TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. March IS. 1950
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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.
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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
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631 tandidatesf. again all communists.)
THE democratic party in our
country, you observe, still
President Forgets
About Seasick Pills
With President Truman at
Sea, Mar. 15 (U.R) President
Truman forgot about his seasick
pills today as he and his vaca
tion party cruised in calm wa
ters down Florida's east coast.
The high winds and waves
that kent the nartv "hnrirnn.
flat" ohnnrrl th vanhl Ui!lim.- '
burg for two days had disap
peared. Only occasional showers were
expected to mar the placid,
warm weather today. Sun per
mitting, the president planned !
to spend as much time as pos- j
sible on deck. !
The Williamsburg, In com
pany with the escorting destroy
er William C. Lawe. was sched
uled to reach Key West at 6:30
a.m. tomorrow. Mr. Truman will
go ashore two hours later to be
gin three weeks of rest and re
laxation before flying back to
Washington.
TO LIVE IN NORTHWEST
Fort Lewis. Wash.. Mar. 15
U.R Maj. Gen. Harry J. Collins
said today he planned to estab
lish a permanent home in the
Pacific northwest when he re-1
tires 'from the army. I
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hooked it up.
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has a long, long way to go before
it can achieve the unity and the
complete cooperation that al
ready have been achieved in
Russia. Here democrats still
scratch and spit and squabble
with each other like a bunch of
tomcats every time there is an
election for congress.
STAN STARK
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