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10 YEARS AGO
July 31. 1942
(It was Friday)
Richard Hall, Jacksonville, a
survivor of the sinking of the
carrier Lexington, awaits as
signment to a new ship.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A ceiling
on meat prices looms, as prices
threaten to jump over the moon
unaccompanied by the old cow.
There is talk of readjusting the
ceiling. Some favor lowering the
floor and another school of ex
perts saw the same result can be
had by sawing the legs off the
meat block.
20 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1932
(It was Sunday)
Jacksonville citizens announce
gigantic celebration this month;
plan to recreate the town as it
was 50 years ago, in 1882.
Plans for the dedication of
the new Jackson county court
house are announced.
B0 YEARS AGO
July 31. 1922
(It was Monday)
Arthur Burr, a colored boot
black, is the first witness in the
grand jury probe of Ku Klux
Klan activities; Klansmen blame
current misfortunes on a black
cat that crossed the path of two
of their night raiders.
George Codding, Medford. is
a defeated candidate for state
commander of the American
Legion.
40 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1912
(It was Wednesday)
Medford enjoys the ' best
health in its history, with birth
rate up and ileath and disease
rates down, says Health Physi
cian Dr. R. W. Stearns.
City council announces its in
tention to force secondhand
dealers and junk dealers to re
port all property they buy.
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To the Editor: "Bobbie"
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hundred years ago, wrote:
"Oh wad some power the
giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see
us!
It wad from monie a blunder
free us.
An foolish notion."
Television has fulfilled "Bob1
bie" Burns' wish to "see oursels
as others see us," as the Chicago
conventions were viewed by
many thousands. We have got
ten many reports from home
and abroad as to how "others
see us." We hope "It wad from
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A female housefly lays up to
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Editorial Correspondence
Rockford, 111., July 28 (By Air Mail) Back to the Rock River
Valley to finish up some things started two weeks ago.
As usual greeted by record-breaking heat and humidity 98
in one direction, 99 in the other.
That is the easiest thing we do. In fact if any one wants the
weather record broken, just call on "Ye Editor" who will do it
for free.
We broke the record in New York, ditto Worcester, also Chi
cago and now Rockford. Just as simple as that.
Business ought to pick up around Christmas.
Those who saw the Democratic convention via TV got an eye
full of Parliamentarian Cannon, for his depressing countenance
was in practically every close-up of the podium. Whether he had
a toothache or his false teeth hurt we were unable to determine,
but throughout, his expression was one of distaste mixed with acute
nausea. We still can't understand why the stage manager allowed
Senor Cannon to appear to the right of the speaker in every close
up for he not only distracted one's attention from the speaker, but
was about as welcome to the oratorical feast as Banquo's ghost. He
was a sour and distressing note in the convention symphony, from
the first bang of the gavel to the last.
His one public appearance as a performer in the Show was
characteristic. Late Friday night or rather early Saturday morn
ing the erudite and melancholy parliamentarian was called upon
to put the motion to adjourn. The delegates as a whole did not
want to adjourn for tho' is was late they wanted to elect a VP and
hop the next train home. The answer to "those in favor say aye"
was fairly impressive, but the "no's"- drowned it out completely.
Old "Sour Puss" knew nis Robert's rules of order, however,
and also the orders from that little Napoleon of procedure, Speaker
Rayburn, so with only a slight increase in his customary expression
of overwhelming nausea he bent over the rail and intoned in a
sepulchral baritone:
"The ayes seem to have it, the ayes HAVE it, the meeting is
adjourned!"
The Chicago News printed one letter protesting against the
depressing appearance of Dr. Cannon and accused him, in a moment
of abstraction, of taking out and cleaning his upper and lower
plates in full view of the television audience of 50,000,000 citizens.
That would support the theory the poor man's main concern was
"denture trouble" far more serious it is said than the much
advertised "denture breath" that is to the possessor!
It is odd that both presidential candidates were their severest
critics and still are. Moreover the criticisms have validity, which
is more than 99 per cent of the partisan criticisms will have.
When Ike declined the nomination four years ago he gave one
of the strongest arguments ever written against placing a profes
sional soldier in the White House. The Democrats can be depended
upon to plaster the country with that statement.
Only a short time before his nomination Governor Stevenson
in a moment of exasperation at the pressure brought upon him to
run, declared he was unfitted for the presidency by training, tem
perament and disposition or words to that effect. We shall hear
more of that, too, as time goes on and we predict both gentlemen
will often wish they had kept their respective mouths shut.
The only booing we heard at the Democratic convention was
when one of the overheated delegates supporting Kefauver gave a
stump speech to accompany his vote declaring, among other things,
his candidate did not refuse to turn his back on Alger Hiss. The
basis for this was Governor Stevenson's deposition, along with
scores of others from' distinguished members of BOTH parties,
that Hiss' reputation for truth and veracity before his indictment
had been good which of course it WAS.
This remark therefore was a dirty blow below the belt and
received the condemnation it deserved. If General Eisenhower has
anything to do with the sort of campaign his party conducts we
are quite certain he will have the good taste, and the enlightened
political SENSE, to draw the line at the adoption of any sucb
"McCarthyisms," in a campaign where HE is involved.
.
A drop of 30 degrees in the temperature in less than 30 hours
lias made life in the Rock River Valley liveable for a change more
as it was in the good old days of the McKinley administration.
Went into Porter's drug store in the midst of yesterday's record
breaker and joined with a girl clerk in a consideration of Topic
No. 1 the weather. Informed her we had lived in Rockford for
nearly 30 years and could not remember any such torrid and
terrible weather in all that time.
Said the young lady with a pleasant smile and a nod of her
pretty head: .
"Yes, Sir, that's what ALL the OLD folks here say!"
R. W. R.
Midsummer Madness
, What with daily rehearsals by the cast, practice by
the Elizabethan choral group, madrigal singers and
orchestra, rebuilding of parts of the stage, improve
ments in lighting, seating and landscaping, final cos
tume fittings and the many other activities prepara
tory to the 12th Oregon Shakespearean Festival, our
sister city of Ashland which has been caught up in its
annual "midsummer madness" for many weeks is all
set Tor the opening tomorrow night.
A ND Ashland hasn't been alone in its engrossment
in the sock and buskin business for judging by
advance seat sales more Oregonians than ever before
will attend at least some, of the four plays which will
run in rotation until August 30. Also, there is a record
breaking call for tickets from distant states for the fes
tival's fame has spread far and wide since Angus
Bowmer, professor of English in the Southern Oregon
College of Education directed the first of the artistic
feasts back in 1935. Had the festival stage not been
dark five years during the period of World War II,
the coming presentation would have been the seven
teenth. . , . -
The plays this year, "The Tempest," "Henry V,"
"Much Ado About Nothing," and "Julius Caesar,"
which will be given by a cast characterized by Pro
ducing Director Bowmer as "easily the finest group
of young players we've ever had," will hold added
interest through the rendition of Elizabethan music,
both vocal and instrumental, made possible by the
gift from an interested Calif ornian. The orchestra,
specially trained by Hans Lampl of the music faculty
of the University of Southern California, will use in
struments of the era. A special concert of Elizabethan
music is planned for the evening of August 29.
.
TT IS remarkable how the festival association has
-" managed to. bring forth each season such import
ant additions and improvements as, for -instance, this
year's music program. But the effort has paid off for
many, residents of the Rogue valley have attended
regularly since inauguration of the series, always
finding something new in techniques, stage settings
and incidental affects to retain their interest. And in
addition to the repeaters among the "home fplks"
there are growing numbers from greater distances
coming again and again. E.C.F. :
Thursday.' July 31 19S2
Crosstown
"First time we're ever started on a vacation trip with
out a broken shoulder strap or some other last minute
sewing to do. Are you sure you're feeling all right?"
Fun, Frolic Changed
As Demo Nominating
Session Progressed
By ALICIA RUHL
Chicago, July 28 (By Air
Mail) Thursday's marathon
slug-fest, by far the most drama
tic session of either convention,
was sheer fun and frolic for the
first seven hours if you can
call a constant sensation of ex
plosion inside one's head "fun
and frolic." The only point of
real interest during the after
noon was the relative strength
of the Kefauver and Stevenson
demonstrations, and this was
hard to determine.
Kefauver was strong amongst
the delegates, and his loyal sup
porters undoubtedly directed
to "whoop it up" kept the
demonstration going for 29 min
utes. The lanky Tennessean, with
by far the most committed dele
gates and yet in a defensive posi
tion throughout, undoubtedly
knew that his one hope lay in
convincing the convention that
his popular support was such
that they could not afford to ig
nore him. "If the people can
nominate," one of the speakers
put it, "Estes Kefauver will be
the choice of this convention."
unfortunately for Estes, the peo
ple don't nominate; the party
does and the Democratic ma
chine would have gladly cut
Kefauver's throat if they could
have done it without its being
too conspicuous.
The convention as a whole
was somewhat indifferent, but
they were anxious fcr a candi
date who would make a good
fighting opponent for tough can
didate Eisenhower, and for one
who would not split the party.
Kefauver, they apparently felt,
was minus on both these counts.
The Stevenson demonstration
was strong in the galleries, less
grimly determined and had
more of a confident, spontan
eous zip and zing to it. Further
interest was added by the ap
pearance in the gallery just
above my head of Stevenson's
two younger sons the oldest
had been unavoidably detained
in Marine boot camp. The
youngest, standing most of the
time, fascinated, with his mouth
slightly ajar, had a gamin qual
ity about him and an erect way
of carrying his head very like
his father's. '
The older of the two, rounder
of cheek and more shy in ap
pearance, had a sweet respon
sive smile and an intelligent,
vulnerable face. The dark eye
brows and eyes cut into the face
vith startling contrast, and the
eyelids fluttered with nervous
ness like the wings of a butter
fly. Both boys were interested
but reserved, and self-consciously
on their good behavior.
The Stevenson demonstration
left one with the impression
somehow that all was over but
the shouting. Apparently this
impression carried over to the
chair, who, as the evening wore
on, appeared to show a some
what less than unbiased interest
in bringing the convention to a
baUot that night. This ultimately
brought Speaker Rayburn into
such violent conflict with the
Kefauver - Harriman elements
that it looked as if the conven
tion was really getting out of
hand and would at any minute
disintegrate into riots.
It will probably always be
arguable whether Rayburn in
tended to be heavy-handed but
some of his rulings were clearly
ill-advised, and the delegates too
over-wrought and over-tired to
give him the benefit of the
doubt. There were boos and an
gry chants for, "roll call! roll
can!" when Chairman Rayburn
interpreted voice votes; in which
the ayes and nays were almost
indistinguishable, in favor of the
By Roland Coe
Stevenson faction.
The situation was so confused
that it was impossible to tell
whether those milling about in
the aisles were qualified, al
though they appeared to consid
er themselves so when it came
to a vote.
The South Dakota delegation
blew its top when Rayburn
ruled that the two Louisiana
delegates who had been seated
by the convention had the right
to cast a vote for the 18 other
members of the delegation who
had not been seated. There was
a parliamentary regulation sup
porting this ruling but clearly
intended to apply to a situation
when part of a delegation was
out of the hall for some reason
cr other.
The situations were hardly
parallel and in my opinion the
South Dakota delegation had
considerable justification, but
they looked rather foolish when
half an hour after stalking out
of the hall in anger they return
ed to their seats somewhat
sheepishly. Rayburn was angry
too. When excited delegates
shoved their state banners al
most in his face demanding
recognition from the chair, he
would lean down -from the
podium and shout, "Now listen
here, give me a chance will
you!", or "If the delegate from
Illinois will just quiet down, the
chair will recognize him."
-
But the situation was really
getting out of hand, and Speaker
Rayburn a seasoned chair
man was wise enough to rea
lize this. Handing over his gavel
to a substitute, he retired from
the podium and made himself
scarce thus probably prevent
ing a serious, and in that crowd
ed hall, dangerous riot. The sub
stitute chairman poured honey
on the troubled waters, called
for stand-up rather than voice
votes, which straightened out a
good deal of the confusion, ruled
with strict impartiality, and
brought the meeting to a suc
cessful close approximately at
2 a.m. But when the meeting did
close, the sentiment which
had been decidedly pro-Stevenson
seven hours earlier was
thoroughly confused and be
clouded. There was so much righteous
indignation running around
amuck that it was to be won
dered whether a cemented Ke-fauver-Harriman
bloc might not
produce a permanent stalement,
and in dragging down them
selves also drag down Stevenson
with them. It was probably due
to the strong loyalty within the
Democratic party, plus the fact
that there seemed no adequate
compromise candidate, that this
did not occur.
.'
Aside from the friction be
tween the chair and the Kefauv-
"I hope that umpire doesn't drink Jorgcnsan's Homoa.enixed Multi-Vitamin,
Multi-Mineral Milk. It's roe good for him."
Matter of Fact
THE UNWATCHED POT
Washington As usual when
Presidents are being nominated,
foreign affairs are forgotten.
And as usual, like any unwatch
ed pot, the world situation is
coming to a boil again. The
British economic situation is in
creasingly appalling, and plenty
of troubles threaten elsewhere
in the world. But it is in Iran
that the unwatched pot is really
beginning again to boil furiously-
The real meaning of what has
been happening in Iran is simple
enough. In the first place, the
young, Hamlet-like Shah, once
counted upon in the West as of
fering re-insurance against a So
viet take-over in Iran, has lost
his power to Prime Minister
Mohammed Mossadegh and his
extreme Nationalist followers.
In the second place, Mossadegh
himself is in turn in grave dang
er of losing his real power to
the religious fanatic and violent
Nationalist, Mullah Kashani,
who has made an open alliance
with the Communist under
ground. This has happened in two stag
es. When old Ahmed Qavam,
who had promised to reach an
oil settlement with the British,
was arrested last week after on
ly four days in office, the Shah's
power was in effect, destroyed.
For the Shah funked his chance
to use his power, and now he has
almost no power left to use.
TF THE SHAH had used the
1 then still loyal army and se
curity forces to suppress the
largely Communist - inspired
anti-Qavam riots, he would now
rule Iran in fact as well as name.
But his more timid advisors
warned of civil war, and the
Shah drew back. As a result, the
army and the security forces
are now wholly controlled by
Mossadegh's National Front.
Mossadegh's deputy, Hussein
er-Harriman contingent, the eve
ning was dominated by two cru
cial fights whether to seat or
not to seat the three Dixiecrat
states who had refused to sign
the loyalty pledge and whether
to proceed to a ballot or adjourn
until the following day. The
Kefauver-Harriman group was
in the opposition on both issues.
The fight for adjournment
started fairly early in the eve
ning and see-sawed back and
forth in close and heated con
test. Douglas of Illinois, who in
opposition to the large majority
of his delegation favored Ke
fauver over Stevenson, moved
that the convention adjourn un
til 11 the next morning. Ray
burn presented this to the con
vention in a move to table Doug
las' motion and though a good
many delegations were confused
as to just what they were voting
for, Rayburn's position was
clearly being upheld when Jim
mie Roosevelt of California in
terrupted to point that a simple
motion to adjourn was not, un
der parliamentary regulations,
subject to a motion to table.
There was a gasp of incredu
litv throughout the auditorium
and a few pleased roars of
laughter, but Rayburn was not
caught napping. This was not a
simple motion to adjourn, he re
torted, but a motion to adjourn
to a specified time, and this was
and had always been subject to
a motion to table. Rayburn won.
Sometime later someone
moved simply that the conven
tion adjourn, but since they
could not very well adjourn
"sine die" and not concede the
November election to Eisenhow
er this was obviously impracti
cal and was also turned down.
It was not long after that that
flames suddenly shot almost six
feet into the air in the very
midst of the delegations and
there has been considerable
speculation since as to whether
the fire was entirely accidental
in origin. Soon thereafter the
delegate from the District of
Columbia announced -that
though willing to die for" his
country he was not anxious to
do so that night, and for heavens
sake let's adjourn until 11 to
morrow. The Dixiecrat battle had al
ready been settled in. favor of
the Stevenson faction, the dele
gates were slap-happy with
fatigue, and the fire commission
er' was near apoplexy from ap
prehension, so the majority gave
in, surprisingly and suddenly,
and the meeting was adjourned.
(Continued Tomorrow)
By Joseph in 4
Stewart Abost
Makki, has warned the Shah
that the fate of Marie Antoinette
awaits him if he now attempts
to interfere. The exile of Egypt's
King Farouk, who was also once
hopefully regarded as re-insurance
for the West, has lent point
to this warning. For all practic
al purposes, the Shah is no long
er a force to be reckoned with.
The second stage was reached
last week, when Mossadegh
again took power. His first act
was to call in the British and
American ambassadors, and to
talk much more sense than he
ever had before.
Far more calmly than is his
custom, Mossadegh discussed the
terms of a possible settlement.
He talked of reaonable compen
sation for the Anglo - Iranian
Oil Company, with the company
to have worldwide distribution
rights, and with the details to
be settled by a three man board,
headed by a neutral. These con
versations in turn gave rise to
long, anxious discussions in
Washington and London.
The British were at first re
luctant to start negotiating
again. But just as they were on
the point of agreeing with the
Americans to accept the half loaf
offered by Mossadegh, rather
than risk losing the whole Iran
ian loaf to the Soviet, Mossa
degh did a sudden complete
about - face. Late last week
end he saw the Western repre
sentatives again, and this time
he reverted to his familiar mood
of tearful unreason, refusing
seriously to discuss a settle
ment. IfHAT happened was obvious.
' While the Qavam episode
caused the star of the Shah to
wane almost to vanishing point,
it also caused the star of the
small, sharp - eyed, ruthless
Mullah Kashani to rise higher
than ever. Kashani's murderous
band of Moslem fanatics, in op
en alliance for the first time
Iran Courts Disaster
In Temporary Tie-Up
With Russian Forces
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
In Tehran the other day,
Iranian Communists tried to
pull down a plaque honoring
the late Presi
dent Franklin
D. Roosevelt
on Roosevelt
street.
They were
stopped by
Iranian Na
tionalists who
threatened to
r e t a 1 iate by
pulling down
a similar
Iaque honoring
I'hil Kewsom
Soviet Premier Josef Stalin on
Stalin street.
Such a "my father can lick
your father" game might be
amusing except for the fact that
in Iran all sides are playing for
keeps.
Theoretically, the Commu
nists or Tudeh Party, as they
are known there are outlawed
in Iran. But they've come out
into the open in the last week,
and played a major part in
throwing out Premier Ahmed
Qavam and in the restoration of
former and present Premier Mo
hammed Mossadegh.
Thorough Nationalist
Mossadegh is a thorough Na
tionalist, and has never shown
any particular inclination to
play footsie with the Russians.
But Mossadegh's overpower
ing hatred for the British and
his desire to strong-arm his way
back into office, if necessary, ap
parently led him to accept the
Communists as temporary allies.
It could be an important mis
take both for Iran and the
Western Allies.
The Tudehs were outlawed in
1949 because a member tried to
assassinate the shah.
Their opportunity to come
back into the open came on July
19 when Premier Qavam prom
ised to try to reach a settlement
with Britain on the long-smouldering
oil dispute. The Reds im
mediately offered their help to
the Nationalist supporters of
Mossadegh in a campaign of ter
ror and violence to unseat
Qavam.
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan -
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with the . Communists, - were
chiefly responsible for the fall
of Qavam.
Kashani is a tough and almost
insanely ambitious man. If there
is ho settlement with Britain,
Iran will soon be engulfed in
total chaos. Then, with the help
of the Communists, Kashani can
take power, either in person or
through a stooge. With this pros
pect before him, Kashani has
nothing to gain and everything
to lose from a settlement. Thus
Mossadegh's sudden reversal is
reliably interpreted as a re
sponse to the most violent pres
sure from Kashani and his pow
erful allies in the National
Front.
The coming to power of Kash
ani could only be a Kerensky
like prelude to a full Communist
seizure of power. Mossadegh is
no Communist, and this can
hardly be a pleasing possibility
to him. It is possible that Mossa
degh's sudden reversal is only
a device for buying time, so
that he can gain full control of
the security forces in order to
be in a position to defy Kashani
and negotiate a settlement.
Obviously, this is a moment of
knife-edge decision for the whole
Middle East. Iran is the key to
the Middle East, and if a ration
al settlement can at last be ne
gotiated with Mossadegh, the
situation in Iran and elsewhere
in the Middle East can no doubt
somehow be kept glued togeth
er. Otherwise, this country may
be faced with the choice of al
lowing Iran to go the way of
China, or intervening forcefully
to support any anti-Communist
forces in Iran, however reac
tionary and blindly nationalist.
It is believed in Washington that
a Communist take-over in Iran
must be averted at whatever
cost, even the coFt of a break
with Britain on Middle Eastern
policies. This in itself is a mea
sure of the danger to the West
ern alliance of the crisis now
reaching the boiling point in
Iran.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
The man who actually madf
the decision to accept Red help
was Seyid Sbol Qasim Kashani,
a Moslem mullah teacher, Iran's
most expert manipulator of ter
ror as a political weapon and
probably Mossadegh's most pow
erful supporter.
Mossadegh and Kashani may
operate on the theory that
once having used the Commu
nists for their own purposes,
they then can shove the Reds
back into their proper places.
They have only to look at recent
history to see the disaster they
court.
f inal SOC Week-End
Trip Slafed Saturday
Ashland Final ' week - end
trip of the summer session at
Southern Oregon college will be
taken Saturday, according to Dr.
John D. E. McAulay, director of
the summer courses. An all-day
trip will be taken to Mt. Ash
land. OttoJ. Wilda, associate pro
fessor of art, is coordinator of
the excursion. The group will
leave the college at 9 a.m. Sat
urday. ON
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