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By Arthur. Perry
European circles hint Premier
Stalin may not attend the "Big
3" conference. With halt a dozen
winning offensives underway on
the eastern front, apparently
Josef plans to go no place but
Berlin.
The Salem press, in discussing
the legislature frequently men
tions, editorially, "the enabling
act" of February 14, 1850. There
seems to be nothing In it,
"enabling" the legislature to
quit when it is legally supposed
to. ,
The appointment of Mr. Wal
lace as secretary of commerce
took the public mind off the
Roosevelt pooches. It is also re
vealed the same harpoon, Jabbed
between the shoulder-blades of
the then vice president at the
Chicago convention, nicked Mr.
Jesse Jones of Texas, incumbent
cabinet member in the same
vital anatomical spot. The lncl
dent also reveals how top-notch
politicians work their wonders
to perform. And, they are the
white-haired boys on the burn
lng deck, all set to frame the
coming peace terms.
Washington bureaus announce
plans to curb rising clothing
prices, and keep civilians "de
cently clothed". The idea better
work out better than food ration'
lng, or the Americans will be
the naked est, hungriest people
on earth. -
DOUBTING THOMABI
(Salem Capital-Journal)
"We have a hunch that aU
of the ammunition released
for "essential" users such at
ranchers, farmers and law en-
. forcement agencies is not fired
In the direction of ground
squirrels, coyotes and similar
' virmlnts. A couple of weeks
ago we had occasion to visit
a place out in the Silverton
hills section and heard at least
a dozen shots fired at intervals
of a half minute or so. Either
. the person who was pulling
the trigger was an exception
ally poor shot or the subject
. being fired at was nothing
more dangerous than a tin
can on a stump."
The muzhiks have captured
Bydgoszyz, rail center. The place
sounds like a general saying, By
Gosh!, had run into a typograph
ical error. In any event, the
Nazis are now facing the muzhik.
"HORSE RESCUED FROM
MID-STREAM" (Hdllne Siski
you News.) This is not the his
toric one that can't be changed
in the middle of a campaign.
Yesterday was quite a date,
numerically speaking, as it
could be written consecutively:
1-23-45. The same thing happens
again next December, when It
will be: 12-3-45. The report it
couia not happen again in a cen
tury was only off approximately
89 years and 11 months.
News from the Pacific and
Europe is rosy for the allied
cause. As a result many renort
they see the end of the war, but
ao not specify which end.
"Due to conflict, the Ladles'
Aid society meeting has been
postponed for two weeks"
(Orleans Items) What they are
fighting about is a military
secret.
The pancake season is now In
full force and effect. Epicureans
report tne pure maple syrup
irom Vermont, has encountered
heavy rain, all the way from
Vermont.
Grandmaw Robin Is confined
to her apartment under the
Chicken house eaves. She land'
ed on the frosty side of the
cthse lawn and has rheumatism
In both knees.
Why Not Meet In Berlin?
Why not delay the approaching "Big Three" meet
ing and hold it in Berlin?
There would be several advantages to such an
arrangement
The allies, or at least the allies' representatives,
would then get to Germany's capital about the same
time Comrade Stalin arrived.
As it is now, it looks as though the "Boss of all the
Russias" would get there many weeks, perhaps
months, before any representatives of Britain or the
United States, could make it'
Comrade Stalin would then be in a position to do
as he wishes as far as Germany is concerned.
And it is not very likely his wishes would coincide
completely with those of his allies. Friction if nothing
more serious, might then ensue.
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THERE is the dismemberment of Germany for ex-
ample and its reduction to a weak agricultural,
non-industrial state.
According to all reports J. Stalin doesn't approve
of this Anglo-American proposal.
Stalin wants a reasonably strong uermany ana
especially a friendly one, which means of course a
Germany that can buy Russia's raw materials and is
either in sympathy with communism, or actually has
adopted the Russian form of government
PRIME Minister Churchill would be violently op
. Vtnoarl trt emir eiirtri ai-rgnarorrianr. Praairtanf. P.nnqp.
velt's attitude is not so well known, but he would
probably not like the idea overly much.
But what would either of them be able to do about
it, with Messrs. Stalin, Rokossovsky, Zhukov, Konev,
and a million or two Soviet troops in Berlin?
Just as much as the elderly lady who undertook to
sweep back the ocean tides with a broom !
THIS amazing onslaught of the Russian hordes is
iwonf riAiiro frrYY of s1r.r.irif rf o tnmnlafa anI
impending allied victory. But it is not so pleasing from
the standpoint of the situation in Europe after Ger
many's defeat!
"Unconditional Surrender
Um MUl Tribune Wut Ada.
The debate over "unconditional surrender" will
probably continue for the duration.
During the German offensive there was a marked
revival of opposition to this term in the allied pro
gram.
Now with the allied offensive again in "high" and
Russia going great guns there is an equally marked
decline.
Which is natural enough.
For the opposition to unconditional surrender was
based upon the belief it united and stiffened German
resistance and thus NEEDLESSLY, prolonged the
war.
With German resistance again collapsing 'on both
fronts, and the end of the war looming once more
just around the corner, the validity of such an argu
ment naturaly is less than was true a month back.
LIOWEVER unless the war does end in Europe in
the next few weeks the argument will no doubt be
revived and continued, as the fighting goes on, and
on, and on. .
For like some other controversial subjects, the
inconclusiveness of this unconditional surrender
"talk-talky" rather fascinates. .
For the EXACT effect of this policy can never be
known, at least for the duration.
ERMAN resistance has persisted far longer than
any responsible authority in the allied camp a
year ago expected. But whether this German refusal
to quit was due largely to fears engendered bv the
unconditional surrender slogan or not, is entirely in
the realm of conjecture. There it will probably remain
until the Second World War has ended and it is pos
sible to know what really went on inside Germany,
emu niiai, uiuii t, uuiiug uie ciuaillg II1UI1UI3 01 Uie
coninct.
QUR own belief is the term was an unfortunate one,
v and impartial history will record it as a strategic
mistake.
But far higher authorities, both in this countrv and
abroad, hold to the opposite view.
J. he world no doubt will have to wait, until the
proper historical perspective is obtained, to find out
the truth.
Pay and Don 't Squawk!
Speaking of navincr income taxes dm-ino- war Hms
without squawking, below we print one of the best
inings we nave seen along this line and from an
investment counsel, Mr. Paul Talbot of the United
Business Service of Boston 1
We ouote :
"Well I've finished up my 1944 Income tax return for
if.TV.u1? f.5 f.illnK' 11 was cloM queak, and that final figure
did "bite" but I'm not kicking.
.vi Hlgh ,I"tes Bre not Peasant 'ar from It But most all
things are relative, and as I knock the pins from under what
seemed like a pretty satisfactory bank balance, I realize
that I am being asked to pay only what I can pay.
And by comparison with others the men In Belgium
and the South Pacific for Instance we who can stay here
In the U.SA. should be more than willing to pay and
pay and pay.
"Of course, there is wastage and Inefficiency In the spend
ing of our tax money there always is in wartime. But
war isn t offered on a "take it or leave it" basis. The fiddler
must be paid.
"As a nation, we still have not really "buckled down" to
win this war. Not that we aren't willing to but the
thought still persists in all too many minds that we can win
some easy way."
"It would be nice If we could, but It Just Isn't working
out that way. The roadway gets rougher and rougher as
the weeks go by, both for the "home folks" and for the
boys on our many fighting fronts. All must make sacrifices.
"So when you figure up your income tax when the
totals really start to pinch and hurt think how fortunate
you actually are. Think how high a surtax rate you would
gladly trade for an arm or a leg or a life."
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Paul Halloo
EXPANSION TOLD
Washington, Jan. 24 No spy
glass Is needed to see what lies
behind the proposal of Mr.
Boose velt to
supplant Jesse
Jones with
Henry Wallace
as commerce
secretary for
the fourth
term.
It is quite
evi d e n 1 1 y a
move by the
left wing
forces, under
whose Influ
ence Mr. Wal
lace operates, to capture control
of what they always have claim
ed was the Jones financial hegemony.
These forces, which the pub
lic sees mainly expressed in the
prominence of Sidney Hillman
in the C: I. O., would gain the
inside track in the government
mortgage and loan business
amounting to billions and reach
ing out into every bank and
many a business. Mr. Jones has
built up what almost amounts
to a $40,000,000,000 mortgage
empire for the administration.
'THE Job of commerce secre-
tary has meant little to the
public. Until Jones took that
chair it meant only manage
ment of government statistical
bureaus relating to business
here and abroad, the bureau of
standards, patent office, weath
er bureau and similarly unim
portant (ideologically), etc.
But Jones brought into it the
big lending agencies, Recon
struction Finance corporation,
Defense Plant corporatidn. De
fense Supplies, Metals Reserves,
federal Mortgage association.
Disaster Loan corporation and
such, which wielded a dominant
financial influence out through
the country.
The proposed transfer of all
thlr to ultra left-wing influence
is what shocked many senators
into the comment which has
been published.
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MANY other stories are being
" told, purporting to give the
inside Inspirations for the presi
dent's decision. Most of them
relate to the personal feuds Involved.
One of the great gunning
games of the administration has
long run between Wallace and
Jones. Some say this is the rea
son why Wallace asked for the
post merely to oust a bitter
antagonist who defeated him in
their earlier row.
Bad feeling also has existed
between the president and Jones
because the Texan was unable
to quiet ' antagonism to the
fourth term in his home state.
The leftists long have chareed
Jones with treachery, but never
proved It, and I had personal
experience in the last campaign
which proved to my satisfaction
the Jones loyalty to the fourth
term. His job, which repre
sents his life's work was at
stake, he thought.
ALL this is superficial and In-
which side you are on. That the
president would be guided by
personal antagonism in' such a
matter will be difficult to be
believed generally. The aver
age inner feeling in the senate,
as I judge it or at any rate the
common-sense viewpoint on the
issue is this:
Mr. Wallace did as much pub
lic work as anyone for Mr,
Roosevelt's re-election, although
there are others, possibly in
cluding Mr. Jones, who did
great inside work. Certainly
Mr. Wallace deserved a job and
a job of his choice.
But that he would ask for
the commerce secretaryship is
somewhat strange in itself. He
is about as well fitted for it as
say Mrs.- Roosevelt, who also
did good campaign work (in the
average congressional opinion,
and mine). She, too, was popu
lar with the left-wing influence,
no doubt equally dislikes Mr,
Jones and has had about as
much experience in the com'
plex high finance involved in
the flew deal's mortgage and
bond business.
From the administration's
own standpoint of keeping ft
nancial forces marshaled effi
ciently In the government Inter
est, it would seem to me to be
impossible for Mr. Wallace to
do a good job.
Sergeant Thayer U. Carlton,
Prospect Hero, Is Honored
Explorations Into fields of
greater forest utilization were
described before the Medford
Rotary club Tuesday noon by
Dean Paul Dunn of Oregon State
college's school of forestry.
Speaking at the Hotel Medford
meeting, Dean Dunn told of the
future expansion of the lumber
industry, which is now a $300,
000,000 enterprise.
One-fifth of the merchantable
timber in the U. S. lies in this
state, the speaker told Rotarians.
Since 1938 this state has led the
nation In lumber output, and
here is located the best growing
lands for Douglas fir. Good for
est management has now extend
ed from federal forests to pri
vate lands and, with tree farm
ing programs, sustained yield
techniques and greater utiliza
tion of forests, the future is un
unified.
Fire Laws Model
Oregon's fire prevention laws,
too, are admittedly models ' in
the nation and extend through
out 29 million acres of forest
studded land half of the state's
area.
In discussing the problem of
greater forest utilization, Dean
Dunn pointed out that mill op
erators now get a profit from
little more than onethird of the
tree. One-third stays in the for
est and the remaining third be
comes waste at the mill or fabri
cating plant. At the present time
much of the mill waste is value
less because of transportation
costs and markets. It is in the
effort to convert waste into pay
rolls and usable materials that
research facilities of O.S.C. have
been -centered.
The success of practical util
ization of aU of the trees will
also provide uses for unused
trees such as lodge pole -pines,
balsams and some Oregon hard
woods and render them added
sources of economic revenue for
the state, Dunn said.
The approach to the utiliza
tion problem by Oregon State
College has resulted in a practi
cal mixture of saw dust and
resin which can be used as plas
ter on lath or wallboard and
eventually be applied with
gun. Charcoal briquets for con
centrated heating have been per-
lected at reasonable cost. De
fiberizlng waste wood and pres
sure application makes good
wallboard or cabinet material
which in turn may be water
proofed with resin.
Eihyl Plant Discussed
An outline of the operation
of the new ethyl alcohol and
wood sugar plant at Springfield.
Oregon was also discussed. This
plant, under construction, will
be the only one of its kind in the
U. S. By-products of this opera
tion, lignin and fertilizer, were
described by the speaker.
In concluding, Dean Dunn
told of new techniques In re-
logging which make this job
profitable while relieving the
slash-burning problem, and stim
ulating regeneration. Increased
legislative appropriations will
further the entire forest utiliza
tion program in this state.
Dean Dunn was introduced by
Martin Sands, program chair
man.
Camp White, Ore., Jan. 24
Col. John R. Young, post com
mander, today announced the
posthumous award of the bronze
star, award for gallantry, to Sgt.
Thayer U. Carlton, 23, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Carlton
of Prospect, Ore.
Sgt Thayer, a parachute troop
er, was killed in action June 10,
1944, during the Invasion of
France. The award was present
ed by Col. Youug to Mr. and
Mrs. Carlton in a brief ceremony
in the colonel's office at post
headquarters.
Sgt. Thayer, a member of the
101st airborne division, was a
basketball star during his school
days at Prospect high school,
which he attended for three
years, graduating from St.
Mary's high school in Medford,
Ore.
No detailed Information has
been released on the action in
which Sgt. Thayer was killed,
but Mr. and Mrs. Carlton receiv
ed a letter from one of Sgt.
Thayer's buddies, after his death,
in which they were informed
their son "volunteered for a very
dangerous assignment" in which
he was killed. Another letter
which they received from the
commanding officer of the 101st
airborne division, stated Sgt.
Thayer's "bravery and daring
a"
Sot.
Thayer Carlton
were a source of Inspiration to
the whole company.
Sgt Thayer was In the service
two years, receiving his basic
training at Fort Benning, Ga
and had been overseas since
September of 1943.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton have a
younger son, Tommy, 14.
in spring with Eugene Thorn
dike as captain of one team.
The world is lashed by cold,
gales and high waters.
Militia curbs armed uprising
in Louisiana against Sen. Huey
(Kingfish) Long.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 25, 1325 -
(It was Sunday)
Bill to have people of state
vote bonds for development of
power, introduced in senate by
sea. Joseph.
. Rain. High 52, low 36 degrees.
Postmaster Bill Warner is
confined to his home with
rheumatic attack.
France Insists her war debt Is
unpayable.
American Legion bugle corps
to hold first practice at Armory
tonight.
Legislature denies bill .to re
duce license fees for used cars.
Medford Irrigation district here
It was 11 above at Fish Lake
this morning, with clear skies.
There is 15 inches of snow on
the ground, from the storm of
last week. The snow is packing,
a favorable sign of a good foun
dation for more snow expected
next month and in March, the
season of the heaviest falls.
red under the provisions of the
Tydings amendment to the se
lective service act.
A telegram to all draft boards
from Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her.
shey, selective service director.
emphasized that his recent order
calling for close scrutiny of the
status of all registrants 18 to 27
did not mean that irreplaceable
farm workers could be drafted.
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ClaaBlr S 30 Saturday after-Tin.
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Washington, Jan. 24. (U.R)
selective service officials were
confident today that local draft
boards will exercise great care
to avoid induction of irreplace
able workers regularly employ
ed In essential agriculture.
Such workers must be defer-
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TODAY
January 25, 1911
(It was January)
Japan hangs three socialists
despite world pleas.
bills
Three Rogue river fish
before legislature.
Ground broken for RooseveU
and Jackson schools. .
FREEZING WEATHER IN
MOUNTAINS CONTINUES
Freezing weather continued
today over the mountain areas
of the county, according to re
ports to the main office of the
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 25, 1935
(It was Friday)
Criminal record of Bruno
Hauptmann told Lindbergh baby
kidnaping jury.
Democrats push relief bill
through lower house.
Cloudy. High 30, low 34 degrees.
Second semester of school to
start Monday.
City golf tournament planned
Gas on StomatI
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