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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordUWribuni "veryoody iu ooutnern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MUt UKU rtun iniu 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHJPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON, Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daiy and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Dailv and Sunday One month 1.25 Sunday Only One year $3.50. Rv Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Photnix, Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier ana ueaiers oc per cupj All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford .1 I . n M V.-ba.n n I ... Un ited Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION A J.u4iMni DanrasantafivA TirrcT urvr r TnAV rnitfPAMV TKC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeies Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL E DITOtlAl AcVnrh-ATilON 'iliiUMI-1 NEWSPAPEt PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1945 (It was Thursday) Technical staff for Red Cross benefit play to be given at Holly theater includes Mrs. Richard H. Alley, Mrs. Tom Emmens, Mrs. Wilton White, Mrs. Fred Greene, and Mrs. Deborah Tumy From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot Column: Owners of cocktail shakers have sent them to war. They double as churns. The buttermilk there from is used in pancake batter, and the butter used to grease finished product. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1935 (It was Friday) Enrico Caruso Jr., son of famed tenor, to present concert in Med' ford at Craterian theater. ' Washington grade school wins city grade school basketball championship with team com posed of Frank Dixon, Jack Still well, .Billy Thorndike, Frank Rogers, Glen Jewett, Dee Park er, Vern Kellenbeck and Donald Wood. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1925 ; (It was Sunday) Pair held in Mexico as De Autremont brothers, sought for Siskiyou tunnel holdup and mur . ders. "Bobbed hair" style adopted by scores of girls and women in Medford area. .. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1915 (It was Monday) Excavation work starts for new Federal building at Holly and Sixth sts. . Medford Jitney club presents a social dance at St. Mark's hall. What's Ihe Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. More or less than three fourths of all workers in large city factories are union mem bers? 2. Which had the longest run on Broadway: Abie's Irish Rose, Life with Father, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Tobacco Road? 3. Minimum pay for an en listed man in the Army is now more or less than $75 a month? 4. Which has the highest dol lar sales: Allied Stores, May Stores, R. H. Macy, J. C. Penney chain, Marshall Field? 5. The "Black Sox Scandal" of a generation ago was in baseball, national politics, basketball, Wall Street, or college football? 6. Average unemployment benefit' now being paid in the 48 states is around $15, $20, $25, $30, or $35 a week? 7. A Cosmetologist works in a physics laboratory, ' fireworks factory, dressmaking shop, ob servatory, or beauty parlor? The Answers: 1. More than three-fourth. 2. Life with Father. 3. Slightly more than $75. 4. J. C. Penney chain. 5. Baseball. 6. Around $25 a week as na tional average. 7. Beauty parlor. A USEFUL SIGN v- Huntingdon, Tenn. . (U.R) Eldon Roark had no use for a used yard sign which read "The Eldon Roarks" and mailed it to a stranger with the same name in another city 100 miles away. MAIL TRIBUNE Russian Communism Fails Once upon a time, long long ago, it was stated in this department that the totalitarian government of Russia had within itself the seeds of its own destruc tion. Well it has taken a long time to materialize but it really looks now as though there might have been some truth in that declaration. - pOR IF the current reports are true or a majority of them, the motive force of the Russian world revolution is steadily declining. : For that force was based upon the claim that the so-called "dictatorship of the proletariat" would bring a new and better day for the human race; not for the privileged few, but for the masses, and as the masses in every country comprise a large majority, communism would therefore sweep over the world, and what is known as private capitalism, would dis appear. THHAT BELIEF, the corner stone of communist propaganda and doctrine, has now been tested for over 35 years, and instead of being confirmed has been discredited, instead of improving the conditions of the Russian people as a whole, the reverse has been true. , That at least is what one cleans from the state ments made, not by enemies of Russia, but by the Russian leaders themselves, explaining the recent de motion of former Premier Malenkov. AGRICULTURE particularly has declined. Yields per acre and total yields have gone down. There are fewer cattle in Russia today than there were be fore the revolution. In some districts there have been famines, and meanwhile the millions of. Russians m exile or slaverv camps, have steadily increased, add ing to popular misery and discontent. NOW THE proof of the pudding is in the eating. f.vpti if these renorts have been exasperated some of them probably have doubt of one' thing, to wit: That dm-ine- the nast living and social conditions in. the free democratic world have improved amazingly, while the same con ditions in Soviet Russia have remained relatively stationary or have declined. And where the individual has enioyed well being and personal liberty under democracy there has been a complete absence of both under the Russian dicta torship.' IT WOULD be foolish to claim and we are not nloi'TYn'nrT Viat tVio "Russian rnmnrmnist regime is VICI-L-LIXIXCL wwv v now on its last legs, or promises to be overtnrown to morrow or next day or so long, as it controls the 1 11 - J ' iT-J. J.J.... ponce ana me army ior- But we are claiming lieve is convincing" that or successful government, failed to redeem its claims some unlikely miracle is eventually doomed. DUSSIAN propaganda is devilishly clever, and the truth about Russia is hard for the outside world to obtain, but the "Big Lie" in the long run can no more be successful over there than it has been over here. So when the TRUTH is now being admitted by the us: will be up as conquest by Soviet Russia i a ii j ji simple iact mat notning nothing fails like failure ernment. Totalitarian communism as practised in Russia has been tried out in the crucible of. experience for nearly -four decades now, free democracy has FAILED. R.W.R.; Disgraceful The people of Oregon can well be proud of their Board of Higher Education and the liberal and truly American policies of the institutions it governs. The people of the state of Washington should be ashamed of both ! POR THE President of the University of Washing V ton was recently upheld by the Board of Regents in his denial of free speech, by refusing to allow the famous nuclear scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, to deliver a lecture before the students of that institution of learning. The students rebelled as did many mem bers of the faculty, but the apostle of bigotry and prejudice as well as guilt by association now at iL 1 i if " : i. Lj j 7 tne neaa oi mis great institution oi learning stood firm, and he has apparently won out. IT IS BAD enough when emotions prevail over rea son, passions and prejudices over truth and jus tice, in the POLITICAL field, but when they invade the field of higher education and there gain control, the situation is really appaling. FOR UNLESS education in this country is dedicated completely to the pursuit of truth, regardless of all. other considerations, but especially political ones, then we might as well call in some modern Hitler, to burn the college books .and close the gates to our institutions of higher learning. IT IS, as stated, a source uicn, uiuse in control ot higher education in this state, refused to follow the state of Washington's deplorable example. R.W.R. . Tuesday, February 22, 1955 there is no reasonable . 35 vears; the standards of o mat mawer. and the evidence we be communism as a. desirable in this modern world, has and promises, and unless performed, is therefore is known and some of it Russian leaders themselves far as this dream ol world is concerned, for the very i ' 1 succeeds iiKe success anu including, torms ot gov and m competition with of real pride and satisfac- Matter of Fact FOR KNOWLAND AND ATTLEE Taipeh, Formosa The amount of drivel being talked at home about a Formosa cease fire reaUy - exceeds the reason able public drivel allowance by many decibels. Judging by the echoes here, both sides of the debate have achieved an almost total disregard of the on-the-spot facts. Presumably what they are arguing about is a guaranteed cease fire down the middle of the ' Formosa Strait. The Chinese N a t i o nalists would give up their remain ing offshore islands. The Chinese C o m m unists would give up their ambition to conquer Joseph Alaop Formosa a nd the Pescadores. And this ar rangement would be guaranteed by other powers, with America and the Soviet Union in the lead. - Those like Sen. Knowland, who turn purple and bellow "ap peasement" at the mere men tion of such an arrangement, have forgotten the real facts of the Chinese Nationalist situa tion. The offshore islands are only important to the Chiang Kai shek government if one of two things is going to happen: if there is going to be an immedi ate battle for Formosa itself; or if the re-invasion of the main land is going to be attempted. But the object of the cease fire proposal is to avert a battle for Formosa. And the talk about re invading the mainland is dis honest, or moonstruck, or both at once. In the first place, as Sen. Knowland must know, Chiang Kai-shek has now been care fully re-leashed. The secret pro tocol of the Formosa treaty ab solutely forbids any Chinese Nationalist attack on the main land without American consent. American consent will certainly not be granted unless there is a general war. In the second place, the Na tionalists would not be able-to attack the mainland without the most massive outside help, even if Chiang Kai-shek were un leashed aU over again. Despite the inflow of American arms in fact, the Chinese Nationalists are steadily growing weaker in relation to the Communists. THE PEKING government to day has something like 2,50 divisions of all kinds, and it is strong and growing stronger in the air. The Generalissimo's gov ernment hds not more than 24 divisions, with a very small air force. Even Chiang's navy is now inferior to the Communist navy. What honest man can talk seriously of re-invasion when this is the balance of strength? In addition, the General In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS In this space yesterday, I dis cussed the growing use of jack- pine (lodgepole) in the Spokane area, where it is proving to be a perfectly satisfactory material for the manufacture of pulp and paper. 1IHEN one starts talking about jackpine, he runs into an appalling void in the ' way ' of information about this species It has always been regarded as worthless. Indeed, it can be said that it has always been regarded as worse than worthless because it has cluttered land that might otherwise have been devoted to more useful purposes. ' - " As a result, none of it has ever been cruised. Such, infor mation as we have about, it ; is based at best upon Informed guesswork. All we re sure of is that we have a LOT of it. . TTERE is a good informed guess: Within economic transporta tion range of Southern Oregon there are approximately a mil lion acres 3 of jackpine. Fairly weU informed guessers estimate that average annual growth might amount to about a cord a year (pulp timber is estimated in terms of cords rather than board feet.) If that guess is anywhere near accurate, it would mean an AN NUAL supply of cord of wood should produce a half ton of pulp. : ' A fair-sized pulp mill, large enough to be economical in its operation, produces some 300 tons of pulp per day. I17HAT is jackpine's reproduc- " tion fvr1? There is a wide range of opin ion on that subject, and a great lack of exact knowledge. Guess ers who want to stay on the safe side say 100 years. At Spokane I put that question to an experi enced paper mill forester. He answered unhesitatingly: "From 30 to 35 years." - ; AT SPOKANE, I was told that railhead in the Spokane area at about $11 per cord and is being shipped some 250 miles to Puget By Joseph Atsop issimo's soldiers from the main land are aging fast. Replacement with Formosan recruits has already started. The Formosans appear to be increasingly reconciled to the Taipeh government. The Ameri can military advisory group thinks they will make good soldiers. But they have no per sonal attachments to the main land. And Formosan troops will surely balk at any such hair brained adventure as a re-invasion of the mainland that is not part of some much larger effort. ;": ; . These facts' bluntly indicate what should be the real -role of Formosa. On the one hand, there should be a strong military force here, not for dream invasions, but - to constitute a permanent threat on the Communist flank just in case the Peking govern ment decides to start a general Asian war. On the other hand, Formosa's primary aim should be that "political re-invasion" of; the mainland which Prime Minister O. K.,' Yui himself admits must precede the military re-invasion. Conditions on the mainland are bad. and growing worse. The Chinese people are like camels, bearing heavy burdens for long periods but finally rebelling at last straws. When and if the Communist last straw comes, Formosa should be able to offer the people of the mainland a hope and an alternative. Such are the only practical aims for Formosa today. To these aims, continuing, crisis producing occupation of the off shore islands will actually be a hindrance. And after the first severe psychological shock, a cease fir will be a help if a real cease fire can be obtained. OUT THE error of Attlee, Sen. Morse and even President Eisenhower is to be lieve that a cease fire can be ob tained by wishing for it. It should not be necessary to ans wer the Attlee-Morse theory, that the way to do business with Communists is to be nice to them to show goodwill by giving them the offshore islands as a gracious present. Unfortunately the theory of the President and his policy makers does not seem to be much more workable than the Attlee-Morse theory. Judging by the Communists demeanor, there is almost no hope of get ting a cease fire on the present system, by mumbling that we just "may fight for the offshore islands if we happen to feel like it that day. There will be more hope of a cease fire if we say. that unless we get one, we are ready and willing to fight for the offshore islands, period But even then, alas, the odds will only be even. The ugly truth is that a cease fire may well be unattainable until the conventional moment, which is after there has been some firing. . (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) News Sound for use in pulp mills there. It is a matter, of record that considerable jackpine is being shipped from eastern Montana and Wyoming to Wisconsin for use by pulp and paper mills. ERE there is a market for how is jackpine being harvested? ; The gyppo cnotracting system seems to be the prevailing meth od. . That is to say, independent operators take contracts to cut it. These contracts provide em ployment for a lot of labor. Much of this employment comes in the winter season. " A dependable source of win ter employment is a useful asset anywhere in the West. TACKPINE, you see. v- after lying out in the rain and the snows of winter and the hot sun shine of the summer and being looked upon as a pest tree to be got rid of if possible, is begin ning to shape up as a VERY CONSIDERABLE asset. FEP Administrator Will Be Church Rector Selam U.R) W. E. Van Me ter, Oregon Labor bureau admin istrator of fair employment prac tices, has resigned to become rector of St. Pauls church and special consultant to the Na tional Council of the Episcopal church in New York City." Van Meter was appointed in 1949 to administer the newly enacted FEP law to guarantee equal job opportunities in Ore gon. He is an ordained Episcopal minister. Betty Hutton To Wed Record Firm Executive Las Vegas, Nev. XU.PJ Betty Hutton, Hollywood's exuberant musical comedy star, says she win marry record company ex ecutive Alan Livingstone within a week or as soon as he gets a Mexican divorce. Miss Hutton was granted an uncontested divorce on grounds of mental cruelty yesterday from her second husband, dance director , Charles O'Curran, to clear the way for her marriage to Livingstone. President of France Waits End of Crisis To Return To Routine By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst President Rene Coty is mak ing one of his rare appearances in the political limelight during the French Cabinet crisis. When Premier Pierre Mendes Fra nee was overthrown, it became Coty's duty under the Constitution to nominate a successor. But as soon as he has nom- charies Mccann . inated a man who can get confirmed by a majority of the National Assem bly, Coty will settle back in his normal presidential routine, a routine of peace and quiet. For the President of France is not, like President Eisenhow er, a chief executive. He leaves it to the government to run the country, and thus his job ap proximates that of Queen Eliza beth II. French presidents are not even elected by popular vote, they are elected by the two Houses of Parliament in joint session. Coty was elected President, for a seven year term, on Dec. 23, 1953, with the right to seek reelection for one term. He had been in politics, first local and then national, for 46 years. But as soon as he entered the Lysee Palace, after his inaugura tion on Jan. 16, 1954, he became a figure above politics. Like a constitutional monarch, he became a symbol of national unity. His duties as president are largely ceremonial. He gives state dinners, pays officials visits to French Cities in his six car special train, and conducts cor respondence with other chiefs Of state on occasion. But when a top-level diplo matic conference is held, the President of France remains at home. The Premier represents the country as its real chief executive. As President Coty gets a sal ary of only $11,500 a year. But he also gets an allowance of $128,500 a year to maintain the beautiful Elysee Palace, his offi Nixon Relays Peace Note To Cosia Rica San Jose, Costa Rica -(U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Nix on has relayed to Costa Rican President Jose Figueres, Nica ragua's offer to bury the hatchet, informed sources said today; : Nixon flew here yesterday from Managua with what he said were "solemn assurances from Nicaraguan President An- astasio Somoza that Nicaragua will do nothing to create "fur ther tension and disturbances along its common border with Costa Rica." Nixon said he was authorized by Somoza to convey the assur ances to Figueres. The touring U. S. vice-president and Fig ueres conferred last night. Editorial Comment Hell Be Hard To Beat Gov. Paul Patterson in Salem this month commented that "Next year's elections will be won this year." By "elections Republican politicians mean the 1956 race agamst Wayne Morse. Then came a report that Presi dent Eisenhower wants Gov. Patterson and Washington's Gov. Arthur Langlie to run against Sen. Morse and Sen. Warren G. Magnuson. j.nis puts tne governor up front in the growing list of pos sibles, au of whom have been gossiped about, compared, evalu ated, and dismissed at one time or another' as "impossible pos sibles." The truth is that, ex cept for the governor, Oregon Republicans are mighty hard up for a candidate. The "possibles," even the eager ones, are wary, as weU they should be. It won't be easy. It's cus tomary at Republican rallies to say funny things about the sena tor and to dismiss him as a per son of little consequence. How ever, no Republican who has aU his marbles will indulge in such a luxury when it comes . time to find a candidate. We've trav eled about with Morse on his campaigns, and we testify that nobody absolutely nobody - can match him for energy, en durance, stamina, talkativeness, "rising to the occasion," and sheer drive. Finding a man to keep up with Wayne" must be the first step in finding a man to beat him. Ask Dave Hoover cr Edgar Smith. Eugene Regis ter Guard. THESE ARE THE JOKES Bangor, Me. U.R) An 11-year-old girl walked into the public library here and asked for Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." The librarian asked for whom the book was intended. The girl replied: "My younger brother. He just loves football stories." cial residence, which was built in 1718 and has been the home of Madame . Pompadour and of Napoleon Bonaparte. When the President wants to make an official trip anywhere, he gets special funds from Par liament. Coty was a dark horse presi dential candidate to succeed Vincent Auriol, first president of the post-war Fourth Republic, who refused to be a candidate for a second term. Coty was elected on the 13th ballot after a bitter, record mak ing week long battle among poli tical parties. When he was driv en into Paris from Versailles, where Parliament met to elect him, many people who lined the route and cheered him hardly knew his name. He had served in Parliament, as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and a Senator since 1923 but never had been really prominent. Coty will be 73 on Marcn zu. He resembles a French farmer. with his rugged body and square face. His chief non-official inter ests are classical music and literature. Eisenhower's Rosy Economic Picture Declared 'Hoax' Rome, Ga. (U.R) Sen. John Snarkman (D-Ala)., said last night the "rosy atomic picture" painted by President Eisenhow er is a "hoax." Sparkman, 1952 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, told a Democratic rally that "in re ality, we haven't been making sufficient progress to match our increased population and better productivity." Unemployment Predicted Speaking to a $10-per-plate Jefferson-Jackson - day dinner sponsored by the Floyd County Democratic association, Spark- man rapped the "widening gap" between high income groups on one hand farmers and small bus inessmen on the other. "The result of this widening gap," he said, "is bound to be unemployment and distressed in dustry." He predicted "'unem ployment pockets" rather than widespread unemployment. . He said the administration ad mits its farm program will mean less income for the farmer "and it comes when the farmer is in the worst squeeze since before World War II." Safest I Yoa cen plunge a flaming torch In a pail of heating oil and it will go ! Heating oil for home beating purposes burns only when atom ized and fluxed with air. Compare oil with other fuels. With safe oil heat, you can relax, enjoy complete comfort and peace of mind. No wonder oil heat leads 7 to 1 in Oregon and Washington over aU other fuels combined. YOUR FAMILY IS WARM AND SAFE WITO CLEAN, DEPENDABLE OIL HEAT! fakoniz the dealer who displays this seal Utka sptiaUtt mOiL HEAJl Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain - circum stances the use of a pen 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 for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Park Viaduct Opposed .To the Editor: It appears that an elevated freeway to be built on a viaduct, is being considered for Highway 99 along the east side of Bear creek in Medford, over and through Hawthorne park. Two traffic lanes would be built at first with four lanes the ultimate aim. Access would be limited to two places, near the north and south city limits one at each end of the elevated. Parking under the freeway is proposed. The whole purpose of the plan would be to pass traffic through Medford rapidly. This proposal should be cause for alarm to all residents of Medford who love Hawthorne park, its pool, picnic area and. overall beauty. It would occupy a substantial portion of the park area and take Up a great deal more land if parking of cars is permitted under the freeway. A group of public-minded citizens bought the park land, gave it to the city, which since then has expended large sums of money on the pool and park at large to bring it to its present condition. No other park of its kind exists in Medford and a comparable park site is not now available. . This elevated freeway would have a generally adverse effect on that part of Medford. It would be noisy, unsightly, make that area undesirable and un attractive and would reduce property values there. The Boy and Girl Scout headquarters will be seriously affected by the noise and elevated structure. Some people feel it would help business but it is difficult to see how. Access to and from the freeway would be limited to the two mentioned places, one at each end of town. It seems that this would make it more difficult for tourists to stop and shop. A freeway is designed to pass traffic rapidly through an area. This freeway, if built, should by-pass Medford completely as was done at Salem. A freeway on the proposed route is un thinkable. Why destroy a good ly portion of Hawthorne : park and adversely affect the area around the freeway when it can be avoided by locating same out side of Medftrd? Everyone who loves our park ana wno oojects to xnis eievaiea freeway should write letters to the Medford city council and State" Highway commission for Oregon at Salem, voicing a strong protest against the same. Do it now! . Kenneth G. Denman Mrs. Kenneth G. Denman 104 Geneva st.