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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Match 17, 1945
(It was Saturday)
Oregon legislature adjourns
after record-breaking 69-day session.
Office of Price Administration
orders cut in April quota of
automobile tires which may be
sold; old purchase certificates
cancelled.
Ye
20 TEARS AGO
March 17, 1935
(It was Sunday)
From Arthur Perry's
Smudge Pot column: The fish
ing season opens April 5, and
picatorial . enthusiasts view
calmly the edict they cannot
'catch as many fish this year as
last, if they could. They can only
catch 20 fish in a day.
Medford Realty Board com
pletes survey, finds rents going
up, houses scarcer.
30 YEARS AGO
March 17, 1925
(It was Tuesday)
News item: "The so-called flu
or la grippe which has been
quite prevalent here the past
two weeks and was the cause
of a number of absences in the
local schools the latter part of
last week, has caused a decided
number of absences among the
students and teachers yesterday
and today.
From the Local and Personal
column: Today, in addition to
being a clear, sunny one, is the
17th of March, St. Patrick's day,
in the observance of which a
number of green neckties, coat
lapel bouquets and imitation
shamrocks are being worn, and
a number of social gatherings
will take place tonight.
40 YEARS AGO
March 17, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
Government prison railroad
cars, with heavy screens on win
downs, passes through valley.
From the Local and Personal
column: This being the 17th of
Ireland, the green In varied
decorations is being worn by all
good Irishmen in this section.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Requirements for voting for
President are set by the Consti
tution, Congress, each state for
its citizens, or each locality for
its residents?
2. A draftee on release from
active service is subject to two,
four, six, eight or ten years in
the Reserve?
4. A foreign-born person, if
legally in the U. S.t can or can't
remain indefintely without ap
plying for citizenship?
5. De Soto discovered the Colo
rado, Detroit, Hudson, Mississip
pi, Niagara, Rio Grande or St.
Lawrence river?
6. Bicyclists have covered
more than 25 miles in one hour;
right or wrong?
7. Silviculture pertains to fish,
trees, mining, bee-keping, or
metal-working?
The answers: 1. Each state for
its citizens. 2. Six years. 3.
Most don't. 4, Can. 5. The
Mississippi- 6. Right. 7. It's
the care of trees.
Norway has one of the lowest
There are I8I2 million home
gardens in the U.S. today. i
No "Give Away?"
Is is now being claimed that the tidelands oil-bill
was not a "give away" because a "major portion" of
the profits therefrom are going, not to the oil com
panies, but to the federal government.
At the same time it is admitted the government
gets only one sixth of the profits, on a royalty-lease
basis to the private companies.
This appears to be another case wherein figures
don't lie, but liars figure.
Since when has 16 or 17 per cent of a sum, repre
sented a "major", and 83 to 84 per cent, a minor
portion ?
Someone should take a refresher course in pri
mary arithmetic!
IN THE same quarter it is now being stated there
was no "give away" because the tidelands oil
profits going to the lucky four states have to date
been disappointing.
How have they been disappointing?
This will be news to John M. Pierce, finance di
rector of one of the lucky states our plutocrat neigh
bor, the other side of the Siskiyous, California!
He predicted only a few days ago California may
be able to realize as much as $2,500,000,000 in oil
royalties by permitting off-shore oil ' drilling.
This would be based upon a 35 instead of a
17 royalty. If the state of California can count on
a profit like this,'how about Texas, not to mention
Louisiana and Florida? Where is the "disappoint
ment?" How much is enough?
THE contention of Senator Morse and others was
the off-shore oil (not within but out beyond the
legal 3-mile limit) did not belong to three or four
abutting states but to all the states to the American
people, as a whole.
And the profits therefrom should therefore go to
ALL the people, not to a few "lucky states." This
view was sustained in principle by the U.S. Supreme
Court. -
Of course the cry of "socialism" was raised. But
there wras no socialism involved. There was no idea
of having the government itself pump the oil, and
sell it.
The idea was to have the control and ownership
in the hands of the government, just as the conti
nental-shelf is government property today. Then
leases for operation FAVORABLE TO THE GOV
ERNMENT, could be granted and the profits from
same distributed on a fair and equitable basis, to ALL
the states instead of only four.
15 UT the big "give away" proposal succeeded. The
four big states and the Big Oil companies won.
The somewhat amusing feature is that now those
who supported the "give away" are trying to prove
it wasn't anything of the sort, because the four states
they claim haven t cashed in as much as expected
and on some of the lands the government is getting
more a cut of 16 to 17 from the private operators.
Where is the evidence of this?
Isn't $2,500,000,000 probable profit for the state
of California and approximately $4,000,000,000 to the
private oil companies operating in that state, a fairly
good return on the investment particularly when the
investment consisted not of money so much as po
litical manipulation, skillful lobbying, and the usual
wire-pulling m important government places !
It looks like quite a "give-away" to this depart
ment. R.W.R.
The "Indispensable Man"
It has been remarked before that the Republican
party is today a one-man party. But that has hereto
fore been a Democratic charge.
Now such prominent leaders of the Republican
party as Vice President Nixon and Senator Gold
water of Arizona, admit the truth of the statement.
This comes to this department at least as a con
siderable surprise.
For this means that for what it stands for, for its
beliefs and principles, as well as its record, the Re
publican party can not win in 1956.
It MUST have one man and only that one man
to head the ticket or it will go down to defeat.
IXTHEN President Eisenhower at a recent press con
" ference was asked if he considered himself an
"indispensable man," he remarked how unfortunate
it would be if there were such a thing as an "indis
pensible man, what a sorry plight for the world to be
in, to suffer from such a condition. He wondered
if the reporters had considered the matter from that
angle, and what would happen when and if the in
dispensible man were no longer available?
This was evading the question for the reporter did
not mean indispensible to the COUNTRY, or the
world, but to the victory of the Republican party.
However the discussion ended there.
DUT what the President said about the fallacy of
" the "indispensable man" theory, and by implica
tion its unfortunate results, where accepted, was en
tirely true. '
It is unfortunate that the Republican party or any
other party, has to depend for its success upon one
man only, and then largely upon his charm and vote
getting powers of his personality.
And for a very practical reason to that"party. For
American history, has shown, time after time, that
personal popularity, as far. as the White House is con
cerned, is an extremely uncertain and variable quan
tity; what may be true at one date may not be true
at all, only a few months later. R.W.R.
Matter of Fact By Joseph AIsop
Joseph Alsop
Hong Kong Probably the
worst danger of the Formosa
crisis is the Hunger of drifting
into the same
mistake that
was made
when we in
ter v ened in
Korea.
P r e s i d ent
Truman and
his advisers
wrongly be
lieved that
the Korean
aggressors
could be halt
ed without using American
ground troops. They gave the
order to intervene on the false
assumption that our Nay and
Air Force could do the whole
job. But within 48 hours these
planned "limits" on the war had
to be hastily cast aside.
A repetition of this pattern
now seems entirely possible,
judging by the authoritative pic
ture of Chinese military prepara
tions that you get here in Hong
Kong. This picture, which shows
the enemy much stronger than
seems to be supposed in Wash
ington, broadly falls into three
parts.
Part one concerns the Matsu
Islands. The necessary enemy
ground forces for an attack on
the Matsus have been in position
for a good many months. On the
nearest point of the mainland
the enemy is also emplacing very
long . range Russian heavy can
non. These will be able to cover
the islands with artillery fire.
But the real drama of an attack
on the Matsus will be the air
battle, which is always crucial
in a major amphibious operation.
It is precisely the enemy's pre
parations for the air battle which
are the most menacing element
in the picture. Jet and rotary
engined bombers can reach the
Matsus comfortably from the
great airbase complex that the
Communists have built in Che
kiang and Kiangsi provinces.
From the most southerly of these
airfields, the shorter ranged Mig
15s can also fly high cover as
far as the Matsus.
Hence all units in the Che-kiang-Kiangsi
airbase complex
will count in an air battle for
the Matsu Islands. This means
that the enemy will enter the
battle with a minimum force of
considerably more than 450 Mig
15s, plus a couple of hundred
assorted rotary engined bomb
ers well suited for close support
missions, plus at least one squad
ron of their jet bombers, the
Ilyushin' 28s.
THE confirmed presence of a
squadron of JL-28s at Shang
hai is a hew and most disturbing
element in the picture. It means
that the enemy is ready to use
these bombers which, are the
greatest single threat to our
naval carriers which have in
deed almost the same speed as
our carrier borne fighters.
: It can also be revealed, more
over; that the Chinese Commu
nists have approximately doubled
their strength of IL-28s in the
past year.. They now have no
less than 250 of these formidable
aircraft. And although the main
body is still in North China at
present, they can be redeployed
southwards at very short notice.
In addition, there are reports,
thus far unconfirmed, that the
enemy recently brought a divi
sion of Mig 15s into the Che-
kiang-Kiangsi airbase complex
These planes, represent a sub
stantial improvement on the Mig
15. They can be a serious chal
lenge to our F-86s, the best
American fighters on this side of
the Pacific.
The conclusion to be "drawn
from these bleak statistics is ex
tremely simple. In the main,, an
air battle over the Matsus . is
going to be a battle between our
naval air and a massive land
based enemy air force.
This is not the kind of contest
that should be entered with a
light heart and one hand tied
behind your back. Washington
may be thinking of "limiting"
this air battle, but it look's very
much as though the Chinese
Communists are thinking of win
ning it.
The hope of such a victory in
the air is the best explanation,
in truth, of the apparent Com
munist decision to make the Mat
sus their first target. In all other
ways, the Matsus are harder to
attack than Quemoy. But the
Matsus can be covered from the
airbases where the main enemy
air strength is concentrated.
Quemoy, of course, is the sec
ond part of the picture. If Amer
ican air strength has already
been impaired, and if the fight
ing is still "limited," the defense
of Quemoy will be a pretty hope
less proposition. The place is
ringed by enemy heavy guns.
A landing there is no more than
a river crossing. And the enemy
will be able to give some air
support to an assault on Quemoy
with the bomber squadrons and
the hundred or so Mig 15s that
are based around Canton.
AS for the third part of this
nirturo n-f nomv nnnor if
r - j v
is still in the future. Supply is
always the key to every Chi
nese military problem. The ene
my is preparing to support op
erations against the Matsus and
Quemoy from airfields incon
veniently distant to the North
and to the South, because supply
problems dictate this plan.
The big tonnages of fuel need
ed to sustain jet air operations
just cannot be laid down on the
much nearer airfields in Fukien
Province over the mountainous
roads that are Fukien's only
links with the rest of China. But
when and if the Matsus and Que
moy fall to the enemy, the coast
al shipping route will not longer
be blocked. The Fukien airfields
can then be supplied by sea.
That is the real importance
of the ( offshore islands. Once the
enemy can supply and occupy
the Fukien airfields, he can bid
for air supremacy over the For
mosa Strait. And if the day ever
comes when the enemy rules the
air over the Formosa Strait, we
shall hear no. more vain glorious
talk about an attack on Formosa
and Pescadores being "out of
the question." .
Copyright, 1955.
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Just before dawn the other
morning, the fifth atomic blast
of the 1955 test series was set
off in the Nevada desert. It was
evidently a pint-sized one, as no
shock was felt in Las Vegas and
watchers in Southern Oregon
saw only a faint flare like a
match being lighted in the dark
ness a block or so away.'
Major interest appears to have
been centered on the test of a
SMOKE SCREEN which the
army chemical corps believes can
cut down heat rediation from the
bomb in vital areas.
rpHE scientists appear to be tak
ing a leaf from the book of
the orchard heaters, who have
long used a smoke screen in the
hope of keeping the heat in. The
atomic people are evidently flirt
ing with the idea of using a sim
ilar screen to KEEP ATOMIC
HEAT OUT.
VOU never can tell what will
happen. When Alexander
Graham Bell stubbed his toe on
the principle that makes the tele
phone work, he was experiment
ing with the idea of a hearing
aid for deaf people.
WEATHER item:
Wind, rain and dust storms
(in the area east of the Conti
nental Divide) have abated. The
worst damage appears to have
been caused by the big dust
storms in the southern and cen
tral great plains.
Colorado apparently lost
HALF ITS WINTER WHEAT
CROP, with a loss estimated
somewhere in excess of $50,-000,000.
it DID NOT intend to dump
large quantities of its surplus
wheat on the market for sale as
FEED wheat. It said it was of
fering only small quantities
which are in danger of spoiling."
I
SUPPOSE that if I were a
wheat grower I'd want the
government to go on buying my
wheat at prices HIGHER than I
could get on the open market.
That's human nature.
But I'm pretty sure that day
and night I'd be keeping a ner
vous and fearful eye on the pres
ent staggering surplus supply of
wheat which, if it should be
thrown on the market as a result
of some sudden change in the
political winds, would WRECK
wheat prices for a long time to
come.
THAT brings up an interesting
thought:
IS JT REALLY better to go on
buying up wheat at prices well
above the market and storing it
away?
Or would it be better (over
the long pull) to put the surplus
wheat on the market as LIVE
STOCK FEED and get it eaten
up and out of the way?
Industrial research in the U.
S. costs about $2,000,000 annu
ally and requires the services of
235,000 workers.
Morse, Education
Groups Agree on
School Aid Bill
.. By SEN. WAYNE MORSE
Twice on my weekly radio re
port and in a recent newsletter,
I discussed the serious shortcom
ings of the President's so-called
aid-to-education proposals and
reported my support and spon
sorship of more vigorous meas
ures for direct financial aid to
the states for school construction
and the creation of a multi-billion
dollar education fund from
Federal oil lease revenues.
ine representatives ot na
tional education groups have
taken similar positions. Members
of Oregon school boards, school
superintendents and others vital
ly concerned with educational
problems in Oregon have writ
ten to me expressing their op
position to the Administration
bill and support for S. 5, of
which I am a co-sponsor.
They point out that most
school districts are approaching
or have bumped their heads
against bonded indebtedness ceil
ings; that as badly as they need
Federal aid they couldn't qualify
under the Administration bill s
complicated formula; that there
would be too much Federal con
trol under the President's pro
posals; that it would take at
least two years to secure the
local legislation needed to make
participation possible for Ore
gon school districts.
Hells Canyon Bill Introduced
March 8 was Hells Canyon
Day in both the Senate and the
House of Representatives. There
were 30 Senators from 20 states
sponsoring the bill in the Sen
ate, including all of the Demo
crats from the Pacific North
west. During my speech intro
ducing the bill, I was asked to
yield by that great elder, states
man, Alben Barkley. He said in
part: v.
"With regard to the bill
dealing with Hells Canyon,
which is a symbol, in a way,
and typical to other situa
tions, I wish to say to the Sen
ator from Oregon that I am
fully in sympathy with his at
titude, with his bill, and with
similar legislation that may
come before the Senate. All
my life I have felt that the
great rivers of this country
belong to the people and are
the property of all the people.
I have always opposed turn
ing them over to any private
group for exploitation or con
trol. If we ever allow these
great arteries of commerce to
be controlled privately, it will
be a long time before we ever
recapture control of them on
behalf of the people."
. t
Sludebaker Wins
Mobilgas Run;
Rambler Second
Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.R)
It was Studebaker by a nose.
The American Automobile As
sociation officials had to split
a few fractions yesterday to de
cide the winner of the 1323-mile
Mobilgas economy run that
wound up here.
The winner was a Studebaker
Champion, driven by Dick John
son of San Diego. Second in the
photo finish was a Nash Am
bassador driven, by Pierce Ven-
able of Los Angeles.
Oldsmobile Third
An Oldsmobile 88 was third
in the gruelling three - day test
that carried 21 cars through
snow, fog, head winds and icy
roads to determine which was
the "most economical" cap.
The winning Studebaker had
a total of 58.6320 ton miles per
gallon, while the Nash had 58.
5560 ton miles. The ton miles
per gallon are computed by mul
tiplying the weight of the car
by the number of miles driven
and divided the totals by the gas
oline. This was tiie deciding fac
tor even though the Nash Ram
bler made the highest number
of miles per gallon, 27.4733.
The four division wmners
were: Low price, Nash Rambler;
low medium, price, Studebaker
Commander; upper medium
. . i j
price, JNiasn Amoassaaor ana
high price, Buck Roadmaster.
Ellsworth Sees Long
Session of Congress
YOU know the proverb: "What's
man's poison."
Its rough on the Colorado
wheat growers, but will help to
cut down the surplus of wheat
bought with taxpayer money and
stashed away to keep wheat
prices up. '
rpHAT brings up this item from
the market news of a week
or 60 ago:
Wheat prices rallied on the
Chicago Board of Trade this
morning . . . The main factor in
the wheat price bulge was an
overnight announcement by the
department of agriculture that
low operating costs, conservative ad
vertising expense, and no employee
payroll result in savings for YOU.
CHAPEL MORTUARY
Frank Morgan . . Harold Snodgrass
Funeral Directors
Phone 2-8030
By HARRIS ELLSWORTH
The signs as I see them point
to a long session of Congress this
I year. My guess right now is that
adjournment will not come be
fore mid-August possibly later.
The basis of my opinion is that
the regular annual appropria
tions bills are very slow in com
ing to the House Floor for pass
age. Congress cannot adjourn
until all of the money bills have
been acted upon. If they come
up from committee late Con
gress will stay in session late
into the summer.
Trade Bill Approval Seen
It is anticipated that the bill
to extend the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act will be cleared
by both Houses of Congress and
sent to the President within a
few days. As this is written the
Senate is debating the bill. As
has been reported, the bill was
passed by the House on Feb
ruary 18. It was considered on
the Floor of the House under
what is called a "closed" rule.
That meant no amendments
could be considered. We just had
to vote for the bill as it was
brought from the Ways and
Means Committee or against it.
A motion to recommit the bill
with an amendment which
simply meant that one amend
ment would be included failed
by five votes. I voted for the
amendment and then for the bill.
I think the amendment which
would have given some protec
tion to our farmers and some
small manufacturers should have
been adopted. I hope the amend
ment is put in the Senate. I was
not willing to vote against the
entire bill just because we could
not get the amendment we
wanted, so I reluctantly voted
for it.
As a matter of fact, the trou
bles which have developed from
the Reciprocal Trade plan of
making tariffs are not due to the
law or to the principle of mak
ing tariffs in that way. Our
troubles have come from the
way in which the law has been
administered. Presidential, ad
visers on the subject of tariffs
have tended to think too much
about the rest of the world and
not enough about the struggling
units in our own economy. In
other words they have been too
engrossed with the vision of the
forest to be table to see the trees,
and if I may make a pun or
something they have sometimes
been unable to see our Oregon
cherry and filbert trees! I hope
that the heated debate and the
close vote in the House on the
amendment will serve to im
prove the vision of the experts.
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