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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, May 14. 1950
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lory from Itia fllaa of the Mad
Trlbuna 10, 20 (ad 14 run at
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 14. 1940
(It Wa Tuesday)
Rotterdam falls to nazis; back
bone of Dutch defense broken.
County's share of receipts from
national forests total $5,604
last year.
Midget cars to open racing
season at fairgrounds tonight.
Musical society of Medford to
give public spring concert at high
school.
Elk Creek P.-T.A. Installs Mrs.
Helen Axtell president.
30 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 14. 1930
(It Was Wednesday)
Darwin K. Burgher, Univer
sity of Idaho football and basket
ball star, named coach at Med
ford high.
Norton L. Narregen, first mas
ter of local Masonic lodge, dies
of heart failure.
Editorial Correspondence
Crosstown
By Roland Coe
New York City, N. Y., May 10 According to our old friend,
Congressman Harris Ellsworth, mystery still surrounds "WHY"
China fell into the hands of the Communists.
Perhaps, he continues, the sub-committee hearings of Senator
McCarthy's charges against the state department, pointing the
finger of well-founded suspicion of communist sympathies if not
worse against members of that department will eventually solve
the mystery.
Mebba so.
But we doubt it.
In fact, we fail to see any great mystery about vvhai happened
In China.
It Congressman Ellsworth will read up on the history of the
Russian revolution of some three decades ago, perhaps he will be
less mystified.
There is a striking similarity between the two uprisings. In
both countries the Communists won essentially because of two
things, to-wlt: ,
1. The Communists had the "WILL to win" and backed up
that will with well organized force.
2. The MASSES the rank and file of the country supported
That, In a nutshell, is what happened In China, and why.
A bit of research will also show the United States did not like
to see Greater Russia fall Into the hands of the Russian Reds any
more than it likes to see China fall into the hands of the Chinese
Reds.
In fact, to Drevent the former this country went lurtner in
one direction in Russia than in China.
Not in the direction of money and supplies. But the United
States did sent troops to join with troops from England, and other
allied countries to aid Baron Wrangel and other counter-revolutionary
leaders In the organized anti-communist resistance move-
""'""This effort failed. The failure was also due to the two Items
above mentioned and the added fact that Russia was thousands of
miles away and the allied countries had had enough war too
much, In fact. Such a foreign military venture, therefore, had no
popular support.
If we understand the McCarthy viewDoint correctly It Is not
easy to understand the Wisconsin Senator believes that but for
Communist influence in the State Department, the United States
would have sent a large expeditionary lorce to umna to help me
Nationalists unaer uniang, ana mus prevented a i.orniiiumsi viu
tory.
'As you can see. George, Emmitt is going to be very busy this
aixernoon.
Vivian Beach to open watch
and clock repair shop in Jack
sonville store soon.
Rotary club presents official
charter to Boy Scout troop.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 14. 1916
Dry land dredge to handle 100
yards of dirt a day to be installed
In Applcgate river near Ruch.
H.W. Bigham, F. Corning Ken
ly and Frederick H. Hopkins
elected directors of Rogue River
Fruit and Produce association.
Central Point high baccalau
reate service will be in Cowley
hall today with the Rev. Harry
Tucker, Medford, as speaker.
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Boys' School Conditions
To the editor: Are you com
pletely aware of the undermin
ing conditions of our reform
schools across the country?
The superintendent and over
loaded staff have a fine objec
tive a me, system, arts and
crafts, music lessons, a chorus,
outdoor activities and more in
mind to develop, depending on
more money plus bndly needed
staff.
Here are the boys, scads of
boys of various degrees of good
ness, closely confined at first.
Tempers flare, personalities
clash; there are regular fights
out of sight of busy supervisors,
and many a boy gets hurt oad.
If among them there is a boy
who makes every effort to keep
his record good, every trick that
boys know la turned on him in
particular to get him in trouble.
They nag at him, make fun of
his religion, taunt him in every
way for being there If he is so
pure. Could that be mental
cruelty?
Next step on the way to be
coming a better citizen they
move on to another cabin, one
or two at a time. Start to school,
and have more campus privileges-,
much more freedom of
movement, and run right into a
vicious get-up, "Little Gang"
condition,
The older and bigger and
worst of the boys are in charge
here, not the school. In fact, they
are so clever, go well organized,
that no one seems to know. Each
new boy Is subjected to various
pressures quite unbelievable and
unprintable In their scope. There
Is no mean and underhanded
One thine is fairlv certain. No steD short of that would have
had the sliehtest chance of stemming the red revolution that swept
over China, as a similar revolution had swept over Russia 30 years
ago.
But could even that effort, Involving the expenditure of more
U. S. billions of dollars and thousands of lives, have driven the
Chinese red armies out of the country and placed Chiang and the
discredited Koumintang back in power?
It is exceedingly doumtui.
It ia even more doubtful that such an effort, which after a
careful study of the situation in China. Gen. George Marshall so
vigorously opposed, would EVER have had the popular support in
this country so essential to its success.
During the period of time when any such armed intervention
could have been effective, the people of this country again had had
enough war too much, in fact and there was no popular desire
to extend its area or its sacrifices.
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Thi rlpnartment pan see no Impenetrable mvsterv regarding
China which can only be explained by the smear campaign of the
Honorable" Joseph McUartny.
It can he explained, we believe, bv the fact that lnsead of
continuing on his original line of reform as initiated by Sun Yat
Sen, Generalissimo Chiang deserted that liberal line, went over to
the reactionary forces represented by the Koumintang, and thus
gave the Chinese Communists the battle-cry they needed and the
popular support they had to have.
Al least this is tne view oi a vast majority of all Americans.
military and civil, who have been in China, have carefully studied
the conditions there, and have any kind of impartial and objective
viewpoint regarding that country.
a
Kerensky was the first "master" of Russia following the
October revolution, but he made the same mistake Chiang Kai-shek
made and met with much the same fate, though in a far shorter
time. For three decades now a social and economic revolution, in
many ways similar to the French revolution, has been sweeping
over this world, east, west, north and south those who have tried
to turn it into reverse, have had no more luck than King Canute
had when he tried to sweep back the tides with a broom, and for
essentially the same reason.
Revolutions, however, don't last forever.
They also are subject to the eternal laws, of action and re
actionof ebb and flow. As has been noted before in this column
there are signs that the revolutionary flow politically has about
ended and the ebb started In.
The defeat of Senator Pepper in Florida is a feather in the
wind. The Communist issue beat him.
Now watch out boys and girls. If you are in public life and
ever washed down a caviar sandwich with a glass of vodka, better
mind your p's and y's. Thar's dynamite in them lhar hills, politi
cally speaking, for anyone who has ever sung the "Internationale"
or suffered from a pink tooth-brush.
We have never been strong for Pepper of Florida classified
him with the lemons down there rather than the grapefruit.
But the fact remains he was beaten on a phony issue, and
when the present hysterical anti-communist hurricane blows itself
out as It will this fact will be generally recognized.
a a a
Owen Lattimore made a splendid impression when he first
appeared before the Senate sub-committee, not so good on his
second.
Granted the Johns Hopkin's professor had plenty of provoca
tion, yet he weakened rather than strengthened his case by name
calling and Intemperate vituperation.
His charge thnt Budenz lied and Is a "paid Informer" may be
true, but he will have to supply more convincing evidence than
he did, to convince this department or we believe the American
people.
The man did protest TOO much.
t
In fact, we wish the entire Inquiry might be called off as far
as the Senate sub-committee Is concerned, and the question of
espionage and disloyalty in the State Department, or any other
government aReney, ne piaceo in me hands of a non-partisan com
mittee made up of citizens of the highest type, working constantly
with Kdgar Hoover and the FBI.
All right thinking people want the truth. They also want anv
government employee who is a Communist or in sympathy with
communism, kicked out. But they DON'T want partisan witch
hunting or partisan white-washing to prevail.
They would gladly follow the recommendations of anv group
as outlined ahove. They will split a hundred ways to Sunday re
garding any verdict this senate sub committee may now hand down
Stalin did look a stricken man lit his 70th birthday celebration
but apparently King Richard is himself again in the May Dav re
viewing stand. Perhaps he merely suffered from what has been so
prevalent hereabouts virus-X infection. R.W.R.
Pickin' Pears New5f Go"',p' !L.Ten'
From Camp White '
By J. J. "Tick" Malarkey
Eight "Bamboos" from Camp
White went to call, and two
"Greybeards" tagged along one
as an attendant the other as
scribe. Three ladies of the Red
Cross drove their cars.
Thus the lineup for the party
Ira Jones threw out on the pear
orchard and farm where this 90
year wonder and Mrs. Ira make
their home with Mrs. A. E.
Brockway, one of their daugh
ters, and her husband, "L. A.
Like a kid at his first circus
this writer stood around goggle-
eyed at what he saw. Hundreds
of clay figures that had Been
moulded by the host; dozens of
beautiful hook rugs, the work o
Mrs. Jones; scrap books of
poems, pictures of the war years
Spanish and World Wars I and
11. Ana a spacious ana gracious
home which just seemed to
abound in hospitality.
The Jones and the brocKways
like, and know how, to entertain.
Leaving camp White tne cara
van of three cars were driven by
Miss Charlotte Rodgers. center
Red Cross executive, and Mrs.
Al Littrell and Mrs. Sam Colton
of the Medford Red Cross pool.
With some wheel chairs aboard,
the "Old Boys," as they are at
fectionately called, sat at case
William Babcock, William S.
Shaw, Fred T. Boyd, John Wes
ley Bearden, Uharles L.unoquist,
Robert A. Griffies. John J. Mil
ler and Charles Gordon.
Greybeards Malarkey and Ed
Landes didn't count. It wasn't
their party.
Queens of the kitchen were
Rosa Gillilcnd, J. C. SpHrks and
Mrs. A. E. Brockway. Heaps of
ice cream, dozens of home made
cookies and gallons of coffee at
mess call. Nothing wrong with
Bamboo appetites even if the
average age of the youngsters of
the war with Spain is now push
ing 79. Seconds and thirds came i
along.
Songs and stories by Bamboos
featured the social hour. And
through it all and the life of the
party was Ira Jones, 90, and Mrs. i
Jones 89.
They have been married 67
years. All five of their children
are living and today 16 grand
children and 16 great grandchil
dren have blessed the marriage.
When recall sounded each
thing left undone, no petty an
noyance overlooked, to make
life miserable, and now what be
comes of your good boy?
A boy who is there because
his parents neglected him, or a
boy from a broken home, a boy
on his first offense, a boy with
one weakness, and by no means
least a good boy who has had
moral and religious training but
not a happy home life and made
a mistake.
What happens now to those
really good boys? They get
"special" treatment. 1 have seen
the mental suffering on my own
son's face; seen the black and
blue bruises on his body. I have
seen another cocky red headed
kid cowed to the point where he
is ashamed to look you In the
eyes. I have seen a boy wander
ing about the halls in the Ad
building. He sneaked In there to
keep (rom being beaten any
more. They are not supposed to
talk to visitors about their
troubles; nor are they supposed
to go to the superintendent. You
know what happens to "squeal
ers" don't you?
There ig much more to this
than I can tell In this space This
truly ia a condition that should
not exist in America.
Mrs. A. M. D.
(Nams on file)
News of 4-H
f CLUBS
CENTRAL POINT CROP CLUB
Reporter: rul Williams Jr.
The meeting of the Central
Point Crop club was held at the
Paul Williams place.
A suggestion was made that
we work out a pattern or design
(or display at the fair.
Also it was decided that the
club would buy film with club
funds with which to take pic
tures of our various projects.
The pictures and newspaper clip
pings are to be kept in s club
scrap book.
Qualifications necessary to win
a summer school scholarship
were discussed.
Next crop meeting is to be held
June 13.
Dead Una on Clanmad Arte:
om lor tollowtnl day 1(1 in
Monday for Monday; noon Saturday
(or Sunday a ax
He's Doing A
Good Job!
RETAIN
HOWARD
GAULT
FOR
SHERIFF
OF JACKSON COUNTY
On ths Republicsn Ticket
PRIMARIES MAY 19
He's Experienced,
Capable, Cooperative
trooper thanked his host and
hostess and the lovely ladies
which made the visit possible.
They all have the enthusiasm of
youth even if some of their
steps are a little slow and a cane
or wheel chair were needed. And
they are going to call on Ira
again. That is for sure..
There is this mark of distinc
tion about a Bamboo. When he
went to war there was no draft
or selected service he up and
enlisted.
Rural School Voters Asked To
Approve Budget Expenditures
Voters in most of the county's
school districts will be called on
Monday to approve expenditures
by the county rural school ooara
three-quarters of a million dol
lars In excess of the six per cent
limitation. Ballots will be cast
in the usual school election poll
ing places from 8 p. m. until 10
p. in. (DST).
The election Is routine, in com
pliance with the law, and will
have to be held each year until
some way is found to establish
an adequate levy base through
new legislation or constitutional
amendment, according to County
School Superintendent C. R.
Bowman. Failure to vote the
levy, he said, "will mean that
about three-fourths of the money
required to operate local schools
will have to be levied against
property in the individual dis
tricts and will not be equalized
over the county."
Vote Rlways Necessary
The rural school board has
been in existence three years and
has always had to submit Its
budget to vote authorizing ex
penditures over the six per cent
limitation.
In explaining the perennial di
lemma. Bowman said that when
the rural school board began its
work and prepared to make the
first county-wide equalized levy,
It had at its levy base the sum
of the bases of all the school dis
tricts in the county except Med-
Munich, May 13 4U.R1 Paul
ine Straus. 87, widow of Com
poser Richard Straus, died to
day of pneumonia.
ford and Ashland. Of these dis
tricts. 19 had already lost their
levy bases and, therefore, added
nothing to the sum total of the
bases.
Lost $60,000 of Bate
During the current year, the
rural school district lost approxi
mately 560,000 from its levy base
by the withdrawal of the Central
Point consolidated district which
Wall Street
New York, May 13 (U.R) A
strong rally in television shares
enlivened an Irregular and other
wise dull stock market today.
Thirty industrials, 217.78, up
0.15; 20 rails, SS.44, off 0.01; 15
utilities. 43.50, up 0.05; and 65
stocks, 77.02, up 0.04.
Sales declined to 570,000
shares today from 910,000 last
Saturday.
Six AccordionSii in
Portland Vacation Show
Six members of Mrs. Eve
Prentice's accordion band left
Medford by Trailways bus Fri
day for Portland where they
were to participate in the Travel
and Vacation show at the audi
torium there Saturday. A sev
enth member, JoAnn Anderson,
joined them by plane yesterday.
The group, which was to re
turn this morning, included
Carol Davis, Charlotte Grigsby,
Barbara Ragsdale. Donna Gober,
Dolores Davis and Dale Ward.
A word about Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Sparks, now of Medford,
once of Astoria.
Old and good friends. They
have been in the Valley of the
Rogues about five years came
here from Astoria, where at one
time "J.C." was assistant city
manager. We are to have a "yak
yak" session soon. Oregon is real
ly a small state.
The lady has the evidence; a
picture of the salmon weight
27 pounds. It was her first time
out after the royal and fighting
Chinook of the Rogue. She con
nected after AO persuasive min
utes with the visitor from the
Pacific ocean.
Robbie Robbins. charming sec
retary to Dr. William White
chief medical office did this
much to the red faced chagrin
of the gentlemen anglers on the
station.
Dead Una on Classified Ads:
3:30 p.m. for following day: 10 a m
Monday for Monday: noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m
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Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central
Lie S-211 M-2I7
is now a first class district.
The net result to date, Bow
man explained, is that the rural
school board now has a levy base
of $237,797. The 1950-51 budget,
rigidly pared, shows a minimum
need of $951,553.62 or $713.
756.20 above the levy base. If
voted, that sum will be raised by
an equalized levy spread over
the county.
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GRAVES
REPUBLICAN FOR
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
BETTER representation for ALL
THE PEOPLE of Jackson Coun
ty on a FULL TIME basis.
Primary Election May 19, 1950
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The undersigned committee favors the nomination of Dave Hoover for
Republican Senator because:
1. ' He stands for individual freedom versus a Government controlled economy.
2. He has pledged to work for a balanced budget and the retirement of the public debt.
3. He recognizes that the government has nothing to give to the people except that
which it first takes away from the people.
4. He will be guided by the interests of the people of the State of Oregon and the
United States and not be dictated to by pressure groups.
5. He favors the protection and preservation of free enterprise and the rights of all
workers against the encroachment of any kind of bosses, factory, corporation, gov
ernment or labor bosses. ,
6. He will not be a party to the confirmation of any Federal Executive who does not
have an unblemished personal or political record.
Senator Wayne Morse, by the record, does not stand for any of the above princi
ples. If you want further information on any of the above write or call on the com
mittee chairman at the Medford Hotel.
-i e "cords show that Senator Wayne Morse voted identically with Senator
Claude Pepper of Florida on 16 important Fair Deal Senate bills.
Ben Stafford, Chairman
O. L. Overmyer, Secretary-Treasurer
Jackson County
Dave Hoover for Senator Committee
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. A. Lausmann
Paul Haviland
Raymond Refer
Arthur M. Peters
Fred Robinson
Harry Dowton
Curt Hopkins
Bud Nutting
O. L. Overmyer
Ben Stafford
GENERAL COMMITTEE
J. F. Fliegcl
L. C. (Lc) Taylor
Mm. G. O. D'Albini
Earl Leaver
Ralph Furrer
Grace Lausmann
Dr. R. E. Green
Jack Fitxgerald
W. B. McCullough
Val Truax
S. V. McQueen
C. X. Heffner
Forrest Martin
L. F. Ellis
Jennie Stafford
Emily G. Titus
H. L Markwith
Dorothy Dowson
Edna Overmyer
Donna Robinson
Margaret McQueen
Bonnie Heffner
Mary Markwith
Margaret Ellis
Faith McCullough
Roger Rath
Dr. S. R. Dippel
Frank Huff
Raymond J. Pflaum
A. W. Lingass
Mrs. M. P. Vogel
G. G. Stagg
John Cotton
Richard Reynen
Mildred Huff
Lillian M. Pflaum
E. W. Pease
Russell J. Hogue
Hal Bishop
J. J. Munsell
Louis Olden
E. W. Hannen
C. L. Robinson
Kenneth E. Pickens
(Paid Adv.)