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c B 61 W N CI PI D TWELVE MEDFOHD (OREGON) MEDF0RD4f3TRIBUNB Everyone in Southern Oregon Readi The Mall Tribune Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-20 North Fir St. Phone 3-8141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr " An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mcdford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year 112 00 Daily and Sunday six months 6.50 Dally and Sunday three mos. 3 30 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Cold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove, Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year ilJ OO Dally 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-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De. trolt. San Francisco, Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver, B.C. NATION At EDITORIAL ASbATfjSN NlWf PAPEI rumismts ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 rears ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 22. 1942 (It was Wednesday) Jackson county merchants no tified they must pick up data on food rationing program a use of first ration stamps scheduled to go into effect May 5. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Farmers are planting their corns and crows are after the kernels with more rapacity than robins after strawberries, when and if. 20 YEARS AGO April 22, 1932 (It was Friday) Classified ad in The Mall Tribune offers "Modern five room bungalow, beautiful grounds and trees, three acres irrigated lands, fine neighbor hood, near school, total price, $1,650. Ashland public schools an nounced that starting fall term they will cut teaching staff and salaries in effort to keep within budget. 30 YEARS AGO April 22. 1922 (It was Saturday) New York fruit distributors predict "very good year" for sale of Rogue valley orchard products. William von der Hellen and Raymond Reter start construc tion of large new fruit ware house at end of South Central avenue. 40 YEARS AGO April 22. 1912 (II was Monday) Medford residents organize Driving club to place fairground track In "first class condition holding matinees and maybe schedule races on July 4. Medford rancher reports his 110 hens produced 3,600 eggs in 90 days. Boys Said No Threat To Jean-Clad Girls New York (U.R) The tighter the blue jeans, the harder it Is for a girl to sit down, but that's the only danger she's in, accord ing to various experts. From sportswear designers to chorus girls, local authorities dis agree with the Lodi, Ohio, school board's claim that blue Jeans "in vite familiarity," and Inspire boys to pat and pinch. "Who wants to pat a girl, real ly, I mean, in blue Jeans.',' shrugged chorus Pat no kidding Hardy. "We wear blue Jeans to be one of the boys. When she heard that the Lodi teen-agers were ordered to wear skirts and not blue Jeans to class the 21-year-old brunette beauty giggled. "Tell that fellow out In Ohio that a pat In blue Jeans Is Just a way of saying hello. Pats in shorts or dresses are for real.1 COLORFUL. ANYHOW Alliance, Neb. tU.R) An Al liance man returned home from a hnrd day at the office and found that his bedroom had been painted in a weird blend of pink pearh and white. "What color is il?" he asked his wife. "Hash pink." she replied and explained there hadn't been enough of any one shade lo go around. MAIL TRIBUNE Bobbing Bob and Jumping Joe The views of Senator Taft, good and bad, ate well known to the country, he has spoken out sometimes wisely, some times not, but always forthrightly on every major issue of the day. It would be hard to see how Senator Taft, at this late date, could add anything appreciable to the picture familiar to the voters, Republican or otherwise. Wall Street Journal. No one should be surprised that the "Wall Street Journal" has a very high idea of Senator Robert Alonzo Taft. He is "Wall Street's" "favorite son." But to anyone who has tried to chart the Taft record for "forthrightness" since he became a candi date for the presidency, attributing this quality to "Mr. Republican" is surprising. SENATOR Taft has weazled, wobbled, and double talked on practically every important issue. We wish the Journal would tell us, for example, what Senator Taft's opinion of Senator McCarthy and McCarthyism really is? ' In Wisconsin the Ohio Senator embraced both, with a warmth and enthusiasm, which was as surpris ing in a man of his type and character as it was shocking. Even one of his former admirers, Richard H. Rovere, gifted author and ent, couldn't "take it," and pers Magazine had this to say, quote : "It Is doubtful If American history provides an Instance of a man comparable in stature and prestige to Taft, saying anything as subversive of democratic values, and the values of any sort of civilized human society as the words of en couragement offered McCarthy by Taft." But when Taft was confronted with this whole sale endorsement of the Wisconsin senator he denied he had ever given any such endorsement and de clared the reporters had misquoted him. TPHE Associated Press, -United Press, the New York Times, and finally Philip Potter, a Baltimore Sun correspondent, denied Taft had been misquoted, the latter in fact stated that Taft after urging McCarthy to, quote: "Keep talking, and if one with another." remarked to Potter that reaction to McCarthy was, quote : "Pretty good on the whole except here In Washington." Senator Taft has never ter regarding this statement. e e VET "Mr. Republican" at another time, when asked his opinion of McCarthy and "McCarthyism," told his press conference that he had no particular faith in the accuracy of McCarthy's information, that while he approved of his drive lieved he often went too NOT approve of McCarthy shall. THIS so enraged the Wisconsin "smear-artist" that tic iuiu ma pi coo lumci ciice me iicAt utv, lie uiti not believe Taft had ever said such a thing, and would not until the Ohio senator told him it was true to his face. If there was ever a "face-to-face" confrontation, the present writer could never find a report of it. But it seems fair to assume, that Taft must have convinced his colleague and political "alter ego" IN SOME WAY, that his remarks did not mean what they seem ed to mean otherwise the subsequent Taft-McCarthy love-least in Wisconsin would hardly have occurred. R.W.R. What Does 'Forthright' Mean? As a postscript to the above here are just a few of the political contradictions and inconsistencies, of "Mr. Republican" as he has staged his non-stop presi dential campaign from coast to coast, from the Cana dian border to the Rio Grande. Senator Taft: One day declared Russia did not have the long-distance bombers to make any attack on the United States, and an other day he said Russia DID. Advocated an all-out Invasion of Communist China by Chiang Kai-shek in Seattle. In Portland the next day said he was not for an "all-out Invasion" of the Chinese mainland, but only an attack for "diversionary purposes." When he got to Pocatello, Idaho, he was opposed even to this, unless the Red Chinese should move into Indo-China. By the time Mr. Republican got to Denver, however, he had dropped Chiang and returned to his position of many months ago, that while he fnvored sending amis to south east Asia, under no circumstances would he send American troops "unless we were absolutely sure of winning." (How any nation could be absolutely SURE of winning any war in this day and age and especially against the hordes of uncon qucred China, Taft never explained.) Asked Inter on if he would aid Chiang in Taft's proposed Invasion of China if the Nationalist leader got into trouble, Mr. Republican replied: "No if that happens he would Just have to fall." (What Chiang thought of this proposal has never been reported.) In his book defining his foreign policy Senator Taft proclaimed the following 5 points he favored : (1) Rearmament, (2) economic aid to non-communist countries, (3) military aid to anti-communist countries, (4) warn Soviet Union aggression beyond certain lines would be regarded as cause for war, (5) sending U.S. troops to nations threatened by Russia or under actual attack. All these proposals had been adopted by the prosent ad ministration yet all of them were OPPOSED AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION by ThiI, and all appropriations to finance them he wanted materially reduced. He continued, however, to declare the Truman foreign policy, wasteful, undesirable, resistance to Russian aggression in Korea a colossal and ghastly blunder, UN action in Korea ineffective and the UN a washout. DUT the Wall Street Journal insists the views of Taft are well known and always forthright! What brand of dictionary does the Wall Street Journal use? R.W.R. Tuesday. April 22, 1952 Washington correspond shortly thereafter in Har case doesn't work out, proceed he was pleased to see the made any protest to Pot against communism he be far and definitely he did s attacks on General Mar Crosstown "I'll just about balance this month's food budget. Tom's away for two weeks and the children have had a lot of invitations to eat out." Matter of Fact THE EEL BARREL Washington Democratic party politics, which have resembled nothing so much as a barrel of eels for the last week, are again beginning to resume an intelli gible pattern. It is a very queer pattern, to be sure, but at least one can guess where it may lead. A dominant figure in this pat tern, curiously enough, is Presi dent Harry S. Truman. He was supposed to lose all his influence, according to the traditional rules, the moment he declared he would not run again. As things have turned out, however, the President will probably have a considerable influence, and he is planning to use it to the full. e e IN BRIEF, the President intends to do everything he can to get the Democratic candidacy of W. Averell Harriman off the ground. He has already gone infinitely further than President Roosevelt did, in the rather comparable time when he was seeking to pro mote the candidacy of Harry L. Hopkins. Truman will continue in the same vein. And he will be helped by the New York lead ers who have now made Harri man their favorite son, and by the other northeastern chief tains who have been left with no where else to go by the defection of Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. But if the Harriman candidacy fails to develop popular appeal, and if the Republicans seem at all likely to nominate Sen. Rob ert A. Taft( the President can be expected to take a new look at his problem. In the event that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the Republican choice, the Presi dent may well be willing to see Sen. Estes Kefauvcr carry the Democratic standard, on the as sumption that Kefauver will be beaten anyway. But Truman is known to think that the election of Kefauvcr will be a national tragedy, and to regard the elec tion of Taft as a national catas trophe. e HENCE, if Taft is leading the Republican race and Harri man has not put himself over, the President will really have only two serious choices. Either he will have to reverse his own decision not to run. Or he will have to take the lead in revers ing Adlai Stevenson's decision, seeking to draft the Illinois Gov ernor by main force. Although Truman has been greatly angered by Stevenson'6 reluctance to become a candi date, the President is far more likely to swallow his irritation with Stevenson than to eat his own words about a third term. If he decides to try to draft Steven son, the President ought to com mand the active co-operation of the New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Illinois dele gations, which all share his views of the national party situation. This would be Just the beginning, and the beginning alone might well be enough to make the draft-Stevenson effort succeed at the Democratic convention. Harriman, meanwhile, is tackl ing the business of being a Presi dential candidate with his cus tomary earnestness and energy. His greatest problem is, very sim ply, that he has never learned to project in public his warm private personality. On only one recent occasion a celebration of the NATO anniversary here in Washington has he overcome this difficulty. The NATO celeb rants, who were largely high government dignitaries, filled the town with talk of the Harriman speech for a good many davs. It was hoped that he would repeat this success at the New York dinner In his honor last week see ITNFORTL'NATELY. it seems to be the concensus of the politicians and observers that Harriman's New York sneerh while every way admirable, did not light the fire which was hoped from it. Probably the trou ble was that he tried'too hard.: for he is con"nus nf his peculiar problem, and he works over hut By Roland Cot By Joseph and Stewart Also I major speeches so endlessly and painstakingly that he tends to go stale before delivering them. In any case, it is generally agreed that the great triumph of the New York dinner was scored by Governor Stevenson, the man who had just said he could not "accept the nomination this sum mer." Stevenson was Harriman's can didate until he withdrew from the race, and Harriman is now Stevenson's. Harriman has laid out an extensive speaking pro gram, and it is entirely possible that he may hit his stride some where along the way, beginning to perform once more as he did at the NATO celebration. In that case, the Harriman candidacy will have to be taken very seri ously indeed. e e llf EANWHILE, however, the as- tute Illinois national com mitteeman, Col. Jacob Arvey, is already preparing for the other conditions envisioned above namely Harriman not putting himself over, and Taft leading the Republican race. Arvey has announced that he now regards himself as free to gather delegates to draft Gov. Stevenson. He has Ignored Ste venson s protest against this an nouncement. And he has ac tually opened talks with like minded Democratic leaders. He is finding a sympathetic audience, moreover, since Ste venson's New York appearance convinced the assembled Demo crats that the Illinois Governor was THE man who can prevent their expulsion from the land of milk and honey. Nonetheless, if Gen. Eisen hower is the Republican nom inee, Stevenson will almost sure ly refuse even the most insistent draft. But if Taft is the opposi tion choice, the Democratic con vention looks like being pretty interesting after all. (Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) SixNewPOWCamps Opened in Korea Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The United Nations Command disclosed that it has opened six new camps for Communist war prisoners In South Korea. The Allies gave the location of the new camps to the Commu nists at a truce negotiating ses sion Tuesday and promised to hand over later the names of prisoners who have been trans ferred there. Moving Inland It was believed the UN com mand is moving inland those' prisoners who wish to return to North Korea and Red China. The move also will break up bands of Communists believed respon sible for the riots at the Koje Island prison camp. Col. George W. Hickman of the UN said after the hour and 40-minute meeting that both sides still are exploring ways to reconcile the UN demand for voluntary repatriation of prison ers with the Communists' insist ence on the return of all cap tives. In an adjoining conference tent, an Allied staff officer ac cused the Reds of not even trying to negotiate an armistice. SQUARE DANCE CLASS FOR INTERMEDIATES t Camp Corral, White City EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT For 10 Successive Weeki Starling Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m. FEE $10 per couple for entire seriei of 10 Lessons or Make Special Arrangements at Enrollment Time to Take Only a Part of the Series. Instructor MINNIE ROBERTSON Meet the Candidates Editor's note: This is one of a series of statements furnish ed by candidates for local of fice in the primary election May 16. They are being pub lished by The Mail Tribune as a free service io the candi dates, and for the information of readers wishing io inform themselves of candidates' po sitions relativt io their candi dacy. By PAUL HAVILAND Republican, for District Attorney As Jackson county takes its place as an increasingly import ant population center, the posi tion of the District Attorney also becomes a more important fac tor in our way of life. There are ever changing prob lems in a well organized commu- I A Mi PAUL HAVILAND nity which affect many human lives. The District Attorney must face these problems without fear, hesitation or consideration for special privileged groups. My early legal education and training in Oregon, my exper ience with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and my service with the District Attorney's of fice have made me conscious of a public official's responsibility to the people who have elected him to represent them, not as individuals, but as a group de siring good government. Should the voters, after care.i fill consideration, elect to retain me as District Attorney, I shall continue to conduct the office for the protection of the inno cent and prosecution of the guilty, regardless of creed, color or political affiliation. Congressional Quiz Questions and Answers on What Goes on at tho Capital Furnished by Congressional Quartorlt Nwt Features Q Did funds for the House approve a U.S. envoy to the Vatican? A In passing April 4 the SI billion appropriation bill for the State, Commerce and Justice De partments, the House upheld a committee rider that said none of the money could be used for maintaining a foreign mission prior to Senate confirmation of an appointee to the mission. (There is no Vatican envoy at present.) Rep. John J. Rooney's (D.-N.Y.) motion to strike out the section was defeated, as was Alfred D. Slemenski's (D.-N.J.) amendment to exempt the Vati can. Q Does my boss have to let me off so I can vote on election day? A It depends on your state's laws. The Supreme court March 3 upheld a Missouri law which requires employers to give work ers four hours off with pay on election days. Twenty-four other states have laws requiring time off for voting, but not all require pay. Q How many lawmakers made known their stands on all roll-call votes this year? A Twenty - two Demo crats and 18 Republicans in the Sen ate did so on the 24 roll calls in the first three months, according to Congressional Quarterly's "On the Record" compilation of votes and declared stands. In the House, 35 Democrats and 48 Re publicans missed no opportunity to make known their roll-call positions on the 22 roll calls in that chamber. The average Sena tor went on record 89.8 per cent of the time; the average for Rep resentatives was 82.4 per cent. Q Was anything done about rumors that the Chairman of the Congressional committee Inves tigating tax cases had intervened Locusts, Communists Factors in Iranian Economy and Future Editors note: This i the sec ond dispatch in a series deal ing with the three greet prise In the struggle between East and West. By PHIL NEWSOM Untied Press Foreign Analyst Whether Iran is to erupt in chaos and eventually fall prey to the Communists may depend on the locusts. Settlement of Iran's oil dis pute with Brit ain also is a factor, but ap parently not so important as had been from the oil thought. The Iranian peas ant recei ved little benefit 'hi I Newsom income, anyway Now, however, for the first time in his life he is becoming a landowner. His entire future is tied up in the land, and much of it in this year's crops. That's why, under the U. S. Point Four Program, so much attention is being paid to locust control throughout the entire Middle East, and why anxious eyes scan the skies for the first sign of the great locust swarms which destroy every thing in their path. Target for Tudeh Should the land refrom pro gram fail or should the peasant be wiped out by the locusts, then he will become another ready made target for the Communist Party, or, as it is known in Iran, the Tudeh. A Westerner finds it almost im possible to understand the in ternal working of Iran. In the main, Iran has been owned lock, stock and barrel by about 100 big landowners. They own whole villages, and some individual holdings are larger than Switzerland. Shah Moham med Reza Pahlavi, one of the richest men in the world, alone owns 1,376 villages outright, large portions of another 706 and nearly 2,000 vast land tracts reserved for grazing. Living Contrasted The large landowners live mostly in the cities in the midst of great wealth, while the peas ant subsists in poverty on a diet of a loaf of bread per day and, if he's lucky, a little wine. The landowners have resisted the reform government strenu ously but are being forced into It because it is being strongly supported by the Shah, who sys tematically is distributing all his holdings and giving the peasants many years to pay for them. in some California tax fraud cases? A The House Ways and Means committee April 9 filed a report formally clearing Sub committee Chairman Cecil R. King (D.-Calif.) of improper ac tion in tax cases involving Long Beach citizens. Rep. J. M. Combs (D.-Tex.) in charge of hearings into the rumors, said they were "completely without foundation" and "not one scrap of evidence" had been submitted to back them up. Q How much of an extension did Congress give the President's war powers? A Until June 1. The House and Senate completed action April 9 on the bill extending the wartime emergency powers, and the measure was signed into law April 15. Without such legis lation, the powers would have expired on formal ending of the war with Japan April 28. (Copyright 1952, Congressional Quarterly) WORST OF ALL Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) Frederick W. Kel'y complained that an airplane dived within 10 feet of his chimney, made the house shake, knocked pictures off the walls and caused his chil dren to cry. Worse yet, he added his wife fell off a chair and ripped her nylons. Yes, We ARE Proud ... . Oof the more than four decades of service we ve rendered this community . . of the many friendships we've made through a long-standing policy of fair prices in line with the express wishes of those we serve i " of ,h beauty of Perl's impressive tributes . . of the sympathetic understand ing attent.on gi; t8 ,11 who tom f0 uf in their hour of need. PERL FUNERAL HOME 44 Years of Friendly Service A difficulty is that farming methods are crude, and many of the peasants, ignorant, and il literate, have fallen victim to the Iranian version of the loan shark. Land banks and other govern ment projects now are being set up to protect him. Red Party Active Meanwhile, the outlawed Tu deh Party still is the most active in Iran and provides Premier Mohammed Mossadegh with one of his greatest headaches. How ever, much of the steam has been taken out of the Communist sales talks by the land reform program and by the program to nationalize the oil industry. If Iran is to stay out of Com munist hands, it appears the land program must succeed and a set tlement must be found for the oil problem. Iran's economy did not collapse, as had been feared, with the shutdown of the oil In dustry. But the loss of more than $100,000,000 annually in income and wages definitely left it shaky. Gold Hill Improving Sewage Facilities , Gold Hill Work will be com-J pleted in two or three weeks on bringing the Gold Hill sewage disposal plant up to state stand ards, City Recorder Ferd W. Jones, said Monday. Jones stated that the present changes and additions were nec essary to meet state demands and that, when complete, they will provide a "well-equipped" service "favorably meeting" the requirements for such opera tions. Christian Science Heals Grief .-': and Loneliness To those suffering lost or separation, Christian Science comes with merci ful and unending blessing. Through devoted study of its textbook Science and Health witiv Key to the ScviptHrfS fry-Mary Baker Eekly ,: many such have found t steadying light that pierces the dark. In heartfelt thank fulness they found comfort. They have entered a path which grief and loneliness can no longer shadow. ChristJesus'words,"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10), now take on fresh assurance. Science and Health has come in fulfillment of Bib lical promise. It shows the practical valut of the Scrip, tures, and their spiritual power to meet present day needs. Science and Health may be bought, read, or borrowed at Christian Science READING ROOM 228 Test Sixth Street MEDF0R5 or send ti and a copy in the blue cloth Library Editioo will be mailed postpaid. You arc invited to make full me of the shove ind other public Read ins Rooms (lift in your neighbor hood aentoa request). 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