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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL. TRIBUNE .hursday. July 24. 1952 MedfordTribuot Everyone In Soutnern Oregao Reads Tne MaiJ Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W BUHL. Editor ERNEST R. GILS TRAP. Manager HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. Citv Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr Editorial Correspondence An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at .Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: nail v and Sunday one year S12 00 Daily and Sunday six months 6 50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3 50 Daily and Sunday one month 1-25 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold HilL Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one year $15.00 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago. De. troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL asVocUticjn NEWSPAPER PUl lit HitS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 24, 1942 (It was Friday) Children crowd Camp White for a free ride in an army am phibious "peep". From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The weath er is slightly cooler but no frostbites have been reported as we go to press. 20 YEARS AGO July 24, 1332 (It was Sunday) Interest in Jackson county politics rises as many independ ents file their candidacies. Medford employers begin to urge the employment of local workers only. 30 YEARS AGO July 24, 1922 (It was Monday) The grand jury begins invest igation of three night-riding raids; Klu Klux Klan suspect-td. A joint forum of the Ashland and Medford chambers of com merce is planned. 40 YEARS AGO July 24. 1912 (It was Wednesday) Mrs. George Burns is thrown down a 25-foot embankment when her team becomes fright ened and runs away; she is res cued and brought to the hospital by a passing motorist. The first large trout catch of the season is reported as three local sportsmen return from the Rogue river with 16 steelheads ranging from four to eight pounds each. Strange Message Found in Bottle Cannon Beach (U.R) Lovers of mystery will be happy to know that C. A. Speer, Portland, was in possession Thursday of a strange note written 22 years ago. He found the note in a bot tle while walking on the beach near here. The edges of the note were worn by long bobbing in the sea and some of the words were il legible. The note was dated January 25. 1930 and it read in part: "To whom it may concern . . . You who discover this may like to know something about me . . . I am the exported ruler of Koo gie Island 1800-1820 . . . Since the war between the Germans is still on I cannot let anyone know where Luchivicek Andere ati is. But he is in my capture . . . Help me friend of all men be kind. I have found a real fountain of youth. That is the re ward I will give you people." The note was unsigned. Chicago, July 22 (Special Air Mail) The Chicago Tribune publishes a complete U.S. weather map every day a very inter esting feature these inclement times. For nearly a week Oregon has been white, which means fair; Illinois has been speckled which means rain. IT'S THE CLIMATE! over 10 inches in two days in Rockford wasn't bad. But you should see those corn fields the corn has grown nearly a foot in the week we have been absent. And all of it that rich, dark, upright, lusty green! The Sucker State is going to be corny this Fall. Speaking of the Tribune Robert Alphonso was a good loser but the old Colonel isn't. Ever since Taft's defeat the Colonel has each issue taken some sort of dirty swipe at the Republican nom inee, while it has printed every day at least a dozen letters, re fusing support for the GOP ticket. Where is the Tribune going to go if it refuses to support Eisenhower and Nixon? (We know where it SHOULD go, but it is too much to expect it will.) To date the Chicago Tribune treats the Democrats far more kindly than it treated the Eisenhower Republicans. In fact now and then it exhibits a bit of fairly good humor. Candidate Barkley this morning was characterized as "aged in the wood" for example whose favorite libation is "MINK-Julep." A donkey symbol em bellished this front page witticism. Ok, but even the Tribune, we wager, can't get Barkley's GOAT. For poise, combined with a sense of humor, Alben Is tops. A week ago we asked the NEA to solve the problem of the Chicago Tribune explain how a newspaper so bigoted and un principled editorially, could not only overshadow all other news papers in a great state like Illinois, but maintain year after year, its dominance. After considerable research and analysis in the old-home-town of Rockford we believe we have the answer and it isn't especially flattering to the boys and girls who write the editorials. This is the answer the Tribune is the best NEWSpaper in its field with accent on NEWS. The Tribune's society pages are far in the lead, ditto sports, markets, features, and illustrations. Some of our friends in Chicago have refused to let the Tribune come within reading distance, because of its reactionary editorials and its slanting of political news. They have taken a stand which the undersigned heartily endorses. But they represent a decided minority. The Tribune maintains its prestige and its tremendous circulation not BECAUSE of its editorials, but in SPITE of them. Along the line of how the Democratic party has changed through the years, the two principal speakers at yesterday's open ing provided eloquent testimony. We refer to Governor Stevenson and Senator Douglas. The former gave the official welcome to the delegates as head of the commonwealth, the latter delivered what was termed: "The truth about the Korean war." They both gave what in "the good old days before the war" would have been regarded as typical Republican speeches We mean: they were factual, rather than emotional; intelli gent, rather than intemperate; they sought to convince their listen ers by lucid cerebral argument rather than by beating the drums of purely emotional appeal. That, used to be the GOP technique, it is no longer, as their recent "free-for-all" demonstrated. In fact your correspondent has come to speculate on an inter esting question do political parties, take form and substance, from circumstances? We mean by that: have the Democrats be come spiritually, so much more like the Republicans because they have, like the GOP in bygone years, been in control of the govern ment the "Ins" for so many years whereas the Republicans for a similar period, have been like the Democrats, from the turn of the century to 1912 the "OUTS." Although, Oregon's candidate, Estes Kefauver, has a circus calliope to parade around the loop, instead of a common, ordinary Found truck, the sideshow "whoopee" to date has been far less vociferous and ear-splitting than the Republicans offered. Whether the answer is the absence of the "killer" element in this Bourbon gathering or not, we have yet to determine, but we do believe that it has been, and still is, a factor. As we wired, yesterday morning, the one outstanding dif ference between this convention and the one a week ago, is that the present conclave's ONE purpose, is to secure harmony WITH IN the party; whereas the ONE purpose of the GOP convention was to decide which faction the old or the new was to control. One or the other had to be licked. That added up, naturally, to a dog-fight at the slaughter-house pavilion when the Republicans were there; an all-out, do-or-die conflict. The Democrats now gather to name a candidate, who will be best qualified, not to lead one faction over the vanquished Democrats but to lead a united party if that can possibly be at tained, against the traditional enemy. So the latter is far less en livening and dramatic. While both Stevenson and Douglas got a good hand when they finished, there was no indication on the part of the delegates, that either one was the man on horseback. In fact Senator Douglas regarded by most competent critics as the best Senator in the Upper House today had to chide the delegates assembled for not paying closer attention to what he said. But he was saved by one of the outstanding heroes of the Korean campaign a little man from Mississippi who won the congressional medal by extra ordinary heroism and lived to tell the tale. This tableaux, your cor respondent thought, was typical of the Democratic party they may slip up here and there, but when the chips are down, some how, SOMEway, they succeed in putting on a good show! The little hero supplied it. Just as we finished the above paragraph word came to the press section via the grapevine that organized labor has officially informed VP Barkley that it will not support him for President. Why? Because he's too old organized labor says it wants the Democrats to win and they don't believe the VP can do it. If this is true and we have a hunch it is then that would finish Alben. No candidate will be chosen by this convention without the en dorsement, of organized labor- and H.S.T. that can be put down in your notebook and kept there until the cows come home. Crosstown By Roland Coe In the Day's News "If I could train my mother to bring out a hot dog every so often, this would be even BETTER than the beach." Matter of Fact By Joseph and Stewart Aliop THE WOOED AND THE WOOERS Chicago There are two im portant things about this Demo cratic convention. Most of the delegates are now strongly con vinced that their party can win another national election. And the great majority of the dele gates have an acute personal in terest, of one sort or another, in keeping their party in power This is the true explanation of one of the most remarkable political phenorriena of our times the movement to draft Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as Democratic nominee. This move ment is again forging forward despite Stevenson's anguished pieas, against all the common rules of politics, and in defiance of a horde of other eager aspir ants. If Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had turned out to be the magical camnaiener originally envis ioned, the supporters of Vice President Alben Barkley would have had a walkaway. They had a vastly popular man to run They had the President's nod, in the form of a Truman statement that Barkley was entirely ac ceptable. They had the great ad vantage of Stevenson's reluct ance. If the delegates had thought the nomination was not going to be worth very much, Barkley would surely have got it. They are very astute profes sional politicians, these Barkley leaders. They may have well brought off a Barkley nomina tion had Barkley not with drawn. Yet the two central facts of this convention, already noted above, have nonetheless caught the Barkleyites between wind and water. The delegates came to town. They heard Bark ley was ahead. At once they angrily protested that a Barkley nomination would throw away an excellent chance of Demo cratic victory. By the same to ken, they demanded Stevenson 'the winner." Helicopters Making Flight to Europe Goose Eay, Labrador (U.R) Two U.S. Air Force helicopters were on the third leg of their history -making hop - skip - and jump flight to Europe Thursday. The first aircraft of their type ever to attempt a transoceanic flight headed through a thin drizzle toward their next stop at Narsarssuak, Greenland, 770 miles away. The Weather Man did a bad job for the GOP but he is starting out to do "a worse one for the Democrats. It is now Tuesday and we arrived here Sunday noon. Haven't had a cool or refreshing breath night or day . during that period except in air cooled rooms. How any members of the genus homo can live the year around in a climate like this passes your correspondent's comprehension. One of the smartest things ever done by the undersigned is when he shook the dust of the Middlewest from his brogans and started for the Pacific Coast to make his permanent home. ' Came up on the "L" from the stockyards with an old news paper friend of ours now a columnist on the Philadelphia Bulletin. He is pretty close to the Democratic "Highef-Ujis," and he thinks it will be Stevenson in the end and for one simple reason a ma jority of the delegates THINK Stevenson is the only candidate who could beat Eisenhower. If that is true then as far as the race for the presidential nom ination is concerned ITS ALL OVER. For when all is said and done this convention, like every other, ultimately chooses .the candidate it believes best calculated to win. There is another fact which supports this conclusion Steven son has said a lot about not wanting the job but he has not to date, said that if drafted, he would decline it. So if J. P. Morgan wants to make some more money he might take this tip from the horse's mouth it's going to be Stevenson and Kefauver against Eisenhower and Nixon. P.S: It looks more like Stevenson by the minute. Barkley has drop ped out of the race because of that labor opposition giving the labor leaders a deserved rebuke for trying to dominate the Demo cratic party. He quits without -any recommendation, but there is a strong rumor that President Truman has decided to give his ok to the Illinois Governor also. If this is true then your correspond ent might as well pack up and get to some cooler spot if there is any in this part of the U.S.A. R.W.R. There are probably more spe- J About 800,000 special have been cies of insects on earth than of I catalogued in museums, says the all other creatures combined. ' National Geographic Society. IHE force of the grass roots sentiment among the dele gates was plainly evident in the reception accorded to Governor Stevenson when he made his speech of welcome. "Spontane ous demonstrations," with cheer leaders, organizers and demon strators paid $5 an hour, have become a tiresome joke at our quadrennial political rallies. This demonstration for Stevenson was wholly unorganized. It made less noise than the planned and paid for type. But it expressed real feeling. What, then, is the secret of this Stevenson candidacy? A cyn ical and rather immoral old professional has argued to these reporters that the power of the Stevenson candidacy is another proof of what he calls his "the- ory oi poiiucs anu iuvc. draws a dreary contrast between the eager, pouncing, sweaty palmed young man, who goes after his girl so nara mat ne is atavs nantine loudly, and the P3sv. . uneaeer life-guard type, around whom the girls flock ;th pries of invitation. "Which euv eets the girls?" he asks, in his uelv way. "And which can didates eet the nominations?" There is a good deal of truth in this theory. For example, re call the time when Stevenson made his first statement that he would not be a candidate. It was only a few days before the great ceremonial dinner in New York in honor of Averell Harriman Stevenson was scheduled to speak at the dinner. He tried to withdraw from the engagement. The dinner organizer pressured him into speaking after all, by saying that Stevenson's with drawal would mean no free tele vision. When the dinner came, Vice President Barkley, Sens. Kefau ver and Kerr and Averell Harri man, all wanting the nomination so badly they could taste it, each did his oratorical stuff. All of them uttery failed to impress the audience. Then Stevenson made a short speech, humorous, humane and elevated, which convinced every Democratic job holder in the room that here was the man to keep Democratic jobholders on the payroll. And the Stevenson candidacy, which had already died, immediately suffered a forcible resurrection. TT HAS been like that all the way with this queer phenom enon of Stevenson's candidacy. Curiously enough, moreover, al though one may be cynical about the motives of Democrats who wish to keep their party in power, this strong, grass roots support for Stevenson is also a tribute to our peculiar political process. For Stevenson is no rabble rouser, and no cheap dem agogue. He is, if anything, too much an intellectual in politics His attractions are simple. He is a warm, vigorous and intelligent man, liberal in spirit, moderate in method, who has shown that he is an outstanding executive in his terms as Illinois governor. In short, so many delegates think Stevenson can win because they think that the American voter is decidedly discriminating in casting his vote. The judgment of the Republicans who chose Eisenhower paid the American voter the same kind of implied tribute. The question remains, why Stevenson has been so desper ately reluctant to take this as signment which so many are pressing upon him. One suspects that deep down, he too thinks the two-party system will be dam aged if the Republican opposi tion is not cured by responsibil ity of its growing neurotic ten dencies. One suspects, also, that he expects the final world crisis to come in the next four years, and that he fears the reaction of the electorate against the party then in power, if the oppo sition is led by the neurotics and extremists who may capture the Republican party if. Eisenhower is defeated. If this is Stevenson's reason ing and there are excellent grounds for so believing it is the reasoning of a large-minded and sensible man. If the oppos ing candidates in this election are to be Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, one can at least feel the United States of America are doing themselves proud before the world. (Copyright, 1952, by the New York Herald Tribune Inc.) BY FRANK JENKINS Just a word before leaping off into the muddy waters of politix: A flying saucer has been SPOTTED BY RADAR. Radar hits a definite TANGIBLE ob ject and bounces back. That does away with the theory of lights reflected from mirage-like layers in the atmosphere. rpHESE are strange and GRAVE days we're living in. In such times, we need the BEST POS SIBLE leadership available. Re gardless of what the politicians say (or do) that thought must remain uppermost in the minds of all good Americans. MOW (holding our noses, per " haps) we can wade into the political stuff. I1THAT about this loyalty oath business? This is the general idea: Anywhere save in the South, disgruntled Democrats could go home and vote the Republican ticket. In the one-party South, Republicans are damyankees and if you vote for a damyankee you're an outcast and a pariah. It was suspected (perhaps not without reason) that several Deep South delegations might go home and, using state laws, put Eisenhower on the ballot AS A DEMOCRAT. That is what started the shooting. The "loy alty oath" was designed to head that off. Congressional Quiz Questions and Answer on What Goes en at the Capital Furnished by Congressional Quarterly New Features Q Does the new GI Bill of Rights give anything betides free schooling? I'm a veteran, of the Korean "police action" and I don't want to go back to school. A Yes. Aside from the edu cational benefits, the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 offers you: From $100 to $300 mustering out pay; unem ployment pay of up to $26 for 26 weeks; and the same housing and loan benefits extended to World War II veterans. These are available to persons whp served in the armed forces after June 27, 1950. WHAT about the "civil rights" business? Some speaker (I've forgotten now who it was) let the cat out of the bag on that issue. In 11 key Northern cities, he said, the BALANCE OF POWER is held by the colored vote. The Demo cratic party needs to keep and the Republican party needs to get these key industrial centers. That's about the long and the short of it. As it comes up at the national party conventions every four years, there isn't an ounce of sincerity on either side so far as this compulsory "civil rights" business is concerned. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of toe writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. TF, BY the power of moral rec- - titude, we're to lead the world on to better days, we've got to get rid of racial intolerances and prejudices here in our own coun try. We can't command the re spect and the following and the cooperation of the colored races throughout the world (black, yollew and so on) if we're intol erant and unfair to members of these races here in America. But we can't solve that prob lem by shady political finagling every four years for the racial balances of voting power in our big industrial cities. We'll have to go deeper than that. That's flat. Democrats Promise To Support Statehood Chicago (U.R) A promise to upport "immediate statehood" for Alaska and Hawaii was in cluded Thursday in the Demo cratic party platform. "By virtue of their strategic geographical locations," the plank said, Alaska and Hawaii are vital bastions in the Pacific. "These two territories have contributed greatly to the wel fare and economic development of our country and have become integrated into our economic and social life. . We therefore urge ' immediate statehood for these two territories." A S THIS is written, it looks "like Stevenson is it. I don't doubt that he's a pretty good man. But I think this much is evident from the maneuvering that has gone on in Chicago: It is the POLITICIANS who want Stevenson. They're willing to take Stev enson to BEAT Kefauver. Race Fan Irked To The Editor: Here is anoth er hard top fan and I, too, am very disgusted. What kind of people do we have in Medford, anyway? Medford men went to a lot of expense to build a stock car race track and then some per son (or persons) had the nerve to let Yreka come in with a race track. Sure, it's better but after all give the Medford men a chance to get established. But no, they couldn't go that, they had to get someone who already had sever al race tracks and was well or ganized. Would you rather the profits would go somewhere else or stay to improve the track built by Medford? As for me. Id rather see improvements on the track north of Medford on the airport road. If no one writes in to the Trib une, then am I to take it that no one is interested? Just one more thing. The track by the airport was the first to be named the Medford Speedway and it seems the so called Medford Speedway clos est to the city limits thinks they have a right to it. If they have anything to say in their defense then let's hear it. And let's hear from others, too, please! (Name on File) I STILL hope the Democrats name their best man, run him on an ALL OUT New Deal-Fair Deal platform and make it a clear-cut contest. I think these are days when we need to know where we're at and where we're going. It seems to me from all the talk in Chicago that the pol iticians favor Stevenson because they think maybe they'll be able to campaign for him on both sides of the street. The professional politicians aren't much interested in clear- cut issues. What they want is to STAY IN POWER. I STILL think Kefauver would be the Democrats' best man. He has what it is coming to take in these times which is the con fidence of the people. He. has demonstrated that over and over in the primaries, where the peo ple simply go to the polls and vote their preference and the politicians can't do much maneu vering. In the long run, as things are shaping up in this country, the confidence of the people is going to be more important than the backing of the politicians. IDEALISTIC? Of cnnrsta if fc But we're beginning to need "Give him a pail of milk and he's off to have it made into Jorgensen's nomogeniiea Mum-vitamin, Multi-Mineral Milk!" Kids Pester Resort To The Editor: We are asking for the co-operation of the par ents of teen-agers in cleaning up an unpleasant situation that ex ists at Lake O'Woods. It has been necessary to evict some of the younger folks due to possession of liquor, and their misconduct. The younger boys and girls who come to spend the night in the campgrounds and arrive with their cars loaded with beer and other liquors, which they obtain in town, should be investigated by some one. Why not the parents? These particular people are the trouble some type. They are noisy, vul gar and a disgrace to their homes. Some of them come from good homes and their parents do not know about' their con duct on these overnight trips. Over the Fourth of July week end there was an unaccountable amount of destruction done to personal property all around the lake. Home-owners reported de struction and theft; one of the recreation buildings in a Sum mer youth camp had all of the windows broken; a privately owned boat had a hole chopped in the bottom and side, and num. erous other damages were re ported. These same people create a disturbance wherever thev eo and on Saturday nights and holi days they invade the resort and have made it necessary for the operators of the resort to be on constant patrol to protect their property and the property of their guests. The parents of all teen-agers should know where their chil dren are going; who they are with, and find out how and where they obtain their liquor. The resort is discontinuing Saturday night dancing to pre vent these youngsters from gath ering at their place of business. Mrs. Tom Neeley, Lake O'Woods Resort. Q What's the latest on how small business it faring in the race for defense contracts? A According to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business, the Army and Navy are not giving small business its share of the military-procurement dollar. In a July 4 report, the Committee said the percen tage of the military dollar in contracts awarded to small business had steadily declined since Korea. Q What happened to Con gress' plan to exempt the first $3,000 of Washington living costs from their income tax? A It became law as part of the Legislative Appropriations bill signed July 9 by President Truman. Rep. John W. McCor mack, (D-Mass.), sponsor of the deduction amendment, said it was intended to remove a "dis crimination against Members of Congress bv the Internal Reve nue Bureau," which rulei that for tax purposes lawmakers are residents of the Washington, D. C, area as well as of their home towns. Q How did the President fare this year with the GOP Southern Democrat coalition? A He took a drubbing. On only five of 18 key votes chosen by Congressional Quarterly could the President claim even partial victory, despite the Democratic majority. Victories were in government reorganiza tion, soil conservation and flood control funds, price-wage con trols and foreign aid. But he also took losses on controls and for eign aid, as well as on the steel strike issue, St. Lawrence Sea way, immigration bill veto and seven other controversial issues. Q I hear that Congress has scheduled a Saturday session next year. Isn't that unusual? A True, Congress does most of Its work Tuesday through Thursday and rarely assembles on Saturday. But at least once m 1953 it will meet on the sixth day of the week, when it con venes Jan. 3 a Saturday. Law specifies the Jan. 3 starting day. unless Congress beforehand agrees on another time. Con gress adjourned July 7 without changing this date. . (Copyright 1952, Congressional Quarterly) Klamath Plywood Mills Consolidate Klamath Falls (U.R) Two Klamath Falls plywood mills, closed since July 1, have con solidated - and will ' reopen August 1. Manager H. J. Widger of the Kalpine Plywood mill said Thursday his company had merged with the Southern Pacif ic Plywood company and would resume production August 1 as the Kalpine Plywood Company, a division of Plywood, Inc., of Detroit, Mich. POWER CONTRACT LET Portland (U.R) Bonneville Power administration Thursday announced award of a $300,255 contract for construction of a transmission line from Redmond ' to Klamath Falls to the F. E. Wilder company, Olympia, Wash. some GENUINE idealism in this nation of ours. LdDdDIK ON IPage 3 SECTION TWO TODAY FOR GROCETERIA SAVINGS! Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 2-8030 t
