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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDw&vTRIBUNB Everyone In Southern Oregon Read! Tlie Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 17-29 North Fir St. Phone S-S141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP, Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E C FERGUSON. Managing Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newapaper Entered a econd clan matter at Medlord. Oregon, under Act or March 3. 1B97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: ... Daily and Sunday one year 112 00 Dally and Sundayiix raontha 8 so Dally and Sunday three m 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 1.23 By Carrier In A d v a n c f Bedford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove, Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: .,. Dally and Sunday ona year $13.00 Dally and Sunday one month 15 All Terms Cash In Advance O'flrlal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertiilng Representative: WEST-HOLLlDAY COMPANY, INC Office! In New York. Chicago, De. trolt, San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis, Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. . NATION At EDITORIAL LHiiiun ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medfotd and Jackson County His- Hn no " Ma" Trlbuna 10, 20. 30 and 40 rears 10 YEARS AGO May 19. 1942 (It was Tuesday) Earl H. York, registry clerk at Medford post office, named uperintendent of army post of fice at Camp White. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The cost of living dropped 1.5 per cent yes terday. Nobody heard It hit. 20 YEARS AOO May 19. 1932 (It was Thursday) "Air caravan" of 25 planes ex pected to arrive here from Los Angeles: 60 persons dressed in Olympic costumes will advertise 1832 Olympic games in Los Angeles. Local furniture store adver tises davenport and chair set for $31.29; bedroom suite for $21.39 end eight-piece dining room set for $34.79. 30 YEARS AGO May 19. 1922 (It was Friday) Oregon caves remain closed as vital part of road Is not yet fin ished." Local camp grounds operator Sails police when campers carry way three cook stoves after chopping down trees for fire wood. 40 YEARS AGO May 19, 1912 (It was Sunday) Sams Valley boy receives min or Injuries while doing "bare back circus riding tricks on cow which runs under clothes line. Half-inch rainfall following long dry spell expected to "do wonders" for Rogue valley orch rd crops. Festival 'Kangaroo Court' Will Tour Phoenix A Kangaroo court of the Phoenix May festival will journey to various valley towns Tuesday, May 20, to hold ses sion .according to Judge hunk DcSouza. The court will be accompan ied by a full roster of attend anls. Including bailiffs, clerks and reporters. In order to assure fair and impartial trials. Judge DeSour.a continued. He pointed out that a portable Jail would be used "to safeguard the pris oners." Tuesday's sessions are describ ed as "practico ones' and will be held In Jacksonville at fl a m.: Central Point, 10 a.m.; Medford 11 a.m.; Phoenix, 12 noon; Ash land. 2 p m.; and Talent. 3 p.m. After the Talent session, the court will be recessed until re convened on Festival day, May 24. Dog A owed To Bite Dog At Least Once Berkeley, Calif. U.R Mrs. Harriet Allison brought $25 damage suit against her neigh bor, Mrs. Vertls Clinton. She charged Mrs. Clinton's dog, Pat sy, bit her dog, Queenie. Municipal Judge Redmond Staats dismissed the case. "Any dog should be entitled to bite another dog at least once" Staats ruled. V;"-y A5SO rasrfMfcsil I rJ J I 'Tigf b$ail$m'.M.',I.H.al MAIL TRIBUNE Armory Hope Weakened Medford's hopes for a new armory may be in for a rude setback, according to information received last week from a high officer in the National Guard. ALTHOUGH the two Guard units here have author r7CiA cttaOn nrVi rf OA rrior.Q1 in Unn -inn,ifc company, and 161 in Co. A the combined strength of the two outfits is now only 70 enlisted men, and National Guard officials are seriously considering withdrawing one of the units. MEDFORD Guard strength has been weak for a rtnoirl oi'n K 1 a no.'i'nl i n A iVtn titiirifir.M in nil fU n vwijujuuauji, more deplorable, it is pointed out, when it is consid ered that our population is far greater than that of other communities which are brants iass, with less Medlord, is cited as having unit and presently conducting a drive to bring its strength up to 100 before time to go to camp next month. Little Myrtle Creek members, and Roseburg has 65 men which is expected to before leaving. J7NERGETIC action on the " general in helping to recruit Medford's two units to maximum strength before time to entrain for camp, rather than seeing the "two weakest units in the state" represent the city, would materially improve the prob ability of Medford receiving the type of armory de sired, the Guard officer told local men interested. Whatever is done should be gotten at before camp time, it was emphasized for armory plans which will be discussed during predicated more or less on individual units at the summer maneuvers. E. C. F. What's To Eaffoday? Jackson county women cf advice in culinary matters. No, indeedy. Anyone that has ever enjoyed the gastronomic delights to be round at Grange dinners, any of the pot luck affairs abouts, can swear toithat. hints in answering that' always bothersome question : "What shall we have to eat and the good ladies of the terian church have come up may prove helpful to even imaginative cooks. "THE newspaper recently tian, whose marketing tips and recipes are being pub lished each Thursday and Friday under the heading "Feeding the Family." In her feature Miss Vincent not only deals with the fruits, vegetables and other eat ments in season, but she tells how to prepare them to the best advantage for family enjoyment. The Jacksonville church ladies' effort is in the form of a cook book "Kitchen Kapers," just off the press, wherein are set forth the favorite recipes of some of the pioneer town's most renowned cooks. Compilation of the material took half a year and the work was understaken for the purpose of helping to raise money for redecoration of the church interior. Incidentally, the old church, which came into be ing back in 1881, has since been benefitted many times by the-women members1 undertaking such proj ects. Strawberry festivals were a principal item in the fund raising years ago, the Jacksonville brass band furnishing music while sale of cakes and other goodies went on. A ND speaking of strawberries, one of the recipes of, the Presbyterian ladies' cook book is for straw berry chiffon pie, the mouth-watering concoction be ing described as follows: 1 baked 9 Inch pie shell. 1 qt. strawberries (or 2 pkgs. frozen berries). 1 a cup sugar; M tsp. salt. 1 pkg. undnvored gelatin; 1 tsp. vanilla. 1 4 cup cold water; 1 cup whipped cream. 2 cups light cream. 2 eggs (separated). Cut berries in quarters (with frozen berries thaw and drnln well). Mix with U cup of sugar. Soften gelatin In cold water, boat the light cream until little bubbles nppenr (do not boil). Add the gelatin to the hot cream and stir until dissolved. Kent egg yolks slightly and stir in a little of the hot mixture, then stir in remaining cream mixture. Cook 3 min utes. Add the other U cup of sugar, the salt and vanilla. Chill in refrigerator until the mixture is ns thick as unbeaten egg white. Mix In strawberries gently and pour Into baked pastry shell. Chill until firm, then top off with whipped cream. MUMEROUS other gustatory gems are detailed but the strawberry chiffon pie would get our first vote if someone asked : "What shall we have to eat today?" E.C.F. . , . "T . ssV 4 a-. ..i, ivi , Ki.x-f v.l.,1i "",. "saaaaaaaaaa .?. f MSawiLlL ..,,,.w,S l 4 XWJl.J lrmt aaii.a.ai.aat..lll IT'S AN ILL WIND And this one blew good to no one. Ousts of 100 miles an hour In northern Vtah raised havoc with phone lines, upset these three planes and scattered others around the taxi lanes at OfMen Municipal Airport Other landing fields in area reported $imijar damage. Monday- May 19. 1952 awu LUC OiLUClLUJli 1Q tXii LUC maintaining larger units, than half the population of over 70 men in its Guard has a rule unit with 48 a weapons company with be greatly strengthened part of the community in the coming winter will be the showing made by the are in no particular need lodge or church suppers, or which are so prevalent here But bv way of a few little today?" The Mail Tribune Jacksonville First Presby with some answers which the most versatile and engaged the services of Cross town "I wish your father would gat soma cf the garden planted first. Once he gets that thing ready to relax on. he'll relax on It all summer!" Matter of Fact STALIN'S THUMB Washington For the first time in some years of weary waiting, the experts are weigh ing the possibility that a major satellite regime is not absolutely under the Kremlin's thumb. The regime is that of President Kle ment Gottwald of Czechoslo vakia. The most striking facts are simply those concerning the composition of the Gottwald gov ernment. The Czech President, who has never been known as a true 100 per cent, Stalinist, now has his own men, reporting di rectly to him, in the three key positions of his totalitarian state. His sorain-law, Cepicka, is Minister of Defense, and thus controls the armed forces. His old comrade-in-arms, Nosek, is Minister of the Interior control ling the apparatus of Justice. Like Gottwald himself, Nosek is generally regarded as a "nation alist" Communist, and he has committed the grave indiscre tion, from the Kremlin's stand point, of spending the war in London instead of Moscow. Finally, Gottwald has also ap pointed another henchman; a certain Basilek, as Chief of the Secret Police. The man who holds this most vital of all posts in the state apparatus is famous both for his absolute ruthless ness and his blind obedience to Gottwald. Basilek's position is also significant in another way. For his predecessor was one Kopriva, an equally blood-thirsty hatchetman who owed his job, not to Gottwald, but to Ru dolf Slansky. Slansky, of course, was the Stalinist Secretary of the Czech Communist Party, whose denunciation by Gottwald and arrest late last year, were a major and most astonishing sen sation. THE strongest interpretation of the mysterious Slansky de nunciation and arrest has Just appeared in the official Yugoslav magazine. Foreign Affairs. This article was written by Ivan Kar ainov, who is the top Yugoslav expert on the Cominform, and has a noteworthy reputation for being well informed. Karainov stated flatly that a bitter, still concealed struggle for power has been going on between the Kremlin and the Gottwald re gime for some time. He reported that since Slansky's arrest, Gott wald had already purged no less than 6,000 loyal Stalinists in the state apparatus. He pictured Gottwald as defying the Krem lin to seize total control of the state and party in Czechoslo vakia. Karainov has often been right before. The Yugoslav intelli gence concerning the satellite area is undoubtedly the best in the world. And it must be added that the simple circumstances of the Slansky arrest appear to sup port Karainov's interpretation of it and of the events which have followed it. The fall of Slansky caught all Western Intelligence experts flat footed. Slansky had always been accounted the Kremlin's chief and most trusted agent in Czech oslovakia, and the real ruler of the country. The number two Kremlin agent, Cedrich Gcmin der was arrested at the same By Rotand Co By Joseph ana1 Stewart Aisoa time as Slansky, and Slansky's police chief, Kopriva, met his fate a little bit later. a a TTHE arrest of Slansky, more--- over, followed hard on the heels of the arrest, last spring, of the former Czech Foreign Minister, Vlado dementis. This old friend and close associate of Gottwald was a Slansky victim. There is good reason to believe that Gottwald at first did his best to protect Clementis when the Kremlin's order to purge the roreign Minister first came through. At that time, Clementis was simply removed from the Foreign Ministry, and quietly placed in a safe sinecure in the Czech State Bank. Then Slansky, with the full backing of the Kremlin, insisted that Clementis must be put in jail. It is now believed that an emissary of Gottwald warned Clementis of the fate in store for him. Clementis thereupon tried to flee the country, and actually came within four short miles of the Czech border before the secret police caught him. Since then, he has never been brought to trial. Add to all this Gottwald's own background. As far back as the 20s, Gottwald was neutral in the crucial Stalin-Trotsky strug gle. This is one error which the Kremlin never forgets. In 1947, Gottwald accepted the Marshall Plan offer without consulting Moscow. The Kremlin brutally disciplined him for his mistake Since then, his public pronounce ments have continued to strike a suspiciously nationalist note. And this is the note which the Kremlin does not tolerate, a a ALL this is very far from con clusive, of course. While agreeing that there is real evi dence of trouble between Prague and Moscow, the American ex perts are inclined to regard the Karainov report as part wishful thinking and part psychological warfare. They think that Gott wald MAY perhaps have really gained control of the state and party apparatus In his country, They think he MAY be using this control to remove Communists whose loyalties are too divided But there is doubt as to whether Gottwald can get away with it for very long, in view of the enormous numbers of MVD agents who are seeded through every department of Czech life. And they believe further that Gottwald will only break with the Kremlin in sheer despair, be cause the danger from the Soviet Union is too great. The Red Army, after all, stands on Czech oslovakia s border. The loss of Czechoslovakia would foreshadow for the Krem lin the loss of Poland, the loss of East Germany, indeed the loss of the cold war. If the MVD agents in the country could not handle Gottwald. it is thought the Red Army would be used to suppress any overt separatist movement. Only the clear threat of coun terforce from the West might hold the Kremlin in check. Yet it is impossible to know what the Western nations would do If the Czechs tried a break for free dom. In short, the situation In Czechoslovakia, whatever its eventual outcome, strongly un derlines a dilemma which the American policy makers have never really faced up to. The object of Western policy is eventually to win the cold war. Every kind of appeal is being made by overt and covert propa ganda to the peoples of the satel lite nations. But no attempt has been made to decide how we are to meet the gigantic crisis which will arise if the satellites begin to break off from the Soviet Empire. (Copright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) The first machine ever used in making all-leather shoes was a clamping press invented to at tach soles to uppers. This was the start of modern American shoe comfort. Dead line Sunday daaataada Is aooo Saturdays. Congressional Quiz Quesuons and Answers on What Goes on at the Capital. Furnished by Caticresslonal Quarterly New4 Features. Q What's this I hear about a tax reduction next year? A Unless Congress changes the law, the tax increases made in 1950 and 1951 will end in 1953 and 1954. Here are the dates when the various kinds of taxes go back to their early-1951 levels: Excess-profits tax on cor porations, July 1, 1953; individ ual income tax, Jan. 1, 1954; ex cise taxes, March 31, 1954; cor poration income taxes, March 31, 1954. Q The., government' ..took more out of the states in taxes last year. But did it give more back to the states in the form of aid programs? A While tax collections in creased nearly 30 per cent from fiscal 1950 to 1951, for a $50.4 billion total, the money stream ing from the U.S. Treasury into the 48 programs of federal aid grants to states and territories increased only 2 per cent, for a total of $2,280,959,373. This does not include $2.6 billion in fed eral payments direct to groups and individuals within the state; or federal funds for flood con trol, price supports, maintenance of federal installations, etc. Q What are the biggest pro grams of federal aid to states? A The three most expensive of the 48 grants-in-aid programs in fiscal 1951 were old age as sistance, $825,636,000; highway construction, $395,821,000; and aid to dependent children, $316, 477,000. Q Why did the Senate send the foreign aid bill to a second committee after the Foreign Re lations Committee already had approved it? A Sen. William F. Knowland, (R-Calif.), moved May 5 that the $6.9 billion bill be "rereferred" to the Armed Services Commit tee because about 70 per cent of the amount was for military aid. The Senate backed him up by a 40-33 vote. But Chairman Tom Connally, (D-Tex.), whose For eign Relations Committee re ported the bill April 30 after two months of hearings, objected that a vote for the motion would "al most insult" his committee. Q Is Congress going to con tinue price controls beyond June 30? A Hearings on the Defense Production Act, the legal author ity for price controls, got under way April 29 before the House and Senate Banking and Curren cy Committees. Government of ficials called for a two-year ex tension, but some Congressmen say the controls law should be allowed to expire. Ellis Arnall, Price Stabilizer, told the House group April 29 he thought "the overwhelming majority of the American people want to see price control authority contin ued." Q Just what provision does the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act make for handling a strike that threatens the national safety? A It sets these steps; The President appoints a Board of Inquiry, which makes a prelim inary report. The President then asks for an 80-day court injunc tion to hold off the strike, while the disputants try to reach agree ment. The Board investigates in full, then hands the President a second report, in 60 days. Mean while, the government conducts a secret ballot to get employee reaction. Finally the President recommends Congressional ac tion. Q Has Congress aver granted general plant seizure powers to a president? A During World War II, Congress approved the War La bor Disputes Act to give the President authority to seize and operate struck plants in a na tional emergency. It applied to any plant producing anything "which may be useful" in the war effort. The law was not re newed after the war. Q Can grocers aprjlv to OPS for price increases to allow for rising costs? A An Emergency Court of Appeals May 6 ruled in a con test between a food chain and the Office of Price Stabilization that the so-called Capehart amendment applies to wholesal ers and retailers as well as man ufacturers and processors. The amendment, which stems from a proposal by Sen. Homer E. Capehart, (R-lnd.), to alter the Defense Production Act, permits price hikes to allow for cost In creases between the start of the Korean war and July 26, 1951. Business Expected To Hold High Level Washington (U.R) Govern ment economists believe busi ness will hold on a high plateau level throughout this year. There has been a slight slump in some civilian lines in recent months, but the economists sav it cannot be described as a re cession. They point to the gradual but steady increase in the nation's over all production of goods and services. This "gross national product." as it is called, rose during the first quarter of this year to an annual rate of $339,. 500.000.000. That was an In crease of $5,000,000,000 over the annual rate achieved during the last quarter of 1951. The 161 million tons of coal produced in West Virginia last year almost tripled the output of all of France. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS On the way back from a meet ing over on the California coast the other day I stopped at a lit tle roadside restaurant for a bite to eat. It was a one-man estab lishment, and he was a charac ter. Making conversation, I said: "Who are you going to vote for?" 'I know I should have said "whom," but it seemed a trifle stiff and formal under the cir cumstances.) He said: "I quit voting years ago. I want no part of the mess." I said: "Don't you think you may have been shirking? How are we going to clean up the me" if we don't vote?" H E queried: How long have you been voting?" I answered: "Much longer than I'm willing to admit. But so far as I know I've never missed a vote." He shot back: "Have YOU cleaned up the mess?" YOU know, for a minute he had be stumped. It is true, according to my way of think ing, that the mess has been get ting stickier and stickier. But, looking back over the years, I feel better about it than if I HADN'T voted. Anyway, having voted, I have the right to complain. That's something. ONE word more. The little restaurant was shining, spick-and-span clean. It fairly spar kled. Its owner was pink and scrubbed, his white hair neatly combed, his white shirt and white apron spotless. It was Francis Bacon, one of the world's great thinkers, who said back in the 16th century: "Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God." John Wesley, one of England's great preachers and perhaps the greatest of our English hymn writers, said three centuries later: "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness." TiHE old gentleman in his lit- - tie restaurant, you see, may have been a little off the beam in his political philosophy, but he has his good points. By the way: Did you ever know anybody who was WHOLLY bad? TJALF a dozen people have called this morning asking what to do about voting for pres idential electors. I've answered, a trifle flippantly: "Vote for the six you'd rather see have the job. It doesn t make much dif ference." I shouldn't have answered that way. We shouldn't be flippant about any of the traditional pro cesses of our government. May be we'd better go into this elec tor business a little more fully. EACH state chooses one elec tor for each senator and each representative (that gives Ore gon six at the present time.) As the Founding Fathers planned it. it was the job of the electoral college to choose the president and the vice-president. The me thod was for each elector to vote his choice. A list was then made of all persons receiving votes, and the one getting the highest number, providing it was a ma jority of all the the electors, was named president and the one get ting the second highest became vice-president. The truth is that the Founding Fathers didn't have too much confidence in the masses. Their idea was to have the president and the vice-president chosen by what they regarded as intelli gent, competent and thoughtful persons. IN PRACTICE it never worked quite that way. Washington was chosen president more or less by acclamation. In most states, ways were soon found to vote directly for electors and the people began to vote for elector candidates pledged to vote for certain men for president and vice-president. Then political parties were formed and people began to vote only for those elec tors who would promise to sup port only chosen party candi dates. In that way, the people took the election of president and vice-president into their own hands. SINCE 1868 the voters of all the states have chosen their electors by ballot on national election day. This provides that the party casting the highest number of votes in the state shall receive the ENTIRE elec toral vote of that state. Under this system, the six electors chosen in Oregon will cast Oregon's six votes in the electoral college for whomever receives the majority of the Ore gon popular vote for president and vice-president at the na tional election in November. THIS, of course, is CUSTOM not law. In 1948. one of Ten nessee's 12 electors successfully defied the custom and vored for his personal choice. But tha sub ject Is too long and too compli cated to be gone into here. , COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor the name and address ol tbe wrltei althoutn under certain circum stances the use ol a pen name or initial for publication Is permis sible The Mall Tribune reserves the rlfht to edit all letters with r. view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted tor pub UcaUoo must not exceed 400 worda Soft for the Democrats? To the Editor: This 1B5Z ires- idential election will be the eas- lt for the Democrats since tne days of Herb Hoover and AH Landon when L.anaon car ried two states and Hoover car ried none. The Democrats fin ally got around to getting the Republicans to helping mem. While the world has produced millions of penny-ante politi cians, it has produced only three masters, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman. When Truman jockey ed Ike out of his double breasted suit at Columbia university and put him back into military uni form he wound the general's po litical aspirations all into a small package that will be easily toss ed out the window come the el ection in November should he be so fortunate as to get Uie nomination. Harry Truman has known for some years that Ike would prob ably be a contender for the presidency in 1952. He held out making his own announcement until he knew for sure that the Ike movement was serious. When Ike's backers talked him into taking a fling at it, the old master politician relaxed and took a trip to Florida. He knew that the Democrats had the elec tion in the bag. Sometime ago Harry fired a general by name of Douglas MacArthur. Doug also turned politician and is a power to be reckoned with; not as a contend er for the presidency, but as a hero and an orator. He lined up with Mr. Republican Robert A. Taft. Should Taft be elected, Doug will again eat high on the hog, and see to it that all that had anything to do with firing him gets fired themselves. As a patriot and an ordinary citizen, Doug will defeat Ike by saying that a military man as president is dangerous and a na tional tragedy. If a Democrat Is elected Doug will get considera tion for his help in defeating Ike. The Democrats will let Doug win the election for them. Earl Allen, Rt. 1, Medford, Ore. Grange Grateful To the Editor: The members of Roxy Anne Grange have vot ed to thank the mayor, the coun cilmen, and the people of Med ford for their decision to remain on Standard Time. We are grateful and proud to know that your councilmen and mayor worked to find out the results of this decision upon the surrounding community, and that our wishes and well being were taken into consideration. It Is a highly commendable "Good Neighbor Policy." Glen L. Rader Secretary Roxy Ann Grange. fCenfucfcy Democrats Give Senator Barkley Hat To Toss in Ring Louisville, Ky. (U.R) Ken tucky Democrats gave Vice President Alben W. Barkley a brand new hat Saturday night and shouted for him to "throw it in the ring," but the smiling po litical veteran refused to take the bait. The hat, a nifty light-colored fedora, was presented to Bark ley by Kentucky Gov. Lawrence Wetherby when he introduced the vice president as the speaker at a state-wide Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner attended by 750 Democratic party members. "If you dont' throw this hat v into the ring, we, the Democrats of Kentucky, will throw it in for you," Wetherby said. "There will be 26 Kentucky delegates for you at the Chicago convention." Grocer Peeved Geo. N. Taylor "The fellow had a family and at length I let him run a charge account. Then one night he moved out, not paying me one cent and I have been hold ing the bag ev ery since ..." 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