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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the filot of the Mail
Tribuao 10. 20, 30 and 40 rears
ago.
.10 YEARS AGO
March 24, 1942
(It was Tuesday)
Medford designated as critical
housing area by federal govern
ment; construction of-75 hous
ing units authorized here.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A "breath
ing spell" for state income tax
payers for one month is advo
cated. After all the late and
frequent pungling, the taxpay
ers stand in need of both breath
and spondulicks.
20 YEARS AGO
March 24, 1932
(It was Thursday)
Connie Back states Philadel
phia Athletics will use same line
up as in 1931 in trying for their
fourth American league cham
pionship in a row.
Jackson county prohibition
fund drops to $2,300 used for
enforcement of law compared
with $11,000 10 years before.
30 YEARS AGO
March 24, 1922
(It was Friday)
United States Senate ratifies
four-power treaty among Pacific
ocean nations.
Farm work in Rogue valley
delayed by heavy downpour of
rain for second time in two
weeks.
40 YEARS AGO
March 24, 1912
. (It was Sunday)
Thirteen-year-old Medford girl
drowns in Bear creek while try
ing to cross stream on log near
McAndrews ford north of town.
H. K. Hanna files for Repub
lican party nomination as Jack
son county district attorney.
Truman Cronies Face
Grain Shortage Quiz
Washington (U.R) Two
Missouri political cronies of Pres
ident Truman will be quizzed
this week i nthe investigation of
multi-million dollar shortages, of
government grain, has been
learned.
The disclosure was made as it
was revealed that two more agri
culture department employees
resigned recently while under
fire in the spreading inquiry.
The presidential friends are
Dan Nee, former internal reve
nue tollector at Kansas City,
Mo., and Harry Easley of Webb
City, Mo.
The two agriculture employees
who quit are Harold F. Chern of
the department's production and
marketing administration office
in New York, and Carl G.
Rausch of the PMA office in
Kansas City.
The Grange
Griffin Creek Grange
:. Griffin Creek Grange H.E.C.
met at the home of Mrs. Mark
SJyter on. Thursday foe a cover
ed dish luncheon. Mrs. . Ralph
Dillon was co-hostess. Two gen
tlemen were guests for lunch.
Eighteen members and nine vis
itors were present, "
Rummage committee" would
like to have all rummage in be
fore Wednesday so they can
mark it Wednesday evening. '
The Grange- anniversary din
ned has been postponed to the
first meeting in April. Remem
ber our scrap drive.
Dead line Sunday Is at
oon Saturdaya.
Economy Note
Those who believe that public officials should
give more thought to economy and care in spending
the taxpayers' dollar will note with interest the re
cently announced crackdown on state publications.
According to word from the state capitol at Salem,
Oregon's director of finance, Harry S. Dorman, has
found that too many state department publications are
being printed on expensive bond paper and too many
carry material that he does not think of interest to
the general public.
THE finance director cites the current issue of the
agriculture department's magazine as a case in
point. The magazine, he points out, is devoted almost
entirely to pictures and articles regarding members
of the department staff, from the director down to
the secretaries. This may be nice for the employees,
says Dorman, but he doubts that the running of such
articles is of any general interest to the agricultural
people of the state.
The finance director also hopes to convince offi
cials of the board of education that the number and
size of publications issued by the various schools and
departments operating under jurisdiction of the board
could be reduced without undue hardship.
f0ZENS of state boards issue publications monthly
or quarterly and some get out informational re
leases at various times. Many of these find their way
into newspaper offices of the state and if the expe
rience of this newspaper is any criterion, there would
be no hue and cry raised if practically all such publi
cations were eliminated.
The effort to cut down on publications may not
be too successful, so far as saving money is concerned,
however, for we were told recently about another
economy move which proved later to fall somewhat
short of the objective.
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AS THE story came to us from a state official, a
" number of office machines were bought for use
in a certain state department, the purchase being
made on a bid basis. Low bidder was some out-of-state
concern which handles such appliances manu
factured abroad. A few dollars were saved on the
price per unit, but when the machines arrived it was
discovered that they were of a non-standard type
which could not be readily used.
The department for which they were ordered
shelved the machines and rented sufficient units lo
cally to do the necessary work.
According to our informant, the foreign machines
were still gathering dust at the time he told the. story.
E.C.F.
Hoop Titles A Habit
Jackson county's B class basketball teams are
copping state titles with a regularity which must be
becoming somewhat monotonous for other Oregon
schools.
It was up to Rogue River's Chieftains to keep
their county in the limelight this season and Coach
Myndret Busack's charges delivered in workmanlike
fashion to give this area its third title in a row.
THE Chieftains, by defeating Knappa in the final
game of the Salem tournament for B class schools,
repeated their performance of 1950 when they nosed
out Alsea. Phoenix, District 5 entiy in the 1951 state
tourney, copped the title that year by defeating
Powers.
This year's championship makes five collected in
the last eleven years of B school competition, Butte
Falls having won in 1942 and Jacksonville in 1948.
Butte Falls was runner-up twice prior to 1942.
JACKSON county B class basketballers have also
been prominent in the matter of all-state selection
for several years. Bob Hoefs of Butte Falls entered the
charmed circle in 1939 and again in 1940, being ac
companied by his teammate Ed Ellis in the latter year.
In 1942, Butte Falls again placed two Johnny Kent
and Art Verment. Bruce Davidson of Rogue River was
an all-state choice for the second team in 1946; in
1948, two Jacksonville players Don Harris and Don
Wendt were all-state selections. Pete Purrier of
Rogue River was chosen on the 1949 quintet and in
1950 Rogue River really clicked with three on the
first team Gene and Glen DePuy and Pete Furrier.
Phoenix tstars Keith Thompson and Max Hite
made the grade in 1951. .This year Rogue River again
stole the show with Jim Boulter and Jim Wehren on
the first team and Byron Kile on the second.
A CCORDING to those who have seen most of the
rx. boys of District 5 in action this year, our B schools
have enough promising material coming up next year
to assure Jackson county continuing as a power to be
reckoned with in Oregon basketball. E.C.F.
Cities League Chief
To Tour East Oregon
Portland (U,R) William A.
Bowes, Portland city commis
sioner and president of the
League of Oregon Cities, Monday
began a tour of eastern Oregon
cities for a series of conferences
on municipal problems.
He was accompanied by Her
man Kehrli, executive secretary
of the league, and Raymond
Coulter and Arnold Westling,
members of the league staff.
The party will visit John Day,
Burns, Vale, Condon, Fossil,
Baker, La Grande and Pendleton.
Bowes said Oregon cities are
becoming increasingly concerned
with problems of rapid growth
of fringe areas, allocation of tax
money, fluoridation of water
supplies, and reassessment of
taxable property. '
Monday, Manh 34. IMS
Missing Walla Walla
Flier Found Dead
Seattle (U.PJ The body of a
40-year-old Walla Walla archi
tect whose light plane crashed
in the snow-swept Cascade
mountains was removed to
Seattle Sunday.
Stanley G. Page disappeared
after taking off from Boeing
field here on the return flight
from Vancouver, B.C., to his
home. His wrecked Bellanca was
discovered Saturday, ending a
three-day -search by more than
60 civilian and military planes.
Page's smashed watch had
stopped just 19 minutes after he
left Seattle, Coroner John P.
BriU Jr., said. '
The Panama Canal is 50.52
miles long. It was opened to
traffic April 15; 1814.
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Matter of Fact
IF NO ONE WON
Washington If President
Harry Truman does in the end
decide to run again, a down
right nightmarish constitutional
crisis may quite possibly result.
For the Republican professionals
still want Sen. Robert A. Taft,
despite the recent events in New
Hampshire and Minnesota, and
a Truman decision to run would
encourage them to believe that
Taft could become president.
The Southerners have already
served notice that they will bolt
if Taft and Truman are the ma
jor party candidates. And it is
only too easy to see what aU
this might mean.
Some Southern strategists
make no bones about it. In case
of a Taft-Truman race, they in
tend to throw the election into
the House of Representatives, by
denying to both Taft and Tru
man the constitutionally required
majority of the 531 electoral
votes. The Southerners expect
to take at least 98 electoral votes
with such a candidate as Gov.
Alan Shivers of Texas, and the
south's whole quota of 129 votes
if Sen. Richard Russell ,of Geor
gia, agrees to become the south
ern candidate.
This means that either Taft
or Truman would have to beat
the other by a decisive majority
of as much as 266 electoral votes
to 136, and at least 266 to 157,
in order to be elected. If Taft and
Truman ran even fairly close,
no one would be elected, and
the nightmare crisis would jt
HISTORY is not very helpful
in trying to determine what
might happen then. The electron
has been thrown into the House
Twice before in the past. The
first time was in 1800, when
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
Burr tied in electoral votes. The
second time was in 1824, after
the passage of the twelfth amend
ment, ( when Andrew Jackson
led the ballot with 99 votes, but
failed to get the necessary ma-,
jority.
Yet neither of these previous
crises provided an exact prece
dent, partly because the twen
tieth, or "lame duck" amendment
has been passed in the meantime,
and partly because other circum
stances were so different. On
both these past occasions, a third
party acted as a catalyst, break
ing the constitutional logjam. In
1800, this role was played by
Alexander Hamilton, who hated
Jefferson, but hated Burr (whom
he called, among other things, 'a
cold-blooded Catiline") much
more. When Hamilton backed
Jefferson, Jefferson was elected
after six days of tense, bitter
balloting, during " which the
young republic seemed in danger
of coming apart at the seams.
In 1824, the logjam-breaker
was Henry Clay, who threw the
election in the House to John
Quincy Adams, although Adams
had fifteen less electoral votes
than Jackson. Clay hoped to be
come Adams' heir apparent, but
only succeeded in so enraging
the electorate that Jefferson was
elected by a landslide in the next
election.
But who might be the logjam
breaker if it happened again?
Constitutional lawyers are not
even entirely sure what the pro
cedure would be. The best inter
pretation seems to be that the
newly elected Congress would
meet on January 3. 1953, and
the House would begin balloting,
each state having a single vote.
This would continue until one
of the top three candidates bad
received a majority of the votes,
or until January 20, when the
president, according to the Con
stitution, takes office.
F: THESE circumstances, Presi
dent Truman might act as the
catalyst, throwing his support
to Russell (whom he admires) in
order to end a constitutional
crisis capable of tearing the
country apart. But it is hard to;
see the stubborn president doing
this, and harder still to see him
bowing out to Shivers or any
other Southerner. And it is al-!
most imDOssible to imsrlne Taft
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If the deadlock in the House
lasted until January 20, the de
cision would pass to the Senate,
which must elect the vice presl
dent in the same way. If the
Senate had given a majority to a
vice presidential candidate, he
would become acting president
Given a second Truman-Bar kley
ticket, this opens up the possi
bility of Alben Berkley becom
ing president, since he might
well be an acceptable North
South Democratic compromise.
But if the Senate also failed to
agree by January 20, the suc
cession statute passed in 1948
would presumably come into
operation. Thus House Speaker
Sam Rayburn or Representative
Joe Martin would be in line to
become acting president, depend
ing on which party won the
House.
This interpretation of the Con
stitution (which is over-simplified,
in order to make it under
standable at all) is open to dis
pute, since there is no exact
precedent. But it is enough to
suggest the hair-raising complex
nature of the constitutional
crisis which would result, and
which might split the country
right down the middle, in the
midst of a desperate world crisis.
Even to think about this hap
pening may seem like borrow
ing trouble. Yet the nightmare
may become real enough, if Tru
man runs again. One can only
wonder whether President Tru
man, himself an enthusiastic
amateur constitutional lawyer,
is taking this lurking danger in
to account, as he ponders the de
cision which confronts him.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Congressional Quiz
Qeestiens aad Antwers ee What Goat en at the Capital
'emnhed y Ceegretsieaal Qaarterly News Features
Q I am a widow, supporting
myself and two small children.
When is Congress going to let
me count baby sitting expenses
as an income tax deduction?
A Rep. Edna F. Kelly, (D
N.Y.) herself a widow with two
children is sponsoring a bill
to allow widows and widowers
to deduct, within limits, the cost
of getting child care while they
work. She said Feb. 29 she was
seeking an early hearing on Jhe
bill before the House's tax-writing
Ways and Means committee.
Q What "teeth" would the
mine safety bill put into the
present federal inspection sys
tem? A The bill approved Feb. 26
by the Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee would auth
orize federal mine inspectors
to order withdrawal of miners
from unsafe areas and make re
fusal of mine operators to com
ply a felony. It also would au
thorize the Secretary of the In
terior to set mine safety stand
ards. The House is holding hear
ings on a similar bill.
Q What's the "fair trade"
dispute about?
A Congress is considering
bills to restore "fair trade" laws
to the position they held before
the Supreme Court last year
ruled that price agreements did
not aply to non-signers. Advo
cates of the bills say they would
promote "fair play" and protect
small retailers "from exploita
tion." Opponents argue that
"fair trade" laws work "against
the consumer" and "eliminate
competition." A bill to extend
"fair trade" to non-signers was
approved Feb. 27 by the House
Commerce committee.
Q My son was drafted aad I
want to know how long ha will
have to serve.
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June 19, 1951, he has a choice.
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Br FRANK JENKINS
General Eisenhower says in a
statement issued at SHAPE head
quarters in Paris:
"You gentlemen (he was speak
ing to reporters in Paris who
were beseeching him for com
ment on what happened in Min
nesota) probably realize how
astonished I was by the results
of the Minnesota primary.
"THE MOUNTING NUMBERS
OF MY FELLOW CITIZENS
WHO ARE VOTING TO MAKE
ME THE REPUBLICAN NOMI
NEE ARE FORCING ME TO
RE-EXAMINE MY PERSONAL
POSITION AND PAST DECI
SION." HE IS obviously referring to a
statement he issued in Paris
on January 7, the day after his
backers announced they were
going to enter him in the New
Hampshire primary. In that
statement he said:
"Senator Lodge is correct in
terming me a Republican. He is
also correct in stating that I will
not SEEK nomination to political
office."
He then added:
"In the absence of a CLEAR
CUT CALL TO POLITICAL
DUTY, I shall continue to devote
my full attention and energies
to the performance of the vital
task to which I am assigned."
I'D SAY the General's statement
A on Wednesday" indicates he is
about convinced that New Hamp
shire and Minnesota constitute e
clear cut call to political duty.
ANOTHER development:
President Truman says in
Washington that Eisenhower is
at liberty to return home ANY
TIME HE DEEMS IT SAFE AND
PROPER.
TiEAR Ike:
I'm inclined to agree with
you about New Hampshire and
Minnesota. They're wonderful.
In my adult lifetime, nothing like
that has ever happened in a po
litical campaign. It's beginning
to look like the people have de
cided that THIS YEAR the office
should seek the man and that
you're the man to be sought.
If that is true, Ike, it is some
thing shining and splendid. It
hasn't happened since George
Washington. Even Lincoln had to
fight to get the Republican nomi
nation. If what seems to be de
veloping in your case turns out
to be true, it could mark a turn
ing point in our national life. It
could mean that we are turning
back toward the ideals of the
Founding Fathers.
So, whatever you do, DON'T
do anything to shake this FAITH
AND TRUST that (on the evi
dence of New Hampshire and
Minnesota) your countrymen
seem to repose in you.
Go on doing your job and
being yourself. That's how
you've won these two expres
sions of confidence.
ANOTHER thingTTke:
Don't be fooled by Harry's
crack that you're at 'liberty to
return home ANY TIME YOU
DEEM IT SAFE AND PROPER.
On the surface, it looks like a
He can serve 33 months and quit,
subject to recall only in case of
war or national emergency de
clared by Congress. Or he can
serve on Active duty for 24
months, then join the reserves
for three to five years. If he was
inducted after June 19, he would
be on active duty 24 months, fol
lowed by six years in the re
serves. Q How long have there been
435 seats in the House of Repre
sentatives? A Since 1910. The original
13 states sent 65 Representatives
to the House of the new Con
gress. The number was increased
steadily, reached 142 in 1800 and
332 in 1880. After 1910, the total
was fixed by law at 435. If
Alaska and Hawaii become states
the number wojild increase tem
porarily until after the 1960
census. Then one or more states
would lose enough Representa
tives to give Alaska and Hawaii
their share and still keep the
total at 435.
(Copyright 1952, Congressional.
Quarterly)
The Grange
Central Point Grange
HEC of Central Point Grange
will meet for a dessert luncheon
at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday, March
26, at the home of Mrs. Clem
Ault on Taylor road. This is
better known as the old Sey
more place.
The program will be in
charge of Margaret Jensen, with
"Color Harmony in Our Daily
Living" as the topic.
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CHILDREN HELP EACH OTHER Children at the Easter
Seal Agency's Hospital School in Eugene help each other consid
erably during their hours at school. Here, Jane McVay, 10-year-old
polio victim from Eugene, gives a hand to 7-year-old Gary Inks, a
cerebral palsy victim from Rockaway. Jane deftly buckles little
Gary's leg brace from her wheelchair. The school is operated by
the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., which
is currently sponsoring its sixth annual Easter Seal sale.
Results of Primary
Elections Put Heat
On Sen. Taft in Ohio
By LYLE C. WILSON
Cleveland (U.R) New Hamp
shire returns and Minnesota's as
tonishing write-in vote for Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower have put
some heat on Sen. Robt. A.
Taft right here in his own state.
The Ohio primary takes place
May. 6. Ike isn't in it. But Harold
E. Stassen has filed a slate of 46
delegates, 10 short of the max
imum. Can't Afford To Lose ,
Here in Ohio Taft cannot af
ford to lose any delegates. His
prestige will be riding on pri
mary returns in the state which
knows him best. Ohio voters do
not have the write-in privelege.
There is no reason to believe
that Stassen packs any great
political wallop in Ohio, either.
But what if Stassen tied his
primary campaign here in Taft's
backyard to the Eisenhower,
movement? He might not have
to tie up so closely as to run as
an Ike stand-in. Perhaps a lesser
tie than that would do the trick
the trick being to give Eisen-
sportsmanslike gesture. But in it
an old wolf would smell a trap.
If you come back and start
campaigning, your enemies will
claim that in view of the import
ance of your job in Europe it
WASN'T SAFE AND PROPER
FOR YOU TO COME BACK.
Before you leave your job over
there, be very sure indeed that
it's safe and proper to do so.
HERE'S something I think you
ought to know, Ike.
This amazing support for you
that has shown up definitely and
tangibly in New Hampshire and
Minnesota isn't hero worship and
it isn't glamor chasing. It goes
deeper than that.
Those of us who are for you
WANT ABOVE EVERYTHING
ELSE ON EARTH TO BELIEVE
IN YOU. We are sick and weary
of politics and politicians. WE
WANT LEADERSHIP WE CAN
TRUST. Never, I fear, in our
history was there such COM
PLETE LACK of faith in our
leadership.
That is dangerous, Ike. It
could destroy our country and
our way of life. So,
you see, those of us who are for
you are more than just for you
as a Republican candidate for
President. We're pinning . our
hope of the future on you.
That's about the way the situ
ation stands.
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hower sentiment in the state a
change to show itself.
There is bound to be some Ike-for-President
sentiment in Ohio,
just as there is Taft-for-President
support in any state you may
care to mention.
Could Add Up
The political point of all of
this is that an active campaign
by Stassen boosted by any cap
ital which might be made of a
friendly attitude toward Eisen
hower could add up to some
something. Stassen does not seem as
strong as he was back there in
1949.' He angered the senator
then by invading Ohio with a
partial slate of 22 delegate candi
dates. Stassen won nine. That
hurt Taft more than somewhat
Could Make Talk
The hurt would be greater
this year if Stassen under any
cironmstances could chip away
a delegate or two. The politicos
then could make a lot of medi
cine with talk that the Ohio
delegation was not solid for the
senator his own state, too. And
look what happened in Minneso
ta and New Hampshire. That is
what they would be saying and
it would do the senator no good
at all.
However, if Stassen openly
allied himself with the Eisen
hower people and stumped
Ohio for himself and Ike, Taft
would gain some by licking him
in every delegate contest.
All of this is not to say Taft
will lose any delegates, but he
did four years ago. He might
again.
Wife Talks Up
Gee. N. Tiylor
Joe drank and cursed and "My life
was as smelly as a pole-cat." Says he.
Sue his wife urged him to believe on
Christ as dying tor
him be saved. But
Joe would not be
lieve. Then die and
go to hell, said Sue.
Later on Joe did turn
and he said i t was
Sjje's shot as to- hell
that had a lot to do
with it.
They who do not
believe die lost and .
are cast into the 0' H' Taylor
Lake of Fire. This is the Second
Death Revelation 20:15.
A dairyman's family sends this line
that you may have assurance to your
last breath. Adv.
STAFF
MEMBER
Carol Eaton
Receptionist
Secretary
Presbyterian Church
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