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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON)
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Flight o' Time
Mtdfartf and Jackson County Hll
Hrr from tha filai of tha Mill
Trlbum 10, 20, 30 and 40 yean
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June IS, 1942
(It was Monday)
Scrap rubber drive starts here;
ISO pounds collected to noon of
first day.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: There was
lull yesterday on the kid bat
tlefronts all over town as the
combatants went to Sunday
school and learned about the
Golden Rule.
20 YEARS AGO
June IS. 1932
(It was Wednesday)
Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, fam
ed Stanford university football
coach, visits here briefly en
route to Crater Lake; predicts
success for "Prink" Callison, ex
Medford high grid coach, as Uni
versity of Oregon mentor.
Thirty-three army planes pay
tribute to Medford comrade kill
ed in a plane crash, by flying
low over the home of his widow
here.
SO YEARS AGO
June IS. 1922
(It was Thursday)
"Great Influx of visitors" ex
pected to attend opening of Ore
gon caves on June 26.
Roy Hewitt member of win
ning boys relay team In aquatic
meet held at Medford Natator
ium building.
40 YEARS AGO
June IS, 1912
(It was Saturday)
Simultaneous raids by sher
iff's deputies In Central Point,
Gold Hill and Ashland uncover
"considerable quantity" of
opium In "Chinese dens."
Medford Socialist party city
councilman cleared of neglect of
duty charges by 20 to 2 vote of
Socialist local.
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Publicity Appreciated
To the Editor: We wish to ex
press our appreciation for the
splendid publicity you gave for
our May Festival, held May 24.
We appreciate the time your
representative took to come to
our hall and secure the Informa
tion for the publicity, and for
the consideration that you gave
the articles sent In by our adver
tising chairman, Mr. MacKin
tosh. We feel the publicity was
largely responsible for our good
attendance.
Mrs. E. R. Claflin,
Festival secretary.
Phoenix, Ore.
Tough Red Guerrillas
To Lead Italy Protests
Rome U.R) War-toughened
Italian Red guerrillas, were or
dered by the Communist parly to
head the "popular protests"
against Supreme Allied Com
mander Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way when he arrives here Mon
day, it was learned Friday.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
Washington, D. C, June
not sit in the galleries of the
certainly depart with a clearer
in their government than ever before. And at the coming
election they would vote more
At first blush we didn't think much of televising congres
sional sessions, but we are all
the past week. The more
REALLY goes on in Washington the better for them and for
the country. One of the great
a whole they know so little.
There was a very slight incident In the Senate the other day
which demonstrates how difficult it is for the average voter
to get a clear picture of what
even if he does read his newspaper, or newspapers.
The bill up for consideration provided for a study of farm
production all over the world so that the farmers of America
might profit therefrom.
As Senator Russell of Georgia declared, quote:
"Why do we make such studies? To Improve methods
on American farms, increase production, quality and, of
course, farm profits. We have much to learn from foreign
lands in this direction, the very wheat which is now so sue
canfully raised In the Southwest was brought from Russia.
The same with methods on fruit-raising, vegetable production,
the growing of legumes, methods of pest control and market
Ing. There Is no more Important agency to the American
farmer than this agency."
There was no denial of the general truth of this statement. But
in the measure was an item appropriating money to determine why
the peanut experiment of the labor government in South Africa
failed. This Immediately caught the watchful eye of the suspicious
Senator from New Hampshire, Mr.
Here was another turn to the
pice Into socialism, and for what? To study PEANUTS in SOUTH
AFRICA, when the U.S.A. has more peanuts than it can consume,
knows more about peanut culture
witch-doctors, and if there could
taxpayers money, he would like
That was like waving a red-rag
all the GOP viewers-with-alarm pricked up their ears and hopped
to their feet here was another issue not only involving the com
munistic menace but the Fair Deal waste of public funds.
Poor Senator Russell pleaded
could be stricken out; that the bill
ESPECIALLY; but was concerned
the American farmers In all foreign lands, and that to kill the
measure Just because of the peanut item would be a shame and
a disgrace, a clear-cut dereliction of duty on the part of the Upper
House, etc., etc.
Well, undoubtedly our readers
the result. Senator Bridges won, of course. The bill was defeated
and If any report of it was published in The Mail Tribune or
any other paper It undoubtedly
to Investigate the socialistic experiment of raising peanuts in South
Africa was thwarted and. those
approve of this deserved rebuke
But that, of course, was not true.
It was another one of those half-truths or in this case more
accurately, one half-of-one per cent truths. The measure may or
may not have been a desirable one to pass at this time, but it was
not exclusively a PEANUT-measure. Nor a SOCIALISTIC ONE.
The peanut Item was only one
been investigated, had the bill passed or the amendment not
been. And yet, it Is hard to blame the press services that sent
out such a report, for these reports must be cut to the bone, and
.he NEWS feature if any must be emphasized. The news fea
ture WAS "peanuts in South Africa."
Whereupon, we come to what
in the field of journalism and this democracy of ours. How can
rress services, with the best intentions in the world, give a TRUE
picture of what is going on in the
and regulations often render an entirely CORRECT report FAC
TUALLY, impossible?
In the brief week we have been here in Washington there
have been many other instances of a similar nature it is really
quite a serious problem, the solution of which, at this writing, is
not clear..
On this particular bill the voting division was very unusual.
Such liberals as Morse of Oregon and Moody of Michigan,
for example, Joined with such reactionaries as Bricker of Ohio
and Dirksen of Illinois to support Bridges; while such ultra-conservatives
as Cordon of Oregon and McKcllar of Tennessee, voted
AGAINST hlml
On the other hand there was dne very USUAL feature Sena
tors Morse and Cordon took opposite sides they haven't voted
the same on any roll call since we arrived, and as far as we can find
out, they practically never do. It is rather too bad having the
vote of one senator always neutralize the vote of the other but
fear it can't be helped.
Also as USUAL, more Senators were absent, than voted on
cither sjde. In fact, when one considers the important matters that
are being debated the number of Senators who not only don't take
part in the debate, but don't vote, is decidedly disturbing. It is
minority government with a vengeance. R.W.R.
Odds Against Truman
Remaining Neutral On
Kefauver Campaign
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington (U.W When Sen.
Estes Kefauver says he hopes
President Truman will remain
neutral toward his campaign to
head the 1952 ticket, the sena
tor Is stating the case exactly.
He can only hope. And poli
tics being what it is, the odds
are long against Mr. Truman be
ing neutral on Kefauver. There
Is no law enabling a president to
have a big hand In choosing his
successor. Neither do political
ground rules forbid a smart
young senator from going around
the country humiliating the
leader of his party and the pres
ident of the United States.
Big Hand Doslr.a
But presidents always desire
to have a big hand In selection
of their successors. Presidents
also resent humiliation. And a
president invariably wants to be
forewarned and consulted about
Important matters affecting the
party he leads such as the nom
ination of a presidential ticket.
Kefauver took off for the hiRh
places without so much as by-your-leavc
to his president and
humiliated the same by shellack
ing him personally In the first of
the series of presidential primar
ies. That was In New Hampshire.
Olhtr Delegates Whipped
In California, Ohio, and else
where Kefauver knocked the
ears off stooge or favorite son
presiaennai candidates who had
been put up largely to keep large
Sunday, June 18, 1152
11 Too bad more voters could
congress these days. They would
view of what really goes on
Intelligently than ever before.
for it after our experience of
the people know about what
political misfortunes is that as
is going on in his government,
Bridges.
left and a lump over the preel-
than South Africa knows about
be a more wanton waste of the
to Know wnai it migm Der
before the nose of a bull-frog
in vain, that the peanut item
was not concerned with peanuts,
with securing information for
IF ANY have already guessed
was to the effect that an effort
reading the item would naturally
to such nonsense.
in many items that would have
is really a very important fact
U. S congress, when their rules
delegations handy until the Tru
man administration decided how
and for whom they could be best
used.
And every time Kefauver won
a primary against Mr. Truman
or an administration stand-in: his
victorious delegate candidates
moved into position to take over
the state Democratic organiza
tion. Back In 1939 handsome Paul
V. McNutt of Indiana decided to
seek the 1940 Democratic presi
dential nomination. FDR and
company cut him down fast. The
word went around that McNutt s
Income tax returns were under
review.
Nothing like that has happen
ed to Kefauver yet.
Lower Potato Prices
Forecast in New York
New York (U.RI Lower po
tato prices were forecast Friday
by the New York City depart
ment of markets because of a
plentiful supply and housewife
resistance to high retail prices.
In the stores, potatoes were
selling for 49-cents for five
pounds, with the choice Califor
nia variety bringing 9'4 to 124
cents a pound. This is near the
ceiling price, lifted by the gov
ernment a week ago.
There are 1.186. 023 acres of
pine forest land in California's
tree farm svstem,
any other state.
more than
Crosstown
"When I started the rhubarb
why didn't you pile out there
Democratic
Officer List
Preparation of the list of
Democratic precinct committee
men and women was completed
by county clerk's deputies Fri
day. The new party officials
were named at the May 16 pri
mary election.
Completion of the list ot Re
publican precinct officers is ex
pected early next week. Only
thing holding up the list is the
settlement of tie votes In settle
ment of the precincts.
Listed below are the 84 pre
cincts In the county by number
and name, the name of the new
committeeman and his address,
followed by the committeewo-
man and her address. Several
precincts failed to name one or
both officers.
1. Ashland, Philip Wendt, 166
Sherman street; 2. Ashland, L.
Peers Wilmeth and Gertrude
Wilmeth, both 168 Meade street;
3. Ashland, Douglas H. Faske,
63 Nutley; 4. Ashland, Mark R.
Wood, 164 "B" street, and Lor
ena McNnir, 323 Oak street; 5.
Ashland, Shelby Wilcox, 332
Glenn street, and Lona Darner-
on, 138 North Main street; 6.
Ashland, Charles A. Dille, 657
"C" street, and Margaret I. Mor
ris, 939 "B" street; 7. Ashland,
James E. Sweeney and Nadlne
Sweeney, both 1222 Iowa street;
8. Ashland, Walter H. O'Toole
75 Wimer; 9. Ashland, V. D.
Miller and Myrtle B. Miller,
both 416 Liberty; 10. Ashland,
Bertha E. Kreisman, 111 Bush;
11. Ashland, Joe Champion and
Reta A. Champion, both 130
Fourth street; 12. Ashland, Ber
nard Pederson and Mary E
Pederson, both 91 Wightman;
13. Ashland, Charles S. Jan
dreau and Celene R. Jandreau,
both Ashland, P.O. Box 284; 14.
Ashland West, Richard Westor
berg, Ashland, Route 2, Box 55,
and Myrtle L. Newton, Ashland,
Route 1, Box 112; 15. Barron,
none; 16. Bellvlcw, Florence G.
Martin, Ashland, Route 1, Box
153.
Outlying Precincts
17. Pinehurst. none; 18. Cole
stine, none; 19. Lake Creek,
none; 20. Butte Falls. Orbra R.
Abbott and Mary B. Hoefs, both
Butte Falls; 21. Eagle Point
North, Shirley Callaghan and
Clara L. Chamberlain, both
Eagle Point; 22. Eagle Point
South, Clarence F, Davies, Eagle
Point, Route 1, Box 85, and
Dorothy E. Malloroy, Eagle
Point; 23. Flounce Rock, Fred
M. Mlddlcbusher and Eula Mid
dlebusher, both Prospect; 24.
Trail, none; 25. Shady Cove, Ray
Briggs and Lola V. Bartruss,
both Shady Cove; 26. Reese
Creek, none; 27. Derby, William
F. Burke, and Myra L. Burke,
both Eagle Point; 28. Howard,
none; 29. Howard East. Harold
T. Day, Route 2, Box 275-G, and
Marie G. Nichols. Route 2, Box
275-0, both Medford; 30. Roxy
Ann, Louis Kula, Route 3, Box
53.j, Medford; 31. Hillcrest,
Glen L. Rader and Margaret B.
Rader, both Route 3, Box 66-J,
Medford. ,
In Medford
32. Medford, Louis G. Lemire.
4204North Grape; 33. C. E.
Naffziger and Atlanta Naffzlger,
both 116 South Ivy; 34. Stanley
M. Purcell and Norma L. Pur
cell, both 439 North Front; 35.
none; 36. none: 37. Howard Glas
cock. 233 Beatty, and Maude C.
Lovell, 526 Edwards; 38. Allen
E. Gebhard and Dorothy Geb
hard. both 1510 North Riverside;
39. Lewell A. Dupray and Olivia
V. Dupray. both 775 South
Holly; 40. Helen W. Dixon. 526
West 10th: 41. none; 42. Jessie
C. Beach, 113 Geneva; 43. Earl
Hoover and Rhea Hoover, both
37 Tripp; 44. Chester A. Lusk
and Marion C. Lusk, both 10
Portland: 45. George A. Codding
and Maude Codding, both 1015
Queen Anne: 46. John M. Mc
Cabe, 301 Valley View, and
Marie M. Boswo-th. 2425 East
Main: 47. none: 43. Ch.irl -. W. j
Crary and Phyllis Crary, boUV
By Roland Co
nasi , c naWi aw new t..
on that bum decision ai third
and straighten out the umpire?"
Precinct
Finished
1124 West 10th; 49. Edward C.
Kelly and Mary G. Kelly, both
906 West Fourth; 50. Frank De-
Souza, 30 Western avenue, and
Doretta E. Butler, 101 Kenwood;
51. Virginia F. Higgins, 612
Victory, Apt. 2; 52. Annie E.
Brown, 329 Haven; 53. Elsie
Ragsdale, 513 Palm, and Thomas
F. Higgins, 60 North Peach; 54.
Gladys Rammin, 831 West 12th;
55. Kenneth R. Corliss and Anita
Corliss, both 938 South Holly;
56. none.
Phoenix, Talent
57. Orchard Home East, Guy
D. Corliss, Route 4, Box 389,
Medford, and Margaret Halvor
sen, Route 1, Box 550-B, Med
ford; 58. Orchard Home West,
George A. Watson, 1638 Stew
art, and Elsie M. Werner, 1840
Stewart, MedfOrd; 59. Phoenix
East, Harry Reames and Fay
Carver, both Phoenix; 60. Phoe
nix West, E. R. Claflin, Phoenix,
and Verna Anderson, Route 4,
Box 335, Medford; 61. Phoenix
Southwest, Warren Loffer and
Margaret C. Loffer, both 2475
Houston Road, Medford; 62. Tal
ent West, Harry R. Walter and
Vera V. Walter, both Box 84,
Talent; 63. Talent East, Harvey
J. Peterson and Helene Peter
son, both Box 172, Talent; 64.
Griffin Creek, none; 65. Jack
sonville North, Robert L. Canty
and Geneva R. Canty, both P.O.
Box 104, Jacksonville; 66. Jack
sonville South, Lloyd Whitney
and Neva Clarke, both Jackson
ville; 67. Perrydale North, Clair
P. Gilberson and Elaine R. Gil
berson, both Route 2, Box 525,
Medford; 68. Perrydale South,
Ira E. McDonald and Pauline E.
McDonald, 110 Lozier lane; 69.
Central Point West, Norville E.
May, Route 2, Box 432, Medford,
and Marjorie Evans, Box 88,
Central Point; 70. Central Point
South, Cyrus Scott Hamilton
and Frances L. Hamilton, both
Route 2, Box 698, Central Point;
71. Central Point Northeast,
none.
72. Willow Springs. Merle W.
O'Connor, P.O. Box 941, Central
Point, and Belvah R. Purdy,
Route 1, Box 500, Central Point;
73. Mound, Norman R. Matteson,
218 AJax, Camp White; 74. Sams
Valley, Earl F. Peffley, Route 2,
Box 415, Gold Hill, and Donna
V. Straus, Route 2, Box 400,
Gold Hill; 75. Wimer, S. C. Hit
son, and Grace Hitson, both
Route 1, Box 178, Rogue River;
76. Rogue River East, Harry L.
White and Lillian Hargitt, both
Rogue River; 77. Rogue River
West, Mnthllda C. Elle, Route 4,
Box 191A, Grants Pass; 78. Gold
Hill North, Alva E. Cook and
Violet R. Cook, both Gold Hill;
79. Gold Hill South, Earl H.
Cook and Ida Cook, both Box
444, Gold Hill; 80. Foots Creek,
Royal Cameron, RFD 1, Gold
Hill, and Letsy Miller, RFD Box
162, Gold Hill; 81. Applegate,
none; 82. Union, Boyd Hamilton,
Route 1, Box 53, Ruch; 83. Wat-
kins, none; 84. none.
Washington U.R The La
bor Department said Friday that
average wholesale prices rose
two-tenths of one per cent in the
week ended last Tuesday.
"T.. . vhol Nm drinki Jorgcnun'i Homf tttiivd Mufti-Vitamin,,
Multi-Mintr.il Milk '
60th Anniversary of Masonic
Lodge Here Today; Observance
Planned This Friday Evening
Medford Lodge No. 103, An
cient Free and Accepted Masons
is 60 years old today. It will ob
serve the anniversary here Fri
day, June 20, with a no host din
ner at the Masonic temple, 218
West Main street. The event will
start at 6:30 p.m.. with all Ma
sons and members of affiliated
groups invited to attend.
The Medford lodge was char
tered by the Grand Lodge of
Oregon on June 15, 1892. At that
time, the Freemasonry order in
Oregon was 40 years old, the
Oregon Grand Lodge having
been formed at a convention of
the state's first three lodges,
Oregon City, Lafayette and
"Twelve Miles Below" in Sep
tember, 1851.
Petition for Lodge
The foundation of the Med
ford lodge was started in March,
1891. when 11 Master Masons
living In this area petitioned for
a dispensation for formation oi
a lodge here. Those signing the
rjetition were N. L. Narregan, su
perintendent of schools here for
11 years; William Slinger, J. H.
Stewart, Julius Goldsmith, D. T.
Sears, A. H. Houston, Newell
Harlan, J. H. Faris, M. H. Huff,
Mi P. Nash and James Johnson.
On June 15, 1892, the Grand
Lodge of Oregon committee on
charters and dispensations rec
ommended that the Medford
lodee be uranted a charter. N. L.
Narrenan served as the first
worthy master of the lodge.
Old Minutes Lost
Minutes for the earliest meet
ings of the local lodge were lost
or destroyed and the first rec
ords now available are for Jan
20. 1899. In the beginning, the
lodge convened in rooms on the
second floor of the Angle and
Plymale building on Main street,
where the Fluhrer building now
stands. In 1898 the lodge moved
to rooms in the Barneburg build
ing Just west of the U. S. Na
tional Bank building.
Narregan again served as
worthy master in 1899 and was
reelected in 1900. In that year,
records show that a committee
was appointed to engage a train
to take lodge members of JacK-
sonville to attend the funeral of
Thomas G. Reames, a member,
The population of Medtora
had gone ahead of Jacksonville
in 1901 by a margin of about
2,000 to 1,200 and in that year
F. K. Deuel served as master.
Lodge notices were published
regularly in a newspaper known
as the Medford Enquirer in 1902
and the following year, lodge
members voted to prohibit
smoking and chewing in the
lodge rem while the lodge was
in session.
Central Pojnt Petitions
The lodge minutes tor ieo.
14, 1908, disclosed that the Med
ford lodge had received a peti
tion from Central Point Masons
asking for formation of a lodge
in that town. The Central Point
lodge was established in the
same year.
On Jan. 10, 1910, lodge mem
bers voted to purchase property
at East Main street and River
side avenue and a committee
was appointed to procure the
land and perfect ways and
means of constructing a build
ing. In the same year, J. A. Perry
started a term that was to last
30 years as treasurer ,of the
lodge.
E. E. Gore served as master
in 1912 and 1913. The lodge
meeting place was moved to the
Medford Hardware and Furni
ture building, on the site of the
present Medical Center building,
in 1915. In 1917 J. Ralph Wood
ford, now city recorder, served
as master.
Six In Armed Forces
Six members of the lodge
served in the armed forces dur
ing World War I. The names
listed in the minutes for 1917
and 1918 are Guy Lawton, Elmer
Foss, Halbert Deuel, Ralph
McCurdy, Treve Lumsden and
Ira Dodge.
In the early days of the lodge,
members were instrumental in
obtaining free building lots for
many of the city's churches. The
lot given to the Episcopal church
was the site on which the Ma
sonic building now stands. For
several years the church's small
chapel was the only building on
the block, and later, what was
known as the St. Mark's build
ing was erected. When the Epis
copal church was moved to its
present location in 1916, the St.
Mark's building was purchased
by the lodge as a meeting place.
Glenn Fabrick Sr., was master
in 1922, a year that was dis
turbed by activities of the Ku
Klux Klan in this area. Fab
rick's term in office was made
more difficult by widespread
but erroneous rumors that the
Masons were among the "night
riders."
First Master Dies
Robert B. Hammond became
master in 1924, and he, in turn,
was succeeded by Paul B. Ryn
ning, present Jackson county
engineer. N. L. Narregan, first
master of the lodge, died " in
1930.
One of the first members of
the Medford lodge to hold an
office In the Grand Lodge of
Oregon was Ezra M. Wilson, a
past master of the local lodge
Matter of Fact
CONTRAILS IN OUR SKY
Washington Another of those
moments has come which most
people in this country have hope
fully believed never would
come, even though their coming
was logically Inevitable.
In brief, the active reconnais
sance of this continent by the
Soviet strategic air force has
now begun. About six months
ago, the Soviet equivalent of a
wing of TU-4s, or perhaps two
wings, moved into new bases on
Kamchatka, across the Bering
Strait from Alaska. Since then,
the air reconnaissance has been
going forward.
Four claimed contrails, which
are the vapor trails left by air
craft flying at altitude, have
been sighted in recent months.
Of these claimed sightings, two
have been dismissed after care
ful investigation as probably the
result of special atmospheric
conditions and cloud effects.
But two others, one on the north
Alaska coast and one in north
ern Canada, are held to have
been the genuine traces of So
viet air reconnaissance missions.
And the Alaskan sighting, at
least, is further held to have
been confirmed by the evidence
of the radar net.
THIS development both Is and
is not a cause for deep con
cern. To begin with the sedative
arguments, this air reconnais-
sanse of our continent which the
Soviets have now started is only
the equivalent of what we have
been doing for some time past.
Our long-range aircraft have
been flying reconnaissance oper
ations on the Siberian coast
since before Korea; and they
have gone in far enough for in
terception to be attempted on
more than one occasion. Equally,
there can be very little doubt
that the Navy Privateer shot
down over the Baltic a couple
of years ago was also on recon
naissance duty.
In the case of the best-con
firmed Soviet venture into our
air that In northern Alaska
there Is even some doubt about
whether the Russian four-motor
ed bomber passed the off-shore
line where it had a right to fly.
For the Soviet strategic air force
to occupy bases in Kamchatka
and to fly reconnaissance from
them along our coasts Is Just as
reasonable as for us to fly recon
naissance from Alaskan and oth
er forward bases. In short, even
though Canadian territory was
certainly violated if the second
probable sighting was genuine,
there is nothing Immediately
war-like in this new develop
ment.
On the other hand, the devel
opment Is a grim warning; and
it Is reasonable to be concerned
because the warning Is not be
ing acted on. What has happen
ed plainly Indicates the growing
size and power of the Soviet
strategic air force. It suggests
that this Soviet air force, if not
a threat to us today, will almost
surely become a very grave
threat indeed before very long.
We probably have a little time
left to put our own air defenses
in order. But this is the begin
ning of an ending. And If we do
not use this time which we still
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Member N.Msnal Stltcrad Martieiam by Invitation
and one-time mayor of Medford,
who was elected junior grand
warden for the state in 1931. He
later became grand master.
The year 1940 was notable in
the history of the Medford lodge
because of the fact that Glenn
Fabrick was elected master of
the lodge, a position previously
held by his father. It was the
second time such an event had
occurred here. Erastus J. Fouts
and his son, Otto Fouts, both
served as master of the lodge.
Bruce Merrlfield is the pres
ent master of the lodge.
The anniversary observance
Friday will be the second con
ducted by the lodge in recent
months. A ceremony marking
100 years of Freemasonry in
Oregon was held by the Med
ford lodge Sept. 15, 1951. in a
special district meeting here.
By Joitph and
Stewart Aliep
have to the limit of our capaci
ties, the danger will be upon us
before our defenses are pre
pared. SOMETHING of the poverty of
our present defenses is sug
gested by the fact that visual
evidence has provided the main
proof of the presence of Soviet
aircraft. Even in the Alaskan
case, the sighting of the contrail
was positive while the blip on
the radar screen was arguable.
And in the Canadian case, mark
ed as a probable, the Soviet
plane appears to have found a
big hole in the radar net.
The radar warning system Is
being improved, of course, al
though the rate of investment in
vitally necessary airborne early
warning equipment still leaves
much to be desired. Still more
important, the decision has not
even been taken, as yet, to buy
the real heart of a modern air
defense' system all the costly
complex of different types of
guided missiles which are Just
now being perfected. And even
the production of night fighter
interceptors is being cruelly
slowed by low priorities.
A previous series of reports In'
this space presented the details
of this huge problem. In brief, a
spurt of progress with such
guided missiles as the Army's
"Nike," has suddenly made it
possible to build a truly effective
American air defense. But even
"Nike" has not yet been ordered
in very great quantities. And no -effort
is being made to speed pro
duction of the other promising
missiles, Air Force and Navy
as well as Army-designed, which
will also be needed.
Essentially, this is because an
all-out effort to build a truly ef
fective American air defense
will demand additional capital
outlays of somewhere between
$10 billion and $15 billion. The
Congressional approach to the
defense budget already shows
the clearest signs of election
year madness; and no one wants
to talk about large new pro
grams which have not been abso
lutely tested. The trouble is that
if an all-out effort is delayed for
another year, the completion of
the air defense of this country
will also be delayed by a year.
And these contrails in our sky
should be proof enough that any
such delay is intolerable.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
State Workers' Bid
For Pay Hike Tabled
Salem U.R) Friday the 13th
proved unlucky for state em
ployees who had been looking
for a raise.
. The State Emergency board
put the problem right back In
the lap of the State Civil Service
commission shortly after it open
ed Its meeting here Friday, for
"further study."
The board's action was taken
on recommendation of Gov.
Douglas McKay, who in a letter
to the board said there is not
enough money in the emergency
fund to meet all the proposed
pay increases. '
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