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Ye Smudge Pot
By Aithai Perry
In popular fancy as war
heroes, Admiral Halsey of the
Third Fleet holds the same place
as Gen. B&G Pat ton In the army.
Both are dashing commanders,
one with warships In Pacific wa
ters, and the other with tanks on
Axis soil. Both have written
much history on opposite sides
of the world. Both have supreme
contempt for the foes, but the
Admiral is the more picturesque
cusser. A press dispatch compli
ments him, viz: "The subject of
punishment of Japanese war
criminals brought forth Halsey'a
finest investive, which unfor
tunately Is unquotable and not
for security reasons."
e e e
London reports the American
people are "stirred" by the Brit
ish election in July. Around
here the people seem less stirred
by the British election than their
own special one in June, and a
deep tranquility hovers over
both.
One of the leading fretlers
(male) of the burg, was out early
today In fine fettle, and fearing
both rain and Russia.
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The San Francisco conference
has voted to put teeth in the
World Security plan. Creation
hopes they work better and have
more "bite" than the dentures In
serted in the enforcement of the
Prohibition law In the 1920's.
The next time Germany feels a
war coming on, as she will, it Is
planned to throw an army at
them pronto. This Is expected to
be more effective than having an
elderly statesman fervently wav
ing an umbrella at the self-admitted
"master race."
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END Or THE ROFI
(St Louis Post-Dispatch)
"Several of the other cabi
net members have come to the
end of their tenure, and Secre
tary Perkins tins successfully
completed 12 years of uncer
tainty." The sugar shortage Is now laid
on a hurricane in Cuba, and a
long dry spell. Cong. Stockman
of eastern Oregon opines no high
wind in the tropics had anything
to do with the OPA ordering
farmers to raise peas Instead of
sugar beets.
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Compulsory military training
is iiow approved In some official
circles. The idea is viewed with
horror In some circles. College
students have already started
marching in protest against
marching when a sergeant gives
the word. Compulsion is con
trary to the American tempera
ment. They would oppose any
thing compulsory except compul
sory fishing, compulsory loafing,
or compulsory motoring across
the continent.
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EARLY DAY SWIGGING
"Every man has a favorite
liquor mixture, and there are
fashions in drinking as In dress
or in bicycles. Cocktails are the
most common In Pendleton. Al
so a late drink in Pendleton Is
the 'coffee cocktail' In which
coffee extract and brandy form
Ingredients. Another new mix
ture, and one destined to become
very popular, Is the 'bartender's
cocktail' in serving which the
bartender sets a bottle before his
customer and allows him to pour
as much whiskey as he wants In
the other Ingredients, the Mar
tinei cocktail is popular In Pen
dleton; cherry bounce punch is
growing in favor, and the mint
Jullp is common of late. This list
could be extended indefintely
and perhaps 'ad nauseum' In
view of those who execrate li
quor and its use in any form."
(Pendleton East Oregonian, 80
Yrs. Ago Col.)
Clntini lime ror Sunday Too Late
to Classify 5 30 Saturday sflernnon
Flaw emeiabw.
TuMdar. June , 14
Editorial Correspondence
San Francisco, June 2:
Just returned from a motor trip across the bay after a personally
conducted "look-see" of the Kaiser shipyards.
There were six in the party, two delegates from Arabia (Iran),
a Reuters man from London, an N.B.C. representative just re
turned from Europe, a Dane from Copenhagen (chain-store opera
tor and newspaper publisher) and yours truly.
e e e e e
The shiDyards proved Impressive and Instructive, but the sub
ject of conversation going and returning was the crisis in Syria,
The two gentlemen from Arabia
asked why the press did not bring this country Into line at once
and call off all lend-lease and join
They detected intertia and appeasement in Washington.
The man from Reuters said he
that the Russians had taken over
were operating them with great
man bourgeoise so the Kremlin
of a dictatorship of the proletariat
The Danish gentleman said that
German masses were not so bad,
all these years by the German
The N.B.C. man did not argue
with Europe, and after what he had seen, thought this country
better "stop, look and listen" before taking any action In the
Levant or anywhere else.
"The United States should Intervene at once, repeated one of
the Arabians if action isn t taken there will be war, with the
Arabic League supporting Syria
You should go in now."
"On WHICH side," growled the N.B.C. man. And so it went on.
e e e e e
Well there were six men from distant and widely separated
parts of the world, all from countries represented in this United
Nations conference, and none of them could agree. We felt the
United States should not take any direct action until .all the facts
were known, and as long as France had called off her troops
there seemed to be no Immediate
No wonder 1,500 representatives representing 50 nations are
having their troubles agreeing up
But we were struck by the vehemence and bitterness of the Iran
representatives.
Both of them kept reiterating
people, but not De Gaulle France, which they maintain is a mili
taristic and imperial France, not only determined to oppress the
people of the Near-East but murdering men, women and children
in cold blood with bombing planes given to them by U. S. lend-lease.
This experience, taken together
week ago with the Syrian and
doubt whatever that whether the
East is TECHNICALLY Justified
the peoples of that part of the world, and if persisted In will un
doubtedly lead to serious trouble.
And still some people wonder
and universal peace!!!
This Syrian crisis, however, may prove a blessing In disguise
for It does bring Into sharp relief the weaknesses of the charter
now being drawn, as far as any ability to prevent serious trouble
when and if it comes.
Let us suppose the new charter were now operating. How
would it deal with this flare-up In
In the first place as the charter
have to decide whether or not this
or was merely a local affair.
Does anyone believe for a moment France would vote if it did
threaten world peace?
Of course notl
Franca would maintain It entirely
herself and the two countries over which she held mandates and
where she has vital interests to protect and maintain.
And Just as long as France held to that contention, the League
eould take no action, for all five-Big Powers must agree, not only
as to the use of force but as to the settlement of differences by
peaoeful means, everything In fact but matters of procedure,
e e e e e
Yes, that Is the status quo.
There Is a provision that In the case of force, the parties to the
dispute will not be allowed to vote.
But again face the facts as they would exist.
Does anyone doubt for a moment that France would be able to
get one of the Big Powers to stand with her? And that ONE would
be enough to block any effective action whatever.
If this Syrian mess does not eliminate the one-power veto, then
we fear nothing can. R.W.R.
San Francisco, June 3:
The debate concerning "self-government" and "Independence"
still goes on.
The latest advocate of the former over the latter is the brisk
and eloquent General Romulo of the Philippines, who became so
excited over the question he Issued an S.O.S. for a press conference.
The General's point, as we understand it, is this:
The word "independence" is now used as It refers to the trustee
ships, but is not used and "self government" is used In regard to
other dependencies. The Philippine leader wishes Independence
used In both departments and said If this were not done he would
take the platform in a plenary session and fight for it.
e e e e e
Perhaps the General has a point there, but It is too involved and
spllt-hairish to get this department all hot and bothered.
After all, If a dependent nation governs Itself, and a majority of
the people wish to be entirely Independent, what is to prevent them
from becoming independent, UNLESS they no longer are allowed
self-government.
Moreover, we suspect the table-thumping little bantam from
Bataan somewhat he Is just a bit too slick, and too fluent, and
too oratorical.
There are exceptions of course, but as a general thing, men who
are great talkers are not great do-ers. And there is no doubt
General Romulo is a great talker.
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There Is a very popular thesis here. one runs Into It all over
the place, namely: that wars are caused by economic mal-adjust-ments,
and before the world can have peace, these "economic mal
adjustments" must be corrected.
So Instead of wasting time here In trying to get together
machinery designed to prevent wbt, there should be a concerted
drive to get two bottles of milk for every Hottentot.
No one would deny that as a general rule, economically con
tented nations are disposed to keep the peace and discontented
nations are not.
But as the late Al Smith used to say: "Look at the record."
e e e e e
In the last 45 years the United States has been Involved in three
wars. the Spanish War, the first World War, and now the second
World War.
In no instance were those wars caused, directly or Indirectly,
by what are tisunlly termed "economic mal-adjustments."
The Spanish War was an accident. The two World Wars were
due primarily to a desire on the part of Germany to gain control
of Europe, get her place In the sun.
Compared with Russia and the rest of Europe, Germany enjoyed
economic security and superiority,, the people of Germany were '
far better off In a material sense than the people of Belgium, Rus
sia, Polnnd, Austria, the Balkans, and were in some ways more
advanced economically than England.
e e e e e
No. the people of Germany never went to war because they were ,
Ill-clothed, Ill-fed, Ill-housed and what have you.
They went to war because of Mr. Nietche's "will to power."
And Japan went to war for essentially the same reason namely,
to gain control of the Pacific secure "HER" place In the sun.
The Reds and the Pinks here are busy night and day trying to
make out that all the world needs, to be assured of peace is to
hive a revolution such as Russia "enjoyed," and eliminate the
capitalistic system.
There isn't a shred of evidence to support such a contention.
e e e e e
Wt wrote a few days ago regarding the low-tide of this confer
ence and expressed the belief there would be a turn of th tide
were ternoiy wrougm up ana
Britain In forceful intervention.
had It on unimpeachable authority
the Nazi murder-factories and
efficiency, liquidating the Ger
could facilitate the establishment
in Berlin.
would be OK by him, for the
all the trouble had been caused
Junkers, the upper crust.
with this, but said he was fed up
and Lebanon. Time is important.
danger of the trouble spreading.
at the Civic Centerl
they loved France and the French
with the press conference of a
Lebanon delegation, leaves no
De Gaulle policy In the Near
or not, it is deeply resented by
why we don't have everlasting
Syria?
Is now drawn the Council would
trouble threatened world peace
a local affair, concemlne onlv
eventually, following the Inevitable pattern of ebb and flow Wi all
the affairs of men.
We still hold to that belief.
situation here today, is more disheartening than at any other time
since April 24th. In fact, on all
especially among the newspaper
Job for over six weeks. At least
pect the conference to blow up at any time in a free-for-all row,
and adjourn sine die with nothing accomplished. Mebbe so, mebbe
so but we are still putting our
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, June B The
Wagner plan to insure all phases
of human existence from pre
natal care to
R'f'y'V-'W,! old age was
mrfbteiV to have been
W-T-'J" launched with
ifs ki f a message
-ti irom President
irurnan. in bu
v a n c e, word
had been pass
ed around by
Senator Wag
ner that such
a social secur
ity message
was coming
Paul Malloo
from the White House. Instead
Mr. Truman sent word for an
emergency increase in the un
employment insurance allow
ance, but said nothing about the
broader cradle-to-grave scheme,
except to mention it, and Mr.
Wagner dropped his bill in the
hopper without administration
indorsement.
No one is in a hurry about
either idea. House ways and
means Chairman Doughton is
saying his committee will be so
busy with other matters u can
not get around to consideration
of the Wagner legislation before
fall. It Is generally predicted in
congress that it will not be en
acted until next year, if then.
A genuine basis for resistance
exists In this case. I suspect the
administration's recalcitrance is
probably due to social security
administrator Altmeyer's suspi
cion that the Wagner bill is
financially unsound. Mr. Alt
meyer thinks the expenditures
proposed, will run far greater
than the money raised by the
taxes, and he has Indicated that
this drain on the treasury could
go as high as several billions of
dollars yearly.
OUT the great scope
of the
MJ
Wagner idea raises doubt as
to whether the people will get
out of the bill the real benefits
commensurate with the terrific
taxation. You never hear much
about costs of these insurance
panaceas.
Everyone speaks of the great
results from federal donations
to the states to build billions of
dollars of hospitals and health
centers. To promote maternal
and child health and public
health, to give monthly checks
to the aged, blind, dependent
children or others, unemploy
ment Insurance, as well as med
ical care.
Mr. Wagner spoke glowingly
of the extension of social secu
rity to 15,000,000 more people
and increase of the benefits, but
nowhere did he get down to the
financial facts of the matter, and
none of the published reports
have even estimated the annual
cost.
The proposed tax Is to be 3 per
cent of the first $3500 of every
one's wages. The technical ex
perts will tell you this will cause
the people to pay Into the treas
ury each year six billions to sev
en billions of dollars more money
on a calculated national income
of 170 billions of dollars. Rough
ly speaking, 1 per cent of taxes
raises $600,000,000 annually so
the 8 per cent last year would
have cost the people $4,800,000,
000. e e
IS It economically sound to take
this much money out of the
workers' income and employers'
fund? If the sum is left to the
employes and employers, pre
sumably they will spend It and
do some economic good with it.
Their spending will generate
economic Initiative, will furnish
pay for other workers to keep
the economical pot boiling.
But if the federal government
takes this huge amount twice
as much as It cost the whole gov
ernment to operate In the Cool
Idge administration and puts
it in a cold fund to be doled out
in driblets to particular groups
of people in particular ways,
through a tremendous welfare
bureaucracy, will the people gen
erally get out of it as much as
The-
OWL CLUB
Closed for Redecorating
WATCH FOR
OPENING DATE
But the plain truth is the general
sides one hears defeatist talk, but
men who have stuck here on the
half of them, we should say, ex
money on Queen of Peace.
R.W.R.
they put in? Everyone pays, few
get benefits.
Behind this schema are the
labor unions and the new deal
ers. They are following the ex
ample of England, where the la
bor party has promoted 'similar
ly new extensive and expensive
social security notions as the ba
sis of the great new postwar
world.
These two groups are enthusi
astic in contemplating the social
results, but I think most con
gressmen look more at the cost
side, and at the prospect that
the average citizen may pay in
to this vast reservoir of taxation
a goodly portion of his pay ev
ery week throughout his life and
may never get out of it any
worthwhile benefits.
He may never become unem
ployed, may never need old age
benefits, may be able to get his
medical care privately, espe
cially if a good wage scale is
maintained among the people, to
enable him to meet his direct
needs.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mai)
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
June 5, 1935
(It was Wednesday)
Hunt for Weyeraeuser kid
napers shifts to Portland.
Yesterday's heat highest since
1924, and reached 100.5 degrees.
Tax delinquencies on city lots
to be foreclosed.
State labor and granges plan
recall of Gov. Martin.
Hooded wrestler
beaned with chair.
at armory
Gene Childers leaves for De
troit by plane to buy new auto.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
June 5, 1925
(It was Thursday)
Diamond rooming house at
Sixth and Central, to be torn
down to make way for modern
building.
Heat wave continues over east
and mid-west areas.
Situation in China serious,
with American and Japanese
marines on way to Shanghai,
Fire guts Andrews building on
Grape street.
Hard surfacing of Crater Lake
road to start in July.
Germany given inter-Allied
note on conduct of affairs in
Cologne district.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS
AGO TODAY
June 5, 1911
Pear crop this year will total
100,000 boxes, growers estimate.
Mr. and Mr7 cTm. Kidd, Mrs.
Merrick and son, Emerson, spent
Sunday at Central Point.
Special excusion rates on
Espee to Portland
opening today.
Rose show
TALENT SOLDIER AMONG
FIRST IN ITALY DRIVES
T4 Harvey Maxson of Talent
was one of the first men to push
into Carrara, Massa, La Spezia
and Genoain with the crack
473rd Infantry regiment, accord
ing to a recent dispatch from the
European tneater of operations.
Maxson is a cook attached to
regimental headquarters.
THE GRANGE
Roxy Ann Grange
Roxy Ann Grange met in regu
lar session June 1. with Master
Frank Hanson presiding. Po
mona Grange has an offer of a
war bond for the local grange
with best attendance, so mem
bers are urged to turn out and
help Roxy Ann win.
The church dinner was held
Sunday. An Interesting talk was
given by Rev. Millard. Next
regular grange meeting will be
June 15 with a box social in
honor of Father's day, the men
bringing the box and the ladies
buying them.
H.E.C, will meet June 13 with
Mrs. Wolf.
ANY BOPfBS TOAY?
Illustrated by
"Take It eases', Uo. My aeietaal neet have eossel to basy
a War Brael."
Chemicals. Plastics Seen
Dominant In Postwar World
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) Watch
out, ladies your nylon hose are
going to be running into sky
scrapers in the future, according
to Dr. William J. Hale, research
consultant for Dow Chemical
Co., of Midland, Mich.
The chemist also forecast that
airplanes will be made wholly
of magnesium the lightest of
structural metals.
The chemical age now is sup
planting the machine age and
the three main factors in the
"world to be" are alcohols, plas
tics and light metals, Hale said.
World-Wide Use
Since these factors are pro
duced from the fruits of nature,
the whole world can enjoy them
if it works through "sations", a
formula devised by the scientist
to solve world problems.
World wars have been caused
by unequal distribution of raw
materials for industry, according
to Hale. Such distribution has
forced people of all nations Into
trade, which have brought unde
sirable duties and fines, resulting
in poverty to some nations and
wealth to others.
In Hale's world, the globe will
be regrouped into four "sations",
extendings from the 'coldest to
the hottest climates and divided
so that each "sation" will have
every known product procur
able. The "sations" should com
prise the Mongolian peoples, the
Slavics, the Teutonics and the
Anglo-Americans, he said.
Abolish Trade Route
Advantages of the "sations"
would be to do away with duties
and fines Imposed on trade by
eliminating trade routes entirely
except in the "sations" individ
ual coast-wide areas.
"No longer shall wt draw
upon others to do what we our
selves can accomplish," Hale
said.
With the present-day turnout
of 1,750,000,000 barrels of petro
leum annually, only a few more
years' supply is In sight. Hale
said. Therefore, agriculture must
enter the field by manufacturing
alcohol from grain. There is no
better fuel for internal combus
tion motors than alcohol and
water because Its octane rating
Is far above 100 and it burns
without knock. Its superiority
over gasoline stems from Its low
er temperature of burning, and
it burns to complete oxidation.
One gallon of alcohol in water
blend, Hale said, would drive a
car four times as far as a gallon
of high-test gasoline.
Sees Vast Alcohol Output
Hale predicted that by the
close of the next quarter of a
century the United States should
be producing approximately 30,
000,000,000 gallons of alcohol
annually.
Through chemurglc processes,
safflower and castor oil seeds
will produce good drying oils,
he said. Castor oil likewise will
become the basis for a new type
of nylon the kind that might
be used for skyscrapers. '
Ethylene plastics, such as syn
thetic rubber, command atten
tion now. But Hale said they
would command even more no
tice within the next 25 years
when 20,000,000 pounds of plas-
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audi George Bane
Gregory VAle-io
tics should be produced annu
ally. The third great industry is the
light metals aluminum and
magnesium. Magnesium will
soar above aluminum to a total
of 10,000,000,000 pounds annual
ly in the next 25 years, he prav
dieted.
Next Year Critical
in Inflation Fight
Washington, June 5 (U.R)
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles told the House Banking
committee today that the nex,t
12 months will be "the most
dangerous period that OPA has
faced" in its fight on inflation.
"If we don't keep right after
price control," he said, "We'll
be in serious trouble."
The committee today began
hearings on a bill to extend the
price control act until Dec. 31,
1946. Under present law, OPA
will expire on June 30.
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT
GAINS ELECTION WIN
Toronto, June 5 (U.R) On
tario Premier George Drew and
his progressive conservative gov
ernment were solidly entrenched
today following an overwhelm
ing victory in yesterday's provin
cial elections.
The triumph of the progressive-conservatives
heightened in
terest in Canada's federal elec
tions next Monday. Although
Ontario is the stronghold of the
"middle party," its electors
soundly defeated both the liberal
party, which controlled the last
national parliament, and the left
wing cooperative commonwealth
federation.
P.-T. A. Activities
EAGLE POINT P.-T.A,
Eagle Point Parent-Teacher as
sociation will hold the annual
summer "round-up" for children
at the Eagle Point school Mon
day at 1 p. m. Dr. A. E. Merkel
will make the examinations and
diphtheria, smallpox and whoop
ing cough immunization will be
available. Women of the associa
tion will be on hand to help with
the children.
All parents of pre-school chil
dren entering school nvt foil
are urged to take their children
to tne round-up.
A campaign begun in 1907 by
Anna Jarvis, now 84, was respon
sible for the beginning of the
traditional Mothers' Day floral
gifts.
TIRES LOANED FREE
pi
NO RATION
m Vvyi unv ,n today yonr tires may oe n
I NO RATION CERTIFICATE NEEDED f
FIRESTONE STORES
214 So. Riverside
Yank Graves Kept
In Good Condition
Legion Head Say$
Berchtesgaden, June 5 (U.R)
Edward N. Scheiberling, Albany,
N. Y national commander of the
American Legion, said today
that the graves of American sol
diers had been kept in excellent
condition.
He was accompanied on a tour
of inspection by Maneel Talcott,
former mayor of Waukegan, 111.,
now national chairman of the Le
gion's grave registration com
mittee. "We found American World
War I cemeteries in Franee and
Belgium in excellent cnnHIMm
and kept up even during the
tour years of the German occu
pation," Scheiberling said.
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