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TrMwM 10. 20, SO sad 40 years
10 TZARS AGO
April 1. 1942 '
(It was Thursday)
; Medford Postmaster Frank De
Bouza reports record air mail
shipment from here of 3,413
pounds during March.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: It is pre
dicted the primary campaign
will be "bitter." When the last
candidate's reputation has been
baptized in "vitriol the parting
word to the people will be "I
have thrown the good fit."
20 TEAKS AGO
April 2. 1032
. (It waa Saturday)
I Oregon State Highway Com
mission refuses to remove snow
between Union Creek and Cra
ter Lake National park; refusal
expected to delay park opening
two weeks.
: First farm credit loan for
Jackson county filed in county
clerk's office. .
SO TEARS AGO
April 2, 1922 .
(It was Sunday)
U. S. ( senate subcommittee
kills appropriation for aerial pa
trol of forest fires in . Pacific
northwest during 1922..
Short story by Edison Mar
shall, : Medford author, is used
for moving picture by William
Fox company.
40 TEARS AGO
April 2. 1912
, v (It was Tuesday)
; : Over 300 Medford business
men meet at local -opera house
to endorse construction of rail
road by the city to Blue Ledge
copper mine near here. .
Southern Pacific railroad an
nounces plans for 1,000-foot sid
ing north of Medford to handle
fruit cars.
Hew Trial for Killer
Hot To Be Opposed
Tacoma (U.PJ Pierce county
Prosecutor John J. O'Connell
said .Wednesday he would not
fight a superior court decision
granting a new trial for Bill
Smith Jr., who last January was
convicted of first degree murder.
The jury had recommended
the death penalty after it found
him guilty of killing 17-year-old
Noreen MtfNicholas in a
park at Spanaway in November,
1948. However, Superior Judge
Bartlett Rummel ruled later
that O'Connell's closing argu
ment had prejudiced the. jury
and that Smith should have a
new trial.
O'Connell said the new trial
probably would be held in June.
620 Requests Made
For Absentee Ballots
- Salem (UJ9 Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry has receiv
ed 620 applications already tor
absentee voters' ballots, he dis
closed Tuesday. '
- Most of the applications are
from servicemen and women of
Oregon stationed overseas.
: Under law, applications for
absentee ballots may be receiv
ed up to 30 days before the elec
tionor in this case, up until
April 18. The primary election is
slated tor May 18.
MAIL TWBUWZ
Elector
In another column on this page the "Congression
al Quiz" has some questions and answers which carry
food for thought and interesting speculation.
" e a . e e e .
NE of the questions reads: .' '
w "Is there any law to
Electors from disregarding the November 4 prefer
ence of its voters?"
The answer, as given by the "Quiz" editors is :
"No, except in Oregon. In fact, Sen. Karl Mundt (R.
S.D.) pointed out March S that the electors will know long
before their votes are to be 'counted' officially Jan. 6, 1953,
if no candidate won the required majority. In that case,
Mundt said, he saw nothing in the Constitution to keep
them from getting together and electing a President and
Vice-President through 'a little horse trading' instead of
. letting the election go to the House."
e e ' e e . :
TN THE case of Oregon, candidates for. the six Presi
dential Elector places in
ballot by declaration, must
for their partjrs nominees
President in the college.
According to those here who have studied the
law, however, such pledge is not required where a
candidate for Elector gets
tion. The Elector's status in this latter case would be
the same as any candidate for delegate to a national
party convention who might care to file by petition
and remain unpledged.
XXE PUT the question up to Dave O'Hara, head of
" the state elections bureau of the Secretary of
State's office in Salem and got the same interpreta
tion of the law. Mr. O Hara,
edged to know more about Oregon's election laws
than any other man in the state, admitted that the
same Dledere loophole aDD'lies to Electors as to conven
tion delegates. O'Hara added that no Electors had
filed by petition for the forthcoming election.
From other sources it
of delegate and elector pledges may be taken up at
the next session of the state
TN VIEW of the complicated possibilities as dis
" cussed in the Congressional Quiz, the question of
pledges could have more than academic.interest when
the electoral college convenes. E.U.F.
New Hope for Civic Building
Apparently there is a
combination armory-civic'
be secured for Medford.
County Chamber of Commerce committee and city of
ficials who have been working on the project since the
old armory was damaged by fire some time ago, have
taken new hope from the recent announcement in
Salem that the way has been opened for construction
of a new armory building
IMMEDIATELY upon receipt of word that Maj. Gen.
TTinmao A Piloo Tmrl ofatoH that, armnripa hv
been approved for Medford
staff of the Oregon National Guard, Mayor Diamond
L. Fiynn of Medford invited the top Guard officers to
come here and discuss with the C; of C. committee the
f easibility of planning a building which could be used
for both military and civilian purposes.
. Mayor Flynn's invitation has been tentatively ac
cepted and because of the acceptance and the interest
shown by the Guard officers it is reasonable to sur
mise that the military and
on plans which will provide a type of structure long
needed by both the National Guard and the general
public E.C.F.
No, No, Not That!
Spring is burgeoning in southern Oregon and Bill
Jenkins, managing editor
ald and News, mindful of
has launched, a campaign
sensible styles and conventions in men s clothing.
Women, Bill points out, are welcome to eat in even
the highest class joints while wearing a minimum of
four ounces or so of cool and comfortable covering.
Man, on the other hand, is
he dares to cut down the
donning a light coat.
DILL follows up with a half .column of argument
with which there will be few dissenters. But then
he takes up the matter of pants, and there, we be
lieve, his campaign will
pants, as it were.
Our Klamath contemporary-poses the rhetorical
question: "When is the American male going to real
ize that short pants are a wonderful invention and
are for the comfort of the
boys, Bavarians and British
"What if you do have
Are you more interested in your looks or your com
fort? asks Bill.
TAYBE the Klamath scrivener has pedal extremi-
ties which could stand revealment, but for 99.99
per cent of the rest of us it wouldn't be a question
of disinterest in public, opinion, nor of comfort
setting forth to work some morning in short pants
would be sheer suicide. , '
Children would be frightened out of their wits,
and we hate to think of the reaction of the rest of the
population if male legs should suddenly come out of
the ages-long camouflage provided by pants to stand
revealed in all their angular, awkward and hirsute
homeliness. 1 ? -
No, No, Bill. There is trouble enough in the world
without wishing anything
Wefeeada7. April X. IMS
Pledges
keep a state's Presidential
each party who get on the
pledge themselves to vote
for President and Vice
on the ballot through peti
who is generally acknowl
is learned that the matter
legislature.
distinct possibility that a
auditorium building may
Members of the Jackson
and on a new site.
and Salem by the general
the city may get together
of the Klamath Falls Her
warmer weather to come
for more comfortable and
stared at with suspicion if
weight of his clothing by
hit a snag a snag in the
entire race, not merely
golfers? ,
legs like a bird: who cares?
like that on us. E.C.F.
Crosstown
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"Mom said I should tell you
today, but you know
Matter of Fact
THE MORRIS PLAN
Washington An examina
tion of Sen. Styles Bridges' testi
mony before the House Internal
Revenue Subcommittee last
week points to the conclusion
that the Senator really ought to
consult a memory expert. He was
being questioned about his ardu
ous efforts on behalf of H. H.
Klein, a tax-delinquent Balti
more liquor speculator. Detailed
records of the Senator's numer
ous telephone conversations and
other contacts with Bureau of
Internal Revenue officials clear
ly indicated the Senator's deep
and lasting interest in the case.
Yet his memory seemed cur
iously dim. His favorite phrase
was "I do not recaU," which he
repeated 34 times during the
course of his brief testimony. He
also said "I do not know" (15
times); "I have no recollection"
(14 times); "I do not (or cannot)
remember" (12 times); "I could
not say" (10 times); and he em
ployed less frequently such al
ternative phrases as "I have no
particular memory," "I could
not be certain," "I could not tell
you," and "It is impossible for
me to recoUect."
It is interesting to speculate
Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers on What
Goes on at the Capital. Varnished
by Congressional Quarterly News
Features. .
Q I've heard it's possible to
have a president and vice-president
of different parties next
year if a three-way . race Re
publican, Northern Democrat
and , Southern - Democrat spjit
up the vote so no one had a
majority. How could this hap
pen?
A If no one received a ma
jority of the electoral votes, the
House of Representatives would
pick the president and the Sen
ate would select the vice-president.
Since . in the House the
election would be on the basis
of one vote per state, if House
Republicans keep their present
majorities in. 25 states, they
could name the president. And
the Democrats; if tliey hold their
present four-man majority in
the Senate, could determine the
vice-president.
Q Is there any law to keep
a state's presidential electors
from disregarding the Novem
ber 4 preference of its voters?
A No, except in Oregon. In
fact. Sen. ' Karl E. Mundt (R.,
S. D.) pointed out March 5 that
the electors will know long be
fore their votes are to be "count
ed" officially Jan. 6, 1953, if no
candidate won the required ma
jority. In that case, Mundt said,
he saw nothing in the Constitu
tion to keep them from getting
together and electing a president
and . vice-president through "a
little horse trading" instead of
letting the -election go to the
House.
Q What is Congress doing to
get more people to Vote?
A A number of lawmakers
have introduced bills intended
to get more voters to the polls.
Included are ones to: Set up a
commission to study vote par
ticipation and recommend ways
of increasing it; make it easier
for servicemen to vote; make
election day a holiday; lower
the voting age to 18; remove
poll tax payments and property
holding as voting qualifications,
and provide facilities in Post
Offices for displaying Informa
tion on public officials and vot
ing, i
Q Do any states permit vot
ing at less than 21?
' A Persons 18 yearr old can
vote in Georgia.
Q Do more men than wom
en voU?
A Yes. Since 1920, when a
Constitutional amendment gave
women in all states the right to
vote, tie potential and actual
male vjte has outnumbered the
female (vote considerably. The
1950 emus showed, however,
that women outnumbered, men,
and their potential vote now is
greater..
(Copyright, 1952, Congressional
Quarterly) j
By ftocrmf Cot
about the trouble I got into
how I exaggerate."
By Joseph ana1
Stewart Alsep
1 on the horrid fate pf a "hostile"
witness before the McCarran
committee, for example, who
displayed such astonishing me
monic weakness. Yet the Bridges
episode is interesting also for an
other and more generally signifi
cant reason.
The records of his efforts on
behalf of the liquor speculator
came to light purely by accident.
There are certainly many simi
lar records buried away in gov
ernment files. The' relationship
between members of Congress
with axes to grind and those de
partments and agencies where
axes can be most profitably
ground is clearly a fertile field
for investigation.
a
TNDEED, there is no more sig-
nificant area of inquiry.
Where the approval of a contract
may mean great profits for a
powerful business; where a sim
ple administrative ruling by, an
executive agency may transform
a whole industry; where a tax
settlement may make the differ
ence between ruin or great
wealth, heavy pressures are by
the very nature of things sure
to be brought to bear on gov
ernment officials. And those
most capable of bringing pres
sure to bear are not the five-percenters
or the lobbyists who op
erate on the fringes of govern
ment, but key members of
Congress with the power to deny
to executive agencies needed
appropriations or legislation.
Yet no one has ever had a
serious look at this aspect of the
relationship between the legis
lative and executive branches of
the government. The reason is
obvious. Executive branch of
ficials are never unduly curious
because they fear Congress. And
Congress is never enthusiastic
about investigation itself, as
demonstrated by the House com
mittee's courteously un-inquisi-tive
treatment of Sen. Bridges
and Sen. Owen Brewster too.
This area of inquiry, however,
wiU not remain virgin territory
for very much longer, if govern
ment investigator Newbold Mor
ris has his way. For the fact is
that Morris is now in a unique
position. He is about the only of
ficial in Washington who has no
reason to fear Congress. Con
gress has already done him all
the harm it can. He cannot possi
bly hope to get from Congress
the subpoena powers it has de
nied him. And as for money,
Morris can thumb his nose at
Congress, since President Tru
man has promised to support
Morris with Presidential funds,
e e
TlfTORRIS now wants another
promise from Truman. He
intends to ask in the next few
days for the power which Pres
ident Truman will almost cer
tainly be delighted to grant to
investigate the full records of
every money-handling agency in
the government, with special at
tention to all records of contact
between officials and members
of Congress.
This opens up a rather breath
taking vista of possibilities.
Members of Congress have, of
course; a perfectly legitimate !
right to protect the interests of I
their constituents. But this right ;
does not extend to browbeating
government officials in order to
for big contributors and business
friends.
- It wUl be interesting to sec
just what influences from Capi
tol Hill have been , brought tr
bear on the procurement div.
sion of the Defense Departmei
(where rather detailed record;
of all contacts with members of ,
Congress are kept); or the Civil
Aeronautics Board; or the Fed
eral Power Commission (where
a simple administrative ruling
last fall greatly increased the
value of the natural gas hold
ings of Sen. Robert Kerr); or s
dozen other agencies and com
missions. . . .
In the end, of course, the
Morris plan may come to noth
ing. There will be powerful pres
sures to nip it in the bud and
indeed, Morris may find that
key records show a tendency to
disappear from the files. Yet if
Morris is able to do what he in-
In the Day's Hem
By FRANK JENKINS
President Truman says . he
won't be a candidate for reelec
tion and wiU not accept a re
nomination. .
Were you surprised?
If so, you shouldn't have been.
What happened in -New Hamp
shire and Minnesota provided
the tip-off. V
TJEFORE New Hampshire and
Minnesota, it looked like Tru
man was the white hope of the
Fair Deal bureaucrats and the
welfare staters. Every time he
said something that seemed to
indicate be- might not run again,
these worthies shivered in their
boots. As soon as they could
speak through their chattering
teeth,' they said to him:
"Boss, you can't DO THIS TO
US., If you don't run, WE'RE
OUT! .
"You've GOT to run."
JUT yourself in Truman's
place.
, Personally, I've doubetd that
he wants to run again. But, with
in the limits of political neces
sity, he is a kindly man. In him,
the herd instinct is highly de
veloped. His first rule of conduct
is to stick by your friends. He
has proved that over and over
again.
Until recent weeks, he has
been the white hope of his crowd.
It has seemed a practical cer
tainty that if he failed to run
the Republicans would win.
But
There came then New Hamp
shire and after New Hampshire
came Minnesota. In both, Tru
man ran a bad second to Kefau
ver. That changed the picture.
No longer was he the indis
pensable man. Instead, it began
to look like he might be a lia
bility. ;
So the pressure on him WENT
OFF.'
TTIS announcement Saturday
night that he will not be a
candidate for reelection was
dramatic, but, when the whole
picture is taken into considera
tion, it isn't surprising.
CO MUCH for his statement
that he will not be a candi
date for reelection. What of his
assertion that he will not ac
cept a renomination?
On that one I'm keeping my
fingers crossed. These are hair
trigger times. What the picture
looks like today is no sign of
what it may look like tomorrow.
Public opinion, I think (perhaps
I should say I FEAR), is still in
a state of flux. It hasn't yet solid
ified into the hard metal of de
cision. Its present apparent shape
could be changed by new devel
opments among other things,
by a menacing new develop
ment in the war situation. .
So don't write Truman off yet.
If you're wise, you won't write
him off until the - Democratic
conventicn is over and the dele
gates have gone home.
Things might happen between
now and then that would make
him the white hope again.
T'D LIKE to add one more
statement of personal convic
tion. IF President Truman adheres
tends to do, we may learn a
great deal about how the Amer
ican government really operates.
And it is a good bet that in this
case a number of the more smug
and sanctimonious members of
Congress may suffer memory
lapses as remarkable as that of
Sen. Bridges.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
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Netherlands Queen
Visit's United States
By PHIL NEWSOM
U. P. Foreign News Editor
A new type of queen came to
the United States Tuesday for
a visit. She is 43-year-old Queen
Juliana of the
N etherlands
who once as
a child is sup
posed to have
voiced the
hope that by
the time she
was old enough
fAViV I longer would
1 til W (J, a, MM V.
Ml Newsom trappings of
government. She didn't get her
wish, and the Dutch are glad
she didn't.
But this plain, unassuming
woman, who also is one of the
richest women in the world, has
gone a long way toward main
taining the homey touch as well
as being a sovereign. An item
from Amsterdam pointed it up.
It said that Juliana would
break the flight from the Nether
lands to Washington with a night
stop-over at Gander, Newfound
land. Gander is a bleak way-
point on the transatlantic run
and still is pretty backwoodish
It is exceedingly brisk at this
time of year and is a place any
comfort loving traveler would
prefer to brush off with a cup
of coffee.
Bare Hotel Room
At Gander she had a bare
hotel room, and if she wants to
wash her hands, the bathroom
is down the hall.
The reason for all this is that
Juliana wanted to be fresh when
she got to Washington where
she was to see the President and
Mrs. Truman who also maintain
the homey touch.
But, along with the Trumans,
she wiU be a trial to would-be
Washington hostesses and others
who sometimes are slower than
the Europeans in recognizing the
changing ways of royalty. No
curtsies from anybody. Juliana
cut it out in her own court a
long time ago.
To Be Guest of Mrs. FDR
Before heading for the West
Coast, with a stop-over at Hol
land, Mich., the Netherlands
queen also will be a guest at
Hyde Park, N. Y., of Mrs. Elea
nor Roosevelt whose record as
a precedent breaker includes
serving hot dogs to the king and
queen of Britain.
It was a real change of pace
to the decision he announced on
Saturday night, I hope he steps
out of the picture entirely and
leaves the Democratic conven
tion free to name its own choice
with no pressure from him.
President Roosevelt chose Tru
man as his successor. If Presi
dent Truman chooses HIS suc
cessor and if first his party and
then the people RATIFY his
choice we wiU have SET THE
PATTERN OF A DYNASTY.
By the new no-third-term
amendment to our Constitution
we have put a stop to the am
bitions of ONE MAN who might
seek, to become PRESIDENT-FOR-LIFE.
But- if we permit
each retiring president to name
his successor, we shall have in
augurated the dynastic system
which is another historic de
vice for RETAINING POWER
TOO LONG IN ONE SET OF
HANDS.
That I don't want my grand
children to see, for I am sure
it would mean the beginning of
the end of their liberties.
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for the Dutch when Juliana be
came their queen after the ab
dication of her strait-laced moth
er, Queen Wilhelmina.
The Dutch have welcomed her
in a changing age, and the gen
eral opinion is that this woman
who believes that overseeing her
daughter's bath is as important
as receiving a minister, has
strengthened the monarchy.
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uiiiege jiuaems
Attending Mock Ull
Meeting in South
Ashland Two faculty mem
bers and nine undergraduates at
Southern Oregon college are in
Los Angeles today to attend the
opening session of the second
annual Model United Nations
assembly being held at the Uni
versity of Southern California.
The SOC delegation will repre
sent Belgium in the 60-member
group.
Purpose of the meeting is to
acquaint students with the oper
ation of the UN and give them
an opportunity to understand
its problems by undertaking a
mock program. Southern Ore
gon is one of 300 west coast col
leges invited to attend the ses
sion. In Attendance
Leaving with Dr. John A.
Schulz, associate professor of
psychology, late Monday were
Pete Soderlund and Lee Stoth
ers, Medford; Jack Young, Hono
lulu; Gloria Robinette, San
Jose; and Ivey Coffey, New
Delhi, India. The second group
which left this morning with
Alwin V. Miller, assistant pro
fessor of secretarial science,
were Ralph Wood and J. B.
Putman, Ashland; Mike Blagich,
Medford; and Andy CasteUo,.
Honolulu.
Dr. Schulz will also attend
meeting of the Student Person
nel association in Los Angeles
and was scheduled to present a
paper to the group today. Pro
fessor Miller plans to attend a
meeting of Phi Delta Kappa fra
ternity at Los Angeles on Sat
urday. McKay Calls tor
Solid GOP Front
Boise (U.R) A capacity
crowd at the Boise hotel Tues
day night heard Oregon's Gov.
Douglas McKay call for a solid
Republican front to swing the
Republicans back into power,
preferably behind Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower,
The Oregon governor was in
Boise to head an "I-like-Ike"
rally.
McKay said he thought the
general would be a sure winner
in November, and that he would
be home from Europe in time
to do some campaigning.
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