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New York, N. Y., April 9 Probably the New York Chamber
of Commerce will aeny tnn, but it snowed in Mew roric on mis
Easter Sunday!
The skies have now cleared, the annual Easter Darade is on
but there is no suggestion of spring in the atmosphere. In fact it
is as cold as January with a bitter wind sweeping through the
paved sky-scraper canyons, and the gay taster bonnets witn iioW'
ers abloom looking decidedly unseasonable and uncomfortable.
But New Yorkers don't nav much attention to the weather,
where any cherished traditions are concerned. The Easter parade
is a cherished tradition and while the wintry blasts have no doubt
reduced the numbers, it did not impair the quality.
e e a e e
It is a good thing New Yorkers don't pay much attention to
the weather. If they did they would be in the same fix as the old
chameleon on the Scotch plaid. We have experienced changeable
weather before but never anything to approach me isiana oi ivian
hattan the past six months. There has been no real Winter, no
Spring and perhaps there won't be any summer. (Everyone prays
there won't he anv of the latter if it has to be like the tropical
summer of '49). What has there been? A grana ana glorious poi
nourri. a climatic hash. Winter. Soring, Summer all mixed up,
utterly confused, without rhyme, reason or sequence even the
"Good Humor Man has lost his good humor ana nis snirt. Per
haps things will pick up when the baseball season starts in a
week or 10 days. If not, baseball better be called off and ice hockey
continued through the summer. The jce t oiues win continue any-wa-
Yes, the weather is completely cock-eyed.
So is this poor sap from Wisconsin, Senator McCarthy.
Some dav his full record will be printed.
When it is, it will be as criss-crossed and crooked as the
meteorological map, for 1949-50.
It is as impossible to predict what the Wisconsin Senator will
be saying a week hence, as what the weather will be.
Nothine could more clearly reveal the completely ohonv
streak in this man than his grandstand play in New Jersey on
Saturday last.
It was advertised, and announced by McCarthy, that he would
come out from under his senatorial immunity, name names, put
all his cards on the table and blow Owen Lattimore and his Com
munist buddies into the middle of next week.
Naturally with such a bellowing blurb, there was a large
crowd in Passaic, N. J., and practically all the political reporters
in Manhattan as well as the radio boys were on hand, prepared
for an explosion and atomic reaction second only to the holocaust
at Hiroshima.
. 10 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 13, 1940
' (It was Saturday)
Medford high students win
five first and three second rat
ing! in southwestern Oregon
band and solo contests.
Tornado trackmen capture
Hayward relays honors for third
straight year.
The Rev. Engvald Iverson to
round out 40 years in Presby
terian church service by filing
for moderator of Oregon synod.
Mail Tribune starts series of
illustrated articles on possible
auto trips through Rogue Won
derland.
Diamond lake highway open
from Union creek to lake; 108
inches of snow at Crater lake.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 13. 1930
(It was Sunday)
Medford high band finishes
third, Ashland high band fifth,
in state contest.
Expect to ship 5,000 cars of
pears from area this year.
Gradual decrease In number
ef bounty payments by county
noted this month.
Walter F. Brown and Carroll
B. McMath elected elders of
Presbyterian church.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 13, 1918
(It was Thursday)
Claude C. Ponting residence
tnd contents, Portland avenue,
burns to ground.
' J. A. Westerlund and Benton
Bowers elected to represent
county taxpayers' league at slate
conference.
Foundations of new business
block at Fir and Main streets be
ing poured.
Dead Una on Claulfled Adat
B SO p m for following day. 10 a m
Monday for Monday; noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m.
But as John Peurifoy, deputy under secretary of state, re
marked following the "dud" display:
"McCarthy roared like a lion when he wore the cloak
of senatorial immunity, now he discards his immunity,
strikes the pose of a hero and bleats like a lamb!"
Many weeks ago McCarthy solemnly declared he would re.
sign his Senate seat before he would say ANYthing on the Senate
floor he would not say outside.
As false In this as In everything: else the Wisconsin mud
slinger refused at Passaic, just as he has refused ever since he
made the original charges against members of the state depart
ment, to repeat a single one of his accusations, outside the senate
walls.
At Passaic:
Not a suggestion of Lattimore being the "top espionage
agent" in the state department for Soviet Russia, not a word about
Ambassador Jessup'g Communist leanings, or Service's employ
ment by the Russian foreign office and his stealing of secret U. S.
documents all the meat in what he originally dished out to gain
the national limelight, eliminated, and yet there he was posing
as the great crusader for righteousness and loyalty in this coun
try, as He single-handed waged war upon the traitors and perverts
of the Acheson state department! WHAT a hero!
e e a a
All that McCarthy's latest charges against Lattimore added
up to was the latter's belief that it is too late to save Chiang Kai
shek in China and restore him to power, and also that it is of
doubtful wisdom to make any attempt to hold Korea against the
Chinese Reds. In other words, Lattimore believes the battle against
the Chinese Communists was irrevocably lost because of Chiang's
failure to institute needed reforms, and thus beat out the Com
munists for popular support. This result was and is deplorable.
But there is, in Lattimore's judgment, no profit in trying to dodge
the facts or seeking relief in wishful thinking. If we must fight
Russia the place to fight her is in Europe, NOT the Far East.
e e e a
Now Lattimore's analysis of the situation in China may, or
may not be, the correct one. That is not the issue as far as Mc
Carthy is concerned. The sole issue is, and from the first has been,
whether or not as the Wisconsin senator charged, the State De
partment is riddled with treason and espionage, and the leader
of it all the one man on whom the entire McCarthy case stands
or falls is this man Owen Lattimore.
This was once McCarthy's own analysis of his own case. And
yet when "called" on his charges, what does he do?
He welches.
He runs for cover while he pretends to be another Ajax de
fying the lightning. He removes everything from his former di
atribes that COULD be defined as libelous and then pounding the
table and frothing at the mouth, he dares his foes to take libel
action.
What a four-flusher and double-talker, what a phony and
cheapskatel
However, the skipper of this department is not as seriously
concerned about McCarthy on the long-run View, as some of the
pro-administration commentators are. He has done irreparable I
harm, and he Is an all-around so-and-so. But we have no more
doubt of his ULTIMATE fate than we had of Adolf Hitler's. Or we
have of Generalissimo Stalin s for that matter.
For such faith in the final showdown, we return to our favor
ite quotation:
iruth crushed to earth shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers:
But Error wounded writhes in pain.
And dies among his worshippers."
There seems to be some fundamental moral law at work in
this world which gives political "disciples of the devil" initial suc
cesses, a brief spasm of glory and power, only to be followed with
out fail by final collapse and disaster.
Ho we have no more doubt of the ULTIMATE downfall and dis
aster of the McCarthys and Stalins in this long suffering cosmos
than we have that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning.
It may take time, more time and more sacrifice than seem
right. But at long last "error" wounded WILL writhe with pain
and die among his worshippers. What is true and what is decent
and fundamentally right WILL rise again and WIN! R.W.R.
Wage Negotiations Dropped by Union
Negotiations between three
Medford bakeries and their em
ployees represented by Local
404, Bakers and Confectionary
Workers International union,
were broken off at a meeting
here last night, it was reported
this morning. Union and Indus'
try representatives were unable
COMMUNICATIONS
Leiteri to the Editor mint bear
the name and addrcita of the wrltei
although under certain ctrcunv
runcea the uie of a pen name oi
initial for puhllrattcn If permli
Ible. The Mall Tribune reiervaf
the Hint to nut all leitrri with a
vlaw to elaririrallon and condrn
latlon. I.ettera ubmltttd for puh
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In Argentina Too
To the Editor: Flying disks or
saucers are becoming quite an
issue. My son Archie received a
letter from a friend in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. He told Archie
the luminous bodies were seen
there by thousands of people.
The sky was lit up like day time
in the Hosarie region.
In 1810 we lived in Washing
ton and on a fifty acre dairy in
April I heard a roaring noise
and went out to sec what It was.
A large ball of fire was whizzing
through the air! It had a long
tail of fire, three to five hundred
feet long, It came from in the
country, passed over the town,
crossed the railroad, went across
the end of the 50 acre dairy,
turned near the river and went
below the tree tops and the
length of the fifty acre place.
It looked like a big ball of fire
with a long tail roaring along.
People got scared and said the
world was coming to an end.
This was real, not Imaginary.
Lilian M. Bayer
Talent, Oregon
Is This America?
To the Editor: Is this America,
or just a disgrace to America?
The other day my partner and
I, who are two local businessmen
and who grew up in this town,
witnessed a scene that made us
ashamed of our town in no un
certain terms, to-wlt;
One blind man and his blind
wife playing musical instru
ments, picked up by one of our
well known local law enforce
ment officers and taken away in
a police car that we all help pay
for.
Today we witnessed a young
chap parading up and down
Main street advertising a "fly
ing saucer'' show for one of the
local theaters. This young man
had two good eyes and seemed
quite ablt'bodied. Does any of
our local law enforcement offic
ers attempt to stop him with a
silly law?
We are ashamed to the hilt of
our town this day.
George Cook
Ted Woods
'Editor's note: Police records
show the itinerant couple was
asked by the officer if they
knew that those playing musical
Instruments on the street for the
purpose of soliciting money Bre
required to secure a license. The
couple said they did not know
of this requirement here but had
found it to be the case in manv
other cities. The officer offered
to take the couple to the city
hall where they could secure a
license upon payment of the $10
fee. This offer they declined but
asked if the officer would take
them to their hotel. The officer,
with commendable kindness, did
so. The license ordinance, No.
4189, which is of long stnnding,
does not apply in the case of the
youth advertising the show as
the theater pays $50 annually
which entitles use of such adver
tising method if desired).
In a Glass Houte
To the Editor: I believe a per
son living in sin
not throw stones. 1 am referring
to a person In our peaceful city
that has taken it upon himself to
belittle our officials and make
public untruths that are a dis
grace to our city's reputation.
Being in business here myself,
I am like an intelligent business
that would say a good word fur
our city and officials, or keep
my mouth closed.
We have one of the best-thought-of
police forces in the
state. Our chief of police has the
record of being chief longer
than any chief in the United
States, without a black mark
against him or his men. I think
that is a pretty good record for
a police officer.
It is truly a shame we have
somebody around to make a tur-1
moil for their own selfish polltl-j
cal interests.
This same person's livelihood!
is on a street which he contends
Is a mess and this mess he speaks
of keeps him in business. If it
didn't he wouldn't continue in.
that location year after year.
Why your paper gave liim so
much publicity I don't know, but I
I think it was a mistake in doing
so.
I hope the railroad company
will please take note. ,
Merle Cliches j
Soil erosion ruins about 500,
000 acres a year for immediate '
nractiral cultivation, the equiva-
lent of about 2,500 average-sized i
American farms of 195 acres
each. I
everybody LOVES
jTry (mo r.Jy
Huge Tax Levy Set
For Portland Ballot
Portland. Ore.. Anr. 13 (U.R)
A multi-million dollar tav lew
win oe on me May IB primary
election ballot for Multnomah
county voters to approve or
reject.
The special levy of $2,443,000
compares with the $1,175,000
passed by voters last year. Prin
cipal increases in the 1950-51 fis
cal year budget are $383,247 for
public assistance, $248,814 for
county hospital, and smaller
sums for the public library, in
digent soldiers' fund, and the
county school fund.
Repeal of Excise
Auto Taxes Sought
Portland. Ore.. Apr. 13 (U.R)
Directors of the Oregon State
Motor association said today
they had wired the state's con
gressional delegation this week
asking for repeal of excise auto
motive taxes because the motor
ist gained no benefit from them.
The house ways and means
committee is considering the
repeal of some excise taxes, and
tile association wants the aver
age tax of $100 on new cars put
on the proposed list the commit
tee is drawing up.
to agree on proposed wage increases.
The meeting was the most re-
ceiii in a series ui eigni wniun
have been held on the wage
problem.
To Ask NLRB
Charles Maldovan, president
of the local union, and Cecil
Martin, business agent, said to
day they are requesting the na
tional labor relations board to
send a mediator to Medford in
an attempt to bring the parties
in the discussions together.
Eugene Farrell, manager of
Fluhrer's bakery, who has been
representing the industry in the
meetings, said the group may
also request NLRB assistance.
He said the union's first wage
request was for a 15 per cent
increase, and that it had now
been lowered to 10 per cent.
This increase is still too great for
industry representatives to meet,
he said.
Involved in the negotiations
have been Model, Beck and
Fluhrer's bakeries. No interrup
tion in work has been created.
Portland Mayor To Miss
Hearing on Gambling
Portland. Ore.. ADr. 13 (U.R)
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee
said today she could not aitena
the U. S. senate committee hear
ing April 21 on a bill that
would stoo interstate transmis
sion of gambling information.
She said Portland's financial
situation and current budget
meetings would prevent ner
from making the trip. Congress
m on wnn t lnnnl officials to at
tend the hearing in order to get i
their opinions on the proposea
bill.
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