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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDv&wTRIBUNI Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Pally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 3-141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. GIUSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertijlng Manager E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporla Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: .. Dally and Sunday one year $12 00 Dally and Sunday six months 6.50 Dally and Sunday three mos. 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point, Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: - Dally and Sunday one year $15 00 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDA Y COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De. trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver, B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASTfpN C1 NEWSPAPII PUtlltHltS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time MasMord and Jackson County His tory from the files of the Mail Trlbuna 10, 20, 30 and 40 years at. 10 YEARS AGO April 15, 1942 (It was Wednesday) Fnmiffh Medforri horsemen to form a platoon ign intentions of enlisting in Oregon State Guard. From Arthur Perry'i Ye Smudge Pot column: Now comes that argument "everybody Is to blame for the shape the nation found Itself in as of, and before Pearl Harbor. Everybody, how ever, is not rushing to court mar tial himself. 20 YEARS AGO April IS, 1932 (It was Friday) Medford pleas for opening western entrance to Crater lake denied by State Highway Com mission. Water officials report heavy snows around Four Mile and Fish lakes and on Hiatt prairie have guaranteed adequate sum mer irrigation water. SO YEARS AGO April IS, 1922 (It was Saturday) Benjamin J. Trowbridge Sr., prominent Medford civic and fra ternal leader, dies unexpectedly in Portland. Medford men purchaso 12-pas-aenger "auto-stage," inaugurate daily bus service between here and Klamath Falls. 40 YEARS AGO April IS, 1912 (It was Monday) Reports received In New York Indicate 1,402 persona killed when liner Titanic rams iceberg in North Atlantic ocean. Workmen discover "rich body" of gold ore at Braden mine after sinking shaft to 110-foot depth. Western Freight Rate Hike Branded As Serious Blow Portland (U.R) The nine per cent rail reight rate Increase for western shippers compared with six per cent In eastern states ap proved by the Interstate Com merce commission was branded as a serious blow to western economy here Tuesday by ship pers' representatives. Mora Than Expected Shippers indicated the nine per cent additional rate is even more than the railroads expected in the west, and another serious barrier for western goods to hur dle in major eastern markets. Frank S. Clay, secretary-manager of the Portland Traffic as sociation, said tne special 12-cent maximum boost per 100 pounds on some basic commodities "is merely a concession that the West had a point in arguments against percentage Increases on longer and more costly hauls to the East. ' AGED HOUSE MAKES TRIP Sturbridgc, Mass. (U.R) A four-room farmhouse, built in 1704 and known as the John Fenno House, has been moved from Canton, Mass., and is being restored at Old Sturbridse Vil lage, a recreated New England town of the year 1790. Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:31' B.m for following day: 10 a m Mon ays noon Satuxdajr lot gundaj a-m MAIL TRIBUNE "Play Times change and sports ditto. With the big league baseball season opening ho many fans realize how our great national game has changed? No one but Great Grandpa and probably he doesn't remember when: "The team scoring 21 runs first was the winner. The batter was out if his ball was caught either on the fly or the first bounce. A runner on the bases was out if an oppos ing player threw the ball at him and hit him with it, while between bases. The pitcher was allowed to take several steps forward before his delivery as in (of all things) ericketl But don't jump to the conclusion American base ball was descended from cricket, the national pastime of England, it was descended according to the best authorities from the English game of "Rounders." So in the name of "Old - Four- Cat" "PLAY BALL!" and may any teams win but the Yankees or the Giants. R.W.R. (Pke-uz 'Read Before You Shoot To the editor: I was shocked and surprised to note in your Sunday issue you have adopted the Communistic theory that the end Justifies the means. That Is: you maintain the "END" of eliminating strikes in industry is DESIRABLE, so an executive dicatorship, arbitrarily and illegally taking over the steel industry, is DESIRABLE the end justified the means. This is an extraordinary position for an anti-communist newspaper to take. I am sure many of your readers would like to have it explained. Randolph Jones, Medford, April 14th. Well, we would like to have Subscriber Jones' position explained FIRST. e e e AS HAS been so often remarked in the past, the un dersigned welcomes criticism of the" sentiments EXPRESSED in this department; but we don't wel come criticisms of what has neither been expressed, nor implied. And there was nothing in the editorial in ques- l . i l l . iL. - - -1 .1 . i. i i i j, . i. : tioii w suggest or oy uie wiiuesi sueicn oi ine imagi nation imply that the Communist idea of executive DICTATORSHIP, and the ANY means was for a moment favored, in any way, shape or manner, by this e e DUT there is the accusation apparently seriously advanced which must be filed, with others, un der the general heading of "political heat, as con trasted with "light" in draw X-32 entitled the "Ho Hum department." AS THE campaign proceeds there will probably be " more and more. But we would like to enter a devout plea to our readers here and now, to follow that bit of advice delivered at Bunker Hill some 170 years ago, to wit: "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" And don't blaze away at any offering, news or editorial in this paper until you have at least READ it! e WE NEVER take up valuable space with editorial vonrinfa Vnf tm An wicV. ATV Tnnao -iimull K q -J "vs wwv t vi vy good enough to read over fers under the title of "Why then give his revised judgment of it. In the first place we restricted the term "strikes" to those in vital industries and then only in TIME OF WAR big or little. And we expressly pointed out we did not believe the decision in any controversy should be made by either parties to the dispute interested parties la bor or management nor by the President We did suggest a labor court a tribunal perhaps similar to power to act promptly after of all the facts, with the walk-out by us decision as to which party in the con troversy had the right of it or if neither had, to de cide what a settlement as fair and just to BOTH par ties as humanly possible should be. 1 hen have that decision backed up, as Supreme Court decisions are now, if not obeyed, by the police power if need be by the army, navy and marines! e a X7E GRANT that would be a radical change in ac- cepted democratic jurisprudence, particularly where labor-management problems are involved and incidentally we havenever observed any mate rial support for it in high places. But whether it is practical or impractical, desir able or the reverse; it is NOT communistic. It is NOT upholding any belief in the theory a DESIRABLE end justifies any means. Nor is it appro val of any form of dictatorial illegal powers in the White House or nearby. FINALLY it was stated in this discussion the main purpose of democratic government is to promote the welfare of the people ALL the people. (Certain ly a harmless truism if there ever was one.) That their welfare, especially in time of war, is inevitably seriously impaired by strikes, which reduce supplies needed to successfully wage that war. That, therefore, the people of this country "should be intelligent and resourceful enough" to somehow, some way, devise SOME procedure, which would prevent such threats to the security of their country and themselves, in TIME OF WAR, and quote : "If this can't be done under present conditions legally, then the laws should be changed so it can be." e e a AXfHERE did our communicant find cause for shock and surprise in this appeal to a 100 democrat ic procedure the passage of a new law and its en forcement by a court, supported it might be hoped, as laws should be by public opinion and the police power? R.W.R. TuwdiT, April 15. lWi Ball!" end justifies the means newspaper. irtkju i v viio ituuiu kju the editorial to which he re not outlaw strikes?" and only basic ones like steel any single individual like the Supreme Court, with a thorough consideration authority to prevent any Cross town WHEAT 0 . I OT I - fJ u - I --f -15"- Ji llfliM,ain "Notice how careful SHE is not Matter of Fact SPRINGFIELD WRESTLING MATCH Washington An extraordi nary human drama is now being played out in the Governor's mansion at Springfield, 111. Ever since President Truman's sur prise withdrawal at the Jefferson-Jackson day dinner, Gov. Adlai Stevenson, in the intervals of attending the 14-hour-a-day task of governing his big state, has been wrestling with his soul. Will he or will he not cooperate in the strong movement to draft him for the Democratic nomina tion? Such is the question he is seeking to answer. According to personal friends who have witnessed Stevenson's private wrestling match, it has been downright painful to watch. Gov. Stevenson has gone through a series of phases. Im mediately after the President's announcement, he was about ready to "chuck the whole thing," by announcing that he was not a candidate and would not accept the nomination if offered. Twenty-four hours later, after a day in Washington in which he was showered with assur ances of support from import ant political leaders and cogent arguments from friends that it was his duty to run, he seemed to have changed his mind. On the television program on the Sunday night after the Presi dent's announcement, he cer tainly sounded like a receptive candidate, if not like an active one. . DACK in the huge, rambling " Governor's mansion in Springfield, however, torturing indecision again seized Steven son. At first, he was very strong ly inclined to pretend, in effect, that nothing had been changed by the President's withdrawal. He Intended merely to sit tight, to get on with his business as governor, and to say nothing at all about the party nomination. Then he found himself besieged, by telephone and in person, by hordes of leading Democrats, all urging him to make the race. His close friends advised him that he must somehow clarify his position, and to this he has now agreed. Again, his first In clination was to make a state ment on the famous General Sherman pattern. Last week, he was actually within a hair's breadth of removing himself once and for all from considera tion. Only the importunities of friends and admirers, who have been rather In the position of men hanging on the coattails of a would-be suicide, prevented him from doing so. The reasons for these hesita tions are understandable. Stev enson is a man cursed with an excess of Imagination, only too capable of foreseeing what would await him if by chance he should be elected President. Moreover, he has what he con siders a "difficult moral prob lem." He has persuaded all sorts of able men to throw up their private Jobs In order to serve the Illinois state government, on the understanding that he would run again for Governor. He fears and here most Illi nois political observers agree with him that another Demo crat cannot beat the powerful and well - financed Republican machine owned by Col. Robert R. McCormick. Thus he thinks his withdrawal may mean turn ing back the state government, in which he has become passion ately Interested, to the sleazy crowd which ran it before his election In 1948. He has, also, little desire to run against Gen eral Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he admires, and whom he considers the most probable Re publican choice. Finally, he is In some ways a rather diffident man, and he has a mortal fear of seeming presumptuous, of other people thinning that he considers himself "an Indispen sable man." e e ECAUSE of these strong feel " Ings of Stevenson's, there Is little or no chimce of his beo m ing an activt candidatt in the By Roland Co "THE- UTTLE SCOUT to drop any of them, Wilsonl" By Joseph and Stewart Alsors manner of Senators Estes Ke fauver and Robert Kerr. The issue involved in the drafting of his forthcoming statement is not whether to announce he will chase the nomination, because he has no intention of doing so. The isue is, rather, whether to discourage the major state lead ers who desire to draft Steven son, or to encourage them. As these words are written, the bet ting is reported as 50-50 either way at Springfield. Perhaps it is a straw in the wind, however, that the Illinois Governor has now decided to attend the New York dinner in honor of W. Averell Harriman, after first sending his regrets. At this somewhat fantastic rally on April 17, all the major Demo cratic Presidential hopefuls will gather and will speak under the possibly amused eye of Harry S. Truman himself. Stevenson, who can be a very moving speaker on occasion, is now hard at work preparing his own speech, as Is his old-fashioned habit. The contrasts should be curious between Sen. Kefauver's rather rambling, good-tempered endorsements of virtue; the strident, rousing par tisanship of Sen. Kerr, and the mixture of friendly humor and thoughtful seriousness which is the Stevenson specialty. It will be the first time Stevenson has done his stuff in public before a really attentive big league aud ience. The Stevenson admirers go so far as to hope the effect may be comparable to that produced by the first major New York speech, at Cooper Union, by another famous Illinois leader. And al though references to Abraham Lincoln ought to be ruled out of all political discussion, it is certainly true that a really im pressive Stevenson performance on April 17 can make the move ment to draft Stevenson all but Irresistible. The Democrats have not resigned themselves to losing, even if the Republican candidate is General Eisenhower. And if the Democrats think Stevenson the most likely win ner, he will have to go as far as Sherman to save himself. Other wise he will have a pretty hard time escaping them. (Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Congressional Quiz Questions and Answers on What Goes on at Ihe Capital, furnished by Congressional Quarterly News Features. Q With tha political show that's going on these days, is Congress getting many laws made? A It made 32 public laws in the first three months of this year twice as many as in tne same period last year when only 15 public bills were enacted. But the present, 82nd, Congress this year is ialling short of the pace set by the 80th Congress which also had the distraction of a Presidential race during its sec ond session. In the first quarter of 1948. 75 measures became public law. Q It tha government'! slice of U. S. production getting big- gar! A Yes. Although the gross national product" a standard measurement of all goods and services increased from $282.6 billion in 1950 to $427.8 billion in 1951 the proportion taken for government use increased from 43.5 billion to $63 billion, or from 15 to 19 per cent. The gov ernment slice will be even larger in 1952. Q Is it I good idea for tha U.S. military to buy supplies from Communist nations? Sen. Hugh Butler (R.-Ncb.) thinks it is not. and April 8 in troduced a bill to prohibit the armed iorces from purchasing "any supplies or equipment from Communist Russia or any other nation behind the Iron Curtain." He said Hungary has been sell ing the U.S. tomato paste "unfit for human consumption." (Copyright 1952, Congressional Quarterly COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must Dear tha name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances tha us of a pen nama or initial for publication is permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Corrupt Deal Suspected To the Editor: In the editorial in the Sunday issue of April 13 under the title, "Why Not Out law Strikes?" you quote in fine print: "A nationwide steel strike, which would have paralyzed a vital industry, and so crippled the war effort that thousands of American lives would have been needlessly sacrificed, has been prevented" and the implication is that the attitude of the president in tak ing over the steel industries was the only means to which he could resort in the matter to prevent the strike. This is a wrong impli cation and impression. The presi dent of the United States knew more than three weeks prior to the time when he took the dras tic action which he did that there would be a steel strike unless a settlement was had between the parties, and he could have invoked the Taft Hartley law to prevent that strike, which would have prevented a strike for a period of 80 days from the time when a restraining order would be served upon the labor unions, during which period the em ployers and the employees might have gotten together, settled their differences, prevented a strike, and the possession by the owners of their steel properties would not have been disturbed, and much bad feeling and many animosities prevented; but he was not going to resort to that provision of the law (which law was particularly enacted to pre vent occurrences of this kind) be cause that might be some assist ance to Bob Taft in his presi dential aspirations (and this is not written in advocacy of Taft's campaign for 1 wear an Ike but ton); but it is written to correct any wrong impression that may have resulted from such publicity as has been given, to defend the president's unlawful act. He had and has a definite law to prevent occurrences of this kind; but he did not use it because it might imDeril Democratic DrosDects in the November election, and in stead he resorted to what consti tutional lawyers say was an un constitutional procedure. Some Democratic United States sen ators and other prominent Demo crats have condemned the act of the president in resorting to the method that he did, and we find but one so-called Republican U. S. Senator who supported the president; and it may be well to remember that this so-called Re publican U. S. Senator who sup ported the president, opposed the Taft-Hartley law and voted to sustain the presidents veto of the law, although the Con gress under the constitution over rode the veto by the Z3 ma jority required in each branch of the Congress, and the Taft Hartley law became a law The Taft-Hartley law was avail able to the president to effective ly employ in this strike threat; and his "utmost reluctance" use of the means he employed does not ring true, and emphasizes the charge widely made against him that his act has the evidence of a corrupt political deal. Gus Newbury. Medford, April 14 Ed Note: We believe if Mr. Newbury wi)l look up the law he will find the Taft Hartley act extended no power to the Presi dent of plant-seizure. The Smith- Connally Act, however, did, and after the end of the war, March, 1947, the U.S. Supreme Court sanctioned such government seiz ure under its provisions. Two years later the U.S. Attorney- ueneral declared that the Presi dent's "exceedingly great inher ient powers of office" were ade quate to deal with any strike emergency, although authority granted under the Smith-Con-nally Act had lapsed. See Edi torial in today's paper. So Above, So Below To the Editor: It has become a well known fact that the so called flying discs seen frequent ly since 1947 still remain a profound mystery. Observations by reliable sources from time to time show evidence there Is a decided variation of their forms, speed and performance in flight and trend of motion. The appearances give rise to some belief that the mysterious visitors do not come from the earth. Since science Is agreed all is vibration and life in motion in the universe, the entity loads man's speculation on and up as he weighs the evidence that be comes more in accord with the divine law of Hermes So above, so below. Bert Kissinger, 233'4 So. Riverside, Medford, Ore. Agrees with Kail Tribune April 14th,, 1952 To the Editor: A lusty amen, to the Sunday Mall Tribune editorial, "Why Not Outlaw Strikes?" Like the best paid riverman who can spot the key log for breaking a Jam which saves time, money and so often lives, so we feel tha,t Edi tor Ruhl. has spotted the "key log" In this frightening Jam of strikes. Why not use it? If we continue to piddle around the edges, worrying who Is breaking the law and what not, there will be time, wasted, money, and likely lives, just like at Panmunjom where according to Newsom's Good and Bad News, quote "Both sides are working on possible compromises of the deadlocked prisoner-ex change Issue, which apparently now is regarded as MORE IM PORTANT (my capitals) to a fi- nal settlement than either the question of construction of mili tary airfields or the naming of Russia as a neutral inspector. This writer takes some humble pride in picking out this "key- log" some months ago, that was in The Mail Tribune. If the powers that be are em powered by law to drag a young husband from wife, kiddies and a hard-won business or job and put him back on the battlefield he luckily escaped from alive and more or less in one piece. then by the Eternal law, written or not, men can be compelled to stay on jobs vital to our exist ence as a nation in time of war. We cherish and hope to pre serve our free way of life. But when a nation's life is at hazard, men and women cannot indulge in some of the luxuries they are accustomed to, like a wage wast ing Saturday night beer party. chucking coins into a pinball machine til they run into dol lars and dollars, with the hope of getting a spattering of nickels back, banging away at clay pig eons, lugging home the latest in fishing tackle to exercise along fish scarce waterways and end less other cash-absorbing avoca tions, that certainly cannot be construed into any kind of rea son for calling strikes. F. J. Clifford 1319 S. Stage Road Bob Ingersoll To the Editor: Sixty-nine years ago, Bob Ingersoll delivered a lecture on "Infidelity" to a full house in the old Vinlng theater at Ashland. He was a large man and look ed to be about six feet in height with a large tummy so large, it took a big vest to cover it with large pockets. He kept his hands in the pockets most of the time. Ministers, Christian people and disbelievers came from all over southern Oregon to hear him (I say disbelievers, but I do not think there are such persons). somehow, things seemed strange. Only one chair was on the platform. He came in alone, quietly, and looked unconcerned as he took his seat and gazed around. Everything was quiet. When I got tired of looking at him and turned away, I looked back to see him standing on the edge of the platform looking straight into the eyes of individ uals as much as to say, "Was it you?" He began speaking in a low tone of voice, clear, plain and beautiful. His oratory was so per fect, it charmed you. The world with all its wonders, told in so fitting a manner, seemed like a dream. His description of the people and many tribes and col ors was interesting. The kindly words he said to the people at his feet and in the gallery paved the way to demonstrate the abil ity of the greatest orator the United States has ever known. He seemed relucant about touching on religion. I was so fascinated with his elaborate ora tory, and amused at his appear ance with his hands in those big vest pockets, that I probably missed some of his sayings. He lashed the ministers saying they preached a sermon on Sunday morning and ran horse races and gambled on Sunday afternoon. Unlike Darwin, he did not claim mankind originated, from the tadpole and monkey. He questioned the translation of the St. James version of the Bible. When he landed on the old time circuit rider who suffered and did so much in the pioneer days by preaching to miners and settlers in the scantily-settled re gions of our land, he and I saw things different. It's plain to be seen that he as sumed the title "Infidel" to draw crowds at $1 admittance. It Was money, money. However, I have never re gretted hearing Bob Ingersoll. F. S. Brandon, 211 N. Ivy, Service . . . A PUBLIC TRUST To serve our community with In tegrity and consideration is the heart-felt wish of Perl's for the past 44 years. You'll find our services efficient, dignified and reasonable. Call upon us in time of need. PERL FUNERAL HOME 44 Years of Friendly Service School Teacher Murder Victim; Slayer Sought Kelso, Wash. (U.R) Police in Washington and Oregon search ed Tuesday for the slayer of a 55-year-old Longview school teacher. The slayer, believed to be a hitchhiker, dumped the body on the roadside and then drove off in the victim's car. Slabbed Seven Times The dead man was Martin T. Zellmer. He was stabbed seven times in the head, chest and back, then thrown from his car on old U. S. highway 99 11 miles south of here Monday. Zellmer's wallet was missing but about $15 in currency was found in his sock, his shirt pock et and a coat pocket "as if he had known the hi-jacking was coming," Sheriff C. W. Reynolds said. "He had three wounds in his chest, three in his back and one through his temple," Reynolds added. "All of the stabs were deep and went straight in." On Vacation Zellmer, a bachelor who taught at Broadway elementary school in Longview, was on a vacation and had been visiting relatives in Portland since last Saturday. Law enforcement officers were alerted to watch for the slain man's automobile, a 1951 blue-gray Ford sedan with Wash ington license number N-10107. The petroleum industry has become one of the major cus tomers for nickel alloy steels, where severe corrosion Is a problem. Cods Helping Hand Anyone, st any moment, can seek and find God's helping hand. Like the prodigal, he can weary of merely material thinking and living, to " come to himself " to find a new path of peace and unfading satisfaction. , How may one enter this path? There is a book, the Christian Science textbook Science and HEALTH with. Key Jo the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy which for multitudes is showing the way. This way is open to all. It is open to you, regardless of past troubles or mistakes. Honest study of Science nd Health reveals bow to rise above unsatisfactory conditions. It shows how to leave the thoughts that have caused them, how to stand firm in the new path that "the past" cannot touch where peace dwells and fulfillment is yours. : 1 Science and Health may be bought, read, or borrowed at Christian Science READING ROOM 228 West Sixth Street I MEDFORD or send $3 and a copy in the blue cloth Library Edition will be mailed postpaid. You ire invited to make full ufe of the shove and other public Reid Ina Room! (lilt in Tour neighbor hood lent on request). Informitioo concerning free public lecture!, church services and Sunder School is slso available ia these Rooms.