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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,
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Quite a few of the younger
generation are sporting new
shoes, though not old enough to
go to school.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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-
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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.
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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
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O SORTERS
O WAREHOUSEMEN
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Closing tuna for Sunday Too Lata
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