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Official Paper of the City of MedforS Official Paper of Jackion county United Preaa roll Leaaed Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repteeentatlva WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Office In New York Chicago. De troit, San Franciaeo, Loa Angelea, Se attle. Portland, St. Lou it, Atlanta, Vancouver, B. C. Oii!oOti$(NPiii Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Inrilan summer has arrived In these parts, unsung and without warning. Not barbershop, bank, beanery, or business, closed for two days to properly observe and welcome the most magnificent season of the year, e e v Quite a few of the younger generation are sporting new shoes, though not old enough to go to school. e e Nothing has been heard for some time of the London Poles, the Lubln Poles, the East Prussia Poles, or the Latvia Poles. But word comes via press reports, the Warsaw Poles are still acting up, and war still rages In WarsRw, with much night gunfire. "No one seems to know who does the shooting, and who gets shot," the report states. The dove of peace is a two-gun bird. e e e Easy Coma, Eaay Col (.Toplin (Mo.) Globe) In the subsequent conversa tion the farmer naturally in quired how his former em , ployee had been doing and the , man told him he had been ' working for sixteen months in a war plant and getting $02 a week. "Well, well," said the farmer. "And how much money did you -save?" The hired man looked a bit sheep ish and then said defensively. "Well, I didn't have to borrow apy money to get back, I caught a ride here, clear from Seattle." a a e Snuff, at the height of the cig arette shortage harder to find than aplum, is now fearlessly dis played on shelves to the great joy of its users. e e e The drizzle over the week-end was a poor sample of precipita tion. It was insufficient to cause the fair sex to put on their ga loshes and slosh downtown. e e The French In their election Sunday, showed a "socialistic trend" with communists having slight edge. Like Britain, it is anticipated France will want to borrow money from a capitalistic nation to put capitalism out of business. Everything about cap italism is wrong, but the capital istic dollar. e BUGGED SIMPLICITY (The Dalles Chronicle) "We notice that our City fathers have had the nails of our sidewalks driven down. That's good. Farmers who are Indebted to us for subscription can pay us, if they choose, in butter, eggs or chickens." (75 Yrs. Ago Col.) e e Gen. MacArtluir has Imposed a number of decrees upon the Japanese, in which they will take orders Instead of giving them. These include an OPA. In his weakened condition from atomic bombs, air raids, bom bardments by land and sea, and typhoons, the enemy will not be compelled to fill out a leg-long questlonajre to buy a roll of barbwire, or get a new plow. No word has been received for several days about the where abouts of the absent Ilerr Hitler of Germany, recently rumored skulking in the hills of Japan. One of his top generals, also missing, was located tending fur nace in an American army build ing in Germany. This gives hope Der Fuehrer, inconspicuously peeling potatoes, will be discov ered one of these days in the pro tective custody of the Russians instead of moudlng in an un named grave, as widely propa gandized. The first constitution to be drawn up on American soil was the Connecticut "Fundamental Orders." Tuesday. Sept. 23, 1943 Where Women May Serve The call of the local Red Cross chapter for Gray Ladies to serve at the new Camp White naval hos pital should receive prompt and hearty response here. These patriotic ladies have filled an important need in army and veteran hospitals in recent war-time years, reading to patients, writing their letters, doing their shopping for them, helping to make hospital life more bearable and pleasant with a hundred and one little kindly and motherly acts. MOW the Gray Ladies are 1 1 pitals, and Captain LaFavre, commander of the Camp White hospital, wants them here to cheer the wounded men who are sent here. As good neigh bors, this community should see that he gets all of them he needs, tor the served so gallantly with the If the sympathetic assistance of the Gray Ladies is needed and there is no questioning the importance of their help it should be provided in abundance. 9 COME of the activities of the war, and those who for the Jackson county chapter now have an oppor tunity to transfer their effort to this new and equally important branch. Ihe jobs of Gray Ladies do not include nursing, so experience in this field is unnecessary. THE name of this organization is often misunder- otuuu. 4u oiiuuiu uk: dui-uiaaiacu LlldL WIC LCI 111 Gray Ladies refers to the color of the uniform worn by its members, and that young women are welcomed into its ranks just as those of middle age. e e e a VW'E hope that many women will answer this im " " mediate and urgent call for service with the Gray Ladies at the Camp White naval hospital. Here is, indeed, an opportunity for this community to extend friendly help to the staff of the hospital and kindly aid to the wounded heroes sent to this hospital. Women who wish to become Gray Ladies should Visit the Red Cross chapter at once. This avenue for have a ready appeal for manv in this community. H.G. Japan s Unlucky Day RxnotW 99. warn hvfnva ihex lfiinl A war in the Pacific, Japan atomic bomh nrnnmi . V II klV-Jl,VIUWtl A f .L SeWJ when one of the worst earthquake disasters of modern times shook Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and other Jap cities. More than 99,000 were killed, 100,000 wounded and 43,000 missing. Property damage totaled bil lions. Uur atomic bomb more havoc. IN that time of national calamity the civilized world came to the rescue of the Japanese. There was a generous outDourinir of mnnev and sin-mlips fYnm tha United States to aid the stricken people and help them iw recover irom tne devastating blow. a a e a yHE attack at Pearl Harbor and the hideous atroci- uca m uupunese prison camps snow how easy it is for nations to forget such friendly assistance. Such is gratitude when countries are ruled by military masters. H.G. Westbrook Pegler Copyright. 194S, by King Features Syndicate New York, Sept. 25 Return ing service men, who find them selves barred from jobs by strikes, and that element of our people known as "the public," will labor under a great handi cap In their efforts to understand the impending political fight on the picket lines which will be falsely represented by many pol iticians and a portion of our daily press as "labor disputes." The trouble Is that this Is a very complex political subject which a great majority of Amer icans and almost all service men and women have refused to study because It Is dull, or they were just too busy. Good under standing requires serious reading of laws, court decisions, union constitutions and the recent his tory of the union movement. The union movement Is alwavs disguised as "lnbor" which Is a sly political misnomer employed to appeal to the self-interest of all who work for their living and to class-hatred. Of all the Amer icans who labor, and some esti mates hold that prosperity re quire steady employment of six ty million workers, not more than ten million at present are members of the unions. And a majority of these members were dragooned by combination of the unions, greedy for money and political power, and the mis called agencies set up by the Roosevelt government, They had to Join and pay whether they wanted to or not. Millions of them were flatly Informed dur ing the war that if they did not Join and pay they could not build tanks, weapons, ships, and so forth. At any rate, it Is obvious that these unions do not wholly con stitute or represent American la bor. e a e WHEN I SEPARATE "the public" from the union move ment I am not being arbitrary. The unions, themselves, and trie Roosevelt government long ago entering many naval hos- wounded men who have fleet the was is not over. the Red Cross ended with have worked so faithfully" offices in the courthouse patriotic service should suffered anotfier blow of could hardly have wrought recognized a separation and a conflict of Interest here. This was a faux pas on their part which may plague them now be cause It might remind "the pub lic" that politics has placed this vast majority of the American people in the middle of a fight, with no organization or political representation to battle for their rights. We see the distinction in the composition of the War Labor Board which was divided into three parts. There were union representatives, industry repre sentatives and "public" mem bers. In practically all such ar rangements, the Roosevelt gov ernment loaded these bodies In favor of the unions by selecting in each case at least one "pub lic" member who was known to be sympathetic to the unions. Even so, when decisions did go against the unions, they some times refused to comply with en suing orders and sabotaged pro duction, usually with a pretense that the "workers," themselves, were so Incensed at outrageous disregard of their rights that they refused to obey union dis cipline. The union bosses said they were powerless. But they are powerful enough to collect their dues and fees on time. MANY INTELLIGENT Ameri cans have ignored this menace to their political, economic and so cial freedom throughout the years of the new deal merely be WANTED O PICKERS O SORTERS O WAREHOUSEMEN Modoc Orchard Co. 511 SO. cause, so far, ft did not hurt them, personally. Millions of words written for their informa tion were either neglected or scanned so carelessly at to leave them still Ignorant of the laws and decisions, which now restrict their rights, and of outrageous boycotts, income taxes, inter state import taxes and political taxes amounting literally to bil lions of dollars by private organ izations having the actual power of a sub-government and no re sponsibility. Some were casually Interested for a day or two by persistent revelations of spectacular crim inal racketeering, particularly by the gangsters of the American Federation of Labor. But when , George Spelvin, American, read of boycott against a certain brand of elec trical refrigerator, for example, by a local union of the construc tion trades, he refused to consid er how this might permit another manufacturer, paying bribes to the boss unioneers, to monopolize the local field and add ten per cent or 100 per cent to the price of his own refrigerator. If Spel vin read that a big union of needleworkers, by exorbitant de mands, forced a legitimate manu facturer to sell his plant at a sac rifice to a buyer who chanced to be a cousin of the union boss, who then was able to "compro mise" the "dispute," that was just another stuffy Item in the news of a busy day. Spelvin hasn't bothered his mind to real ize that these things happen un der laws ostensibly designed to help labor which, in actual ef fect, however, degrade him, per sonally, to the status of subject and benefit the union bosses and those politicians who sell out to them. "THE PUBLIC" has been men tally lazy and careless and so has been easily fooled and entrapped. As a result, now, without even a pretense of an honest vote or, with no vote at all, a few dozen union bosses may keep millions of Americans out of work, and, for their authority, rely on the Wagner Act, the labor relations board and the decisions of the su preme court. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Sept. 25 This new new-dealing craze for "full employment" gets more interest ing as it devel ops. A midwest senator has come back from his home town saying he has decided to vote against the whole busi ness. The real trouble, he says, is too many people worked in the ordnance plant Paul Alamio at $80 to $85 a week and will not go back to the $40 and $30 a week jobs now fully available, and crying to be filled. Wonderlngly, I checked my home town and found many workers from the torpedo plant did not want the hundreds of jobs daily offered in alluring ad vertisements, The non-workers can cash their victory bonds; can look forward to getting $20 a week unemployment compensa tion for six months, and prom ised food allotment free from the government, which is not bad when you consider that this does not entail paying the withhold ing tax, and add jobs all paying 65 to 75 cents an hour. Surpas sing eagerness for work is not ap parent; right not to work is wide iy maintained. e a e WOW comes the weekly mentor ' of practically all economic fadism, The New Republic, say ing they planned it this way. This is the point of the "full em ployment" bill, Incongruous as it seems. The way to keep full em ployment, it explains, is to have more jobs than workers. To do this there must be a shift of workers from the less pleasant and remunerative Jobs," and no one is going to do these any more. This government made shortage of labor will destroy the domestic science Industry, for in stance. I gather housework and cooking are to be considered be neath "the dignity of the per sonality." (I always thought it the greatest of the sciences be cause it involves the art of daily living; a clean house and a well cooked meal requires an intelli gence and aptitude beyond the qualifications of some college graduates I have met.) But now for the first time in 6000 years this is to bo done away with at a "full employ mcnt" cost the New Republic cs timates at $30,000,000,000 a vest FIR Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member ol Congress From Oregon SINCE the house has been In session following the recent re cess, I have noticed a decidedly different atmosphere. While the war was on. there was more or less restraint. Criticism of gov ernment agencies, which in any way touched the actual prosecu tion uf the war, was always carefully voiced, so that the speaker could not be accused of hampering the war effort. Criticism of the War and Navy Departments was, of course, almost never heard Now, members who feel Inclin ed to be critical about anything or anybody, are giving full vent to their ideas I have also notic ed that clashes In debate of a political nature are more fre quent, and are of a more "rough and tumble" variety than for merly. e e - e THE CONGRESS has voted to conduct its own investigation of for taxpayers and workers. The Truman spending budget of $25, 000,000,000 (nearly three times as much as Roosevelt ever spent) is too low, I gather, as (I quote): "Most students expect the gov ernment to spend $30,000,000,- 000 to $35,000,000,000 postwar. at present price levels, if full em ployment is to be attained." e e SO you can see now what this full emnlnvment bill means by establishing into law "the right to a job you like, at a sal ary you like, under hours and conditions you like." If you do not love your work or dislike anything about it, you can lay off on unemployment compensa tion and a food stamp plan to im prove your nourishment regard less of employment opportuni ties. e e BUT how are you going to run a nation that way, if you could raise the money? Can you run a navy without anyone in submarines, and all riding bat tleships which take the sea eas ier? Can you maintain an army without anyone peeling pota toes? Indeed, can you maintain a nation without full use of the talents, aptitudes and varying abilities of all classes of people? If you think the basic idea is silly, wait until you get down to the details where the incon gruity spreads to its collossalest. For instance, one provision calls for socialized medicine and all the doctors to work on a salary for the government. All the high earnings of physicians would be cut to monthly government sal aries and the tax revenue from their present earnings would be lost, and their currently produc tive high economic contributions (in spending for products as well as taxes) wholly destroyed with a corresponding decline in na tional income and in consumer demand for goods. In short, the proposal defeats the full employment-purpose. e e e SIMILARLY a decline in work week is another provision. Plans to cut the government work-week again from 40 (it was 48) to 30 have already been pro posed in bills. This keeps salaries where they were and prevents normal utilization of the talents, abilities and aptitudes of the na tion's manpower. It does not in crease purchasing power or cre ate more employment opportun ities; it merely shares the work, less work for the nation as a whole, therefore, less productiv ity and less tax revenues to sus tain a high economy, needed for full employment. e e 1MOW, if you destroy a consid- ' erable portion of the nation's ordinary work by reclassifying it as lower grade (falsely, be cause domestic and similar occu pations now pay more than fac tories) and nullify the buying power and taxpaying ability of physicians, dentists, nurses and that whole profession by remak ing it into a government clinic, and limit the use of manpower by less and less of a work week, discouraging individual produc tivity, how long do you think the working people of this country can pay $30,000,000,000 a year in withholding and other taxes necessary to sustain such a self defeatist system? Attention ED' Avalanche DDT Barn Spray Powder contains 30 DDT. When diluted costs about 7c per gallon. Avalanche DDT Stock Spray Liquid contains 25 DDT- When diluted coets about lie per gallon. Economy Seed & Feed Co. 217 West 6th St. Medford, Ore. the Ptarl Harbor disaster. Un fortunately, the resolution as passed provides for the control of the investigating committee by the administration. Republi can members of the house made a hard fight to have the investi gating committee appointed on an ?qual bi-partisan basis, but were voted down, a a e THE RECENT reorganization of the Department of Labor is something that should have been done years ago. For a long time, the secretary of labor and the entire department have been almost a useless part of our gov ernment. Other than the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has always enjoyed an excellent re putation, the Labor Department apparently has not been func tion. Now, with the addition of the War Manpower Commission duties, and with the War Labor Board operating under the de partment, the Secretary of La bor is getting set to do a real job. The other reductions and con solidations of agencies is also obviously a good trend. Many of us have felt that far too many new agencies and offices have been created during the last sev eral years to solve problems which could have beqn handled by existing organizations The elimination of these surplus groups will make for reduction of federal expense and greater efficiency in government. Although there have been many big headlines, emanating both from Capitol Hill and the White House recently, the con gress has also been considering some rather Important minor legislation. The house passed H. R, 1591, to provide for additional naval midshipmen and West Point ca dets; H. R. 1645, which provides that veterans, who are engaged in war jobs after being dis charged, may have ninety days after leaving their war plant job in which to apply for their pre-war positions; H. R. 3755, which if passed by the senate, will establish an optometry corps in the Army Medical Corps; H. R. 1123, which in creases the age limit for admis sion to the United States Mili tary Academy at West Point to twenly-three years for boys who have been in .the service one year or more during this. war. A bill to stimulate voluntary recruitment in the armed forces was also passed. It is anticipat ed that this bill, when it be comes law, will have the effect of hastening demobilization by adding additional personnel to the services. e a THE ENTIRE Oreaon deleea- Inn in enneress. our two sena tors and four representatives, called on uenerai Bradley, neaa of the Veterans Administration, recently, urging more hospital heHe at the Portland Veterans Facility. I feel certain this com bined effort of the Oregon dele gation, not only on this problem hut on other nroblems. is very effective. AU six of us are pull ing together as a team, ana we all enjoy working in that way. e a e TOt T.TFTlNfl nf restrictions on building (officially known as Order No. L-14) seems to have met with universal approval here. The building industry can and will provide employment vact Tiiimher of men. There Is the danger, of course, that some building materials may become short when the k,, nHintf hnnm eeta under wav. so, to prevent skyrocketing of prices on sucn materials, h is necessary that price ceilings be mnlntnined. Unless homes and other buildings can be con structed on a basis thai win make such real property a sound value we cannot expect maxi mum employment in the build ing trades. None of us like gov ernment controls, but in this case, proper controls would seem to be necessary. HOLLYWOOD CHARITY Hollywood, Sept. 25 (U.R) Creation of a Hollywood Canteen Foundation with a $500,000 trust fund for charity purposes was announced today. Closing time foi Classified Ads 8:30 m Too Lata to Classify 12:15 p m Farmers Phone 3622 Flight o Time Madford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO Sept. 25, 1935 (It was Wednesday) Road to top of Roxy Ann and senior high school grandstand approved as WPA projects. Bridge, Ore., swept by fire. Chicago Cubs near cinch for National league flag. Medco planing mill to start in 10 days. Fair. High 85, low 47 de grees. Joe Louis flattens Max Baer in four rounds and is uncrowned king of heavies. ' TWENTY YEARS AGO Sept. 25, 1925 (It was Friday) Washington wins American league race. Germany agrees to security talks. New loans to Europe opposed in senate. Cloudy. High 83, low 41 de grees. Rogue River Calf club wins county fair awards. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Sept. 25, 1911 Italy and Turkey near clash over Tripoli. Top lambs sell for $5 on Port land market. Rousing Good Roads meet held at Nat. Sam Hill talks. WESTERNERS TO PLAN VICTORY LOAN DRIVE Portland, Ore., Sept. 25-U.R) More than 600 representatives of nine western states will meet here Oct. 5 and 6 to prepare for the Victory Loan drive. Speakers will include Secre tary of Treasury Fred M. Vin son, Ted R. Gamble, national di rector of the Treasiirv ri pnnrt- ment bond campaigns; Robert . i-oyne, tiem director of the bond selling program; Thomas Lane, director of advertising, J. WORK RAIN OR SHINE - INSIDE! DAY SHIFT 3 A.M. to 6 P.M. WORKERS NEEDED O GOOD WAGES O GOOD WORKING HOURS O at your local cannery, Front and 13th Streets. We operate a day shift for canning peart and a night shift for prunes. Piece Work for Women with GUARANTEED HOURLY MINIMUM! ROGUE RIVER PACKING CORP. Telephone 3982 LEWIS' Super Service READY, WILLING, ABLE to check the 30 wear points on your car, to help you prolong its useful life. Re member, LUBRICATION is NECESSARY. . CHECKERS WANTED GOOD PERMANENT POSITIONS PLEASANT WORKING CONDITIONS-GOOD WAGES Apply in person at either Safeway Store in Medford Edward Shugrue, director of mo. tion pictures and special events, Closing tuna for Sunday Too Lata to Claaalty 4:00 Saturday atternooD. Please remember PLAYING THIS WEEK Don Sighw's Nationally Known Band Take-It-Easy Lodge Mae and Ann McBee Resuming Management til SELL FINISH ONLY $ GA110H ACME HARDWARE CO. Every Day Is Bargain Day at Acme Main St Grape Phone 597S SEE HUMPHREY FOR CASH for your 1941 or 1942 Car HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. P.S.: Ask us about Clreo Dt T Cleaner for gears a it's a scientific method. Lubrication Dept. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 8th St Front Phone 2119 m SENSATIONAL ur aFmr W MIRACLE WAll 998
