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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
$0 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1945
(It was Tuesday) .
Tony Manno announces plans
to open a new hardware store, to
be known ..as. Acme hardware,
at the corner of Main and Grape
sts. in building formerly - oc
cupied by Rexall Drug store.
from Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Gin is now
rationed in this state. Addicts re
port some of it tasted like the
manufacturers never got over
the late 1920 trick of making it
in a bath tub.
tO YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1935
dt was Wednesday)
ft. W 11 . 1 3 w - -
sui nanie-y ruucn in xiarney
county sold to federal govern
ment for use as a bird refuge.
Willie Hoppe, famed billiard
player, visits in Medford.
80 YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1925
(It was Friday)
New paved road to Jackson
ville named Jacksonville High
way, nam proposed py nui
Britt
Landslide near Gilchrist ranch
In Sams Valley area attracts wide
attention.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1915
(It was Saturday)
C. C. Beekman, pioneer Jack
sonville banker, reported to be
dangerously ill.
Miss Nellie Coram stars for
Medford high school girls' bas
ketball team in 16 to 0 victory
over Talent.
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What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. On Feb. 14, 270 A.D. St.
Valentine was born, died, be
came a Christian, was martyred,
or composed a famous ode to
love?
2. The newest large scaled
armed forces maneuvers on nu
clear weapons take place in
Arizona, Nebraska, Nevada or
New Mexico?
3. There were more or fewer
business failures in 1954 than
the year before, or about the
same number?
4. More new Buicks, Oldsmo
biles or Pontiacs were produced
during January?
5. Production of wheat is high
est in Illinois, Kansas, Montana,
North Dakota or Washington? .
6. Number of hotel rooms in
New York City is about 25,000,
125,000 or 250,000.
7. A Nisei is a type of divorce,
month in the Jewish calendar,
prince in India, or Japanese born
in U. of parents born abroad?
The Answers: 1 Was mar-
tyred. 2 Nevada. 3 More. 4
More Buicks. 5 Kansas. 6
About 125.000. 7 Japanese born
in the U.S.
BP A Awards Contracf
For McNary Power Line
' Portland (U.R) Bonne
ville Power administration Fri
day awarded a contract for the
104-mile McNary-Maupin 287,
000 volt transmission line No.
2 to Tyee construction company
of Seattle on a low bid of $391,
608. - A second contract fir 1.3
miles of two 30,000-volt trans
mission lines at McNary switch
yard was awarded to Fischbach
and Moore, Inc., Seattle, on a
bid of $26,987.. , .... ; ,
MAIL TRIBUNE
A Great Victory
The selection of San Francisco as the convention
city for the Republicans next year, is not only a great
victory for the Golden Gate metropolis- but for the
Pacific Coast.
For this is the first time in all history, for the
Grand Old Party to shake the dust and humidity of
the East and Middlewest from its brogans and come
to the section of the United States , where Columbus
would have landed, had he known the facts. ,
'J'HE Democrats chose San Francisco once.
But that was 35 years ago, and didn't leave a very
good impression for the ticket chosen there was one
of the worst-beaten in recent history Cox and Roose
velt. We were there, and well remember the eloquent
fight put up by William Jennings Bryan against both
the ticket and the platform. As usual he was wildly
cheered by the galleries, but also, as usual, the dele
gates down below voted the other way. However,
fortunately, the Republicans aren't superstitious, and
not. easily swayed by precedents, particularly when
established by the opposition.
THE selection of San Francisco was also a victory
for President Eisenhower. For the alternative was
Chicago, which is a hot-bed of opposition to him and
for isolationism. The popularity of McCarthy and
McCarthyism in that metropolis, and in the sanctum
of the "world's greatest newspaper" (quote) may
have been another factor; not a determining one,
perhaps, but after all, political delegates are merely
human, and the local press and pressures do some
times have a bearing on convention decisions and
results.
TTHE President and his supporters will escape all
that in San Francisco.
And then there, will be the weather.
The convention date advanced from June to Au
gust may help slightly, but
Chicago is usually about
USA can get, while the Golden Gate area (also us
ually) is perfect. This action extending the date, in
cidentally, will shorten the
a blessing to all concerned.
And weather is important. It was a determining
factor some claim in creating the weakness of the op
position to the nomination of Senator Harding, back
in the distant '20s, and that was unfortunate.
COME of the Eastern and Middlewest delegates will
undoubtedly complain about the time consumed in
getting to and fro, and also the increased expenses
of transportation.
But m view of the overwhelming "Eisenhower
prosperity" such a complaint should have little weight
We have never seen a; delegate to a GOP convention
moreover, who was short of cash or credit, and don't
believe there will be many next year.
Then one should consider how the long-suffering
railroads will benefit on the long haul. And the air
lines too. The last Republican convention pledged
support to both.
CAN FRANCISCO of course will be the chief bene-
ficiary however. But many of the delegates will
come or go home via Oregon. And that will widen
their geographical horizons some of them probably
have never been west of the Mississippi before and
benefit the state economically and politically.
So it s all to the good. In fact the selection of the
Pacific Coast for the Republican convention comes
nearer absolute inspiration with a touch of genius,
than anything the GOP national committee has done
in a long time.
We take pleasure in extending sincere and hearty
congratulations. R.W.R.
Senator Morse, Democrat
As far as Senator Morse is concerned evervone.
including Ted Lewis, should now be happy.
For several years now the Republicans have
wanted to get rid of him. The Democrats, particularly
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in recent momns, nave wanted u) get mm in ineir
as. n
low.
Both have, with the Senator now registered a a
Democrat, got what they wanted.
way should mere be iurtner complaint?
The answer is there shouldn't
But our guess is the GOP leadership hatred of our
senior Senator runs so strong and so deep, there
will be. '
T least according to our representative in Salem,
there is a movement on foot already to bruiz
court action declaring Senator Morse's seat vacant,
the argument being that a man elected as a Repub
lican must remain a Republican or get out
We will have to leave the decision up to the law
yers and the courts, but we can't believe Republican
leadership in the state will ever OK a move as stupid
politically as that. For nothing would assure the vic
tory of Morse next year more positively and over
whelmingly than to deprive him of his seat by court
action for a few months.
If the Republicans are smart they will say noth
ing, take the blow gracefully, and get the strongest
candidate they can to run against our senior Senator
some 20 months hence. At best that ii going to be
some job.
QNLY those who place party above principle, devo
tion to a political organization above devotion to
country, can have any legitimate criticism of our sen
ior Senator's action. ... v j n
On practically every important issue Morse be
lieves as the Democrats do, and has -for some time.
Bunday, February 20, 1835
not much. Mid-summer in
as bad climatically as the
campaign, which will be
Matter of Fact
CAN WE RELY ON
THE. H-BOMB?
Washington Admiral Lewis
L. Strauss, Chairman of ... the
Atomic Energy Commission, has
at long last
. told the Amer
ican people the
grim; facts
about 'the hy
.'drogen bomb
- facts which
the Russians
certainly knew
already, - and
which were
first . reported
Stewart Ataop . - this space
many months ago.
On orders from the President,
Chairman Strauss has revealed
that fall-out from the hydrogen
bomb blankets an area of. about
7,000 square miles with lethally
radio-active material. (These re
porters, for once in a way, were
over-optimistic, when they re
ported the area affected as be
tween 4,000 and 6,000 square
miles). By instructing Strauss to
reveal the truth about fall-out,
President Eisenhower has at
least made it possible for the
American people to consider
their national situation in the
light of reality. This must be
considered a major gain.
In his Presidentially-approved
statement, Chairman Strauss has
also answered a question which
has been most anxiously debated
in the highest government circles
in recent weeks. The question is:
Should we continue to test hy
drogen weapons? The Eisenhower-Strauss
answer is, in ef
fect, "yes."
There is undoubtedly an ele
ment of risk in this answer, not
only to living human beings but
to their descendants, as the
Strauss statement itself half
acknowledges. But it is no doubt
the right answer all the same. It
is the right answer for the same
simple reason that the 1949 deci
sion to make the hydrogen bomb
in the first place was right
because we could not take the
chance that the Russians would
gain a decisive advantage over
us.
When the first atomic bomb
was exploded in 1945, the world
set out on a new road, and no
one can say where the road will
lead. But the physicists includ
ing Dr. Edward Teller, the pe
culiar genius of the hydrogen
bomb-are sure that the hydro
gen bomb is not the end of the
road.
.
EVEN the monstrous Super
Super, the bomb with a power
more than 20,000 times the
power of the first atomic bomb,
will not be the end of the road.
And this country cannot afford
to let the Soviet Union travel
further or faster on this, terrible
road than the United States. We
must be sure, to put it bluntly,
that our weapons are at all
times even more horrible than
their weapons. And we cannot
possibly oe sure of this unless
we constantly test our weapons.
Yet . the Strauss statement
leaves unnanswered the most im
portant question of .all. This is,
quite . simply, whether we are
right to rely on the hydrogen
bomb as our principal offensive
weapon.
There are experts who be
lieve that there are universal and
suicidal dangers in the hydrogen
bomb, which are only hinted at
in the Strauss report. For ex
ample, the report notes that radio
strontium xrom Hydrogen ex
plosions could fall out at great
distances "later to be. eaten by
humans or by grazing animals
which, in turn, provide food for
humans."
Radio strontium has a special
affinity for bone. The human
foetus is peculiarly sensitive to
radiation. The danger here is
that radio strontium fall-out on
grazing areas might reach and
destroy, the foetus through a
complicated grass - cattle - milk-bone-foetus
chain - of - death.
The Strauss report notes that
studies of this radio strontium
danger are so far "reassuring."
But would this be true of a full
scale hydrogen war in which hy
drogen bombs were used in great
numbers? Might not this kind of
war make still-births a univer
sal phenomenon?
This suggests only one of the
That is true of Hells Canyon, Tidelands Oil, public
power partnerships, conservation of natural resources,
tax reductions and Dixon-Yates. ,
Senator Morse has simply left the party in which
he no longer believes, and joined the party in which
he does believe.
We fail to understand the point-of-view of anyone
who would deny any American citizen in this free
country, in public life or out of it, of that right.
THOSE Democrats who expect 100 regularity
m from their new member, however, are going to be
disappointed. Senator Morse will vote against the
Democratic party whenever he thinks that party
wrong, just as he did against the Republican party.
He is by nature an independent, and a militant one.
Placing what is best for, the country above what
may be best for him politically or for his party, is no
pleasing but empty slogan for him. Morse sincerely
believes it and acts upon it '
The Senator has followed that course ever since
he entered public life. He will, we believe, continue
to follow it so long as he remains.
And it is this paper's belief, also, that is the sort
of courageous, strong, intelligent and nonpartisan
representation in Washington that a majority of the
people of this state, regardless of the party label,
want R.W.R. ; -
By Stewart Alsop '
reasons why some very distin
guished scientists are convinced
that the hydrogen bomb is a
weapon with a suicidal backlash.
Some scientists, for example, be
lieve that large numbers of hy
drogen explosions will greaUy
increase the incidence of cancer;
or will cause mutations in later
generations; or will even, in the
word of Nobel Prize winner, Dr.
Edgar Adrian, "lead to a degree
of radio activity which no one
can tolerate or escape," and thus
"end the human race."
BUT suppose all these experts
fears are wholly unfounded.
Suppose the only danger is the
local fall-out described in the
Strauss, report Will we reaUy
ever use a weapon which rains
death on an area the size of New
Jersey? Will we use such a weap
on when we know that the enemy
has it too? Indeed, might we not
hesitate to deal such indiscrim
inate death, even if we knew
that the enemy could not reply
in kind?
No one in his senses will argue
that we should stop making these
weapons, as long as the Russians
are making them. But relying on
such suicidal weapons as the cen
tral element in our power is
something else again. . And it
does seem time to ask whether
we are right to do so. It is not
at all an easy question to answer,
but it is time to ask it all the
same.
(Copyright, 1955. New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
In the Day's News
By FRANNK JENKINS
Britain discloses officially that
she has the capacity to produce
hydrogen bombs and will pro
ceed to do so.
In the formal government
tjolicy statement that accom
panies the announcement she
says: "The H-bomb's power al
ready is awesome and there
are no technical or scientific
limits to the production of nu
clear weapons STILL MORE
DEVASTATING."
"This fact by itself may keep
the peace."
I
T'S GOOD news for two
reasons:
1. Britain's participation wUl
help to spread the odium. Only
Russia and the U. S. presently
have the H-bomb. That' causes
everybody to HATE AND FEAR
US, as. well as Russia.
2. Britain is an important
industrial nation, and her pro
duction of nuclear weapons will
help to keep the BALANCE OF
POWER on the. side of the free
world.
rpHE Republican national com'
! mittee. ratifies" Sari' Francisco
as the place and August 20 as
the date for the GOP's Presi
dential nominating convention
next year. .
Goody! That means that a lot
of us out here who otherwise
wouldn't- be able to afford it
will get to see a big national
party convention.
(In the flesh, I mean, and not
just via TV.)
rriHE National Education asso
A ciation, in a statement pre
sented to the senate labor com
mittee, denounces President Eis
enhower's program for federal
aid to schools. The proposed aid
by the federal government, the
statement says, is much too
small. -
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama,
the senate labor committee's
chairman, says he feels the ad
ministration's program is Vtoo
little and too late."
TF I HAD to comment, I'd ay
that it's TOO MUCH AND
TOO SOON.
Let's keep the control of our
schools at home instead of send
ing it back to Washington,
where we've sent control of
nearly everything else. '
AT FIRST thought, getting
money for local purposes
from our good old Uncle Sam
seems like a rosy idea. There
are two things, however, that
nhnulri be kept in mind.
1. The only way Uncle Sam
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Why Be Pikers?
To the Editor:
Washington (U.R) House
members, emboldened by ad
vice of their leaders, voted
themselves a $10,000 a year;
pay raise today. 7 r : ;
Ten grand a year? A raise of
only 66 23 per cent? Why be
pikers about this thing? Why not
make it double or nothing? A
raise for what? For leading the
country straight to the demni-
tion bow-wows? They are lucky
not to get a 20 per cent cut.
Oh well, if anyone had any
doubt that Washington is a mad
house and congressmen a bunch
of psychos fugitives from a
cosmic booby hatch this should
convince him. With the federal
economy long . since bankrupt,
and their only out the coming
repudiation of the federal debt
(oh yes, that also is on the fire)
what odds a few more million
per annum for the hog trough?
This raise has been cooking
ever since they whoopea. tne
president's take up into .- the
stratosphere, with $50,000 of it
tax free. Remember that little
steal? Excuse for that was that
the head of our grand and glor
ious country certainly should
receive emoluments on a par
with England's royalty. If you
have the figures handy, I won
der how this new steal, with
House salaries raised to $25,000
per year (plus expenses and
other extras) compares with sal
aries of England's Parliament.
Eh, what?
Well, we . ain't . seen nothin
yet. This congressional gravy
train is just gettin started on
the most goshawful ' road of
handouts in history. But if you
editors and the rest of us let 'em
get away with it, then we have
truly become a nation of gutless,
spineless dopes and we will well
deserve whatever comes. (While
the Russians laugh, in their wait
to see us wreck our own econ
omy.)
"Our enemy the state." Who
said that?
Old Codger,
Ashland, Ore..
(Name on File)
What To Eat
To the Editor: I often read
that there are three white foods
that are a detriment to the
health of America: salt, refined
sugar, refined flour.
. If anyone who is interested
in the teeth of growing children,
would take a ; trip about .: town
at lunch time they could fee
why America uses ten times as
much sugar as any other coun
try.
Then there is the soft drinks
that the children drink to ex
cess. For example, I know
man who used to work where
they make one and he said it
contains an acid powder.
Foods -containing elements
recommended for the teeth are
as follows: alfalfa, apples, all
fishes, barley, beets, all nuts,
buckwheat, brussels sprouts
brown rice, cabbage, celery.
corn bread, cod liver oil, dates,
goat milk, rolled oats, sauer
kraut, turnips, watercress,
prunes, egg yolk, and- garlic,
This element is a trace of flou-
rine in vegetable form, not
chemical, which is used to kill
rats.
Mary E. Atkins, '
1630 Orchard Home dr.,
Medford, Ore.
From Far-Cff Maryland
To the Editor: This letter is in
regard to the article printed in
the Washington Evening Star,
dated February 10, 1955 which
informed me of the plot to unseat
one of this country's most learn
ed lawyers, honest patriots, and
fighters of freedom for equal
justice under law, the Honorable
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon.
It seems that some Republi
cans, do not want the American
citizens of this country to have
one of our cherished rights, and
that is,'fredom of speech which
can get money, for. ANY pur
pose, is to take it out of the peo
ple's pockets. (Federal taxes paid
by Oregon people amount to con
siderably more than Oregon
state, county and city taxes com
bined.) ;
2. When Uncle Sam puts up
the money for any local pur
pose (even though he first takes
it out of our . pockets) he gets
the idea that he ought to RUN
THE SHOW.
Air Force Academy
Has Many Applicants
'! Washington (U.R) Air
Force Secretary Harold E. Tal
bot isn't worried about claims
that young Americans no longer
want to fly. ' '
He said the applications of
5564 young men ' for appoint
ments to the new U.S. Air Force
Academy "seems ; an eloquent
answer to the oftenheard
cc-ims.
The deadline for nominations
t- the academy passed Friday
afternoon. '
The first class of 300 cadets
wiU enter the academy next July
11 at the temporary site at Low-
ry Air Force Base, Denver, Colo.
They will be selected by- com
petitive examinations from the
qualified nominees' and from ap
plicants already in military ser
vice - -
the Senator engages in. He cer
tainly doesn't need a caucus to
tell him how to . express his
views. He covers and analyzes
most phases of the problems at
hand. He's fundamental and crys
tal-clear about his views during
these complicated times. His
analogy of history and law are
hard to surpass, during the long
tedious debates held on the iioor
of the Senate of the United
States. Many legislators should
follow his: code of procedure. ..
If .this letter serves any pur
pose at aU, it would be to re-.
elect Senator Wayne Morse,
whether he runs as a Republican,
Democrat, or an Independent,
for he's a man of principle and
policy and not party. I sincerely
hope the citizens of the State
of Oregon realize what a tremen
dous job their Senator has done
in Washington. Many .obscurities
have been cleared by the pres
ence of this courageous. and fear
less legislator. To defeat Sena
tor Morse in an election would
be like abolishing the first
amendment of the Constitution.
Let us debate the issues with
our opponents so the American
people wiU hear the advantages
and disadvantages of tne pro
posed bUl. I congratulate and
commend the Senator from, the
State of Oregon. Our country
will be in a dangerous state of
affairs when a man of his caliber
is strategicaUy removed from
public office.
Anthony A. puraine,
1511 Madison street,
. ' Hyattsville, Maryland.
Thanks From the President
To the Editor: I suppose it is
human nature for people to
snatch up a . peri and dash off
a letter of protest, or of criticism
to the editor when they read
something he has written that
displeases them '. . and . using
only my own nature to go by,
how slow they are to pick up
that same pen and tell the editor
how much something he has
written pleases them. "What
fools we mortals be."
So it is with me in regard to
the editorial . which you wrote
about the Footlighters last week.
I was exceedingly; pleased with
it and no were many other peo
ple. We called others on the tele
phone to be sure to read it. we
know that the fair review. Mr.
Allen gave our play and the sub
sequent flurry of letters and
comment which ; followed has
done more good for our organiza
tion than - the most expensive
advertising could ever do. ,.
. So I ' do offer my deepest
thanks to you for. the . regard
which you expressed for us when
you took up your pen and wrote
that editorial,
o Lavetus Wimmer, ;
President of Footlighters,
Medford, Ore.
They Oppose Highway Route
To the Editor: We of South
ern Oregon cherish the wonder
ful beauty of our valley, and
now we are faced with great
growth of population, more in
dustrialization, traffic and park
ing problems. Where shall the
necessary four-lane freeway be
located in the Medford area? Mr.
R. H. Baldock, state highway en
gineer, states in a letter dated
Feb. 9, 1955, "In the 'matter of
the relocation of U. S. 99 through
Medford, you are advised that
the survey is now under Vway
and no definite determination
between the State - Highway
Commission and the v City of
Medford, insofar as a route either
through or around Medford is
concerned. ; i
"Extensive studies will be
made of the routing through and
around Medford, and my recom
mendation for the route to be
selected will be the one which
affords the greatest benefits for
the largest number of people at
the least cost. We thank you for
your views on this location and
will give careful attention : to
your objections to the location
through the park-".
We are proud of what the com
mission has accomplished
throughout the state, and should
help the commission by giving it
the benefit of organized public
opinion as to .the route. This is
not a matter' concerning only
the City of Medford. We want
cultured ' people' to come' here
and find what makes life worth
living. It Would be tragic to give
up plans for the park along Bear
Creek, and spoil progress already
made. Let the county, city, civic
organizations and trade unions
get together and help the High
way Commission make a wise
decision.'
Dr. George B. Dean,
265 Janney Lane,
- - Medford
To the Editor; There is the im
pression that the highway going
over Hawthorne , park would not
interfere with the park's use as
such, but has anyone who has
ever tried to have a picnic under
an overpass thoroughly enjoyed
himself? Not only is there a great
deal of noise but the fumes from
cars aren't violels. Also there
is always litter being thrown
out and sometimes bottles which
might cause some child damage.
As to through traffic, does
anyone remember ever stopping
when they were going anywhere
to- shop - along the way, unless ;
PoilucEt
ly M-T Staff and Contributor
Many local women" probably
give their husbands Valentines
on St. Valentine's day, but re
cently we heard about one who
went about it in a little different
way. ' '.
Six years ago she bought her
husband a Valentine and gave)
it to him. He liked it, so she '
kept it, and gave it to him the
next year. Again, he was appre
ciative, so she saved it and gay
it. to him a third time.
. This got to be such a good
thing that it went on for six
years. Happened again this
year, as a matter of fact. But,
this 'year, said husband opened
the envelope, took out the Val
entine and said 'This looks fam
iliar." All of which goes to show that
husbands really aren't as unob
serving as their wives claim
they are. :
- We know drivers who claim
they've operated a motor ve
hicle for years without an
accident, but after something -we
saw last week we're not
sure that's legal.
A Medford youth was ar
rested, cited into court, and '
fined $10. The violation as
listed on the police citation
slip was wreckless driving."
Lucille Smith, a deputy clerk
in district court, ordered ; a
new car recently, and when-it
arrived at the dealer's show
room, it turned out to be blue
and white. Lucille thought the
inside of the car was beautiful,
but she doesn't like blue.
So the dealer obligingly rol
led the car, a 1955 model that
had never been driven r around
the block, into the paint room
and painted it black and white..
Now Lucille thinks the outside
looks beautiful too. - ' -"
Sort of looks like a city po
lice car, though, doesn't it Lu
cille?
The week's sad story has to
do with the fleecing of a re- '
tired couple, residents of a
neighboring town, who lis
tened to the long distance tel
ephone sales pitch of a Can
adian "uranium mine" stock '
salesman. When the persuasive-voiced
salesmen's spell
finally wore off, , the couple
instituted inquiry as to just -what
their "investment" was
worth, they found they had'
been "took" to the tune of
several thousand dollars.
Mail Tribune staff member,
last week worked hard and got
away from the old cliche "har
binger of spring" in a story
about a flock of swallows. He
struggled manfully for "another
word and proudly came forth
with, the rather obscure "pre
cursors of spring."
- Then the paper came out and
precursor was spelled wrong in
both the headline and the story.
So, another staff member, in a
helpful mood, came up with a
list of 49 words that might be
used in place of "harbinger."
So don't be surprised when a
story about the first swallows
of 1956 calls them "foreloopers
of spring." f ,
Formosa Said Key
To Holding Reds
Honolulu (U.R) Rep. Walter
H. Judd, (R-Minn.), said Friday
night Formosa is the key which
the free world must hold to pre
vent' communism from overrun
ning all of Southeast Asia and
Australia.'
, Speaking to a delayed Repub
lican Lincoln day dinner, Judd
said if the democracies can not
find a wey to break the Com
munist might on the mainland
Japan will fall to Communism.
He said also that Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru once
told him India could not defend
herself from a Communist mili
tary attack.
Judd said he is greatly en
couraged about the chances of
peace in Asia "because we seem
to have a global policy for the
first time. ' . . .
"It is clear this administration
realizes the nature of Commun
ism and will not again take
words as substitutes for deeds.
There will be no more confer
ences where we give away is
lands of our friends."
Montana Senate Okays
Interstate Compact
Helena, Mont. (U.R) The
state Senate Friday passed and
sent to the House a bill for
ratification of the Columbia In
terstate compact.
There was no argument as the
Senate gave final approval by
a 30-21 vote to the bill which
it had tentatively approved earl
ier in the week.
there were unique local ware?
Where people do buying on trips
is when they stay for a - visit
in places where they like to be
or have things to see or do.
Where people stay they are go
ing to leave money for things
they need. Let's not lose a lovely
attraction!
Florence Dean, . , .
- - 285 Janney- Lane. '