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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the tiles of The Mail
Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
90. .
10 YEARS AGO
July 13. 1942
(It was Monday)
The Jackson county scrap rub
ber drive yields 698,071 pounds,
exceeding the most optimistic es
timates by nearly 100 tons.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot Column: What does
it profit a speed-idiot patriot xo
have an auto horn that plays the
'star Snnneled Banner." fed
V's on the windshield and doors
lor Victory, and flags fluttering
from the radiator, if every time
he turns a corner he rips off
four-bits worth of rubber.
20 YEARS AGO
July 13. 1932
(It was Wednesday) ;
'Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce seeks $6,500,000 m
federal funds to aid in the com
pletion of the railroad from the
Rogue -valley to Crescent City
and to extend it east to Kiam
ath Falls.
The chief engineer of the Pub
lic Utilities commission arrives
in Medford to begin an investi
gation to determine if California
Oregon Power company is oper
ating on a fair rate basis.
30 YEARS AGO
July 13. 1922
(It was Thursday)
County clerk refuses to ac
cept petitions nominating D. M.
Lowe as a recall candidate
against Sheriff C. E. Terrill;
they're not petitions, he says,
they're only recommendations.
. Medford Minister T. L.Theum-
ler declares that Satan is respon
sible for the spiritualistic doc
trine that the dead contact the
living.
40 YEARS AGO
July 13, 1912
(It was Saturday)
Medford and Pendleton gain
nationwide attention for the dud-
licity stunts of their citizens who
attended the Elks convention in
Portland. .
The Equitable Underwriters of
Portland declare Jacksonville
has the state's best water sys
tem, except for Portland's.
Seven-Foot Robot Due
To Visit Mayor Flynn
- A seven-foot tin can robot
who walks, talks and whistles at
pretty girls will be in Medford
Tuesday, to visit with Mayor
Diamond L. Flynn.
i The half-ton electrically con
trolled robot will invite Mayor
Flynn to attend the opening of
American Can company's new
fibre milk container plant in
Portland August 17. This plant
will be the first complete paper
milk container manufacturing
Unit in the Northwest.
.n While here Canco Charlie is
expected to greet many local
citizens and point out the im
portance, of Jackson county's
milk production.
The fruit can-shaped robot
walks, rolls his eyes and turns
his head as he talks. He is one of
the; nation's best-traveled me
chanical men, having made pub
lic appearances across the coun
try. ; ..
The beaver yields a peculiar
substance called castoreum, an
oily, heavily scented substance
formerly used in medicine.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
Chicago, July 12 (Special Wire) This is another morning
after the. night before and while they are cleaning out the de
serted stockyard convention hall, the odor lingers on.
There is the usual attempt to convince the visitors that what
they smell is not really an odor, but a harmony-tuned sweet-ness-and-light
perfume but they fool no one who was there.
e
Nor did that sporting gesture of Senator Taft, asking that
the nomination of General Eisenhower be made unanimous
fool anyone.
. There were not only scattered "no's" to the motion, but the
real sentiment of the delegates was registered long before, the
Senator came in and the good ship "Robert Alphonso Taft"
went down, but with its flag flying and with the captain and a
majority of the crew, going down with it. -
All doubt of this fact was removed this morning by the
official organ of the Taft section of the GOP, the Chicago Trib
une. We quote: .
"Eisenhower is Truman's candidal. Ha Is Tom Dew-
ay's candidate the most unpopular figure in the party to
day. "Ha is Wall Street's candidate,
"He is Europe's candidate."
If this is loyal support of the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket how
would one define hostility and bitter opposition?
No there is no point in kidding ourselves, or trying to kid
the people.
This convention was a dog-fight and to a finish. The Taft
dog never gave up, "the Old Guard dies but it never sur
renders." And why should it?
For it was in reality a fight for its existence, a fight for its
control of the grand old party, and without that control the Old
Guard won't long exist.
There will no doubt be a semblance of life for a while. There
may even be protestations of "all-for-one-and-one-for-aU." But
this stockyard convention, as predicted when it started, was to
mark the slaughter of one side or the other, and that is what
has happened.
Genuine tears will be shed by some over this tragic end,
and not tears of joy like General Eisenhower's, when notified of
his nomination. But in the judgment of the undersigned not only
is the Republican party, not only this country, but the civilized
world, fortunate that this fight-to-the-death came out just as it
did. R. W. R. . .
Chicago, July 10th As the convention has become hotter,
the atmosphere outside has become cooler thank the Lord. (Or
the vjeather-man if you prefer.)
tioner nas neipea, in spite of tne emotional neat. ; ,
-
Just returned from the Palmer House a block away where
we file our wires, when in town, and was greeted by a band in
the lobby playing one of our old-time favorites "Working on The
Railroad." We haven't had much sleep for two nights, but that
is one compensation the ' "grey-beards" enjoy, they don't t need
so much. In fact "Foxy Grandpaw" was so inspired by the tune
that he asked the well-nourished
tion desk, for the next dance. She wasn't in a dancing mood,
however. She has claimed all along to be -neutral as. far as the
nomination is concerned, but we were not surprised to find out
she is for Taft. All Republicans
trality around here seem to be for Taft.
However, "the band played on!"
And executing our famous
the band represented Oregon for on their bizarre caps and uni
forms, was emblazoned "Oregon is for Ike." The Oregon delegation
is staying at the Palmer House,
vention and this was a nice gesture, even though it was a bit
early in the morning after the night before, for blaring band
music, below one's bedroom window!
.-..
As those who have seen the convention over TV realize, Ore
gon has been quite prominently in the limelight. During the
polling of the New.. York delegation in the Georgia contest last
night for example, Governor McKays dark glasses and Sen
ator Morse's dark EYEBROWS were much in evidence. Both be
ing enthusiastic Ike supporters, they are having a fine time.
So is Bill McAllister, though we have been able to talk with
Bill, only over the phone. -
As we just wired, it is hard to see how General Eisenhower
can lose now, although Robert Alphonso refuses to concede it.
If he does not win on the first ballot which he still claims, we
wonder what his alibi will be. It is hard to see what it CAN be,
but Robert Alphonso isn't dumb, so it may be good. It is diffi
cult to picture him, however, as persisting in pugilistic routine
and claiming he "wuz robbed." - '
, We referred above to the Palmer House as hotel "tops" in
this convention. This is especially true after one has spent any
time at the Conrad Hilton Gargest hotel in the country) which
is Taft's headquarters; or the Blackstone next door, which is Ei
senhower's. One has to stand" in line for half an hour more or
less to get an elevator. If one tackles the stairs, the going isn't
much better. There .are star chamber meetings here, there and
everywhere, ditto walky-talkies with swinging antennae, cam
era bulbs flashing all over the place, TV's glittering through
doors ajar high school bands playing and pep-squads yelling,
and at least a million kinds of badges on parade even a few for
General MacArthur and fewer for the completely "forgotten
man" Stassen. If you wish anything to -eat or drink again you
must stand in line which the undersigned refuses under any cir
cumstances these days to do.
All around these two hotels, moreover, night and day the
crowds are milling. Over their roofs is the before mentioned
"Ike" blimp, like an overinflated great fish, hanging in the" sky;
and that grinning rubifoam dental display of "Battling Bob," in
technicolor. - An "Ike" helicopter
ney-tops, and scores of sound-trucks of all shapes and sizes often
bumper-to-bumper as they drill
livering stump speeches via screechy records, others producing
college marching songs ("Anchors Aweigh" being a prime favo
rite); and also Ike's love song dedicated to "Mamie."
One sound truck featured a song written in honor of Sen
ator Taft which under present circumstances bore the somewhat
ironical title "Go-Go GOP."
As this is written that appears to be what "Mr. Republican"
is going to do! , '..
One sawed-off freckle faced moppet, who perhaps is the
grade school wit in . District 49, carried a home-made banner
which read: " :
"Let's go daft with Taft!"
- Nothing succeeds like success, nothing fails like failure.
However, while we. can't conjure up much sympathy for any
presidential candidate who would kiss Joe McCarthy on both
cheeks for the sake of a few votes, we never have enjoyed kick
ing ANY man when he is JDOWN. And while "Robert" still stub
bornly refuses to admit he is "OUT," he is, at this writing, sure
ly down far, FAR down!
Does all this side-show ballyhoo pay out?
We can't believe it. And yet there are at least a hundred
of the smartest public-relations men in the land assembled here,
who must think it does. At least they are behind it all, and their
clients are financing it. Yet the only important thing here is
the convention and how the members vote. The delegates can
scarcely be influenced by what they can't see..
But perhaps that strange
has an influence in a struggle of this sort which the average
person doesn't appreciate because it CANT be seen or touched.
We said "PERHAPS." We have a strong suspicion, however,
it is all BASICALLY a racket and a very profitable one.
We have had no use for the Chicago Tribune and Colonel
McCormick for many -years. But we never believed it could fall
as low as it has fallen in this convention period. No wonder it
supports Joe McCarthy and puts
the top of its political page its methods of journalism are ex
actly the political methods of the Wisconsin goon, misrepresen
tation, smearing, distortion, journalistic abortion cheating, false-
Bandar. July 13, I9S2
Inside, of course, the air-condi
older gal at the GOP. informa
who ADVERTISE their neu
soft-shoe routine we discovered
which hotel is tops at this con
rattles around the hotel chim
around and ; around some de
imponderable public sentiment
his nicely re-touched photo at
Crosstown
"You're not confusin' the batters with that bubble gum
trick as much a you're confusin' ME I"
hood this "greatest newspaper in the world" gets away with
murder day after day, and as far-as one can observe in a brief
visit, a majority of the people here in Illinois not only swallow
it, but LIKE it! -
We wish the NEA at its next meeting would tackle this
mystery and try to explain it! WE can't! R. W. R. -
Matter of Fact
THE SPAVINED
PROFESSIONALS
Chicago After this Republi
can rally, no one can ever again
repeat the dreary old chestnut
that "you can't beat the old pros
in. politics." The plain truth is
that in tactics, .. strategy and
judgment of the national mood,
the approved professional poli
ticians of the Republican party
have shown themselves to be lit
tle better than a bunch of stum
blebums. In the first place, consider
Sen. Taft's enviable situation in
the aftermath of his 1950 tri
umph in the Ohio Senate race.
THEN he was "Mr. Republican"
for almost everybody. Great
numbers of Republican moder
ates, both organization people
and rank-and-filers, were then
willing to give Taft the benefit
of every doubt. The same held
true for the vast majority of the
normally Republican press, for
almost all the party's financial
contributors, and for virtually
every one else likely to have any
say about the Republican nomi
nation. ,' .
FAR FROM seeking to retain
this all-but-unanimous sup
port, Taft took his 1950 Sen
atorial victory in the same way
he took the Republican Con
gressional sweep in 1946. He for
got about his relatively progres
sive domestic program.. He in
tensified his isolationism, if any
thing. And above all he clasped
to his bosom Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy and all that mouth-frothing
right wing of the Republican
party that makes a hero of Mc
Carthy. : Thus Taft alienated all moder
ate Republicans. Thus he pro
vided, by his own act, the real
motive power for the Eisenhow
er movement.
Then consider Act II. The Ei
senhower movement had start
ed, but was bumping along in
low gear. The Taft forces were
richly financed and enormously
highly organized. They had
counted on the Southern dele
gations, as being theirs almost
by hereditary right. Then a great
popular surge for Gen. Eisen
hower appeared in Texas. Eisen
hower Republicans carried the
precinct, county and state con
ventions. The attention of the na
tion began to be focussed on the
drama. Taft managers Brazilla
Carroll Reece and David Sinton
Ingalls went to the Republican
State Convention at Mineral
Wells, Texas, to take personal
command in this crisis.
..
THE PROBLEM was not, fun
damentally, very hard to
solve. There could have been at
least the pretense of a judicial
process. There could have been
attempts to present evidence,
however faked, to sustain the
Taft side of the argument. With
at least an appearance of jus
tice, 13 or 14 or 15 Texas dele
gates could have been thrown
to the Eisenhower rooters, with
the statement that these few
were properly elected, while
the rest belonged to Taft despite
the "Democratic infiltraters."
If this simple tactic had been
adopted by Messrs. Reece and In
galls,' the Texas steal issue would
have died a'borning. The report
ers who were at Mineral Wells,
including one of these corre
spondents, could not then have
proved the steal without a legal
brief. Instead, the naked, total
steamroller steal was decided
upon by Ingalls arid Reece. And
so the Texas steal became a na:
tional issue of overriding im
port. Finally, consider ACT III. The
first response of the Taft lead
ers to the Texas clamor was not
to concede, or conciliate, or com
promise. The first response was
to display before the country a
rigged national committee, a rig
ged convention speakers' list,
and a rigged credentials commit
tee. Public opinion was to be de
fied, and,the steamroller was to
steam ahead regardless. -
By Roland Coe
By Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
AGAIN, THE professionals had
. forgotten that public opinion
can take the steam out of almost
any steamroller, at least in this
country. In addition they com
mitted the cardinal, almost in
credible error of grossly over
estimating their own strength on
the convention floor, which Sen.
Taft's lieutenants also notorious
ly committed in 1940 and 1948.
Again, they might well have
saved themselves at the last mo
ment by sacrificing their South
ern delegations. But instead the
Taft people ran head-on, from
sheer arrogant over-confidence,
into the disastrous tests on the
so-called Langlie rule and the
Gebrgia delegation.
If this is professionalism, any
sensible man wanting sound po
litical guidance will hire an ama
teur. But the truth is, because
you have grown old in politics,
you do not necessarily grow ex
pert, and the real Republicans
nowadays are men like Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
whom the Taft people so loudly
scorn. "
TK THIS must .be added one
more word. Sen. Taft, beyond
doubt,,. .has been the victim of
his friends and backers. For this
he deserves sympathy. Further
more, when these friends and
backers of Taft's at last saw the
danger confronting them, they
actually advocated all-out rig
ging of this conveniton. More
phony contests were to be put
up, in Washington state and
Maryland for example. More
phony delegates were to be seat
ed. Popular opinion was to be ab
solutely, totally and finally de
fied, suppressed and overcome.
Sen. Taft rejected that advice,
even in the heat and bitterness
of his own disappointment. And
for this act, proving his true
Americanism, he deserves grat
itude as well as sympathy.
Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Bright Red Color
Attracts Attention
Denver - (U.R) Denver
police said Saturday Ihey had
an easy time finding two-year-old
Bryan Dale, who had wan
dered from home. .
Just before strolling out of
the house Friday, little Bryan
smeared himself from head to
toe with his mother's red. fing
ernail polish.
He was found two hours
later when his bright red com
plexion attracted attention.
SECONDS. NOMINATION
Robert Elliott, Medford, above,
made one of - four seconding
speeches Thursday night at the
Republican' national convention
in Chicago for Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower as the party's candi
date for president; Elliott is
chairman of the . Oregon GOP
central committee." -
m
In the Day's Hews
To everyone whoiad follow
ed understandingly the; prelimi
nary sparring it appeared cer
tain that the high dramatic hour
of the Republican national con
vention of 1952 would come
when the decisions of the organization-ruled
credentials com
mittee reached the convention
floor on appeal.
What happened last night
(th.' -, is written on Thursday)
fully justified that judgment
The roll call by states that re
versed the committee's decision
ont Georgia was high, tense,
emotion-packed drama. -
It was more than that. It was
history-making in the raw. '
TJERE is what happened:
The old leadership of the
Republican party came to the
end of its string and . new lead
ership took over. The turning
point, it seemed to me, came
along toward the end of the im
passioned oration made by Sena
tor Dirksen of Illinois in behalf
of the Taft delegates from
Georgia. -
He turned to Governor Dewey
of New York, who is supporting
Eisenhower, and said to him
what amounted to this: v "We
followed you to defeat. We fol
lowed you loyally TWICE to de
feat. We think we're entitled to
demand now that YOU FOL
LOW US TO DEFEAT."
rpHOSE WEREN'T his words,
but that is what a majority
of the delegates on the floor
took his words to mean. It in
furiated them. They were in no
mood to follow - ANYBODY to
defeat. They want to follow
somebody to victory and the re
construction of America is a
new and better pattern.
At that moment, the lines
hardened. From there on, logi
cal argument had no weight.
Men set their jaws and voted
grimly according to what .they
conceived to be the bare and
naked issues of this historic con
vention. The issue that stood out bare
and naked was this: The old
leadership of the Republican
party has outlived its day. It's
high time for NEW leadership.
The final tally of the vote by
states on the . Georgia contest
told the story. When it was com
pleted, the new leadership was
in control. Whether it can re
main in control and can nomi
nate General Eisenhower as ' its
candidate remains to be seen. It
is an ancient and hallowed shib
boleth of the politicians that
anything can happen at a con
vention. But I think no one
doub';s this morning that Gen
eral Eisenhower is the probable
nominee of this convention.
VFHAT WE SAW Wednesday
night was the birth of a
new Republican party. It. was
born in turmoil and tense emo
tion. Men were keyed high and
tight. There were fist fights on
the floor.
But that is the way great new
political movements are born.
That is the way the Republican
party itself was born back in the
grim days of I860.. There were
fist fights tnen plenty of them.
And many bloody noses.
It is in moments of high and
tense emotion that men rise to
their idealistic best.
WHAT HAPPENED was rug-
" ged. At times, it was brutal.
But battle is brutal. What we
were seeing Wednesday night
was the end of the old bull that
has ruled the herd. In his day,
he ruled it wisely and well, pro
tecting it against the circling
wolves.
But the old bull can't live for
ever. In time, a young bull
arises and challenges his lead
ership. What follows is no tea
party. It is battle to the finish,
with no holds barred.
What we saw in Chicago that
night was the end of the old
bull's reign. The grim, deter
mined overthrow of the creden
tials committee decision on
Georgia left no doubt of that.
I don't doubt that in the new
leadership of the Republican
party that showed its power last
night there are men who are
looking for personal advance
ment. But in the main this thing
that came into being on the floor
of the convention hall in Chica
go in the late hours of Wednes
day night isn't just, a political
campaign to get into power and
divide the offices. It is more in
the nature of a MOVEMENT. In
its essence, it is another search
for the Holy Grail. It is another
Third Crusade.
I know that sounds idealistic.
But the Declaration of Inde
pendence was idealism of the
highest order. So was the con
stitution of the United States.
So, for that' matter, was the
young Republican party back in
1 1860 when it nominated Abra
! ham Lincoln, one of the great
idealists of all time. ' It wasn't
just POWER those Republican
delegates were looking for then.
In their minds was the ideal of
an UNSEVERED Union and the
end of human slavery in Amer
ica. VOU WILL gather from all
this,. I suppose, that I too am
a starry-eyed dreamer. Well, to
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Vandalism
To the Editor: Kenneth Den
man recently wrote a letter to
your newspaper relative to pic
nickers and other users of the
out of doors desecrating the
areas they apparently enjoy, by
leaving refuse, broken glass and
other trash around.
To this I want to say '.'amen,"
and to add that downright van
dalism is practiced by many of
them, and that it is these people
who ultimately make it neces
sary for landowners to close
their lands to all of the public,
the deserving and the undeserv
ing alike.
I have experienced two cases
at point within the past few
days. ' .
Young members of the family
and their friends built a diving
raft on Rogue River at the ranch
at Table Rock. Someone, for
pure meanness, tore the raft
loose, pushed it the length of the
backwater which was the swim
ming hole, and out into the cur
rent During the past two weeks,
the lock on the boat which I had
made,, and had tied in the same
backwater, and on family pro
perty, was broken and the boat
either stolen or turned loose in
the river. At the same spot a
picnic table was broken to
pieces and destroyed. Pure van
dalism, and all done on private
On The Side by e . v. During
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
A claim is how advanced that
the first theater devoted exclu
sively to the showing of films
was established by James W.
Bostock on Butler Street in
Pittsburgh, Pa., in. 1898. If this
is true, both the editor of that
supposedly authoritative work.
titled, "Famous First Facts,"
and myself are stuck for the
stogies. "Famous First Facts"
claims the nickelodeon estab
lished in Pittsburgh in 1905 by
John P. Harris was the first
movie theater. I claim it was the
Electric Theater in Los Angeles,
established in 1902 by T. L.
Tally.
Forgotten Man .
Are you a camera fan? Ever
hear of '. Nicephore Niepce? If
not, ask the man where you buy
your photographic supplies
about him. If he doesn't know
all about Nicephore Niepce, in
cluding how to pronounce his
name, he should be ashamed of
himself. Monsieur Niepce was
the originator of photography.
He took the first photograph
ever made. That was in 1826.
Cigars
Are handmade cigars better
than those made by machine?
Ask an expert what he thinks.
A highly efficient cigar maker
can roll around 350 cigars a day.
One machine can turn out 4,000
or more Cigars in the same time.
Oscar Hammerstein, generally
known as a theatrical man and
opera impresario, was a leading
inventor of cigar machinery.
However, he always rolled the
cigars he smoked himself. Ima
gine being able to roll your own
cigars. I think I'll take some
cigar-rolling lessons.
Greatest
Why do sportscribes keep
saying Tod Sloan was the great
est American jockey ever to
ride in England? Sloan just
wasn't in the same class as Dan
ny Maher. It could be Maher
was .the greatest American
jockey of all time. He rode
three- Epsom Derby winners.
Fred Fox, himself a great rider,
once said: "Danny Maher was
as near perfection, I think, as
is humanly possible. He had the
gift of beautiful hands, a good
seat, could adopt his style to any
type of horse, had vigor when
it was needed," yet the patience
of Job, perfect judgment of
pace, and perhaps the greatest
essential of the lot a very cool
and level head."
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Am
an extent, that is true. You have
to DREAM before you can DO.
Anyway, millions of Ameri
cans look upon this struggle to
nominate General Eisenhower
as a sacred cause rather than as
a campaign to get your man into
office. That is why it has shown
such strength at Chicago.
"O.K.-O.K. Stop shewing off hew much Jorgensen's Homogenized
Mutti-Vitamin, Multi-Mineral Milk yen drink!"
property and with full know
ledge of who the owners were.
My family has enjoyed a pic
nic and camping spot on Four
bit Creek, at the foot of Mt
Pitt, for a dozen years. The chil
dren idolize the place, and have
helped to keep it clean and in
its native beauty. They have fed
the trout in the pool at the camp
summer after summer.
Last week end we visited the
spot and discovered that some
one else had used it They had
left broken beer bottles all over
the place; empty beer cans clut
tered the bottom of the trout
pool; paper plates, cups, junk
and nauseating rubbish was
scattered all over the camp. It
made me sick, and, to say the
least, angry.
These people must have an
odd makeup who will destroy
the places they seem to enjoy.
Or, perhaps they are the type
who have their homes looking
the same way.
At any rate, they are the ones
who bring about closure of pic
nic spots to those of us who love
the beauty of the out of doors,
and they also bring about an
understanding of what the
southerners used to call "white
trash."
Moore Hamilton
43 Rose Ave.,
Medford, Ore.
I right in saying that John
"Mugsy" McGraw was once
sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers
but refused to report? A. Quite
right sir. McGraw was one of
the Baltimore players sold to
Brooklyn when the National
League was cut from twelve
clubs to eight. McGraw refused
to report. It wasn't a question
of money. I regret to state that
Mr. McGraw gave as his rea
son: "I just don't like Brook
lyn." Love, Etc.
A young matron of Brooklyn
comes through with a statement
that gives the claim that "no
body loves a fat man" a terrific
setback. She says her husband,
a bass viol player, weighs 250
pounds, and adds: "As a lover
he is wonderful. I am crazy
about him. As a husband there
is room for improvement but I
am taking care of that."
Get It Right
Note Gus Dorais of Notre
Dame referred to as "the father
of the forward pass." The first
forward pass thrown in football
was tossed by Moore of Wesley
an University to Van Tassel of
the same team in a game against
Yale in 1906. Dorais didn't start
throwing forward passes until
seven years later.
Porllanders See
Nomination on TV
Portland OJ.P.) Some 1500
to 2000 Portlanders in three
television audiences here gave
scattered cheers and sharp ap
plause Friday when Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower won the Repub
lican presidential nomination on
the first ballot.
It was the first Portland aud
ience to witness television on a
national scale. The people gath
ered at the Auditorium, a down
town parking lot and the Ar
mory to watch the convention.
Ore of the loudest cheers came
when Gov. Douglas McKay an
nounced that Oregon's 18 votes
were for Ike.
Many offices closed down and
some store clerks took a lunch
less lunch hour to watch the
telecast.
A total of 199 television sets
carried the convention in the
three locations.
President Truman Signs
Departmental Funds Bill
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman late Thursday sign
ed $1,015,911,710 appropriations
bill to run the State, Justice
and Commerce Departments dur
ing fiscal 1953.
The amount was 18 per cent
less than the President had re
quested. The total cut was $217,-701,424.