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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Mebfokd5Tribuki "Everybody la Southern Oregon Read! The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday bj MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Telegraph Edltoi RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER- Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at ' Medford. Oregon, under Act of marcn 3. iovi SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: -Per copy luc. Dailv and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 350 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Sunday Only One year 350 By Carrier In Advance, Medford. Ashland, Central Point, Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $13.00 Daily and Sunday One month 123 Carrier and Dealers 5c pei copy . Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representativs: WEST-HOLLDJAY .COMPANY, INC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San ' Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver B C NATIONAL EDITORIAL PUBLISHIRS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 5. 1944 (It was Sunday) Medford's Mayor C. A. Meek er proclaims "Forget-Me-Not" days in city; Commander Clay Roberts of local Disabled Amer icans Veteran chapter in charge of program. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Local woodshed proprietors were kept on the jump all week by the arrival of winter end custom ers who ignored warnings to buy fuel during the , hot spell last August., 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1934 (It was Monday)- -, George M. Roberts writes let ter to the editor endorsing can didacy of Circuit Judge Norton who is seeking reelection. Roy Pruitt leads Elks club bowling tournament with aver age score of 194 for nine games; next in order are Ron DeVore, George Eads and Fred Erick son. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1924 (It was Wednesday) Residents of Butte Falls re port they are hopeful of obtain ing a railroad extension to the east. Worst snowfall in five years sweeps through Crater Lake Na tional park, with heavy rainfall in Medford area. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. -5. 1914 It was Thursday) Medford .rumors say that plans are being made for con struction of a roadhouse in the Siskiyous on the California side of the state line. From the Local and Personal column: Petty vandalism contin ues throughout the city, several autos being tinkered with Tues day night. The police recom mend that all drivers keep their spark plugs in their pockets. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report 1. The federal government spends more money each year than do all the state and city governments combined; right or wrong? . 2. Thomas E. Dewey will or won t be governor of New York after the coming Jan. 1? 3. A political party opposed to Masonry was organized in the U. S. over a century ago. It de veloped much or little strength? 4. In the two most common forms of cancer in women, her edity is or isn't a major factor? 5. The U. S. was among the first or the last nations to recog nize the Soviet Union diplomati cally? 6. John Philip Sousa, born 100 years ago, was a famous scientist, evengelist, actor, band leader, or fighter for Prohibi tion? 7. About one in every two, three, four, five or six motor ve hicle drivers these days is a woman? The Answers 1. Right; 2. Won't; 3. Much; 4. Isn't; 5. Among the very last; 6. Band leader; 7. About ona in every three. I Z7 MAIL TRIBUNE What a Difference! One lesson the Republicans must learn from this election, if they hope to win in 1956, is that it takes all kinds of people and all kinds of candidates to make up a political party. Repub lican divisions hurt badly in several states, as in the opposition to Senate-candidate Clifford Case in New Jersey on the grounds of his "liberalism." This page has protested from the very first those sections of the party which saw the, 1952 election as a mandate for Senator Joseph McCarthy and as a mandate for stand pat conservatism. ' V We have a deep and abiding faith in the creative liberalism of President Eisenhower. But the president has failed to bring j several of these issues to a head, and he suffers now from that failure. It is our hope that he will emerge f romr the present trial by fire with a fuller determination to rebuild the Republican party along lines of modern liberalism, such as Lincoln or Theo dore Roosevelt would be advocating. Portland Oregonian. : What a difference just a few days and a few votes, can make. f The doctrine expressed so pertinently, truthfully and eloquently above was preached consistently by the Mail Tribune throughout the recent campaign, but if there were any similar sentiments expressed by our highly respected contemporary we failed to note them. AXE will give the Oregonian credit for this : They " gave a fair break to the political opposition in the news columns throughout the campaign.. But ed itorially it was, as usual 100 per cent for the Republi can party and its candidates, regardless of their mer it or the reverse. And yet nothing was clearer throughout than that Senator Cordon represented perfectly that opposi tion to the Oregonian's "deep and abiding faith in the creative liberalism" of President Eisenhower, for which the paper has today such an admiration and such a strong desire to see implemented in the G.O.P. ! Yes WHAT a difference ! 1MOREOVER Oregon's senior Senator has and is in general accord with those "Old Guard re actionaries "who ganged up in New Jersey against their own duly nominated candidate, Congressman Case, and who DID see the 1952 election as a "man date for Senator Joseph McCarthy and standpat con servatism." AN it be that when the campaign started, the al- ways well-informed Oregonian did not see this? Can it be, by the same token, the Oregonian did not know that, what it now proposes, quote : "that the Republican party must be rebuilt along lines of mod ern liberalism such as Lincoln or Theodore Roosevelt would be advocating" had the constant and persist ent . opposition of the Oregon senator the Portland paper was so strongly supporting? Had Sen. Cordon been returned as the Oregonian demanded, isn't it plain that attitude would not only have been con tinued, but the reactionary Republican forces the paper now opposes would have been stimulated and encouraged by the simple fact of his reelection? AS; this paper pointed out repeatedly during. the campaign, sending Dick Neuberger to the Senate and retiring Senator Cordon, would be to uphold the President, not repudiate him, uphold him not only in his foreign policies, 'his tariff policies, many of his domestic reforms, but his obvious wish to modernize and liberalize his own party. Again it is difficult for the Mail Tribune to be lieve the Oregonian did not see these truths when the lines were drawn at the outset of the campaign. And yet not only the Oregonian, but the Oregon Journal with far less excuse, having once been a genuinely independent and liberal paper, came out 100 for the Republican senatorial candidate, who the f ormer at least now indicates, does not repre sent its own political convictions. How COULD he THEN! ' It is all rather depressing. But as the Oregonian says of the G.O.P. it all may prove to be a lesson that MUST be learned, not only by the Republican party, but the 100 standpat Republican press. R.W.R. Thank The Portland Voters We have received some congratulations on the surprising 11th hour victory of State Senator Neu berger, over U.'S. Senator Cordon. We appreciate "them kind remarks," but really can't take any particular credit for the outcome. It is true, six years ago, here in Jackson county, Senator Cordon defeated his opponent by nearly 7000 votes 6874 to be exact. At the Tuesday election his majority was reduced to 2357 which we grant is quite a reduction. So we would admit a certain contribution to the net result. But the voters of Multnomah without any newspaper support at all, should be the ones con gratulated on the outcome. They DID THE. JOB as this department said at the start of the campaign they would have to do if Neuberger were to win. So those Multnomah voters have rendered a real service to the state, the nation, and as the Oregonian above, is generous enough to imply to the REPUB LICAN PARTY! Hats off to them! R.W.R. Airlift Used by Strike La Platte. Neb. (U.PO An air lift was used today to keep con tact between the outside world and company officials encamped inside a strikebound nitrogen plant, . . . The light plane started its hops late yesterday, flying over the pup tents and Army cots of the strikers and landing on a black top road inside the Allied Chem ical and Dye company's nitrogen division plant. Friday. November S. 1954 1 .. . - Bound Plant The plane's first cargo was mail, although plant officials nave also attempted to run food laden trucks through the picket lines. Plant manager R. L." Riggs said the plane was used because pickets surrounding the plant were "illegally" blocking access to it. He said use of the small plane' was an effort to establish "some form of communication with the plant." French Support of German Agreements Features Good News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst The week's good and bad news oil the international balance sheet: THE GOOD l.Premier . Pierre M e n d e s- France put the full weight of his growing prestige behind French ratification of the London and Paris agreements under which Western Germany is to be re armed. He announced that he would make ratification a mat ter of confidence in his govern-! ment meaning that he would re sign if defeated. The National Assembly will start debate on ratification Dec. 14. 2. The United Stales sent a new note to Soviet Russia on President Eisenhower's plan "to form an international pool of atomic resources for peaceful purposes. Russia practically re jected the plan after the Presi dent first announced it. Recently the Kremlin said it was ready to resume negotiations. Presi dent Eisenhower said he hoped the sew American note "will start a new phase in the U.S.- U.S.S.R. negotiations which will be more fruitful than the first phase." The President empha sized that he will push his "atoms for peace" plan whether or not Russia takes part. 3. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi gave final approval to the agreement under which Iran's oil is to be marketed by an international combine. United States, British and Dutch tank ers at once took on cargoes at the gigantic Abadan refinery and flow of Iranian oil to the world started again after 40 months. THE BAD 1. National terrorists in Al COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Greed Is Deplored To the Editor: First, I want to offer my humble appreciation of your fair and forceful co operation in this political cam paign. Through all the ranting and ravings," mud-slinging and dust-clouds of desperation to fool the people, I, for one, feel that you have done fair and square shooting. You have stated facts and; faithfully supported high principles in the interest of the people. You have defended the people's rights and supported candidates pledged to work for protection, conservation perpetu ation of America's natural re sources the substance of life for Americans, now and future, if future generations are not to be disorganized and their very lives controlled by a few landloids as in China, and similar lands. The people showed by their voting Tuesday that they are be ginning to realize America's for ests, soil, water resources must be husbanded and not turned over to exploiters, liquidators. All loo long America's forests have been used as political foot balls. Thousands of once most valuable, beautifully forested watersheds, are covered with , worthless brush or rocky, barren ' 1 3 r - ... . iauuM.-apes. scores or mius nave closed, men are driving 75 to 100 miles a day to work in woods or mills. Yet the awful waste goes on high-grading for BIG proiits, while only a third or a fourth of the wood fibre is used. Note the prices paid and dist ances logs are being hauled. We've made only a start. The fight goes on. As with liberty, ETERNAL VIGILANCE is the price of protecting America's natural resources the people's heritage. Keep up the good work More power to you. John E. Gribble, 139 Kenwood ave., Medford. Bridges Not To Vofe For McCarthy Censure Rochester, N.Y. U.k) Sen. Styles Bridges (R.-N.H.) indicat ed last night he won't vote to censure Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy. ; Bridges' told the Rochester Ki wanis club "I want stronger charges than I have seen today before I will vote for censure oi McCarthy." He did not elaborate. 231 MUTTON ROAST I J fib. 2 geria rose suddenly in open insurrection. Two powerful French armored columns were sent into the Aures mountain region to combat the rebels. Terrorism in Tunisia and Moroc co is nothin new.But Algeria France's oldest, largest and most important North African posses sion has a different status. Wh:le the other states are pro tectorates, Algeria is politically a part of France itself, with representation in Parliament. 2. The situation in the state I of Viet Nam in Indochina be came so threatening that Presi dent Eisenhower sent Gen. J. Lawton Collins on an urgent mission there to investigate. Under the Geneva agreement, Viet Nam was split into two parts. The Communist rebels got the northern part. The southern part remained a unit of the Frpnrfi Union. Southern Viet Nam has been beset for weeks by a cabinet crisis. A White House statement announcing the Collins mission said that now it is "confronted by dangerous forces threatening its independ ence and security." 3. West German Chancellor K o n r a d Adenauer returned home from Washington to find himself facing a revolt over his agreement with France on the future of the Saar coal area. Two parties of his own cabinet coali tion said they would reject the agreement unless Adenauer won more concessions from French Premier Pierre Mendes-France. If West Germany failed to ratify the Saar agreement, the French Parliament undoubtedly would refuse to ratify the agreements under which the Bonn Republic is to be armed and made a sover eign state. People Congratulated by Judge To the Editor: The Juvenile Court of Jackson county, togeth er with the Court's Advisory Committee and the Juvenile De partment, wish to express through your column our appre ciation for the assistance rend ered by the many organizations and individuals which made pos sible the successful passage of Juvenile Detention Measure (No. 9) on November 2nd's ballot. " We are grateful for the vote of confidence thus expressed in our philosophy of the Juvenile Court, and pledge ourselves to a continuation of our work for the welfare of the community and its youth. . We believe Jackson county is to be congratulated for its inter est in children in trouble and for its courage to pioneer in the field of juvenile detention. When we consider that no other county in the State of Oregon, with the ex ception of Multnomah county, has been willing to date to meet this problem with such modern progressive methods, we can only reflect that we are glad we live and work in this community and that we are proud of our fellow citizens and the way in which they meet the commun ity's problems. H. K. Hanna, Circuit Judge. Blood Donors Thanked To the Editor: We would like to take this means of thanking the many people who went to the hospital to give blood for our son, Philip Minear, on Oct. 16. So many were not used and yet their offer was deeply ap preciated. It is a comfort to know Philip did not die for lack of medical help or blood, even though the supply from the Red Cross Mobile unit had been ex hausted and none was available until donors came to the hos pital. To have this life-line available through the Red Cross and the Fire Department is wonderful. With deep appreciation. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minear, Rt. 1, Box 331, Medford, Ore. Watchmen accompanied by Dobennan pinschers carefully guard George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, every night. In their rounds the guards are aided by searchlights that flood the lawns and electric eyes that touch off an alarm in case of intruders. EAST JOWL SIXTH ST. BEEF STEAK BACON 9& Mill. HPT L. , . , WINNING BY HEALTHY MARGIN, Vermont Republican Mrs. Consuelo Bailey becomes first woman in nation to be elected lieu tenant governor. She was 1953 speaker of house. (International) Babson and Stock Market By ROGER W. BABSON, Babson Park, Mass. (Special to Mail Tribune) Twenty-five years ago I made a well-known forecast about an impending big break in the stock market. (Reprint of the article which a p p e ared in the New York Times in 1929, recording my statement, will be sent to any one free on re- iw.ff. hbiw quest.) At the close of the previous day in 1929, the Dow-Jones Industrial Stock Average stood at 380. The market immediately began to weaken and shortly plunged down swiftly, closing at 230 a decline of 150 points in less than eight weeks. Today the Dow-Jones Industrial Average is 358, within six points of the highest figures since 1929. In fact, it has moved up over 100 points since September 1953. I expect another severe re action sooner or later, of at least 50 to 75 points. Surely, present stock yields are now too low, when 1954 federal taxes are de ducted. : Such a break in the market could occur even during a period of good business activ ity such as I ;am now forecast ing. Stock prices have of late demonstrated that they can move independently of both business and earnings. It is well to re call that, in 1929, there were few outward signs of the stock market crash ahead. Investors were then anticipat ing larger dividend returns with a reduction in risk through di versified investment trust hold ings and promised mass pro duction and inventions "such as the world had never seen be fore." The research laboratories of our great industrial concerns were also then depended on to bring these miracles about. In short, a "New Era" was then confidently anticipated. Basical ly, there was weakness, but it was most apparent in stock mar ket speculation. Current Market Presents Same Irregular Picture The current market presents much the same irregular picture as was present in 1929. The so called blue chips have outdis tanced the bulk of the issues on the market, due to concentrated buying, much of it by Institu tions, Pension Funds, and Mu tual Investment Trusts. There are in addition many new cross currents in the market that did not exist in 1929. We have arma ment activity and other govern ment buying, heavy spending, support of farm prices, and especially the intense new ad vertising programs, which I con sider very important. It is clear that the economic picture and the trend in the mar ket can change abruptly and snowball rapidly to an unexpect ed degree. The real purpose of my column this week is to bring to your attention that the mar ket may soon be in as vulner able a position as in 1929, espe cially if the capital gains tax should be repealed, for which the "bears" are striving. Those who were unprepared in 1929 had no chance to take the pro fits they thought they possessed. VEAL STEAK ift. jNor did they have purchasing power when the market reached the unbelievable bargain levels of 1932. Home Building Boom Possible Danger Source The banks are now sound; em ployment is now good; profits in most lines are fair; while very few stocks are being "bought on margin"; all must have a margin of at least 50 per cent. Home building is actually booming, and the inflation since 1929 has justified higher prices for both homes and stocks. Again, I commend the import ance of today's advertising. The boom in home building is, however, becoming a possible source of danger. This is a new factor which did. not exist 25 years ago. Where the danger signals of 1929pare not now evi dent, this new danger signal of the "building boom" is surely with us. Furthermore, today's building is mostly on borrowed money. Only the Federal Gov ernment can prevent a wave of mass foreclosures some day. Installment Purchases Present Another Danger This brings me to another pres ent danger, namely, installment purchases. These purchases are today not increasing rapidly. They, however, are still very heavy. Curiously, they are now being encouraged by the banks which would have nothing to do With small loans 25 years ago. Another different . condition today relates to labor unions. Every right-thinking person must approve the general usefulness of labor unions in their place. Unions are justified in striking if necessary to eliminate bad working conditions and to get a fair wage. The present system, however, of demanding more money merely because a union has a monopoly of a certain in dustry is wrong and could ulti mately bring on a panic. Sehine To Leave Monday For Service in Alaska ; ; Ft. Lewis, Wash. U.R) Pf c. G. David Schine will leave for Alaska Monday with his mili tary police unit, officers at Ft. Lewis said today. The Army will not say where Schine's unit will be stationed. For the next few days the for mer aide to Republican Sen. Jo seph McCarthy of Wisconsin will receive immunization shots and be equipped with Arctic gear.' Todays GarBtaire is flio most undQfpriRGtl ijiiiois in the Onpn OqM sail quality-wise 91 1 pas!?! I The Man who Cam says: TP ATTD (CCTPM TTTCD R AVhite CARSTAIRS BROS. DISTILLING BLENDED WHISKEY, 36 PROOF. Milk Marketing : Accounts, Assests In 'Cold Storage' Portland (U.R) Accounts and assets of Oregon's Milk Market ing Administration were in "cold storage" today until procedure is established to liquidate the agency. State Finance Director Harry Dor man and representatives from the attorney general and secretary of state froze the MMA's funds in the name of the state of Oregon. Involved are about $100,000 in equalization funds due to or owing from pro ducer pooling groups; about $180,000 in pooling and license fees collected for administrative purposes, unpaid salaries of 30 employees, and computation and settlement of the October pool for seven markets. No Provisions Carried Attorneys said neither the law nor the repeal -measure carried provisions for liquidation of the agency. Gov. Paul Patterson said he would ask Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton for an opin- ion on the over-all liquidation " of the agency. One of the vexing problems is how current claims of milk producers, employees and others having money due from the agency can be paid. . Civil service commission offi cials in Salem said they would try to find jobs in other state agencies for the 30 employees. First result of the repeal meas ure, instituted by Canby "gal-lon-jug" dairymen and now State Rep. Elmer Deetz was to send milk prices down. ADA Says Nixon Campaign Failure Washington U.R) Ameri cans for Democratic Action said today. the election showed that what it called the "smear cam paign against liberal candidates" by Vice-President Richard M. Nixon "did not work." Liberal candidates generally were successful in areas where Nixon concentrated most of his efforts, the ADA said in a state ment by national cochairman Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and James E. Doyle. v . A canvass of results, the state ment said, indicates "that a lib eral trend, although spotty, is clearly present." ADA said this trend was shown by the election . of Richard L. Neuberger in Oregon and reelec tion of Democratic .Sens. Paul Douglas i in " Illinois, Hubert Humphrey in Montana and Mat thew Neely Jin West Virginia. - It also is shown, the ADA said, by defeat of "such vecal reac tionaries" as Republican House members Fred E. Busbey and Ed gar Jonas in Illinois, Charles Kersten in Wisconsin and Kit Clardy in Michigan. Postal Rate Increase Request To Be Revived San Francisco (U.R) Assist ant Postmaster General Eugene J. Lyons today said his depart ment will renew its request for a boost in postal rates at the next session of Congress. Lyons, head of the new Bu reau of Personnel, told the eighth annual Federal Personnel Management conference here that there have been no rate in creases for many classes of mail in 20 years although the depart ment's costs have more than dou bled during the period. The department also will ask Congress again to 'boost salaries for postal workers, Lyons said. whiskey buyers All over, men who know fine whiskey an choosing Caretairs as the outstanding value in the market. - It tastes better because it is made better from premium-priced, selected grains by expensive, exclusive methods -with 129 exacting quality con trols from grain to bottle. No wonder Cr tairi is the top whis key buy the whiskey you can ttay with. Tryitl $3" 45 QUART 5tM PINT v. Seal "CO.. INC.. NEW YORK. N. Y. t 72 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS.. , K I
