EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, June 29. 1948
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The ODT announces it will be
three years before the majority
of autoists will be able to buy a
new car. This throws a wet
blanket on the speedists, who
drive like they couldn't get out
from under it. . They figured on
wrecking their current mechani
cal mess in pre-war Fourth of
July recklessness, and then buy
a 1948 model for the lute fall
and winter skidding off a moun
tain road.
Miss Perkins, the only woman
secretary of labor, retires July 1
and has bought a new hat. All
the country gets out o it is a
long needed new secretary of la
bor, In honor of the rodeo, many
prominent horsemen are wear
ing cowDoy doom, some wane as
if the collar-button therein, they
mistake for a corn, was very
painful.
J. Cochran Robin won the an
mini Bird Liars contest on .the
cthse lawn. He recited that
while flying home to supper re
cently with a steclhead fish
worm, it fell from his mouth.
"I thought of my hungry kiddies,
nose dived, and caught their eve
ning meal before it hit the
ground." The decision of the
Judges was unanimous. "He has
told better ones than that,"
chirped Mrs. Robin knowingly.
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CORRECT SIZE-UP
(Detroit News)
Presumably all hands at San
Francisco are for home and
mother, and against sin, the
common housefly and carrots
on the 73-cent lunch five
sturdy cornerstones for any
world understanding. .
Shotgun shells will be scarce
again this fall the government
announces. There will only be
300,000,000. Even with this
meager amount hunters ought to
be able to hit something besides
trespass signs, rural cats, farm
ers stooping over, and each
other.
"OPENING GUN IS FIRED
IN PLANS TO O. K. PEACE."
(Exchange.) It seems like a
time to boast about the length of
the olive branch, instead of the
llmberness of the trigger finger.
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The beef shortage situation In
Oregon is ncarlng a crisis. In
some sections the waitress can't
hear the customers order a steak
above the bawling of the steers
at the kitchen door of the bean
ery. It looks like a "safe and sane
Fourth of July." The pressure
for safety and sanity is heaviest
on the small boys without fire
crackers. With the birthday of
the nation five days away, all
Juveniles with two thumbs have
not been able to blow oft cither
one for his country.
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GIDDY GRANDMAWI
"Grandma Is shocked by the
conduct of granddaughter, but
the truth is grandma was wicked
when she was a girl. She did
things she knew her parents dis
approved of. For one thing she
deliberately exposed a pretty
ankle in the presence of a young
man. Could anything have been
worse than that? Then, too, she
and her beau sat on the back
seat in church, back with the
lost souls, although she knew her
parents wanted her to sit far up
toward the front. And once,
shame on her, she turned back
the clock five minutes so her
mother wouldn't know that her
beau, who was calling, remained
past the late hour of 10. (Kan
sas City Times.)
San Francisco, June 27. Well the show Is over and there is
nothing left up at the Memorial Opera House today, but memories,
Janitors and various and sundry discarded press-releases and pro-
We have just returned from there to see a relative in the Secre
tariat the poor overwomea oecretariHv, wmu.i ucmvo a
gressi'onal medal but will never get one. They will have to keep
on the job for two or three days more at least. A Colonel Carter
Burgess has been in cnarge up mere. " "...-
he is related to our own E.G. Jr., or not, but he might well be.
He has as much on the ball as Eddie had when he was the "Babe
Ruth" of Cambridge, Mass.
The big news at the moment Is the resignation of Secretary
StIflanyone cares to look over the files of this paper they will find
a prediction in this department based upon the local underground
sometime in April, to this effect. The report was frequently denied
and as also noted in this column an effort to "build-up" the waning
prestige of the Secretary of State was launched a few weeks ago.
The announcement surprises few members of the conference
press. Everyone liked him personally. But tne mart simpjy jacKea
the shrewdness, the savvy, the experience to make good in a vital
diplomatic position like this.
According to the same report, Mr. Stettlnius will now be the
rvn,.ii Tiplnffate of the United Nations, representing the
United States. This is a position far better suited to his tempera
ment and his talents. ' '
' AocnrHlntf tn the radio every seat' was filled at the final session
of this United Nations conference marked by the presence of the
President of the United States.
Like many other "reports " this was not true.
There was an emDtv scat, for example' next to your correspon
dent in the third row of the press galley. We counted half a dozen
others in the same section.
Rather reminiscent of a train trip we took from Washington
a vear or so aao when they said the Pullman space had been sold
out for three weeks, and yet our car was only HALF-FULL.
Can't figure out these things.
We know very few people here around the bay district and yet
had several pleas over the phone if there was not SOME WAY
to get a ticket to the presidential sessionl
We tried every source we could think of and were laughed at,
a ticket could not be obtained for love or money and it was offici
ally announced there were not even enough tickets for the press.
Yet there they were the empty seats!
What was the matter with the final session?
Was it ye editor's hasty lunch, or was there something really
awry in the general atmosphere and the all-around set-up?
We don t know as yet. This is another $64 question that will
have to be answered probably by posterity.
But we do know this,
Throughout the session from 3:35 to nearly 6, your correspon
dent was constantly harassed by a sense of frustration, and the
persistent feeling that it was all added up to. a presentation of
Hamlet with Hamlet left out. There was more color and inspiration
than at the opening of the conference; but not anything approach
ing what the importance of the occasion demanded.
And constantly we found ourselves saying:
"If Franklin Delano Roosevelt were only herel" What a show the
old maestro would have put onl And how impossible it was for
anyone present to fill his place!
Perhaps if Cecil C. DcMille had been called in it might have
helped.. But he too and all the showmanship he represents were
sadly absent.
I participants are so CONSCIOUS of the historical Importance of a
celebration in which they are participating, there is apt to be a
slip between the cup and the lip, history being a perverse old
Jade, where its permanent and immortal record is concerned.
Have you ever seen these F.B.I, boys at work guarding a Presi
dent? We found it difficult as speech followed speech to keep our
eyes off them. Talk about vigilance being the price of security!
There were two of the plain clothes men in front of the platform,
one of them standing throughout, the other seated; but neither
of them stopped for so much as a second inspecting faces and the
nooks and crannies before them from the orchestra to the topmost
gallery of that tremendous auditorium. Not a movement or a
sound escaped them, not a camero shutter clicked, a crank turned
or a person moved that their eyes were not immediately
on that SPOT!
On the stage in the wings there were four more of the huskies,
and fine-looking, well-dressed young men they are, two on each
side. They were keeping their eyes on the President and the rear
of the stage. Now and then one of them would disannpnr
return and resume his vigil. And when the President finally shook
hands with Secretary Stettinius and departed presto! he was
surrounded on all four sides before he could take a step, by these
men who are responsible for the safety of the President of the
United States when he leaves the White House for a trip. R.W.R.
Flight oV Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 84 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
June 29, 1935
(It was Saturday)
Coal strike is called off-, after
conference with president.
Floods sweep
heat hits Japan.
Snow falls
today.
Europe, . arid
in the high hills
Von der Hellen & Pearson
steam shovel plunges off Crater
Lake rim road.
Stores to close all day July 4
Shakespearean revival and
p'ageant at Ashland next week
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
June 29, 1925
(It was Monday)
Santa Barbara razed by earth-
quake, with many killed and
property loss in millions.
High
The first transcontinental air
plane flight in America was
from New York to San Fran
cisco In 1920,
The speeches were good, the President's and Masyrack's of
Czechoslovakia, also Lord Halifax's were, we thought, excellent.
But there was none outstanding; none that really thrilled and
Inspired and seemed to be in harmony with what everyone agreed
was a tremendously momentous and history-making occasion.
The only spontaneous enthusiasm as far as the audience was
concerned was when Masyrack pleaded to "please, please stop
this 'talk of the next war!" (The Hearst representative Winced!)
That hit the jack-pot and a torrent of approval a'l over the vast
auditorium broke out.
But otherwise, well It was like a beautiful new motor-car,
with all the latest appliances and fixings but with no spark-plugs
in the engine!
The material elements of a great event were there; but not that
subtle something that would have given it life and bounce and
true GREATNESS of spirit! R.W.R.
San Francisco, June 28. The theme song of the final day of
the UNCIO was:
"What a day In history!"
When the U. S. delegation filed before the blaze of Klieg lights
In the Veterans building to sign the charter, Secretary Stettinius
Intoned in a deep solemn voice:
"We are all aware of the great historical significance of this day!"
They were, particularly Sol bloom who may be President some
day for he has risen from the streets of San Francisco as a tittle
newsboy to be a member of the House of Representatives of the
United States!
Sol was so nervous he started to sign twice and then got as
red as a turkey gobbler when he discovered It. Only two members
appeared entirely at case, one of the outstanding stars of the entire
performance, Commander Stassen, and Dean Gildersleeve, the one
woman member of the U. S. group and President of Barnard
college.
The press and radio boys were also convinced of the epoch
making importance of the occasion.
Steel towers had been erected around the baize table, three and
four tiers and each tier occupied by movie cameras or Klieg lights,
or recording machines and what have you. The press mostly stood
on chairs so as not to miss anything.
There was a long wait. Finally a deep voice intoned
through a megaphone from the crowd up front:
"One minute!"
That was notice to the photographers that the U. S. delegation
would appear in 60 seconds
More silence then came:
"Thirty seconds!"
A machine somewhere started to grind, one of the boys on the
top tier nearly to the ceiling, wiped his perspiring brow with a
handkerchief and then got to work clearing the lenses of his
glasses in rapid fashion. The drama was about to begin.
And then they were there,' Secretary Stettinius leading, all
blinking Into the glare of tho blinding lights and forming a curved
line beyond the table. '
As a fact for the record It can be stated the greatest applause
was for Commander Stassen when he signed, a great favorite
of the press and radio, and for that matter the delegates and boys
and girls of the Secretariat. In a straw ballot of the Secretariat
Incidentally he and Evatt of Australia were voted the two out
standing men of the conference.
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And the theme song continued when everyone rushed over to the
Memorial Opera House to hear the President speak.
In fact almost the identical phrase used by Secretary Stettinius
was repeated by President Truman when he rose amid hearty
applause to give his address.
"What a day this may become In world history!"
That was his opening sentence, delivered with hands raised,
almost as if he Intended to ask for a demonstration, and It was
the only ad-libbing the President did, the rest was all in his
printed speech, as delivered at the press entrance. We expected
applause to follow that pronouncement, but there was none.
And when Secretory Stettinius took up the three (yes 3 of them)
hardwood and gold plated gavels and banged them on the table
to announce final adjournment of the United Nations Congress
of International Organization the young lady on our right who had
been all eyes and ears throughout, arose and announced to her
escort:
"Oh I wouldn't have missed It for the world, what an
HISTORIC occasion! Thanks SO much!"
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So the verdict wos unanimous. Will June 26th. 1945 bo down
in history along with the signing of the Magna Charta, the Dcclara-
tlon of independence and the Constitution of the United States
and "slch?"
Perhaps.
But we have a pious idea tliat when everyone Including the
Cloudy, rain predicted.
75, low 67 degrees.
Yesterday 175 cars made trip
to Crater Lake.
Billy Sunday, famed evangel
ist to talk for bill preventing
teaching of evolution in Oregon
schools. i
Secretary of Navy Wilbur to
visit Oregon on way to Panama
canal.
. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS
AGO TODAY
June 29, 1911
(It was Thursday)
P. & E. to run special trains
to Butte Falls for July 4 celebra
tion, with special round trip
rate. . . ., , , .
Medford may get new theater
building. Option taken on Page
corner lot.
Rewards totalling $5,400 of
fered for capture of Drain mail
car robber. ,
Police round up 21 vagrants
who have cash total of $1.21.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, June 29 Last
Wednesday I started a search
for the answer to what is this
thing called
comm u n I s m
which is run
ning over Eur
ope and reach
ed the conclu
sion at that
first stop that
it was not
com munism,
not socialism,
not b o 1 shev
ism, not Marx
ism but was
simply a des
potism of the proletariat.
The . proletariat is the lowest
class of society, The word is not
new.' It was used in ancient
Rome to denote those" who con
tribute nothing to the state.
Synonyms for it are "rabble"
and "peasantry" in our diction
aries. '
The way Russia uses the word
to describe its government
it
t'aul Maltnn
proudly as "a dictatorship of the
proletariat" naturally assumes
you must have a dictatorship to
run things for the proletariat.
It is not only the lowest class
economically, but also intellectu
ally and spiritually. In truth, it
nas no spirit not even for the
one political party which Russia
has.
.
ON the eve of war, the komon
Onl vfiii.k Mn,iAMnn, UJ
WVJ xjwmw, iiiuvciucui; iinu ail
announced membership of 12,
000,000, although there were
4u,uuu,ouo of komonsol age in
the country. (Since then large
blocs of the army have been
blanketed in and the last fieure
showed 7.500,000 of the 40,000,-
uuo available had joined the
movement at the end of 1943.)
In a total population of about
183,000,000 (before the war)
only 3,900,000 Russians are
members of the only party al
lowed to function. Therefore the
"proletariat", has been excluded
ii um me operations of the gov
ernment. The soviet leadership con
ducts campaigns to enlarge the
party once in a while, but
Lenin's theory on ponular reore-
sentation was expressly put forward:
"Russia used to be ruled by
150,000 landowners. Why could
not 240,000 bolsheviks do the
same job?"
The point of this Is that Sta
lin's government is a dictator
ship over the proletariat, not by
the proletariat. It does not get
its power from the consent of
the governed or even from con
sultation with those in whose
name it conducts its dictatorship.
I suppose it might reasonably be
contended the proletariat is in
capable of deciding or advising
what is in its best interests.
A COUNTERPART in our
country would be a dictator
ship of the United States by
sharecroppers, but not conduct
ed by them or allowing them
consultations, or any power, the
sole power being wielded over
tnem by a small political party
of which few of them were
members.
No Russian has ever known
liberty. First the poor knew the
terrorism of the czars, aeainst
which they did not protest (the
revolution being led by our New
Yorkers), and now they have
anomer despotism In their name,
and they do not protest It. i
.throughout Europe, the com.1
mon man Is a docile mentality
who has little of our klnH nf
liberty. His mind Is. thprnfr.ro i
fertile ground into whioh tni
plant dictatorships of anv ehnr-1
acter. Our people would nnt i
stand them a minute if permit-'
ted free knowledge and choice, j
The wage of a Russian worker
is fixed by government (aver-!
ages $20 to $40 for a 66-hnt,rl
week, six days with eight hours, '
Pius inree cany hours of over-,
time). He lives in a company,
house with fixed rent (govern- j
ment), buys at a enmnanu
(government) under fixed prices i
ana complete rationing of all
produce even in peace times. i
uenerally he eats at the com-1
pany (government) table, be
cause it is cheaper than buying ;
and preparing his own food. He !
cannot strike. He cannot move I
to another plant. He does not
find it healthy to protest. His
whole life and that of his family
Is directed in every detail by the
central one-party control from
Moscow.
What American worker would
want that completely despotic,
autocratic authority exercised
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able political party or by any
one? a a a
A NY examination of Russian
"conditions must lead to the
conclusion that it is not a legiti
mate challenge to our way of
life, not a hot competitor to our
theory of government, but in
practice and theory at home a
desperately striving movement
to keep swimming against a real
poverty and bankruptcy beyond
anything we have ever known
Only in its political nature is
Its government competitive
against us not its people or its
system. The people seem to
want nothing but peace. I cannot
possibly conceive of the Russian
peasant or worker thinking to
day of defeating or overthrow
ing the United States. They have
every respect for our superior
ity. But it is their government
with which we must get along
and live in peace in the postwar
world. We cannot reach the
people, or they us.
Only politically, only in the
realm of politics, does fear find
.valid roots. I will deal with con
siderations in that realm in a
subsequent column.
The palace of the Legion of
Honor, in San Francisco's Lin
coln Park, is an exact model of
the Paris original.
G.I.
TO GET FURLOUGH
Washington, June 29. (U.B
The war department today auth
orized emergency 30-day fur
loughs for 4,000 soldiers who are
urgently needed on the rail
roads. Authorization was given to
prevent " a breakdown ' of rail
transportation under the mount
ing pressure of troop and freight
movements from Europe to the
Pacific."
Men furloughed will be em
ployed as brakemen, firemen,
boilermakers, electricians, car
repairmen, mechanics, machin
ists and helpers. They must be
at least 26 and preferably 30.
They will not be chosen from
those in . replacement training
centers or alerted for overseas.
Use Mall Trlbuna Want Ada.
mwSioMwalJadsop's starved soldiers
captured enema food supplies thcu posset) 'up
meat, iread and seMheir desperate
search mrijXrJi&ju
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