation 1'
desires.
'
DURING 1945 Oregon's $42,
000,000 road program for the
first three post-war years will
be one of the state's most im
portant planning activities. Un
der Federal Highway Aid legis
lation passed late in the last
Congress, the apportionment for
Oregon, soon to be made, wiU
be $7,085,900 for each of the
three years, or a total of $21,
255,000. The state matches fed
eral funds on a 50-50 basis.
The annual apportionment of
federal funds provides $3,729,
000 for federal aid highways,
$2,545,000 for secondary and
farm to market roads, and
$811,000 for highway improve
ments within urban areas. The
funds allocated for secondary
roads may be used for improve
ment of such roads in towns
and villages of 5000 population
or less. A maximum of 10 per
cent of any of the three alloca
tions may be used for grade
crossing elimination.
City, county, and state offi
cials will work together in for
mulating the' program for the
state. State officials will sub
mit the plans to the Federal Bu
reau of Public Roads for final
approval. State highway offi
cials have been unable to plan
any broad program for the
post-war period in the past. The
new law makes possible a com
plete program which can be
started immediately when the
war ends .....
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ALL unremarried widows of
World War I veterans may now
apply for $35 per month pen
sion under law, passed late in
the last session . of , Congress,
Previously, pensions were paid
only to those widows showing
mat the veteran had service in
curred disability. ,
, To qualify, the widow must
show that she is unremarried,
that the veteran had not less
than 90 days service with hon-
I urauie aiscnarge, and mat ner
income is less than $1000) per
year if she has no children, and
less man $2500 if there are chil
dren. To the base pension of
$35 is added $10 for the first
child and $5 for each additional
child. I will be glad to send ap
plication forms and information
to any person on request.
Cold, vunsettld with rain or
snow. High 36, low 30 degrees.
January 11, 1925
Ot was Sunday)
Dense fog covers France and
England.
Gov. Pierce comes out for
state income tax and oleo in
message to legislature.
Jackson county members ot
legislature named on six committees.
Iff &
Cloudy and colder. High 48,
low 36 degrees. . .
Owem-Oregon company mill
to start double shift next week.
Eggs sell for 47 cents per doz
en on Portland market due to
light receipts.
Italy
"first
Premier Mussolini of
names New York lady as
fascist of America."
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
January 11, 1911
Ot was Wednesday)
W. H. Canon is re-elected
mayor.
Trolley franchise to be asked
of city council, for valley inter
urban line.
First snow of year falls In
city and street department kept
on jump.
Daily Weather Report
Forecast! .
Mfnurl am1 HMnitV ClotldV tOto
night and Friday with occasional light
rain toiugnt or eariy Tiaay. nwraw
tonight. . ,
Oregon: Cloudy with occasional
light rain In northwest portion!
spreading to west portion tonight
and Friday with light rain or snow
at times beginning tonight east of
Local Data
Temperature a year ago today)
tuenesT, 44; lowest, ai.
Total monthly precipitation. JJi
inch. Deficiency for the month
inch.
Total precipitation tine Septembef
1, 1944. 4.80 Inches. Deficiency lor tea
season, 1.28 inches. .
Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. y
terday, 71; 4:30 today, 100.
Tomorrow
Sunrise, 8:38 a. m. Sunset, 6:01 p. m.
PYLE GOING TO
T
San Francisco, Jan. 11 U.R)
-Ernie Pyle, famed columnist
and war correspondent, said to
day that he is going out to cover
the Pacific war "Not because I
want to, but just because some
thing Inside me says I've got to."
He added: "I don't relish one
bit going out In range of Japa
nese Dombs and shells. They'll
be just as hellish and terrifying
as the German bombs. But the
men fighting the war don't like
the shooting either.".
The 112-pound correspondent
asserted that although friends
think he looks very well, he was
unable to rest during the three
and a half months he spent at
his Albuquerque, N. M., hortie
after covering the war in Africa,
Italy and France.
"It was no rest not even a
total of a half day sunning my
self alone on the front porch,"
Pyle said. ,
AIRLINE CUTS RATES
Los Angeles, Jan 11 (U.R)
The American airlines today an
nounced a 6 Mi per cent cut in
passenger rates effective about
March 1. The saving was made
possible through more efficient
operating methods and greater
utilization of aircraft. President
A. N. Kemp announced.
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corpsman at aid station set up on grounds of adjoining Buddhist
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