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Br Arthur Porry
Secretary of Commerce Wal
lace informi congress, "the
American people will not stand
for another great depression." A
people who grimly stood for a
great depression, and Secretary
Wallace, in high office, at the
same time, can do it again, if
they have to. But they won't
stand for the mass massacre or
all the little pigs, to produce
more hams again.
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"The bride looked stunned In
her wedding gown of navy blue."
(Exchange social item) The
groom failed to faint, and be
ruthlessly revived.
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Whatever ever became, if any
body cares, of Vlrginio Gayda of
Rome, favorite scribbler of the
late B. Mussolini of Italy, who
in the early 40s, thought up the
nastiest things to write about
democracy.
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The president's wage - price
policy speech is described as the
opening wedge of a campaign for
"re-dlstrlbuiion of the wealth."
The way things get balled-up
these times, any attempt to
whack-up the spondulicks, will
result in fewer millionaires, and
more overwhelming abundance
of poverty.
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HEAVENS TO BETSYI
v (San Francisco Paper)
"Now it can be told . . It's
no longer a secret . . . those
persistent rumors have receiv
ed confirmation . . . The San
Francisco Junior League Is go
ing to have a major social
event this year!"
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The menfolks will have to
wait until next summer, before
they can get two pair of pants
with a suit. Two pair of pants
present a problem. The owner
never knows which pair to wear,
ar whether to put on both, after
sizing up the early morning
weather.
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The terrific power of the atom
bomb has driven scientists into
politics, one of them reports. The
atom bomb is worse than sus
pected. There is a silver lining,
however. In fooling around look
ing for something to offset the
atom, they might run Into some
thing to put a kibosh on politics,
and, its devastating by-product
politicians.
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' The Allied Commission has
come to the conclusion Herr Hit
ler, and his girl friend commit
ted suicide, in the Rclchchancel
lery, while the battle for Berlin
raged, and the flames roared.
The evidence indicating their
demise is circumstantial, the
commission further explains,
providing a loophole for future
. use, If needed. The body of
Adolf, nor the Russian fortress
where he could be detained, have
not been located.
Choice liquors are now sold
at the state saloons on a catch-as-catch-can
basis, due to the dis
covery the same thirsty were
getting the better grog every
day. Now they are on a get-if-can-get
basis.
THE GLORY OF FAITH
"Mrs. Jane Chllders, 103. chat
ted with 80 birthday party
guests at her home near Dllls-
boro, Jackson county, and her
conversation Indicated she be
lieved she had lived her life as
Christ, in whom she voiced a
staunch faith, would have had
her live It.
But one slip of her tongue
back In her early life worried
her. Once when she was he p
Ing Mrs. Clarice McMakln milk
a cow, near Greenville, S. C, the
cow ran away.
"Dern that old cow," Mrs.
Chllders exclaimed. For three
quarters of a century she lias
bien sorrowing over this lapse
frnm Goodliness." (Press Dls-
Friday. Nor. J. 184S
Labor, Management In Debate
Babson Discuitei Wagei
By Roger W. Babson
Babson Park, Mass., Nov. 2
(Special Correspondence) I have
just returned from a conference
on wages. Labor was represent
ed by a very smart lawyer; and
management was represented by
a kindly employer.
Labor, Employer Argue
Over Higher Wages
(1) Labor's lawyer stated that
his people had worked forty
hours a week before the War;
that during the War they had
worked fifty-four hours a week
and that for these additional
fourteen hours received time-
and-a-half pay. The employer
acknowledged this; but stated
that the boys of the family were
then in the army and the family
needed 'more income. Now
these boys have returned and
the family income, even without
this overtime, will be as high as
it was before.
(2) Labor's lawyer then com
plained about the deductions
which are made from the pay
envelope,- namely, for Social
Security, the purchase of bonds
and the payment of taxes. The
employer answered by saying
that the deduction for Social
Security was matched by a simi
lar amount from him and that
the total amount (double what
was deducted from the em
ployee) is set aside for a pen
sion. Therefore, It Is really not
a deduction. The same applies
to bond purchases. These bonds
are as good as money and can
be cashed in at any time. . As
to taxes, both the lawyer for
labor and the employer agreed
that these would be eliminated
by the next tax bill going into
effect in January, 1946.
(3) Labor's lawyer talked
about the Increased cost-of-living.
This wos admitted by the
employer; but he presented gov
ernment statistics showing that
living costs as a whole have not
gone up more than the base
wage has risen without giving
any account for overtime. It is
true that wage workers are buy
ing certain luxuries today which
they did not buy before, which
luxuries are not tabulated in the
official cost-of-living figures.
Price Hike Needed
To Meet Wage Demands
. ' After labor's lawyer got
through presenting his case the
employer stated: "We would
not object so strongly to in
creased wages if we could cor
respondingly Increase the price
of our goods. To do one with
out the other, however, Is an
absolute Impossibility. We
would be obliged to shut down.
He brought - out the following
points: . .
(I) Not only have the base
wages mentioned above gone
up (irrespective of overtime)
but the costs of all material
have, likewise, gone up in an
amount equal to the Little Steel
Formula.
(2) Stockholders are getting
no more in dividends; yet they
must be given a corresponding
increase in order for them to
provide additional capital which
Is very much needed for recon
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(Above has been filed in our
Horses & Women Research
bureau file No. 194D under head
ing: "How to Fall Out of Love.")
A young woman named Mlml
Cabanne has been added to the
cast of the Theatre Guild musi
cal "Carousel." In response to
an Inquiry at the Theatre Guild
office if Miss Cabanne was a re
lative of Christy Cabanne, the
veteran film director, a female
with a Lexington Ave. version
of the RadclKfe accent said she
didn't know and added: "I am
afraid nobody at the Theatre
Guild knows anything about
Hollywood." Yes, sir, that's
what she said, plainly striving
to convey the social and Intel
lectual plane of Hollywood is
such that it does not warrant
the interest of the Theatre Guild
Intelllgensia. A ridiculous ex
hibition of petty snobbery.
Rouben Mamoullan, who dl-.
reeled both "Oklahoma" and
'Carousel," the two greatest hits
In Theatre Guild history, knows
something about Hollywood. He
was a film director there for
years. Agnes De Mllle, dance
director for the two aforemen
tioned hits, knows plenty about
Hollywood. So docs Jean Dar
ling, who Is featured in 'Carou
sel." For a very long period
Jean was one of the featured
players in the "Our Gang" film
comedlos.
Honey Blonde
"My aunt is a brown-eyed
honey blonde and far and awy
the best looking taxicab driver
In New York City," so writes a
subscriber named Bill Builin-
game. However, Bill neglects
version work.
(3) In answer to labor's com
plaint about the salaries of of
ficers, the employer stated that
their increase has been less than
the increase in labor's base wage
furthermore, that If all officers
worked for nothing, it would
provide an increase of only from
9-10 In the wages of all other
employees.
Foreign Competition
Seen In Years Ahead
I did not get into the above
discussion but when asked for
my comments, I called attention
to the following three facts:
(1) This country will have
huge foreign competition In the
years ahead, from which it was
absolutely free during the war.
Politicians can talk about put
ting up higher tariff walls, but
this foreign labor must be given
work if we are to have world
peace.
(2) Foreign competition will
first hit special industries, such
as the textile Industry; ultimate
ly it will affect all industries,
(3) For awhile this can be com
pensated for by unemployment
insurance and living off one's
war savings; but both of these
will some day come to an end
and a great deal of unemploy
ment will exist in this country.
Only in case atomic energy
should develop Into a great new
industry can such unemploy
ment be prevented.
Wage Workers Warned
To Keep Present Job
Business as a whole should
continue good for a few years;
but there is bound to be a big
re-shuffling of jobs. This will
apply to both union and non
union wage workers. For four
years the newspapers have had
many columns of "Help Want
ed" and only a few inches of
"Positions Wanted." Next year
the newspapers will have many
columns of "Positions Wanted"
and only a few inches of '"Help
Wanted. . Another thing: Your
employer has been taking any
one he could get during the war
old people, children, married
women, to say nothing of many
inefficient workers.
Next year this situation will
entirely change. When you come
to work a year hence, you will
find the waiting room full of
people seeking employment. This
means that inefficient workers
will be let go and their places
substituted by more efficient
ones. Labor unions can protect
you on your basic wage; but
they cannot make employers
keep ' inefficient and careless
workers when efficient, exper
ienced workers are willing to
take thj same Job at the same
wage. Therefore, I say to all
readers: For heaven's sake
hang on to your present job.
Quit squabbling about wages and
hours and determine to do bet
ter work. Think of what is going
to happen a year or two hence.
When you were last out of em
ployment it was bad enough not
to have a pay envelope; but if
the proposed wage increases are
granted you may be faced with
not only no pay envelope but
with higher living costs.
to give his aunt's name or at
what hack stand she Is stationed.
Anyway, I will be on the look
out for a brown-eyed honey
blonde taxi skipper. That would
be worth seeing.
Laii Dance
The juke box at the New York
Stage Door Canteen wore out
over a hundred records of "Good
Night, Sweetheart." This tune
was always played for the last
dance ' of the evening. Some
thing other than "Home, Sweet
Home" or "Good Night Sweet
heart" should be played for the I
last dance. The bond leaders
should exercise some originality
as to this. For example "Till
We Meet Again" could be plaved
or "I'll be Seeing You," or "It's
Been a Lovely Evening."
Rum Omelette
Am informed an Eighteenth
Century Frenchman breakfasted
regularly on an omelette of 15
eggs flavored with mm. He
lived to be 106 years of age and
attributed his longevity to his
breakfast diet. I don't know
about the IS eggs for one
omelette. I might have diffi
culty in talking my girl friend
into that breakfast allowanre
But that omelette flavored with
rum doesn't sound so bad
Think I will try it tomorrow
morning.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. A
stogie soys you can't name the
only American composer tu com
pose an opera that lasted over
one season at the Metropolitan
Opera. A. Guess you are re
ferring to Charles Waketield
Cadman whose opera "Shan
weis" or 'The Robin Woman
was produced at the Met. How
ever, Cadman is better known
for his song "The Land of the
Sky Blue Waters." Q. What
was the most dramatic moment
I In the history of boxing In this
country. It happened between
the 19th and 20th round. A.
Don't know what fight you are
referring to. The most dramatic
moment in boxing I have wit
nessed was when Firpo knocked
Jack Dempsey out of the ring
at the Polo Grounds on the night
of Sept. 14, 1923.
Passing By
Loujs Calhern. Tall and tal
ented Thespian. A nativo of
New York City but had his first
stage experience with the Spoon
er Stock company in Brooklyn.
How right Oliver Herford was
when he said: "Into each life
some Brooklyn must fall." Mr.
Calhern's first wife was Ilka
Chase. His second was the some
what terrific socialite Julia
Hoyt. His third, Natalie Schaf
fer. I have seen Louis on the
stage and screen many times but
I think his best performance of
all time was as the colonel in
Jacobowsky and the Colonel
Transportation
A New Yorker asks "what citv
has the best and fastest trans
portation" and then adds that
he believes New York Is tops in
these respects. New York has
the fastest transportation but
whether or not it is "the best1
is questionable. Especially if
the matter of comfort is con.
sidered. A trip on a New York
bus or subway train durine lush
hours Is similar to spending a
period in a torture chamber.
This is especially true of the
buses.
Remarkable Clock
One of the most remarkable
clocks In the country is that in
front of Jessop's jewelry store in
ban Diego, Calif. This clock,
which is 21 feet high and has 20
dials, tells simultaneously the
time of all nations, also the aay
of week, date and month. I be
lieve smaller clocks of this type,
for home use. might be success
fully retailed. A clock that told
simultaneously the time in all
major cities in the United States
as well as that in foreign cities
would be a very handy thing to
have around.
Please Note
Writes a Baltimore subscriber:
"You recently reported the star-
gazers claimed Tuesday was the
lucky day and nine the lucky
number for Aries people. You
therefore suggested an Aries per
son go to the track on Tuesday
and play nine and nine in the
daily double. I am Aries born
but could not arrange to get off
on Tuesday, Oct. 9. So I went
to Laurel Monday, Oct. 8, and
thinking of your suggestion
played nine and nine in the
daily double. It won and paid.
$309,20 for two dollars. Thanks
for putting the idea in mind."
Editorial Comment
Record For the Rogue
This green Willamette valley
has, we very greatly fear, lost at
least one of its cherished and ac
customed laurels. Where are
our purposeful pussywillows?
Why have our pussywillows, if
any, not been reported? The dis
concerting fact is that the first
mention of first pussywillows is
found in Arthur Perry's column,
on the editorial page of the Med
ford Mall-Tribune of rectnt
date. Sweet Home is silent.
Lafayette has not said they are
there. But Mr. Perry, seemingly
unaware that he had a chance to
chortle, has this to say of pussy
willows In the valley of the
Rogue:
Fishermen report pussywil
lows that failed to purr last
spring are now doing it.
Mr. Perry is very casual In he
announcement, and perhaps he
has striven to seem so but noth
ing can be more certain than that
the Medford Chamber of Com
merce will feel that the column
ist cynic-philosopher of the
Rogue has singularly failed his
community. For there Is re
nown to be shared with first
The Little Theatre and the U. S. Navy
' present
A. Robert Hamilton, Laura Porter and Lea Raimussen
in
"THE GHOST TRAIN"
A Comedy-Mystery in Three Acts by
Arnold Ridley
with
Vernon F. Spencer, Charity Keebla, Alvin
Grund, Margaret Brown,' Lewis Eanai,
Arthur Cross and James K. Johnson
On the Stage at Camp White Post Theatre No. One
November 5 at 8:00 p. m.
PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
WITH SAMUEL FRENCH
SHORE PATROL WILL DIRECT TRAFFIC
Admission Free
The PUBLIC IS INVITED
pussywillows, quite as .there Is
with huge and precious pears.
It was a time when "Ye SmuJge
Pot," as Mr. Perry styles his
column, should have blazed hijh
with regional pride. Neverthe
less this approximate indiffer
ence on the part of the column
ist is but cold comfort to us.
Where are our pussywillows?
If you are of these parts, dear
reader, and know of any first
pussywillows hereabouts, which
you have grievously failed to re
port, send them in, we entreat
you. It is about time for pussy
willows that can't wait. There
is just a chance that we may yet
beat the Jackson county record,
though to do so would entail a
lot of explaining. The Ore-gonian.
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
aqo.
TEN YEARS AGO
Nor. 2, 1935
at was Saturday)
Cold wave hits the valley with
mercury between 30 and 40 de
grees. Italy angles for peace as LofN
boycott hurts.
Merlfnrrl hieh rallies in last
quarter to defeat Klamath Falls
there 19 to 14 on muddy field
and with Polar breeze blowing.
Bob Smith, half, performed bril
liantly. Klamath fans depressed
by stinging defeat.
Tenth anniversary of Ad
rlenne's store observed this
week.
CCC contingent reports for
duty at Prescott Park, will land
scape grounds.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Nov. 2, 1925
(It was Monday)
Jackson county fruit wins first
prize at International Livestock
show in Portland. '
Paris fashion banishes "boy
like" figure for .women.
Rain. High 55, low 47.
Crater Lake and Oregon Caves
roads given highway board back
ing. Medford high defeats Marsh
field 41 to 7 there.
Snow falls In Klamath Falls.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
Nov. 2, 1911
(It was Thursday)
October was the driest in
years with only .17 of an inch of
rain.
Talent drills for artesian
water.
Convict labor camp is estab
lished near Gold Hill.
Cloudy. High 64, low 35.
Only 69 forest fires in county
past summer.
BUTTE CREEK RIGHTS
DECREE DATE FIXED
Circuit JudEe Herbert K. Han-
na, following a short session yes- I
terday, set Monday, December j
10, as date for filing of the final I
decree in the Little Butte Creek
water rights case which has been !
in Jackson county courts in var- I
ious phases since 1905. The
rights have all been adjudicated j
and all that remains in signing
of the decree.
Involved in the action are the
Medford irrigation district, the
Rogue River irrigation district,
and more than a score of land
owners in the Eagle Point, Lake
Creek, and Brownsboro districts.
Counting Golden Gate park
there are 50 public parks with
in the city limits of San Francisco.
AT
Ashland, Nov. 2 Dr. Walter
Redford, president of Southern
Oregon College of Education at
Ashland, opened the 1843 South- i
ern Oregon Regional Educational !
conference and teachers' insti- j
tute yesterday when he gave the
welcoming address yesterday
morning.
Dr. Frank Parr, executive sec
retary of the Oregon State
Teachers association, Dr. Hex
Putnam, state superintendent of
public instruction, and Dr. Lil
lian Gray, associate professor of
education, San Jose State col
lege, were among the speakers
during the first day of the two
day meeting. Dr. Redford pre
sided over the morning session
and Lester D. Harris, principal
of Medford high school, presided
over the afternoon meeting.
. Throughout the afternoon vari-
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SWEET POTATOES or YAMS 4 Lb, 35c
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ous group meetings were held
with subjects pertaining to
school work the topics of talks.
ASHLAND BAKERY SOLD
Ashland, Nov. 2 Sale of the
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WANTED!
ALSO SOME HOUR HELP
Please Register at Once!
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Shampoo 30c
FRYERS a Lb. 49c
TANG Pint 29c
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