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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11, 1945
(It was Thursday)
Dr. L. D. Inskeep, Medabrd,
reelected vice-president of Ore
gon State Board of Health.
From A r t h u r Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column. Most of yes
terday was bright as a Christ
mas . necktie, several of which
were heard in the business dis
trict long before they turned a
corner.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11. 1935 '
Ed Hanley home on Ross lane
destroyed by fire.
"Roy Pruitt purchases Bart
dull building on North Central
avenue.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11, 1925
i High water in Table Rock dis
trict drowns out thousands of
dieeer sauirrels- fTrwvl damnm
In Willow Springs area ; being
repaired.
"' Mervyn Chastain leads Med
ford High school basketball team
to 22 to 15 victory over Eugene.
Jan. 11. 1915
40 YEARS AGO
Cashier M. L. Alford becomes
president of First National Bank
of Medford following i resigna
tion of F. K. Deuel.
From the Local and (Person
al column: An unknown .vandal
Tuesday operated upon 1 the
streets, nis specialty being the
vaauus ui on - uuuuiy smelling
liquid upon the clothes of any
one in range. Several were an-
nointed, and the scent of a high
.power drug clings to them yet,
There is no way to catch the
fiend, and no punishment if he
were.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
: Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Which one of these is not a
permanent member of the U. N.
Security Council: U. S., Great
Britain, Soviet Union, Poland,
jjTance, China?
'2. Loss of seats in the new
Congress by the party in power
was higher or lower than aver
age ior miawnn elections, or
about average?
3. The U.S. dollar is selling
at a premium or a discount for
the Canadian dollar, or at about
par with it?
4. Clare . Boothe Luce, U.S
ambassador to Italy, was once, in
Congress, a state governor, may
or of Greenwich (Conn.) or had
never before held public office?
5. Unions expelled from the
C.I.O. as Red-dominated . have
many more or many fewer mem
- bers now than on expulsion, or
about the same number?
6. Win the South have dis
proportionately many of few
chairmen of important commit
tees in this Congress, or just
about its proportionate share?
7. "In the course of human
events" is a phrase from the
Declaration of Independence,
original Constitution, Bill of
Witrhts. Farewell Address or
Gettysburg Address? ,'
The Answers: 1. . Poland. 2.
e aa . Jl.
Lower than average. 9. aj a w
count. 4. In Congress (the
House). 5. Many fewer. 6. Dis
proportionately high number. 7.
Declaration of Independence.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Is Dixon- Yates Purely Politics?
In the January Atlantic there are two articles on
the Dixon-Yates contract, one is "pro" the other
Senator Kefauver. takes the "con" side, Roscoe
Drummond of the NY Herald Tribune, the "pro."
rjRUMMOND'S main argument in favor of the con
- tract is that the argument against is purely politi
calhe maintains there is really nothing vital to crit
icize in this deal and if there had been no national
election there would have been none. -
There have. been other contracts to supply AEG
with private power . declares Drummond and they
were less favorable to the government than this one.
Moreover the others were made during the Truman
administration.
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rjRUMMOND is a good reporter and his facts no
doubt are correct. But to call an argument politi
cal does not necessarily refute it. The tariff issue is
purely political and seldom discussed except during
political campaigns.
That does not mean, necessarily, that those who
oppose a high protective tariff are wrong. Or that
those who favor such a tariff are right. It merely
means there is a division of opinion between those
who believe in a high tariff and those who don't.
But Drummond, by implication, takes the con
trary view and because the fight over this power con-
tract with TVA has been a political fight and promis
es so to continue, those who oppose it must be merely
playing politics and therefore must be wrong.
THIS sort of reasoning
standard.
In fact the former Christian Science correspond
ent, refutes his own argument when he states "Sena
tor Kefauver is a strong believer in public power and
he (Drummond) admits the Dixon-Yates contract cur
tails public power and increases private power in the
Tennessee Valley area. .
That's the whole point!
Those who believe that there is something essen
tially wicked and slightly UnAmerican in public pow
er, that TVA should be cut down to size to prevent
the "growth of socialism" there and elsewhere in the
country will, as he does, approve this Dixon-Yates
contract.
Those who don't feel that way, WON'T.
That's all there is to the argument, as has so
often been remarked in this department it is not a
question of law or morality, but of belief.
IN FACT Senator. Kefauver in his article, makes no
faith, doesn't even intimate anything illegal in the ar
rangement. But he does oppose it, because of the high
er cost involved, because there was no competition in
bids, and quote: ' - J-
" "From my point of view the most serious objection is
the joining together in another tier of holding companies
with a long record of intent to cripple the TVA and thereby
remove the salutary effects of competition which the TVA
has been giving. If this contract goes through if
TVA is thus made dependent on Dixon-Yates then I
think the real significance is that in future years the private
utilities will again be dictating their own terms to munici
palities and rural electric cooperatives who have been
showing the country how the electric business can be and
should be conducted."
THERE is the entire issue
garding TVA and public power under similar con
ditions in other river valleys, will agree; those who
don't, those who believe the less we have of this sort
of "creeping socialism" in this country the . better,
won't.'-. ' v-'-:
- This isn't playing politics. It is merely taking
different sides on a very important public issue.
; . , R.W.R.
More About 5th Amendment
.
: A comment we recently made on the 5th amend
ment issue of the constitution particularly as it ap
plies to communism, was apparently misunderstood'
by many readers judging by several communications
received.
These communicants somehow got the idea tljis
paper did not approve of the protection this item in
the bill of rights, gives.
This was not and is not our view.
.We approve of this protection, just as we approve
of the assumption ah individal is innocent until his
guilt is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
.- ,
DUT we did agree and do agree with the federal
court that held this protection does not guarantee
that the person invoking it will not be subject to "an
unfavorable inference." .
In a jury case the court usually makes it nlain that
the refusal of the defendant to take the stand should
not be held against him; But the fact remains that
such refusal does influence the opinion of most jurors
just as the defendant, who does take the stand and
makes a good or. bad impression influences them.
There is no provision of the
A 3 AT - 1 . .
Ana as we mam oDject is to get tne truth there should
be none.
IN other words there was no disapproval of the 5th
m amendment in the editorial nor of the protection it
gives. It is up to the inquring body to get the facts of
guilt, not the accused to. give them if he doesn't want
to. But to refuse to give them on the grounds of pos
sible incrimination does lead to the rnnrfnsinn that.
the defendant had SOME
he wouldn't have acted on
This we believe, as a practical matter is unavoid-
aoie ana me ruling oi the court we thought was en
tirely correcWR.W.R. ...
Tuesday. January 11. 1955
isn't up to the Drummond
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in a nutshell.
law that can prevent this.
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foundation for his fear, or
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PROUDEST MAN IN NEW YORK is DominicLupiano, 83, for
mer New York Supreme Court elevator operator, as he returns to
pilot son, Vincrnt, on way to formal induction as new State
Supreme Court justice. Dominick toiled many years on elevators
and as porter, maintenance man to educate son. (International)
La rgesf Com m u nist
Parties in Westsrn
Europe Quite Unhappy
By CHARLES M. MCCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
The two largest Communist
parties in Western Europe -are
quite unhappy.
Tn both Ttalv and .France the
Reds are losing
strength and
feUow - travel
er appeal.
They still
have strong
representatio n
in Parliament,
and draw
votes far in
excess of their
card - carrying
membe r s h i p.
IPV... -till nn
cnanes ftlccaim ai. wu-
trol powerful labor unions.
But where a few years ago the
Italian and French Reds were a
real menace, today they seem
more of a nuisance.
They were even unable to ex
tract much propaganda profit
from the ready-made issue of
West German, armament despite
the fact that many anti-Communist
Italians and Frenchmen also
fear what mfcy happen if Ger
many again becomes a military
power.
As the result of their bad situ
ation, both the Italian and French
party leaders are squabbling
among themselves. - ,
Leaders in Bad Health
Palmiro Togliatti, the Italian
party leader, and Maurice Thor
ez, the French leader, are in bad
health and. are unlikely to im
prove. They are no longer party
dictators, and discipline is bad. '
.Dispatches from Rome told
how Luigi Longo and Pietro
Secchia, , the No. 2 and No. 3
men, sat in sulky silence Sunday
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while Togliatti made a three-
hour speech at a party confer
ence. .
Longo and Secchia favor a
"tough" party policy. They com
plain that Togliatti has been too
soft. They say that he has been
trying to win the support of
"bourgeoise" elements, and that
in attempting to woo the agricul
tural south of Italy, he has ne
glected the industrial north
where he Communist strength
reaUy centers.
There are reports that most
Italian leaders would like to pen
sion Togliatti off. He seemed to
take note of these reports When
he went out of his way Sunday
to deny that his strength had
been permanently sapped by the
wounds lie received in an assas
sination attempt in 1948,
There seems no doubt, how
ever, that even if the wounds did
not leave his health permanently
impaired, it is still bad six years
after the attempt.
Less Militant in Italy
In Italy, the Communists have
143 seats out of the total of 590
in the Chamber of Deputies.
They have an estimated mem
bership of a little more than
500,000 at. the highest. Some es
timates are as low as 200,000 as
regards active party members.
Party strength has dropped about
50 per cent in recent years.
French Communist 1 e a d e r
Maurice Thorez never has re
covered from a stroke ' he suf
fered in .1950. There is squab
bling in his party ranks too. Two
party leaders, veteran Andre
Marty and : Auguste Lecoeur,
have beep purged in recent
months and now vote in Parlia
ment as "progressives." ; v
THANK
The way yoo responded to the "hoosewarmlng"
for our new Medford Branch was wonderful! -
We're always glad to see our neighbors, so we
had lots of reasons to be glad yesterday. In the rush
and hurry of greeting more than 10,000 visitors, we
hope one of us here at the bank had time to stop
and shake' hands with you. If we didn't get the
chance to greet you in person, we'd like you to
know we wanted to. -
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address' of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of a nen name or
initial for - publication is permis
sible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion. Letters submitted far publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Why Not a New Calendar?
To the Editor: When man
eventually has everything of an
inventing nature applied through
modern . knowledge of stream
lining methods relating to chro.
nology; and discovery of inad
vertence in the present calendar,
why not make the change to a
world calendar? ;; '-
As we take most of our in
struction for. granted we are by
nature slow to accept any kind
of new changes. '
All we know is by reading and
comparing recorded history writ
tea by man and natural forces. .
It is scientifically known that
the ancient race of people, the
Mayans of Central America,
used a stone calendar more ac
curate than the one we - use
today. . ' ..
When man looks upon his im
provements, he may rejoice and
say with pride, "it was very
good." .'vw;;A-oV
Perhaps true science today has
access to more knowledge than
was discovered for the past thou
sand years. We. are only specu
lating that our views will change
materially as the universal chal
lenges new ideas for mankind.''
Indications are, generaUy, ad
justments will be adopted by a
world council before the present
century closes.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman st.
Phoenix Councilmen
Delay Police Action
Phoenix A special council
meeting caUed for last night
was postponed when a full coun
cil couldn't be present. Consid
eration of a permanent appoint
ment for" police chief was on
the agenda.
The matter was continued un
til the next regular meeting,
Feb. 7, unless a special meeting
is called before then. -
E. J. (Jim) Perry was given a
temporary appointment as police
chief at the regular meeting
this month, f oUowing seven oral
objections by citizens. He has
served the city for about 2Vt
years, being appointed after the
resignation of rIarvin (Curt)
Fisher.
Hew Insurance Firm
Will Open Office
An off ice of the Oregon De
velopment Company, Inc., an
insurance firm, will be opened
in Medford this week, according
to an announcement made in
Salem where the firm's head
quarters are located. r
William D. Healy, president
of the company; is' the author
of a new kind of insurances
automobile title insurance which
will be written by the Insurance
Company of Oregon.
In addition, to automobile title
insurance, the Oregon Develop
ment company will engage in a
general' insurance business,
plus some activity in real estate
and investments.
Of
Matter of Fact
GIGGLES IN BANGKOK
Bangkok, Thailand In Bang
kok, where they like to laugh,
the currpnt ioke in the more
literate circles
is the coyer of
an American
news maga
zine, showing
a handsome
portrait of
Secretary of
State John
Foster Dulles
with the
legend, "He
strengthe n e d
Joseph Alsop
the outposts.
For Thailand is the richest
prize in all the vast, rich south
east Asian area which is now
the primary target of world
Communist infiltration and ag
gression. And the outposts here
abouts have not been noticeably
strengthened.
Despite the contrary advice of
Secretary Dulles, one key out
postnorthern Indochina, has al
ready been surrendered. The
enemy has been virtually, hand
ed the keys to two more out
posts, southern Indochina and
the offshore islands of Formosa.
The sacrifice of the other
Indochina outposts has placed
the two weak , but strategically
vital border states, Laos and
Cambodia in most deadly dan
ger. If both Laos and Cambodia
are allowed to fall, no one in his
senses there thinks this - charm
ing, -feckless, oddly governed
country will . be able to with
stand the resulting increase of
Communist pressure, And so the
chain reaction will proceed with
mounting force. :
At home, perhaps, the pros
pect of this vast upheavel in the
world balance of power may still
seem comfortably remote. It
does not seem so here, for sev
eral different reasons.
The first is the simple reason
of geography. Back in the bad
old imperialist days, ; when the
French seized Thailand's border
provinces to form Laos and en
large Cambodia, they drew the
new frontier with the purpose
of preparing their next planned
move, which was to have been
a grab for Bangkok itself. Thus
any force concentrated at Siso
phon on the Cambodian border,
looks right down the throat of
any government in Bangkok,
xt is only 168 miles, and easy
walking or driving distance all
the way, with no natural defense
positions anywhere, between
Sisophon and this city.
V. e . ... .
WHEN the time of more acute
" danger may probably begin,
a couple of years from now, the
army of the Viet Minh will com
prise somewhere between 15 and
20 tough regular divisions. The
prsent Thai forces, which are not
likely to be effectively increas
ed, comprise an army of about
50,000 combat troops and ap
proximately 15,000 paramilitary
police. Hence the unbalance will
be overwhelming.
Consequently no allied
SEATO or other' force could ar
rive in time; to - save - Bangkok
from a determined Viet Minh at
tack from Sisophon. A relieving
force : would only . . "liberate"
Thailand after it had been .sub
jugated, pillaged and purged.
This being a prospect which -few
Thais enjoy, the mere appear
ance of an enemy force at Siso
nhon. the mere threat to in
vade, might well bring Thailand
down, as Joshua's , trumpets
MIDFOID!
We also hope you had time for a full four of
the vaults, offices, and other parts of the bank. If
you have any questions about banking,, or didn't
gel a chance to see all the facilities ihere, please
come in anytime so we can show you around. We're
always glad to see our neighbors. i ?
The StafiF
: : nirs mm oisoom motmar
"'
By Jostph Alsop
brought down the Walli .of
Jericho. ' i
Massive retaliation" will be
complicated to employ in these
circumstances. It is much wiser
to stop talking about massive re
taliation, and to face the hard
fact that if Cambodia falls, it is
almost sure to be fatal to Thai
and, one way or another.
As for the loss of Laos, it will
be enormously dangerous but it
may not be fataL And U is just
as well that there is this much -difference
between Laos and
Cambodia; for whereas Cam
bodia ins virtually free of Viet
Minh infiltration, the Viet Minh
stooges, the "Free Laos" are
strongly established in two Lao
tian provinces. Th country has
been utterly disorganized by the
Indochinese fightng; And tne
non-Communist Laotian govern
ment is just as disorganized as
the country it seeks to govern.
The border between Loas ana
Thailand is very long; It is, not
effectively patrolled -I went
from Nongkhay up the Mekong
river to Vietiane in Laos in a
border patrol launch, and since
we went aground three times,
patrolling can hardly be a re gu
ar- activitv. v-
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FJRTHERMORE, on the Thai
side of this border with Laos,
there is the northeastern Thai
region, already somewhat disaf
fected because it is drougm
stricken and poorer than tne rest
of the country, and containing
two ready-made fifth columns.
One of these fifth columns is a
group of about 45,000 Viet Minh
refugees from the 'French. These
people were admitted to Thai-
land eight years ago bx-the then
Prime Minister Pridi i? hanama
yong, who is now a Communist
stooge in Peiping. 3
I sa-v these Vietnamese wnen
I was -h the North. The vast ma
jority of them are absolutely
controlled by an underground
Viet Minh government, with its
own Communist headmen, its
own police and even Communist
courts. The Viet Minh grip is
such that even the Catholic Viet
namese around Nongkhay are po
litically ruled by the Commu
nists, and their priests can. ao -
nothing about it but wring tneir
hands. The Thai government is
I1 J Ul(, x a U1V1 V U&jSj uvj e -
riate the Viet Minh tilth column
to their own country. But in
northeast Thailand, you also find
the admirers of a magnetic local
chieftain, Tieng Sirikhond, who
may have as many; as three or
four hundred thousand followers
in these provinces. After being
rumored dead, .Tieng Sirikhond
has turned up with Ho Chi Minh.
He is now trying to recruit bold
spirits throughout northeast
Thailand, for training with the
Viet Minh as future infiltrators.
' For the reason given in a pre-"
vious report, that the mass of
Thais hate the Chinese and Viet
namese and regard communism -as
an enemy export, the situa
tion may still be rescued if Laos
falls. But it will not be rescued
if the facts - are not faced: if
wordy, boasts continue to be sub-
suiuiea zor serious policy wan
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ing; and if we fail to show the
kind of preparatory foresight so .
remarkably demonstrated by
the activities of Tieng Sirikhond,
whose monsters have already in
structed him to lay the ground
work for the push in Thailand
he knows is still some years
ahead in time.
(Copyright, 1955, New Yerk -
- Herald Tribune Inc.)