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rOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. May 12, 19SS UNI Xrerybody in Southern Oregon Budi Tn Mail Tribune" Published Dally Except Saturday by MIDFORD PKINXXNtt CO. 27-39 North Fir St. Phone 2-9141 DfltlTDT W flimr. SMI.ftv HXRB GREY. AdvertUin Manager X. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor njn ATT TJ TO fltv TjUtnr HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STAR CHER. 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 Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.90 Dailv and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year 3 50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, t-i ...in-. nniA Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and sunaay uiw munm Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City ot Medfora unieiai raper m xun """'J United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU or uun;umimn WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL IPITOIIAI tow m NIWSPArlft '-ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the filea of The Mail .Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO , May 12. 1S45 (It was Saturday) Public hearing on Jackson county budget set for June 8. From Arthur Perry' Ye Smudge Pot column: The senior class of Old Medford High will set their sheeDskins Thursday May 31. They will have to wres tle with the problems of peace, and a Siskiyou Mountain sized national debt. 20 YEARS AGO May 12. 1935 (It was Sunday) Two Medford residents died in accidents, one in highway mis hap and one by drowning. , Camp South Fork near Butte Falls awarded district flag for best junior CCC company in Medford district. 30 YEARS AGO May 12, 1925 (It was Thursday) A front-page headline reads: Tom Mix1 mixes in mix-up with Art Mix which mixes up the Mix mix-up. The mix: Tom Mix ob jecting to George Washington Kesterson's application in court to change name to Art Mix. Orchard heating pots used to thaw snow on highway to Crater Lake. 40 YEARS AGO May 12, 1915 (It was Wednesday) The Liberty Bell, on country wide tour, to be in Medford soon. From the Ashland and Vicin- ity column: The springs resort at Colestine is being gotten in readi ness for the summer campaign. What's the Answer. (Can You Get 4 of the 7t Ceer. IMS. Editorial Research Reacrt 1. The Bricker Amendment on scope of treaties was defeated last year in the House, in the Senate, in both, or in neither? 2. The horses in the Kentucky Derby are of the same age or dif ferent ages? 3. Annual costs in private old age pension plans are higher to employers for older than for younser workers: right or wrong? 4. About 5 per cent, 15 per cent, 35 per cent, or 45 per cent of all federal income tax returns are found to contain errors? 5. The International Long shoremen's Union is a member of the A.FX., the CJ.O., or neither? 6. A new type of operation has or hasn't helped sufferers from hardening of the arteries? 7. Spangler Arlington Brough was the real name of Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Benny or Bing Crosby? The Answers: 1. In the Senate. 2. All are three-year olds. 3. Right. 4. About 25 per cent. 5. Neither (was thrown out of A. F. L.). S. Has. 7. Robert Taylor. Court Records POLICE COURT ' Leland Roy Dressier, failure to yield right of way to oncoming traffic. $10. Johnnie . Dean Gibson, excessive noise (pipes). $10 MAJtRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Dow Egbert Williams. 61. of 3232 Goldfinch St.. San Diego. Calif., and Grace Flora Nicholson. 47. route 1, box 15. Ashland. , ' Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other day 5:30 previous day. How About That "Vacation?" The political writers on weekly magazines are rapidly going daffy. They no sooner comment on the administration's foreign policy than the policy is changed too late to make any correction possible until another week has passed, by which time of course another change may have occurred. IN one of the popular weeklies, for example, the political expert lambasted the State Department recently for turning down Chou En lai's peaceful gesture at Bandung by tacking on what he termed im possible conditions, to acceptance of the proposed talks. ' Before the "weekly" got in the mails, the "im possible conditions" were removed but it was too late, of course, to make a correction. A FEW days later it was reported from London "that the USA would not approve a 4-power con ference on the top-bracket, but only on the ambassa dorial level. This was stated several times and a deadlock with Great Britain who insisted upon a "summit" gathering seemed imminent. But 24 hours later the USA did another somer sault, and agreed to a high level meeting. So that picture changed overnight as it were. MOT so very long ago it was declared by Secretary ' Dulles that he viewed the situation in the Formosa straits with "grave foreboding," an attack on the off-shore islands appeared imminent, and though not so declared directly, the implication was strong, that if and when such an attack occurred the hot war with China would be on. Now, again from London, comes the report that Mr., Dulles is optimistic about the situation in the Formosa area, that while Red China is building up a strong air force on the mainland the United States will not get involved inany war, unless China should make a combined attack on Formosa, Quemoy, and Matsu. Just what that means is not entirely clear, but it certainly marks a radical departure from the statement made, after Dulles' return from the Far East, and strongly indicates the off-shore islands alone won t be defended. A S we see it, Secretary Dulles should do one of two things: (1) either not talk so much or (2) confer at length with President Eisenhower regard ing all important decisions before he does talk. We suggested some time ago that our Secretary of State needs a vacation. Each day the evidence becomes stronger, that a prolonged breathing spell and some recreation would not only be a good thing for him, but for the country. R.W.R. v . . Looks Bad for Chiang Monday last,- Assistant Secretary of State George Allen declared in Los Angeles that the Eisenhower administration does not believe in using force to aid Chiang Kai-shek to return to the -Chinese mainland. If THIS policy is adhered to then certainly Chiang Kai-shek has our sympathy, and will need it. For if the USA-will not aid him with force to make a "return from Elba" then no other country will. And without such aid, any successful return, according to all the recognized military experts, would be impossible. AND so what? Well the most likely solution as we see it would be a compromise, placing Formosa under some kind of UN trusteeship, neither handing it over to Chiang nor to Red China, but allowing the former to remain there, during good behavior so to speak, and at least live out his life there with his family and followers in reasonable peace and security. But the big question is "Would Chiang agree to do it?" To date he has spurned any such suggestion. . A second question even bigger is: " With all hope of a return to China eliminated how long could the morale of Chiang's army be main tained. ., More than that. How long could the-army itself be maintained and kept in fighting trim. The only answer we can see is: "not for long." ... For these hundreds of thousands of soldiers under Chiang are remaining loyal to him for only one rea son, namely: They still believe that eventually they will be able to return to their friends and families in China proper, and take up their lives, where they left off a decade or more ago, and under a non-communist regime. They don't want to stay permanently on Formosa and never have. The amazing thing is that such hope has not faded away long ago. But apparently it hasn't. Unless this latest pronouncement by the State Department is changed, as so many have been, then that hope can't last much longer. . And when and if it does go we fear everything will go, as far as any "come back" for Chiang Kai shek is concerned except for the one noted above some sort of a workable compromise that could sat isfy both Chiang and Red China. TT is a tough spot to be in for the former General- issimo of all China. ' But as things look now it appears inescapable. It is even doubtful that Senator Knowland of Cali fornia, the best and most powerful supporter in this country Chiang has, can find any satisfactory way out of it satisfactory.that is, to him and to Chiang. " R.W.R. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Back to the cold war: Formal invitations to a top level Big Four meeting have been sent to Russia by President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Eden of England and Premier Faure of France. Each leader personally invited Premier Bul- ganin of Russia to join in direct talks with a view to solving some of the world s problems. It is believed in Moscow that the invitations will almost cer tainly be accepted. Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop A S TO ways and means: The Big Four foreign min isters will meet in Vienna this week end to sign the Austrian independence treaty. They could get together in Vienna or else whereand draw up what the diplomats call an "agenda," which is striped-pants language for a list of the subjects to be discussed. They could also set a date and a place for the meet ing of the chiefs of state of the United States, Britain, France and Spain. It suggested that the chiefs of state could then meet for three or four days at the time and the place chosen and pass the results of their talks on to the foreign ministers for further discussion by them. rpHE PROGRAM, you see, calls for a lot of talking which is all to the good. Talking is cheaper than shoot ing. ' rrHE INVITATION sent to Rus sie set no specific time and place. "Informants in Paris (meaning members of the upper international brass who decline to permit use of their names) suggest that the time of the meet ing is likely to be mid-July and the place somewhere in Switzerland. rpHE NEWS of the invitation to A' the meeting of the chiefs of state was made public in Wash ington while President Eisen hower was addressing a confer ence of Republican women. He recalled to them that he has said he is ready to do ANYTHING, to meet with ANYONE, anywhere, in the interests of peace. He said that if such a meeting is held "we will not stand on minor points of protocol if there is the slightest chance to bring about a better world." He added that the only condition for such a meeting would be that the Urn ted States would have to main tain its self-respect in connection with the whole proceeding. IT SOUNDS wonderful. . Coming on the heels of Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai's recent statement that he is will ing to negotiate direcUy with the United Sates in an effort to ease the tensions in the Far East, it sounds even more wonderful. It all suggests the rosy thought that maybe the war clouds are going to blow away after all, so that the world may enter upon another Golden Age of peace and progress and good will among nations. BUT WAIT a minute. AMERICAN SABRE JETS TUESDAY SHOT DOWN TWO RUSSIAN - BUILT MIGS AND PROBABLY DESTROYED AN OTHER OVER INTERNA TIONAL WATERS OF THE YELLOW SEA, WHICH LIES BETWEEN RED CHINA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA. THE AIR Force announces in Tokyo that the U.S. planes were jumped by the Commun ist planes in an area about 50 miles southwest of the Yalu river boundary between North Korea and Red China. The announcement says 12 to 16 Communist planes attacked the Sabres, which numbered eight The identity of the Com munist planes was not given. MIGS are used by the Russian, North Korean and Red Chinese air forces. All of our Sabres, after re turning the fire of the attackers and shooting down two or more of them, returned safely to their base. WHAT DOES it all mean? j It means that you can't trust Joseph Alsop THE WEAK LINKS Tokyo The dull old saw, that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, is rapidly becom ing a pungent critic ism of American pol icy, in Asia. On the one hand, the so called "island chain strate gy" has been the real justi fication of our Asian policy from the mo ment when President Eisenhower decided to allow the Chinese Commun ists a concealed victory in Ko rea. For two years, our policy makers have gone on the rule that they could safely dodge any issue and abandon any position in Asia, so long as the line from the Aleutians through Japan and Okinawa, Formosa and the Phil ippines was firmly held. And with bland complacency, they have assumed there was no danger to this officially estab lished American defense line in the Pacific. On the other hand, however, the most vital links in the island chain have been more and more visibly weakened. In both its offensive and defensive aspects, the island chain strategy is in fact ceasing to be a valid strate gy. The process is slow, because it works indirectly. But it is none the less immensely important, because it imperils the whole American position in the Pa cific. One of the two reasons for the vast efforts of the second World War was to safeguard and strengthen that Pacific position. The fruits of the great victory of 1945 .are now the stakes upon the table. The strategy of the island chain is most immediately en dangered on its offensive side. In theory, as officially explained by Secretary of State John Fpster Dulles, enemy aggression on the Asian continent is to be met with a two pronged attack based on Formosa and South Korea. In view of Communist China's complete inability to supply a serious war on two fronts, this is a good theory. But in prac tice, although the divisions of Chiang Kai-shek and Syngman Rhee are still costing the Amer ican taxpayers a lot of money, the Chinese Communist leaders are being progressively relieved of any worries about this two front war. TN KOREA, the enemy is in- creasingly protected by Amer- can disarmament, by his own fantastic fortifications, and by his own air build up. The exist ing air balance on the Korean peninsula proper is now on the order of three to one in favor of the Communists, with the air backup outside Korea also bal anced in their favor. Anyone who saw the Korean fighting knows that an attack on the deep tunneled Communist entrench ments can not be considered for an instanrwhile. the enemy has air superiority. ' In Formosa, meanwhile, the new. two China policy may leave the appearance of strength. The Generalissimo's divisions may continue to be counted in the Joint Chiefs of Staff's paper games, even after an American back-down in the Formosa Strait. But after the demoraliza tion such a back-down will in evitably cause, any . attempt to use the Chinese Nationalist divi sions offensively will be- the a Communist. A Communist will make ges tures of peace and good will with one hand and stab you in the back with the other. BUT Talk is ihsnsr than war. So we must never refuse to talk hoping that the talking may be prolonged to the in evitable time when communism will fall under the weight of its own foulness. Meanwhile, of course, keeping our guns loose in their holsters. Frank Morgan Harold Snodfraa CHAPEL MORTUARY Funeral Directors PHONE 2-8030 1 KING STREET MEDFORD' most harebrained kind of gamble. This, in brief, is what has been and is now happening to the capability of a two pronged attack that Secretary Dulles boasted about so grandly only a lew weeks ago. Yet this loss of offensive capability is not so grave as the progressive loss of defensive value of the famous island chain. This defensive loss is a purely political process, mainly centering here in Japan. Militarily and economically, Japan is the most essential of all the links in the island chain. With this link gone, Okinawa will be virtually untenable. For mosa, will be .meaningless. We shall be thrown back. to the posi tion in the Pacific that we held at the time of Pearl Harbor.. Yet no realistic observer of the on-the-spot facts of the sit uation in Asia can now take Japan for granted, in the way the American policy makers still take for granted. Japans eco nomic dependence on the United States, the surviving Japanese belief that the United States wins in the end, are the present mainstays of the Japanese-American . alliance. But both those mainstays must be expected to snap if present trends in Asia continue. The danger, to be sure, is not for today or for tomorrow. If there is another appeasement of the Communists in the Formosa Strait, there will be increasing doubts in Tokyo and Japanese American relations will grow increasingly more difficult. But the Japanese-American alliance may be expected to survive. It will probably even survive next year's already foreseeable Com munist triumph in Indochina. HOWEVER, the Japanese American alliance cannot be expected to survice a chain reaction of further Communist triumphs in Southeast Asia, such as seems likely to begin in South Viet Nam in 1956. That is too much to hope for, as the Ameri can embassy here has already blunUy warned Washington. What is to be feared is not a complete reversal of alliances, but adoption by the Japanese of a sternly neutralist policy. But it will be a small consolation that the Japanese are not overtly on the enemy's side, when Japan's industrial potential is fully available to the Communists, and when the island chain has been broken for good and all by Japanese neutralism. Such are the developments that now loom ahead in the short and long run in the Far East. Maybe retreat and ap peasement are still the best cure. But those who advocate re treat and appeasement have a duty to propose an alternative Pacific strategy for the United States, plus a free-world strategy of survival after most of the rest of Asia has been lost. , Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Ine. John Day, Ore. -JftJ.R) - Voters here have approved, 171-20, a $139,000 bond issue for a new grade school. Morse Sees Possible Federal Priorities For Salk Vaccine By SEN. WAYNE MORSE Washington Long overdue action to fix mandatory alloca tions and priorities for Salk po lio vaccine may be forthcoming. Announcement of the success of the vaccine came on April 12, the tenth anniversary of Frank lin Roosevelt's death. At . that time Dr. Salk and the Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis stat ed that there would not be enough vaccine this year to meet the nation's full needs. They al so pointed out that children in the five to ten year age group are most susceptible to infantile paralysis and should be innocu lated first. The next day I announced that would introduce a bill for a commission of doctors (including Dr. Salk, if possible) and, repre sentatives of state health offices and the vaccine manufacturers to draw up rules and regulations to set up allocations and priori ties for distribution and use of the vaccine. On April 14 my bill was introduced. The President and Secretary Hobby advocated a voluntary program of priorities and held two conferences todraw up a voluntary plan. Then it became necessary to withdraw the Cut ter vaccine from use because of its questionable quality. In get ting the vaccine back from dis tributors and physicians it be came known that the vaccine was being given to relatives and friends of distributing firms and doctors, which was. not illegal but was not in accordance with the voluntary and unenforce able distribution plan. Demand for Controls v As a result, there was an in creasing demand for Federal mandatory controls. The New York Herald Tribune, a Repub lican paper which strongly sup ports the Administration launched a vigorous editorial campaign for U.S. control on a Body of Eugene Man Found in River Springfield (U.R) The body of Clifford W. Knowlton, 37, of Eugene, was recovered from the Willamette river late yesterday He had been missing since April 23 when his car plunged off the Fall Creek road about five miles upstream. The car was found next morn ing An deep water with the win dow on the driver's side rolled down.5 Three teenaged boys spotted his body on a sand bar just be fore 4 p.m. yesterday. Spring field police and firemen recover ed the body and identification was confirmed by Lane county Coroner Fred Beull. temporary basis. Its front-page editorial on May 2 advocated a bill essentially like the one I had already introduced. On May 3, 10 Republicans and 3 Democrat ic Senators introduced a bill al most identical to mine. , Committee hearings on simi lar House bills have begun and the Senate Labor Committee is awaiting a report from the Pres ident on the "voluntary" pro gram. When it is received , the Committee will consider further action. N As I pointed out in the Sen ate, precious time is being wast ed. The vaccine is in short sup ply and will be for the next sev eral months. It is necessary to insure - that the children most susceptible to polio those in the 5- to 10-year age group get vaccinated first. Then, young sters slightly older and younger should get it. By treating those who are in greatest danger the sources of infection to untreated children and adults would be re duced. I am continuing to press for more adequate Federal ac tion' to assist the states, physi cians and parents. Amendment for Fruit v Processors Adopted It is good to be able to report that I was successful in persuad ing the Senate to adopt an amendment to the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, which recently passed the Senate and now goes to conference. ' For many weeks I have been work ing with cherry and other fruit growers and processors to secure for them the right to a hearing before the U.S. Tariff Commis sion on tariff cases involving the importation of processed com modities. They - have been de nied hearings because of narrow interpretations of the law. The amendment . would help '. other processors of raw material to ob tain their "day in court" before the Commission. My amendment was the only one added to the bill on the floor of the Senate. 1956 Appointments to Military Academies The Civil Service designation examination, upon which I base my appointments, will be given in 26 Oregon cities on Monday, July 11,-1955. I shall be happy to hear from boys who would like to take the exam in order to compete for an appointment to West Point, Annapolis, or the new Air Force Academy. iMy quota - of appointments to t he Naval Academy has been filled as of how, but anyone interested in such an appointment is at lib erty to take the examination and name another academy as his second choice. I shall also be glad, to provide information on the Merchant Marine or Coast Guard Academies, for which Congressional appointments are not needed. 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