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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
. April 26, 1945
(It was Thursday)
A three-and-a-half hour Crip
pled Children's Benefit show
held at a local theater.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The coun
ty agent reports there will be
fewer strawberries this year, for
robins to ruin with one peck.
The Associated Bird Council re
ports due to all the old clothes
being sent to the needy of Eur
nnp spare-crows the coming sea
son, will wear no pants.
20 YEARS AGO
April 26. 1935
(It was Friday) ?
E. W. Winkle becomes exhalt
ed ruler of Medford Elks lodge
for coming year.
The 1935 fire season opens
with small fire in Big Applegate
area which quickly was sur
pressed. 30 YEARS AGO
4 April 26, 1925
(It was Sunday)
Southern Oregon gas company
leases property on Roxy Ann to
mine coal for making gas.
Jackson County court favors
tax on buses ad trucks.
40 YEARS AGO
April 26. 1915
(It was Monday)
State highway officials and
Jackson County court inspect
county roads and Siskiyou.
Professor V. Meddo Hillis of
Nampa, Idaho, accepts position
as Medford city superintendent.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of tha 7?)
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Present proposals for a
guaranteed annual wage would
assure every worker 52 weeks'
full-time wages every year as
long as he lives; right or wrong?
2. More weekly than daily
newspapers are published in the
U.S.; right or wrong?
3. Penguins are found only in
the Arctic, only in the Antarc
tic, on in both?
4. Total mortgage debt out
standing on all mortgaged
homes comes to about one-third,
one-half or two-thirds of their
estimated value?
5. The U. S. fiscal year ends on
June 30. The British one ends
on that day, March 31, Sept. 30
or Dec. 31?
5. Who was the only man to
become President from being
Secretary of Commerce?
7. Habib Buorguibais leader
of nationalists in Puerto Rico,
Egypt, South Vietnam, the Phil
ippines, or Tunis?
The Answers: 1. Wrong. 2.
Right. 3. Only in the Antarctic.
4. About one-half. 5. March 31.
6. Herbert Hoover. . lunu.
Soldiers Envy KP-Free
Brethren in Air Force
Washington (U.R) Soldiers
in the U.S. Army today envied
their KP free brethren in the
Air Force.
Maj. Gen. Robert N. Young,
assistant chief of staff, told a
House appropriations subcom
mittee the Army feels KP "is a
normal part of a man's military
duty," and will not hire civi
lians to wash its dishes and peel
its potatoes.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Time Is the One Hope
Senator Knowland of California denies there is
any "war party" in the United States.
As is so often the case he is half -right.
There is no war party as far as ANY party de
claring officially it WANTS a war, is concerned. But
there is a war party of individuals.
Both parties are all-out for peace, just as the peo
pie of the country, and
are for peace.
DUT there are individual members of the Republi
can party who are for Chiang Kai-shek's return
to the mainland and the overthrow of the Red regime
well knowing that this can't be done without war in
which the United States would have to take a leading
part. "
In fact Senator Knowland has said as much. And
he was supported at one time by his former fellow
senator, Mr. Nixon. '
. Senator Knowland feels so strongly on the subject
that he has come to be known in Washington as "the
Senator from Formosa."
Not that either Senator would publicly say they
WANT war. They don't. But they have publicly stated
they want Chiang upheld and supported to the bitter
end, and if that can't be done without war which it
can't, then "let war come."
In that sense they are members of the war group
in Washington if not a party and those Democrats, if
any who are in similar sympathy with the Chinese
lobby propaganda can be placed in the same category.
They are for war if they can't get what they want
without it.
THERE is nothing more certain than that Chiang
Kai-shek, must either abandon his determination
to regain control of China, or he will have to fight for
it. And he can't fight for it at least successfully,
without American assistance.
And that assistance could only mean an all-out
war, probably another world war.
With the exception of
no one wants it. (They do
But it is doubtful if Red China wants war. The fly in
that ointment is, both-Chiang and Mao want what
can't be had WITHOUT war.
Chou En lai, made something of a sensation by
publicly declaring at Bandung he would like to talk
things over, that he only wished for peace.
But when he added, he would not abandon his
determination to conquer Formosa, for that would
be the abandonment of Chinese sovereignty and en
thusiasm for such a talk in this country quickly
dwindled.
It was somewhat reminiscent of the situation when
the Japanese envois went to Washington to talk
peace, while their air-fleet set out to bomb Pear Har
bor. No one in the USA wants anything of that sort
again.
.
CO there is the situation as we see it and it is a tragic
one. .
No one wants war. No nation really WANTS war.
Yet the world is drifting slowly but surely toward
war, and spending more and more to be ready for it
on the ground that the stronger a nation is militarily
the better the chances for peace! R.W.R.
What a Paradox And a Ghastly One!
THE only "out" that can be seen from this distance
at least is that somehow someway, while prepara
tions for war continue, and neither side in this For
mosa area will accept a compromise sufficiently dras
tic to reach any peaceable agreement, neither side on
the other hand may be willing to fire the first shot.
And it takes someone to start a war, before there
can be one. .
JN other words TIME, as of today, is the only hope.
A In fact we believe it has been stated in high official
circles in Washington that cold war tensions between
the free world and the communist aggressors, may
last for 50 years.
As long as it remains "COLD" that is ok with this
department. '
For the more one learns about atomic war, the
more one is convinced that one of the wisest and most
statesmanlike declarations ever made by President
Eisenhower was when he declared :
"There is today no alternative to peace."
There is none, none that is satisfactory at least, or
makes sense.
: , As time goes on and on if it can without war
perhaps members of the human race will evolve suf
ficient intelligence and wisdom in the interim, to get
together and for the sake of survival and in their own
self-interest go the whole hog and by common consent
abolish it
That is a slim hope. But it is better than none at
all. R.W.R.
Use of Television Claims New Field
Camden, N. J. (U.R) The
ever-expanding uses of television
have claimed a new field spot
ting parking spaces for car-parking
services.
RCA has announced that the
Downtown Merchants Parking
Association in Oakland, Calif.,
was the first group to use a de
vice that enables parking attend
ants at the curb to "see" where
the vacancies are.
Makers of the "TV Eye" said
thn camera, mounted atop a
standard overlooking the lot, has
been doing yeoman service at
speeding up parking operations.
Tuesday, AerQ 26, I9S5
the world for that matter
Chiang and his followers
for it is their only hope)
The standard is connected to a
21-inch television receiver in the
entrance booth to the parking
lot. The camera can automatic
ally and continuously scan the
parking area and show the re
ceivei what it "sees."
The camera can also be oper
ated manually by control switch
es in the main booth.
Save the carpet labels and
other literature received from a
dealer when carpets are pur
chased. These will tell you the
best method of cleaning and
any special treatments necessary.,
JOINING SIGHTSEERS at White House, rubber-necking turtle
heads for President Eisenhower's putting green. (International)
European Elections
Show Trend Toward
Moderate Politics
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
German, French and Austrian
voters all swung away from the
extreme left and the extreme
right in poli
tics in the
prov incial
elections 'held
on Sunday.
In all throe
countries, the
results showed
a healthy
trend toward
moderation in
politics.
C ommun
ism continued
Charles McCann
to lose strength, as it has done in
Western Europe year by year
since the critical Italian general
election of 1948.
But the greatest loss was suf
fered by the extreme right wing
party of Gen. Charles de Gaulle,
who only a few years ago had
hope of making himself dictator
of France.
The de Gaullist defeat was of
disastrous proportions. There
was even speculation in Paris
whether it might not foretell the
death of the movement which de
Gaulle started in 1947.
Trend To Middle
There was nothing of note in
the elections in any of the three
countries except the trend
toward the middle of the road.
The West German election
was held in the important stale
of Saxony.
There the Socialists who op
pose rearmament got more
votes than Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer's Christian Democrats
did.
But the Socialists lost the
majority which they had held in
the state legislature, with the
aid of other groups in a coali
tion, since 1951.
The Communists lost one of
their three seats, and the ex
treme right wing splinter groups
also lost strength.
The feeble Austrian Commun
ist Party polled only 4 per cent
of the votes, compared to 5.2
per cent in 1950, in the election
in the Russian-occupied province
of lower Austria.
The French provincial elec
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tions were held all over the
country. The Communists gained
a handful of seats in provincial
councils by making deals with
the Socialists. But they, lost in
popular votes. .
The Social Democratic Party,
which is the holdover of de
Gaulle's onetime "rally of the
French people," lost 79 of the
151 seats it had held in the
provincial councils, correspond
ing to, state legislatures.
Frenchmen may still honor
the free France leader of World
War II, but they certainly are
not voting for him any longer.
De Gaulle headed the pro
visional government of France
after the war.- He went into re
tirement, only to emerge in 1947
as the leader of a new political
party. -
There was open talk that he
might succeed in making him
self dictator. But he failed, and
there is little chance that he can
ever make another comeback.
Off-Sf reef Parking
Required by Zoners
Chicago (U.R) Mdst modern
zoning ordinances require all
new buildings to be supplied
with off-street parking, accord
ing to the American Society of
Planning Officials.
But the association said there
usually is no guarantee that the
space originally designated for
off street parking will continue
to be used for that purpose. If
the parking space is not on the
sama parcel of land, or if it is
under separate ownership, there
is a chance of future violation.
As a result, the society added,
"more and more communities
are finding it a good idea to
specify in their zoning ordi
nances that the obligation to pro
vide off-street parking space 'is
one that continues as long as the
building is in use."
Among cities which have
taken such action are South
EucJid, O.; Bismarck, N.D.; West
Palm Beach,' Fla.; Colorado
Springs, Colo., and Chicago.
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Matter of Fact
PRESIDENT YANAIHARA
Tokyo, Japan President Yan-
aihara of Tokyo University is a
major portent for the United
States, of the
our increas
ingly reckless
policy makers
never seem to
notice.
Tokyo is
the great, na
tional, state
supported un
iversity to
which bright
young men
loseph Allay
flock from aU
over Japan. Since tne ancient
tradition of the pupils rever
ence or the master is still
strong in this country, Tokyo's
annual graduating class of sev
eral thousand all tend to reflect
the opinions of Tokyo's., presi
dent by virtue of his office,
therefore, and as an admirable
scholar and a man of the high
est character. President Yan
aihara . occupies a position in
Japanese life that has had no
real .American equivalent since
the days when Eliot of Harvard
was the grand papjandrum of
education in the United States.
A call on President Yanai
hara is a singular experience.
Under the young spring green
of the trees on Tokyo Univer
sity s crowded campus, black
uniformed students are enjoying
the sun and talking animatedly.
The windows that survey the
campus also pour bright spring
sunshine into the comfortable
president's office, full of pleas
ant, scholarly litter.
President Yanaihara, whose
handsome, fine boned face pro
claims his strong religious ideal
ism, welcomes his visitor with
charming Japanese courtesv.
The wandering reporter, sadly
tired of looking at political
faces in public places, savors
this non-political atmosphere
with delight and refreshment.
But the first reaction changes
to something rather different
when Japan's current problems
begin to be discussed.
"Japan," says President Yan
aihara firmly, "is now America's
barking dog. We now bark or
bark not as the signal may be
given.
AS illustration of this thesis,
"President Yanaihara, with
perceptible bitterness, describes
the problem of his colleague,
the President of Fukuoka Uni
versity. The university is close
to the big American airfield at
Fukuoka: The planes landing
and taking off are very noisv,
Many professors, in protest
against the nuisance, actually
cease lecturing when a plane
noise is heard. The others who
do not fall silent are inaudible
anyway.
But the President of Fukuoka
has received no satisfaction
from pointing out these grave
inconveniences to the American
Air Force and the Japanese gov
ernment. Nothing has been done
to improve the situation. "I ask
you," says President Yanaihara,
"is this real independence? Is
this our country or is it yours?"
From this beginning, Presi
dent Yanaihara develops his
majn theme. The world is con
vulsed by the struggle between
America and the Soviet Union.
Who is to blame for this struggle
may be disputed, but all Asians
fear "American imperialism"
and American belligerency.
From this struggle, the Japanese
people wish to stand apart, in
perfect neutralism, having
friendly relations with both
sides.
Therefore the first and most
essential thing is to get all Amer
ican armed forces out of Japan
immediately. It is true, of
course, that the Soviet Union
has deployed vast forces in Si
beria, and - that Communist
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China Is arming to the teeth.
But the Russians and Chinese
have probably been driven to
do these things by America with
her hydrogen bombs. In any
case, President Yanaihara has
no fear that his country will fall
victim to these good neighbors.
The problem of Japan's self
defense can be settled after the
withdrawal of American forces
from Japanese soil. Until then,
no wise discussion of the prob
lem is possible. And for himself,
being an idealist, President Yan
aihara thinks that Japan should
set a high example to the world
by having : no : defense of any
kind. . .. ' i
SUCH are the views of the
most influential single edu
cator in this country. They are
not isolated or eccentric views
either. Gakushuin University is
the former peers school, where
Japan's Crown Prince is now
being educated with the sons
of Japan's other great and an
cient families. And at Gakush
uin, the high minded and be
nevolent President Abe holds
the same opinions as President
Yanaihara although a visit to
Communist China as head of a
good will mission has left Presi
dent Abe a little less positive
about the desirability of having
no defense whatever.
The same views are to be
found, again, in three of the
fou' magazines which speak for
and to the Japanese intelligent
sia. Not long ago, when Masao
Takahashi ventured to defend
Yugoslavia against the Soviet
Union in the influential pages
of "Seikai" the same kind of
violent shock was produced
that would be produced in
Britain if Aneurin Bevan at
tempted in the "Tribune" to
defend the Soviets against the
Yugoslavs.
With some ' variations, the
same views are held too by both
the socialist parties, and es
pecially by the leftwing social
ists who gained so importantly
in the recent election. The new
generation of Japanese voters,
who flocked to vote Socialist,
did so because they hold these
views. The trades unions, both
those which are Communist led
and those which are not, din
these views into their member
ship. And in agile concession to
there views, Premier Ichiro
Hatoyama made "normaliza
tion" of Japan's relations with
Rusria the main plank of his
election platform.
General MacArthur's frag
mentation of the centers of pow
er that used to guide Japanese
national policy; the resulting
break in Japan's contact with
the outer world; the inexperi
ence of practical politics of al
most all Japanese except the
former now fragmented ruling
groups; the astonishing follies of
recent American policy in Ja
pan such are the main reasons
why views that seem to us so
amazing are so widely prevalent
among intelligent and patriotic
Japanese.
To be sure, these are not yet
majority views. The conserva
tive parties, which stiU rather
unenthusiastically hold to the
American alliance, got a heavy
majority in the last election.
But President Yanaihara and
the many others like, him are
none-the-less human warning
signals that ought to throw the
Washington policy makers back
on their haunches, for a thor
ough re-examination of the Jap
anese American relationship.
(Copyright, 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
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opening of the chimney burned
yesterday morning when the fire
burned out at the Orrin C. Ogier
residence, 333 Haven St., fire
men said.
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Natural Gas Regulations . ..
To the Editor:
The time is . short but .not
too short for this legislature to.
make it possible for the State
to -regulate high-pressure natur
al gas pipelines in the interest
of public safety. .
. The Chief Fire Marshall, Mr.
Robert E. Taylor, has urged the
adoption of an Act to enable
the State to regulate these ad
mittedly highly explosive facili
ties and restrict their proximity
to homes, schools, playgrounds
and places of public assembly.-
A - A proposed enabling Act hai
been pigeon-holed in the House
Rules Committee and there it
will die unless one or all of
the following key-men come to
the rescue of the bill and: of
the public.
Hon. Paul. R. Patterson, Gov
ernor; Hon. Edward A. Geary,
House Spreaker; Hon. W. W.
Chadwick, House Rules Com
mittee Chairman.
That high pressure natural
gas pipelines need regulation
has been stated in a recent re- '
port to Congress by Chairman
Kuykendahl of the Federal Pow
er Commission.. That explosions
are frequent is reported by the
FPC. Over 1,700 "failures" are
listed with less than half of all
the natural gas systems report
ing.
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President, Oil Heat
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Portland, Ore.,
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Soviet Union Agrees
To Envoy Conference
Moscow (U.R) The Soviet
Union agreed today to an am
bassadors' conference in Vienna
proposed by the Western Allies
to draft a treaty freeing oc
cupied Austria.
The Russians also accepted
the Western proposal that the
Vienna conference of ambassa
dors begin on May 2. . t
The Soviet government made
its position known in identical
notes to the United States, Brit
ain and France. The notes
pointed out, however, that the'
Soviet did not believe the con
ference was the "shortest' ,way.
to reach the necessary agreed
ment on the Austrian problem." f
The Western proposal was
made in notes from the Big '
Three April 22.
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