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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. , -
10 YEARS AGO '
Jan. 6, 1945
Army Capt. Robert W. Sleet
er and Mrs. Sleeter return to
Medford to visit his mother;
Captain Sleeter just back from
S3 months in the Pacific.
From Arthur perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Outdoor
enthusiasts of both genders are
yearning for a chance to slide
down a mt. on skis. There is no
more colorful way to bust an
ankle or a limb.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1935
Medford Fire Chief Roy El
liott reports the city's fire loss
of $11,171 in 1934 was the low
est in years.
Elmer K. Hull, former man
ager of Modoc orchard, purchas
es Sunset orchard north of Med
iord. SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 6. 1925
(It was Tuesday)
E. C. Ferguson elected Big
Eruption of Craters club; other
new officers include Bill Warn
er, Skipper of the Phantom
Ship; Herb Grey, Keeper of the
Trail; "Peachy" Lemon, Skip
per, and Buck Buchter, Pilot.
. Medford High school's second
and third string basketball
teams defeat Newburg, 25 to 8;
Medford first team sits out en
tire game because Ashland
coach is in audience.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
G. R. Satchwell and George
BT. Millar complete platform for
Medford Socialist party; includes
better working conditions in
area.
vAx I
0 From the Local and Personal
column: During the visit of the
alumni football team to Grants
- l?assoa taxi cab bill was con
tracted, and now stands unpaid,
the owner threatening suit for
th sum he says he is due. No
one can be found who will as
sume responsibility for the bill,
and the refusal to pay has creat
ed almost as much of a sena
tion in the lower- Rogue river
town as the visit of Joe Knowles
last summer.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report
1. Jan. 1 has been observed as
New Year's Day longer by Chris
tendomo than any other date;
right or wrong?
2. About 25,000, 250,000 or
2,500,000 color TV sets were
produced this year?
3; The American Farm Bureau
Federation, largest body of U.S.
farmers, is for rigid or flexible
farm price supports?
4. All present members of the
Supreme Court come from large
states; right or wrong?
5. N a t i o n-wide prohibition
ended some ; months before or
after F. D. Roosevelt became
president, er at about that time?
6. Most legal terms come from
the French, Greek, Hebrew,
Italian, or Latin?
7. Busch Stadium (baseball
park) is in Baltimore, Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit or St. Louis?
The Answers: 1. Wrong;
March 21 was New Year's until
a few centuries ago. 2. About
25.000. 3. Flexible. 4. Wrong. 5.
Some months after. 6. Latin. 7.
St Louis.
MAIL TRIBUNE
The 5th Amendment
We are glad to see that a federal court has ruled
on. the controversial Fifth Amendment issue as far
as communism is concerned.
It seems an Electrical union charged General
Electric with violating this provision in our bill of
rights, when it discharged workers who refused to
answer the question of affiliation with the communist
party on the ground it would or might incrim
inate them.
Federal Judge McLaughlin denied the union
claim, in the following words:
."The Fifth Amendment does not guarantee that a per
son who invokes it will not be subject to an unfavorable
inference. The court concludes that it likewise does not
guarantee the person who invokes it shall be continued
in his employment."
.
IN OTHER words if a person refuses to answer a
question for fear that if he does that will incrim
inate him, he is entirely without his rights, but this
does not mean, that such action will not lead to the
conclusion by others that he is guilty of some wrong
doing, or he WOULD answer.
And if an employer doesn't want to have anyone
on the payroll who is under any such suspicion, he has
a perfect right to fire him.
That seems plain enough, and just.
WE HAVE never, in fact, been able to understand
the attitude of those who claim they have never
been communists, yet refuse to declare that fact
under oath. This is particularly true of those who
take such action on the ground that such an answer
would or might incriminate them
How could it? Unless of course they are commun
ists. ft ft ft sfe aft
TlE SELDOM agree with the Red baiter tom-tom
brigade, but on this Fifth amendment technique,
we regard their stand as correct. The accused is with
in his rights to refuse to answer, but he can't expect
to be, as Judge McLaughlin states, free from the
"unfavorable inference."
--In short he can't have his cake and eat it too. He
can't escape answering by declaring that his answer
would or might incriminate him, and then be free
from all suspicion that his reasoning is correct!
. , R.W.R.
Prize for Asininity
A correspondent in the
the "most asinine statement of the year" the remark
attributed to - Senator Neuberger when en route to
Washington he found more people in the day coaches
that voted for him, than in the Pullman cars.
What is so "asinine" about that?
Senator Neuburger was a newspaper man before
he became a Senator and once a reporter always a
reporter. He was merely stating the fact that more
of the second class passengers supported him than
the first, which would be expected one reason being
there are many more of them.
But from this factual statement the correspondent
scents a diabolical demagoguery, and concludes that
as far as any benefits to the state of Oregon are con
cerned from Senators Neuburger and Morse, Oregon
might as well secede from the union," for only
busted ne er-do-wells or members of the C.I.O.
can expect any favors from this time henceforth.
IS HENRY Ford 2nd a "busted ne'er do well?"
How about Nelson or Winthrop Rockef eller. Then
there is Barney Baruch "the richest man now living
on Fifth Avenue," and the President of the U.S.
Chamoer of Commerce, who at last report, wasn't
exactly on relief.
"1X7E DOUBT if Senator Neuburger will grant any
vv of these multi-millionaires any "SPECIAL "fa
vors" or anyone else for that matter but he. will
be found working for the principles they advocate
and others like them including the reciprocal tariff,
foreign aid, farm supports, the United Nations, and
other vital principles of national policy. ' .
The national prize for asininity and demagoguery
as far as this particular incident is concerned, should
not go to Oregon's new Senator but to the author of
such a ridiculous childish statement? R.W.R. ,
How About Senator Morse?
........
A correspondent wants to know if Senator Morse
can change his party and keep his seat. -The
answer is "yes."
At least it has been done in the past, and there
is apparently no law against it. Senator Shipstead
was elected by the Farmer-Labor party .but changed
to the Republican party and no questions were asked.
George Norris of Nebraska "was elected by the
Republicans and like Senator Morse resigned, and
became an Independent.
Both the LaFollettes were elected as Republicans,
but changed over to the new Progressive party in
Wisconsin. . , -
. So if our senior Senator wishes to accept the in
vitation of the Democratic party in Oregon to join
their ranks he can apparently do so without resigning
his seat.
Whether he will or not remains to be seen. One
thing certain, the Republicans at least all those we
have heard express their views would be overjoyed
to get rid of him, and the Oregon Democrats offi
cially declare they would be equally overjoyed to
have him join their ranks.
What a rare state of peace and harmony political
ly then would exist. Both parties agreed regarding
Oregon's former junior Senator! R.W.R.
Thursday. January 8, 1955
Oregonian nominates for
Benson. Proposes FresnieinitDaD
To Look
Br LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson
m high places
that a . presi
dential board
be named to
review the
Eis enhower
a d ministra
tion's federal
employee se
curity system,
p r esently
under bruis
ing Democra-
Lyle C. Wilson tic attack.
Benson has been badly
mauled in the dispute involv
ing Wolf Ladejinksy, a long
time government agriculture ex
pert who was discharged on
security grounds when his of
fice was transferred from the
State to the Agriculture Depart
ment. He had been ' secure
enough for state Secretary John
Foster Dulles. . ' :
Red China Expected
To Reopen Question
Of Peace in Korea
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
By agreeing to discuss the im
prisonment of 11 American air-
rnen iailed ag spies, it seems
probable that
Red China is
attempting to
reopen the en
tire Korean
peace: ques
tion. Both the
Chinese
Communists
, and the Rus
sians were
deeply disap-
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the Western allies broke off the
stalemated Korean negotiations
during the Geneva conference
last year.
The talks between United Na
tions Secretary . General Dag
Hammarskjold and Chinese Red
Premier Chou En-lai gave the
Communist side an obvious
chance to raise again the whole
Korean situation.
Hammarskjold's instructions
from the U. N. General Assem
bly are simply to seek the re
lease of the airmen and of other
U. N. war prisoners still held
despite the Korean armistice.
Will Probably Listen
But there is nothing to prevnt
Hammarskjold from listening to
whatever Chou may say, and re
porting back to the U. N. on it.
Chou, in agreeing. to receive
Hammarskjold, told him that the
imprisonment of the airmen was
none of the U. N.'s business.
But Chou also disclosed that
the Chinese Communist govern
ment is still keenly interested
in the over aU prisoner situa
tion. "The case of the United States
spies has nothing to fLo with the
question of the prisoners of war
in Korea," Chou said.
"It is the United States and
the U. N. command side which
has violated the Korean armis
tice agreement."
Chou charged that the United
States "connived" in the release
by South Korea of more than
27,000 Communist prisoners be
fore the armistice. He charged
the U. N. command with "abduct
ing" the. more than 20,000 Com
munist prisoners who refused re
patriation after the armistice.
' "Up to now. these cases are
not yet accounted for," ' Chou
said. -
This is a clear indication that
Chou will raise the issue of the
Communist prisoners when Ham
marskjold talks about U. N. pris
oners. ' r .
It must be remembered, also
how vigorously Chou and Soviet
Foreign Minister Yvacheslav M.
Molotov protested when the
WestenTallies broke off the
Korean talks at Geneva last June
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Tired of Talks ;
.The allies had held out for
all-Korean elections supervised
by the U. N. . They finally got
tired of talks that led nowhere.
" Chou tried desperately to pre
vent a complete break. He tried
to get the Western allies to ac
cept a resolution by which the
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CHAPEL MORTUARY
Frank Morgan . ..Harold Snodgrass
Funeral Directors
Phone
ver Federal Employee'- Security Sysfteinni
Senate Democrats seized on
this conflict in judgment by the
two departments and promised
a congressional investigation of
,the Lade j insky case as part of an
overall inquiry into the admin
istration's security risk firings
what the Democrats derisive
ly refer to as the "numbers
game."
Sen. A. S. (Mike) Monroney
(D-Okla.), of the Senate Civil
Service Committee, said the
Ladejinsky case proves there is
''something wrong" with the ad
ministration's security program.
Both he and Sen. Olin D. John
ston (D-S.C), new chairman of
the committee, said the case
emphasizes the necessity of es
tablishing uniform standards for
passing on the security of fed
eral employees.
Single Agency Suggested
One congressional suggestion
is that a single agency be set
up to pass judgment on the se
curity of all federal employees,
rather than leaving clearance to
conferees would have agreed to
continue their efforts to reach a
Korean settlement. The resolu
tion provided that "The time
and place for resuming negotia
tions shall be decided by the
states concerned."
He asked in a speech that the
United States, Great Britain,
France, Red China, Soviet Rus
sia and North and SouthKorea
hold secret meetings in an at
tempt to get together.
It would certainly be logical
if, in talking to Hammarskjold,
Chou linked the issue of the U.N.
prisoners with a reopening of the
over-all prisoner situation end
of the Korean peace question as
a whole.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Here's news from Washington
that MIGHT be interesting and
HOPEFUL.1 It could hold the
promise of a future brighter
than anybody has ever dared to
hope for:
A congressional committee
has called on the United . States
to launch a positive, bipartisan
political offensive against the
international . Communist con
spiracy. In a formal report, the
committee says:
"The time was never more op-
portune for the free world (led
by America) to initiate a bold
political offensive as the only
course which gives reasonable
hope for avoiding all-out war.'
rpHAT is to say:
- If we could only bring to
the world the TRUTH about the
advantage of the free way of life
as contrasted with the Commun
ist way of life, this foul thing
that we call Communism would
eventually fall by the weight of
its own, foulness.".
Then there might be peace.
TTOW shall we go about it?
4 I'll confess I don't know.
. But this I'm sure of:
SOMEHOW we must find the
way to restore to our people the
dynamic FAITH IN THE FU
TURE OF AMERICA that ani
mated our forefathers. In all the
history of the world, there is no
brighter chapter than the story
of the growth of the 13 strug
gling little colonies along the
shore of the Atlantic into the
great FREE nation that now
reaches from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
THOSE ancestors of ours who
first fought for ana won
their freedom and then dunged
into the forests and on across
the plains and the deserts to
found the greatest and the freest
nation the world has ever seen
had FAITH in the future of their
country.
If somehow we can re
store that faith, there is NOTH
ING we can't do. One of our
present trouble Is that we have
too little faith and too much
cynisim.' 7
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individual boards and persons
within various agencies as . at
present.
The Ladejinsky case . bur
geoned into a king-sized head
ache for Benson especially
after his executive assistant,
Milan Smith, made public a let
ter written by George N. Vitt
of the "American Exporter" 'en
dorsing the Agriculture Depart
ment ouster of Ladejinsky and
referring to Russian Jews (Lade
jinsky is a Russian-born Jew).
The letter touched off charges
of anti-Semitism. These Benson
denied and deplored Wednesday
and previously in statements and
a news conference while ex
pressing fuU confidence in
Smith and his security officer,
J. Glenn Cassity.
Benson told reporters Wednes
day that Smith "used poor
judgment." '
"He is sorry," the Secretary
added, "and so am I." . v
White House OK's New Post
Meantime, the White House,
in effect, repudiated Benson's se
curity finding by approvmg
Ladejinsky's appointment to a
Foreign Operations Administra'
tion post dealing with land re
form in Viet Nam. His salary
wiU be $11,800, about what he
was getting in his old job as
U.S. Agriculture attache in
Japan. This represented a cal-
culated White House retreat be
fore the developing Democratic
attack on the Eisenhower secur
ity system as a whole and the
Ladejinsky case in particular.
Benson did not budge on his
security judgment of Ladejinsky.
Instead, he proposed that the ad
ministration take another look
at the security system which per
mitted and almost - encouraged
honest men to arrive at wholly
different judgments, as did he
and Dulles in this . instance. He
told his new conference he had
expressed his views privately
ana tnat they were under con
sideration in high places. The
United Press understands that
Benson said the situation was
more serious than a mere po
litical dispute between Demo
crats and Republicans, although
he recognized the fact that the
administration's opponents were
beginning to make a hot and
forceful issue of security, with
the President and his cabinet on
the defensive.
Believes U.S. Interest Involved
Benson considers this to be a
matter involving the best inter
ests of the United States and the
confidence of the public and of
government employees in a , se
curity system which should be a
mighty factor in national safety.
Moreover, he believes the se
curity issue should be met head
on with a review of the system,
because the standing of the ad-i
ministration itself with the peo
ple is, involved. The system was
set up by Mr. Eisenhower under
executive order 1040.
The need for a security sys
tem has been forced on the un
suspecting and unwilling Ameri
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If f tow ufmi
IBoalrall IBe
can people, Benson argued, by
the cold war espionage of the
Soviet Union and its allies. It is
something alien to the United
States but now necessary for the
national good. But the nation's
welfare requires, also, that the
administration shall utilize
every means not only to protect
national security but to safe
guard individual rights and the
human dignity of men and
women.
Recommends Survey
Benson recommended ap
pointment of a presidential
board to survey the whole situa
tion, with special emphasis on
human rights and the mainten
ance of the highest possible
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Wants Dentists to Join Doctors
To the Editor: A news item,
appearing recently in the Mail
Tribune, informs us that the
Medical Association has sub
mitted to the State Welfare a
new schedule, giving physicians
their first raise in pay (for care
of welfare supported persons)
since 1937. Certainly this is long
overdue. .
Now if only; the ' dentists of
our state, in consideration of the
many state .supported youngsters
who suffer more than they re
alize,' would only get together
and agree upon a minimum fee
and submit it for approval, how
many hours of pain they could
eliminate! ' . ..
At present and under existing
circumstances, the possibility of
a child supported under G. A. or
A. D. C, receiving dental care,
is remote. There are a very few
dentists who, through mere hu
man kindness, will accept wel
fare fees as they are presently
allowed. ' -
Overheard last week was one
of these fellows saying - "it
would be well if every dentist
had just one good terrific tooth
ache!" I agree. Then they would
rush their negotiations with the
State Welfare Commission - to
prevent this same misery in our
State Welfare recipients. -Mrs.
Virginia Card,
617V4 N. Bartlett,
Medford, Ore.
The Bible and Flag Saluting
To the Editor: In my letter
which appeared in your paper
Dec. 20, 1954 I raised, the .issue
as to the correct date of Jesus'
birth. Points of Bible evidence
as well as the circumstances sur
rounding his birth, were men
tioned which very strongly indi
cate that Jesus w.as actually born
about October 1st. ' -
When Jesus was on earth, his
chief mission was to bear witness
to the truth. In His preaching, He
backed up what He taught with
the word of His Father, with
reason, and the known facts of
His day. For this reason the Bible
states: "For He taught them as
one having authority, and not as
the scribes." (Matt. 7:29). The
truth necessarily exposed the er
ror into which the Jews .- had
fallen. The Scribes and Phari
sees, who were the priests of
that day, - were unable to suc
cessfully refute the truth of
Jesus' message. In order" to turn
the people away from Him, they
raised the issue of His loyalty
to the Roman government At
their instigation, He was finally
put to death on the false charge
of sedition.
The preaching of the truth to
day also exposes human errors
and traditions. Like the Scribes
and Pharisees, some persons to
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morale among federal employees
as well as the highest possible
standards of personnel among
them.
He felt that a study of this
kind would have the added poli
tical advantage of shooting the
ground from under Democrats
whom he contends are seeking
to make political capital in an
area which should be above poli
tics by reason of its close rela
tion to national security. Such
an inquiry, Benson believes,
would re-assure right thinking
citizens as to the objectives and
methods of the Eisenhower ad
ministration both with respect
to security and to the dignity of
human rights.
a pen name or initial for publication
day raise side Issues to divert
the people and to attempt to
hrinp intn Hicrormo tVineA urVin
preach the truth. The injection
of the wholly irrevelant issue of
flag saluting by Mrs. . Santo in
her letter which appeared Jan.
2nd is a case in point .
The issue as to whether or not 1
persons in the United States
couia, lor conscience saice, re
frain from flag saluting, was
settled in the Supreme Court '
more than ten years 'ago. Loyal
Americans abide by that. de
cision. ;
T. R. Thompson
P. O. Box 361,
Medford, Ore.
The Modern Loaf of Bread
To the Editor: A little more
than two-score years ago, it was
my habit to press a nickel firmly
in my, 4-year-old son's hand to
bring a loaf of bread from the
nearly two blocks distant grocery
store. The pride of accomplish
ment shining in his face was re
ward enough for the sharp re
proofs directed my way from
my wife 'and others for placing
such responsibility on one so
young. '
Though that loaf was unsUced
and generally unwrapped, It was
of good size and well baked,
enough so that the young pro
vider was able to swing - it
threateningly at a pup-dog that
dared challenge his right of way
up the old plank sidewalk He
might have dropped the loaf on
occasion, but if he had. he would
have been pretty sure to tell me. .
Pardon my er, transgression,
we'll get back to the loaf and
what a change to the one now
that commands nigh five times
the price. And imagine trying to
club off a; nosey dog with one.
Why say, one of these, "oh so
super super fresh" loaves you
must balance carefuly'on the
flat of your hand witli no pres
sure from fingers or there will
be permanent odemic depres
sions left in it. No come-back
there.
But what really gets me down,
is these truck loads of unsold
bread, exactly like the' part left
of that loaf you bought a day or
two ago, stUl in cellophane
wrappings, hauled from the bak
eries for pig-feed, truck loads of
it. That's one reason why we
pay almost a quarter of a c'ollar
for today's loaf of bread. One
bakery' 'sells" their returned
bread at- half price. When we
fail to make it there on time,
that bakery's brand is. the one
we buy fresh. A time or two
through the toaster or seasoned
a couple of days and Jit's good
eatin'.
F. J. Clifford, . '
" 1211 W. Main," ?
Medford, Ore. -
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