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Thursday. April 27, 1950
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D.S.T. Protest
To the Editor: Another word
of protest about the so-called
time change, pleading for it to
stay "standard."
There has always been plenty
of time for all. Now with short
er working hours where is the
need to change time? Why can't
the stores open at 7 or 8 a. m.,
as they used to?
There never was so much dis
unity and chaos over such a
trifling thing.
Working hours have always
been adiuxted. according to con
ditions; never the clocks. There
has been plenty of protest
against the change.
Doesn't our constitution begin
with these words: "We, the peo
ple of the U. S.?"
Were we asked about D. S. T.I
Doesn't our declaration of in
dependence read in part: "Life,
liberty and pursuit of happi
ness?' D.S.T. causes mothers to put
In longer hours preparing meals
for the family under two differ
ent working clocks, so a few
may have one hour longer in the
evening. Innocent children are
disturbed. Is that happiness?
If our Golden Rule was re
peated and concentrated on, it
would eliminate a lot of this
selfishness.
I think this so-called time
change should be abolished once
and for all so it would not come
up every spring like the sap in
a tree.
It's too bHd there are not more
mayors like the mayor of Madras
who knows how to run his own
business without being a follow
er. We inherited our standard
time from our ancestors. Why
not stand up and protect It?
It's never too late to make
things right, Mr. Mayor. Let's
continue on standard time with
the rest and keep united.
Mrs. H. E. Schmidt.
D.S.T. Revolt Urged
To the Editor: In 18R3 stan
dard time was adopted. It seems
to have been satisfactory or It
would have been changed be
fore this.
A child that has to catch the
bus at 6:30 D.S.T. would have
to be up at 9:30 to have Its
breakfast and get ready for
school. One would need their
lights on at 5:30. What's saved?
We have associations that advo
cate the welfare of our growing
children. That early arising
wouldn't be one of them. 1
should think D.S.T. could just as
well be as school lets out and
changed again as school starts
In the fall, if we must have such
a silly thing.
The court house they say is
going to operate some on stan
dard time and some on D.S.T.
Also the postoffice and also pub
lic transportation will be divid
ed. Such a mess!
I would Just like to know who
la behind all this confusion.
Surely 129 business men in a
city against the thousands of
people who have protested can
not be the answer.
There is only one class of
business that would gain by a
long, long evening with nothing
for the young folks to do. That
would be those that make it
their business to disrate the pub
lic. More cigarettes to smoke,
more liquor to drink, more de
linquent children and youths.
But we the people do not have
to have daylight saving time if
we are against it. It does not mat
ter whether It is the business
men or the crime promoters that
are domineering the people.
It isn't war. No one can ar
rest you, nor shoot you, nor im-
New York City, N. Y., April 24 That $100-a-day weather
expert from Harvard is having a hard time. Every time he goes
up in tne air to mane rain, ne is lorcea aown Dy low-nanging
clouds which are either doing the rain job or getting ready to.
Today is an example. A few days ago there was a similar experi
ence. The net result is ok and probably worth the price, but we
should think the rain-making professor would wonder if he is
really justified in banking one hundred bucks per day without at
least giving a substantial cut to Jupiter Pluvious.
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Some friends here who planned to leave for Ashville, N. C,
for a couple of weeks vacation are worried lest there be a railroad
strike and they won't be able to get back. According to press
reports if the railroad workers do walk out the Southern Railway
system will close shop entirely, putting nearly 4n out of
work. This system serves Ashville.
wnars wrong?
Well, its the Diesel locomotive question.
e e e
Thanks to the superior power of the Diesel and its lower
upkeep from the standpoint both of labor and fuel, the railroads
have been able to reduce expenses materially in recent years. The
time probably is not far distant when the Diesel will replace old
fashioned coal burning locomotives entirely.
This would mark a long step in transportation progress better
service at less cost.
But it would also mark a reduction in labor costs a reduced
payroll. Organized labor leaders don't like this, so they insist
upon adding a third man to the Diesel crew or ELSE !
e e e
Organized labor claims this demand is in the Interest of public
safety and improved service. But two fact-finding boards appointed
by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman decided this claim was
entirely "devoid of merit" while the president of the Southern
Railway declares Diesels don't need three men in the cab any
more than a two-legged man needs tnree snoes.
Here is a perfect spot for this department's special "labor
court" to steD in. decide which side is right, hand down a decision
which would be supported, as criminal and civil court decisions
are suported by the police power. This would prevent a strike and
the consequent painful sacrifices by labor, capital and the public.
But apparently there is about as much chance of special labor
courts as of oratorical sanity in an election year. It just can't be
done although it should be.
Sncakintf of sa'nitv
The longer this McCarthy hulabaloo goes on the clearer it
becomes that Senator Lodge was right the entire Communist
issue should have been taken out of partisan politics at the outset,
placed in the hands of a non-political special board, and all charges
turned over to the F.B.I, before they were made public, NOT after.
The exact reverse course was adopted by the Wisconsin senator.
He first made his charges wholesale, inaccurate and irresponsible
did irresparable harm to scores of innocent people, and stirred
up such a wild-eyed dust storm that at the present writing con
fusion worse confounded is the only net result. Everyone wants
Communists, or Communist sympathizer driven out of government
service AT ONCE. But everyone also wants or SHOULD want
the ACT that individuals named are communists or communist
sympathizers, established beyond any reasonable doubt FIRST.
That could have been and still can be accomplished under the
Lodge plan, it CAN'T be accomplished under the McCarthy
procedure.
We don't often urge the reading of any special magazine. But
the April Harpers has so many articles of Interest and value that
we wish the magazine's circulation were about 100 times as large
as it is.
The excellent and convincing article regarding China by
Professor Peffer of Columbia University has already been recom
mended. There is also "Two Bovs on a Mountain." bv Justice Wm.
Douglas which is both entertaining and Instructive, incidentally
bringing a fact into sharp relief that all us oldsters appreciate
namely: that the years take the dare-devil out of a man so only
young men should be fighter pilots. The locale is in the Tieton
Basin in the Cascades which gives the article a special appeal for
Oregonians.
Perhaps the most startling article is entitled "A Cataclysm
Threatens California." The author is an engineer named Cooper
and If he is correct the Imperial Valley may be wiped out any
day by a flood from a back-up oi the Colorado river induced Dy
another major earinquaxe. The coacneua vaney lunner norm
and reaching nearly to El Centro would also be threatened both
involving over 3,000,000 acres of the richest land in California
and of course, thousands of lives.
One can imagine what the inhabitants of this prosperous and
salubrious section of former Calllornia desert must be tninKlng
of the article, its author and the magazine. The reaction of the
real estate agents would be especially interesting!
Yet. if the facts are true, thev should be made public, and a
Drogram started at once to save the two valleys from any such
catastrophe if that can be done.
If the facts are NOT true, of course printing such an article
would be inexcusable. It is hard to believe as responsible a maga
zine as Harpers would publish such an alarming prediction without
first checking and rechecking from a factual standpoint.
Harpers costs 50 cents at the news-stands but the April number
at least is cheap at the price. (UNpaid ad.)
We see that Wayne Morse's opponent for the senatorial nomina
tion asks the GOP electorate to name a "regular Republican,"
i.e.: himself. We doubt if the Republican rank and file will oblige
however, for there would be no more certain way to spoil the
GOP record for three decades and return a Democrat to the
United States Senate than to defeat Oregon s tumor Kcpublican
senator in the primary. That would put the senate seat in the bag
check will show that more than one Democrat will register as a
Republican in the primary and vote for the "regular" and un
known nominee, so as to aid the Democratic cause. Yep, just as
simple as that!
Later: Another downpour with the reservoirs over 80 per cent
full. The Harvard rainmaker didn't even go up this time, but is
still drawing his $4 per hour asleep or awake.
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prison you If you refuse to turn
your clock up. All together now,
on Sunday, April the 30th, leave
your clock as it Is.
If you haven t democracy or
spunk enough to show how you
are burned up to be pushed
around by such a silly thing
then you deserve any Inconveni
ence resulting from same.
Clarrisa Dobson
what they are getting, and that
is to be led around by the nose.
Mrs. Harry W. Morrow
In the Day's News
Blames Business Men
To the Editor: This confusion
about daylight saving time bor
ders on the ridiculous if it were
not so serious.
How a handful of business
men can willfully disrupt a
whole valley so that they can
have an extra hour to spend on
the golf course or loaf at the ex
pense of the people who do hard
physical labor and need that ex
tra hour of rest is beyond me.
I read that a petition of 100
names was presented favoring
the fast time.
Just whose names were on
that petition and who instigat
ed It?
Was It those same business
men and their employees?
1 notice that the other towns
In the valley waited for Medford
to decide first.
The formers do not want fast
time. Central Point Grange went
on record as opposing It, but it
appears that because they live
outside the city they carry no
weight In this matter, whv isn I
the whole county allowed to set
tle this question by vote? Be
cause the council knows It would
not pass.
I understand one of our conn.
oilmen refused to vote for the
fast time. It was Mr. Runtz. In
that case let's make him our next
mayor. Although he is also a
business man he apparently puts
the welfare of the oeoole above i
his own Interests. I
A people that don't have In-!
testinal fortitude to get up on
their hind legs and demand
proper consideration from their
public servant descrvt Just
By FRANK JENKINS
In Chicago the other night,
David Sarnoff, chairman of the
board of the Redio Corporation
of America, was discussing the
possibilities of television. Among
other things, he told his hearers
that TELEVISION MAY DE
TERMINE THE NEXT PRESI
DENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
gAID Sarnolfi
When TV spreads from coast
to coast and gets the 75 to 80
million viewers it expects to get
within the next two and a half
years, "the next President will
have to be photogenic."
He'll have to wear the right
necktie.
He'll have to smile pleasantly.
I don't know what you're so nervous about. BInki. After all.
you're Just asking for a raise which I'm going to refuse to give
you.
Washington Report
By Bob Dickey
Washington, Apr. 27 The
Oregon delegation is hard at
work trying to iron out the dis
tressing situa
tion confront
ing the north
west wheat
growers.
There are
three basic
problems
which are ham
stringing the
region's wheat
and flour in
dustry. They
are:
export markets
through inability to compete
with lower priced Canadian and
Australian wheat and flour.
2. Loss of domestic market in
California to southern Idaho pro
ducers by reason of inequities in
Bob Dickey
1. Loss of
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A clothing store dummy can
be photogenic.
A clothing store dummy can
wear the right kind of necktie.
1 can t say that I like the pros
pect opened up by Sarnoff's
meditations on the future of tele
vision.
gVER the years of the recent
v past, I've often wondered if
radio isn't the most dangerous
thing that ever came into the
world.
Gibbon, who was a gloomy
cuss anyway, tells us that Cicero
was one of the most dangerous
of the Romans. Why? Well, Ci
cero was an orator, and like
most professional orators he
tended to be a demagogue. (You
may have observed that the more
oratorical a man is the more of
a demagogue he is apt to be. I
won't know why. Someone has
said rather well that an orator
is inclined to "become exuber
ated with his own verbosity."
The more exuberated an orator
becomes, the more demagogic he
is apt to become. There seems to
be a connection somewhere.)
But what I started out to say
Is that Cicero could reach with
his oratory only those Romans
who were gathered within tne
range of his voice. If he had had
radio to MULTIPLY THE
RANGE of his voice, he would
have been, I'm sure, many times
more dangerous than he was.
WE'VE seen in the years of the
not - too - distant nast how
radio multiplies the charm of
men who are dangerously GIFT
ED WITH A VOICE.
If in the future, as Sarnoff
sketches for us, the right kind
of face, the right kind of neck
tie and the right kind of smile
are to be added to the gifts
which a politician must possess
in order to be successful, I'm
afraid we're moving into a time
when we shall be governed ex
clusively by actors.
When I contemplate that pos
sibility, I feel welling up within
me the urge to get as far out
as I can into one of these "wild
erness areas'' the forest service
is setting up for us and there
build myself a cabin in which
I shall dwell dressed in the skins
of wild animals and nourished
on fruits and nuts and the flesh
if such beasts as I can overcome.
WITHOUT a radio.
And WITHOUT a television
set.
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Baker, Ore., Apr. 27 U.rV
Baker, an eastern Oregon hold
out, finally gave in and joined
the ranks of Oregon cities going
on daylight saving time this'ket value f the land they re
summer, ceive.
the support program for the two
areas.
3. Loss of eastern markets
because of high freight rates
which make shipping econom
ically unfeasible.
By the very nature of these
tnree proDiems, the prospects ot
any immediate relief are gloomy.
nevertheless, certain steps are
being taken.
To remedy the loss of markets
to Canada and Australia, an ex
port subsidy plan has been sug
gested. Relief from the freight
rates wnicn cripple the north
west industries as a whole is also
under consideration.
Since these two issues repre
sent overall policy questions, no
immediate action can be taken
without comDlete consideration
by congress.
A change in the support pro
gram, however, could be effect
ed immediately. And currently
the Oregon legislators are work
ing on this phase.
The real objection to the sup
port program is that the south
ern Idaho area is under a dif
ferent classification and as a
result can produce wheat at a
cheaper price. Thus the southern
Idaho wheat and flour people
have crowded Oregon and Wash
ington producers out of the Cali
fornia market.
The effect of this inequality
in the support program is cogent
ly pointed up by the fact that
millers in Oregon are operating
at 50 per cent of capacity, while
the southern Idaho operations
are between 90 and 100 per cent
of capacity. By contrast, flour
mills on a national scale are
operating at 75 per cent capac
ity. Davidson Means CVA
C. Girard Davidson, assistant
secretary of interior, has dis
covered that his name is synony
mous with CVA to some Oregonians.
A few weeks ago Davidson
attended the Virgin Islands gov
ernor installation ceremonies as
President Truman's representa
tive. During his stay there he
was introduced to a vacationing
Fortiandite as a fellow Oregon
ian. The two chatted for a few
minutes then there was a
pause, and Davidson's newly
made friend said. "Say, are you
the CVA Davidson?"
Watchdog Mors
Sen. Wayne Morse has set him
self up as the ex-officio watch
dog of all congressional trans
fers of federal lands. Since com
ing to the senate he has blocked
all gratuitous transfers of fed
eral lands to state or private
groups.
He says, "I see no reason why
the U. S. taxpayers should make
a gift of valuable federal prop
erty to any state or private
group."
Morse's persistent blocking of
these transfers has become so
notorious that now most senators
include the Morse "fair market
value" provision in any land
transfer bills which they offer.
The Oregon senator is adam
ant about the subject. He main
tains that he has saved the tax
payers many millions of dollars
by this device. To prove this
point. Morse is having one of
his assistants prepare a report
showing how much money he
has saved by his action.
Morse's working formula is
that the private recipients of the
federal lands pay the fair market
value and the public recipients
pay 50 per cent of the fair mar-
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Yesterday we breezed down
highway 1 to the Gulfstream
Park racetrack to see the noble
animals perform. The Gulfstream
race course is one of the most
beautiful horse tracks I have
even seen. It is cleverly land
scaped. In the infield is a lake
on which a couple of small yachts
sail about and bathing beauties
stage surfboard riding exhibi
tions. A very pleasant place to
spend an afternoon. I saw Joe E.
Lewis, the whimsical night spot
comedian, wandering around the
clubhouse terrace. Also saw the
ex-jockey, Don Meade. Don pre
sented an extremely dapper ap
pearance and although he has
been barred from riding for some
time it is quite evident he is still
doing pretty well for himself fi
nancially. Billboard
The part of highway I we
traveled on to Gulfstream Park
is certainly all cluttered up with
billboards. Never saw so many
billboards by the side of the road
before. Seems they are about six
feet apart. We returned bv wav
of a highway along the ocean on
wnicn there are no billboards at
all. Quite a relief.
Unique City
We passed through Fort Lau
derdale on the way back. This is
the most unusual city I have seen
in Florida so far. In one way it
strongly resembles Venice, hav
ing 100 miles of natural and ar
tificial waterways within the city
limits. It is populated chiefly by
yachting and angling enthusi
asts. Most of them live in charm
ing little houses with beautiful
lawns running down to canals.
For fishing they usually Eo to
sea. But they don't have to. The
fishing is good right within the
city limits.
Artificial Ice
It was Dr. John Gorrie of ADa-
lachicola. Fla., who first patent
ed a process of making ice arti
ficially. He used it for air con
ditioning the rooms of fever pa
tients, that was over 100 years
ago. In 1845 to be exact. There
has been a monument erected in
Apalachicola in the good doctor's
honor. Now the next time you
think how convenient artificial
ice cubes are you will know
whom to thank for that conve
nience. Miqhty Hunter
The mightiest of all Florida s
mighty alligator hunters was a
fellow known as "Alligator"
Pratt. When Pratt saw an alli
gator floating by he diver in and
tackled the animal, climbed on
its back and rode him ashore. I
have seen moving pictures of
men wrestling with alligators,
but Pratt is the only man I ever
heard of who dared to dive into
the water after an alligator and
bring it ashore alive.
Postal Colony
Ask your postman if he ever
heard of Postal Colony, Fla. This
community consists of 1000 acres
of citrus groves and was estab
lished by and for retired postal
clerks in 1922. The postal clerk
retirement age is t2. An organi
zation, named the Postal Colony
company, maintains all the nec
essary agricultural equipment
for citrus growing and this is
used jointly b ythe growers.
About 100 families spend their
winters in Postal Colony and 25
live there all the year around.
Please Not
The overseas extension of the
Florida East Coast railway to
Key West, completed by Henry
M. Flagler in 1912, cost $50 mil
lion and the lives of 700 work
ers. Construction was started in
1905 and completed in 1912. In
cidentally, Henry Flagler, an as
sociate of John D. Rockefeller,
was retired and a millionaire
many times over when he be
came interested in the develop
ment of the east coast of Florida.
He was 53 years old when he
came out of retirement and
ipent the rest of his life working
harder than ever. He lived to
be 83.
Real Estate
It is not as easy as it used
to be to become a real estate
salesman in Florida. During the
boom days of the 1920s many
Deople were victims of swindles
by slick, high pressure real es-
News of4-H
q$ CLUBS
Roxy Ann 4 H Club
Roxv Ann 4-H Sheep club met
at the home of Mr. Whitcher
April 22 at 7 p. m. He took them
down on the river for a wiener
roast. Members discussed getting
their lambs for the P.I. fair at
Portland this fall.
Wilson Moeller, reporter.
tate salesmen and this gave the
state's real estate industry a bad
name. Now to acquire a license
to deal in real estate a man must
have been a resident of Florida
for at least six months. He must
also furnish character references
and credentials detailing his ac
tivities for the preceding 10
years. In addition he must pass a
stiff examination on real estate
law and finance.
117 South Central
Telephone 2-6241
WARD WEEK
Ends Saturday
LAST
AYS
From where I sit ...iy Joe Marsh
His Punch
is His Signature
Was on the train np to Central
City the other day and when the
conductor came around, I asked
him why their ticket punches make
such odd-shaped holes in the ticket.
"Every conductor in the country
has a different design for his
punch," he tells me. "Some even
show .up a fellow's preferences.
Now take mine. The hole it makes
looks like a beer goblet."
Sure enough! Then he went on
to say that the punch is just like
the conductor's signature. Makes it
easy to trace tickets ... to check up
If something happens.
From where I sit, even though
your ticket is punched differently
from mine, it still gets you where
you're going. Just like people with
their opinions. You might like cof
fee, another person, tea and HI
settle for a temperate glass of
beer. But what does it matter, so
long as we respect the right of the
other to have tastes and opinions?
We're all trying to go in the same
direction towards a friendlier,
more pleasant world for all of us.
Copyright, 1950, United Statu Bremn Touniaxw
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