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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. -
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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.
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