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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry
Russia has demanded the oust
er of Gen. MacArthur, as boss of
Japan, and his replacement by an
Allied Control Commission, with
Russia furnishing the control
The Soviet should be told to go
jump in the Volga. She Is feel'
lng her oatskts and becoming too
big for her pantskla. h
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Plans for control of next year's
weed are now being mapped. The
noxious growths will be sprayed
with chemicals and exterminat
ed, it is hoped. Ten days after
Nagasaki was flattened by an
atomic bomb dandelions were
blooming amid the ruins. The
odds favor the weeds,
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Humbug Creek In the Apple
gate sure is. It is as devoid of
water as the Los Angeles River,
but attained its bogus state with
out the aid of Chamber of
Commerce and an act of Con
gress. e e
POTENT MOUTH FULL
(Emporia (Kan.) Gazette)
Free speech reigns in the
Emporia Klwanls club. Jean
Morgan, program chairman at
Tuesday's meeting had just
introduced the speaker, V. M. .
Sheeley, who rose from his
chair with the remark that
'after that build-up I don't
know where to begin.' 'Just so
you know where to stop,'
yelled Orval Moon from the
rear of the room."
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Travellers returning from
eastern Oregon report more
hunters than antelopes and just
as scared.
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Corsa Kldd had a birthday yes.
He attributes a ripe old age to
regular breathing, and wearing
out some of his own shoe leather
on the golf course.
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"GIRLISH WAYS DOMI
NATE GIRLS." (Junior Miss
Mag.) And the boys are still
boyish.
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This is Newspaper Week, with
"Free Press" as a slogan. There
is nothing like a free press, ex
cept wheu It gets too free, as it
did around here a few years
back.
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"If everybody who bought cig
arets from us during rationing
would now buy from us exclu
sively, we'd be as rich as Rocke
feller." (Sign noted In Chicago.)
No more gold mines under the
counter.
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Japanese war criminals have
been yanked from the comforts
of the Yokohama Jail, one of the
better Jails of the Orient, and
marched off to one of the hell
holes, where they held Allied
prisoners during the war. The
Nlpps from the Mikado down,
are now fanatically polite, In
stead of fanatically savage, as
formerly.
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DIRTY WORK AT
CROSSROADS
"Next thing we knew there
were TWO of these unofficial
blazers at Goshen one advertis
ing the old Pacific highway and
Redwoods route, the other the
Klamath "short route" to Cali
fornia. And in Eugene, we have
been shouting:
'A pox on both these mon
strous signs We don't like
either of 'em, deplore 'em, and
hope that when the new junc
tion and overhead at Goshen
are completed in the postwar,
something can be done to pre
vent this type of sign nuisance.
Meantime, both signs seem to
be on private property and lit
tie can be done.' " (Eugene
Register-Guard.)
Saigon Miniature Paris
Saigon, capital of the Colony of Cochin China in
French Indochina where native Annamites have been
in revolt, was badly damaged during World War II
following occupation by the Japanese in 1941, the
busy rice-port city of peacetime years became a nava
base, center of Jap submarine activity and naval re
pairs.
Portions of the city were flattened bv American
bombing attacks aimed primarily at shipyards and
docks, railroad yards and riverside oil depots. Situ
ated 34 miles up the navigable Saigon river from the
Lhina sea, baigon had a harbor that could berth 40
or more large ships.
With modern buildings of French design, Saigon
was a European city in an oriental setting, says the
National Geographic bociety.
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IN spite of Parisian architecture, the atmosphere of
the Orient permeated the city with creaking ox
carts, rickshas and coolie porters adding local color
to the street scene. Of the city s 110,000 population
about 10,000 were French, and there was a sprinkling
of other Europeans.
CAIGON was the great rice port of southern Indo
china and handled much of the area's grain, rub
ber and tobacco. Cochin China alone produced norm
ally more than 2,000,000 tons of rice annually. Pro
duction was fostered in part by laboratories of the
Institute of Agronomic and r orest Research at Saigon
Industrially, the city s operations included the pro
cessing of rubber and other plant productions, the
manufacture of brick, tile, soap, cement and chemi
cals. N.Cr. '
Unrest In Johore
Reports of clashes in the Malayan state of Johore,
charged to the Islamic Malay party's desire for an
independent government, is further evidence of the
postwar unrest in liberated areas. Johore, along with
its neighbor Singapore, fell to the Japanese in 19 12,
and was recently freed by Allied forces.
The indicated purpose of the political agitation is
to obtain independent rule "of, by, and for the united
races of Chinese, Malays and Indians." Until 1914
Johore was an independent Sultanate under the rule
of Sir lbm Abubakar Ibrahim sportsman, big game
hunter, soldier and traveler. In that year the Sultan
agreed to accept and act upon the advice of a British
officer called the general advisor, thus making Johore
a protectorate. The Sultan is further assisted in gov
erning by a legislative council and an executive coun
cil.
("CCUPYING the entire southern tip of British
Malaya, Johore says the National Geographic
Society, is washed on the east by the South China sea
and on the west by the Strait of Malacca. It is con
nected with the island of Singapore by a three-quarter-mile
causeway across the Straits of Johore.
About the size of New Jersey, the state has a hot
moist climate. The temperature vanesfrom 67 de
grees to 99 degrees. N.G.
Westbrook Pegler
Copyright. 1945. by King Features Syndicate
Tom Pendergast, the foulest of
the giant scoundrels of his time.
likewise enjoyed the affection of
that capricious and faceless crea
ture, described with towering
contempt by Henry Wallace as
the common man. It was not the
common man who sent Pender
gast to prison, but Maurice Milli
gan, the federal district attorney,
himself now forgotten, while Mr.
Truman, who fought to protect a
monumental rascal, enjoys the
confidence of the American peo
ple. Three times, the people of Chi
cago elected Big Bill Thompson
who hardly bothered to pretend,
knowing the voters better than
they knew themselves and, by
dying, left an enormous pile of
hoarded currency.
News Behind
The News
By Paul MaJlon
feui aiantto
Washington, Oct. S A glib
interpretation of the London con-
ference outcome is in current
circulation, which holds the mat
ter is probably
Hiywawaaa all just the
usual dickering
of statesmen, a
jockeying for
position. The
full failure to
agree on any
thing of conse
quence, even
including the
minutes of the
conference It
self, has been
d e s c ribed as
Just another "diplomatic crisis'
which will soon be over.
This is wholly unjustified, ac-
cording to my information. A
detailed study of the disagree
ment will suggest its deeper na
ture.
The statement of State Secre
tary Byrnes at the breakup ex
pressed expectations as hopeful
as a doubtful man could stretch
his pen to write for the usual
diplomatic purposes. Authorities
Interested in going further and
more frankly into an understand-
ne of what happened have bien
led to these following inevitable
conclusions:
The world's largest cotton
plantation is located at Scott,
Miss., and consists of 35,000
acres in one unit.
Uaa MaU li&w Want Ada.
Washington, Oct. 5 (U.R) I
call attention to the Important
fact that the investigation of
spectacular ventures for profit
by members of the Roosevelt
family has been almost exclu
sively an independent newspaper
enterprise. The national govern
ment has given no help beyond a
reluctant and superficial Inquiry
by the treasury, by grading di
rection of the House Ways and
Means committee. Into a few of
Elliott's highly lucrative loans.
One of these loans was
dragged from John Hartford who
told the treasury's examiners
that he felt that the late Presi
dent Roosevelt had "cormarked"
him for a $200,000 touch and
that he put up the. money only
in fear of the President's "en
mity" should he refuse.
That and Elliott's own admis
sions and his cynical boasts of
his smartness appalled the demo
crats on the committee. So by a
straight party vote, they tried to
siam the door. Some of these
democrats have the surviving de
cency to realize thnt they are en
gaged in dirty work but they
seem to feel that the end Justi
fies the means. The end here Is
the preservation of the Roosevelt
myth.
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FOR CONTRAST, we may re
call the Teapot Dome investiga
tion ond tcrd Tecora s investiga
tion of financial racketeering and
tax-dodging. In neither case
were the trust and Integrity of
the presidential office even
vaguely Impugned much less
challenged by direct proof of
greedy connivance at easy
touches and that type of personal
profit which, In the cynical Inn-
gunge of polities, is known as
white graft. White grnfe is non
criminal profit which, but for the
exercise of influence, could not
be had. Mr. Roosevelt, himself,
explicitly condemned it on ethi
cal grounds and then flngrnntly
encouraged that which he affect
ed to abhor.
In the Pecora Investigation, re
publican senators were no less
diligent than democrats to run
down the facts, although many
of the more or less defendant
citizens were republicans of high
position In banking.
Pecora was the star of the
news for weeks. Every depart
ment of the government that
could help him bid so. The hear
ings were public, unlike the re
cent stealthy examinations in
Elliott's case.
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THE PRESENT expose has
been in progress publicly since
June. More disclosures will
come, but still no thanks to the
White House, the Department of
Justice or the Treasury but rath
er in spite of their reticence. The
handicaps of a newspaper report
er in such Inquiries obviously
make it impossible for him to
produce such results as might be
obtained by an official inquiry.
President Truman, of course,
on the basis of his experience in
the investigation of war contracts
for the senate, has knowledge of
many matters which his party is
trying to bury. The Department
of Justice, Itself, recks of guilt
In uncommonly brazen manipula
tions in Texas. The Treasury's
conduct has been at best shady.
It is not speculation to say that
if this year were 1933 and a son
of Herbert Hoover had been In
volved in dealings like Elliott's
and Jimmy Roosevelt's and Mrs.
Hoover In profiteering like thot
of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the
Treasury under Roosevelt would
have spread their personal tax
returns In detail before the pub
lic by sensational examination in
the biggest committee room on
Cnpltol Hill.
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THE DEMOCRATS however,
are unnecessaryily concerned
over the people's reaction to the
facts which they are trying to
suppress. As politicians, they
should know better.
They should recall from ex
perience that Americans, for the
most part, are naive ana cynical
in politics. We do not remember
thnt, in many cases past, we an
swercd convincing proof of cor
ruption by re-electing notorious
betrayers of trust with increased
pluralities.
No civilian Is more popular In
New York than Jimmy Walker
whose regime In the city hall was
a historic disgrace. Far from
punishing him. the people today
feel some guilt in having hurt
his feelings.
President Truman's old patron.
Russia did not want an
agreement. Her tactics dis
closed this fully, as did her ac
cepted responsibility for the fail
ure. It was not a question of
terms or details on this or that
question, the Balkans, Italian
peace treaty, Italian colonies or
any of the other matters fully
discussed. She prevented agree
ment on anything. '
2. Her position challenged the
whole United Nations peaca set
up. The single reason tor the
final break, mentioned by
Byrnes, was Russian refusal to
Ie' France In on anything ex
cept the Italian treaty and
China in on anything Europe.
The whole idea of the peace
setup is a five nations theory.
The principle of San Francisco.
Dumbarton Oaks and the pavller
Roosevelt agreements was, Irank
ly, a five-nation setup to dirert.
and keep the peace of the future
world.
The practical result of the Rus
sian position would Ignore nil
this, and defeat it, by establish
ing a three-nations agreement In
Europe, where Russia is in pos
session of much new territory
and Is expressing strenuous iso
lationist political ambitions.
3 What is Russia's purpose?
e This conclusion must be put
In form of a question. It was
not yet hinted by Byrnes, If he
knew. No direct information Is
yet available. Plainly China is
our friend, and De Gaulie in
France has been more friendly
with us since an earlier visit to
Moscow failed to bring promised
results and the testing French
elections showed victories for
socialists over communists.
But, does this fully explain
Russia's attitude? After all, the
friendliest possible new govern
ment in Britain could not get
along with her and was far more
irate than Byrnes at the end.
despite being recently elected
over Churchill on the promise
of greater friendliness with Rus
sia than he provided. There must
be deeper reasons. One gener
ally shared here Is that Russia
is returning to strong isolation
ism. e - e a
M Although Russia either does
not realize it or care, the re
sult caused her to lose much
ground in the world. She had
alienated both France and China
by her position, but beyond this
was opposed by the ambitions of
the small nations of the world.
Equally Important she has no
doubt unified American public
opinion against her. Our people
have been rather solidly behind
the United Nations theory, and
must now conclude she rejects
it.
She was never the Initiator
and wholehearted sympathizer
at San Francisco, Dumbarton
Oaks, Bretton Woods or else
where. Her delegates turned
around, went home from the
Chicago air conference. Messrs.
Roosevelt and Churchill earlier
always had to drag agreements
from them.
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5 The only way the peace can
be concluded is for Russia
to change her attitude, or for us
unthinkably to abandon Brit
ain, France, China and the rest
of the world, our pledged war
purposes, and our victory. '
A cha.ige of attitude by Rus
sia does not require such unrea
sonable or suicidal action. She
has only to manifest a genuine
desire for agreement by having
Stalin reverse Molotov, or by
renewing negotiations at the for
eign minister level or initiating
a movement for a Big Three
meeting of Stalin, Attlee and
Truman, thus showing in con
vincing way her good faith.
One of these latter courses is
anticipated as the next develop
ment. This is the real inner
basis of the hope here neither
cverinterpreted nor underinter-preted.
Wisconsin Student
VFW Essay Winner
Chicago, Oct. 5 (U.R) Ed
ward Thiel, 17, Wausau, Wis.,
today was winner of the $1,000
first prize in the 1945 National
Essay contest on Americanism
sponsored by the Women's Aux
iliary of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
erance needed to halt future
wars."
County bar urges removal of
courthouse from Jacksonville.
Flight o Time
Medtord and Jackson Co His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
aqo.
TEN YEARS AGO
October 5, 1935
Ot Was Saturday)
President Roosevelt orders mu
nition ban for nation.
ExPresident Hoover attacks
"spending policy" of New Deal.
Detroit defeats Chicago Cubs
2 to 1, in fourth game of world
series.
First snow of season falls In
Minnesota.
Fair. High 71, low 44 degrees.
"Fire Preven-"
Next week is
tion week.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October 5, 1925
at Was Monday)
Thirty six divorces filed In
county so far this year.
President Coolidge tells Le
gion convention at Omaha, "Tol-
Say not WELCOME when I come,
Nor FAREWELL when I go
For I come not, when I come,
And I go not when I go.
The wild geese are calling over In Klamath and I am
on my way out Oct. 6th.
I like the hospitable climate and people of Medford.
Tho a Mason I had no quarrel with the Catholic Hos
pital. The personnel gave me loyal attention.
I may come back to Medford or I may, after a few
years, return to my native state of California. Most
of my scholastic papers are in that state- Any patient
who desires to see me, kindly do so, on or before
October 6th. Paid Adv. No. 5
Dr. A. A. Soul. M.D.
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City establishes right of Butte
Creek Springs and the water
thereof.
Medford high defeats Klamath
Falls 21 to 0.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
October 5, 1911
at Was Thursday)
Medford Day fair draws big
crowd.
board or directors at the regular
meeting here Tuesday, Ted M.
Hon, secretary manager, said to
day. Hon warned owners of boats
anchored in the river to be sure
they are securely tied. The water
will be let out slowly, he said, so
there will be very little appre
ciable rise In the river.
Water was turned into the et
als the first part of April, Hm
said. The Grants Pass Irrigation
district includes approximate!?
11,000 acres.
Oranges are grown in 16 CJ.
ifornia counties lying north of
San Francisco.
Promoters arrive with plan to
build electric line in valley.
Cement plant may be built
soon at Gold Hill.
Savage Dam Gates
Will Drop Monday
Grants Pass, Oct. 5 (U.R)
Gates of Savage Rapids dam in
Rogue river will be lowered
Monday and the water shut ofi
from irrigation canals of the
Grants Pass Irrigation district,
according to a decision of the
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