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10 YEARS AGO
July 3. 1942
(It was Friday)
Fire of undetermined origin
destroys gymnasium of St.
Mary's school.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Fourth
ot July tomorrow will be "safe
and sane." Its safety and sanity
is apt to be lonesome with the
rest of the world everything else
but.
20 YEARS AGO
July 3. 1932
(It was Sunday)
General migration of Medford
residents to beaches and moun
tains reported as no special
Fourth of July observance plan
ned here.
H. Chandler Egan, Medford
golfer, defeats Eddie Hogan, 4
and 3, in Portland to win Pacific
Northwest Golf association
championship.
20 YEARS AGO
July 3. 1922
(It was Monday)
Southern Pacific's "Fourth of
July special train will operate
between Grants Pass and Ash
land, stopping at all way points."
. Several large grass and brush
fires reported in Table Rock and
Ashland areas. No forest fires
"despite extremely dry and
hazardous conditions."
40 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1912
(It was Wednesday)
First of expected 7,000 mem
bers of Elks lodge start passing
through Medford by train en
route to national Elks conven
tion in Portland.
Medford resident uses shotgun
to drive off man who is throw
ing rocks at his dog.
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Letter From Hawaii
To the Editor: I'm a local resi
dent of Medford, and I'm serving
in the United States Navy. I am
stationed in Hawaii. My name is
Ed Viles, CSSN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Viles of 3070 Lone
Pine road. I saw the eruption of
Halemaumau which made the
headlines in all of the newspa
pers in the States. I'm stationed
at Kilauea Military Camp, in
volcano Hawaii. Kilauea Mili
tary Camp nestles on the slopes
of Majestic Mauna Loa at an ele
vation of 4,000 feet. Kilauea Cra
ter, one of the most continually
active volcanoes inthe world, is
directly in front of the camp. Ac
tually KMC is located within this
crater, for the old rim of the
crater serves as its rear boun
dary. On the 27th of June, at 11:35
p.m. Kilauea erupted in all of
its glory. We were having a
dance at KMC when it hap
pened. It's only a three minute
drive from KMC right to the
crater. The volcano was throw
ing hot rocks, and lava Tight to
the highway which is a distance
of 300 feet. The depth of the vol
can6 is over 790 feet. During the
night, the volcano filled clear
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
New York City, N.Y., June 28. Well, since leaving Washing
ton, we see the congress has not improved any. We hoped that our
departure might help matters, but that hope we fear will have to
be charged up to editorial egotism. If anything the boys in the
upper and lower houses have behaved worse than when we were
watching them.
We wonder how many people of Southern Oregon were in
favor of the McCarran bill? We wonder how many Were in favor
cf killing civil service for postmasters and retaining the spoils
system? We wonder how many would have advised their congress
man to remove practically all price-controls and give the green
light to inflation? Finally do a majority of the voters in Southern
Oregon want the Wage Stabilization Board ham-strung and crip
pled? Well all those things were done since our departure, and Con
gressman Ellsworth, according to our records, went down the line
with the rest of the boys, for them ALL. Nothing surprising in
this. Harris is always with the big boys who run the GOP. But we
do wonder sometimes just how many of the people who vote for
Ellsworth election after election, ever take the trouble to look up
his voting record, and having done so, approve it?
Had luncheon today at the
who was a delegate to the Republican convention in 1912 and kept
a diary concerning it. He emphatically denies that Elihu Root
drove any steam-roller over the TR delegates. On the contrary he
maintains the former Secretary of War and leader of the New York
bar, presided as chairman of the convention with characteristic
skill, authority and complete fairness. The Roosevelt delegates were
kicked out, the desires of the Republican party members as a whole
were disregarded, but not by Root by the members of the GOP
national committee. Root merely
ING AT THAT TIME, and insisted upon others doing likewise,
Those rules have been modified somewhat since then, and for
the better, but our friend of years ago, thinks they still give that
committee too much power. We expect the proceedingg at Chicago
10 days hence will demonstrate he is right in this, as he is in most
things.
Another unfortunate thing
will be full of lame-ducks members who have been defeated, or
whose terms are expiring but still
convention, and until the new members take over. Like most lame
ducks they will do as they please
of the party as a whole may want. This will help Taft and injure
Eisenhower as will so many other factors that will be at work on
and after July 7th.
However, we refuse to join the defeatists or the Weeping Wall
Wallers as far as the General is concerned. We wouldn't put his
cnances as Better man su-50 AT
that is better than they were
The most surprising feature in the situation is the disappointment
one hears expressed so often by original Eisenhower supporters,
that the General, as a campaigner, doesn't seem to have what it
takes.
What, might we ask, did they
Some sort of Miracle Man another W. J. Bryan, bursting
fully armed politically like Minerva from the brow of Jove, making
uie populace roll in the aisles and not to kiss the hem of his gar
ment a couple of hours after hig arrival from Europe?
When one stops to analyze
up to? Merely this:
The General isn't a seasoned, clever nor an accomplished
POLITICIAN.
He hasn't a glib and plausible answer for EVERY question,
he doesn't pretend to know the last word on financial problems,
sociological problems, or racial
to know precisely what should
pens or something else DOESN'T
bridge when he comes to it he
If he were a properly trained and battle-scarred politician,
of course ne WOULD KNOW.
But we had supposed that one
General was that he was not
politician TYPE.
Judging by the talk one hears in some quarters at least
the professional politician type is
oi tne united states are clamoring
wnatever happens at Chicago, the November election, we
predict, will demonstrate the absurdity of this contention.
For four days now count
been predicting rain and cooler. It has been some cooler could
hardly be hotter but there has been no rain. Certain members of
the family have become so regusted they declare thev will never
Deiieve the ny Weather Man again. We doubt the batting average
of the NY W.M. is much worse
comes to predicting what the weathsr vill be in the FUTURE,
Mother Nature takes a perverse
prognosticators up.
We fail to see how anyone,
Gen. Eisenhower since his arrival
can deny two things about the man, to-wit:
His complete honesty.
Hig sound common-sense.
He may be too honest for his
as the boys in the Senate press gallery maintained. But in view of
tne conditions in American public
there is considerable doubt that
in THAT direction.
Testing all his declarations
plain common sense, and Ike rates
With some of those declarations the Mail-Tribune does not
agree the tidelands-oil issue, for
But in each case, we have to
only approached them from the
common sense, but has thought
taken his views from any of his
writers. And he does make a
(1) Absolute honesty, free from all guile and double talk. '.
(2) Good, plain Kansas common-sense.
We don't claim those two qualities would by themselves make
Ike a great President, but we do feel certain, they would make
him a good one and bring a very refreshing and greatly needed
cnange m xne climate ot American
Acheson on
Journey to
By HOMER JENKS
United Press Correspondent
U. S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson is on his way home
from Europe, but "he's going
more than 6,000 miles out of
his way just to pay a visit -to
Brazil.
State Department circles say
Acheson is taking the long route
home solely to make a good-will
visit to the largest country in
South America.
up to the rim with hot lava.
About 2 a.m. in the morning it
was full of fountains that were
shooting lava 200 feet in the air.
It was a very interesting exper
ience for me, so I have been up
three days and three nights,
watching it. Everyone expects it
to erupt again, and it Will keep
on boiling for over two weeks.
Eward A. Viles, CSSN USN
Kilauea Military Camp
Hawaii National Park
Volcano, HawaiL
Thursday' Joly 3. 19 52
DownTown club with an old friend
obeyed the party rules PREVAIL
about that national committee it
will be in there pitching at this
regardless of what the members
THIS WRITING, but all in all
directly after the Abilene speech.
EXPECT?
these complaints what do they add
problems. He doesn't even pretend
be done if this happens, that hap-
happen. He says he will cross that
will do the best he can.
of the strongest appeals of the
is not and never will be the
what the politician-wearv people
for, what they MUST have!
them the Weather Bureau has
than WM's elsewhere. When it
delight in crossing the would-be
who has followed the course of
In this country at all carefully,
own good, Dolitically-sneakinz.
life at the moment, we believe
a man in high-office COULD err
on policy, by the divining-rod of
A-pIus.
example, and FEPC.
admit that the General has not
standpoint of plain, unadulterated
the issues out for himself not
political stooges or his ghost
case, in every Instance. So o
public lue.K.W.R.
Good-Will
Brazil
But most diplomatic observers
think there's more behind the
secretary's detour than that.
More likely, they - believe, is
Acheson's desire to show the
U. S.'s Latin American neigh
bors that our recent preoccupa
tion with European affairs
doesn't mean we have forgotten
them.
Unpleasant Things Said
There have been some unpleas
ant things said recently by Nel
son Rockefeller, one Of Latin
America's best friends in the
U. S-, and a number of Latin
politicians along these lines.
In brief, they contended we
have been so busy building the
North Atlantic Pact, fostering a
European Army, concluding a
separate peace with Germany
and fighting the Korean war that
we have been neglecting the
Southern neighbors we are pledg
ed to protect under the Monroe
Doctrine.
Acheson's visit to Brazil should
Crosstown
"I wish you'd stop going food shopping with my brother's
wife. They always know when we've managed to get
a good meal cooked up I" .
Matter of Fact
KOREAN AIR
REINFORCEMENTS
Washington The American
air forces in Korea are now re
ceiving massive reinforcements
of jet fighters and fighter
bombers. The planned reinforce
ment will increase the over-all
strength by nearly 40 per cent
and the strength in jet planes by
an even higher percentage.
This great and painful effort
is a response to a corresponding
reinforcement of the Commu
nist air force above the Yalu.
Until 'recently, the Communist
air units in a position to parti
cipate in the Korean fighting
were estimated to number 2,000
aircraft, with a thousand jet
fighters. In recent weeks, at
least 200 and more probably 300
new jet fighters have been add
ed to this Communist force.
Furthermore, the strengthen
ing of the Communist air force
has been accompanied by other
signs even more disquieting, al
though less clearly defined for
public consumption.
"The Russians," it is said by
those who will discuss the sub
ject at all, "are taking a far
more overt part." Reports are
circulating that the Communist
Air Force in the Korean theater
now includes Russian units
which have not gone through
the significant formality of hav
ing their insignia painted over.
Other reports suggest the ap
pointment of an over-all Soviet
Air Commander. In any case,
while the form of this more
overt Soviet participation is not
precisely defined, the fact is
quite undisputed.
THERE are several different
J - XT- i
ways 10 measure me puicu-
tial importance of these develop
ments. The . Under Secretary of
the Air Force, Roswell Gilpat
rick. the Acting Chief of Air
Staff, Gen. Nathan Twining,
and the Air Force Fighter Com
mander, Gen. Roger Ramey,
have just left for Korea for a
personal inspection of. the front
line situation. A party -of this
character would hardly have
been sent out, unless serious
concern were felt.
Again, the reinforcement of
our Korean air units has in turn
necessitated really disturbing
changes in other priorities. In
order to muster the necessary
F-86s and ' F-84s, plans for
strengthening the Strategic Air
Command and equipping the
NATO forces in Europe have
had to be readjusted. Such cru
cial schedules as these would
hardly have been altered, if the
position in Korea were not caus
ing real worry.
All this does not mean, of
course, that new trouble in Kor
ea is now to .be regarded as a
certainty, or even as a prob-
serve as an effective reply to
that. He will spend more time in
Brazil than in any other country
he has visited during his current
18,000-mile tour except Britain
For three days, he will be the
official guest of the Brazilian
government. Then he will spend
two additional days just walking
around getting acquainted with
Brazil on an informal basis.
Moreover, he is the first re
cent secretary of state to visit
Brazil on such an informal basis.
His predecessors notably Cor-
dell Hull and George C. Marshall
went there solely to attend
meetings of the foreign ministers
of the Americas.
Other U. S. government depart
ments also have been clasping
Brazil's hand in friendship.
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGED
Vancouver, Wash. CUP) A
charge of manslaughter was filed
Wednesday against William
Perry Randolph in Superior
Court by Don Blair, assistant'
prosecuting attorney of Clark
county. Randolph, who turned
18 Monday, will face trial for
the fatal shooting of Mrs. Fran-
cine : Miller, 17, of Camas on
June 27.
By Roland Co
By Jotsph and
Stewart Alsop
ability. For one thing, so far as
is known, the reinforcements of
the Communist air power do not
yet include jet fighter bombers.
With really fast fighter bomb
ers (which one must remember
could be sent into Manchuria at
the last minute), the Commu
nists could make a pretty fair
stab at neutralizing the Ameri
can forward airfields in the Se
oul area. But with the obsolete
bombers which they now pos
sess, the Communists will have
the odds heavily against them in
any such attempts.
While we occupy the Seoul
airfields, the Communist air
units will find it very difficult to
prepare and use their own air
fields in North Korea. And with
out these forward air bases of
their own, the short range Com
munist MIGs cannot easily chal
lenge our supremacy in the air
over the battle lines.
a
A GAIN, there is the curiously
rnnfliftinT ehnractpr nf oth
er evidence. Take, for example,
two reriorts sent in - recent
months by the recently trans
ferred Indian Ambassador to
Peking, Sardar M. Pannikkar.
In one. he auoted a hifih Chin
ese Communist official as saying
that "when the tigress has its
raw in the tran. vou do not let
it go." The implication was, ob
viouslv. that the Chinese Com
munists feared the United States
and thnneht it wise to keen this
country continuously involved
in Korea. This would rule out
hnth a Korean settlement and
a risky intensification of the
Korean fighting.
On the other hand, when tne
truce negotiations broke down
for the last time, Panikkar sent
another and seemingly contra
dictory reDOrt. It will be recall
ed that the cause of the break
down was the unexpectedly
laree number of Chinese and
North Koreans voting against
repatriation.
When the breakdown happen
ed Panikkar relayed a seeming
ly authoritative Chinese sugges
tion that we compromise Dy
keenine the Nofth Korean pris
oners and sending back the
Chinese. As the Chinese prison
ers had voted almost 3 to 1
against going home, forcibly
driving them back to their fate
was rather too steep a rise above
principle. Yet the Chinese pro
posal looked like proof of a
genuine desire to end the Kor
ean hostilities.
In short, anyone who seeks to
forecast the future in Korea (or
in Berlin and several other
places, for that matter) is under
taking an impossible and fool
ish assignment. But by the same
token, anyone who pretends that
there is not serious danger in
Korea (as well as in Berlin and
several other places) is being
idiotically complacent. However
painful the effort may be, the
American air reinforcement is
undoubtedly justified ,and it
will reduce the danger to the ex
tent that such dangers can be
reduced by preparedness.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Phone
Today Is Deadline for Filing
Initiative Petitions; Cloud
Seeding Ban Bill Quali
With today the deadline for
the filing of initiative petitions
for the general election, 10 state
wide petitions and one county
measure have been submitted to
the Jackson county clerk's office
for checking of the validity of
signatures.
There is some question as to
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Economics:
The Canadian dollar advanc
ed five thirty-seconds of a cent
today to SI. 03 in terms of Am
erican dollars. It was the high
est price for the Canadian dol
lar since 1934, when it went to
S1.0334.
H
OW COME?
Two reasons. Americans are
spending more in Canada, so on
supply and demand the Canad
ian dollar goes up in terms of
the American dollar. The other
reason is that the Canadians
have balanced their budget,
spending no more than they
take in.
S
PEAKING of money:
The French franc now buys
less than ONE-EIGHTH as much
in terms of the American dollar
as it bought at the end of World
War II.
Y?
Again two reasons:
1. The French buy far more
abroad than they sell abroad.
So, on supply and demand, their
currency depreciates in value,
2. They spend more than they
take in in taxes. They BORROW
THE DIFFERENCE from the
Bank of France, which then
starts its presses and prints
paper francs to make up the dif
ference. yHAT is the net result?
This is it:
FRANCE IS BANKRUPT.
yEATHER note:
Europe got another dose of
hot weather today. It was so hot
in London that as a special con
cession the Lord Chief Justice
permitted British judges to doff
their traditional white wigs.
When the heat upsets British
tradition, it's REALLY HOT!
QOOD advice:
Don't scoff at British tradi
tion. Traditionally, the British
OBEY THE LAW.
That's all to the good.
fYLD FOGY opinion (still
en-
titled to some respect):
If we had followed more
closely the traditions establish
ed by our Founding Fathers,
we'd all be better off.
M
AN-BITES-DOG note:
Claude Hammond of New
York City stood beside the road
trying to thumb a ride to the
Newark airport. A big sedan
carrying three men stopped.
One of them asked Hammond to
identify himself as a responsible
citizen. When he got out his
wallet to do so, the guy GRAB
BED IT, jumped back in the car
and it sped away.
Man's inhumanity to man (on
both sides of the fence) makes
countless thousands mourn.
D
OG-BITES-MAN note:
Farmer Luigi Costa, living
near Rome, N.Y., came to town
yesterday to get spruced up for
the Fourth. He bought a snappy
new suit, had his gray hair tint
ed back to its original brown,
got a shave and all the works
and went home smelling sweet
ly of shaving lotion, massage
pomade and such.
Today's he's all bandaged up.
His dog FAILED TO RECOG
NIZE HIM and sank its teeth in
him as a suspicious character.
JOME clean, now.
When you meet an old bird
with his hair freshly dyed, and
maybe with a new permanent
wave, and smelling of all the
bottles in the barber shop, I'll
bet you feel the same urge as
Costa's dog.
2 - 8030
whether the cdunty petitions
must be filed with the secretary
of state's office by today, accord
ing to Bruce Manley, attorney
for the Moisture Conservation
League, Incorporated, which
backed the petitions asking for
an act prohibiting weather con
trol and cloud modification in
Jackson county. He said that the
law merely stipulates that they
be filed and that the anti-cloud
seeding petitions will all be in
the county clerk's office by July
3, if not in the secretary of
state's office.
Question on Numbers
A question also arose over the
local petitions in that the law
isn't too clear on the percentage
of legal voters needed to put the
measure on the ballot Manley
sfated that County Clerk George
Carter had contacted Salem and
had been assured that about
1,700 were needed. Up to last
Friday, 2,357 names had been
declared bona fide, the attorney
pointed out, and enough more
have been submitted since that
time to add about 300 legal
names. He believes, however,
that only 940 names were need
ed, but cited two legal opinions,
one of which calls for 15 per
cent of the legal voters, the oth
er for 8 per cent.
Other Measures
Besides the local proposals,
other measures which had peti
tions checked. in this area for
the state ballot, included:
Establishing U. S. Standard
Time in Oregon, which would
abolish daylight saving time.
A constitutional amendment
prohibiting lotteries, bookmak
ing, and pari-mutual betting.
(United Press reported Tuesday
that a spokesman for the Oregon
Council of Churches stated that
the measure would "definitely"
Voters Not to Have
Direct Participation
In Naming
(Editor's note: Following it
the first in a series of six ar
ticles on election procedures
prepared by the Congressional
Quarterly. The articles will ex
plain how to qualify and vote;
what the vote means, and the
importance of voting vot
ing as wisely as one can. Also
to be explained are election
procedure, national conven
tions, party labels, electoral
college, what campaigns cost
and who's running for vice
president. Washington (CQ) Ameri
cans assume that the President
of the United States is chosen by
"the people," yet no voter will
have a direct voice in the choice
of the next President Nov. 4.
The election procedure is devi
ous and complex more devious
than the Founding Fathers
planned and more complex than
the average voter realizes. It is
set by federal, state-and local
laws and party custom. If pend
ing laws are approved by Con
gress, however, the system could
be greatly streamlined.
Congressional Quarterly has
rounded up the procedure as you
will find it in this Presidential
election and here it is:
First, every person who wants
to help choose the President
must register as a voter. In 47
states he can do so if he is 21;
in Georgia 18-year-olds can reg
ister and vote. There are other
requirements in different states.
In most places a year's residence
in the state, three to six months
residence in the city or county
and 30 days residence in the pre
cinct are required.
Six states impose a poll tax.
Several require the person to
be able to read and understand
the federal and state constitu
tions. The candidates who run for
President and Vice-President
are chosen in party conventions.
In 32 states, the delegates who
do the voting at the conventions
are chosen at state party ses
sions, and the individual can par
ticipate only indirectly. Individ
mm
"So long, guytt I gotta go tske my music Ituon ind my afternoon glue
ef Jorgtnioa's Homogtniitd Vitamin 0 Milkl"
be on the ballot next November
as 35.631 legal names were on
the petitions submitted to the
state elections director.)
A constitutional amendment
providing "equitable" taxing
method for use of highways,
which would, in effect, abolish
ton-mile fees payable by motor
trucks and buses.
A bill repealing public assist
ance relative responsibility law.
which would repeal the present
law requiring living relatives of
persons receiving public old-age
assistance to contribute to the
support of the recipients.
A liquor prohibition amend
ment to Oregon constitution.
A milk production and market
ing act bill, which would create
a milk control administrator
with power to regulate the pro
duction of Oregon milk, desig
nate marketing areas, and fix
a minimum price to be paid pro
ducers. A constitutional amendment
authorizing alcoholic liquor sale
by individual glass.
A gross income tax and $100
monthly state pension fund bilL
A constitutional legislative
senator and representative ap
portionment enforcement amend
ment, which would require the
legislature to follow each federal
census to reapportion legislative
representation among counties
of Oregon, or districts according
to population.
A bill repealing lien laws on
estates of public welfare recipi
ents. ' Besides these 10 measures that
were circulated locally, there
were nine others circulated else
where requiring a state-wide
vote, which may appear on the
November ballot if they have
met the necessary qualifications.
President
ual voters have some voice in se
lection of convention delegates
in the other 16 states those
with Presidential primaries. Yet
even the results of these party
preliminary elections are not al
ways binding on the delegates
chosen.
The state delegations will
gather at the national party con
ventions in Chicago the Re
publicans July 7, the Democrats
July 21. There the party candi
dates are picked. The voter has
a voice only if he stands in the
galleries and cheers.
After the national conventions
name the candidates, the voter
is once more important. He lis
tens to the campaign oratory,
checks each candidate's stands
on the issues and then votes for
one, Nov. 4
He hasn't chosen a President,
however.
He has only laid an informal
groundwork for what the fram-
ers of the Constitution decided
would be the formal means of
choosing a President. The voter,
if he was on the winning side in
his state, has chosen a slate of
Electors who like the same candi
date he does.
All of tlie Electors picked in
the states meet in December, as
the Electoral College, to make a
President. They almost always
Vote for the man who won in
their state, but the Constitution
would let them vote for anyone.
The candidate with a majority
of the 531 Electoral votes is the
next President.
If there are three candidates,
a Democrat, a Republican and a
Dixiecrat, for instance, and none
receives a majority of Electoral
votes, the House of Representa
tives picks the President and the
Senate picks the Vice-President.
Bills have been introduced In
Congress to do away with this
indirect system. Some of them
would provide for nation-wide
primaries to give voters a chance
to name the candidates. Others
would abolish the Electoral Col
lege so that the final selection
would more nearly reflect the
popular vote.