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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1945 ,
(It was Saturday)
Story written by John Reddy,
former Medford resident, ap
pears in Saturady Evening Post.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pat column: Steve Nye,
the horticulturist, and Dock Ed
Durno of here, write they had
a reunion on the western front
recently. G. (Cannonball) Jack
son is now a colonel in Italy.
20 YEARS AGO .
Jan. 27, 1935
(It was Sunday)
Joseph W. Lawton, Medford
fire chief from 1913 until 1923
years, dies after short illness.
County 'officials including
Judge Earl Day, Commissioners
John Billings and Otto Caster,
District Attorney George Cod
ding, Clerk George Carter, and
Treasurer A. C. Walker, attend
Medford Rotary club meeting.
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1925
(It was Tuesday)
William F. Berrian named
superintendent of Butte Falls
fish hatchery.
Commander Dick McElhose
and. Adjutant Lee Garlock an
nounce plans for - first : practice
of newly formed Medford Amer
ican Legion ' drum and bugle
corps.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
State Senator Von der Heilen
of Jackson county relinquishes
chairmanship of senate horticul
ture committee so that Senator
Kathryn Clarke may be appoint
ed to post.
From the Local and Personal
column: Sheriff Singler has pur
chased a Maxwell auto, the Ford
he was using being too small
for his multitudinous duties.
Though but in use about a week,
the car has already traveled
. about 500 miles.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. SEATO is set up for the
Latin America, Greece and Tur
key, southeast Asia or Iran?
2. Most new houses being
built in the U.S. these days
have no basements; right or
wrong?
3. Many more than half, many
fewer than half, or about half
of all U.S. public school teach
ers get over $3500 a year?
4. The N.Y. metropolitan area
gets away with about 800,000,
1,800,000, 4,800,000 or 8,000,000
eegs a day?
5. Which one of these is not
one of the so-called "Colombo
powers:" Burma, Ceylon, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan? .
6. The "Gopher State" is Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska, South Da
kota, or Wisconsin? -
7. Which U.S. Senator has a
wife who's a member of the leg
islature of their state?
The Answers: 1. Southeast
Asia. 2. Right. 3. About half. 4.
About 8,000,000. 5. Israel. 6.
Minnesota 7. Richard L. Ned-
berger (D.-Oro.)
The first' radio network, con
necting WEAF, New York, to
WNAC, Boston, was opened on
January 4, 1923.
I
MAIL TRIBUNE
it
Time of Crisis
The Oregonian declares this "a time of crisis."
But it doesn't believe there will be war as far as
Formosa is concerned because, quote :
"There is good reason to hope that concern for their own
skins will prevent Mao and his lieutenants from taking such
a deliberate and irrevocable, stepj"
.Is there?
v We wish the Oregonian would elaborate regard
ing the basis for GOOD reasons for that belief.
As we review the Mao record we can find none.
IN FACT concern for "their own skins" has been
conspicuously absent in the Red Communist com
mand and ideology ever since the revolution started
and since.
' The cheapest commodity to them has been human
life, not only ideologically but as a statistical fact
For China has manpower to burn, or to kill, or ex
pend as it may wish, and never feel the loss.
So, as we see it, THAT "fear of their own skins"
is not to be a material deterrent and Uncle Sam would
be unwise to depend upon it.
..
A MORE likely deterrent would be fear of failure.
"For unless practically all the American experts
are wrong, nav&l particularly, China just hasn't
what it takes to capture Formosa or the Pescadores
for that matter. The 7th Fleet and its airplanes, they
claim, would blow any attack by water off the sea.
And to e x p r e s s it mildly Mao wouldn't like
THAT!
But it wouldn't be the loss of life, but the "loss of
face" that would bother him and his lieutenants.
TTHAT "loss of face," incidently, is an extremely im-
portant item in judging the entire Chinese prob
lem and the present world problem of peace for that
matter.
; Several times now the
clared Formosa must be taken, that it is a part of
China, and Chiang Kai-shek Enemy No. 1, must go.
If Formosa is not taken, and Chiang remains with
his army on the island as the months and the years
pass by there will be more "loss of face."
What is Mao to do about THAT?
Will he just take it and patiently bear it?
. ....
1XELL, only the future can tell.
But we believe it would be very foolish for this
country or any other to depend upon such an atti
tude of forebearance and humility.'
In fact we believe those who know most about
China ' and Far East psychology will most strongly
support the view that Mao's threat about Formosa is
no more a bluff, than his threat was about the inva
sion of Korea.
In other words barring the Communist govern
ment's overthrow from within,; nothing short of war
will deter the Reds from an effort eventually to retake
Formosa regardless of the cost.
SO WE come back to our original proposal in this
This IS "a time of crisis." . :
The only chance this department can see of avoid
ing war is to turn over the entire matter of Formosa
the U.S.Ai-Red China dispute to the United Na
tions.
THIS might not prevent
unless one sMe or the other backs down. And neither
event appears likely. R.W.R.
Chiang's Dream Ends
It is not surprising that some opposition to evacua
tion of the Tachen Islands by the Nationalists should
develop.!
For every important island evacuated will pre
sumably be occupied by the Red Chinese and thus
the threat to the Pescadores and Formosa increased.1
DUT even more vital, as far as Chiang is concerned,
- would be the threat involved to any return by the
Nationalists to the mainland.
And here in reality is the heart of the entire Chi
nese problem. Even Chiang has admitted there is
no chance of any reconquest of China by him with
out US aid.
And we .have never heard any denial that such
aid would mean war in all probability another world
war.
fOES the Eisenhower administration still cherish
. the notion'that a time will come in the not too
distant future when such a return from Elba on
Chiang's part can be accomplished.
It is hard to say.
However, the recent declaration by President Eis
enhower" that while the Tachens are of value as an
"outpost," they are not vital in the defense of For
mosa, INDICATES such a hope, if once entertained,
has now been abandoned.
Otherwise, there would in all probability be some
effort to hold these so called "outposts." For while
they may not be vital to the defense of Formosa,
they might well be vital, if occupied by the enemy,
to the success of any mainland invasion from For
mosa. "
TN other words all evidence indicates that while the
- United States will defend the Pescadores arid
Formosa from attack, it will not support in any way,
and make no commitments whatever, regarding the
Chiang Kai-shek dream of a return to power in China
proper.
And that, if correct, ends the "dream I" R.W.R.
Thursday. January 17. 1ISS
99
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Red Government has de
war. '
Matter of Fact
(Joseoh Alsop will soon be reporting the China crisis from
Formosa. Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Stewart Alsop
reports on the crisis from Washington.)
IT COULD MEAN WAR
Washington The extraordi
nary gravity of the decision
which President Eisenhower has
now taken is not yet fully ap
preciated in Congress , or the
country. The decision is, essen
tially, to bomb the Chinese main
land, if this is deemed necessary
for the defense of the National-list-held
islands of Quemoy and
Matsu.
Bombing the Chinese main
land means, of course, war with
China. It could mean war with
China's aUy, Russia.
The' Presidential decision to
risk a major war in the defense
Of these two islands represents
a great victory for Adm. Arthur
Radford, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Last October,
Radford first proposed that the
Seventh Fleet should bomb. the
Chinese mainland, if necessary
to hold Quemoy. That time, Rad
ford suffered a defeat, when
President Eisenhower ruled
against it.
Thereafter, Radford went to
the Far East. He returned a
couple of weeks ago, surer than
ever that he was right. He im
mediately went to work to con
vince Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, who had taken a
middle position in the October
dispute.. Radford is a very per
suasive man, and Dulles at
length fell in with the substance
of his views. - '
It was thus Dulles, rather than
Radford, who went to the Presi
dent to persuade him to reverse
his October ruling. In the end,
the President decided on a cur
ious compromise the Tachens
would be evacuated, while war
would be risked if necessary to
defend Quemoy, the most im
portant Nationalist island, and
probably Matsu. This time, the
Joint Chiefs other than Radford
were informed of this Presiden
tial decision after it had already
been taken.
EVENTS, OF COURSE, helped
Radford. Evacuation of all
the off-shore islands was a pos
sible alternative, but Chiang
Kai-shek bitterly resisted this
idea. The alternative prospect of
letting - island after island fall
bloodily to the Communists,
while the Seventh Fleet stood
idly, by, seemed more and more
unappetizing as time went on.
At the same time, it became
more and more obvious that
these . islands r virtually . within
spitting distance of the mainland
could not possibly be defended
unless bases and supply lines on
the " mainland were attacked.
Finally, Sen. William Knowland.
On The Side
(Distributed .by King .
When a woman, especially a
divorcee, marries for a second
time, what does she. do with the
wedding ring acquired ' at the
time of her first marriage? Does
she get rid of it entirely? Or
does she keep it in some secret
place so as not to annoy her sec
ond husband? That is a query
put to this department. I don't
know, the answer. However, I'll
ask Peggy Hopkins Joyce or
Gloria Swanson about this the
next . time : I see them. Both
Peggy and ' Gloria have been
married five times. Might be in
teresting to ' know what they
have done with their old wed
ding rings.
Grandmothers
' The Swimming Grandmothers.
That's the name of a British club
of glamorous and lively grand
mas. They go swimming every
Wednesday, all the year around.
Youngest member is 53, oldest is
73. The 73 year old grandma is
the club's champion high diver.
In addition to , the joy from
swimming, these grandmas
claim the sport affords relief for
creaking . joints, ' arthritis and
rheumatism. Why not suggest to
your grandma that she start a
swimming club?
Proposals
Sixty-eight percent of present
YMCA Membership
Team Heads Named
Team captains for the YMCA
membership campaign, starting
in Medford Tuesday, Feb. 1,
have been named by Ray John
son and Robert Boyer, drive co
chairmen, and Dr. G. A. Dier
dorff, "V membership chair
man. .
jA total of 21 teams, with 6
workers to each team, will see
prospective "Y" members next
week, according to the campaign
co-chairmen. .
Heading the teams are Charles
Adamson, Ray Offord, Mrs. Roy
Wilkes, Mrs. Robert Newland,
Mrs. Sam Jennings, Charles
Thompson, Mrs. H. D. Bosworth,
Mrs. M. Wimmer, Gladys Lloyd,
Ruby ' Rowan, Charlene Cook,
Frank Dancer, Lee Ragsdale,
Larry ; Clark, Carl Burk, Sam
Harbison. Bill Duhaime, Clyde
Crenshaw, Don Day, Ken Cook,
and Mrs. W. G. Ardry. .
The drive begins with a "kick
off" dinner for workers,' to be
held at the Y.M.C.A. Monday
evening, Jan. 31, and the canvas
begins Tuesday morning.
By Stewart Alsop
was, of course, a powerful Rad
ford ally.
Both the President and Dulles
undoubtedly hoped that the
American decision to intervene
if necessary might bring "sta
bility" to the area, in the form
of a deal with the Communist to
accept an agreed dividing line in
the Straits of Formosa between
the two Chinas. In fact, the Pres
idential decision was presented
to the British on this basis. - -
Now both the Communists
and - Chiang have furiously re
jected any "two-China" deal,
and the hope that it can be made
is dying. Simultaneously, the
fear that the Chinese Commu
nists, . far from being deterred,
wiU accent the American chal
lenge ana invade Quemoy : or
Matsu, is growing.
" Moreover, although the basic
decision to attack the mainland
if necessary to defend the is
lands has been made, two vital
questions remain unanswered.
The first is: Do we use nuclear
weapons? Many policy-makers,
reportedly including Secretary
Dulles, say that the use 01 atomic
weapons against China would
have fatal political conse
quences. But there are cogent
arguments for using the decisive
weapons if the Chinese mainland
is to be attacked at all.
The second question is: What
do-we do if the Communists
succeed in taking Quemoy, say,
despite our intervention? , They
may well be capable of doing so.
American officers whovwatched
the invasion of Yikiangshan
through powerful glasses report
ed that it was a remarkably ef
ficient little operation. If Que
moy is taken despiteAmerican
bombing of the mainland, this
would be a genuinely , disastrous
blow to American prestige ' in
Asia. ' Yet current estimates are
that it would require a major
amphibiqus operation, involving
at least three crack American
divisions, to re-take the island
if it fell.
BUT ALTHOUGH such Vita
questions remain unanswered
the great central decision has
been made. The decision to
bomb the Chinese mainland if
necessary may weU be it prob
ably is the right decision. But
the dangers it involves, includ
ing the danger, of war, should
be faced up to boldly, rather
than being buried in ambigui
ties. And if these dangers are
faced up to boldly, surely it will
appear that this is hardly the
right time to begin reducing our
mvestment in defense.
Copyright, 1955, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate, Inc.)
day proposals of marriage take
place in automobiles. How did
you propose to the girl who be
came your wife? Or did she pro
pose to you? If she did and han
dled the proposal in particularly
subtle fashion, please advise us
as to her technique so we can
tell it to any of our bachelorette
subscribers who may want , to
pop the question to a reluctant
bachelor in a roundabout way. .
Memory
The average' person remem
bers nothing that happened to
him before the age of 5. So says
a man of science. That, statement
I question. I remember .very
clearly many things that happen
ed on my first trip to England.
I was 3 at that time.
Horses and Women
Does your wife know how to
put on nylon stockings so as to
avoid that disaster known as "a
run"? . Hosiery manufacturers
claim ' many : women lack this
knowledge. Discussing t his
claim, a Calif ornian who says
her nylons last "practicaUy for
ever" says the mood a woman is
in when donning her hosiery is
an important factor.. If a woman
is angry or depressed, she is
likely to put on her nylons in
any old way, thus weakening the
wearing qualities. The thing- to
do,, says this Calif ornian nylon
expert, is to sing while putting
on stockings. Also to wear cotton
gloves to avoid injury from fin
gernails. Keep that in mind, sir.
Instruct your wife to sing and
wear gloves when donning her
hosiery: May, save you some
money. ' - r.
Asides '
i How long were you married
before : you ; presented v:' your
charming wife with a mink
coat? Know who started that
style going strong? It was none
other than Queen Victoria who
wore a mink coat on her honey
moon v . . Burbank, Calif., is not
named in honor of Luther Bur
bank, the celebrated horticultur
ist, as most everybody believes.
Takes its name from Dr. , David
Burbank, a dentist, who founded
the town as a real estate development.---.
Inventor
Girls who wear glasses owe a
debt' of gratitude to Altina
Schinasi. Why? Altina invented
those harlequin spectacles that
make so many young women
look so glamorous.: Like film
stars trying " to , conceal their
identity. Altina Is related to
"Bubbles" Schinasi. By the way,
what became of "Bubbles" Schi
nasi? And where is "Honey
chile" Wilder? - How about
"Candy" Jones?
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Washington, President Eis
enhower sends to the Congress
an IMMENSELY IMPORTANT
message. In it he
IAsks Congress, for authority
to use the armed forces of
the United States, if necessary,
to assure the security of For
mosa and. the Pescadores islands
(consult your map) AGAINST
COMMUNIST ATTACK.
2 Says redeployment of the
Chinese forces among the
islands surrounding Formosa is
essential to the security of the
United States and that this re
deployment (because of the air
situation) would be impractical
without the assistance of the
armed forces of the United
States.
3 Asserts that IN THE INTER-
EST OF PEACE . . . THE
UNITED STATES MUST RE
MOVE ANY DOUBT REGARD
ING OUR READINESS TO
FIGHT, IF NECESSARY, TO
PRESERVE THE VITAL STAKE
OF THE FREE WORLD IN A
FREE FORMOSA, AND TO EN
GAGE IN WHATEVER OPERA
TIONS MAY BE REQUIRED TO
CARRY OUT THAT PURPOSE.
TN brief
States says to Communist China:
"We'll defend Formosa AT
ALL COSTS. You can put that
in your pipe and smoke it." :
AT this point, I think, three
questions will occur to aU of
us:
1. How are the Communist
Chinese reacting to this blunt
message from our President?
2. How is Congress reacting
to it?
: 3. How is American business
reacting to it?
T ET'S answer these questions
in numerical order:
1. Chou En-Lai, Red China's
premier, promptly accuses the
U:S. of "stepping up military
operaitons to make war provo
cations since the Communists
seized Yikiangshan Island." He
says we are - intervening in the
Chinese fighting, r
(But, SO FAR, he hasn't start
ed shooting at us or at For
mosa.) O The Congress, so far, Is giv-
ing every evidence that it
will back up the President's re
quest for authority to use our
armed forces in whatever man
ner may be necessary to meet
the Formosa situation. .
JF the Republicans don't back
V-l- up a wise and .moderate RE
PUBLICAN!; President, , t h e y
aren't fit to be Republicans, I'd
say., As for the Democrats, the
Formosa' ljne was laid down by
Democratic President Truman
in 1950, when lie threw the U.S.
7th fleet between Formosa and
the Red Chinese mainland, with
orders to fight if attacked. Those
orders still stand.)
Let's add: .
In GRAVE international sit
uations and this one is certain
ly grave enough we can't, af
ford partisan squabbling.
O How is business reacting?
Grains advanced in early
trading on the Chicago Board
of Trade. Grains, historically,
ALWAYS ADVANCE ON THE
PROSPECT OF WAE.
The New York Stock' Ex
change is taking the news in
stride.
Historically, stock' prices tend
to FALL on the prospect of war
(the war climate isn't favorable
to business.) - -
A WORD here as to WHY the
President is asking Congress
for authority to use our armed
forces in whatever manner may
be necessary to meet the For
mosa situation.
He undoubtedly HAS the au
thority. But
If he asks ' the Congress for
authority to use the armed
forces of the U.S. in whatever
manner he (as commander-in-chief)
deems necessary and if
the authority he asks is GIVEN
FREELY AND PROMPTLY BY
THE CONGRESS it will be plain
to all the world that in this
situation THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA IS UNITED AND
WILL FIGHT: D?. THE COMMU
NISTS ATTACK US IN THE
FORMOSA AREA.
THAT'S about the way the
situation stands in this criti
cal day in our history.
Expansion Program
Started by Pick's
.Work was started this week,
on an enlargement program for
Pick's Apparel store, 112 East
Main st. The additional space,
in the Allen hotel building, will
provide a front entrance and
sales room on ; Front st., just
south of East Main st. The ap
parel shop's main store will con
tinue to face East Main st. When
the remodeling is completed the
shop will be in an "L" shape.
The new space, formerly occu
pied by the Basic Health Food
store will add about 1,400 square
feet to the apparel shop. Anoth
er room adjoining ' the space
and facing Front St., will be
used as a stock - room and of
fice. Total square feet of the
store will be about 2,500. .
Russians Must Wait
Longer tfor Promised
Consumer Goods Hike
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
' The Russian people are going
to have to keep on waiting for
those automatic refrigerators
and
o t h e r
things the So
viet govern
ment promised
them after the
Stalin.
That seems to
be the big rea
son behind the
"relief, of
of - Anetas I.
Mikoyan as
Charles Mccaaa soviet minis
ter for domestic trade.
There has been speculation
that Mikoyan's removal was
hooked up with rivalry for lead
ership in the Kremlin.
For one thing, "Old Bolshe
vik" Mikoyan played a big part
in the rise of his fellow-Trans-caucasian
and protege. Lavrenti
P. Beria, who became a rival of
Premier Georgi M. Malenkov f or
power and was executed as a
result.
But it seems pretty certain
that Mikoyan lost his job be
cause Malenkov's big consumer
goods campaign xouaDsed.
Not Purged
Mikoyan was not purged. He
remains a deputy premier and
a member of the ruling presi-
aium of : the Communist Party
Central Committee.
His trouble was that he was
too intimately involved in Mal
enkov's consumer goods drive.
and a change of names in the
trade ministry was necessary.
it was Malenkov himself who
announced on, Aug. 8, 1953, five
months after Stalin's death, that
the Kremlin was "now fully in
a position to increase the pro
duction of consumer goods
sharply."
i
Ridgvay Sees Need
For 4, Troops
For China Foothold
Washington U.PJ Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway told senators
that 300,000 to 400,000 US.
ground -troops would be seeded
to win a foothold on the Chinese
mainland, it was reported today.
The statement was attributed
Two Veterans Slated
Mervin A. Stone, 77, of 511
South Central ave a veteran of
the Spanish American war, was
to - be flown to Portland this
afternoon by Mercy Flights air
ambulance plane. He has been at
Sacred Heart hospital since Jan,
13 for treatment of a heart con
dition. He will be transferred to
the Veterans Administration
hospital at Vancouver, Wash,
Another patient, Joseph Filer,
of the Griffin Creek area, - was
to be taken on the same flight.
He is going to the Portland VA
hospital . for abdominal surgery.
The two will be the 315th and
316th patients carried by the
non-profit air ambulance organi
zation's planes since it began
service five years ago this
month. . ,
Jacksonville Slates
Polio fund Events
Jacksonville Several events
have been scheduled here for
the next few days, all to aid the
March of Dimes, according to
Ray .Wilson, local chairman.
Members of the Girl Scouts
will solicit on the streets dur
ing the day Saturday.
Jacksonville will participate
in the nation-wide Mothers
March Monday from 7 to 8 pjn.
The city has been divided into
four districts and mothers will
call for contributions at homes
where a lighted porch light or
a candle in the window extends
an invitation, - Wilson said.
Women of the Royal Neigh
bors of America are holding cof
fee klatches which have met
with considerable success, Wil
son 'said.
funeral services prearranged in ad
vonce of need saves others financial
and emotional burdens later.
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The stepping up of consumer
goods was Mikoyan's job, and he
did his best' ' -7 .
In ' a . speech he made last
March, Mikoyan promised' con
sumer goods production on such
a scale as to mean a new and
decisive . expansion of the
people's welfare." ' ' ; '
' trnr. rill mMA aloiMI tli. mW
aeatn of Josefito abundance with seven-league
boots," Mikoyan said. :
Big Increase
Russian trade figures for 1954
show big increases in the 'pro
duction of consumer goods re
frigerators, television sets; wash
ing machines, vacuum cleaners,
footwear and textiles. v
The increases were announc
ed, as usual, on the basis of per
centages as compared with 1953,
The actual figures Would have.
disclosed how pitifully small the
output was as compared to that,
in Western countries.
It was only a few days after'
the figures were published that
Mikoyan, the man responsible
for the rise, lost his job. It was
made known at the same time
that Russia must concentrate on
heavy industry. That " means
steel, machinery and allied
products. .
Geared To War Production
Russia's heavy industry is
geared closely- wtih war produc
tion. The Kremlin explains that
the welfare aims of the Western
powers make continued concen
tration on heavy industry
necessary.
The fact is that what makes
it necessary is, the Communist
dictator. Dictators can not de
mobilize. A demobilized Red
army would be a political men
ace. And a well-fed, contented
Russian people would be able to
think about other things than
scraping a bare living and keep
ing out of jail. ,
to the Army chief of staff by a
Senate informant familiar with
developments at Tuesday's closed-door
. session of the Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services committees. ..
;.The Joint Chiefs of Staff ap
peared at that session for testi
mony -hich some senators in
terpreted as clear evidence of
disagreement; between Ridgway
and Adm. Arthur W. Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Unanimity Claimed -
. The conflict was said to have
developed s when Radford was
asked if the four service 'chief-,
tains were unanimous in support
of President Eisenhower's Far
Eastern defense plans. Radford
had been quoted previously, in
a public announcement from the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,-
as saying they were
unanimous.
Ridgway was reported to have
arisen and said in effect, "I was
not consulted."
Radford agreed that Ridgway
was out of Washington when the
Joint Chiefs considered the For
mosa program. Ridgway told the
committees that a deputy, who
was present, was not authorized
to speak for him oh the issue.
Ridgway was said to have giv
en these answers ana to nave
testified with great reserve be
cause his position seemed to put
him in conflict with Mr. Eisen
hower. Differing Viewpoints
His apparent disagreement
with Radford involved differing
viewpoints about the likelihood
of U.S. ground forces being com
mitted in any American military
action against the R-ad Chinese
mainland or in defense of off
shore islands, such ss Quemoy,
held by the Nationalists.
It was said Radford aid noi
rule out strikes against the
mainland or the defense of Que
moy, but he visualized such ac
tion in terms of using air and sea
power. Ridgway feared that
such moves might lead to the
commitment of ' ground forces.
He said these already are over
extended. The American Telephone and
Telegraph company was organ
ized Feb. 28, 1885.