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Flight o' Time
Medford ana Jackson County
History from the tiles of The
Mail Trttune 10. 20. SO sad
40 year, ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug- 27. 1943
at was Friday)
County quota for war bond
drive set at $2,668,000.
From Arthur Perry Ye
Smudge Pot column: The second
rirriis rf the season comes Sep
tember 10. A valiant civic ef
fort to remove the posters of
both events out ox Dullness area
upstairs windows before the
now flies and it is time to hang
the Yule decorations on the
Main Stem is planned.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 27. 1S33
All Jackson county prisoners
in state penitentiary behaving
themselves, warden says.
Rising cost of living slowed
with meat showing greatest in
crease.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 27. 1923
Traffic ordinance bans on
street parking after 1 a.m.. pre
scribes new set of hand signals.
School board to take action to
relieve congestion in schools.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug- 27. 1913
(It was Wednesday)
Rogue Newtowns said finest
apples going to European cities.
New county highway to start
at state line, Judge TouVelle
assures citizens.
Pot luck
By M-T Staff and Coerributen
A German war bride, a Med
ford resident for about a year
and a half, called the Mail Tri
bune the other day, sputtering
with anger about the way in
which her parents, in the Rus
sian zone of Berlin, have been
treated by Communist officials.
Speaking accented but under
standable English, she told of
how she recently sent four pack
ages to her parents, with food,
sheets, shoes and other items
and how the Communists
charged her parents before they
would deliver the items. In one
instance, they took coffee out of
a package before delivering it.
On other packages, sent to the
U.S. zone of Berlin, there was
no charge to the recipients, the
war bride said, except for a
small duty on such items as cof
fee and cigarettes.
Her parents have gone for long
periods without sufficient food,
the Medford . woman said, and
conditions are bad beyond de
scription.
Of several packages she sent
her parents before last Christ
mas, none was delivered.
"You teU the people," she said
in her conversation, "how awful
things are how terrible they
are and how lucky we are to
live in America."
There's soma talk of barring
Charlie Stribling, KYJC an
nouncer, from the FooUighters'
next play cast. As Jake Au
kamp, downtrodden son of a
tyrannical father in 'Taps Is
All," Stribling nearly broke up
the show by drawing cartoons
of fellow cast members when he
was supposed to be making
drawings of his "inwention."
The actors, who could see the
cartoons though the audience
couldn't, found it difficult to
keep from laughter when the
play action called for their ser
ious inspection of Jake's drawings.
oa? About the
Several marines have
the Mail Tribune has given
Kinsey report, concerning
we nave juat one reeUKin, w witi
We believe such publicity would do definite harm.
particularly among theyoung and inexperienced.
M
OREOVER we doubt if either the first or this
second Kinsey report, could do any real good
OUTSIDE of medical, clinical and research groups.
In fact if we had our way- which needless to say
wont's we would confine such exhaustive ex-
we
hibits of sexual behaviour, to the above purely scienti
fic circles, and eliminate all'this fanfare to get them,
not only into general circulation, but the best-seller
lists. .
It is, as we see it, an unwholesome and unhealthy
sign of our times.
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PIRTHERMORE we doubt very much if these re
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ture of prevailing sexual habits and practices in this
country today. Not because we question the integrity
or motives of Dr. Kinsey and his assistants, but be
cause we DO question the validity of the testimony
on such intimately personal and complicated subjects
under ANY circumstances.
Human dignity and reticence after all, are not
entirely lacking in the average American, male or
female.
IN short this Kinsey report comes under the heading
of what was considered in this department a short
time ago, namely: the responsibility of a newspaper
in the selection of its news.
This is, by the nature of things, especially in a
small newspaper, a highly selective process.
It has always been the policy of the Mail Tribune,
when convinced publication of any item would do
more harm than good, to withhold it. The total good
and the total harm must be considered from a public
welfare standpoint, and
must be assumed, (If it can t be then the newspaper
better shut up shop and quit!)
IT was with this policy in mind that neither the first
nor the second Kinsey reports were given publicity,
and if there is a third, (the financial success of the
first indicates there will be), that will get no "free
advertising" either! R.W.R.
HoxaPopular Is "Ike"?
There is no doubt of President Eisenhower's great
popularity. As far as the American scene is con
cerned, he is as of today the No. 1 pin-up boy.
But we sometimes wonder if his popularity is
political or personal.
Uur guess is it is more
. For example, take the
Politically there is no indication that the Presi
dent has changed his views of a year aero namely:
that the American farmer
want to be "regimented," and as he stated if the GOP
won he wouldn't be.
DUT what happened only a few days ago?
The wheat-farmers
tremendous majority of
mentation!" They voted for price-supports and they
also voted for a compulsory reduction in acreage
planting. That certainly IS "regimentation and it
isn't Mr. hisenhowers "rugged individualism."
So what?
Well, if President Eisenhower's popularity were
not more personal than political, then disagreement
wim mm politically, wouia reduce rather than in
crease his popularity.
But according to the latest reports from Wash-
mgton (m which Prophet Roper joins) the President's
popularity quotient is higher since his latest trip than
ever Deiore.
So .
"Quid Est demonstratum!"
Just a
Surprise is expressed by a "friendly critic" that
the Mail Tribune could ho in favor of 9rimi'frinv Pari
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China to the United Nations and thus upholding
"barbarism and iinrrrvrlcrl ao-orrocainn '
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Once more we would suggest to this critic, as we
have to so many others, that they kindly check on
our editorial statements more carefully before judg
ing them.
THE Mail Tribune has NEVER advocated admit
ting Red China to the U.N. while it is an aggressor.
When and if Red China atrrees to an "hnnnmMa
peace" and stops its aggression if it ever does
then we believe the practical desireability, from the
standpoint of national self-interest, of recognizing
Red China as the de facto government will be ap-
yareni u practically everyone-
And as previously stated many times, unless the
U.N. charter should be chanced, sur-h nrfinn umuiri
as we understand.it, automatically admit Red China
to the U.N.
We trust that makes this paper's position plain.
XV. VV .IV.
Ho Immigration Law Overhaul Suggested
Washington (IMS Sen.
Arthur V. Watkins, (R-Utah),
chairman of the Joint Congres
sional Immigration Committee,
said today no major overhaul of
the McCarran-Walter act should
be attempted in the next three
years.
He told a reporter the con
troversial Immigration law,
Thursday. Aognrt IT. 1IM
Kinsey Report?
been received as to why
no publicity to the second
"the lemaie ox tne species."
of course good judgment
the latter than the former.
farm issue:
did not and does not
of the country at least a
them voted FOR "rein
Minute
enacted last year over former
President Truman's veto, should
be allowed to operate without
major change until 19S8.
.. That is the expiration date of
emergency legislation enacted
last session at President Eisen
hower's request to let 216,000
over quota Immigrants, mostly
Iron Curtain refugees, enter this
country.
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Matter of Fact
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ntANCEf
Paris "France is sick."
This phrase, or something very
like it, crops up again and again
in all conversations with French
officials or po
litical leaders.
For a long time
it has been
obvious that
France has
been suffering
from some sort
of sickness
that something
has been wrong
s o m e w h ere.
But never in
this reporter's
there been in
Stewart AJaop
experience has
France so general an atmosphere
of paralysis and bitter stagna
tion. At least two distinct diag
noses of the French illness have
been made since the war in the
United States. It was first as
sumed that the French illness
was essentially economic. Put
France back on her feet economi
cally, it was reasoned, and French
national unity and national pow
er would be restored.
Economic aid has had great
negative benefits without it, for
example, France would almost
certainly be Communist But
there have been precious few
positive benefits no one could
claim for France today the politi
cal health which was supposed
to follow on economic recovery.
The plain fact is that France
has not really recovered eco
nomicallyit has merely been
kept ticking over. France is a
rich country, the richest in Eu
rope in many respects. Yet
French industrial production has
increased at a rate far lower than
that of any other Euorpean coun
try, including even poverty-
stricken Italy. Inflation contin
ues, the French franc is shakier
than ever (there is talk now of
another devaluation), and the
French government is faced with
a colossal deficit.
e
THE second American diagnosis
of the French illness was es
sentially military. A soundly de
fended France it was argued
would be a politically sound
France. Again, military aid has
had great benefits. The Russians
at least face a serious deterrent
force in Western Europe. The
Red Army is not likely to march
to Paris the day after tomorrow,
and without warning. But again,
these benefits have been nega
tive, and palliative. There is still,
after three years of Western re
armament, no solid defense of
Western Europe.
Many thoughtful observers
here, both French and American,
have come to the conclusion that
the heart of the trouble lies in
the built-in veto power which
permeates the whole French po
litical and economic system. This
veto power which permeates the
whole French political and eco
nomic system. This veto power
has consistently operated to pre
vent any positive action on any
front, at home or abroad.
The veto power has just been
used again, to torpedo Premier
Joseph Laniel's plan for strin
gent government economy. The
French government workers,
who used the veto power in the
form of a crippling nation-wide
strike, are miserably underpaid,
as Lanlel himself agrees. But the
workers are underpaid largely
because food and other basic ne
cessities are over-priced. And
under the French political sys
tem, the French farmers and
shopkeepers are powerful enough
to bring down any government
which seriously attempted to re
duce the artificially high food
prices. ;
Similarly, the obvious place to
start any serious effort to bring
order out of France's economic
chaos is with the archaic tax sys
tem, which makes cheating the
government a national pastime.
Everyone agrees that this' is so.
But everyone also agrees that
any government which tries to
make a serious reform would in
stantly be destroyed by the In
dustrialists, farmers, and others
Oy Roland Cot
to bring back a swiss-on-ryer
with a vested
present system.
interest In the
FTHIS universal veto power has
-" produced a sort of stagnant
equilibrium in this rich country,
The built-in veto produces the
same stagnation abroad.
For at least five years, most
responsible French leaders have
agreed that the Indo-Chinese
war can never be won without
genuine independence for Indo
China. Yet all this time French
colonial and economic interests
have vetoed real Indo-Chinese in
dependence and it is very pos
sibly now too late. Again, it was
the French themselves who origi
nally proposed the European
army project three years ago
and they have been vetoing it
ever since.
The French seem quite likely,
indeed, to veto any German mili
tary contribution, whether in a
European army or in any other
form, for the defense of Western
Europe. All responsible French
leaders agree that the defense of
Western Europe is impossible
without some sort of German
military contribution. Since
Western Europe includes France,
the French thus seem in a fair
way to veto the defense of
France.
Here there is one hopeful thing
to be said. Many French leaders
are now convinced that a system
which puts a maximum premium
on paralysis cannot be permitted
to endure. Two recent investiture
speeches, by Pierre Mendes
France and Paul Reynaud, had a
remarkable impact here. Both
speeches called for a basic and
radical reform in the flabby
French political and economic
system.
Until France sets a svstem
which gives the government the
power to override the veto of the
special interest groups, the
French sickness will endure. In
the meantime, we might as well
face the fact that the malady is
more deeply rooted than we had
supposed, and that it will be a
long time in the curing.
(Copyright 1953,
New York Herald Tribune. Inc.)
Second Fatal Shooting
In Douglas County
Roseburg (U.R) Second fatal
shooting within two days in the
Roseburg area was reported to
day by state police here.
Virgil Canfield, 37, died at
Douglas Community hospital
here late last night about three
hours after he was hit in the
stomach by a shotgun blast- He
was found wounded at his home
west of Idlewild park, about 22
miles north-east of here, state
police reported.
Canfield's wife, Eva, was held
for questioning.
An autopsy was begun late
last night by Dr. Homer Harris.
Tuesday, at Riddle, a 29-year-old
mother was killed by a shot
gun blast. She was Betty Jean
Owens. Her husband, Burt
Owens, from whom she was
separated, confessed the fatal
shooting, state police said.
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Walkers Thanked by CAP
To the Editor The Medford
Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol
wishes to express its sincere ap
preciation to the local Laborers
Union beaded by Jesse Wagner.
Without their generosity our
building at the Medford Airport
could not have been completed.
Since it takes three coats of
stucco to complete a building and
our building is quite large, it is
remarkable that the workers
have been so cooperative and do
nated so much of their time and
labor. Among the workers who
have been so helpful are Jesse
Wagner, Henry Weaver, Don
Booth, Dutch Farfan, Dusty
Rhodes, Johnny Riley, Ben Har
per, Phil Demitt Buck Butter
field, Jack Beacham and Ruben
Compton. Our personal thanks to
each of these men . who have
helped us to make our CAP
home.
Since all of the materials and
labor for the Civil Air Patrol
building have been donated it is
quite a wonderful sight to see
what the people of Medford and
vicinity have done for our
Youth Group. Although work is
progressing slowly we hope to
have the inside completed in the
near future also.
MareUa J. Brockway,
Capt, CAP .
Commanding Officer
Medford Squadron.
Wants Merkel for Coroner
To the Editor: It is my belief,
and the belief of many others,
that the logical man to fill the
position of Jackson County Coro
ner is Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jack
son County Health officer.
Dr. Merkel's ability to conduct
investigations and to determine
the cause of death in Coroner
cases would greatly be helped by
his many years of experience,
Also, I believe that the cost to
the taxpayers would be less.
B. J. Loosemore,
27 Washington,
Medford.
Spain About Ready
To Sign Agreement
With United States
By WALTER G- RUNDLE
.United Press Foreign Analyst
Franco Spain, whose services
and loyalties have been an in
ternational drug on the market
since 1940, is about ready to sign
a bargain basement agreement
with the United States.
Sometime around Sept. 20,
barring some last-minute hitch,
a mutual defense pact will be
finalized giving United States
access to Spanish bases in ex
change for Spanish access to
American dollars.
It will work out something
like this:
The United States will hand
over to Spain some $500,000,000
in miitary equipment and econ
omic assistance over .a four
years' period.
In return, Spain will give the
U.S. the use, for 10 years, of four
air bases and a naval base at Ca
diz. anchorage and refuelling
rights and an option for two ex
tensions of five years each.
For Spain that $300,000,000
nrice tag represents colossal
come-down from the days, 13
years ago, when Franco offered
to enter the war at Hitler's side
for this tidy consideration: "Gib
raltar. French Morocco, those
carts of Algeria mosUy coloniz
ed and inhabited by Spaniards,
aggrandizement of Rio De Oro
and the colonies in the Uull oi
Guinea, plus "supply of the ne
cessary military and other assist
ance required for the war.
Hitler turned down that offer
because the price was too high.
In the interim Spain dickered
with Russia for an economic ar
rangement and peddled a consid
erable amount of copper and oth
er strategic items to the Soviets,
until active American interest
developed.
Even then Spain over-estimat
ed its market Starting with a
reported "first asking price"
somewhere near one billion dol
lars to be paid over in advance,
before a single US. base could
be set up, the price tag went
Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The Chapel of
Cherished Memories
CHAPEL MORTUARY
Across from the Courthouse
Tudor Tells Method
Used To Arrive at
Nov Pover
Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Washington An eastern Re
publican senator hurried down
to the Departmtnt of Interior
last week just after the Eisen
hower administration issued its
formal policy statement on elec
tric power. To him it sounded
very much like a continuation of
the policies of the proceeding
administration with the federal
government remaining in the
power business.
How come?" the conservative
senator ' asker Undersecretary
Ralph Tudor, who had announc
ed the new policy- "Why aren't
there more changes?"
Tudor, the author of the pow
er policy, explained how it was
born, and also how it should be
regarded by the lawmakers on
Capitol Hill. The senator went
away apparently satisfied with
the explanation he heard, for
Tudor had made two key points:
1. The new power policy is
grounded in laws now on the
books, enacted over the years
by past congresses, and it com
prises nothing more or less
than the administration's duty
In carrying out its refpoatibll
Itios under these laws.
2. The policy can be chang
ed by Congress by changing
the laws on which it is
ground.
In the months that followed
Tudor's coming to Washington,
D.C., last spring as Secretary
Douglas McKay's chief of staff,
he found endless policy Ques
tions cropping up about pref
erence customers, about resale
rates, about wheeling contracts.
So one by one, he wrote out the
questions and bundled them off
to Interior a legal staff with or
ders to comb the law books and
find what Congress had directed
be done.
From the legal answers to
these questions, Tudor pieced to
gether what became the new
power policy. In areas where no
citation in law could be found,
he relied on policy declarations
through a two-years series of
mark-downs until it reached the
present level.
While the price has been low
ered, the package Spain now
proposes to deliver isn't quite as
large or gaudily wrapped as the
purchaser had hoped.
The number of bases original
ly intended has been cut back.
The 10-year term of the agree
ment is less than the United
States initially asked.
What's more, Spain has stuck
in a provision sharply limiting
the number of Americans who
may be stationed in Spain. Per
sons in close contact with the
protracted negotiations say
Spain has set the number at
more than 3,000 servicemen at
the agreed bases at any one time.
In spite of obvious disappoint
ments on both sides, the final
agreement offers the blessings
of a "marriage of convenience."
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Policy
in speeches of President Eisen
hower and McKay.
e
An example of chanm that
may be seen in the Pacific
Northwest is Tudor's reference
to preference customers- Ho
found laws spelling out Inter
ior's duty to give preference and
priority to public bodies but
nothing that said industrial cus
tomers should get preference
from Bonneville Power Admin.
isirauon over private power
companies. So industrial custom.
era were dropped to the bottom
ot me preierence list In the new
policy.
Tudor sent the nolW am.,
to the White House, the Federal
rower commission, the Budget
Bureau, the Corps of Engineers
and the Department of Am-inii.
ture for approval before it was
vixen up ana endorsed by the
Eisenhower cabinet It was sold
to an administration in which
there are powerful forces oppos
ed to continued federal activity
in nyaroeiecinc develonment
sold on the argument that the
administration has no alterna
tive but to carry out the laws on
the books until such time as they
might be changed by Congress,
e
In stressing that the Eisen
hower administration will ex
pect local interests to take the
lead in power development here
after, Tudor indicated that there
will really be no significant
change over from policies of the
past until it is seen how regions
such as the Pacific Northwest
take told of resource problems
which are now squarely theirs.
That is, will privately-owned
utilities gain the edge over state
or municipal agencies or will
a partnership of federal-state-local
groups be formed to the ad
vantage of the public at large
those future welfare is wrapped
up in maximum development
programs at lowest possible
cost?
Nor will other significant
changes be spelled out until Con
gress returns next year, possibly
to make major changes in the
power statutes and change the
role of the federal government
Hypnotist Awakens
Girl by Phone Call
Banff, Alta. (U.R) Waitress
Betty Black, 19, Nelson, B.C.,
was awakened from a four-day
trance by telephoned Instruc
tions from a hypnotist who put
her to sleep and then left town.
The hynotist, known as "The
Great Zomb," wakened Miss
Black yesterday by telephoning
instructions to a Banff doctor.
' Dr. Zomb put the girl into
trance last Saturday at a show
here and she failed to come out
of it Local doctors said she was
Consumed "with a desire to
sleep."
She was able to walk and talk
but as soon as she stood still she
would fall asleep.
Dr. Zomb was located yester
day by Royal Canadian Mounted
Police at Wainwright, Alta. The
Mounties said the matter had
been cleared up "to everyone's
satisfaction."