Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950
Pages 1-6
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'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
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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
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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
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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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