Westbrook Pegler
Copyright 1945, by King Features Syndicate
New York, Sept. 21 "The
boys," a patronizing name for
the American fighting men, are
coming home to learn that one
of the benefits bequeathed to
them by their late commander-in-chief,
Mr. Roosevelt, is un
employment decreed by a hand
ful of his political henchmen
who did not go to war.
One of the reasons frankly
stated for the total deferment of
many of them was that they
were indispensable to the indus
trial war effort. Ostensibly, they
exerted themselves to prevent
strikes and other stoppages and
delays in production. This was
blackmail against the nation, the
proposition being that if they
were drafted they would cause
their followers to strike in protest.
But even though they were
excused, and notwithstanding
the notorious no-strike pledge to
Roosevelt shortly after Pesrl
Harbor, thousands of strikes did
occur and the high unioneers
and the Roosevelt government
boldly lied to the fighting serv
ices and to the civilian popula
tion. FOR THE BENEFIT of the
corrupt union political .auxiliary
which was collecting hundreds
of millions of dollars from the
tax-payers by way of the work
ers' pay envelopes and using
part of it to support Roosevelt's
party, they constantly misrepre
sented the actual number and ef
fect of such strikes. A strike was
not a strike unless a strika had
formally been declared.
Thousands of walkouts and
slow-downs which were "ur.au
thorized" therefore were not in
cluded in the deceitful statistics
of the government nor were
"epdemics" in which, by coinci
dence, all the employees on a
given job became sick of a mys
terious malady, unknown to
medical science, which could be
cured only by a raise in pay.
Moreover, even in the cases
of recognized strikes, the hours
lost as reported to the public
were only the idle hours of the
strikers, themselves. The idle
ness imposed on enormously
greater numbers in factories
which could not operate for lack
of key materials was not count
ed as a strike loss.
Only by the most fastidious
mathematics could it be determ
ined whether the United Auto
Workers of the CIO had the
worst record. Nevertheless, it
prospered as a robust political
war baby and now, with 'The
Boys" coming home, and reem
ployment, reconversion and the
resumption of commerce lagging
from governmental neglect, the
U.A.W. has compelled the Ford
Motor Company to lay off 50,000
workers and retard the produc
tion of vehicles which "The
Boys" will want to build and sell
and buy, because another com
pany, manufacturing gears for
Ford, had refused to re-employ
four men discharged for throw
ing two foremen out of a factory.
EVEN THE ROOSEVELT war
labor board, never impartial in
such disputes but always loaded
against the employers, had up
held the gear company in this
refusal and the U.A.W. had de
nounced the strike at the s.ear
works as "unauthorized." Nev
ertheless, it was a real strike
and the Ford company, after
long patience with the mischiev
ous provocations of union dis
turbers during the war, seized
the opportunity to throw on the
union responsibility for a flag
rant and possibly tumultuous in
terference with the immediate
ambition of most war veterans
to get back to work, earn money
and drive a new car.
SINCE THE WARS began,
Ford had given in to the U.A.W.
on every front. Henry Ford, Sr.,
stunned his rivals when he gave
the union the closed shop but ex
plained that he did it for two
reasons: 1 To prevent blood
shed by lawless political mobs
such as terrorized Michigan,
Ohio and Pennsylvania in the or
ganizing campaigns of the CIO
and, 2 To maintain production
for the war.
Throughout the war, never
theless, the management had
been impaired by threats - of
great troubles over petty com
plaints, and by recognized, in
fact, vaunted immunity of un
ions to penalties for violations
of law and contracts. It was
known weeks ago that when Ja
pan was beaten, Ford would
come to a stand, insist on his
rights as a contracting party in
agreements with unions and on
the first valid provocation close
down completely to dramatize
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the power of Irresponsible un
ions to inflict distress and dan
ger on the whole community.
THE SAME U.A.W. Is threat
ening to strike General Motors
and throw 300,000 more workers
out of jobs to win an increase of
30 per cent in wages, having ear
marked four million dollars for
this contest. This money came
out of public taxes paid as war
wages to workers whom the
Roosevelt government compel
led to join the union. Now this
gift from Roosevelt may be used
to keep returning veterans out
of jobs not only in the motor
industry but in countless other
lines as the ramifications of a
strike expand through inter-dependent
activities across the na
tion. War veterans, who were
going to go through those picket
lines and ask permission of no
unioneer or racketeer to earn
an honest living, can do nothing
because President Truman in
herited the curse of Roosevelt
betrayal and thus far lacks the
honesty to disown a powerful
but predatory ally.
OWTH
M ' " lev" Mr
Coast League
W. L. Pet.
Portland 110 68 .618
Seattle 103 76 .575
Sacramento 95 83 .534
San Francisco 94 85 .525
Oakland 89 91 .494
San Diego 80 99 .447
Los Angeles 74 105 .413
Hollywood 71 109 .394
National League
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 91 55 .623
St. Louis 89 57 .610
.Brooklyn 80 66 .548
Pittsburgh 80 67 .544
New York 76 69 .524
Boston 64 83 .435
Cincinnati 60 85 .414
Philadelphia 44 103 .299
American League
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 85 63 .574
Washington 85 65 .567
St. Louis 78 68 .534
New York 75 70 .518
Cleveland 70 70 .500
Chicago 71 75 .486
Boston 70 79 .470
Philadelphia 51 95 .349
Vanport Rationing
Too Much For One
Portland, Ore., Sept. 20 U.R
Despite diminishing duties as ra
tioning tapers off, the ration
board at Vanport, hardy war
housing center, will remain a
two-man office.
Officials of the board explain
ed that one member will handle
the public business, leaving the
other free to step into another
room to telephoe the sheriff in
case of trouble.
This decision followed a recent
encounter with a disgruntled ra
tionee who brandished a pistol in
the face of the chief clerk.
Use Mall Tribune Want Ada.
Daring Boat Trip Down Rogue River
Is Found To Be No "Sunday Cruise"
A boat trip from Grants Pass
to Gold Beach, down Rogue riv
er, is not a "Sunday cruise," said
Ike Stenerson, Evelyn Apart
ments, in telling of his adven
tures on the hazardous journey.
Stenerson was accompanied on
the trip by Gerald Searl and
Russ McCoy, Hemet, Calif., Del
GoForth, Vallejo, and R.ex Got
ting and Chuck Shotwell of
Grants Pass. The trek was made
in three boats, each accompanied
by a guide, and took five days.
Stenerson said he would ad
vise no one to attempt the trip
without a guide because of the
treacherous river, which must be
thoroughly known to prevent
crashing into hidden rocks and
becoming trapped in shallow
water.
Fishing Improves
On the first night out, the
party stopped at Galice where
they stayed overnight. Fishing
was none too good and did not
improve much until the third
day when the entire party caught
the limit each day thereafter.
Between Galice and Black
Bar, where they stopped on the
second night, it was necessary for
the boat to drop over a 14-foot
falls. From Galice on, the coun
try became rugged, Stenerson
said, with the river no more than
nine feet wide in many places.
Several times the stream was so
narrow that oars could not be
used and in Mule canyon high
rock walls go straight up from
the narrow river.
Boats Take Water ,
The boats consistently took
water, according to Stenerson, as
the front and sides dipped while
shooting rapids and rough water.
On several occasions equipment
in the boats became soaked but
at no time were the boats in dan
ger. The third night was spent
at Marial and on the fourth night
the party stayed at Agnes, arriv
ing at Gold Beach, mouth of the
river, on the fifth night.
The country, down from Gal
ice, is wild and practically as the
Indians left it, Stenerson- said.
There are no roads along the
river and it is necessary for one
to hike in several miles to reach
the stream by foot.
Mail Slow
At Marial Stenerson wrote a
letter to his family here but it is
not expected to arrive before
Saturday. From Marial it goes
by horse pack and boat to Gold
Beach, by stage to Grants Pass
and by train to Medford.
Stenerson took motion pic
tures of the entire trip to pre
serve for posterity scenes of his
thrilling adventure.
fVllf SCHOOLS
Jacksonville, Sept. 21 Jack
sonville grade and high school
will open for the 1945-46 school
year Monday morning, Sept. 24,
at 9:30 it was announced today
by Supt. G. B. Goddard. Open
ing of the school year was post
poned to aid the fruit harvest.
The staff is complete with all
positions filled by experienced
instructors. Teacher meetings
will be held Saturday forenoon
to acquaint the incoming teach
ers with plan's for the school
year.
The school buildings have had
their annual renovation during
the summer months.
Students who wish to continue
in fruit work for a few days are
asked to attend the morning ses
sion Monday, Sept. 24, to com
plete arrangements for books
and registration.
Buses will make the regular
trips from the Applegate district
and from the Griffin Creek, Oak
Grove and West Side area.
S. F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, Sept. 21 0!.R)
Dairy market:
Butter: 93 score 43,i, 92 score
43, 90 score 4234.
Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets
27.2.
Eggs: Large grade A 555,
medium grade A 50 H, small
grade A 41'. -4, large grade B
46M.
10 FULL COLONEL
Robert Emmcns, In Rumania
as United States army air force
representative on the Allied Con
trol commission, has been pro
moted to the rank of full colonel
according to information re
ceived by relatives. Col. Em
mons has been in Europe for the
past 10 months as a member of
the commission.
The officer, who was with the
Doolittle air group that made the
first historic air raid on Japan
early in the war, subsequently
was interned by the Russians and
returned to this country last year
after months overseas. He was
for a time stationed at a base in
the southern United States be
fore being selected for the Ru
manian commission.
His wife and two children re
side in the Evelyn Apartments
and his mother, Mrs. J. J. Em
mons, makes her home at 1443
East Main street.
Friday, Sept. 21, 1943
MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE THREE
THE GRANGE
Roxy Anne Grange
Roxy Anne H.E.C. met Wed
nesday at the Quackenbush
home, with 10 members and one
visitor present.
Each Grange lady It asked to
bring a dozen sandwiches for tha
Booster Night program Friday,
Sept. 21.
Clnslni Ume for Sunday Too Late
to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
Please remember
The "Old Spanish Trail"
which crossed the southeastern
corner of Inyo County became
the route adopted by Mormon
travelers Into Southern California.
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