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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. March IS. 1950 MEDFORD. ,Tribune "Everyone In Southern oregoo" Reads The Mali Tribune" Daily Except Saturday Published D MEDFORD PRINTING J7.29 North Kir St ROBERT W ERNEST R RUHL, Editor GILSTRAP Manage urn n r.nEV Advartlatna Ma?r d C FERGUS6N. Managlna Editor rnip ALLEN JR.. City Editor mnnv rHlPMAN Teleerann Kdiloi htmhv L GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor OERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mr An Independent Newepapar Entered aa aecond class matter at Uedford. Oregon, under Act or March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES am Uall.In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year. 8 TO Dally and Sunday all raontha .7o Dally and Sunday three moe I M Dally and Sunday one month 1 00 By Carrier In Advance Medlord Ashland Central Point. Jackaonvllla Gold Hill. PhoenU Talent and on mninr mutes: Dally and Sunday one year. U oo Dally and Sunday one month 1-00 All Term. Caab In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official fapcr or bciud wmi -Full Laaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlflng Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Ofllces In New York Chicago De troit. San Franctico Loe Anaeles Seattle Portland St Louie Atlanta Vancouver. B C jflV NEWSPAMR . rUillSHl. J 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSbCUTo)N Flight o' Time Medroret tmd Jacltaeii Counry Hra lery from the (ilea of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 14 rears ago Editorial Correspondence Cross town by Roland Coo 10 YEARS AGO TODAY March 15. 1940 (It Was Friday) High wind affecting heaters ana ranges in local homes causes four home fires, three in chim neys. Butte Falls high loses out in bid for state basketball tourney's fourth place. Albert Burcli, Medford. re named to governing board of state geology and mineral industries. Frank Perl and Henry W. Con ger to run against each other In county coroner republican pri mary race. Forty-five enumerators to be chosen for census in county. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY March 15. 1930 (It Was Saturday) Government plans to put "bad taste" in alcohol that will make drinkers sorry but still safe. . Californiuns flock to Medford for wedding licenses. Good weather boon to fruit buds and set reported heavy; cover crops in orchards smaller due to cold dry winter. Plans completed In county for taking of census starting soon. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY March 15. 1919 (It Was Wednesday) Dead Indian Stock Raisers' as sociation elects George W. Owen, president, and Fred Neil, secre tary. W. A. Cowley elected mayor and D. II. Lyons and E. E. Scott city councilmcn at Central Point. Missionary society of Ashland Presbyterian church elects Mrs. J. W. McCoy, president. COMMUNICATIONS l.ettera to the Fitltor must heat the name and addresse of the tvrltet although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name ot Initial tor publication It permit alble. The Mall Tribune reserves the right tn rdll all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted tor pub HraHon mint nnl exceed inn word Now She's Happy To the editor: Never before hive I had an urge so strong that I couldn't resist it to write a letter to an editor or a public forum. What brought this one on is our locally-orgnnizcd. all male, "Are You Happv" club. In their motto they put special emphasis on "no wom en," leading the rest of the world lo believe that the women in this fair valley must be a sad. sorry lot. Indeed. But the pay-off has had me In stitches since last Friday eve ning when I listened to their radio program. About two min utes was taken up bv the an nouncer, and all of 10 minutes of the remaining 13 were devoted to a discussion on what makes women happy, exchanging blondes with Stnlin. their brun ettes and their wives. They bar women from their organisation In order lo be happv. yet two thirds of the time thev can't think of anything more interest Ing. And now. having fired mv little pot shot In the never-end ing battle of the sexes, am 1 happy! Margarete Tokar. New York City, N. Y., March 10 Everyone today is loudly CO. acclaiming the result of the coplon-uuoitchev Inal Judy not ai- pnone a-oisi lowed bail and confined in tne House oi Detention until sue is sent to federal prison; and the "Mad-with-Love Russian" also in a prison cell until such time as this country can arrange for his deportation to his homeland, never to be allowed entrance into tne u.a.A again. There is no doubt no reasonable or unreasonable doubt that these two defendants were guilty as charged, and deserved the 15-year sentences they received from Judge Ryan. And probably sendine Gubitchev back to Russia instead of feeding and clothing him for a decade or more at Uncle Sam's expense is good sense as well as good international policy. But as vour correspondent watched these two "little people' march out of the court room yesterdny morning, escorted by their guards, we felt Judy really had a grievance. We hold no brief for the gal. We believe she is hard as nails and onlv netting what she deserves. But we believe Gubitchev is even harder, more dangerous, is the guiltier of the two, and is really getting a break he in no sense deserves. As the pair walked out there was a striking contrast between them Judy, as usual kept up her chin physically, but anyone could see it was touch and go as to whether she could safely make it to the elevator. A matron and a U. S. marshal on either side, had a real load to carry. The girl was not only deathly pale, but had an expression of such complete despair and hopelessness on her face that it took a pretty seasoned veteran of the criminal courts, to feel NO sense of pity. The tough little gnome from the Russian steppes, however. having just delivered an arrogant and insulting speech to the court (as per instructions, no doubt, from Moscow) had his head firmly on his square shoulders, a complacent expression of self-satisfac tion and defiancy on his chunky, pasty face, and strode along as if he could hardly restrain from breaking into the Kremlin goose- step. As remarked at the close of the Hiss trial, in the enthusiasm of conviction there was no consideration whatever of just what and who had been responsible for the crime that brought it about. There was no thought, lor example, of Whittaker Chambers as Alger Hiss marched out of the federal court room, head held high, a doomed and ruined man. . There was no consideration of this former porcine chief editor of "Time who had not only betrayed one country but two; who not only had been guilty of perjury once, but innumerable times: and who had in some fashion not yet revealed "PERSUADED" the man he termed "one of his best and closest friends," to take the treasonable and treacherous course which led to his friend's de struction. There was no "destruction" for Whittaker Chambers. There was, and will be, no punishment. He is living in peace and quiet on his Maryland farm, with a well-paid lob awaiting him anytime he wishes, and plenty of anonymous literary work to keep mm in reany casn. This, we agree. Is no excuse for Alger Hiss. Hiss betraved his country and his trust, the punishment he is going to get he deserves. But there is no reason to believe Hiss went to Chambers, there is every reason to believe Chambers went to Hiss. It was not the young man working in the Stnte Department, it was the young man working in the underground for a foreign and hostile power, who started this conspiracy which resulted in such a tragedy tragedy for the victim, NOT the instigator. e e e e What was true of Hiss is even more true of Judith Coplon. Whether she really "fell" for this little sawed-off and sinister Slovak romantically, we don't know. No one but Miss Coplon knows. We believe it likely even though what she thought was love undoubtedly turned to something less than that later on. But romance or no romance, this much is certain. Miss Coplon did NOT go out to get Gubitchev; Gubitchev went out to get Miss Coplon. Just what his approach was we don't know, any more than we know the line Chambers used when he first contacted Alger Hiss, and urged him to hand over those secret U.S. documents. But we do know as certainly as anything in this crazy world can be known that the INITIATIVE in both instances was taken by the two men who get off or will get off Scot free. One will live the rest of his life in his cherished native land, as he wishes; and very likely as a hero, for there is no doubt he gave valuable information to his country, and never devinted from the approved Communist line from the time of his arrest to his conviction. The other to be a prosperous and ensy going citizen presumably in HIS own country, while the "dear friend" he "persuaded", serves his time in prison, and faces a future of shame and dishonor, e e e It "ain't right" from the standpoint of exact, as well as poetic. Justice. But as Judge Ryan remarked when, after sentencing the Russian and then granting suspension, quote: "Your punishment will now be in the hands of the Omni potent Judge who one day will pass judgment upon us all; your treacherous actions toward the cause of ience will bring down on you the maledictions of mankind. You are now remanded. In fact the court's remarks in passing sentence upon Gubitchev were so well expressed and pertinent, that they are worth quoting entire, as follows: "Valentin A. Gubitchev, you have been convicted by verdict of a jury after a fair, impartial and public trial. You have had the protection of the laws of this country and you have enjoyed and had the benefit of privileges afforded to those accused of crime privileges which are afforded to those accused of crime In few countries of the world. "Before trial and until conviction you were at liberty on ball: you have had the services of counsel nf your own choosing; throughout the pre-tricl hearings there sat in court with you representatives of the embassy of your coun try, and during the trial there sat by your side and with your counsel a representative of your country, who was learned in the law. "You came here as an emissary of peace; you were ac cepted among us In the role of a friend: you violated vour oath of office to the secretariat of the United Nations of the world. "By your actions you have been not onlv false to that oath, but you have betrayed the cause of peace. You stand con victed before the world of betrayal of all human mankind. You, It has been found, have bv vour acts attempted lo de stroy the hopes of millions, who would avoid war and estab lish peace among the peoples of the world. "And you do that with arrogance and with a smile on your lips and on your face as you stand here before me for sentence and in defiance of all humanity." "The Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of State have recommended that this sentence be suspended and that you be sent out of the country. These officials sate that they feel that the best Interests of the United Staes of America and of its citizens will be served by following this course. "The direction of International affairs is Intrusted, by our laws and our Constitution, to these officials. It is be yond my province to question the reasons for or the wisdom of their recommendation. "I shall accept it, and if arrangements are made for vour Immediate deportation, i shall bring you back at their re quest for resentence and at their request I shall suspend sentence on the day you are about to leave this country, pro vided that a marshal shall accompany you to the ship upon which you are to depart and keep you in custody until the ship shall leave our shores, you never to return." " tUA "I'd like two dry McGinty's and two Coachmen on number twelves and couple of seven-foot two tapered leaders." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Sunday was election day in Russia, and the Moscow corre spondents report that Prime Min ister Joseph Stalin led millions of Russians to the polls to cast their ballots for members of the supreme soviet, which is the So viet Unions parliament. Pravda, the official newspaper ot the communist party, prints a picture of Uncle Joe dropping his folded ballot into a locked bal lot box in the Lenin district of Moscow. OUSSIA, you see, differs from America in certain wavs. Our Harry, as everyone knows, can't vote in Washington. He has to fly back to Missouri in order to cast his ballot. We keep Washington politically sterile by not allowing anybody to vote there. PS. Maybe that's the reason Washington is by long odds the most screwballed of American cities. Our only criticism of the above would be that "smile" on Gubitchev's "arrogant" visage. Gubitchev had his back to the court room so we could not see his face, but if be smiled ARRO GANTLY, It was the first smile of that tvpe of onlv three observed throughout the lengthy pre heating and trial. R.W.R. Studebaker Enters Low Price Field Detroit. Mich.. Mar 1! ill Pt Studebaker turned the low price car field into a four-wav battle with Ford, Chevrolet and Plym outh today by stripping J7IS worth of "extras'' from us Champion models. Announcement of the import ant automotive 4lcpetuinl prompted industry speculation of n all out price war In the low price bracket. Observers pointed out that the entire industry is becoming in creasingly competitive Kaiser Frazer will enter the low price field this spring, and Nash plans a new small car at a low price. Studebaker listed typical fac tory prices for the custom Cham I OWL NOT SO WISE Memphis. Tenn. (U.P.I The "wise old owl's" reputation suf fered a setback during an ice storm. An owl sal in a tree in the yard of Mrs. C. H Owens until his feet froze to the limb. When he got ready lo lake off. he couldn't. The fcr-delance. American pit viper, length of seven feet poisonous reaches a ANYWAY, they do it differ- entlv in Russia. Uncle Joe is a native of Georgia, which is t little country down in the south east corner of the Soviet Union. but he now lives in Moscow and they let him vote there. He not only votes there, but he RUNS FOR OFFICE there At Sunday's election, he was a candidate for membership in the Council of the Union, which is the upper house of the Rus sian parliament, or congress. You know what? Bv a strange coincidence. Uncle Joe WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN HIS DISTRICT (the Lenin district of Moscow) for the job. Wouldn't that beat you? You'd think in a big city like Moscow there would be more than one person willing to take a stab at it. Whv. here in Oregon we have had FOUR REPUBLICANS run ning against Senator Morse, who is a member of the upper house of our congress. THEY don't seem to do it that way in Russia. The presump tion is, of course, that Uncle joe is so popular among his people that nobody would think of running against him In his district. I suppose that In time the his torians will point out that in his later terms nobody in his party ran against our Mr. Roosevelt for the nomination for president. Come to think of it. nobody so far seems to be planning to run against Our Harry for the demo cratic nominal'" in 1952. You see there ARE similar ities between the Russian and the American systems. That's a good thing. Nothing could be more important in the world right now than bringing things around to the point where the Russian svstem and the Ameri can svste'm can get along to gether In the same world in peace. ANOTHER odd thing hap pened at this Russian elec tion. When they went to print the ballots, they made the astound ing dlscoverv that for each job to be filled THERE WAS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE. That is to say: In the Council of the Union, which is the upper house of the i supreme soviet, which Is the con- J grcss of Russia, there are 671 j seats and It turned out that there i were exactly (371 candidates fori the Jobs all of them members of the communist party, by the way. In the Council of Nationali ties, the lower house, the same thing happened. There are 831 seats In this lower house of the Russian parliament and at Sun day's election there were Just sedan sells for $1,355 and Ford's deluxe six for $1,365. The blue whale, largest spe cies of the giant sea mammals, measures about 25 feet in leniith at birth, usually exceeds 70 feet , pions as $1,410 for the five- pus within two years, and may be al- senger coupe, and $1,415 for mosl 100 feci long when full four-door sedans. grown. Chevrolet i special four -door Subscribers To rpm improper r n tJel.tprT of tht Mill Tribune phon t-ni btfnr i p. m. tUily and lt:3t a. m. SunUy. If rr ulr 4 1 1 v r r arrive.. hrtMl? after you rail, plrai not II office, thui rl.mtiia.iini apvetut mfiitnitr tffMrt. ST. PATRICK'S DAY CARDS Send fop of the morn ing greetings to all your friends and loved ones. SWEM'S GREETING CARDS 631 tandidatesf. again all communists.) 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