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History from, the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. .
10 YEARS AGO
Dec 2. 1S44
Glen Bostwick and Marvin
Doty score touchdowns, and
Bob ' Watson kicks two extra
points, as Medford High school
football team defeats La Grande
14 to 0, 'in state championship
game at Multnomah stadium in
Portland. .. , . - .
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Only one
month is left on the curent calen
dars, and citizens have started
to wonder, where they will get
one for next year.
20 YEARS AGO
Pee. 2, 2934
Members of First Christian
church of Medford hold mort
gage burning at 50th annual
meeting; among those taking
part is Mrs. Margaret Fisher,
only remaining charter mem
ber of the church living in Med
ford. Cecil A. Poole, Medford, for
mer principal of Griffin Creek
school, appointed to national lec
ture board of Rosecrucian order.
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 2, 1924
Jacksonville Postmistress Flo
Thompson escapes injuries in
automobile accident north of
Grants Pass; story says her car
suffered "two broken wheels
jand minor bruises and lacera
tions." 40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2. 1914
(It was Wednesday)
Medford city council cuts po
lice force to one man; Chief
fiittson to be both chief and pa
trolman; council names Mrs.
jT. A. Howell, W. T. York, and
J. H. Bradford to city registra
tion board.
From the Local and Personal
column: Some of the high school
vaudeville team returned from
Klamath Falls to eat, after ap
pearing twice in that city. They
will never wander . as far again
from their base of supplies.
Glenn Laidley, a very prominent
young cartoonist, reports that
he did not have anything to eat
from Sunday noon till Monday
night. The privations of Laidley
were the worst. The rest were
reduced to doughnuts and cof
fee. The richest member of the
troupe possessed a dollar. The
team made $4 apiece the first
night, and- a dollar apiece the
second night. The gayety of
Klamath Falls tempted the boys
to spend their subsistance reck
lesly. What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?) '--
Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report
1. Alger Hiss went to-jail for
spying for Russia, libeling Whit
taker Chambers, committing per
jury, or filling the State Depart
ment with Reds?
2. The White House in Wash
ington is on Capitol st; Pennsyl
vania ave New York ave., First
St., or Independence ave.?
3. Most cities and states have
a constitutional or legal limit on
how much debt they may run up,
right or wrong?
4. Which of these has the
largest permanent seating capa
city: Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl,
Polo Grounds, Rose Bowl, Yan
kee Stadium?
. 5. The most common length
in women's shoe is Size 6, 6Vi,
1, IVz, 8 or 8V2
6. The world's largest desert
is in north Africa, north Aus
tralia, western U.S.A., south
China, or northeast Siberia?
7. A stalemate is recognized
under that name in the rules of
what game?
The Answers: 1. Committing
perjury. 2. On Pennsylvania ave.
(No. 1600). 3. Right. 4. Rote
Bowl. 5. IVi. 6. North Africa (the
Sahara). 7 Chess '
MAIL TRIBUNE
Will Atoms End War?
In spite of the tough attitude of the Knowlands
and the McCarthys, so long as General Eisenhower is
in the White House, there promises to be no Third
World War, none at least initiated by the United
States. ' ' .
And it is doubtful if any will be initiated by Red
China, Russia, or any member of the Communist bloc,
in the foreseeable future at least
Why?
THHE chief reason, we believe, is the very human
trait that has started so many wars in the past,
FEAR.
It was essentially the German fear of being denied
her "place in the sun," as it was the Japanese fear of
being denied expansion living space that brought
on World Wars I and II.
But with the . advent of the atom and hydrogen
bombs, a new world-wide fear has arisen, namely
not the fear of what war might do to a nation's
enemies, but to the nation ITSELF.
TN fact it is highly probable that if atomic weapons
of destruction had never been invented a World
War III would be raging now.
The seeds of war are certainly present. The
world is divided between the Communist nations
bent, on world domination; and the anti-Communist
nations, seeking to prevent such destruction, and thus
preserve their independence and their freedoms.
I JNDER such conditions war in the past would
have been a "natural."' But we are now in the
atomic age, and the entire nature of war-f-war on a
world-scale at least has changed.
': For the stalemate that Senator Knowland so great
ly fears, is already here. The USA may have a slight
advantage, but it is too slight to be a decisive factor.
Therefore the fact remains that not only is a "pre
ventive war" out, but with atomic weapons, any
profitable war to victor or vanquished is out also. In
other words war has been outlawed by the develop
ment of war itself .
FORTUNATELY President Eisenhower sees this. So
does Winston Churchill. And there is little reason
to doubt that the leaders in China and Russia see
it also. (If they don't and they start a war, they will
soon find it out!) '
SO in this day and age,
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of peace precarious though it may seem at .the
moment.
This doesn't mean there
war. lne world, may blunder into it. JNor does it
mean this country can afford to decrease preparations
for such a catastrophe.
It does mean, that war has been prevented to
date, probably will be for some time, not -by any
absence of the war-like spirit, but by an appreciation
on the part of world leaders, that war is something
to avoid in this atomic age,
regarding what such a war might do to the other
side, but to the nation or
AND that, we submit is something to be , thankful
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deploring the invention of these weapons of whole
sale frightful destruction, the civilized people of the
world, will call the inventors blessed for rendering
war ANY-war on a world-wide scale, so destruct
f ul to victor and vanquished alike, that by common
consent, and plain self-interest, Old Man Mars and
all his lethal equipment has to be kicked out of the
cosmos onto some interplanetary ash-heap I
Certainly a consummation devoutly to be wished;
' . - -. R.W.R.
Hats Qff to Watkins I
Whatever happens to Joe McCarthy and the cen
sure resolutions as this is being written the vote
has not been taken, one principal member of the
cast, will come out of it, with greatly increased stature
and nation-wide respect."
- That member is the committee chairman : Senator
Watkins of Utah. . When he was chosen he was prac
tically, unknown except in his own state, and not
widely known there.
- Today he is a national figure and one in which
not only his constituents, but all good Americans may
well take pride. w ,
For the senator from Utah has shown qualities
of moral courage, clear- objective thinking, and a
sense of fairness and judicial temper all too rare
in the Upper House of the Congress, especially
where controversial issues are concerned. r "v ;
He demonstrated also a fortitude and self control
under unjustified and unwarranted personal attack;
which can only be termed truly CHRISTIAN. While
he never deviated from the line of duty and con
science, he never indulged in personalities, and even
went out of his way to give credit to McCarthy for
his anti-Red efforts, while deploring and condemning
his methods. ; . ;. jv
THE MAIL TRIBUNE can only regret there, are not
more,of his stalwart Puritan type in the Senate,
the need particularly in the present world crisis, is
so great. C'K. ' .. . . '.
Perhaps there are more", Tjut they never Happened
to be placed in the national spot-light, or be subjected
to such a revealing character test, before such an audi
ence.
All Americans who believe in the suDerioritv of
democracy over- any other form of government yet
devised, certainly hope this proves' to be the case.
R.W.R. -
Thursday. Dicimbit 2, 1954
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national fears, instead of
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not because of any qualms
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Matter of Fact
THE INNER CRISIS: II
Washington A profound
cleavage within the Eisenhower
administration on basic issues
of n ational
policy above
aU policy , to
wards Asia
now ungues
ti o n ably ex
ists. , ;
On the one
hand there is
the powerful
group which
views Commu
nist China
Stewart AUop much as Win
ston ChurchiU viewed Commu
nist Russia in the period after
the revolution, when he wanted
to "strangle the baby ,in its
cradle." This group believes
that the consequences wiU be
fatal if the Chinese Communist
regime is allowed to consolidate
it3 power. Most of this group
also believes that limited action
by the United States can pre
vent the consolidation of Chi
nese Communist power.' ;
This school of thought boasts
a three-to-one majority on the
Joint Chiefs ' of Staff, at least
one influential ally in the State
Department, and strong support
from the most powerful Repub
licans in the Senate. But Gen.
Matthew Ridgway, Army Chief
of Staff and the lone dissenter
among the Joint Chiefs, also has
powerful allies apparenUy - in
cluding the President of the
United States. "
President Eisenhower b a s
twice supported Gen. Ridgway.
The first time was when the ma
pority of the Chiefs wanted to
commit American air sea power
to Indochina. The second time
was when the majority wanted
to commit American air power
to the Chinese mainland, if
necessary to hold the Nationalist
offshore islands. ;
Ridgway opposed both pro
posals on much the same
grounds. These grounds are re
portedly about as follows: He
does not believe that limited
American action will fatally
weaken the Chinese Communist
regime. All military history, he
believes, flies in the face of the
theory of "the immaculate war,"
a war won by sea and air power
alone. . .--
Nor wiU the limited anti-Communist
Asiatic ground forces suf
fice to challenge Communist
China's unlimited manpower. If
the challenge is to be made,
American ground troops must be
ready to back it up. If the chal
lenge - is to be made, in short,
this country had better prepare
to fight a serious war. "
GIVEN American commitments
in Asia and above all to
NATO, the troops to fight this
kind of war simply do not exist,
Infantry divisions - cannot be
whistled up overnight. Thus, if
the challenge is to be made, the
first step must be the money
and time to train at least six ad
ditional divisions.
Ridgway's is the basic posi
tion, but there are many varia
tions on the same theme. Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles,
for example, is very well aware
of the volcanic reaction probable
among this country's European
allies if the United States block
aded China, for example, or in
tervened to hold the Nationalist
off-shore islands. But he is equal
ly aware of the volcanic re
action on Capitol Hill if, for ex
ample, his able Assistant Secre
tary of State, Walter Robertson.
resigned in protest against the
Administration's Asia policies.
Dulles himself, moreover, has
had in the past strong sympathy
with the views of the Radford-
Robertson-Knowland group. The
Dulles position, therefore, .... is
seemingly betwixt-and-between,
despite his strong sounding state
ments in his broadcast Monday
night :"V":"' ::
In point jof fact, the Secretary
of the Treasury is probably a
more influential figure in this
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conflict than the Secretary of
State. Secretary of the Treas
ury George Humphrey does not
have to be a military expert to
know that one way or another,
American military intervention
in Asia is going to cost money
in the long run, probably a great
deal of, money ;i . A v
- Humphrey: quite sincerely be
lieves that "loose spending" at
home represents as great a threat
to the United States as Commu
nist aggression abroad. He has
therefore opposed taking any
"unnecessary" military risks.
Secretary oL Defense Charles
Wilson, his alter ego in the Pen
tagon, goes along with him.
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TTUMPHREY ; also , has, of
course, great influence with
the President. One high official
has remarked that Ridgway, in
his conflict with the other chiefs,
has had two key assets
'George Humphrey and the hy
drogen bomb." As previously re
ported here, the terrible special
characteristics" of s the hydrogen
bomb have deeply influenced the
thinking' of President Eisenhow
er, just as they have influenced
the thinking of ChurchiU.
As a result, as he has said,
the President is seeking a
"modus vivendi" with the Com
munist powers. But you can
not, after aU, seek a way of
living with the Communist world
and seek to strangle the Chinese
Communist baby in its cradle,
all. at one and the same time.
And a powerful group within
the Administration genuinely be
lieves that, if the Chinese baby
is allowed to mature, it will
strangle the United States in the
end.
Thus the stage is set for a
major internal policy crisis in
the Administration. Ordinarily,
to be sure, the President's posi
tion would determine the out
come in advance." But the Chi
nese Communists seem determ
ined to prove by their behavior
that any modus vivendi with
communism is inherently impos
sible. .
(Copyright, 1954,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Canadian Officials
Probe Bank Holdups
Vancouver, B. C. (U.R) Po
lice Chief Walter Mulligan start
ed an investigation today to de
termine, if "professional" crimi
nals from' the United States and
Eastern Cariada staged a $50,000
bank robbery ; yesterday morn
ing. y-y; m ; f , -. "
Mulligan said after 'an emer-
ency police commission meeting
last night that there had been
a definite influx of professional
criminals during the last few
months when this qity's crime
ratio, reached an all-time high.
He said, however, that he wasn't
sure if outsiders were responsi
ble for the $50,000 job because
"any member of local hoodlums
could have done the job."
The $50,000 robbery was one
of two in the city yesterday that
netted bandits a total of $51,500.
Two hour's after the big robbery,
a bandit got away with . $1,500
from the main downtown branch
of the same bank.
Escapee's Truthfulness
Cosf Him His Freedom
Castaic, Calif. (U.R) Frank
Nemcek hitched a ride with a
passing car. :; 7?.:-'V"v. -
"You're taking a chance pick
ing me : up," Nemcek told the
driver, Walter M. Doughty. "I'm
running away from the Castaic
honor farm."
The . mistake was : Nemcek's.
He was taken back to the farm
by Doughty a guard.
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Weather Follows Pattern
To the Editor: One of the most
infallible winter weather prog
nosticators is the first three days
of December. The first day for
tells the general : trend of the
winter ahead for the present
month. -
The second day of December
fortells what kind of weather
wiU be due for January. The
third day of December rules the
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ruary. ; ;. . -v;
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tific yet tradition will sustain the
above results as a general rule.
" A note on the calendar for the
first three days of December wiU
be one way to test the unique
method. J
Why it has any significanse is
one of those old folklore "tales
covered with dust of the ages.
- Bert Kissinger,
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Faith Is Needed
To the Editor: The swif'. faU
of the slant-edged beheading
knife has it's evil effects, even
to this day in ' France. During
the revolution there, to survive,
one had to denounce a neighbor,
friend cr family member with
deadly regularity. As men and
women of goodwill would re
fuse such ' villainous practices,
they were the ones most de
nounced and most apt to fall vie
time to guillotine leaving be
hind too many of suspicious
mind, and lack of faith in their
fellow-men. So much so that
establishment of a stable French
government today is aU but im
Pope Finds Ordered
Rest Difficult
Vatican City U.R) Pone
Pius XII, disturbed by hiccups,
is having difficulty obtaining
the absolute rest ordered by his
doctors, Vatican sources said to
day. -W.; -. .....
The doctors said the Pope had
"some trouble - sleeping" last
night. He is still receiving
nourishment indirectly and his
doctors are maintaining their
24-hour vigil at the papal apart
ments in the apostolic palace of
the Vatican."
The sources emphasized that
there is no cause for alarm and
that the current disturbance is
less serious than that which af
flicted him last winter. v ; ;
j The sources said the condition
of the 7-year-old pontiff was un
changed in the past. 24 hours.
Yesterday they had .reported a
slight improvement,
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possible, thereby an ever un
certain quantity for our states
men to worry and puzzle over,
becoming dangerously more like
Russia where - suspicion and be
trayal based on the: bald, bare
face lie seems the accepted
mode. ,
But the deadly virus has been
introduced to our own home
land by the Wisconsin senator,
McCarthy, who denounces right
and left, the high 'and the low,
that he may appear the fair-
haired boy to protect his "pee-
puT! from "evil minded men,"
meaning those who fail to agree
with him. And there's a lot of
people who fall for his line, for
reasons hard to know. A war
veteran's contingent of one re
ligious faith pungled up 50,000
signatures indorsing McCarthys
practices. Now they're out - to
get -10,000,000. This is a real
and deadly peril to us as a free,
united people.
And there was far too much
denouncing of one another in
the recent election campaign, so
much so we here at 1211 West
Main passed up most of it Same
with too many here who de
nounce the mayor and council
men as a bunch of so-and-sos
when a visit to a council meet
ing shows their main, concern
is to grant what the people want
or really need and still not bank
rupt tne city finances, mis na
tion was founded on faith in one
another. If we are to survive as a
free, united people, we must re
establish and live up to that
heritage so dearly purchased by
the sweat tears and blood of our
forefathers, and mothers. " , . '
F. J. Clifford
1211 W. Main .
, .. Medford, Ore.
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and Mrs. Eisenhower entertained
cabinet ; members .y, and their
wives and a host of other prom
inent guests at a formal dinner
last night at the White House.
' .Eighty guests dined at the E
shaped table in the state dining
room with , the chief executive
and his wife, with the Marine
band playing background music.
All of the cabinet members
were present but - their wives
held the scene with dresses that
sparkled and -shimmered. The
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