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April 25, 1942
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20 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1932
(It was Monday)
Installation oi Jail equipment
and elevator under way as new
Jackson county courthouse at
Main street and Oakdale ave
nue nears completion.
Number of marriages In Jack
aon county decreased 6.5 per
cent to 570 In 1931, county clerk
reveals. Divorces down 10.5 per
cent during yenr.
30 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1922
(It was Tuesday)
Fifteen cases of smallpox re
ported In Thompson Croek area
as epidemic feared.
Former vice-president of de
funct Jacksonville bank tried on
charge of making false report
to bank examiners.
40 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1912
(It was Thursday)
. William Howard Taft declares
Theodore Roosevelt "seeks a dic
tatorship;" believes it would be
impossible to dislodge him from
White Houso if elected presi
dent. Southern Pacific announces It
will name new station near Rock
Point "Roscy" In honor of A.
S. Rosenbauin, general manager
of the Medford division.
Bids on Grocery
Warehouse Called
Mason Ehrman company offi
cials in Portland today told The
Mail Tribune that bids on the
wholesale grocery firm's new
warehouse building on the site
of the old Piercy flying field
will be opened here April 30.
The bids will be on a 225-foot
square reinforced concrete ware
house building and a 30 by 200
foot building, including refriger
ation and repacking facilities
and office space. Included in the
warehouse will be loading well
facilities for eight trucks, com
pany olficinls snid.
Of the six contractors expected
to submit bids on the construc
tion job, five will be from south
ern Oregon firms and the sixth
from a Portland company. Mason
Ehrman officials had previously
stated that southern Oregon
firms would receive preference
in the construction project.
The Mason Ehrman warehouse
and office building will be the
first in the new industrial area
on the site of the old flying
field.
FIRE ANNOYS 'GATORS
St Augustine, Fla. (U.Rl
Firemen fighting a blaze at an
alligator farm lied more to worry
about than snapping flames.
There were also snapping Jaws.
The 6.000 captive alligators were
unhurt but caused conj'dcrable
disturbance before the firt was
put out.
Gtl53 I
He Can Do Nothing Right
No incident in recent political history more strik
ingly illustrates the intensity and unreasonableness
of some of the feeling against president unman 10
dav. than the reaction of the members of the Ameri
can Society of Newspaper
them to his remarks before them concerning seizure
of newspapers and radios.
We have iust received
port of that 300th press-conference held in Washing
ton by the present occupant of the White House, and
it erives to any fair-minded,
entirely different picture than was reported by the
press services, or any newspapers we have seen
then or since.
I7HAT actually took place was this and it was
" only one question and
many:
Question:
If it is proper to seize the steel mills can you In your
opinion seize the newspapers and radio stations?
Answer: Under SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES the
President would have to act for whatever were the best
interests of the country."
It seems to the undersigned the President obvious-
Iv said what he HAD to sav. if he agreed to answer
the question at all. He could hardly have said if the
newspaper and radio industry did threaten tne Dest
interests of the country, as
would have power to do NOTHING. This is not to say
he believed the occasion would ever arise.
, CCORDING to this amplified report the imme-
diate reaction in fact was not particularly hos
tile or resentful. But when
departed and thought it
agine during the cocktail
madder and madder, and
and hornferous resolutions were drawn up, inform
ally. Some claimed that the chief executive of the
country had deliberately chosen the dictatorial path
of the late Adolph Hitler, and if allowed his way
would proceed to destroy that great and sacred shield
of American freedom the freedom-of-the-press
upheld and guaranteed by that greatest document of
human liberty ever penned by the hand of man the
Constitution of the United States ! Etc., etc.
WELL, so it goes!
As before remarked whether or not President
Truman had a legal right to do what he did regarding
the steel-mills we don't know, that is a question we
presume the Supreme Court must decide and our
hope is it SOON will!
But that the President
because he BELIEVED he had the legal right within
the inherient and implied powers cf his office and was
so advised by his attorneys, we clont for a minute
doubt.
Mr. Truman has many
any disposition to break the law is not one of them.
And he is about as far from the dictatorial neurotic,
"Hitler" type as anyone could imagine.
JN FACT a reading of the complete report of this
press conference emphasizes the President's gen
uine humility; his freedom from any "side" or exag
gerated ego, his "plain-folks" quality.
Readme between the
happy to meet the newspaper editors, liked them,
hoped they would like him, and answered all sorts of
questions, with a eenial informality ranging all the
way from flood-control to foreign policy, "choosing
not to run" to choosing a successor to General Eisen
hower, and so on and so forth.
The "loaded" question
we felt the President answered it very well far more
wisely and shrewdly than is his custom. But if any
newspaper editors, attending the conference also
thought so, we have heard nothing from them.
We are pleased to note
editors present differed with the majority, and a few
of them even refused to sign the formal resolution
criticizing the chief executive for this alleged threat
to destroy the sacred rights and privileges of the free
press.
Senator Moody of Michigan, himself a news
paper man (and a good one)
with a number of the visiting
ing this press conference
unanimous in declaring "Mr. Truman handled him
self very well" and they interpreted his remarks as
merely meaning that:
if the circumstances within the newspaper and radio
business should present a danger to the security and wel
fare of the country similar to thnt presented by the threat
ened steel walk-out, the President naturally would do the
same thing he had done and for the same reason.
BUT, as Senator Moodv explained, he could not
conceive of the press or radio presenting any similar
threat or anything approaching it.
BUT the editors who kept their heads and their
ennen rf nimwi 111 o -l nnwl mmnt'lfw
The vast majority grabbed their rones and tar-
buckets, joined in the cries
some even made the rafters
for the President s "impeachment.
Which takes us approximately back where we
started from. R. W.R.
Don Cruikshank New Calculator Distributor
Don Cruikshank today an
nounced that he is terminating
his office supply business lo
cated at 28 South Central ave
nue. The office will close April
30.
On May 1 Cruikshank will
take over the dealership for the
Marchant Calculating Machine
company and will Have oflices
rrld.y. April 23, 1952
editors at least most of
the first unabridged re
unprejudiced, person, an
answer among a great
the steel industry nad, ne
the assembled editors had
over particularly we im
hour some of them got
finally the most menacing
did taue the action he did,
faults and weaknesses, but
lines one concludes he was
was the last one. As stated
however, that some of the
told the senate he talked
editors the night follow
and they were practically
of outrage and alarm,
ring with their demand
In his home at 329 Crater Lake
avenue. He will maintain
spearate shop for maintenance
and service of the calculating
machines.
Cruikshank has been in the
office equipment business in
Medford for 18 years.
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"Y'ought'a look on the bright side,
up before this rain started
Matter of Fact
THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING FINE
Washington The New York
and Pennsylvania primaries may
well prove to be Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower's most important
pre-convention victories, except
of course New Hampshire, which
put the Eisenhower show on the
road.
The New York voting interest
ingly proved the inaccuracy of
the initial estimates of Sen. Rob
ert A. Taft's strength, as confi
dentially prepared by the Sena
tcr's own lieutenants. These
figures, which were the basis of
the original Taft bull-dozer strat
egy, gave him a New York po
tential of no less than 20 dele
gates. To be sure, the 20 were
expected to be mainly composed
of "sleepers," who would only
unveil their adherence to Taft at
the turning point in Chicago.
Determining the number of
sleepers in a 88 man delegation is
naturally all but impossible. But
after the severe defeat of most
of the Senator's open adherents
in New York, the best local ob
servers doubt that Taft can count
on more than four New York
votes. Gov. Dewey says Taft will
get only one. In New York as
elsewhere, in short, Sen. Taft has
not made the showing he at first
counted on making.
AS FOR the Pennsylvania pri
mary, it could be close to
decisive The important fact here
was not the outcome of the con
test for delegates. Only eight
places were directly in dispute
between the Taft and Eisenhow
er forces, in Allegheny county,
where the Eisenhower people
did well. The important fact in
Pennsylvania was, rather, the
overwhelming turnout of Eisen
hower enthusiasts far more
than 800,000 of them in a state
where people rarely bother to
vote in primaries, and in a pri
mary with no real contest to give
it zest.
It seems to be conceded, even
by Sen. Taft's Pennsylvania
friends, that this turnout repre
sents a genuine popular trend.
Gen. Eisenhower, who had no
support whatever from the state
organization, polled a vote very
far ahead of Sen. Edward Mar
tin, for whom the organization
went all-out. The big question
remaining is whether this popu
lar demonstration in his own
state will be heeded by Pennsyl
vania's Governor, John S. Fine.
As the man who personally
controlled by far the largest
number of Pennsylvania's 70
delegates, Gov. Fine Is in a posi
tion to make other politicians
die of envy. The primary does
not bind him; he can vote his
cattle as he pleases. He has by
far the largest block of uncom
mitted cattle still available.
If Fine chooses Taft, this sin
gle gain will offset almost all
the Senator's recent losses. And
if he chooses Eisenhower, the
spectacle of the Pennsylvania
cattle jostling Into the General's
corral is likely to start a stam
pede. The owners of many pro-
Taft delegations, in the South,
for instance, will then be unable
to prevent their herds from Join
ing the rush.
IHE Eisenhower primary show
in0 hnulri inflnpnr r.nv
Fine in the General's direction,
as proof that Eisenhower at the
head of the ticket will help the
local Pennsylvania candidates.
Moreover, Gov. Fine wants to
back a winner, and he will un
doubtedly be Impressed by such
DR. H. H. BRESEE
Announc
The Closing of His Office
FOR THE DURATION OF HIS
MILITARY SERVICE
fly Roland Cot
mister. The score you was pilin
woulda made you feel worse.
By Joteph and
Stewart Alsop
recent developments as those in
Texas and Colorado. In Colo
rado, despite the strong Taft
stand of the able and admired
Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, the Eis
enhower forces now expect to
capture a majority of the delega
tion. And in Texas, the pro-Taft
leaders of the established Re
publican organization are now
thought to be unable to stem the
strong Eisenhower surge in the
state, except by holding a rump
convention.
But on the Taft side, Gov. Fine
is also subjected to extremely
strong influences. The Grundy
Owlett - Pennsylvania Manufac
turers association machine is
pro-Taft. Fine who wants to
control Republican politics in
Pennsylvania, has got to live
with Grundy and Owlett in his
back yard. Fine himself, who
reserves his highest admiration
for Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
probably inclines personally to
wards the Ohio Senator. Then
too, he has had a sharp falling
out with Pennsylvania Sen.
James Duff, the boldest of the
early Eisenhower backers.
In this situation it is entirely
possible that Fine will go either
way. Since the Eisenhower-Taft
race is still very close, Fine's
decision will probably determine
such vital questions as which
delegation is to be seated if a
contest develops in Texas. The
stampede effect Fine can create
has already been noted. In truth,
barring unforeseen and almost
revolutionary developments, it
is quite possible that the out
come of the Republican race will
hang on which way Gov. Fine
makes up his mind. In these cir
cumstances, it is at least certain
that the Governor can have just
about whatever he asks for,
from either of the two camps.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
Prop Nuts Flight
Contest Set Sunday ,
The Medford Prop Nuts, local
model airplane club, will con
duct another in a series of mod
el flight contests Sunday start
ing at 10 a.m., It was announced
today.
Events will include a novice
all classes, and classes Hi A,
A, B and C, all open.
The contests will be on the
club's flight area on the Agate
desert which can ge reached by
going out Table Rock road to
the National Guard warehouse
buildings, and turning left to
ward the city dump grounds.
The public is welcome.
4-H Club News
Cheerful Cookers
The Cheerful Cookers club of
Eagle Point met April 23 at the
home of Mrs. Victor Hay. It was
decided to give a tea for the
mothers on May 14 at 3:30 p.m.
We decided on a wiener roast
instead of a taffy pull on
April 30..
Leolyn Brock,
Acting Reporter
VOLCANO ROARING
Manila, P. I. U.R Didicas
volcano, which rose out of the
sea north of Luzon, was reported
roaring and throwing fire and
smoke high into the air Friday.
WEATHER
By United Press
North California Scattered
showers Friday; generally fair
Saturday.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The Korean truce is snarled at
the moment on the issue of ex
change of prisoners of war. The
Reds are insisting on acceptance
oi the principle that ALL prison
ers of both sides shall be sent
home regardless of their indi
vidual wishes. The United Na
tions command has declared that
prisoners who do not wish to
return across the battle lines
should not be forced to do so.
THIS prisoner business ought
to be clearly and fully under
stood by all of us, for the princi
ple that underlies it is of the
greatest possible importance to
Americans, who believe in the
rights of the INDIVIDUAL MEN.
Here is the long and the short
of it:
Vast numbers of the prisoners
we hold in Korea deserted to our
side to GET AWAY FROM THE
REDS. If we send them back by
force, they'll be shot against a
wall, or be sent to the slave labor
camps, or some other horrible
punishment will be visited on
them.
TN THIS matter of exchange of
prisoners with the Reds, our
record in Europe is black enough.
There, after V-E Day, we sent
back to the Russians (despite the
protests and the pleadings of the
pitiful victims) thousands upon
thousands of Russian prisoners
of war who deserted to the Ger
mans to get away from the hor
rors of Russian communism.
We took these prisoners over
from the Germans and handed
them back to the Russians be
cause the Russians insisted on
it. What happened to all of them
we don't know in detail, but we
know enough . to be bitterly
ashamed of the whole nasty and
sickening transaction.
THE dispatch telling of the
- present situation in Korea
says the UN command "declares
that prisoners who do not wish to
return . . . SHOULD not be forc
ed to do so."
I hope that is a misquotation.
With the tradition of FREE
AMERICA behind them, our ne
gotiators should make this ring
ing declaration:
These unfortunate people
SHALL NOT be sent to the ruth
less despotism of communism
from which they fled to the sanc
tuary of our lines. Before we will
be guilty of such a dastardly be
trayal of individual human
rights, we will GO ON FIGHT
ING INDEFINITELY IN KO
REA, regardless of the cost."
Weary as we all are of a war
we can't win, a war that should
never have been allowed to get
started, I think we'd all smack
our fists in our palms and shout
with grim approval:
THAT'S the stuff! THAT'S
AMERICA! We're willing and
ready to FIGHT for a principle
like that!"
TN Pennsylvania, the pendulum
of Republican favor, which
had swung strongly toward Ike
in New Hampshire and Minne
sota, then toward Taft in Wis
consin and Nebraska, swings
back sharply toward Ike in
Pennsylvania.
With the bulk of the Pennsyl
vania votes counted, Eisenhower
has in round numbers 826,000
out of 1,110.000 Republican votes
cast. That is 75 per cent of the to
tal, or three out of four.
Taft gets some 167,000 write
ins and Stassen gets some 118,
000 ballot votes.
T'AFT'S name was not on the
Pennsylvania ballot. He refus
ed to file, and urged his followers
not to write him in. So his back
ers call the Pennsylvania pri
mary "meaningless."
Personally, I can't agree.
Among other things, I think
the fact that, under the circum
stances Senator Taft got 167.000
write-ins is a fine tribute to him.
A written-in vote is usually a
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28 SOUTH CENTRAL
Solons Seen Trying
For Self-Protection
In Impeachment Bill
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington (U.R) S o m e of
the Republicans who would im
peach President Truman or cut
of funds with which to adminis
ter seized steel companies are
acting in self-defense in a pe-
cularly personal way.
A few of them will admit it.
More of them will concede that
impeachment of Mr. Truman Is
impossible.
The self-defenders are trying
to protect themselves from blis
tering mail and telegrams from
back home. Some sections of the
American public took the steel
seizure in stride and some cheer
ed it on the union leaders, for
example.
A very considerable number
of citizens, however, saw in Mr.
Truman's seizure of the steel in
dustry a gross and dangerous
violation of the constitution. The
violation would be in the lack
of any legislative act authorizing
the president to order the sei
zure. These citizens belabored their
congressmen and senators to "do
something." The idea was to do
something which would assert
the complaint that Mr. Truman
had reached far beyond the
bounds of legality to take an ac
tion which only could be author
ized by act of congress.
The protesting mail from back
home said Congress should as
sert itself, defend its constitu
toinal position as one of the
three co-equal branches of gov
ernment. One rather substantial parti
san argument has been made
against the effort to compel Mr.
Truman to release the steel in
dustry by forbidding the use of
federal funds for its adminis
tration. Get Off Hot Spot
It is that such action would
do more than release the indus
try. It would get Mr. Truman
off a hot spot. Anything that
happened thereafter easily could
Upper Rogue Marblo
Tourney Finals Set
Shady Cove Finals in the
Upper Rogue marble tourna
ment will be held at the Shady
Cove school at 10 a.m. May 9,
it was announced today by Steel
head nost, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, which is sponsoring the
event.
Elimination contests at par
ticipating schools of the area are
now under way, and some stiff
competition is shaping up for
the final contest, reports in
dicated.
VOTE OF CONVICTION. If I
were Senator Taft, I'd feel good
over those 167,000 hand-written
ballots. ,
Still, you can't shrug off the
fact that General Eisenhower, in
the old, Back-East, supposedly
hard-boiled state of Pennsyl
vania, got three out of four of
all the Republican votes cast, in
cluding write-ins.
K
EEP this in mind:
No dirt was done Senator Taft
in Pennsylvania. Nobody kept
him off the ballot. He was free
to file, if he had wanted to. He
just anticipated that he would
lose in Pennsylvania and decided
to stay out. It will be the same
in the Oregon primary. He could
have filed, but didn't.
Our system of hodge-podge,
hit-and-miss state presidential
primaries is more or less of a
joke, but at least it's a crap game
that everybody can horn into.
Senator Taft just chose not to
horn into Pennsylvania.
The results indicated that his
judgment was sound.
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be charged to Congress regard
less of the merits of the charge.
And Mr. Truman is mighty
handy at indicting Congress
with the public and making the
indictment stick.
That will not decide the ques.
tion whether Mr. Truman did or
did not violate the constitution.
A suit by the steel industry ul
timately will determine the Su
preme Court's judgment of that.
There are persons here who
hazard a guess that Mr. Truman
can expect friendly treatment
from a Supreme Court he and
FDR created.
But a majority of both houses
of Congress already is emphat
ically on record in disapproval
of the policy of seizure without
specific authority. The presi
dent probably would not risk
it. again.
Meet the
Candidates
Editor's note: This is one of
a series of statements furnish- t
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 to the candi
dates, and for the information
of readers wishing to inform
themselves of candidates' po
sition! relative to their candi
dacy. By E. H. Mann
Republican for
State Representative
As a Republican candidate for
nomination and re-election to the
House of Representatives from
Jackson County, I offer my past
record for your approval. I feel
that men who are experienced
and familiar with the tax prob-
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E. H. Mann
lems and other Important legis
lative matters facing the state
of Oregon In the next session of
the Legislature are best quali
fied to serve through their past
experience.
If I am returned to the Legis
lature, I will continue to con
sider all proposed legislation
strictly on its merit, regardless
of political pressure or special
interests, so that the people of
this county and the state of Ore
gon may be well served.
I have been a resident of Jack
son County for over twenty
years, during which time I have
owned and operated the E. H.
Mann company in Medford,
Oregon; and during that time I
have become thoroughly famil
iar with the problems facing the
people of Jackson County.
If you feel that these quali
fications justify your returning
me to the Legislature in 1953,
and if my services in the past
have been honest and faithful, I
would appreciate your support.
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