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Mail Trirune 10. 20. SO and
40 year- ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1943
(It Was Monday)
Walter J. Reinking named
commander of American Legion
post.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Rationing
of cook stoves starts soon. None
of the Older Girls as yet have
started hoarding them as is their
wont in times of mythical short
ages. SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1933
(It Was Wednesday)
Southern Oregon to make plea
for road action for jobless.
Moore Hamilton elected head
Of Young Democratic Society.
tO YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1923
at Was Thursday)
Number of citizens fined in
Justice court for violations of
water regulations.
Jack Elliott house on North
Oakdale ave. burns while family
way.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1913
at Was Saturday)
Public Market sells 2,227 mel
ons before 10 a.m.
County WCTU holds 26th an
nual meeting at Phoenix.
Phone Stoppages
May Spread, Union
Officials State
BY UNITED PRESS'
Union officials warned Sat
urday there may be more work
stoppages such as the walkout
that disrupted Chicago long dis
tance service for five hours Fri
day. Company officials called the
stoppage a "harrassing tactic,"
but CIO Communications Work
ers members in Chicago de
manded a nationwide walkout
If their wage demands are not
met
About 53,000 union members
are already on strike against
the Southwest Bell Company
and violence has marked a 31-day-old
telephone workers' strike
In Indiana.
Indiana Bell reported a long
distance toll cable between
Bloomington and Martinville,
Ind , was cut In two places, two
underground cables between
Marion and Ft Wayne were cut
at Marion, and other, cables cut
at Elwood. Affected were long
distance and teletype service to
newspapers and radio station!.
Negotiations Set
Renewed negotiations were
scheduled to begin in St Louis,
Mo., Monday in the six-state
Southwest walkout.
The Chicago work stoppage
occurred when 1,500 operators
and 800 plant operators of Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph
Co. employees walked out to
attend a union meeting.
MINK VISITS COPS"
East Haven, Conn. AI.R) A
strange guest walked into police
headquarters one night when
the door was left open because
of the heat It was a mink. One
ef the policemen put it into a
ventilated box until he could
figure out what to do with the
little fellow.
TheLesson of Korea
The London Times has minted a special review
of the Korean war and its significance, from a mili
tary standpoint.
One item previously stressed in this department,
is made crystal clear, namely: ,
Red China is now. for
history, a real world power. It has a million men in
its frontline army, they are well-trained, modernly
equipped, the equal of any ground troops in the
world today. They probably surpass any modern
army in guerrilla wart are. Kea unina nas anoiner
million men in reserve and an estimated 100,000,000
men of military , age.
This sounds fine for Red China but not so fine
for the rest of the world, especially the United States.
a e e e e
But there is a fly in the amber, fortunately; in
fact quite a nest of them.
The same military expert declares Red China
could not have defended herself successfully for a
week in Korea had it not been for Russian aid. '
Red China depended absolutely, and still depends,
upon Russian planes, Russian tanks, Russian munition-plants,
Russian pilots and Russian technicians.
Perhaps equally important China has the benefit
of Russian staff officers in the training of her troops
and in day-to-day field tactics.
So what? Well a number of things, to-wit:
No. 1: This knocks the frequent grape-vine report
that China-is tired of Soviet Russia's domination and
wants to stage a "Tito" fade-out, into, a cocked hat.
It is conceivable Soviet
rid of China. It is inconceivable Red China should
under existing circumstances, wish to get rid of
Russia.
No. 2: This situation makes the position of Sena
tor Knowland regarding Red China and the U.N.
even more absurd than before. For if Red China
should not be admitted
has killed our boys over
be kicked out for making
to kill them. It is a legal
supplies the gun for killing
fires it.
NO 3: Unless the present situation should com
rilsiaf aIw fTrre Atrnn ? aw oil a-vi-if TT XT ntt-ai 1
could drive China entirely out of Korea, Russia would
hardly accept a defeat that would turn over to her
enemies control of her far eastern borders. In other
words such an extension of the present Korean war
could only mean a Third World War with Russia in it
t No. 4: This London Times report also implies,
without stating in so many words, that in such a
war if confined to the Far East, the United States
might well find herself going it alone. In fact, Sena
tor Knowland, at one time, assumed this might be
the case, whereupon he seemed to welcome this form
of military isolationism and looked forward with
some pleasure to the prospect of Uncle Sam winning
World War HI, single handed.
We grant such an attitude is a tribute to the Cali
fornia Senator's adrenal-gland capacities, but we
seriously question if it is a similar tribute to his quali
fications either as Senate leader of the present ad
ministration, or an influential figure in the forma
tion of this country's foreign policies! R.W.R.
Is The "One World" Here?
Zahedi broadcast an eight-point program to the people of
Iran.
"Dear compatriots," "in the name of the Almighty I ad
dress you. By order of his majesty Mohammed Shah Reza
Pahlevi, I have been appointed your premier. Past govern
ments have made many promises but have accomplished very
' little. ,
"The nation must know I am the lawful premier on the
shah's orders.
The principal points of my program are:
1. The rule of law.
2. Raising the standards of living.
3. Free health service for all.
4. Mechanization of agriculture.
8. Road construction.
6. Insurance of public security.
7. Protection of individual and social freedom.
8. Promotion of co-operative societies.
"Long live Mohammed Shah Rez Pahlevi."
Press Dispatch
Kipling was right most of the time. But when
he laid down the law that "East is East and West is
West and never the twain shall meet," he failed to
forsee the future.
For as the above demonstrates this broadcast by
Iran's new Premier shows a meeting of minds po
litically, in fact this 8-point program might have been
issued by the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt only a
few years ago.
Even the "Almighty" in both cases is appealed to.
Then there is strict law enforcement, raising the
standards of living (following Hoover prosperity just
around the corner no doubt I); accomplishing some
thing in the new administration instead of "very
little"; free health service (in spite of A.M.A.l);
the mechanization and financial elevation of the
farmer; good roads, improved public service and
security, maintaining the' social and individual free
doms (how about FEPC7), and so on and so forth.
QF course "Mohammed" isn't "God,!' the voters in
Iran are not white; but they are here given much
the same bill-of-fare politically that their brothers in
the western world have been given.
So the twain have met. Politically speaking hands
are clasped across the seas and over the mountains,
the "One World" dream of the late Wendell Willkie
is here!
P.S. But by the same token so we fear is that
G'Q-P. "creeping Socialism!" R.W.R.
2. 1US
the first time in modern
Russia might wish to get
to the U.N., because "she
there," then Russia should
it possible for Red China
truism that the man who
is as guilty as the man who
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Time to Clear R Ufi
Speaking of "creeping socialism" we feel the
time will soon come, if it is not already here, when
the present administration should clarify this popular
political slogan so the people can understand it -
In the realm of public vs. private power for ex
ample, there is as of today considerable confusion.
e e e
COME weeks ago President Eisenhower cited the
r Tennessee Valley Authority as the perfect ex
ample of this dreaded scourge, threatening as is claim
ed to destroy individual initiative, our cherished free
economy and democratic institutions!
But Friday last, before the Commonwealth Club
of San Francisco, Secretary of the Interior McKay
strongly endorsed such public power, declaring not
only should the government continue such projects
as Grand Coulee, Bonneville and Shasta but quote:
"We believe that this power should be marketed for the
benefit of all the people ol the country. It should not be
marketed for the benefit of a chosen few. nor at the expense
of the tax-payers."
Well we happen to have a "memo" from a Ten
nessee newspaper man which describes the TVA
project as follows:
"The people of the Tennessee Valley and vicinity are not
only 100 behind TVA, but want it extended and amplified.
When it is claimed such a project is only a success because it
was financed by Uncle Sam and pays no taxes, the answer is a
horse-laugh that can be heard from Shelbyville to Memphis.
Not only wiU the profits of TVA reimburse the government,
but as a result of TVA, local tax revenues have increased 100
in the areas served, as a result of consequent business growth.
Also as a result of TVA, and lower rates for light and power,
the consumers have been saved millions of dollars. Come down
here if you doubt this and see for yourself."
The writer visited the TVA area several years ago
and the above was then our impression. We would
like to go there again. '
BUT the point we wish to make is simply this:
If our former governor is sincere, then he
CAN'T agree with the President and his party leader,
regarding either TVA or other federal projects, simi
lar to it. ,
Yet in his opposition to the federal project at
Hells Canyon and his perfectly frank and open en
dorsement of the Idaho Power company venture,
(beneficial primarily to the stockholders of that com-
Sany not to the people of Idaho and Eastern Oregon)
e is not approving either what the people a major
ity of them want or what would be best in a busi
ness way for their valley.
IN another part of the same Commonwealth speech
Secretary McKay said:
"We recognize the primary responsibility for supplying
power needs for any area rests with the people locally."
Once more, if our former Governor means what
he says then he should be willing to leave the matter
of a high-power federal dam at Hells Canyon vs.
the small low-power dams of the Idaho Power, com
pany to a vote of the people.
, But does he really believe the people of Idaho and
Oregon, in the regions affected, would vote as he does
for Idaho Power company? It is hard to believe and
YET! .
We are more interested, at the moment, in de
termining just WHAT the administration's policy is,
regarding public vs. private power than whether it
is wrong or right
WHAT IS IT?
Can't SOMEONE in authority in Washington ex
plain it, so the average man up a tree can understand
it? R.W.R. ,
"Please Shake Before Taking"
eaanaiBnBawaia
Our favorite candidate for the national booby
prize in the field of news columnists, Holmes Alex
ander, of the Oregonian, has pulled another one out
of his oversized hat
This time he pontificates regarding conditions the
other side of the iron curtain and comes up with this
lala-paluza to wit:
Instead of the Rosenbergs deserving the death
penalty they should have been given the congression
al medal for sneaking atomic-bomb secrets to the
Kremlin and thus leading to Russia's bankruptcy
and destruction. ,
At least that is a possible, though somewhat ex
aggerated, implication from his recent remarks.
IT seems Soviet Russia, in spite of its unlimited labor
supply, technical "know-how" in the field of
science, and determination to conquer the world just
can't afford to manufacture the hydrogen bomb, and
can't go VERY far in the direction of atomic weapons
of destruction for the same reason.
Poor Russia, the Alexander story goes, is trying
hard to do so, but according to "Alex" it is now a
struggle between military accomplishment and fi
nancial disaster, with the latter far in the lead.
a e a e a
"NCE more it is a case of interesting IF true.
But we have an idea that, until some corrob
orative evidence is presented, the Eisenhower admin
istration will continue to follow the advice of its
experts, and assume that if not tomorrow then the
day after, Russia will have both the hydrogen and
atom bomb and without calling either for a referee
in bankruptcy or the undertaker.
Incidentally just how a nation with unlimitd slave
labor and practically unlimited raw materials ditto
printing press money, ever could go stone broke in
the generally accepted sense, is rather hard to figure
out R.W.R.
GARNET COUNTRY
Concord, N. H. UJD The
Adirondack region of New
Hampshire and New York ac
counts for practically aU of the
output of garnets in the United
States, according to state officials.
SIMPLE LOGIC
Milford, Conn. 0J.R) Early
settlers of this town, founded in
1639. once voted:
"The earth is the Lord's and
the fulness thereof; the earth is
given to the Saints; we are tne
Saints."
Crccctovn
' ,mmmmmmmmmmm. ft-lASA
"How caa I be careful of It whan U Isn't even BUILT yetf
Matter of Fact
- Paris Two men whose
names very few Americans had
ever heard of a few months ago
are now, at least as symbols, the
most important political figures
in France. Premier Joseph
Laniel may weU be a symbol of
of the past,
and Pierre
Mendes-France
a symbol of the
future.
- Joseph La
niel is a big,
.heavy - set,
rather paunchy
man, with a
slightly in
congruous col-
Stewart AJaop haircut. He is
less articulate than most French
politicians, but perhaps for this
very reason he is the kind of
man you feel instinctively is hon
est clear through. He has had a
most honorable record, before,
during, and since the war. A
wealthy industrialist himself, he
heads the most conservative gov
ernment in France since the lib
eration. He is the. archtype of
the patriotic, moderate-minded
Conservative.
a a a
HE has an admirable program
for putting France back on
her feet again. On the foreign
front, the heart of this program
is the Laniel-Navarre plan, aU
ready described in this space, for
ending the Indo-Chinese war.
On the domesUc front Laniel's
aim has been to bring order out
of France's financial chaos by
the most stringent economy
measures.
The probelm as Laniel sees it
is to restore French self conn
dence, both in Indo-China and
at the home. Once this is done,
he reasons, the French Parlia
ment will be willing to take the
greatest risks inherent in ratify
ing the European army pact
So much for the Laniel theory,
Alas, the wide gap between
theory and practice was im
mediately demonstrated when
the underpaid French govern
ment workers responded to
Laniel's first very mild economy
measures by crippling nation
wide strikes. The gap is likely
to grow wider if and when La
niel tries to send troop reinforce
ments to Indo-China, an essential
part of the Laniel-Navarre plan.
Most observers now believe that
the Laniel government will fall
not long after Parliament re
convenes. The Laniel-Navarre
plan and the Laniel domestic
program will collapse, presum
ably, at the same time. What
then?
a a e
SOONER or later the answer is
likely to be a government
headed by Pierre Mendes-France.
Mendes-Frances, who missed the
premiership this summer by a
handful of votes and who is
widely regarded as the man of
the future in French politics, is
a figure who should interest
Americans. -A short stocky man
with great drive and intelligence,
he also boasts an honorable
war and post-war record. He is
neither a neutralist, Marxist nor
a professorial American-baiter.
He is. or conceives himself to be,
a sort of French New Dealer, in
deed he is presenUy wracking
his brains to discover a suf
ficiently striking French phrase
for the words "New Deal."
It is his central political asset
that Mendes-France stands for
something new Laniel is a
new face too, but he is surround
ed by the old political faces of
which the French have become
thoroughly tired. Mendes-France
has interesting ideas for a
French internal new deal, which
is certainly long overdue. But
it is his proposed new deal
abroad which should interest
Americans and scare the day
lights out of them.
a a a
rjXX) briefly, the Mendes
A France position comes to
this. France will be sick as long
as the enfeebling drain of the
Indo-Chinese war continues. A
sick France cannot play her
essential role in the Atlantic
Community, in which Mendes-
France strongly believes. The
Indo-Chinese war cannot be won
by military means. Therefore a
Cy Roland Cot
StfWesWt elMP
way must be found to end the
war by other means.
At this point. Mendes-France
and his increasingly numerous
supporters become a trifle vague.
but this is the sort of "other
means" hey have in mind.
France would offer the Indo-
Chinese Communist leader Ho
Chi Minn unconditional indepen
dence lor Indo-China, coupled
with a precise program for the
staged withdrawal of French
troops. For his part Ho Chi
Minn would be asked to accept
"free, internationally supervis
ed elections," and to offer
guarantees that there would be
no reprisals against anti-Communist
Indo-Chinese.
This is a formula for handing
over Indo-China to the Commun
ists with the least possible loss
of face. Supporters of Mendes
France tacitly recognize this
when they talk hopefully about
Ho Chi Minn's dislike of the Chi
nese, and his supposed National
ist and Titoist tendencies. -
yET the fact is that the French
A (for understandable reasons
of their own) simply have no
stomach any more for the end
less Indo-Chinese war. It will
be folly for the American policy
makers to fail to recognize this
fact.
It is stiU possible, of course,
that something like the Laniel
Navarre plan will restore French
self-confidence and the will to
win in Indo-China. But it is on
balance a good deal more prob
able that a eovernment ripHirat.
ed to liquidating the Indo-Chi
nese war at almost any cost will
one day soon come to power
here.
It is the American official
view that the loss of Indo-China
cannot be tolerated, for the com
pelling reasons recently outlined
by President Eisenhower him
self. But it is also the Ameri
can official view that direct
American participation in the
Indo-Chinese war must be ruled
out also for compelling reasons,
It begins to seem likely that the
deadly internal contradictions
between these two official views
may soon be demonstrated.
(Copyright 1953.
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Oregon Educators
Refuse To Renew
Pact With USAFI
Eugene (U.R) The Oregon
State System of Higher Educa
tion has refused to renew its con
tract with the United States
Armed Forces Institute,.a.spokes-
man said Saturday.
Joins 13 Others
The system, along with 13
other coUeges and universities
in the nation, has declined to
take any further part in the de
fense department's educational
program of correspondence
courses
The widespread withdrawal
from the USAFI program was
the result of a clause in the new
contracts which said, "The con
tractor will not employ or retain
for the performance of services
under this contract such persons
as are disapproved by the gov
ernment." -
A spokesman for the Oregon
state system said it was feared
such a clause might deny the
state its right to decide for it
self the qualifications of its own
instructors.
Affects Five Schools
Decision to reject the contract
was reached in Eugene follow
ing conferences between Chan
cellor Charles D. Byrne and
Dean John F. Cramer, head of
the general extension division.
It affects the USAFI program at
Oregon State CoUege, University
of Oregon and the three state
colleges of education.
ITS IN TEXAS
Falfurrias, Tex. U.RJ Fal
furrias was named from an In
dian word meaning "the land of
heart's delight"
Pendleton Woolen
Mills Challenges
Tax Collection Try
Washington (U.R3 Attempt
by the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue to collect alleged tax' de
ficiencies from two Pendleton
Woolen Mills plants and from
the Charles K. Bishop trust were
challenged Saturday In federal
tax court here.
The Bureau is attempting to
collect $11,032 from the textile
firm, $23,338 from the Bishop
trust, and $32,243 from C M.
Bishop, president of Pendleton
Woolen Mills, Inc.
Petitions filed by the three
parties asked the court to de
termine whether the 1946 in
come of plants in Portland and
Los Angeles were properly tax
able to the company or to C M
Bishop and the trust for hie
nephews, Robert C. and Charles
K. Bishop. The trust has been
dissolved.
Bishop protested the Bureau's
effort to assess the trust for
additional taxes, claiming it is
based on the "erroneous" find
ing that the 1948 income of the
Los Angeles plant was also the
partnership's income. He said
the income was that of the
Pendleton Mills corporation and
was reported to the bureau for
tax purposes and the taxes paid.
COMMUIIICAMIS
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the seme and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of a pan name or
initial for publication ia permis
sible. The Mail Tribune reservae
the rifht to edit all letters with an
aye to clarification and conden
sation. Letters submitted for pub
lication must not sacttd 400 words.
Camp White Vets Praised
To the Editor We read with
appreciation the letter from
Alexandria Trimble in the Trib
une of August 19.
Thank you, Alexandria, for
both my husband and myself!
We are volunteer workers at
Camp White, and have been,
since 1949, when the volunteer
service started.
In aU the years we have been
visiting the camp, and with the
hundreds of hours of time we
have put in there, no member
has ever spoken to me in a vul
gar or disrespectful manner. All
have been just grand to us! The
"Camp White Rock Club," which
we helped organize, even made
me their "mascot," and marked
my card "No. Al." I'm surely
proud of that! So far, I'm the
only woman member of the
Rock Club.
If those who criticize the
Camp White members want to
see for themselves the "home
life" of these veterans, we in
vite them to come out to Camp
White and talk with the boys.
Then they will realize these
veterans. are feUow Americans,
with good morals, and education,
and refinement equal to any
group, anywhere!
Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Olsen,
Eagle Point Oregon.
Route 1, Box 229,
MX Police Policy Praised
To the Editor: It is the opin
ion of this organization that
your editorial policy and state
ments made in connection with
the Lester Hurley incident are
of the highest degree.
We of this organization are
never of the spirit that an issue
as important as this one should
be soft pedaled when it comes
so close to "home." We further
feel that you are doing much
toward bringing about a better
civil condition in the city of
Medford.
Again our thanks to you. Keep
it up.
K. C. Van de Kamp,
Adjutant, Steelhead Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Copco News Complimented
. To the Editor: I should like to
take this opportunity to compli
ment you upon the reporting of
the California Oregon Power
Company rate case which ap
peared in The Mail Tribune on
August 18 and August 19.
Cases of this nature are
rather technical and more often
than not the reports of the evi
dence and issues which appear
in the press leave something to
be desired in the way of accu
racy and clarity. The stories
which appeared in The Mail
Tribune on the Copco case
however were exceptionally ac
curate and should give your
readers a clear idea of what the
case U all about
George D. Rives, Attorney,
111 Sutter St,
San Francisco.
He Wants a New Chief
Tn th Editor- I wish to con
gratulate you, Mr. Editor, on
the excellent writeups you gave
us readers, dieeine into the Po
lice Department. After all, there
isn't anything so nice as a gooa
annare ahootinff newSDSDer to
get the actual facts and give
them to the public as they are.
We rertainlv need a new Chief
Of Police. The people as a whole
will never have the faith in this
man if he stays in office.
Keen tin vour eood work. Mr.
Editor. We are behind you 100
per cent
H. W. Van Hue,
R3, Box 375-D,
Medford.
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