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EIGHT MEDrORD MAIL TRIBONB Friday. Tab. t. IMS MEDFORp-TBIBOW Baits aaWeay MEOrOKD PRINTflJO CO. Nnrth Fir 8t PhOM SMI. FERGUSON MttnKln Mltjr ARTHUR PERRV Sunday eVlllpr MRS OLJW STARCHER. Soe Wltof GERALD LATHAM Clrrolatina MP Aa Independent Newepaper. ntered aa eecond elaee "aettef ,'& IS" SUBSCRIPTION RATES V Mil In Advance' Dally and Sunday on mr .7 M Dally and Sunday-el roontha 4 00 Dally and Sunday three mot I.K Dally and Sundayone nwnUv 7 y Carrier In Advance Mediord Aahland. Central Point. Jeckeon. . Jllle. Cold Hill. PhnanU. Talent and n motor routes: 'ally and Sundayona rear . Dally and Sundayona monm .71 All lerma caeb In advance. Official Papar al Ike City af Medferd Official Paper of Jaclteeo County United Praia Tail Leaaed Wlra MEMBER Of AUDIT BUREAU or CIRCULATIONS Advertlilnl Itapreaeptatjva WZST-HOU.1DAV COMPANI INC Offloee In Nrs Vork Chicaio. Da. .ul. Bust lanil fit Vancouver Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry . Fala, the President's dog is back In the White House, fully recovered from a chewing ad ministered in Virginia by an un named fellow-Scottie, whose identity is concealed. This may come under the head of war time secrecy, but the public is entitled to know the nama of the winner. a a a Italy Is now thoroughly subdued nation "purged of all belligerency". It was different ten years ago. Then every time the LofN mentioned peace, mora troops were sent to Ethi opia. To date only 348 new bills have been Introduced at Salem. They ought to be able to do better than that. The light out put will enable a citizen to break all the old .laws before be starts In on the new ones. CRUEL k UNUSUAL (Washington (D.C.) Post) "The new House will have nine distaff members. Only one ui uie oia ojoc will oe missing pretty Wjnifred Stanley of Buffalo. Her seat disappeared in the New York districting." A pioneer towned yesterday amoklng a pipe his grandfather fought Indiana with, he boasted. FlMnHa Its. rim. 4k. .u d, inn BgpV LUUJU still whip the Indians, and most of the palefaces. . a The Senate has voted to di vorce the RFC from the com merce department, and H. Wal lace can be Its secretary there of, with nothing to do with the spending and lending of many billions. It's a fat plum, but all he gets is the seed. This cramps his carefree manner of handling the taxpayers money, to make a better world. If a farmer's cow, horse, or sheep wanders away Mr. Wallace will be in no position to pay them for not iinmng their stock. The more rugged signs of spring are showing. The first citizen has been caught dump ing tin cans on a main-traveled highway, The situation on all fronts for the Allied cause continue favorable, and London is hard Put to think up scare propa ganda to offset the Russian ad vance on Berlin, the heart and hlnd-Icgs of Nazism.. The prob lem of the moment Is how to punish Germany, without los ing her as a star customer in the post-war period. a a a Little Interest was shown lo cally in whether or not the Ground Hog saw his shadow this morning. Neither did the news that Gloria Swanson, for mer movie queen, had been married for the fifth time, cause ny soul-stirring clvlo raptures. e OLD TIME ED. BOILS 'A few white-livered scrubs and lousy scabs may Imagine it Is smart to let their tongues wag too much about the private and personal affairs of the editor of the Echo Leader. We advise such to go slow ... the editor is doing wonderful work for this grand country. Ho Is at tending to his own affairs and quite able to do so without the necessity of white-livered pup pies trying to get Into his soup dish. Their home affairs require their undivided attention. We may be quietly slumbering, but don't put on gloves to go for skunks. When wa want it we will seek satisfaction in a man ner that may jostle the llvere of some wretches." (Echo iwe. leader, 1B94.) '.?,nll "I Sunday Too Lata RAlV'fo y Saturday art.rooon- Better Than Nothing But Well, half a loaf is better than none, at all So the "work or fight" measure passed by the House of Rep resentatives in Washington yesterday is better than nothing. - It does put some teeth in the present law, not only giving local draft boards authority to order men in non-essential jobs into essential ones, but imposes a $5000 fine and possible 6 years in prison for those selectees who refuse to obey or try to evade such orders. Local draft boards had those powers before, theoretically, but seldom exercised them, and they were really advisory rather than mandatory. "N the other hand this House measure bears no re- semblance to the national service legislation re quested by the war department and urged by Presi dent Roosevelt nor does it answer the real war needs at least as we see them. , And before the Senate gets through with it, what resemblance now exists may well disappear entirely. We may be unduly pessimistic. But we have a strong conviction history will record the failure to pass a universal service act at the outbreak of the war' needlessly extended its duration, casualties and cost Jefferson Versus Wallace "Now is the time for all good Democrats to come to the aid of that great Jeffersonian Democrat, Henry Agard Wallace!" That raises a very interesting speculation, par ticularly to the writer, who has recently been reading over a collection of Thomas Jefferson's letters. If the "father of Democracy" were alive today, would he now support Henry Wallace for head of the Department of Commerce? The answer is "no." POR while Thomas Jefferson was a genuine and r a truly great, "Liberal," he was also an aristocrat, in the literal sense of the term. Jefferson, regarded the appointment of men to public office merely for the payment of political debts, regardless of their fit ness for the job as "political prostitution," and so declared. ERTAINLY no one would question the fact that President Roosevelt did give Mr. Wallace the post of Secretary of Commerce to pay a political debt President Roosevelt himself said so. Nor would any fair-minded or impartial person deny that neither in training, temperament nor tal ents is the former Republican and Secretary of Agri culture qualified to administer the affairs of such a department QN October 28th, 1813, former President Jefferson wrote to his close friend and former Federalist colleague, ex-President John Adams of Boston, as follows: " "The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts and the govern ment of society. And Indeed it would have been inconsistent , . in. Creation to have formed man for the social state and not , to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society. May we not even say that that form of Government is the best which provides the most effectually or a pure selection of this natural 'aristot' into the offices of government." And by "aristoi" Mr. Jefferson meant, not aris tocracy in the generally accepted sense of today, as an upper class in the way of superior position, wealth, culture or what have you, but in the direction of super ior fitness and ability, and only that, in short, the literal definition of aristocracy as "the rule of the BEST." VES, that was one of Thomas Jefferson's deepest political convictions. Not only that the corner stone of a free democracy should be the "rule of the best," but that the composite judgment of the people, in the mass, could be depended upon to elect or se lect the best A ND it was on this rock that Jefferson split with his " former political associates Washington, Hamil ton and Adams. For they all were skeptical of the inherent wisdom of the masses; the capacity of the rank and file, in America or anywhere else, to act wisely and choose intelligently ill their free plebes-cites. Adams, for example, according to the same let ter, wanted to put "a pseudo-aristoi" into a separate chamber, where they could be a protection to wealth against the agrarian and plundering enterprises of the majority." Jefferson termed this mischievous and declared: "I think the best remedy Is that provided by our Consti tution, to leave to the citizens the free election and separa-. tlon of the aristoi from the pseudo-aristoi, of the wheat from the chaff. In general the people will elect the really good and wise." . "UITE a hot debate could be carried on, whether or not Jefferson was correct in this contention from the standpoint of EFFICIENT government in this country; but correct or not, that was the corner-stone faith of the political party he formed, and is the essen tial and avowtd doctrine of the Democratic party today. And it is undoubtedly the doctrine and belief of Henry Wallace for that matter. a a a a a DUT and here is the point the corollary of this is " where the people do not elect men for public of fice, but the men are appointed by an executive, the same rule must hold the best the men best fitted for the job at hand must be named that is, if one is a true Jeffersonian Democrat Were Thomas Jefferson here today he would, we believe, be among the first to perceive that in the ap pointment of Mr. Wallace President Roosevelt did fiVX follow that precept of his Democratic faithl Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member ot Congress From Oregon . TEN YEARS AGO TODAY February 2, 1935 (It was Saturday) Swishing skirts and puffed sleaves for spring give women most femeinine look in years. Upstate members of legisla ture plan curb on strike disoi- ders in Portland. Early boost In local rents seen by Loan company head for this city. WALLACE APPOINTMENT: The discussion here on the Hill of the Wallace appointment centers on two or three principal points. The question aa to wheth er or not Mr. Wallace has the background of experience and the ability necessary to handle not only the cabinet post as sec retary of commerce, but the war lending agencies including RFC as well, Is a reasonable one. The defending answer is that the president thinks Wallace can do the Job and made the appoint ment. But did the president make this appointment because he thought Mr. Wallace was the best man for the job, or because Mr. Wallace was a political problem? In other words, those of us who think the Wallace ap pointment was a mistake believe that the consideration upper most in the president's mind when he named Henry Wallace was to pay off the former vice- president for loyal service to the party and to compensate him in part for the very raw deal he received at the nominating con vention last summer. a a INAUGURATION CERE MONY: The inauguration cere mony was brief, but quite im pressive. A week ago I reported to you that the president seemed to be in excellent health. I still believe that to be a fact, but was a little shocked at his ap pearance on inauguration day. He seemed to be very tired and showed signs of being irritable, but I suppose the strain of the various functions and duties of the week had taken its toU. I noted one thing in the cere- Flight o Time nAedtord and Jackson Co His lory 'torn the files oi the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 rears ago. France and Britain reach agreement on European peace. Fair, high 68, low 32 degrees. Old age pension funds from slot machines favored in many states. Electric lights being placed in Oregon Caves. Ground Hog comes out of hole and sees own shadow. Dr. Edwin Durno is named member of Pacific Coast All Time, All Star basketball team TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY February 2, 1925 (It was Tuesday) Sun comes out bright, and ground hog sees its shadow. State senate passes bill to give wheat farmers $1,500,000 relief fund. Scandal looms in state Na tion ij Guards. Floyd Collins, pinioned by rock in Kentucky cave still alive as heroic steps to rescue continue. Rain. High 61, low 47 degrees. Home of H. H. Harvey, mail carrier ransaked by burglars. Rain fall In valley since last September totals 17.58 Inches close to record. THIRYT-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY February 2, 1811 (It was Thursday) Floods halt trains from south County court orders span across Rogue River at Gold Hill. Ground Hog sees his shadow. Isla Theater installs new ra dlum curtain. mony that I have not seen other wise rerjorted. wnen vice-rresi- dent Wallace administered the oath to Sen. Truman, he did not mention Truman's name. In fact, Mr. Truman's name was not mentioned during the entire for mal ceremony. I suppose this was an oversight, although it may have been in strict accord ance with proper form. When the chief justice administered the oath to the president, he said, "Do you, Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . ." Mr. Wallace merely said, "Do you," and left the radio audience and the as sembled multitude to take for granted that he was administer ing the oath to Sen. Truman. Following the formal Inaug uration ceremonies, we went Into the White House and were served a buffet lunch. - a RATIONING: A much tighter rationing program is planned for 1945. I have just received a let ter from Chester Bowles, ad ministrator of the office of price administration. The following paragraph from this letter Is a summary fo the situation: It was necessary to make the rationing program tighter because civilian fod supplies were reaching low levels and were threatening to drop be low the safe level at which our distribution machine could op erate. The butter supply for 1945 Is expected to be smaller than that for 1944; the meat supply will be 10 to 15 per cent less in this coming quar ter than it was in the same three months of 1944. On De cember 1st of this year, sup plies of commercially canned vegetables available for civil ians were approximately 66 per cent of the quantity avail able for civilians at the same time last year. It is now ex pected that there will be in 1945 9 per cent less sugar than In 1944 available for civilians for use in the home and by bakeries, bottlers, candymak ers, etc." . .. You may recall that last fall the story of the food situation was much more optimistic. There was no hint at that time that he shortages outlined in the above paragraph were Immi nent. Our Food Study Commit tee, or which I am secretary, did not agree with the optimistic re ports released last September and October. This committee is planning shortly to make an analysis of the current figures. From preliminary information we have, we are inclined to dis count the shortage statement, at least to the extent stated above. There is no denying the fact, i however, that food supplies will be somewhat less for 1945 than they were for 1944. FARM LABOR. The Congres sional committee which has been questioning Selective Service officials regarding the directive sent out by General Hershey on January Srd, this week reported its findings in the form of a res olution. In brief, the committee found that the directive is Inter preted by most of the local boards and state directors as an outright order to take farm workers who are physically qualified regardless of the Tyd ings Amendment in the Selective Service law. (This Amendment was mentioned In the letter last week.) The resolution then di rects the Director of Selective Service "to comply with the In tent and spirit as well as with the letter of the Tydings Amend ment," and directs him also to immediate'y Issue a clarifying directive to all State Selective Service officials and local boards. The resolution contains two other demands: (l) mat the war- Manpow er Commission Immediately investigate the availability of manpower among the 3,300, 783 civilian federal employes and to make a thorough In vestigation with relation to labor hoarding in industry with particular reference to the cost-plus war Industries. - (2) That the House Commit tee on Agriculture immediate ly determine the effect of State Director Advice No. 288 re leased January Srd upon agri cultural production and on the war effort. , New Texas Plant To Convert Rice Houston, Tex. 0J.R) Under construction In Houston Is a $750,000 rice conversion plant to turn out millions of tons of a new type of rice for the liberated peoples of the Orient. After its completion, expected early in 1945, the plant will pro duce between 25,000,000 and 30, 000,000 pounds during the first year.' The output will Increase greatly In future months. The new rice Is produced by the Haugenlaubh method, or a sealing in of the vitamins, which, in ordinary rice, are lost through cooking. Expecting the rice to be of prime Importance during the periods after re-conquest of countries of the Orient, the army has contracted for the entire out put of the plant. Gootfffeijsl FOt rOUCS WITH SNIFPIT Head Colds Quick relief from dis tress ot head colds Is what you want. So use Va-tro-nol. A few drops up each nostril soothe Irritation, relieve con gestion. Also helps pre vent many colds from developing If used in time. Just try it I Follow directions in folder. SKCUl Oouble-Outy Nose Drsos Wort, Flit SitMWkua TnaUahl HCBSVATBO-NOL MEN WANTED For ditch cleaning $6.40 per day trans portation furnished. Apply at District office or phone Medford 6111 or Ash land 8981. TALENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT Rescued "Those Rangers gave me more drama In IB minutes than I expect to see in all the rest of my life," said Major Paul R. 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