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History from the files of Th
Mail Trillin io. 20. 30 and
40 year. ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 18, 1943
(It Was Wednesday)
Deer killed, car overturned In
collision on Dead Indian road.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The alleged
beefsteak shortage Is getting
worse, and threatens to eat up
the hay and grain supply, a re
port of the Oregon Business Re
view shows. Another phenomena
Is the presence in the state of
more dairy cows than ever be
fore but less milk- As yet there
Is no drought, due to a surplus
of water in the creeks and rivers
SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 18, 1933
(It Was Friday)
J. C. Penny company cele
brates six years in city with
birthday sale.
Elks band to give concert to
park tonight.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 18. 1823
at Was Saturday)
Building of Natron cut-off ap
proved by ICC.
Deer season opens in Oregon.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 18. 1913
(It Was Monday)
Gold HiU and Rogue River to
be included on paved county
highway.
Southern Oregon display at
Panama exposition in San Fran
cisco discussed-.
Hut Growers Told
Not To Interfere
Portland UP) The North
west Nut Growers association of
Portland today was ordered by
the National Labor Relations
Board not to interfere with at
tempts of its employees to Join
unions.
John Trunk, Association man
ager, said the order is routine,
"Actually we agreed to do it
some weeks ago. It doesn't mean
we are guilty of anything."
The Board ordered the Asso
ciation to post notices stating
that employees" are free to be
come, remain or to refrain from
becoming or remaining" union
members.
Cannery Workers Local No.
809 has attempted to organize
the co-operative since Oct., 1952.
Boy, Under Wafer
For 10 Minutes, Lives
Longview, Wash. U.PJ An
eight -year -old Rainier, Ore.,
youth. Michael PeUett was in a
hospital here today suffering ef
fects of an estimated 10 minutes
he was under water in the Co
lumbia river. -
The boy was s wimming be-
n e a t h the Longview - Rainier
bridge when the mishap occur
red yesterday afternoon.
Details of the rescue were not
immediately available because
the rescuer, Mrs. Melvina Evans,
suffered shock after pulling the
boy from the river. Artificial
respiration was applied by for
mer Rainier police chief S." M.
Campall.
The boy was semi-conscious
when hospitalized.
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Prepare for the Worst!
We have often deplored the technique of the "Big
Lie."
If Medford ever votes on the controversial ques
tion of fluordination of the water supply there will
be a demonstration of the technique of not only the
BIG but the LITTLE lie.
This would not be peculiar to this community.
For some reason, not yet explained, this issue has
been an amazingly heated and controversial one all
over the country.
There is not only a strong organized effort to
prevent treatment of ANY water supply, ANYwhere;
but there is a large war chest to finance it. Just where
it comes from is as far as we have been able to de
termine, a complete secret
TTiE strange reaction aroused so much interest and
speculation in New England recently, that Pro
fessor James M. Burns, chairman of the department
of political science at Williams College, wrote an in
teresting paper concerning the phenomenon, of which
the following is an extract, quote:
"I think the answer can be found not in our TOWN, but
in our TIME. This is an age of fear and suspicion, of big
lies and little lies. We are used to irrationality in areas of
morals and politics. It seems to have spread now to areas
where science usually holds sway. An economist recently
remarked to me -'I am used to having laymen doubt
everything we say, 'but when they doubt everything scientists
and doctors say that's something new'."
Itis!
Doctors, dentists, scientists, are practically unani
mous in endorsing FLUORine treatment of city water
systems, especially where there is a high incidence of
tooth-decay in the young.
But not only are such endorsements viciously at
tacked as "murder" but it is claimed fluorine treated
water is "rat-poison," stimulates cancer and heart
disease; reduces "third generations to crippled pyg
mies," etc-, etc. etc., ad nauseam.
I TSUALLY such aguments are put forth by medical
adventurers who have something to sell that "is
better than fluorine." That is understandable. But
there are people of education and experience, who
nave noining 10 sen, dui wno ian liKe a mousana
bricks for this completely unfounded and completely
false propaganda. That is not easy to understand.
As stated, if a referendum is ever held here, how
ever, the community will get a revealing and disquiet
ing example of what the London Times called the "re
volt of the primitive against intelligence." R.W.R
' Bull in the
Before a cheering group of upper-bracket Re
publicans in San Francisco this last week-end, Senate
Leader William Knowland declared, quote:
"If any move is made to bring Communist China into
the United Nations, I will caU for Senate adoption of a reso
lution declaring the United States out of the U.N."
At the same time Steward Alsop of the Alsop
Brothers, commentator team, writing from London
in this paper had this to say:
"In this new situation, any American tendency to treat
Britain as a very junior partner whose wishes may be
safely disregarded, wiU be absolutely fatal to the Anglo
American alliance."
THERE one has the makings of a "devils brew"
which may well have the most deplorable results
not only as far as Anglo-American relations are con
cerned but European collective security and world
peace. '
For this ultimatum on the part of the Republican
leader is not only treating Bntain as a "junior part
ner," but as an enemy diplomatically speaking.
As Senator Knowland, and every informed person
realizes, if peace between Soviet China and the United
Nations IS secured; not only will the British govern
ment but a majority of the U. N., start a movement
to obtain the recognition of Red China and its ad
mission to the U.N. as the de facto government. -
If the California senator means what he says, then
such action will be the signal for the GOP. to turn
back the pages of history, and fight the United
Nations from the inside, as it fought the League of
Nations under the Lddge-Borah leadership a quarter
of a century ago from the outside.
And there will undoubtedly be the same result;
as the League was killed by the refusal of the United
States to join, so the U.N. will be killed by the with
drawal of U S. membership and support.
ND that, it is fair to
Knowland and his group of anti-internationalists,
want. t
But strangely enough, unless the California solon
has recently changed his mind, this does not mean
as it did in the 2(fs, WORLD ISOLATIONISM.
At least Knowland has been for some time, a
rabid partisan of Chiang Kai shek and an all-out war
advocate against Red China.
In other words he is an isolationist as far as Eng
land and Europe are concerned; but a fighting IN
TERnationalist as far as the Far East is concerned.
Which adds up to GOP leadership facing the
dilemma Abraham Lincoln so deplored: "a house
divided against itself."
For President Eisenhower is not an isolationist,
regarding Europe or, as far as can now be determined,
any other part of the world.
, He realizes, as we believe a majority of the Ameri
can people realize, that whether we like it or don't,
the responsibility of world leadership has been placed
directly on this nation's shoulders, and to shirk that
responsibility would not only be ignoble but catas
trophic. Not only for this country but a peace loving
world. R.W.R.
Tum4t. August II. 1SSS
China Shop
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Matter of Fact
TORY TRIUMPH
London Most observers here
believe that if the Conservative
government calls a general elec
tion this au
turn (as it
may), it is like
ly to be return
ed with a
heavily in
creased major
ity, in short,
the Conserva
t i v e govern
in en t is cur
rently enjoy
ing a resound
i n g political
success,
is, of course,
Stewart Alsop
This success
closely connected with the eco
nomic recovery which is so
striking a phenomenon in Great
Britain. Even the staunchest ad
herents of the government agree
that there has been a consider
able element of simple good luck
in this economic upsurge. But
many Socialists also privately
admit that there has been a con
siderable element of simple good
management as well.
The most conspicuous good
manager has been R. A. Butler,
the able, rather frosty Chancel
lor of the Exchequer. BuUer's
thorough credit and other fiscal
policies were anything but popu
lar at first. Now unemployment
(which reached serious propor
tions some months ago) has
evaporated, business is booming,
and Butler has been able to lift
most of the hated controls, and
to offer the overburdened Brit
ish taxpayer some small relief.
Other good managers ,have
been Harold MacMillan, Minis
ter of Housing, and Sir Walter
Monckton, Minister of Labor. To
the amazement of all and the
discomforture of the Socialists,
MacMillan is in a fair way to
making good on the Tories'
promise of 300,000 new houses.
Monckton has gained the con
fidence of the initially hostile
Labor leaders, to such an extent
that there have been fewer man
hours lost from strikes than un
der the Labor government.
BUTLER, MacMillan and
Monckton are thus conspicu
ous rising stars. Butler is now
universally regarded as the next
Conservative Prime Minister but
one, after Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden, who is likely rather
soon to succeed Winston Church
ill. If his title rules out the ex
ceedingly able Lord Salisbury,
either MacMillan or Monckton
may replace Eden in the Foreign
Office (the latter is a better bet,
since Eden and MacMillan do
not get on well together).
Aside from such individual
success stories, however the cen
tral fact is that the Conservative
party is now very much stronger
than anyone would have pre
dicted a year ago. By the same
token the Socialists, bitterly di
vided internally, no longer con
fident of their doctrines, their
grim forecasts of war and de
pression blown higher than a
kite, have reached a new po
litical low point.
This Conservative triumph has
real meaning for the United
States. Logically, It should be
very good news for the Eisen
hower administration. The eco
nomic recovery of America's ma
jor ally has long been a central
American objective. In a nar
rower political sense, it should
encourage the Eisenhower Re
publicans that a moderate Con
servative government which
does not attempt to repeal the
twentieth century a me-too gov
ernment, if you will can score
a whopping political success.
Yet, paradoxically, the renew
ed strength and confidence of
the British Conservatives could
spell bad trouble for the Eisen
hower administration.
a a e t
AMERICAN prestige has never
since the war been lower in
Britain. This is for various rea
sons. There is McCarthy ism, of
course, which American Ambas
sador Winthrop Aldrich has cou
rageously and accurately de
scribed in cables to the State
Department as an immense lia
bility to the United States.
There is resentment at what
the British consider Secretary
Ov ftofamf Cot
of State Foster Dulles' attempts
to bully them. There is also what
the British increasingly believe
to be the unreasonable rigidity
of American policy. For such
reasons, there has never been a
time when "standing up to the
Americans" has been more popu
larlar and politically rewarding.
This explains in part why
Churchill's famous May 11
speech was an act of political
genius. This is demonstrated by
the fact that the Socialists, here
tofore accustomed to portray
Churchill as a warmonger with
an itchy finger on the trigger,
have now embraced him. They
accuse the Conservatives of sab
otaging Churchill's peace initia
tive, which the Conservatives
vehemently deny.
Churchill's speech was im
mensely popular, not only be
cause of the ' profound longing
for peace here, but because it
was generally interpreted as
"one in the eye for the Amer
icans." Thus the United States
is confronted with a situation
in which "standing up to the
Americans' is both politically
rewarding, and, thanks to the
British economic recovery, a
more practical course than it has
been at any time since the war.
e e
ALL this is not to be taken to
mean that responsible British
leaders wish to rupture the
Anglo-American alliance, or to
appease the Soviets (although
there are forces favoring ap
peasement on the right here as
well as the left). It does mean
that we are now entering a pe
culiarly delicate and difficult
period in the relations between
the United States and its major
ally. If this period is to be got
through safety, American pres
tige and confidence in American
intention must first be restored.
Fortunately President Eisenhow
er himself, whose personal pres
tige is undiminished, is perfectly
capable of doing this essential
job of restoration.
(Copyright, 19S3,
Naw York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Delay in Release of
Dead P0W$' Names
Washington (U.R) The
Defense department said today
it will wait two or three days
before releasing any more names
of American servicemen report
ed by the Communists to have
died in North Korean prison
camps or escaped from Red cus
tody.
A spokesman said the delay
was caused by difficulty in con
tacting next of kin of some of
the men or in checking their
names and other details.
So far, the department has re
leased names of 794 of the 1,022
Americans the Communists said
died in prison, and 118 names
of the 147 men the Reds claimed
escaped.
The department has empha
sized that the list can not be ver
ified and is of doubtful accur
acy. It said none of the alleged
escapees have ever reached Un
ited Nations lines.
Boy Talk Too Much;
Stolen Camera Found
Hartford, Conn. (U.R)
Willie Banks was walking past
two youngsters when he heard
one of them describing a newly
obtained camera, the kind that
makes and develops pictures.
Banks called police and the
lad was turned over to juvenile
authorities.
The camera had been stolen
from Bank's automobile.
Rent a Brand New
Gulbransn Spinet
Piano
from Hie
Valley Music Co.
. S23 Crater Lake Ave.
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JElTKIrfS
In one of its lighter moments,
the Portland Oregonlan remark
ed the other day:
"Editorial writers in The
DaUes and Albany recently have
belabored what they identify as
a 'rule' of grammar that all col
lective nouns must take a sin
gular verb. They are in agree
ment, and promise their readers
that henceforth they will rebel
liously write 'the couple are'
rather than the couple is' when
ever they feel like it"
LET me sound a warning, gen
men. Don't let your revolutionary
Impulses carry you too far.
Grammar has its uses.' Its chief
use (its only LOGICAL use, so
far as I know) Is to enable one
to say with exactness what one
means to say.
bet's examine this cited case
of "the couple is." When so used,
I'd say, it implies UNITY. Two
souls with but a single thought.
Two hearts that beat as one.
Hence the singular verb.
TT7HEN you say "the couple is,"
" do vou know that you .are
stating the precise truth? Are
you certain you aren't 'twisting
the facts? The ethical function of
the newspaper, you know, is to
hold the mirror up to life, re
porting accurately what IS.
When you say "the couple is,"
how do you know that when
the husband tells a story the
wife won't chip in with "Why,
John, that isn't ihe way it was
at all." And then proceed to give
another version of it entirely.
John, meanwhile, wriggling
with embarrassment and wish
ing' fervently there was a back
porch with a cat on it so he
could go out and kick the cat
N THIS dissertation, of
course, I'm assuming that
when we speak of a COUPLE
we mean a wedded couple. If
we were speaking of a coup la
deuces in a stud poker game
with dueces wild, it could be
something else again.)
rkNE more citation and we'U
" bring this lesson in gram
mar to a close.
Suppose you found in your
newspaper a story stating "the
couple ARE" which, you re-
belliously announce, you are go
ing to do at will hereafter. That
could imply LACK of unity
two separate individuals brought
together in a sentence structure
that for exactness of expression
of what the writer conceived
to be a fact required the use of
a PLURAL verb.
Might that not be construed
by a smart attorney as an im
plied statement that the couple
ARE about to break up? And,
if the couple WASN'T about to
break up, might it not be
grounds for libel?
I THINK, genUemen, you'd bet
ter reconsider this rash re
bellion against grammatical rules
you say you've resolved upon.
It's dangerous, you'd better stick
by the good old rule that a col
lective noun requires a singular
verb.
It's safer.
Name of Roosevelt
Popular in Cherokee
Gaffney, S. C. (U.R) The
poularity of a certain former
president is apparent in Chero
kee county.
On a recent list of names of
draftees called for physical ex
aminations were:
Franklin Delano Callahan,
Franklin Delano Rbosevelt Tate,
Franklin Delano Wirse, Frank
lin Roosevelt Knuckles, Frank
lin Delano Littlejohn, and
Franklin Delano Wall.
Perl
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Is It Humana?
To the Editor: Perhaps the
welfare of our cats and dogs is
not a matter of concern to most
people here in Medford, but to
the few who love them, I address
this letter.
To the best of my knowledge
the purpose of a Humane Society
is to care for animals which
have been abandoned or abused.
It is a non-profit organization
which operates seven days a
week. It is the place where one
takes an animal which he finds
abandoned or wants put away
or where he can obtain a cat or
dog free of charge. Saturday, I
found that such is not the case
in Medford.
My husband and I picked up
in the "Big-Y" a stray kitten
which obviously had not been
fed in a long time. Since we
were unable to keep it ourselves
we took it to the Humane So
ciety.
However, we were informed
that the' Humane Society does
not accept cats except on Mon
day, Tuesday or Wednesday and
that we should keep it until
then. When we said that we
could not do so they had no sug
gestion as to where we should
take it and when asked if we
should take it back and leave it
where we found it they did not
say a word.
We finally found out that the
dog pound would take it and left
it there.
The person who abandoned
the kitten is as much to blame
as the Humane Society, of
course, but a situation like this
does make one wonder by what
right these people hang out a
sign which bears the word hu
mane." Mrs. Katherlne Dalton,
P. O. Box 845
Central Point Ore.
Favors "ads" for Fluoridation
To the Editor: Having already
jumped into- the water-fluorida-tion
controversy, I feel Impelled
by the opposition advertisement
in Sunday's MT to reply.
While this may come as a
shock to some correspondents, I
freely admit that I am no
authority in this field. My
knowledge of chemistry, medi
cine, and nutrition is only that
of a fairly well-read layman
with a scientific bent which has
led chiefly into electronics.
The reason I jumped In was
that it was obvious to me that
the controversy was shaping up
with the Ignorant and the emo
tional on the "nay" side and the
scientific and objective on the
"yea" side. This Is not to say
that all opponents of fluoridation
are Ignoramuses. A few of them
argue intelligently and with
seme scientific standing. But
most of them, as Sunday's ad
exemplifies, use the hysterical
unscientific approach. The cry
of "rat-poison," which has been
well de-bunked. Is an example.
Ihe imputation that pro-fluorl-
dationists are communists in
league with Satan, or worse, is
another- The harping on mottling
of teeth, which only occurs when
fluoride is ingested in much
larger quantities than proposed.
is another.
The opposition press seems to
be composed principally of vege
tarians, health-faddists, antl- vac
cinationists, and the like. On
the other side we find our own
Dr. Merkel, Dr. Brady, Dr
Sognnaes, the latter being pro
fessor of oral pathology and
Associate Dean of the Harvard
School of Dental Medicine, vari
ous medical and dental societies.
Our two beautifully appointed reposing
rooms - the Memory Room and the
Faith Room provide the utmost in
privacy for family and friends who pay
their last respects.
Frank Perl
More for less . . .
and More Graciously
Funeral Home
AND OAXDALE PHONE 2-6675
etc. I prefer to string along with
uie laner.
Since the opposition has
a large ad In the Mail Tribune.
I am in favor of answering in
kind. Mrs. Auel in her excellent
communication in Sunday's MT
mentions an articles she would
like to see reprinted- If fun, for
projects like this are needed, I
xor one would be glad to con
tribute. Almus Pruitt
119 No. Central Ave,
Medford, Ore.
Deplores War Prisoners
to the Editor "In the Day's
News" by Frank Jenkin tAa.
ust 17, 1953) mentions that a few
prisoners of war turned commie
and chose to stair Hotting ...i.v-
their Red brothers. It also men
tions that perhaps we at home
Were shamed anrl hinnils.t
( -MtM.uuabu.
And so we should be.
Lets get down to cases. We
decided that th Kct ,n
"-' ww sJ KT
combat Communism was to put
up a i m oacK. To do this Pres
ident Truman
the Korean War. To get the man
power il was necessary to draft
Citizens Of our Nation anH unil
them to fight a terrible war in
n.orea. Many ot these men were
captured by the enemy.
wnat did we, as a nation, do?
We decided that we could not
risk a war and our men vnM
damn well rot in prison camps.
This is not right and as a nation
we should be humiliated and
ashamed.
I -don't know President Eisen
hower's problems, but as an
army man he must have cringed
to leave our fellow citizens in
prison camps.
Leland W. Svarverud Jr.,
Box 261,
Medford, Ore.
NO FISH FRY NOW
Boulder, Colo. (U.R) Rich
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having more than the legal 10
trout in his possession. He told
a judge the 248 trout confiscated
in his deep freeze by game and
fislf authorities were being saved
for a big fish fry for his friends.
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