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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1945
(It was Saturday)
Pacific Highway association
discusses proposal to route the
state's main interregional high
way from Eugene through Klam
ath Falls instead of via Medford
and Ashland.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The old
Commercial club edifice is now
only a memory, and an unim
pressive hole in the ground. In
the 1910 boom it swarmed with
civic humdingers, and was a hive
of committee meetings.
20 YEARS AGO
April 12, 1935
(It was Sunday)
Jackson county fruit growers
favor agreement witfi the can
ners of Pacific coast-grown bart
lett pears because conditions fa
vorable for growing pears two-and-three-eighths
inches long.
Four units of the Oregon Na
tional guard to be inspected at
the Medford armory April 30.
20 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1925
(It was Tuesday) .
Oregon'i new headlight law
governing adjustments to the
proper position explained to resi
dents of Medford by state offic
ials. University of Oregon commit
tee recommends site on North
Holly st. for Medford's new high
school.
30 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
From the Local and Personal
column: Country districts report
numerous petty thefts, several
chicken coops being raided the
past week. Owing to the fact that
just enough of the fowls for a
meal have been taken at a time,
the work is laid to hungry
tramps.
From the Ashland column: A
volunteer annex to the regular
fire department is a new organi
zation here and will supplement
the work of the auto truck crew
when deemed necessary.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. It is now about five, ten or
15 years since the first man
made atomic explosion In New
Mexico?
2. N.Y. Stock Exchange seats
sell today for much more or
much less than in the boom
market of 1929, or for about the
same?
3. The one "basic" crop on
which price supports are still an
inflexible 90 per cent of parity
is corn, cotton peanuts, rice, to
bacco or wheat?
4. How many furlongs make
a mile?
5. Allied capture of Pantel
leria island in World War II
meant the beginning of the end
for Germany, Italy or Japan?
6. Which chess pieces can
never move more than one
square at a time?
7. Harry S. Truman plays the
harp, cornet, flute, saxophone,
piano or second fiddle?
The Answers: 1. Ten yean. 2.
For much less. 3. Tobacco. 4.
Eight 5. For Italy (it's in the
Mediterranean). 6. The king. 7.
Piano.'
Nearly 14,000 persons were
killed in weekend traffic acci
dents last year.
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A Great Public Service
There is a great deal of talk about the dangers
of socialized medicine. There is very little talk about
the dangers of commercialized medicine.
Yet if the latter keeps on growing some form of
socialized medicine will be inevitable.
'
The complete lack of the commercial, money-
making element in the production of anti-polio vac
cine, perfected by Dr. Jonas Salk, was not unprece
dented, but it was one of the most refreshing and in
spirational features of this epoch-making contribu
tion to the greater health and happiness of this coun
try and for that matter the entire world.
"11THEN asked who owns the patent on the vaccine
he replied no one does. "Can you patent the
sun?" he inquired, "this vaccine belongs to the peo
ple." And then the doctor added that he thought there
should be some "government agency" to control dis
tribution and allocation for the 1955 period at least,
instead of having a general unorganized scramble,
with the devil taking the hindmost.
,
This sounds like good sense, and it is to be hoped
that calling in the government in a case like, this won't
arouse the fears of the socialized-medicine fanatics.
The danger is nation wide. The government it
seems to this department would be the proper agency
to see that those in the country who need treatment
MOST, get it FIRST, and so on down the line, until
the job has been done. ;
HEN sickness enters the home, the profit motive
should 0 out the window.
And we will say this for not only the medical
profession AS A WHOLE, but the pharmaceutical in
dustry also, this is what usually happens.
The latter, for example, spent millions in manu
facturing this Salk vaccine, before its success was
known, taking that financial risk, so, if and when a
favorable verdict did come in, there would be no ser
ious delay in treatment. The industry thus rendered
a great and unselfish service and should get proper
credit for it.. ,
Too Much Politics
In one direction both factions appear agreed re
garding the recent congressional "grass-roots" hear
ing on Hells canyon dam, namely: the other side was
only playing politics.
Every time a proponent of a federal project arose
to present his argument, he was accused of making a
political speech.
Every time some representative of private power
read a paper, he wasn't playing politics exactly but
he usually was playing the private - power game and
was probably subsidized by the "power trust," accord
ing to those on the other side.
IN OTHER words as far as the general reaction was
r concerned the "grass-roots" hearing did not add
much to any clarification of the controversial subject.
Those who attended the meeting for or against
public power, came away apparently with opinions
unchanged. '
Perhaps the Senate sub-committee got more light
than heat out of the gathering, but if so there has as
yet been no report to that effect.
-
A LL of which is unfortunate.
" The Hells Canyon issue seems to this depart
ment to be quite clear, with SOMETHING to be said
on both sides of course not of a political but a clear
cut factual nature.
We fail to see why a persqn favoring the high
dam proposal should be accused of playing politics in
his presentation anymore than the person favoring
private ownership and operation.
As has been remarked in this space so often, it is
not a moral question but a question of belief, and in
the final analysis comes down to what experience in
this field, has demonstrated to be best for industrial
development, and the welfare of the people all the
people in the area involved.
THAT is all there is to it.
It is not a political question except as any ques
tion on which there happens to be a political division,
can be thus classified.
TXTHEN Lincoln and Douglas held their famous de-
bate over slavery, that was a political question
but neither accused the other of "merely playing poli
tics," they pointed out where their opponent, they
thought, was. wrong, and the final decision as to the
right and wrong was left to the people.
We grant the analogy isn't a perfect one.
But it does illustrate the point we wish to make
namely: there is no reason why the public vs. private
power debate should not be carried on in a perfectly
friendly and business-like atmosphere, without name
calling or hysteria on either side. Above all both sides
should answer the arguments of the opposition, rather
than refuse to do so, on the ground that those who
don't believe as they happen to, are merely playing
politics. R.W.R.
Electric Rate Reduction Approved
Salem (U.PJ Public Utili
ties Commissioner Charles H.
Heltzel said today he has signed
an order providing for a $302,
000 annual electric rate reduc
tion by Pacific Power and Light
for its Coos Bay and Willamette
valley divisions.
The new rate schedules be
come effective" tomorrow. Helt
zel said they provide savings to
customers in the Coos Bay dis
Thursday, April 21, 1955
trict of some $242,000 a year
and in the Willamette valley
district of some $60,000.
The new schedules will pro
vide uniform rates in the coast
districts of the company.
Heltzel said the reductions
are in keeping with his order
issued in April, 1954, permitting
the merger of Pacific Power and
Light with Mountain States
Power.
Chou's Emergence
As No. 1 Delegate
Highlight's
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
The biggest development In
the Asia - Africa conference at
Bandung is the emergence of
Chou En - lai
as the No. 1
delegate.
Ever since
the 29 - nation
' meeting open
ed Monday, it
has centered
around Chou,
the premier
and foreign
minister
of Communist
Charles McCann lmna.
Other world figures like Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of
Indian, the chief sponsor of the
conference, have been shoved
into the background.
Whether Chou can do the Uni
ted States and its allies any real
harm at the meeting is highly
doubtful.
He cannot put over any anti-
Editorial Comment
O&CLand Hassle Finally Settled
Settlement by the supreme
court of the Clackamas county
court's suit on O&C timber lands
is welcomed the length of West
ern Oregon. The right prevailed
and the two county commission
ers that placed Clackamas coun
ty in a ridiculous position should
be satisfied.
County courts of 18 O&C
counties in Oregon opposed the
court suit, except for two com
missioners in Clackamus county.
The other 52 judges and commis
sioners held that legislative ac
tion would suffice to settle the
matter. They were right and
our two boys, one of whom is nc
longer in office, were wrong.
It cost Clackamas county
about 820,000 to be the ridicu
lous scapegoat. On the three
man court, opposition of one
man, Judge W. R. Telford, to
the expenditures incident to the
court action was over-ridden by
the other two who went off on
a politically-inspired tangent.
The supreme court, on motion
of the justice department acting
for secretaries of interior and
agriculture, dismissed the coun
ty's suit in federal court on
grounds it no longer constituted
a legal issue. "
. The hassle had been settled .In
tne last congress by passage of
the Cordon-Ellsworth act. This
provided that administration of
the O&C lands in contention
should remain with., the forest
service, but that revenues frpm
this property should be distri
buted to the counties on the
formula used by the bureau of
land management.
The bureau, of interior de
partment, and the forest service,
of agriculture department, had
quarreled over jurisdiction of
the controverted O&C lands.
Revenues from them had piled
up at about $7 million dollars
and the U. S. treasurer declined
to disburse this money until it
was decided which agency , was
the administrator.
Counties naturally wanted
distribution under the BLM
formula of 75 per cent of reve
nues to counties and 25 per cent
to administration. The forest
service formula ,is just the op
posite. We trust this adventure into
crusading will suffice for the
I'once. Folks hereabouts are
pretty well fed up with it and
are not too happy to learn how
much it cost Them. They know
they wouhi have received their
share of th'e distribution under
the Cordon-Ellsworth act and
felt the court action was im
proper -in a number of ways,
some of which never have been
publicized, but might come to
light in some future political
campaign. Enterprise Courier,
Oregon City.
Frank Morgan
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Conclave
American resolutions. It haa
been agreed that no resolution
can be passed except by unani
mous vote, and the United States
has some good friends among
the delegations.
Chou also can block any at
tempt to put the conference on
record as condemning Commu
nism, of course.
Chou can make some friends
among the "neutralist" elements
by emphasizing, as he did in his
opening speech Tuesday, his
country's desire to "co-exist"
with non-Communist countries.
Provided, of course, that those
countries do not support the
Western allies in their determi
nation to defend themselves
against Communist aggression.
Theme of Speech
The theme of Chou's speech
was that Asia would get along all
right if it were not for Ameri
can interference.
Chou already has won one dip
lomatic victory in his private ne
gotiations outside the formal
conference sessions.
That was his agreement with
Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo of
Indonesia by which the estimated
3,000,000 Chinese in Indonesia
may choose either Red Chinese
or Indonesian citizenship. Under
the agreement, these Chinese
will not be able to choose Chi
nese Nationalist citizenship.
Chou also is conducting pri
vate trade negotiatons with Jap
anese chief delegate Tatsuno
suke Takasaki.
Chou may well go back to
Peiping with the basis for a big
trade agreement with Japan.
There need be no surprise
that Chou has made himself the
star of the Bandung meeting. .
- The 56-year-old delegate of the
so-called "People's Republic" is
one of the smartest diplomatists
in the world, Communist or non
Communist. He is suave, well
built, and handsome. His photo
graphs usually show him smil
ing. He makes a good impres
sion, when he wants to, even on
those who oppose him.
Ruthless Communist
But at the same time he is one
of the most ruthless of Commu
nists. When Chou talks of "co
existence," he means co-existence
until the Communists
can take over by guile or brute
force. '
Like so many first-ranking
Red leaders Chou is not a prole
tarian. He is of patrician Man
darian descent. But he has been
a revolutionary since his youth,
and he is a charter member of
the Chinese Communist Party.
Appeal Made To Limit
Use of Salk Vaccine
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Health today broadcast
an appeal to limit to children
between one and 14 years, and
pregnant women, inoculations
with the Salk polio vaccine.
The appeal was made by Dr.
A. O. Pitman, president of the
State Medical Society, and Dr.
Harold M. Erickson, state health
officer, to make the limited
amount of vaccine available to
those who need it.
A joint letter has been sent
to all the state's physicians re
questing cooperation in the "ra
tioning" program. The letter said
persons within the 15-30 age
group would be vaccinated by
fall "if sufficient vaccine is avail
able." Dr. Erickson said Oregon had
not yet received any vaccine
shipments for school immuniza
tion clinics. Only a "very small
amount" had been received for
distribution through private out
lets. - Concord, N. H. (U.R) A study
of New Hampshire's public
schools showed that more than
half of the buildings are over 50
years old. .
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Harold Snod grass
1 KING STREET
Alt?
Matter of Fact
DEAL ON FORMOSA
Washington An Anglo-American
agreement, which would in
volve abandoning the Chinese
off-s h o r e is
lands of Mat-
su
and. Que-
moy, is now a
growing pos
sibility. Indeed
such an agree
ment is prob
able rather
than possible,
if only the
Chinese Com
munists hold
off from at
Stewart Aisop
tacking Quemoy and Matsu for
a few more weeks.
The general shape of the deal
which seems to be in the making
is simple enough. The United
States would put all possible
pressure on Chiang Kai-shek to
evacuate the islands, meanwhile
making it clear that American
forces would not defend the is
lands in case of attack. In re
turn, the British would make
some sort of commitment short
of a permanent guarantee to the
present Chinese Nationalist re
gime to take part in the de
fense of Formosa in case of an
attack by the Communists.
The British would certainly
be joined in such a pledge by
Australia and New Zealand,
probably by Canada, possibly by
France and the NATO countries,
conceivably by most of the non
Communist world. But the Brit
ish commitment is the heart and
soul of the proposed agreement,
the essential ingredient.
The deal is by no means all
buttoned up, of course. It is in
what one of the interested par
ties has called "the floating
around stage," which means
carefully informal chats which
commit no one. It seems to have
reached this stage largely as a
result of Adlai Stevenson's re
cent foreign policy speech
When Secretary Dulles accused
Stevenson of plagiarizing his
own ideas, the Washington diplo
matic corps was surprised. But
since then, the idea of an Anglo
American agreement to defend
Formosa but not the off-shore
islands, which was vaguely fore
shadowed in the Sevenson
speech, has been floating around
much more visibly than before,
The advantages of. this kind
of arrangement with the British
are obvious. The British alliance
would be preserved, and at long
last something like an Anglo-
American united front in Asia
created. At the same time, the
Administration would be off the
Quemoy-Matsu hook, and it is no
secret at all that most Adminis
tration policy makers would
give a' great deal to be extri
cated from the off-shore island
dilemma.
TO BE SURE, there might be
trouble from the Knowland
Bridges faction in the Senate.
But the Administration could
argue with some justice that a
British-Australian-New Zealand
commitment to defend Formosa
which no one would have
imagined possible six months
ago was worth far more to
Chiang than the off-shore is
lands. As a straight political
matter, indeed, most observers
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now agree that almost any
"peaceful" settlement of the
Formosa crisis would be a big
political net plus for the Admin
istration at least for the time
being.
From the British viewpoint,
the kind of deal outlined above
would mean in effect adoption
by this country of the "two
Chinas" policy long advocated
by the British and a carefully
qualified commitment to join in
the defense of Formosa might
not be too high a price to pay
for this result. Even so, it would
not be easy for the British to
make such a commitment, how
ever hedged about.
To be sure, the Eden govern
ment could present the agree
ment as a triumph of British di
plomacy, pulling the impetuous
Americans back from the brink
of the abyss. But the "not a
single Tommy for Chiang Kai-
shek" line has been so success
fully propagated in Britain that
any British commitment of any
sort to defend Formosa would
be highly dangerous politically.
For this reason, it is most un
likely that any agreement will
be reached before the British
elections of May 26. But if the
Conservatives are triumphantly
reelected, an Anglo-American
deal on Formosa will certainly
be up for most serious considera
tion.
...May 26 may be too late, of
course the Communists maj"
attack before then. Or Chiang
Kai-shek may flatly and openly
refuse to be eased off the islands,
in which case such an Anglo
American deal would look like
a public invitation to the Com
munists to attack our Nation
alist allies.
VET it is a reasonably good
- bet all the same that the
crisis of the off-shore islands
will eventually be resolved in
some such way as that outlined
above. A cease fire in the For
mosa Strait has all along been,
the central American objective.
Originally it was hoped that the
Chinese Communists would
abandon their claim to Formosa,
or at least make a public
pledge not to attack Formosa,
in return for getting Quemoy
and Matsu without a fight.
This hope, unrealistic from
the start, is now dead. The pro
posed Anglo-American . d e a 1
would substitute a cease fire in
the Formosa Straits, based not
upon meaningless Communist
promises, but on 'American
power backed by British and
commonwealth support. There is
much to be said for this more
realistic kind . of cease fire.
There is only one thing to be
said against it that, however
much, it may be dressed up, it
represents one more retreat in
Asia, and one more retreat may
be one too many.
Copyright, 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
COURT BILL TABLED
Salem (U.R) The Senate
State and Federal Affairs Com
mittee -yesterday tabled a bill
which would have allowed coun
ty courts to discontinue publish
ing monthly expenditures in
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In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JZNKINS
In Britain with a general
election just fivii weeks off -
Prime Minister Eden's Conserva
tive party government proposes
the first cut in Britain's income
tax rate since World War 2.
The reduction, as announced
by the chancellor of the ex
chequer (corresponding to our
secretary of the treasury) will
amount to 2Vi per cent on the
basic rate or "sixpence to the
pound," "as the British put it
The old rate, which had been
in effect since wartime days,
took 45 per cent of the bottom
bracket income taxpayer's taxa
ble income and more than 90
per cent cf the taxable income
of those in the top bracket.
THE result of these stiff rates
has been that a lot of British
workers have been unwilling to
work more and produce more be
cause by so doing they would
merely INCREASE THEIR
TAXES. For the same reason,
British industrialists haven't
been too keen about increasing
their production.
Britain needs more production
in order to, be able to sell more
goods abroad so as to be able to
buy more food and more raw
materials, which she must have
to keep her economy going. For
this reason, the Conservative
government would doubtless
have liked to cut the tax rate
much more, but for a rather in
teresting reason didn't dare to.
THE reason is this:
A nit in tavps means an
increase in the spendable in
come of the British people. If
the British people have . more
money to spend, they will spend
it in acquiring for themselves
more of the products of British
industry such as automobiles,
refrigerators, washing machines
and all the modern gadgets that
go to make life more pleasant.
If they do that, they will ab-
sorb MORE OF THE PROD
UCTS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY
AT HOME, thus leaving LESS
to be exported. If British imports
continue over a long period of
time to exceed British exports,
the British economy will go to
pot and the country will go
broke.
It's a strange world, isn't UT "
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THAT brings up an interesting
incident of the conference of
29 Asian and African nations
that is being held in Indonesia.
The Japanese delegate told the
conference that the world's most
urgent need is a ban on the USE
OF FORCE anywhere on the
globe.
He said: . .. ''.-. .;
"If the nations do not abolish
war, WAR WILL ABOLISH
NATIONS." , ;
rpHAT'S putting it pretty
straight.
Japan, which went to war in
an effort to improve its econ
omy, finds itself as a result of
war a WRECKED economy. Her
delegate at the Indonesian con
ference is speaking with the con
viction that comes out of hard
experience.
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