Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 01, 1950, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Textft TEH WSDfORD (OHEOOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, June X, 130 I MEDFORDvITRIBUNI "Everyone to Southern Oregon" Reeds The Metl Tribune" Dellr Xxcept Seturder Published by MV.nrORD PRINTING CO. 37.20 North fir St Phone a-Slel ROBERT W RUHU editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP Menaief HERB GREY Advertising Mgr. I. C FERGUSON. Menaglnj Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegrepn Edltol HENRY L. GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MO An Independent Newspeper Entered aa aecond elaaa matter at Medlord. Orefoa under Act or March t. 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bj MaU In Advance: Dally and Sunday one yaar.. 00 Daily and Sunday ala months .7 Dally and Sunday three moe lit) Dally and Sunday one month W0 By Carrier In Advance Medtord Aihland. Central Point, JaekaonvUle Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor route: DaUy and Sunday wne year..U.OO Dally and 8undsy on month 10 All Terma Caah In Advance Official Paper of the City el Medrerd Official Paper of Jackson County United Prese rull Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices In New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Loo Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St Loula Atlanta Vancouver, B C. NIWIPAPII UsUlf Hit 'ASSOCIATION Editorial Correspondence Crosstown By Roland Coa NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Madford and Jackie Countr Hle rory from the 'ilea e Hte Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 14 yean ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY June 1, 1940 (It Was Saturday) Chet Hubbard, Medford, se lected director of Oregon State College Alumni association. Steve Crippen pitches two-hit ball as Craters baseball team tops Bend 4 to 2. Lawrence Yoeman, Jackson ville, suffers scalp wounds and face lacerations In accident on Midway road. Nine from Medford to receive diplomas at Oregon State. Casting tryouts for sixth an nual Shakespearean festival slat ed for Monday. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY June 1, 1930 (It Was Sundty) Owen-Oregon Lumber com pany to operate one nine-hour shift daily In accordance with curtailment of Industry's produc tion. Governor Norblad charged with using fish and game board for political ends. Frost season in Rogue valley expected to end June 7. Optimistic trend seen In farm S rices about nation despite drop lis spring. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY June I, 1916 W. N. Campbell, Medford, elected chairman of democratic county central committee. Emmllt N. Palmer and Miss June White married at bride's home, 341 Knight street. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to th F.dltor must bsai the name and sddrens of the wrllet although under certain . circum stances the use of a pen name or Initial for publication Is permis sible. The Mali Tribune reserves the right to edll all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub llrMInn must not eiceed son words Officials Know Beit To the Editor: In answer to the published letter from A. K. Hamilton in regard to the channc in color of the traffic of ficer s uniforms. I wish to state that our mayor, police commis sioner and city council who will choose the color for the future uniforms, are showing their ap preciation of the work of our public servants, the police, by standardizing the color and the complete uniform (as much aa possible) of the patrolmen and traffic officers. Tills being but one step of many lo come to re vamp our police department in to a unified and efficient work ing unit. As to the warmth or coolness of a uniform, I believe you will find that weight of the material is more important than the color. Surely A. K. Hamilton you have more trust In the abilities of our mayor for city council than lo have Ihcm ask for a vote of the taxpayers for a decision on a color. In closing, t wish to refer to the Los AnReles police depart ment as one of many that has (all year) dark uniforms. (name on file) A Taxpayer Subscribers To report Improper er non delivery of the Msll Tribune phone I-CI4I before SO p. m. dally and 10:30 a. m. Sunday. If regular 4 a 1 1 s r arrives shortly after you rail, please notify offlre, thus eliminating special messenger service. New York City, N. Y., May 28 The Weather Man nodded again yesterday and the sun came out for the day a novelty to the inhabitants of this saturated metropolis and to Old Sol as well. The event was celebrated by two similar and yet strikingly different gatherings. Out in Westchester County a private school had Its field day to close the school year. All sorts of athletic events were staged from a tug-of-war between the "Reds" and "Blues," to a relay race between the same groups, followed by a 3-legged race and ball games in which the parents took part much to their physical demoralization, ana me aeugni 01 meir oiisprijig. e e e e e The other event was also for children, in which doting parents participated but less actively, and was held on tne "sneep meaaow nvr In flpntrnl Park. The host in the first instance was the school; in the second instance an individual by the name of Jim faney dui noi me famous New Deal Jim this was James A. of the 8th Assembly district, Tammany Hall. It was "free lunch" for the latter, and a grand time was had by all. The size of the Juvenile assemblage was indicated by the fact Grand Sachem Farley provided 30,000 pieces of candy, 20,000 servings of ice cream, 24,000 containers of milk and 165,000 cookies. But like President Truman's western trip this had no political elcnificnnne nerish the thought! The voune boys and girls pa raded to Central Park from York avenue on the East Side, carry ing placards with Jim Farley's rubicund features thereon bearing such non-political slogans as "Best of Luck Jim," "Keep up the Good Work Jim," and "We're all behind you Jim." "This is a non-political parade," declared the host with benign complacency. "Just a friendly jamboree for the boys and girls of the loyal 8th it has been such an outstanding success, I have de cided to make It an annual event!" Nn "free lunch" at the Westchester gathering the parents. largely in jeeps and station wagons, brought their own lunch baskets, and when desert time came, phoned for a "Good Humor" man, who hurried over and in slightly more than 10 minutes was sold out completely. Then as far as the Medford contingent was concerned some generous neighbor furnished a most fabulous and amhrnsial chocolate cake. Grandson No. 1. was a member of the winning team the "Reds", but unlike one of his maternal ancestors Grand Uncle ABR, he did not contribute to the victory materially except by pulling his weight (around 60 pounds) in the tug-of-war. The amazing feature of this "field day" was the show put on by the little girls irom a years to is, ine way mey ran, jurapea, and threw their weight, and the discus around. Most of them ap peared to be older than their boy friend rivals, but even so, as grandpappy looked into the future, there was no particular reason to become optimistic regarding male supremacy during the latter portion of the 20th century. But American supremacy that's ok. As stated, these two demonstrations of American youth were strikingly unlike, socially, economically and politically, but they had two extremely vital characteristics in common, ie: Exuberant good health. Ditto good spirits. These youngsters from the Lower East Side and the upper strata of Westchester oounty were all well-fed, they were all happy having the time of their young lives they all entered into their games, potato races, ball throwing, ball games or what not with enthusiasm and delight, more important than all, with goodwill and good sportsmanship. True the "Sheep Meadow" affair had a political motivation but there was neither propaganda nor regimentation the juve niles were not aware of it, or influenced in any way, by it. e e e e e All in sharp contrast to the Youth movements in Europe, par ticularly those initiated by Hitler, and now being followed in East Germany by Comrade Stalin. One doesn't have to be the 7th son of a 7th son to predict with confidence that contrary to some of the crepe hangers hereabouts, the "kids" of America, not the goose stepping, grim faced boys of Sovietized Germany, represent the "wave of the future." All Communist we have observed in the U.S.A. from the "Eleven Members" through Alger Hiss and Judy Coplin to the latest product, Messrs. Fuchs and Gold, have one thing in com mon, ie: They are smart. ' ' tach and everyone is above the average in brains. Those who haven't Phi Beta Kappa keys could have them." Most of them are conscious of this mental superiority and thte hue hppn their ruin. For They decided they were so much smarter than the average run or unmans tney couia get away wun . Thev could hold responsible positions in their country and at the same time betray it. -As a matter of fact the same could be said about criminals the ton rnnkino ones at least. Invariably thev are above the aver age in 1Q and have in the end fallen victims to their realization of this fact they would not deny that crime would not pay for the rank and file, but for them they were smart' enough to get away with it. It all goes back to an age-old distinction between being smart and being wise, having brains and having real intelligence. Winre Indebted to John Crosby of the New York Herald- Tribune for the following report of a recent speech given before the New York chapter of Sigma Delta uni, tne national journal istic fraternity, by the well known radio commentator Henry Morgan regarding New York newspapers. Having been a fairly steady reader of me new torn news papers for around nine months we heartily second the motion both as to the astonishing lack of unanimity In both factual re porting and editorial comment of the local press and the neces sity as well as desirability of the reading public not taking their opinions from ANY newspaper, but getting as much information from as many of them as time permits and then making up their minds for themselves. We quote: "I was asked here this evening, mainly because it's com mon knowledge that I am an authority on this stuff. A num ber of people here work on newspapers. That isn't nearly as bad as what I do. I HAVE TO READ THEM. Some peo ple produce radio programs. I have it much worse than they do. I work for them newspapers and radio the two great est Influences of our time, I figure. You see before you the creature you have mide. I am the average warped man. "Because of you people in this room I believe Owen I Lattimoie is a Communist. I also believe he is not a Com munist. Because of you people I believe F.D.R. was a genius and also that he ruined the country. I believe that there is more crime in tills country than ever before and that our police are the best in the world. I believe that Eisenhower would make a great President except that I have read that military men don't make good Presidents and besides he will run if enough pressure is brought, he will not run, he can't run, he refuses to run, he doesn't want the Job, you can talk him into it, he's trying very hard to make It look as though he doesn't want It, he's happy at Columbia, he's miserable, he's got a cold, he feels great. e e e e e "You have made it possible for me to take five cents and buy, in one package, a new picture of President Tru man, my horoscope for the day, fifteen comic strips and the stock market reports. And I've read some terrible things about you. You work for money. Advertising dictates your policy. The department stores dictate your editorials. Don't you think you'd be happier with some other systemT Wouldn't It be nicer to have a bureau of some kind' super vise your work? Then, if the bureau didn't like it, you could adjust or get killed. "Still In all, it s better than having people point at you and say: 'There's man who works for money.' Somehow it's getting to be very un-American lo work for money. It s also un-American not to work and lo live on unemployment in surance. It's un-American to have social security and it's un-American to have such a small amount of social security. I strongly suspect that this is all your fault e e a e e "In short, you people in this room have put me. the average man, in a peculiar position. I now have to make up my mind for myself. As long as you keep doing that, as long as you keep forcing the man in the street to make up his mind for himself, that's as long as we'll have the only working definition of democracy that's worth a damn. Thank you." R v r P. S.: Speaking of "Commies" in this countrv being smart please noie mat jucliin I oplon, sentenced to some 2.1 years in the pen. i grabbed one of her young and handsome attorneys and vesterdav was married to him. Call "Judy" all the names You wish, she Is A"MOSTNOTtUlmb' A Wh C"n d ,hat d an',mn 1 "I got rid of that eld hard-pushln' lawnmower, got a nice pet, and saved you the price of a power job. I think I put over a very sharp desll" In the Day's News Washington Report By Bob Dickey PI Bob Dickey eral followers Washington. June 1 Presi dent Truman's current political strategy toward the West is grad ually c r ystal izing. It is now apparent that he plans to woo the West with lavish p r o m i ses of reclara ation d e v e lopment and free pow er. At the same time he will appease his lib and orovlde a tailor-made issue for his candi dates in the Northwest by giv ing word service to CVA. This political plan of attack grew out of the very successful westward campaign tour of '48. At that time the president stumped the West on a program of reclamation and public pow er. He had terrific success and hasn't forgotten it. Chapman Key Man The mastermind of the 4 tour of the West was the pres ent Mr. Interior, Oscar Chap man. He called the signals and Truman carried the ball. It is ancient history now that Chapman was rewarded for serv ices rendered by being promoted to the secretary of the interior spot. But the story does not end there. When Chapman took over the interior department it was al most nothing more than a group of quarreling and bickering bu reaus grouped under one head. Assistant Secretary of Inter ior "Jebby" Davidson headed an ultra liberal element in the de partment which was chiefly con cerned with promoting CVA. Mike Straus had made a little empire of his own out of the reclamation bureau. It also might be added that the reclamation people were openly fighting both the pro-CVA forces in the inter ior and the department of agri culture. In the bureau of land manage ment, bureau of Indian affairs. bureau of mines and fish and wild life section there was ample strife and turmoil. Now One Man Show But now with Chapman in the top spot, the department of the interior has become a one man show. He is riding herd with a light rein. Many of the pepole in the interior are referring to him as the miracle man. Others just call him Mr. Interior De partment. Most significantly of all, how ever. Is that Chapman is shap ing the department into a po litical asset for President Tru man. Chapman is very fair and doesn't particularly play favor ites. He is also very liberal. But above all, he is a practical poli tician. He recalls the public accept ance of reclamation as well as public power and the huge suc cess that Truman had when preaching such a doctrine. And since taking over the depart ment of interior Chapman has deliberately played up this as pect of the job. Reclamation is now king. They get anything they want. Only recently a new assistant com missioner of the reclamation bu reau was added. And now the assistants in the reclamation bu reau are getting higher pay than the heads of other sections. Backseat for CVA The reclamation people are violently opposed lo CVA. To them a CVA would mean virtual annihilation and they will fight it to their last breath. But with the recent accent being placed on reclamation, CVA has like wise been forced to take a back seat. Jebby Davidson, the interior department spokesman for CVA, has been lying low. He is still a mighty important man in the department and heads up the ultra liberal element but he is gradually being forced out of the limelight. This does not mean that CVA is by the boards. Chapman is definitely for some type of val ley development for the Colum bia region. He has, however, privately indicated that he is opposed to some parts of the present CVA bill. Truman, likewise, plugs CVA every opportunity he gets. But still the president is not bring ing any pressure to bear on his supporters in congress to force action on CVA. On the other hand, the presi dent has made no bones about his out and out advocacy of further reclamation develop ment. His recent trip to the West will bear testimony to that. The conclusion seems to be that the president, and Chap man, acting for the president, are going to put the accent on reclamation development for purposes of political popularity in the West. At the same time they will give word service to CVA to appease the ardent lib erals. When and if the CVA situa tion looks a little more politic ally practical, they will get on the band wagon but not until then. Consequently we might as well forget about CVA for the present. Chamber to Help in Census Clean-Up Here Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is lending a big help ing hand to bureau of census of ficials in their drive to complete the decennial count here. The chamber has a supply of forms to be filled in by people missed by enumerators and will even mail the filled in forms to the district census olfice at Eugene. Missed persons may go to the chamber of commerce at 5 South Riverside avenue or they may telephone the information want ed. The number is 2-6293. Chamber Manager Don Lane pointed to the importance of a complete census count in this vicinity, saying that certain state and federal funds are allocated on a population basis. Merchan dise allotments are made to busi nessmen according to popula tion, he reported. For the indivi dual and community, the fullest count possible has bearing on civic pride. Lane bruoght out. Important items imported into new Japan from Sweden include sulphite paper pulp, sulphite rayon pulp, iron and steel prod ucts and rosin. (With this PIN jyou can I HEAR la pin drop! Silver Dollars Prove Help to College Grad Way net burg. Pa. U.R Waynesburg college switched to the silver standard to mark its Jubilee celebration this month. Paul R. Stuart, president of the college, ordered all salaries and bills paid with silver dollars during May. Twenty thousand of the cartwheels were shipped from Colorado for the purpose. Stewart said the stunt drama tires the role the college plavg In the business as well as the' cul tural life of the community. t'se Msll Tribune Want Ads GRADUATION CARDS and ? GIFTS i i By FRANK JENKINS Outside my window, as these words are written, the warm, bright, western sun is shining out of a cloudless spring sky. A few .minutes ago, a couple of the youngsters of our establish ment paused at my desk and fell into chat about a projected back packing trip this summer into the primitive country beyond the reach of rubber tires and gaso line. A camp beside the trail at night . . . the scent of wood smoke, with the odor of frying bacon stirred into it . . . the gurgle of a clear stream . . . and a star seen through a hole in the trees . . . nine smoke mixing with the wood smoke and the bacon ... a blanket laid on some boughs and a lit tle moss ... on a back-Dack trio you don't take much fancy gear along . . . your bed made pleas ant by the honest weariness of a day on the trail. On my way to the office this morning, I had Daused to see how some plants I'd set out with my nanas yesterday were doing and to admire the soft velvet of a lawn I'd shaved and manicured myself. pAME then the time to read the teletype ... the teletype is all agog with what happened in Berlin . . . there WASN'T any shooting ... the BIG thing in Berlin was the march by the tens of thousands of East Ger man youth who turned out a half million strong TO PAY HOMAGE TO SOVIET RUSSIA. Let the teletype take it from here: "Up the Wilhelmstrasse, past the rubble that marks the end of Hitler's Reich, into Unter den Linden, where the kaiser's le gions and later the Nazi hordes used to march, same the blue shirted youths . . . ". . . Hour after hour they marched, through rain arfti sun. CHANTING HYMNS OF HATE against the west and praise for Russia . . . tanned and rugged and obviously army-disciplined in their dark blue uniforms and black jack-boots, they looked much like the wehrmacht forces a few years ago . . . ". . . The marchers would burst into a frenzy of cheering as they passed the reviewing stand, where German and Russian lead ers stood." "IT WAS difficult to tell about 1 the youngsters ... it was im possible to know how deeply the Soviet HATE-THE-WEST propa ganda had sunk into their minds . . . some looked as though they would have traded the whole af fair for a couple of oranges or a stick of candy . . . they were wet, cold and probably would much rather have been at home, or sight-seeing on their own . . . ". . . Others had the attitude of fanatics." THE GRIP OF THEIR COM MUNIST LEADERS. THEY CHEERED WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO AND DID TS THEY WERE TOLD, WITHOUT QUESTION, IF NOT WITH EN THUSIAM." SITTING here in my office, looking out Into the bright sunshine of southern Oregon, with spring in full tide and sum mer just around the corner, I think I know about those kids. IF THEY COULD HAVE BEEN LET ALONE, they'd have been one in spirit with the two youngsters of our organization who sat for a moment at my desk this morning and chatted about the high, calm, lovely hills and the boys of the trail with a pack oh your back and wood smoke and the odor of frying bacon and the good, honest smell of a pipe all mingling with the fresh, clean scent oi tne Dig woods at the end of the day when the sun ' sinks low and you're tired with good, CLEAN tiredness. BUT THEY WEREN'T LEFT ALONE. They are being made pawns of, back there in the rubble of the ruined city of Berlin, by a few ambitious men who are scheming to get into their hands MORE POWER THAN EVER OUGHT TO BE PERMITTED TO BE HELD IN A FEW HANDS. That is the tragic moral of that spectacle in Berlin. Eighty-seven class A nursing schools offering 3-year courses to high school graduates have been accredited by the Japanese Min istry of Welfare. Use MaU Trioune Want AOs TO QUIT CONGRESS Washington, June 1 U.B Rep. James W. Wadsworth, 72-year-olcf veteran New York re publican lawmaker, announced today that he is retiring from congress at the end of this session. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service DAY and Night Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford's Own Modern Pharmacy BUT, the teletype concludes: "THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF ONE EFFECT. ALL WERE AUTOMATONS FIRMLY IN EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING Reasonable Prices All Work Guaranteed 2 Registered Watchmakers 229 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-2935 PARK VIEW NURSING HOME 906 West Main Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6938 Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic and convalescents. Hot water heat throughout building. Licensed by the State of Oregon. 24 HOUR NURSING CARE Registered Nurse in Charge ... It's the new movable I microphone of the new SONOTONE, and looks ' like a lovely Jeweled I brooch. No dangling out I side cords! No muffling clothes-rub noise. sm it TODAY! Or WRITE NOW SONOTONE C. ft. ADAMSON I3f I. Jackson Phone 2-39T FREE IS Nam. , . Plrat nJ tim fi bookltx : lint lr ticitlnt ttury n new aoooton. i Addrtes j j ! ciiy I I-.. ......... .J A Cordial Invitation .... Is Extended to the People of Southern Oregon To See an Outstanding EXHIBIT of 57 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS by Artist F L. "Fritz" Wertz You'll enjoy this fine showing of original watercol ori which bring back the colorful, historic days of this section of Oregon. Watercolors of Old Jacksonville Historical Scenes of the Rogue River Valley and Portraits of Picturesque Old Timers Frit Werti has achieved a widespread reputation for the excellence of his portraits and scenes ... We want to share them with you, to you are invited to enjoy this exhibition -sts of . . . 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