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Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950 Pages 1-6 'lcme laepftotoi 'NEW LOOK' Reporter in front row stands to ask President Truman (behind desk) a question in this first picture made of the President's weekly press conference since it was moved from the White House to the Old State Department Building. Reporters must stand and Identify themselves before asking questions. T Japanese Debate Question i A a msm k tm D t As TPE M M A Tokyo (U.R) Japan's intel lectuals, who would rather hold a symposium than eat (and fre quently do) are furiously debat ing the nation's foremost foreign policy question. The question is: should Japan have American military bases after the peace treaty? The Central Review, a maga zine with a highbrow reputation and a low circulation, carried pro and con opinions on the sub ject by two "commentators." two legislators, one former diplomat, the dean of Tokyo University's law school and one big business man. The commentators and the diet members, of whom one is a farmer-laborite and the other a communiest, are against bases. The diplomat, the dean and the business man are for them. Those opposed don't come right out and sav "American" bases 1 but delicately use the word "for eign" instead. That is a device Wviiich the communists, particu larly, have found expedient to belabor the occupation without running foul of any of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's directives. Arguments Presented Their arguments are: 1. For Japan to offer bases to any foreign country would vio late the "renunciation of war" clause in the new democratic con stitution. 2. Japan's "independence" would be violated if the nation were protected by foreign mili tary bases, and an alliance with SUMO? COMPORT .pp Semi-eon vertible roof for open air driving St 1 1 DEVON 4-DOOR SEDAN & tow nm cost bp to m mris m muon WE tOW PKIC QUAtlTY CAR AMERICA WANT: MILES MOTORS 1201 N. Riverside MEDFORD Call 2-7254 Telephone Companies To Preserve Records Washington, May 24 (U.R) The federal communications commission at the request of the .senate crime investigating com mittee, today asked all telephone companies to preserve all their existing long distance phone call records. The move presumably is to help the senate investigators to keep tabs on the activities of gamblers and racketeers. Long distance records include names, numbers, places, time and charges on long distance calls. Multnomah County Hal, Library May Be Closed Portland, Or., May 24 (U.R) Multnomah county commission ers today considered closing the Multnomah county hospital and Portland library as part of bud get cuts deemed necessary dur ing the coming fiscal year. The commissioners already have lopped $200,000 off the sheriff's budget with the state ment it will be up to him how he operates his department. Mora Money Cut By mid-day, $1,281,035 had been cut from the budget. The commissioners went into emergency session Monday aft ernoon and by Monday night had succeeded in slashing $295,545. The proposed cuts were, how ever, only a first estimate of what must be done and will re quire considerable revision. The commissioners agreed it will be impossible to slash the budget nearly $2,500,000 without crippling county services and laying off many workers. May Circulate Petition It was suggested an initiative petition may be circulated soon to ask the voters at the general election in November whether welfare costs should be removed from the 6 per cent limitation. It was also hinted pressure will be brought on the legisla ture to revise welfare laws so Rugged Highways 01 Early Days Rough on Tires (This is another in a series e-f articles entitled "GUmpus at Highway H 1 s t o r y," pre pared by Ralph Watson, high way department writer. Edi tor's not.) In 1928, almost a quarter cen tury ago, automobile tires were not so rugged as now. The high ways of the state were not so smooth. Farm wagons and horses shared the roads. Over the miles they sprinkled hardware nails and screws, bolts and staples and other puncture-producing junk along the right of way. In those rough days if an auto tire stuck it out for more than 3,000 miles it was rated almost as a museum piece. Punctures and blowouts were the rule, not the exception, of the day, and every wise guy who went very far away from the home carried an extra inner tube or a patching and vulcanizing set under the driver's seat. Roy Klein, state highway en gineer in 1928. was a man who hated to see puncture patchers sweating over their tire tools along the scenic reaches of the highway map. He did something about it. A young professor in engineer ing at Washington State college devised and constructed an electro-magnet attached to the un der side of a small truck, and Roy Klein had a similar machine built for Oregon. It isn't stowed away In some cosy corner of the state high way's shops but is still used every year on many miles of road, and has saved many from the depressing sound of a hissing tire. It was described in th 1928 report: "A new piece of equip ment which has been placed in operation this year is a road magnet mounted on i truck. In six months time this truck tra versed practically nil of the state highway routes and picked up many thousand pounds of metal, a large proportion of which would be productive of tire punctures." And in th 1930 re port: "The use of the road mag net, begun in 1928, has been continued during the two-year period. Thousands of pounds of metal, much of whloh would be injurious to tires, ere picked tap each year." The Tuzigoot National monu ment in Arizona is a typical 110 room peublo covering the sum mit of a terraced ridge. the state will carry the full load of relief costs. Multnomah county's problem hinges on the fact that a large share of its available budget money must go to cover welfare costs. It Medford Cleaning and Dyeing Establishments Will Be Closed MONDAY MAY 29-and MEMORIAL DAY MAY 30TH So That Members of Our Organizations May Enjoy a Three Day Holiday ROGUE VALLEY CLEANERS ASSN. ATTENTION LOGGERS MILL OPERATORS MACH.NE SHOPS For Fast Dependable Service Call 2-7141 Timken Roller Bearings Fafnir Ball Bea.lngi RBC Roller Bearings National Seals Babbitt Blocks Fafnir Pillow Blocks Spherical Roller Pillow Blocks Bronze Bearing Stock Caterpillar Replacement Parti Diesel Cylinder Heads for Exchange LeTourneau Cones for Exchange Southern Oregon Bearing Sales Company 42 N. RIVERSIDE AVE. Emergency Phones 2-8263 or 2-8122 either of the "two opposing great powers" would destroy any claim to Japan's neutrality. 3. Foreign bases in Japan would intensify the East-West ri valry and increase the dangers of war. Japan actually might be come the pretext for starting such a war and certainly would be the target for atom bombs. 4. If Japan had a hypothetical enemy, it would be proper for her to conclude an alliance with a country having the same ene my. Japan has no such enemy and apart from "war criminals and certain capitalists," nearly all Japanese want to remain friend ly with China, Russia and the United States. What Others Say Those favoring American mili tary bases in Japan after the peace treaty argue thusly: 1. Even if Japan declared her neutrality and the world powers tried to recognize that status, it would not spare her from be coming involved in a war, since such neutrality guaranties were proven useless during World War II. 2. Russia is openly expressing a desire for American forces to withdraw from Japan in the hope of communizing the country. The Soviets would be only too glad to agree to any proposal for mak ing Japan neutral, and upon the departure of the occupation forces, would launch a program of infiltration. 3. The United Nations is at present too weak to guarantee Japan's security. Communist Threat 4. If Japan cannot hope to maintain a policy of true neu trality for the above mentioned reasons, she will be left no choice but to rely on one or two specific countries "the United Status under existing circumstances" to save her from oppression. 5. A formula by which the United States could guarantee Japan's security bases is weak ened by a statement from the Japan communist party that it will seek political power, not through orderly legislative pro cedures, but through violent rev olution. 6. A currently accepted view that the constitution gives the country the right to defend itself against aggression can logically be extended to permit a foreign country to establish bases in Japan for the same purpose. 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