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History from the filet of The
Mail Trirune 10. 20. 10 and
40 yw. ago.
10 TEARS AGO
Aug. 11. 1943
at Was Wednesday)
Supplementary fire fighting
equipment received here from
federal government.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Reports
from the rural regions say some
newlyweds were caught un
wares recently and ruthlessly
hivareed by friends.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11. 1933
at Was Friday)
L. A. Banks, local Agitator
convicted of murder, to be sen
tenced Monday. Motion for new
trial is denied.
Price for early tomatoes fixed
at six cents per pound here.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11. 1923'
at Was Saturday)
Ice cream wagon horse stages
runaway on Riverside ave.
Fair and warmer. High 95.
low 34 degrees.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11. 1913
at Was Monday)
Assistant state highway en
gineer here to head survey work
for new road over Siskiyou
mountains.
Chris Hanson appointed county
sealer of weights and measures.
Spectacular Auto
Crash Kills Seven
In So. California
San Luis Obispo, Calif. U.PJ
A spectacular auto collision
that killed seven persons and
injured one seriously was de
scribed today as one of the worst
accidents in this" area's history.
California Highway Patrol of
ficers said it was one of the
worst in the history of Santa
Barbara county and also rated as
"severe' in southern California
records.
Four women, two children and
one man were killed last night
when two cars met head on along
U.S. 101, 22 miles south of here
and four miles south of Los Ala
mos. Dead Identified
The dead were identified as
Mrs. Norma Haynie Ragel, 20,
of El Monte, Calif.; her mother,
Mrs. Jessie Haynie Colburn,
bout 41. El Monte; Gloria
Haynia, 16; Pauline Colburn, 9;
William Joseph Wolburn, 7,
Richard Bernard Colburn, 2, and
Monte B. Myers, 29, Santa Maria.
Ctlif.
In critical condition was Mrs.
Ragle's sifter, Carol Haynie, 13.
Myers iras alone in one car
and the other victims were in
Mrs. Ragle's auto.
HOME HAZARDS
Stratford. Conn. (U.R) After
a safe motoring trip in heavy
holiday traffic, Peter V. Bedgio
and his family had a rousing
homecoming. As he drew to a
stop, Bedgio was startled when
his excited cocker spaniel leaped
from the back seat into his lap.
His foot jammed down the accel
erator and the car plunged
through the garage door, out
through the rear wall and into
a second garage, smashing into
another machine. All escaped injury.
MAIL TRIBUNE
While There's 'Ike9 There's Hope
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And now the Portland Oregonian no longer can
take it!
This excellent, though extremely orthodox Repub
lican newspaper, refuses to follow the line prescribed
by Senator Cordon who thinks it doesn't matter who
owns and operates electric-power lines they will be
"operated just the same." -
THE Oregonian greatly fears they won't be "ope-
rated the same."
In a vigorous and convincing editorial on August
8th, "our favorite morning paper" stated that a recent
decision, handing over construction of a Bonneville
line from Chemult to Klamath Falls to the California
Oregon Power company, may foreshadow a break up
of the entire Northwest "BPA grid."
IT NOT only "may" but "will" unless as has been
advised in this department several times, the voters
wake up and get busy. -
For as Senator Cordon remarks, this is all quote :
"In line with the thought that private industry should be
allowed to do what it can for itself."
He should have added
with the aid of an administration tnat intenas 10 turn
over all public-power projects to private power in
terests, as far as this can be done.
And with public apathy what it is, it doesn't look
as though much could be saved, not only in public
power, but in land, water and mineral conservation
the latter including federal Tidelands oil.
.
BUT who cares?
The administration thinks no one does or at
least not enough of the voters to make any difference
at the next general election. ,
As General Eisenhower's personal popularity was
a deciding factor in his great victory, the "wise-boys"
are confident that same popularity will insure a
similar GOP landslide a year hence regardless of
what is done regarding the public vs private power
issue.
(F COURSE the worm MIGHT turn. Politically
stranger things have happened.
And there is one very puzzling feature about this
business.
Only a few days ago in a special message, Presi
dent Eisenhower explaining why his administration
has no definite power policy, as yet, remarked as fol
lows, quote:
"Our basic problem is to carry forward the tradition of
conservation, improvement and wise use and 'development of
our land and water resources a policy initiated SO years
ago under the leadership of President Theodore Roosevelt."
" ANGELS and Ministers of Grace defend us!"
Can it be that General Eisenhower doesn't know
what TR's conservation policy was, and what were its
inherent and inescapable implications?
Colonel Roosevelt's entire purpose was to con
serve national resources for the benefit of his own
and future generations, and to prevent precisely what
the powers-that-be in Washington are determined to
do today turn everything that isn't nailed down
over for the exploitation and profit of private busi
ness. That is the accepted program. No informed ob
server in Washington, D.C., or elsewhere, for a mo
ment denies it.
WE grant it is a pretty forlorn hope but it might
be please underline the "MIGHT" that Presi
dent Eisenhower does understand the true meaning
of TR's conservation policies, and when it comes to
a show-down he will take, as he has on several other
important issues, the enlightened and essentially
democratic (with a small "d") view.
We hope so.
And not only for the sake of the country, but for
what we are convinced will ultimately be for his own
self-interest and that of his party. R.W.R.
What Is a 'Scapegoat'?
In the recent testimonial to our police department,
and its chief, one objection to any disciplinary action
was the deep seated aversion to making the head of
the department a "scapegoat."
A scapegoat is defined as follows:
"One who is made to bear the blame of the misdeeds
of others."
But if to censure, or remove, the responsible head
of a department in the public service or in private
BUSINESS for that matter should be generally ac
cepted as improper, then surely this country, or any
other, would be in a terrible fix.
For that is the accepted practice in all lines of
activity, political, business, administrative and other
wise. -
The heads of the departments are ALWAYS held
accountable for what goes on in their departments
or doesn't. Not the individuals below them.
It's up to the heads to produce, or get out
That isn't making them "scapegoats." That is
merely making them responsible.
This sort of talk, like so. much that was circulated
during the recent excitement is just nonsense.
It misses the point entirely. The point isn't how
long Chief McCredie has been in office, or how nice
and courteous he is or what "a nice guy!" But how
efficient he is and whether or not so long as he is re
tained, the people of Medford can get the sort of po
lice' administration they are entitled to, and should
have.
That is the milk in this coconut and nothing else.
-R.W.B,
Tuesday. August 11. IMS
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Matter of Fact
MALENKOVS BOMBSHELL
Washington Georgi Malen
kov has told the world that
"the United States no longer
has a monopoly of the hydrogen
bomb." The
first question
is whether
Malenkov was
telling the
truth. The an-
swer is condi
tional. If he
was lying, he
is a bigger fool
than he looks.
The earlier
Joseph Alsop atomk bombs
the first In September, 1949,
and the second and third in
October, 1952 were first an
nounced here in Washington
and only confirmed in Moscow.
The Washington announcements
were possible because . of the
American long-range detection
project, first established in 1948
at the behest of the present
chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission, Admiral Lewis
Strauss.
The principle, if not the prac
tice, of long-range detection is
fairly simple. The famous bomb
clouds of the weapons of total
destruction rapidly ascend into
the upper air, and circle the
earth in the stratospheric winds.
The powerfully radioactive par
ticles that the clouds contain can
be detected by Geiger counters.
Air samples, taken by patrol
planes, tell much about, the
bombs that produced the clouds.
Even the scene of the explosions
can be located, by seismographic
and other evidence.
It is almost inconceivable that
the explosion of a Soviet hydro
gen bomb has escaped this sys
tem of long-range detection.
Atomic explosions can in theory
be concealed if the bomb is de
tonated underground in a mine,
for example. But the essential
component of a hydrogen bomb,
the very heavy hydrogen, trit
ium, is a volatile gas which
would escape into the air some
how. A method for detecting
the most minute particles of
tritium in the atmosphere has
already been published by Dr.
W. F. Libby of Chicago Univer
sity. Thus concealment seems
out of the question.
ON THE other hand, the radio
active cloud takes some days
to circle the earth. Analysis of
the data produced by long-range
detection takes a much longer
time probably two weeks or
more. In short, we ought to
know whether Malenkov was
lying before very" long, but our
government may not know now.
Since long-range detection is
also understood by the Soviets,
it has to be assumed for the
present that Malenkov was not
lying. The next question, there
fore, is whether his news is as
serious as it looks. Here the
answer is again conditional. Un
less past American government
estimates of the scale and speed
of Soviet atomic development
have been ludicrously wrong,
Malenkov's news Is deadly ser
ious, certainly; but it does not
justify despair.
Here again, tritium is the key
to the problem. The chief lim
iting factor on an atomic pro
gram is the incredibly costly,
massive and time-consuming pro
cess of uranium separation. How
many atomic bombs you have
is ultimately determined by how
fast you can separate fissionable
uranium-235 from the far more
common isotope, inert uranium
238. By the same token, the
chief limiting factor on a hydro
gen bomb program Is the need
for the very heavy-hydrogen,
tritium. How many hydrogen
bombs can you have is deter
mined by your supply of tritium,
which plays the part in a nyaro
gen bomb of the paper and kind
ling in a dampish log fire.
So far as Western scientists
know, tritium can only be made
in the same reactors which also
make the atomic bomb compon
ent, plutonium. Furthermore,
the manufacture of tritium is fan
tastically slow and fantastically
expensive. Above all, tritium
has only about one-tenth the ex
ill
By Roland Co
enough, men!"
plosive potential, on an atom
for atom basis, that plutonium
has.
mm
rpRITIUM is not the only com
ponent of hydrogen bomb, to
be sure. It is mixed- with the
other heavy hydrogen, deuter
ium, which contributes explo
sive power too. The whole con
traption has to be triggered by
an atomic bomb of great site,
which produces the sunlike heats
and pressures in which hydro
gen fusion takes place. For these
and other reasons, the explosive
potential of the tritium that
goes into the bomb is not an
accurate measure of the explo
sive potential of the completed
hydrogen bomb.
The fact remains, however,
that inordinately heavy sacri
fices have to be made to get the
tritium for a hydrogen bomb.
You may gain one hydrogen
bomb with the power of two
megatons', or 2,000,000 tons of
TNT. But by using your re
actors to produce tritium in
stead of plutonium, you will
lose a large number of atomic
bombs with a much greater ex
plosive power. Very crudely and
approximately, one .hydrogen
bomb of two megatons, might
cause the loss of 100 plutonium
bombs with a total power of
ten megatons, or 10,000,000 tons
of TNT.
This is a poor exchange at
best; for a big atomic bomb is
quite big enough to destroy all
but a very small number of
targets. A nation like the United
States, which already has an
ample atomic stockpile, can af
ford to make this exchange of
large numbers of atomic bombs
for one hydrogen bomb. But a
nation whose atomic stockpile
ts not ample already, will be
distinctly short-sighted to make
this exchange.
FOUR intelligence has not
ridiculously under-rated the
speed of Soviet atomic build-up,
the emmediate effect of this
first Soviet bomb may not be
wholly unfavorable to this coun
try. It will allow the Kremlin
to boast about its new terror
weapon, but it may also delay
the over-all Soviet atomic build
up. The "if" above is a very big
one; and the problem needs fur
ther exploration.
Meanwhile, there is no escap
ing one point. Malenkov's hydro
gen bomb is the final warning.
Whatever else it means, it most
certainly means that we can no
longer be complacent about So
viet air-atomic power. And if we
abandon this suicidal compla
cency, if we face the hard facts
of our national situation, the
next phase will be a drastic
change of national policy.
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Wants Railroad to Coast
To the Editor: Our legislative
body, along with the Highway
Commission, all seem to be very
interested In a new highway be
tween Klamath Falls and Med
ford. Which is a very good idea. But
for a real benefit for both Kla
math Falls and Medford, why
don't they think of a real bene
fit for both.
We need either a railroad or
a good highway to the coast, and
a good harbor. Our government
made a complete survey, which
I worked on, of what is known
as the Chetco cove, at the mouth
of the Chetco river, for a har
bor. It was at that time proven
very satisfactory.
There have been surveys from
the valley down the Chetco riv
er which would keep from going
through bug stations and anoth
er state to a could-be wonderful
harbor. Also, it would make a
wonderful outlet for timber,
fruit, etc. Again, it would open
up a lot of mining and timber
country.
Things may get pretty tough
around here, even this winter.
Wish our Chamber of Commerce
or somebody capable, would try
and work on said idea.
The cost of both imports and
exports are. great at present. In
dustries cannot operate under
present conditions.
Let's everybody study our
present conditions, also future
prospects.
Frances (Shorty) Hibbard
1302 Saling st
Medford.
Skid Row is Blamed
To the Editor Can a commun
ity operate and maintain a skid
row for the benefit of the veter
ans and then expect to pass the
buck to a few policemen because
things don't go right. Why not
get to the root of the matter and
do away with the booze Joints.
A more efficient way to take
care of the drunks, ts not the an
swer. , ,
C. W, Powell,
Rt 1. Box 86
Central Point.
LOUNGER
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Treachery To Blame
If Russia Really Has
Developed
By PHIL HEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
For two hours Saturday, Rus
sia's Premier Georgi M. Malen
kov devoted himself to the
theme: "Who's
afraid of the
big bad wolf?"
Or in this
case, "who's
afraid of the
big bad United
States?"
Male nkov
said he wasn't,
because now
Russia also
has the hydro
gen bomb,
hardened per-
Phil News
It would be
St. Laurant Scores
Landslide Victory
In Canada Election
Ottawa (U.R) The middle
of the road Liberal administra
tion of Prime Minister Louis St
Laurent was back in office for a
history making fifth term today.
The administration, Little
changed since it took office in
1935, won another landslide
victory yesterday, the second in
four years. It elected a power
house of at least 168 seats in a
new Parliament of 265 members.
Conservatives Fail
The Conservatives failed to
make the gains even their most
pessimistic supporters expected.
What losses the government sus
tained went as victories for the
C.C.F. and Social Credit parties.
But the balance of power in
the Commons will be virtually
unchanged in the new house.
The standings early today
gave the Liberals 168 seats and
the lead in 4 undecided contests.
The Conservatives had won SO
seats, the Cooperative Common
wealth Federation C.C.F. 20 with
leads in 3 contests, and the Social
Credit party 13 with leads in
2 contests. Independent candi
dates had won five seats.
away.
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H-Bomb
sonality, indeed, who did not
receive sucn news with a chiU
of apprehension. Or pause and
reflect that if Russia really has
the "H"-bomb, it was born of
treachery.
rf.fith.el.?nd,JuIlu8 Rosenberg
died in the electric chair a few
weeks ago because they were
atomic spies for Russia.
The Disappearance
A brilliant, naturalized Brit
ish scientist is serving a prison
sentence, because he, too, was a
spy for Russia. He is Klaus
Fuchs. Another, and probably
the most brilliant of them all,
Bruno Pontecorvo. disappeared
from his British laboratory in
1950 and is widely believed to
have gone to Russia.
Pontecorvo is believed to have
given the Communists a sample
of the H-bomb's main ingredient
And then, of course, there is
the final agony.
The man who superintended
Russia's atomic energy program,
Lavrenti Beria. now also has
been dubbed traitor,n and has
been deposed and already may
have been liquidated.
Important Speech
The Supreme Soviet which
heard Malenkov's announce
ment of the bomb, had first
heard officially and approved
Beria's ouster.
It was, far and away, Malen
kov's most important speech, but
world leaders who study it may
pay more attention to other ele
ments of it than his claim to the
H-bomb which, ofter all, had
been anticipated.
It was one of his most bel
ligerent pronouncements and
seemed to reflect a switch back
to Josef Stalin's "hard line1
against the United States.
It also contained the flat an
nouncement that Russia never
will permit a rearmed Germany,
a clear implication that she will
keep Germany divided indefi
nitely unless unification . also
means complete neutrality.
GOOD SCRAP
Keene, N. H. (U.R) The
Rotary Club here has collected
25 tons of scrap aluminum to
finance scholarship loans. Nearly
one ton of the scrap was obtained
from wrecked planes at the local
airport
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