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Newspaper Page TextTEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. Match 10. 1950 MedfordJ$&.Tribune "Everyone in Southern Oregon Reade The Mali Tribune" Oelly Eiicept Saturday Hubllahed by MKUrOKD PR1NTLNO CO. il7-2 North fit St Phone a-ll ROUERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP Manae HERB GREY Advertlllni Mr C FERGUSON. Managing. Edltoi ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN Telegraph Kaitoi HENRY L GREEN Sunday Edilot OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Cumulation U(r Editorial Correspondence An Independent Newipaper Entered ai lecond clan matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES a Mall In Advance; Daily and Sunday one year....$9 00 Dally and Sunday ix monthi 4.78 Datly and Sunday throe moi 4-Mi Dally and Sunday one month L OU tiy Carrier In Advance Medlord Ashland. Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year. ia.Uu Dally and Sunday one month 100 AU Term Caib in Advance OftlclaJ Paper of the City of Med ford oiiicuj raper 01 jacKiun county -Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OV CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative; WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INI. Offices In New York Chicago De troit, San Francisco Los Angeles SeatUe. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B C JfASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medfore an A Jecksoe County H Is le ry frent id (ilea of III Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 run f 10 YEARS AGO TODAY March 10. 1940 (It Was Sunday) State fish and game commis sion files equity complaint against Beaver-Portland Cement company to prevent dam build ing. Ruch-Sterling girls organize cooKlng club with Lola Zulder weg as president. Mrs. Emma Bannett, 81, pio neer o: rtogue Valley, ales. Lee Bullls, president of recent ly formed OSC alumni club here, announces banquet for this evening., Gold Hill and Eagle Point school orchestras to present com. bined concert Wednesday night. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY March 10. 1930 (It Was Monday) New snow blocks Diamond lake road after early thaw al lows some traffic to area. Farmers and orchardists of county called for Jury to ask for release as spring work and plow ing time ncars. Chinook salmon reported seen near Savage Rapids dam. Earl B. Day and Hob Deuel announce candidacies for state representative on r e p u b lican ticket. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY March 10. 1916 (It Was Friday) President Wilson orders Invas ion of Mexico to take Bandit Pancho Villa dead or alive. County Coroner John A. Perl files candidacy for renominatlon. Washington school boys plant 2.100 feet of early peas along west main street. New York City, N. Y., March 7 The Coplon-Gubitchev case ended in a blaze of excitement. As often happens the excitement was entirely unexpected. It came several hours after the jury had retired following final in structions by Judge Ryan. For the second time the Jury came in and asked for Informa tion. Second on the list was an inquiry as to wnetner in inaiciment No. 2 it should be'iawful or UNlawful" possession of government documents on the Dart of Miss (JODlon. The reaction to that request among the attorneys caused a scramble somewhat similar to throwing a pork chop into a dog. pound. What had been a happy family gathering of the Coplon tribe became a battle royal to get out copies oi me inaicimem wnue Judge Ryan re-read the indictment to the jury, as it was in the original copy but not in the mimeographed copies the Jury had been given one of the latter. We won't go into all the details. But the legal free-for-all lasted from 9 30 p. m. to 12:30 a. m., when having sent the jury, still deadlocked, to bed at the Knicker bocker hotel, Judge Ryan requested the government to secure not mimeographed but, if possible, carbon copies of the indictment, and also hand over to the defense what mimeographed copies were available all of the latter being incorrect, having "unlawful" rather than "lawful" possession therein. Merely a slight typograph ical error, but what a break for the defense! Little things like that might well knock the government's case into the middle of next week or so the defense attorneys claimed. And In lieu of that, it would add another important item to the inevitable appeal. e That was last night. A night that won't soon be forgotten by those who participated in it. This morning the scene had changed it was another day and another story. Leonard Boudin, the sauve, brilliant, but somewhat venomous attorney for Miss Coplon, moved as expected for a mis trial. Judge Ryan, however, pointed out that whether the word had been "lawful or "unlawful" was immaterial. It should have been "lawful" for Miss Coplon had a legal right to have the documents found in her pocketbook at the time of her arrest. But lawful or unlawful the crime as charged had nothing to do with the legal status of possession, but merely the use mode of the documents in question, however they had been secured, legally or illegally. That made it reasonably clear to everyone but the defense at torneys, who again took violent exception, and undoubtedly will resume their argument in their appeal from the guilty verdict. Miss Coplon not only had her three very clever and adroit at torneys on hand last night but all of her family except her mother. and many of her friends. They made a very happy family as they sat in a semi-circle. laughing and chatting. One would never have suspected that the hostess was awaiting a verdict that might well add 20 years to the prison sentence of three and a half to 10 years hanging over her as a result of her Washington trial. Gubitchev, at the other side of the table, was as motionless and emotionless as usual: while his iovial "Big Brother" and diplo matic aide Novikoff, smiling, handsome and charming (also as usual) sat in a chair next to him and perused the EVENING 8 o clock edi tion of the New York Herald-Tribune. Novikoff offered a section of the paper to his companion but the latter shook his head and con tinued to gaze with downcast eyes at the floor. In view of what later transpired both defendants were found guilty on two counts there was reason to believe that the little Russian was the only one In the ranks of the defense who from the first felt conviction certain. Only twice during the long trial did we see him smile, and both smiles were fleeting ones. When the verdict was announced neither defendant showed any emotion. The Russian, in fact, never budged sat there as be fore as if frozen, with head slightly on one side, his eyes downcast Miss Coplon arose perhaps a trifle paler than usual, a slight tension in her facial expression, while her attorneys and relatives sur rounded her, some with arms outstretched as if fearing she might faint and they would prevent a fall. But there was no fainting for the honor student from Barnard who rose to top political-analyst In the U.S. Department of Justice and then "for a thrill," handed over secret papers to a foreign power. Boudin was the first to kiss and embrace her. Others followed. Including her brother. Judy responded somewhat mechanically, it seemed, and then head high, went to the coat rack to get her things and with Gubitchev leading the way (he escorted by a II. S. mar shal) she followed the jail matron the nearest the two had come to being "together ' since their arrest, over a year ago! There were tears from some of the family but none from Valentin and Judy As was true with the Hiss verdict, the only genuinely jubilant person we contacted was our old pal "Mac". Again to him the country had been saved, again virtue had triumphed and the deep- dyed villain foiled. Now if "Time" can only be suppressed as a sheet riddled with Communism and secretary of btate Acheson, hanged to the nearest sour-apple tree, the country, says Mac, will be safe at least until the next meeting of the House un-American committee, the greatest aggregation of true 100 per cent American patriots ever gathered together so Mac maintains since the Bos ton lea party. We did not have the feeling of supreme and stark tragedy such as we had following the Hiss verdict. Neither Gubitchev nor Judith were appealing as niaivinuais. mere seemed no greni worm iuss. Yet we could feel no sense of Joy In their conviction, no delight in the prospect of their spending "the best years of their lives" behind Cross town by Roland Co awe . ot ttmmi tf o wyt mi vntj, SO "I haven't got any change. Guess I'd baiter keep it, eh?" In the Day's News Bv FRANK JENKINS Nine hundred University of California professors line up solidly against taking a special non-communist oath (that is to say, an oath declaring that they are NOT communists.) They say they'll auit their jobs first. They add: "We believe the standard of loyalty oath taken by the President of the United States, the governors of the states and all national and state offi cials suffices for university faculties." SOMEHOW this non-communist oath ruckus that is shaking the Berkeley campus like an earthquake of the second magni tude leaves me cold. Considering what communism is and what communists do, I'D REGARD SIGNING OF A NON COMMUNIST OATH AS A HIGH PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. fAKE the case of this poor devil Shipkov, in Bulgaria, as one lone example. He was tortured until he was so broken New Government In Greece Seen Doubtful Athens, Greece, Mar. 10 U.R) Political observers said today that Constantinc Tsaldaris prob ably would not be able to form a new Greek government even though his populist party finish ed first in Sunday's elections. inese observers said it was more likely that liberal leader Sophocles Ventzeios. bloc-leader Gen. Nicholas Plastirns and lead er of the largest splinter group, Gen. George Papiimlreou would combine to form a government. The combination government would not Include the winning populists and would control 8 per cent of parliament, the observers said. Spending Decrease Proposed By Taft Columbus, O.. Mar. 10-(U.P.) Sen. Robert A. Taft, R O.). be lieves the country's "tax burden is us high as it can go" and if deficit spending continues it will mean "complete demoralization of the people." Taft, sharing the speakers' table with Gov. Frank J. Lauschc at the Ohio Newspaper associa tion's annual banquet here last night, said he saw no wav of avoiding a deficit of some kind In the uatinnnl budget this year. He added, however, Hint If con gress tried hard enough it might cut $2,000,000,000 or $3,000,000, 000 from the expected deficit of $5,000,000,000. Dead Una on Clanlflri) Aril! 5 JO pm (or (ollonlni day. 10 a m Monday for Monday; noon Baturda) (or Sunday am bars. As with Hiss we had no doubt of their guilt. As with Hiss, also, we could frame no hypothesis of innocence which could stand up against the facts. The one presented by Pomeranz he alone handled the summation for the defense, the pinkish trio again maintaining they had not been able to prepare themselves suf- ticienliy was simply ridiculous and literally laughed out of court. Pomeranz gave a very able summation for the defense a bit too long, but on the basis of guilt NOT having been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, his argument had real merit. But when he tried to explain these clandestine meetings, these roamings around the Bronx, these subway and motor-coach trips, ALWAYS in separate seats, as a "Mad Russian" frantic with love, and a sweet romantic lass seeking her true mate the onlv answer was the answer given (sotto voce) in the courtroom a HORSE LAUGH! It lust did NOT add up. No one believed it. And we happen to know Pomeranz did not believe it himself. Yet, If the defense had concentrated upon the "reasonable doubt" and made no effort to construct an explanation for these nocturnal peregrinations of Val and Judy, would the defense posi tion have been stronger? Ferhnps but we doubt it. The answer? When defendants are guilty, the best defense in the world, has two suinea laueu uciurc li autria. The 11 communists convicted. Hiss convicted. Now Coplon and Gubitchev convicted. What might be called a "clean sweep". And the convictions all of them entirely justified. And all of the de fendants given, what Americans' similarly accused in Russia or any of Russia's satellites would NEVER have been given an absolutely free and Impartial trial. There were people like "Mac" who suffers from a serious and malignant Communist complex, but not many of them. We have observed the "rank and file" In these three Important trials, and can say "without hope of successful contradiction" as the poli ticians proclaim, that the overwhelming majority would have been pleased if evidence had been presented which clearly established the defendant's Innocence. This included the Communist trial. But the simple fact is there was in all three, no such evidence! R.W.R. COMMUNICATIONS Latteri to tha Editor muit bear the name and address of the wrltet although under certain clrcunv Uticps the use of a pen name or t nit til for publication Is permit itble. The Mall Tribune reserves the right tu edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted lor pub Hmtlon must not exceed 400 words Rides For House Members Proposed Washington, Mnr. 10 U.R Rep. Complon I. White (D., Ida.) 72, believes house members should be able to ride, not walk, to cast their votes. He informed the house tliHt he missed three roll call votes yes terday "by a hair." He arrived In the chamber from his office just after his named had been called. The house office buildings are about a city block from the house chamber. "I'm wondering If we can't have some transportation be tween the house and the office buildings similar to that enjoyed by the senate." White said. Two single-track, small elec tric trains are run between the senate office building and the senate chamber. But no such fa. cllltles are avallnhlc to house members, who walk through a tunnel originally desimied for train. In January. 11)50. fire do. slroyed $.18,823,000 worth of property. Dead line Sunn rMaBifi4 ftooa Saturdays U at MrsT FDR Selected As Influential Woman New York, Mar. 10 (U.R) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has been named the world's most Influen tial woman In a poll conducted by Parent magazine, it was an nounced today. The choice was made by 272 of America's women Journalists, who cast 214 ballots for Mrs. Roosevelt. Second place went to Emily Post, the authority on etiquette, who received 103 votes. Sister Elizabeth Kenny, who pioneered in the treatment of polio, placed third with 8fi. Former Congress woman C'lnre Bootli Luce was fourth, with 70 voles, while Col umnist Dorothy Thompson, with Bl), completed "the five who ex ert the greatest influence on modern life," the magazine said. SPILLWAYS FINISHED Pnneville. Ore.. Mar. 1001 .R) Roscoe F. Murphy, project man ager for the Drag ine Rentals company, Long Reach, Cal., said loriay pouring of concrete for spillways of the Ochoco dam was finished. ! Deed line Sunday iuoo Sauudaj a. Clauiurd U al Nominate Ike To the Editor: In spite of all the probing by the elite guard of the democrat and republican par ties, Ike Eisenhower didn't give an inch and neither have his real friends. It took a number of let ters from people like you and me to put a different complexion on the matter. If Ike has to go to the polls supported By the Dewey ma chine, or its counterpart, and has to do what will make him the sweetheart of the big bosses of either industry, labor or poli tics, he isn't having any. He doesn't have to. Maybe you are not aware that many people have sat themselves down and written to Ike at Co lumbia university. New York, in the last few weeks, from this whole western country, and they are not all democrats or repub licans they are just people who want a man they can all respect for his integrity and ablity, thus relieving their uncertainty in ev ery phase of American life. Well, what is the answer? The answer Is the item that appeared r eoruary to, laau. over wbu, on Morgan Beatty's newscast. Sit down in a quiet place for a while. analyze It carefully in view of the the above facts, then get up and go to work. What better an swer do you want to these let ters that have gone in to Ike Ei senhower, care of Columbia uni versity. New York? 'We have all done a lot of talk ing let's do something about it. Let's nominate Ike on the first or second ballot, in spite of what certain members of either party would want. we. the people. Maybe then we will get a demo cratic party and a republican party back in operation, instead of a lot of facsimiles thereof. Johnnie Walker. Shady Cove, Ore. Tim Chang Decried To the Editor: It seems that some of the citizens of Medford haven't much to do, only to think of something to cause more con fusion than there is today by changing our standard time to "daylight saving time." . If these merchants want to , get around one hour earlier lei them open their place of busi ness one hour earlier so tnat ' when people from the country come to town for supplies and , repairs they do not have to wait until mid day to get In the stores. The farmer cannot wait until a certain time to begin his day's work. His work begins at daylight and darkness stops him, not Just eight hours a day. i There is another bright pros pect that local people have, that Is kicking local people from their homes and Importing for eigners to take local people's place. I, for one, think that we should take care of our town peo ple first. This is the thing that is wreck ing our country todav. C. f. Mat'hes, Talent, Ore. I Dead line on ClftMlfied Adl: S 30 pm (or following da. 10 am i Monday lor Monday; noon Baturda) i for Sunday m. in body and spirit that he was willing to swear to anyining. When he regained his mental balance after the ordeal, he re pudiated his confessions made under torture and hypnotic pres sure ad told how they were wrung from him. The commu nists grabbed him again, tortured him and broke him again to the point where he was willing to swear to anything. HATE, I don't want any truck " whatever with that kind of cattle. If anybody asks me to sign a special oath affirming that I am NOT a communist. 1 will say to him: "Sir. you do me a great honor HEAR THE CONNSONETTE ELECTRIC ORGAN Demonstrated by MR. E. C. HOWARD Saturday, March 1 1 at BURELSON'S READY-TO-WEAR E. Main at Bart left DISPLAYING Lateit Creation in . . . SPRING SUITS DRESSES and BLOUSES AN ORGAN FOR YOUR HOME eefor the price of a fine piano! The ConntonetU offers t new world of pleasure for your whole family to enjoy ...a single manual organ with a new wealth of organ tone you never dreamed possible. Come in for demon stration at no obligation. MODIl IA ElfCTIONIC OIOAM fety fa play Purely elecrrealei a wheals, reedi ar tori Smelt, ceaiaaat Oitrf aiaflle awn vet with pedal beard; available vrlrkeirt pedal boord f) 73 aele aiafle eteeval, tplH tar rwo-Menuel ptrfecmcHKe Two bwitt-le Meefeert Oecg.em tana verity raaf inf free pare flute te rkherl (trine; voices 4 Ml IT,. HI At, it., HAY IT.. rn .a Exclusive Agency PRUITT'S Music Center 111 W. Main St. (Opposite Rialto Theatre) by giving me the opportunity to sign such a document. Hustle it here, and if you can find a fountain pen that will work I will sign it gratefully, feeling that It admits me to the splendid company of men who want it known far and wide throughout the world that they are NOT communists and will have noth ing to do with this thing that is called communism." WHILE we're on this subject, we must remember that if you WERE A COMMUNIST the tak ing of one of these non-communist oaths would bother you not at all. You would take it as readily as you would brush your teeth. If you are a communist, you follow the party line, no matter where It leads. If the party tells you to lie, you LIE. If the party tells you to steal, you STEAL. If it orders you to commit mur der, you commit murder. The creed of the communist Is that the end Justifies the means and if, to help in gaining the party's end, you lie and steal and commit murder you are merely reserving for yourself a special place in the party's esteem by doing what it tells you to do. Tn other words: The signing of a non-communist oath DOESN'T MEAN A THING because a communist would sign It and like It. nTHAT is why all this yak-yak- king about non-communist oaths leaves me utterly uninter ested and unconcerned. It's just another of our numerous tem pests In a teapot. Something for people to get all het up about while getting nowhere. 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