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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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