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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO '
Dec. 12, 1944
(It was Tuesday)
Robert F. Kyle, Medford, was
named president of Oregon Sav
ings and Loan league. -
From Arthur Perry! Ye
Smudge Pot column: The last
fly of summer still persists many
of the, Older Girls report, as the
swatter starts to unravel at the
sides. .
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12. 1934
(It was Wednesday)
Hubbard Brotners oDserve
50th anniversary of founding of
business in Medford.
Permit requested for construc
tion of railroad from Grants
Pass to the coast.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12. 1924
(It was Friday) '
Sams Valley residents report
that coyote hunting has become
a favorite pastime in that area.
Community Christmas tree is
planned at Willow Springs.
40 YEARS AGO .
Dec. 12, 1914
(It was Saturday)
Mail Tribune carries an
nouncement of birth of twins, a
son and a daughter, on Dec. 9
to Mr. and ' Mrs. Carl Bennett
of Coker Butte.
From the Local and Personal
column: Hucksters of mistletoe,
laurel, Oregon grape and Christ
mas trees made their appearance
on Haymarket square in Med
ford this morning.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 19S4. Editorial Research Beport
1. Anti-Semitism in West Ger
many is reported increasing, de
creasing, or staying about the
same? ..
2. More ' people die of heart
disease in the winter than in the
spring, summer or fall; right or
wrong?
3. Changes in the North At
lantic treaty to admit a rearmed
Germany do or don't need U. S.
Senate ratification?
4. Are. more cars registered
in Los Angeles county or in New
York City?
5. Are there many more
horses than mules on U. S. farms
as a whole, or many more mules
than horses, or about the same
number of each? ,
6. Has any President of this
century refused to run for a sec
ond term?
7. A sycophant discharges fizz
water, is an easy job, flatters
people, studies psychology, or is
a tree with a whitish trunk?
The Answers: 1. Increasing,
2. Right. 3. Do. 4. Many more
in Los Angeles county. 5. Twice
as many horses as mules. 6. Not
so far. 7. Flatters people.
Sixfh Fleet Ordered
To Work with Spain
Washington (U.R) Adm.
Rnhprt TV f!arnpv has ordered
the U. S. Sixth fleet in the Med
iterranean to hold joint, man
euvers with the Spanish fleet
at pvprv ormortunitv. -
Carney, chief of Naval Op
erations said Friday the joint
maneuvers would help coordin
ate communications and tactical
systems. .
How About Money?
We have often admitted in this column that the
money problem is not one
We don t understand
there is such a thing and
So when we want to know something about money,
we go to some source that is
of finance or supposed to
for it.
I T S. TREASURY SECRETARY HUMPHREY we
have regarde'd as such an authoritive source.
But when he appeared before a congressional
committee the other day and was asked about money,
and particularly the danger of inflation, he declared
his policies had been responsible for checking the
inflation trend and had cushioned the "threatened
recession." He admitted his inability to carry out
his promise of balancing the budget and regretted
it but did not think this inability represented any
danger to the national economy. Nor did the growth
of the national debt.
This was reassuring.
But Secretary Humphrey was immediately fol
lowed by his Undersecretary, a Mr. Burgess, who
did not agree entirely with his superior, for he said
the "279 billion national debt is too large and we
would like to reduce it."
THEN, just to make the confusion worse conf ound-
ed, we went to one of
thorities, the "Wall Street Journal," and found tnat
it did not agree with either of the officials of the
U. S. Treasury.
It deplored the .increase in the national debt,
condemned the failure to
or attempt to and came to this conclusion regard
ing inflation, quote:
"It is a simple fact that where a government runs a
deficit and where it can not, as this administration can not,
borrow the difference from the saving of its citizens it
can do nothing else than manufacture the dollars and
call them money. It is also a simple fact that when a
government does this, as this one does, the result is IN
FLATION, a depreciation of aU the money which the people
hold or receive by so much is each citizen robbed of a
part of what he has or what he earns."
FINALLY as the last straw, "our favorite banker"
thereupon declared that
wild bull-market on Wall
hower inflation," which
dared no longer exists.;
anything about money, either? . He is a banker he
should.
CO in the realm of money, we are ba"ck where we
T started from.
The Secretary of the
his chief aide says another,
doesn't agree with either,
an ardent Eisenhower supporter, says something else
again.
It couldn't be or COULD it? that when it
comes down to brass tacks, no one KNOWS any
thing about m6ney or its habits, they only have opin
ions. K.W.K.
How A bout
- For a professional fighting man President Eisen
hower is amazingly mild
This is fortunate in foreign affairs.
But we are not so sure
particularly m thef President's own official family.
rvOROTHY THOMPSON, well known newspaper
kuiicouuuucui aim a
dent, fears, for example,
not tried to keep the proper discipline, particularly
m his cabinet. She calls attention to the fact his Secre
tary of Labor recently made
les regarding compulsory
White House had to repudiate.
"Can it be, asks Miss Thompson, that the Presi
dent's cabinet members
versial issues, without first
it wouia seem so.
A ND now in answer to
ate leader and critic,
Mr. Eisenhower says the latter is entitled to his views
and what differences there are between them are
minor.
17E wonder if the President has ever reviewed
those differences? If so, how can he call them
"minor," when both he and Secretary of State Dulles
have felt it necessary to publicly repudiate so many?
Presidents and Secretaries
pay any attention to such infractions, that are
"minor."
170R example, here are a
Last November, without consulting either the
President or Secretary Dulles, the President's Sen
ate leader, Knowland, publicly called for a "blocade
of Red China." The President promptly opposed it.
In September, the California. Senator wired the
President to break off relations with Soviet Russia,
because of the shooting down of a U. S. naval plane.
The President declmed.
Then Mr. Knowland criticized Senator Flanders
for introducing a resolution; stripping McCarthy of
his committee chairmanships and joined with the
Wisconsin Senator in declaring that communism
"WOULD be an issue m
President Eisenhower
communism would riot be
OENATOR KNOWLAND finally agreed somewhat
against his. will, and nameda special committee
Sunday. December 12, 1954
of our specialties.
the science of money if
never have.
authoritative in the realm
be and take their word
our favorite financial au
balance the national budget
the reason for the present
Street is this same Eisen
Secretary Humphrey de
Doesn't our banker know
Treasury says one thing,
the Wall Street Journal
and our banker, who is
, v
Knowland?
and peace loving.
about domestic matters,
eicaii auuiuci ui nie iicoi'
that Mr. Eisenhower has
a statement in Los Ange
union affiliations, which the
make speeches on contro
consulting the President
a query regarding his Sen
Knowland of California,
of State don't as a rule,
few:
the next election."
said he hoped and believed
an issue. .
.
Matter of Fact
EISENHOWER UNDER
ATTACK
Washington It is now clear
that President Eisenhower is go
ing to be subjected to an experi
ence ne has
never had be
fore sustain
ed personal at
tack. The attack
will come,
2
course, fro:
two directions.
Sen. McCarthy
and those who
still choose to
ape him will
Joseph AIsop
attack with the
usual McCarthy meat axe. The
Democrats-rinitially, at least
will use the needle.
There is not much mystery
about McCarthy's motives in at
tacking the President. Partly,
of course, McCarthy was plying
by ear after his usual custom.
His first post-censure hearings
wpre coins badly they were
dull, and would garner no head
lines. So McCarthy seized , the
occasion to call in the press and
blast Eisenhower. The result
was. of course, the blazing head
lines which have become as nec
essary to McCarthy as drink
to a drunkard.
BUT although the timing may
wpII have been a matter of
sudden imDulse. the act of mak
ing a direct, personal attack on
the President had undoubtedly
been long contemplated. For, as
lone as Dwieht Eisenhower is
President of the United States,
McCarthy has nowhere to go
in the Republican party.
McCarthy has now reacnea
the stage where he can only re
tain any real power in the party
by blackmail threat, open or im
plicit, to lead his followers out
of the party. In recent weeks,
McCarthy's journalistic support
ers have been hitting the third
party theme more and more fre
auently. The "Mobilization of
Ten Million." was clearly de
signed as a possible framework
for a third party movement.
-This implied threat by Mc
darthv is enoueh to terrify a lot
of Republican regulars. The en
thusiasm for Eisenhower of
many regulars is squarely based
on his vote-getting abilities, and
the third party threat, could
easily cool this enthusiasm .
UNDER the circumstances, es
pecially if he had been sub
jected to continuing personal at
tack, Eisenhower might decide
that he had had enough. McCar
thy has undoubtedly heard re
ports that the President is by no
means enthusiastic about an
other term, and that Mrs. Eisen
hower is very much less than
enthusiastic. If Eisenhower were
out of the way, McCarthy would
again be a power to reckon with
in the Republican party.
' He " cannot ' now conceivably
get the Republican presidential
nomination himself. But he can
hope to be king-maker still. For,
in the donnybrook Republican
convention which will certainly
result if Eisenhower withdraws,
McCarthy would control a size
able block of delegate-votes.
These votes would be worth a
price so high a price that Mc
Carthy might well hope to exer
cise a veto power over the nomi
nee. And even if 'McCarthy cannot
be king-maker, he can still hope
to be king-destroyer, by adopt
ing the role of Samson in the Re
publican temple. The fallacy is,
of course, that a McCarthy third
party would probably actually
strengthen an Eisenhower Re
pt;an party. But McCarthy
and his followers obviously be
lieve that a third party move
ment will wreck the Republican
party and that they stand to in
herit the wreckage.
SUCH is the logic of McCarthy's
sudden slashing attack on
the President. The logic of the
far more muted Democratic at
tack, which is also just now be
ginning, is far more simple.
Adlai Stevenson himself is re
ported to have told friends that
Eisenhower would beat any
Democrat running against him,
as of today including Adlai
V
to investigate the charges against McCarthy, then
proceeded to repudiate the findings' of his own com
mittee and voted against censure. President Eisen
hower complimented the chairman of the committee
for his dignified, able and unselfish service !
So one might go on and on. ,
Knowland voted for the George' substitute of ,the
Bricker amendment, which the administration strong
ly opposed, he favored us retiring from the UN if
Red China were admitted, another stand the Presi
dent had to speak out against.
OENATOR KNOWLAND is entitled to his opinions
of course, and to free expression of them, as the
SENIOR SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA, but he is
NOT entitled to such freedom, as the leader and, spe
cial representative of the President and his party, iif
the Upper House.
We have often expressed this department's sur
prise that President Eisenhower should tolerate such
insubordination and persistent opposition from his
chosen representative. We are j also surprised that
Senator1' Knowland should not have the good sense
and good taste, as long as he differs with his party
leader on so many vital issues, to resign. . - .
But it doesn't look as though either "blessed
event"-would happen not soon at least&-R.WJU :
b7 io.ePh aisop
Stevenson.
This being the case, the Demo
crats must flna ways and means
of pulling down the President's
great personal popularity, in the
next two years, if they want to
win back the White House.
Some Democrats, Including Ste
venson and the shrewd Senate
leader, Lyndon Johnson, believe
in letting nature take its course,
relying on events and McCarthy
to reduce the President's popu
larity to the point where he can
be beaten. -'
' Others, including Paul Butler,
the new Democratic National
Chairman, believe in giving na
ture a helpful shove. The gen
eral tone of the Democratic at
tack on the President was prob
ably set at least for the pres
entby the current issue of the
cleverly edited 'Democratic Di
gest." The Digest has indulged in
anti - Eisenhower needle - pricks
before. But in this issue, the
needle is inserted far more deep
ly than ever before. Initially, at
least,"the idea will be to portray
the President as "a nice chap,
but not too bright." In time, as
November, 1956, draws nearer,
the Democratic attack is likely
to get much tougher.
SUSTAINED, politically moti
vated personal attack will be,
of course, an ; almost wholly
novel experience to the Presi
dent. It will be interesting to see
how he reacts to this experience.
If his forthright, good-humored,
and sensible press conference
response to the McCarthy meat
axe treatment proves typical,
the experience may do him, po
litically and in other ways, more
good than harm!
(Copyright, 1954,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
Crash Kills Son
Of CIO Union Chief
! Oregon City (U.R) Ernest
E. Hartung, 28-year-old son of
CIO International Woodworkers
of America President Al Har-
tung, was killed instantly Sat
urday when his car struck a
south of here on Highway 99,
sout hof here on Highway 99,
state police reported.
The crash sheared off the
rail's upright and young Har
tung was impaled on a laminated
4-by-10 timber. It took nearly
two hours to remove his body.
State police said Hartung was
alone. The car was traveling
south and the ear was filled
with five-gallon cans of silver
aluminum paint. The victim was
en route to Salem to do a paint
ing job.
Young Hartung also is sur
vived by his wife, Betty, and
three sons.
Officers said the car ' was a
total wreck. The heavy timber
pierced the right front end of
the vehicle, passed through the
driver's compartment and im
paled victim at the waist
line.
Intersection Safety
Talked by Cpuncilmen
Eagle Point A discussion
about making the intersection of
Main and "C" sts. in Eagle Point
safer for school children was
held at last week's city council
meeting, according to Sam Coy,
recorder-treasurer. :
The council agreed to write a
letter to the State Highway com
mission requesting either four
way stop signs at the location or
else a stop and go signal.
It was pointed out that there
is also lack of room for pedes
trians to walk and also that a
building obstructed the view of
oncoming traffic.
In other business, F. A. Knox
reported that the city books are
in order after one correction
following the annual audit. A
request for more parking space
from Red Blanket Lumber com
pany was granted. A park clean
up campaign was approved as
the 1955 project for the local
Boy Scout troop.
SUGGESTED BIBLE
READING
The American Bible So
ciety, the Medford Ministerial
Association and the Medford
Council of Church Women
are cooperating in sponsoring
daily Bible reading in the
period between Thanksgiving
Land Christmas.
The s uggested scripture
reading for today is:
John 3.
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Mrs. Gerlinger Explains It All
To the Editor: Through my
press clipping service it has just
qome to my attention that the
yice-chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee at a re
cent Jackson County Republican
women's luncheon in Medford
stated among other causes of the
recent Republican defeat that
there are too many Republican
groups, eacn working alone.
And she stated there are no
less than five Republican wom
en's organizations in the Port
land area, and there is jealousy
between the members of these
groups."
As far as I have discovered
during my more than twenty
years of active participation in
Republican party affairs there
are only three Republican worn
en's groups in this area, two of
which I founded.
State Republican Council of
Oregon Women, Inc., was started
nine years ago under the author
ity of the State Central Commit
tee and has been a strong factor
for GOP success in Oregon. The
idle talk that one hears occasion
ally from some sources that the
two state groups should merge
into one big happy family makes
no sense whatever. I would be
glad, to see more large local
groups of Oregon Republican
women formed for active partic
ipation in party affairs. And
am sure, as far as I know, that
no jealousies exist among the
leaders in the two existing state
groups. We all have a common
purpose, which is to serve our
party and our nation.
The two women officers and
the one woman officer on the
State and County Republican
Central Committees respectively
were all active in the sabotage of
Pro America, National Organiza
tion of Republican Women the
first state-wide Republican wom
en's group to be formed in Ore
gon (1935). The same trio, aided
by another Republican officer of
high rank, are now turning their
destructive activities toward the
State Council.
Those of us who are closest to
tne political situation in our
state and in this county " know
that the recent election was lost
right in Multnomah County
through the many empty pre
cincts and the many people who
were listed as precinct workers
who were ..- completely inactive,
The women who dominated this
county for a long time were too
busy usmg their political pres
tige for personal gain to get
down to the fundamental work
of the precincts.
We precinct people will re
double our efforts and trust
someone will be put to work in
every one of the precincts in this
county so that in the next elec
tion the Republicans will be the
winners with their - sound eco
nomic and patriotic standards. -Mrs.
George T. Gerlinger,
. Portland, Oregon.
Christmas and Jobs , .
To the Editor: Well, winter
has set in on our dear valley.
Soon it will have its death like
grip into all of us. Then the
usual complaint will be raised.
"We need an industry." I some
times wonder if the industry
will ever come.
Yet while we're setting on our
posteriors, many of our local
men and women are unemploy
ed. Unemployed and wondering
if they'U ,be able to pay next
month's rent. Unemployed, and
hoping for enough money to buy
the kids a Christmas present or
two. Unemployed, wondering
and hoping for just a chance to
put in a few hours of work.
' But then there is the f eUow
with two jobs. Or the dual em
ployed family.
They who have one place to
work but want two. It seems
they have but one thought in
mind and that is "make all the
money I can." Perhaps he's a
school teacher in the day but
at night he carries groceries at
the corner store.
What's he think of unemploy
ment? Probably never thought
of it, after all between the two
jobs he has an income of $8,000
a year.. '
. Yes, it's Christmas time, time
to stop and think a little about
things. Perhaps if some people
think enough . . . But who'd
think a person giving up one
of his jobs, just to give another
fellow a square break. After all,
he can use the extra money too.
Lyle Hamilton,
Rt. 2, Box 468, .
Medford, Oregon.
Portland U.P.) The Univer
sity of Oregon Medical School
Alumni Association has named
Dr. R. E. KJeinsorge of Silver
ton as its first lifetime honorary
member. ;'
Is That So?
Despite being rooted, plants
are in constant end wonderful
motion making fantastic and
predictable movements, by the
quarter-hour.
The reasons for these move
ments are just as manifold as the
plant's needs. In most, three
complicated adjustments to light
go on simultaneously: the stems
reach toward light; leaves turn
broadside to it; roots push away
from it. . : .
The most dramatic movements
are made by the stems; the'most
frequent by the flexible leaves.
(Underground, roots and rootlets
are making similar adjustments,
away from the light.) '
Next time you are under a
tree, look up to the sky and
see the beautiful interlocked pat
terns its crown makes. There
is nothing haphazard about this.
Then, look more closely and see
the beautiful mosaic the leaves
make. See how wonderfully
pieced together the mosaic is,
detail by detail, throughout the
entire tree so that each leaf
captures the maximum light,
Truly, it is one of the greater
wonders "of the plant kingdom.
Taken on a smgle plane, the
pattern can be more readily
grasped. So next time, study
your English ivy and see.
doesn't , the placement of the
leaves perhaps even explain
their notchings?
Besides finding their place in
the sun, leaves are constantly
changing from horizontal to ver
tical changmg their position
at the time of maximum bright
ness, . as happens with many
members of the pea family.
Light can be too intense and do
them harm. And in changmg
position, they, turn a straight
edge to the sun.
Another family of plants.
growing in the brilliantly-lighted
prairies, makes, that adjustment
to light permanently they set
their leaves in a permanent
north and south position, and
appropriately are called the
compass plants.
Change in Midwinter .
In some evergreen leaves, not
ably the rhododendron, the ad
justment is different there
the leaves change from the
drooping vertical to the hori
zontal; even in midwinter. .
Stems, we said, turn toward
the light but not always. The
ivy pushes away from the light
this action flattens the stem
up against the wall where its
holding discs can secure an at
tachment. As a result, ivy grows
into porches, wmdows, and un
der shingles and tiles, alas.
As well, English ivy responds
to another stimulus touch. The
climbing roots grow out only a
tnose places . wnere contact is
felt, and thereby effects a major
economy: they only grow exac'
ly Amere tney can best serve
the vine's needs.
Other climbers grow tendrils
long slender structures which
reach far out for a support Their
action seems almost reasoned
the tendrils sweep the air in long
slow courses until they touch
some hard object such as a stem
they curl about it three or four
tunes, thus obtaining a vice-like
grip which holds the vine firmly
even in strong wmds and per
mits still further ascent to stake
out its claim for light, i
Test it for yourself. Rub one
side of a tendril , with a pencil.
and it will follow within a few
mmutes, winding completely
around the pencil. .'But if you
break the contact too quickly,
me xenam win again straighten
out. . 4
Flowers Also Turn
Flowers, too, turn toward the
light: but with them, the show-
ons, It is another reason. Their
purpose is to turn their bright
coronas toward the day's soot-
ugni, xne sun, so tney can be
seen by their cherished audience.
xne insects.
As a rule, fruits are power-
iuiiy lnainerent to light. As
tney become ripe, they adver
tise their wares with bright
coiors contrasting to their back.
ground, sweet-tasting flesh, and
attracting odors. Their sole pur
pose is to have their seeds car
ried away and buried where they
wan reproduce. But one cliff
growing plant uses the sun to
acnieve its ends. The little cliff
dwelling vine, Linaria cymbal-
ana ot jLurope, may turn its
flowers to the sun but it sends
its ripening seed-capsules away
from the sun.
Why? That movement pushes
its seed capsules against the
cliff, and in moving about some-
wnai Like the tendril, they push
into crevices and the seeds are
thus placed into position for
starting a new plant in their
favorite habitat instead of fall
ing to the foot of the cliff.
(Copyright, 1354,
by Eugene Burns)
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By M-T Staff and Contributor
"Happy birthday" greetings
sung, over a elephone are not
too uncommon.
W. W. Oneale, route 3, who
was 69 last Monday, received
such greetings last week but
with a difference. Whn Vi .
swered a ringing telephone, he
heard "Happy Birthday" sung
for him by 11 relatives, located
w Woodland Hills,. Calif., Tulsa,
Okla.; Lafayette, La., and Klam
ath Falls. The conference call
participants included five chil
dren, four grandchildren, a
son-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
The unopened e n e 1 ope
found in a mess of rubbish
dumped on a rural roadside
proved the undoing for the
dumper. Traced by. the ad
dress on the envelope, he was :
arrested, convicted and fined
$25. ,
The envelope, opened in
court, turned out to be an
overdue and unpaid bill from
a trash-collecting concern.
Three high school bovi
showed up at Photographer Carl
Landis' establishment last week
to get pictures taken for the
high school annual. One was
dressed for the purpose (white
shirt, tie, jacket), but the others
were in less formal garb.
i.ne solution was easv. thonerV.:
The dressed-up one got his pic
aure taken, stripped to the
waist, No. 2 put on the formal
clothes, got HIS picture taken,
stripped to -the waist and thn
No. 3 repeated the process.
Attorney Bob Dames makes -no
secret of the fact that his
midwestern former' law part
ner was named Chase. The "
firm name was Chase 'a '
Dames."
United Air Lines Cant Tom.
my Graham tells this one: -
A south sea islands king had
his own private throne, of which
ne was very proud, and in be
tween ceremonial occasions he
stowed it in . the rafters of his
thatch hut. :
One day a hurricane came
along, shook the hut, and the
throne tumbled down, killing
the king.
Moral: People who live in
grass houses shouldn't stow
thrones. ,
Overheard:
"You should see my son
Mike. I'm teaching him to be
a gentleman It doesn't cost
anything." '
' Staff member thinks some
body's missing a bet You know
the TV-turning-off device called
a "Blaboff '? Well, she thinks
somebody would make a million
with a device for shutting off
husbands and wives the same
way. She suggests it be called
the "Mr. and Mrs. Blaboff." v
With a name like that though,
she thinks the Russians prob
ably would claim it as their in
vention. ,
Also overheard, one shop
per (with sniffles) to another: J
"I think I'm catching a cold.
That darned Pekinese sneeied
right in my face." ' ,
Several 4-H leadess were de
bating possible locations for a
talent show they're putting on
soon. Somebody suggested "the
Y." - ; -
Somebody else gave evidence
of considerable and slightly
shocked surprise until he
learned the suggestion was for
the Medford YMCA not the Y
club, -.v,-;' -:' ' ' ?"
Medford Rifle and Pistol -dub
members are always'1
pleased as .punch when, at .
their weekly shoots, they are,,
able to shoot well enough so
that their scores are among '
the top five.
Last week everybody was
happy. Five shooters were
present .'
rvmnrflman Earl Miller, who
win become mayor after Janu,
1. i nn a committee among xne
duties of which is slaughter-
hffliv inspection, tie maae m
committee report at last weeks
council meeting, only to receive
some good-natured joshing from
rnnneilman Harold Frye about
the type of duties MUler had to
Well, Xiaroiu, xvxuier : sou
with a wicked twinKie m nis
eve. "after the first of the year.
you know who will be making
the committee appointments . . ;',
Se en dimly through the
smoke and steam and confu
sion Friday morning , at the v
Pinnacle ; Packing plant fire ;
was-a sign on the outside plat
form which said: No Smo- :'
king."
Wasn't even scorched