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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE Monday, Oct. 8. 195 MlDFORDvWTRIBUNE lTirfiBi In Southern Oregon Readt the Mll Tribune" Dally rJitepl aaramar Puhllshed by MEDFORD 1'IUNTING CO. S7-M North fir St. Phone a!41. ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Hal. HERB GREY, Advertising Mgr. E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editot ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCHER. Soc. Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper. Entered as second elate matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1871). SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year . 7 80 Dally and Sunday eix monthl 4 00 Dally and Sunday three mos. 3.10 Dally and Sunday one month.. .73 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aihland, Central Point Jackson vllle. Cold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routes: Dally end Sunday one year ...W OO Daily and Sunday one month .70 AU lerma cash In advance. Offlrial Paper of the City of Medford Official paper or acason uoumj Unltad Preia Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-tlOLLI DAY COMI'ANY in New York Cfllcam Ban Francisco, Los Angela, Offices trolt. artle. Portland. St. Vnnrouvcr, Louis. n. c. INC. De- , 8e- Atlenta, OregI PuiushIer nut SOCJIATIOI Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry In the trial of P. Laval, the Viper of Vichy, charged with treason, the French court pro cedure resembles a Keystone cop comedy of the silent screen days. It is also rcminesecnt of some rabid monkoyshines, once com mitted in Jackson county, in the name of "law and order." The French Judge and Jurors hurled Insults at the slimy defendant, who did some insult hurling him self. In American courts this could never be. The opposing. lawyers do the insulting. They call each other "learned coun sel," and don't mean a word ot it. e e Geologists discover that Eeast ern Oregon mountains, moved around considerable, once upon a time. Indians and stray trap pers around at the time, all man aged to get out of the way, It appears. e e e Four and 20,000,000 black birds have started mobilizing in the Applcgntc hills, preparatory to flying south, before they get - baked In a pie, e e The administration Is reported fretting about "the revolutionary unrest" In Argentine. They can send a plane load of diplomats to Duciios Detroit, and find similar conditions, see "Local hunters are staying at home biding their time until the outsiders have cleared out. (Grant County News) And, Safety First. eve . The army intelligence service has plans mapped to expose any one who poses as Hcrr Hitler. Anybody who poses as Hitler, is apt to be Hitler, e e e Pictures of mighty hunters standing proud beside dead deer hanging by its heels appear in the upstate press. This is a sure sign the editors are eating veni son, e e 'ALL MAKE MISTAKES' (Woodland, Cal., Democrat) "Even the most lovothy neighbor sort of person, even the most rabid 'one-world-cr," can hardly condone the com plete exoneration of those who violated all the laws of God and Man in their gross crimes. Failure to exact penalty is tan tamount to saying, "It's quite all right, old man. We know you were worked up. Heat of battle, and all that sort of thing. Boys will be boys!" e There is a decided trend to wards Prohibition in the land. The recent unleashing of a tidal wave of blended brands, the most ardent s w I g g e r, never heard of before, has not helped the wet cause. It tastes Jtkc Pro hibition moonshine, but 'comes In handier bottles, ami contains no charcoal. PTA Influence Needed The annual membership campaign of Parent- Teacher associations of this city affords excellent op portunity to appraise the worth of these groups in advancing both the welfare of children and their effectiveness as guardians of the young. Public awareness of the objectives of the P.-T.A. and the increasing need for closer alignment of home and schoolroom is important in these post-war days of re adjustment. rURING the war families were separated through military service and work in industrial plants. Mothers moved from kitchens to factories. Young sters were often forced to shift for themselves, and resulting increases in juvenile misbehavior were only natural. Today there is a slow but sure return to family circles and family ties. And it is high time to con sider the welfare of these youngsters in whom we must entrust the future security of this nation and the guardianship of cherished heritages of freedom and lustice. It behooves us to seek, quickly, a full and sympathetic understanding of this new crop of young people so that we may guide them wisely and well. We must broaden acquaintanceship, mutual trust and friendly understanding between their parents p.nd their teachers if the fullest influence of both is to be felt. X7ISE parents seek a closer relationship between the home and school and want a voice in shaping the policies and purposes of their educational system. Wise teachers, too, want a fuller understanding of home problems and environment of the young folks thev teach and acquaintanceship with their parents. Their usefulness is amplified by such knowledge and friendly contact. e , "THUS, the solution of many of our youth problems resolves itself into a simple partnership between parent and teacher so important to have, so easy to achieve. It is such a partnership that the P.-T.A. seeks to create. In this confused and changing world it is a wise parent and duty-conscious teacher who recog nizes its urgent need. It seems to us that the P.-T.A., now striving to expand its membership, offers the best means of putting the home and school into double harness for a real job ahead. H.G. Colossal! "HOSE HUNTKHS OCT ON 'LIMBS' " (G I c n d a 1 e, Cal., News-Press Hdline) No Shank-ri-La. e e VETERAN EATER ENTHUSES "Then there was a finely chop ped bit of cabbage, with possibly a little celery, o( such consisten cy that it would fondly take to a fork and ride out the perilous trip to the waiting mouth with out falling, without nervousness or dangling alliance with the other foods on the table. Somewhere in the preparation of it the King's Daughters hud applied the proper proportions of mild vinegar to sugar and sea soning. Such delicate seasoning, such inviting simplicity, such un derstanding of the affinity of good vinegar for sugar In just tlie right proportion, we have not come across in a life-time ot banqueting!" (Oregon City En- icrpriity From Hollywood have come many "super-colos sal" productions which ambitious publicity writers have lauded to the skies with all the superlatives at their command. But now "The Tine Glory" comes along which dwarfs the widest heralded extravaganzas of the cinema art. This documentary picture of the invasion and conquest of Europe, filmed on the beaches of Nor mandy and the battlefields of i ranee and Germany, will be shown here this week in conjunction with an Army recruiting campaign. IT is a heartening bit of realism that such a picture 1 would be used in connection with the recruiting campaign in this country. Of course, we must have new men to fill the peace-time ranks of our rapidly demobilized army and to give those who did the fight ing a much needed rest. Farsighted people also realize that America's military might must be maintained un til human stupidity that brings about wars is sup planted by enlightened cooperation and neighborli ness between nations. '"THE True Glory" was produced by a joint Anylo American film planning committee, with five and one-half million feet of factual war film boiled down to 8,000 feet, running about one and one-half hours. It represents the work of 1,400 cameramen, 32 of whom were killed, 101 wounded and 16 are still missing in action. Webster would fail the most adept picture plug- ger in describing such a production. And what an array of stars! Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Mont gomery and Von Rilndstedt to say nothing of the mud spattered G.I.'s in their foxholes and tanks. LJERE is a picture that shows the misery and mud, the heroism and horror of the bitterest battles in til history the sound, the fury, the sobs and the pain of a frightful mess that was the greatest adventure in the annals of the ages. It shows, too, the vast com plexities of this great military venture, the teamwork that made victory possible, the resourcefulness and cunning of our determined foe. e e e CIMPLY presented, unbelievably thrilling, "The True Glory" should be seen by every American and by people throughout the world. Here is a pic ture that tells eloquently the grim lessons of war; no person can sec it without a solemn realization that there must not be another war. We believe that this film might awaken humanity, which has been too careless, too indifferent, too stupid to organize itself against war. The certain, sobering realization that Another war an atomic war would be tar more Hor rible should speed this- awakening. World peace is now a simple matter of self-preservation for all hu manity. It is necessity to lasting civilization. tUT, until the day of enlightenment is at hand, mili tary power must be maintained. The Army is making enlistments more attractive than ever before for men from 18 to 31 years of age. There is a choice of several branches of service and of numerous theatres of operations. We hope that many will re cognize this new opportunity for peace-time service which will help to keep America strong in trying da.s to CQUie, ll.fi Westbrook Pegler Copyright 1945. by King Features Syndicate Washington, Oct 8 There is no reason now for anyone to be lieve that President Truman will recommend to congress any legal reform to diminish the dangerous powers of unions. Therefore It may be anticipated that strikes will increase In number during the fall and win ter and that, by means of the iugular strike, countless non strikers will be thrown out of work through the interrupting of public services such as trans portation, electric power and water supply and the produc tion of materials such as roller bearings, for lack of which nany other industries must quit ppera'lons. There are some In congress who look forward to a winter of fighting and public suffering and rather grimly welcome the prospect as a show-down, be lieving" that an element of the nation which only recently has been discovering its own exist ence will then demand relief and protection under law This element Is known as "the pub lic." It includes, of course. some union members but, on the face of all credible statistics, it is overwhelmingly non-union and to some extent angrily anti union. been unmistakably registered. Even in that case, however, it probably would be a mistake to look at Mr. Truman for any courageous initiative. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington. Oct. 8 A minor 3do has appeared fragmentarily in the papers about a report of the special lW''W committee for re organiz i n g n a t i o nal de t e n s e which was completed last April, and has been lost under the mas sive table of the joint chiefs of staff since that time. You may have seen an editor i a 1 inquiring what raw elauttn now and then became of it I found it. It was in the FROM THE STANDPOINT of those who have preached reform for years, and desire peace in the long run such a reckless program of strikes, however painful and costly, would seem ultimately desirable, tvery ether way has failed. Every reasonable proposal Intended to guarantee responsible union ad ministration honest strike votes, peaceful arbitration, honest union elections, freedom of membership and freedom from persecution of individual work- has been howled down by men who have shown them felves to be incapable of leading labor in a manner consistent with the public good and the ights of their subject members. The late President Roosevelt reated this condition and pre- erved the powers of the union- oers, but Mr. Truman s record hows no special affection for them He could, if he had the strength of personality or char acter, go over their heads In pro posing reasonable reforms. To et such reforms he would only have to ask congress for them. The same great majority in the house of representatives which even in Roosevelt's time voted for restrictions on union racketeering, expressed in de- 'iant highway robbery, would vote die same way again, prob nblv -vith added strength from those docile rubber-stamps who would "uphold the president. Given an honest request from Mr. Truman, the senate would defv the powerful union lobby and Sidney Hlllman, whose political position in relation to congress Is now comparable to that of the prohibition forces In the last year of the eighteenth intendment. Like the Metho dist board of prohibition and public morals In that decisive period Hillman and his political action committee are only fear ed, not trusted or regarded as political allies or nipporters. e EVFN CONGRESSMEN from Ponna. where the coal and steel unions enjoy terroristic power over candidates and, in years of protection under the new deal, appalling corruption has devel oped, admit privately that the voters including many of the union workers ward reform. Latfly, on Labor day, three conspicuous spokesmen of the old Roosevelt bigotry in union matters, uttered " warnings" os tensibly to the workers but actually to the union bosses which showed a realization that "the public" is neat the point of revolt Lewis Sehwcllenbach. t h e secretary of labor Harold Ickes and Florello La Guardla, all made speeches adopting de mands which for vears had been presented as criticism In these dispatches and consistently de nounced by new dealers as "re actionary" propaganda. Among them they repudiated arbitrary strikes in disregard of the rights of "the public." denounced the familnr thieving type ot union official and pointed out other elvls which can he corrected onlv by law although none of them could as vet summon the honesty to advocate such laws. e AS WINTER appioaches there are In prospect snortages ot coal and oil due to strikes and the men who rule the electrical unions will not overlook the fact that In the northern states, they have the power to pull the switches and shut off the power that runs electric furnaces In millions .of homes and In office buildings. The personal distress ot me public" thus victimized in squabbles over jurisdiction, re cognition or some fine legal phrase in the contract, the cost . of frozen plumbing and the en-, courapement to congress to ; enact remedial laws, may bejt imagined. And some members I of co.-gress arc counting on such distress. Inflicted without j mercy by overbearing and law- j less individuals . to encourage weaker members to vote for the public" when the anger of street gutter around the corner from my office when I went home last night, and while the night was dark, somehow my eye did not miss It. It seemed to be phosphorescent. On my copy there was no re striction against looking at it, and censorship is over anyway. I hurried back to the office to study this document so myster ious that the heavy minds of the war department had been sit ting upon It for seven months seven long months mind you with a secrecy beyond ordi nary secrecy. I found out what had happen ed. This committee plan of defense which is to keep the peace of the world if peace treaties can be made had re quested urgent action in report ing to the president their con clusions for a complete reorgan ization of the entire defense setup. I am told the report had the approval of the fighting gen erals and even fighting admirals Eisenhower, MacArthur, Hal sey. Nimitz. Furthermore It says itself a great majority of field army officers and half the navy offic ers at the fighting fronts agreed on the basic recommendations. Indeed, the report itself is sign ed by one admiral and three army officers, with only one dis senting voice, the voice of a re tired admiral. THIS then Is what the fight- Ing leaders want, and what they want is a single defense department taking in the army, navy and air forces, under single-headed control. It would be called the department of the armed forces. The whole tone stressed the necessity for team work, closer co-operation, economy in sup plies an deffieiency by coherent group action and true integra tion. It conceded duplication and some lack of mutual under standing as well as jealousies in past competition between the services. It wanted a single cabinet of ficer. This would mean at least one cf the existing navy and army cabinet men would have to go. Yet such a consideration hardly explained the filing of the report under a table ih the war department because I know War Secretary Patterson is for it. Of course it would also mean combining the war and navy committees in congress and some congressmen would lose good jobs also. A little inquiry disclosed the most powerfully placed but not necessarily most numerous opposition came from heads of the house and senate war and navy committees. (They control appropriations.) A lilt'e further checking Indi cated Admiral King, the navy director, also is against the idea. As near as I can find these corn- fined forces were being awarded the chief inside credit, if you can cnll it that, for a skillful de laying action. see THE report sets down what looks like a new streamlined organization with a good chance for efficiency if the men who operate it can keep it more on its toes than they were at Pearl Harbor. Top man would be the presi- d e n t. commander-in-chief as now. Next in line would be the cabinet secretary of the armed forces, then the commander of the aimed forces (a sort of chief of staff like General Marshall) and finally the commanders of army, navy and air on an equal footing to operate the divisions under them Thua the air force made, up mostly of the younger general officers who know most thor oughly the revolutionary science of modern warfare would attain equal ranking with army and navy, at long last, in one single armed force. Their minds are less bound by tradition than the others and therefore they seem best fitted to take at least an equal footing with the others in maintaining our interest in the boundless new concepts of security. Down below this top alignment, the navy and war departments would operate about as present with duplicat ing bureaus combined and some other minor changes. e WELL who can find fault with this? What objection could there be? The majority report of the single retired admiral actually agrees the plan is bet ter than any proposed. He him self recommends placing the war and navy departments un der a single head but continuing the independent setups other wise as they are. He does not say there would not be greater efficiency in a single depart ment, but he just is far from convinced there would be. He sees danger in one man having so much power at the top (a president runs the bigger job of the country without danger) and he suspects there will be practical difficulties of function ing at the bottom (which no doubt there will be at first as the combination will require months of paper work.) Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from th files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years a oo. TEN YEARS AGO October 8, 1935 (It was Tuesday) Special train arrives to take 375 CCC. enrollees to new jersey. Col. Frank L. TouVelle of Jacksonville named member of state highway board. Clear with night fog predict ed. High 84, low 43 degrees. Sentember was the warmest in loc-il weather bureau records, Klwanis club starts drive for new s-orage reservoir. TWENTY YEARS AGO October 8. 1925 (It was Thursday) City to vote tomorrow on bonds for purchase of Big Butte Springs for water supply, and new city hall. Slow signs busy corner. to be placed at Pittsburgh defeats Washing ton 3 to 2, to even world series. Generally fair. High 86, low 56. Start building fence around high school athletic field. work In Storm halts paving Crater Lake park. AGO THIRTY-FOUR YEARS October 8. 1911 (It was Sunday) Jacksonville rowdies who tried to lasso Shorty Garnett while riding In a buggy are freed. P&E runs last excursion season to Butte Falls. of given nothing, never been over seas, only across country from one camp to another. -Many boys have been across for years and never had a chance to see their loved ones at home and many never receive mail for months at a time. How they could keep up their courage to fight from day to day with only meals from tin cans and many not even that, while others at home demanded defer ment after deferment so that they could stay and make big money and have good times. I should think every man or woman that thinks of striking should hang their heads in shame. They show no respect for our brave boys who gladly gave their lives so that we here in America might be safe. Thousands of homes have been broken by this terrible war. We lost a very dear son who we miss more than words can tell. Our other son and only child left, is somewhere in the South Pacific and has been in many battles. He will not be home with his company which will leave for home November 1, as he has not enough points. We think every loyal Ameri can should insist that every man who has been in combat be given an honorable discharge and that all those that have had no com bat, those that left good jobs for higher wages should, with all those that do not believe in kill ing, be sent across to guard so that our weary soldiers can come home for a much needed rest. We would really like to know what would happen if our boys would have gone on strike and refused to go across and fight. It must make them feel like giving up when they pick up the home paper and read about all the strikes. Lets show respect for our dead and be faithful to the living and pull one hundred per cent for them to trade places with the boys here at home and let the boys who have done so much and got so little have a break and make some money so that they can start again. So why not think twice before you strike; just look around your neighborhood, see how many boys there have paid dearly for the good times you have had and the big wages you have made. Mary Ehrk PHOENIX RALLY DAY PROGRAM ON OCT. U- Phoenix, Oct. 8 The Rally day program and promotion Sunday will be observed at the Presbyterian Sunday school on Sunday, Oct. 14, instead of Oct. 7 as previously stated. The pro gram will be given during the Sunday school hour commencing ct 10 a.m. AU parents of chil dren in the Sunday school are invited to attend. Closing time tor Sunflay Too Late to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Please remember CONFAB POSTPONED Rio De Janeiro, Oct. 8 (U.R) The conference of American foreign ministers, scheduled to open Oct. 20, has been postponed indefinitely, the Brazilian for eign office announced. Brazil was to have been host to the group. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads. 9 o Have you a boy, girl, dog, horse, bicycle, boat, a home, or hire servants or yard man? 9 O Do you hunt, fish, golf, trap or target shoot? Then you need our COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL LIABILITY & DAMAGE INSURANCE $10,000.00 Insurance for $10.00 a Year A 71 1 -j-vt-ioimes ;ngyO Where Insurance Is a Business. Not a Sideline 203 Medford Center Tel. 4444 Bldg. LP WAITED PICKERS FRUIT o PACKERS o SORTERS I Apply in Person at . . , BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS Vi Mile South on Pacific Highway Phone 21 61 Reports of bloodshed in Italian-Turkish war exaggerated. COMMUNICATIONS Letter Co the Bdltur must near the najne end addreae of th writer, Ithoufb the me of a pen-name or Initial! for publication ta permit tlble Th Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all lettera with a rtaw to clarity and condensation I Modernize 1 Make your home more comfortable with a Pint Federal Loan FIRST FEDERAL Savings It Lean Asm. of Medford 27 North Holly the majority of the nation has Release Combat Forces To the editor. Why do our boys have to stay over to police the war areas when they have done and given so much. While so many soldiers and others have CHECKERS WANTED GOOD PERMANENT POSITIONS PLEASANT WORKING CONDITIONS GOOD WAGES Apply. In person at either Safeway Store in Medford Since 1888 CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main Streets Office of County Coroner nPailfV erenity; unobtrusive service with friendliness . . . """'J that is another why of the trend toward i CONGER-MORRIS MEMORIAL SERVICE AMBULANCE SERVICE H. W. Conger Carlos W. 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