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Newspaper Page TextG rOIfli WtDFOUD (OREGON) "IE! body tn Southern Oregon as ins uiu TrtDune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S7-29 -North Fir St Phone 2-S141 HERB GREY Advertising Manager K. C. FERGUSON Managing Editor mm Al l jh Cit Editor HARRY CfflPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHES. Society Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, iinder Act of Marcn a, io.w SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday-U)n year (13.00 c Ci. mmithl 630 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 1.50 Sunday imiy un ie ""i. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Asmano. (.eninu "uii, Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $13 .00 Dally end Sunday One month 1.23 n . Km ha Mtflt. tamer ina AU AC""' we Official Paper ot the City of Medford All Tenia Lasn in ftova- orneuu raper United Press Full Leased wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF cim-uJUAi.i-ii s AOvernsing r-eprracuinu-j- WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices In New York. Chicago De- a j a. M jl 4ba sTea Jo. Fl sr BlH. Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta. vsneoover. NATIONAt EDITORIAL ASSOcfATlloN NIWffAPIt k PUkUISMIM XSSOCIATIOM 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 . Sept. 11, 1945 (It was Tuesday) Japan premier To jo attempts suicide. Q- From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The Older girls are in the jnidst of canning peaches, a task they tackle with as .much gusto as spring house cle'aning. They are assisted in many instances by the .. bread winner, who will eat most of them next winter. He peels the peaches in the kitchen sink in which he is not allowed to clean what he kills and catches in field and stream. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 11. 1935 (It was Wednesday) Relief work sought for 47,384 persons in state. e 8 ' ' Open house next Friday at new Lone Pine school. 30 YEARS AGO Sept. II, 1925 (It was Friday) Syndicate of local business menbuy walls of fire gutted Pag theater for $25,000. School board buys Second st. playground for high school ath letic field,- 40 YEARS AGO (It was Saturday Voice culture studio opened at Room One, College block. Vermont Governor Charles W, Gates visits Medford and inspects Pacific highway. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Rsseaick Rtperl 1. Harry S. Truman can or can't constitutionally run for President again in 1956? 2. Average cash income of the city man is more than twice that of the average farm dweller; right orWong? 3. About 12,000, 24,000, 36, 000 or 48,000 taxicabs are in op eration in New York City? 4. A dividend in the form of additional stock is or isn't gen erally subject to federal income tax when distributed? 5. Crowley, Layden,1 Miller and Stuhldreher collectively . were known as what? 6. Sutton Place is fashionable street in New Orleans, San Fran cisco, Boston, New York, Balti more, or Atlanta? 7. Homi J. Bhabha is a nota ble Arab statesman, Indian atomic physicist, Red Chinese general, Italian composer, or Moroccan nationalist? The Answers: 1. Can (22nd amendment doesn't apply, to him). 2. Right. 3. 12.000. 4. Isn't (only when the stock is sold). 5. Four Horsemen (Notre Dame Backfield). 6. New York. 7. In dian physicist. Pink Salmon Netters At 65 Per Cent Mark Seattle : (U.R) Commercial net fishing for pink salmon on Tiicmr Snunrl is mnw than fiS per cent completed with land ings through Thursday of 3, 900,000 fish and a pack esti mated at 275,000 48-pound cases. The figures compare with a catch of 6.000.000 sinks for the parent year lf53 and a pack of 443,000 cases. The 1933-03 eaten t average is 5,123,000 fish. , mail tribunb Is Lippmann a Pink? In newspaper circles it is pretty well agreed that Walter Lippmann is not only the dean of news com mentators, but one of the best informed, accurate and intelligent in the business. His column is a "must" in Washington diplomatic circles and, according to re port, he is the one newspaper columnist, Secretary of State Dulles never fails to read, when foreign relations are treated, which is often. The Mail-Tribune acquired his services a few months ago but the Oregonian has printed his col umn as is its custom in this field, for years, but only off and on. e e e e e IN THE Oregonian we now note a communication from Aurora, Oregon, in which the writer tears Mr. Lippmann limb from limb, as a faithful follower of the Communist line. His offerings are labelled "refined garbage" and the Oregonian is apparently .guilty by association, being placed by the writer in the category of American newspapers which, according to Louis Budenz, former communist and editor of the "Daily Worker," are doing everything in their power to turn this country over to the communists. Budenz is quoted in the communication as follows: "If the U.S.A. ever goes communist it will be the fault of the American press which echoes and reechoes the com munist party line, with an unfailing, blind and simple-. minded fidelity. This portion of the press is dark as midnight and hard for the rays of light to penetrate." CUCH fantastic nonsense could be ignored, or put in o the comic section were it not for the sad fact that this sort of blind "revolt against intelligence," insti gated originally by Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin,' has been spread so widely over the United States and gained such a foothold, that it still presents, though not as dangerously as a few years ago a genuine threat to our constructive and steady progress on the road to world peace. For what this cantankerous communicant wants, though he does not say so directly is a preventive war as far as Soviet Russia and the communist threat is concerned. For that is the only rational alternative to what he condemns. What the gentleman from Aurora objects to as far as the Lippmann column is concerned, is Lippmann's agreement with President Eisenhower, when the Pres ident declared that in this age of atomic and H bombs, there is "no alternative to peace." Lippmann agrees. And because there is none a military stalemate has been reached, balance of power so to speaK, and wnat tne wnole world wants which is a permanent end to war, must in this interval be left to wise diplomacy and the healing benefits of time, rather than another world war which would 1 1 settle nothing and destroy everything. ' e e e rNE may disagree with that diagnosis we agree but certainly no one in possession of his senses could call it communist propaganda or giving aid and comfort to the enemy. But this correspondent insists it is peddling the "commie line." If that is true then this for we are practically a nation of communist "ped dlers" from President Eisenhower, through Walter Lippmann's ivory tower" down to the lower echelons of the rank and file. But of course it isn't true and every thinking per son knows it. It is simply as it is, honestly ana realistically, and charting what after much thought and study, appears to Mr.. Lipp mann to be the one best hope of preventing another world war, and making genuine progress on the long road to peace and world survival. .. AS TIME goes on conditions may radically change and a better solution may appear. But one thing is for sure : Those who smear newspaper columnists like Wal ter Lippmann and newspapers like the Oregonian as "peddlers" of communist doctrine, will never provide it. R.W.R. 1 How About the S.P. Facts? There is another thing for sure : To wit : If and when a hearing is held before the Public Utility Commissioner on abandoning of all rail pas senger service from Eugene to Ashland the "Friendly SP" will certainly have Editor Sprague of the Salem Statesman as its star witness if It can get him. For Editor Sprague not only knows about all there is to know about the railroad problem in Southern Oregon, but he knows or predicts with complete confidence just what the PUC verdict will be. It will, he feels certain, deny passenger service and OK transformation of all rail service in this 300 mile area to a single SP freight line. e e e Jf OREOVER that, "The Stateman" editor thinks T will be just dandy not for Salem or Eugene or any other well-populated and prosperous section of the state, of course, but for Southern Oregon. Why? . Because there is nothing to this protest against abandonment of all rail passenger service but pride. That's all, foolish pride. No one wants to ride on the trains here in Southern Oregon. All they want to do apparently, is to go down to the station and see the trains of empty cars go through and after that inspiring thrill has ended, (the local SP passenger trains, we admit, were ouite a sio-MN fhor will hop into their two-tone convertibles and go wherever they wish to go, a proud and motorconscious people. WELL we have never denied the people of Southern Oroorrm frnm li'lin'Ani eniiflmT.J T " 1 ww6vu via. uugwe Sunday, September II, ISSS mm.. ' ' . " country.IS in dire danger, facing the world situation suuuihmu ua vo LQcir snare Today and By Walter POLICY AND THE PARTY A dial Stevenson has an article in Look magazine which is severely critical of the way foreign affairs have been conducted by the Eisenhowr er administra tion. As Stev venson is the leading can didate for the Demo c r a t i c cratic Presi- WslUr Lippmann dential nomi. nation, we may ask ourselves not whether there is ground for criticism but whether the Demo cratic party can take issue legi timately and effectively with the Republican administration. I would thnk that as of now at least the Democrats cannot do it. That is not because the Eisenhower-Dulles record is above criticism. Far from it. It is because by their support and by their silence the Democrats have forfeited the chance, and with it one might say the right, to take issue with the President. Things may look very differ ently a year hence. But as of now the Democrats have no quarrel with what the Adminis tration has managed to do. Their quarrel, long after the event, is with how by backing and fill ing, by zigging and zagging, by talking tough and by talking soft, the Administration got where it is today. As the Demo crats do not criticise the results, as they did not at the time op pose the method, they have as the opposition party no issue. They have no record of their own to oppose to the Eisenhower record. And as the saying wgoes in politics, you can't beat a horse with no horse. As of now, we are, one might say, in the last act of a melo drama. The heroine has passed tnrougn a series of hair-raising escapes. Win she then marry the handsome young man who sat on his hands when she was in peril because he has much to say about how hair-raising it all was? THERE is no doubt, I think, that fho ProcMn ha maria a great, a unique, and a neces sary contribution to reducing the probability of a third world war. He has done this by main taining our military power and our alliances and, also and no less, by clarifying our funda mental policy in the Far East. This is not, I realize, the official line which holds, or at least used to hold, that having incorpo rated West Germany and its twelve promised divisions in NATO, the Soviet Union was being compelled to, retire and to retreat. ' If we pay attention not to what the Administration has said but to what, it has been do ing, We can say that it has puU ed back from positions of weak ness, where we were over-extended, to positions which the United States and its allies are strong enough and willing enough to hold. THIS is how, after the alarms of war, that the truce which prevails in the Far East was brought about. The" President planted himself in Formosa and in South Korea, which can be defended by the retaliatory power of the United States. At the same time he disentangled himself from the ambitions of Rhee and Chiang to push for ward into the Asian mainland. It is a reasonable guess that of local pride. They are even inclined at times to re gard this section of Oregon as the most eauable. cli matically, picturesque and attractive, in the state. But it is news to this department that this pride has ever included tne rain service provided through the years, by the SP, and the -only thing its abandonment will injure will be that very human, but not entirely flaw less trait, of the genus -homo. We live and learn! - . And in the end there may be some profit in seeing ourselves as a former Governor of the state sees us! At least there will be no excuse for not being pre pared for the blow when it falls. However such a sweeping condemnation, deliv ered before the hearing has been held and all the facts are known does surprise this department and seems strangely out of character for the usually fair minded and judicial Statesman. Does the Statesman know for example just how many passengers were carried on the SP between Eugene and Dunsmuir before the two sections were discontinued? Does it know the loss of approximately $500,000 on the Ashland Eugene run alone as claimed by the SP, is correct, or is a matter of twisted book keeping? Does it know what the passenger travel would be if the SP were forced as other railroads have been not only to resume passenger service but improve it in the direction of better time, more convenient sched ules, and more comfortable accomodations? Is the SP legally liable to damages if it fails to live up to the terms of its original franchise? All these items, and many more, seem to us, per tinent before any final ruling is made. If the Statesman has these facts we know the peo ple of Southern Oregon would greatly appreciate their publication. R.W.R, . Tomorrow Lippmann what relaxed the tension in the Formosa Strait was that friend ly mediators convinced Chou En Lai that the United States would defend Formosa but that it did not intend to put Chiang back on the mainland. The Administration is vulner able to criticism for having un leashed and then releashed Chiang. But there is no partisan issue here. The final outcome, which was to disentagle this country from its dangerous com mitment to Chiang, is an achievement for which Eisen hower deserves ' great credit. It was not an easy thing to do. It was something the Democrats never did under Truman and in all probability could not have done under Stevenson. For it needed the down-grading to the vanishing point of what has been during the days when they were out of power the chief dogma of the Republican Party in foreign policy. - Fl EUROPE the position is, it seems to me, less bright than the general prosperity and the released tension make it ap pear. I hope I am mistaken but it has become hard not to wonder whether the French politicians have the lucidity and the resolu tion to re-establish peace and liberty and order in North Afri ca. They overthrew the Prime Minister who had the insight and the toughness and the mag nanimity that were needed for that great task of statesmanship. They have now removed the Resident General who had won the confidence of the natives that France is trying 'to pacify. It is not clear that the French politicians can take coherent decisions on the scale which the situation demands, or that they can get their decisions carried out fully and effectively and loyally when they take them. The situation contains a grave threat to the whole Western positions in Europe. For the United States as an aUy of France, and her oldest friend, the dilemma is painfully acute. How far can we go and how far should we go in treating the situation? as entirely French How long can we keep the Asian and African members of the United Nations from seizing the problem? Not much longer, I should suppose, than'' we have some substantial hope that the government in Paris is able and determined to govern. , WE ARE expecting French T support in keeping the thorny question of Red China's seat out. of the U.N. during the coming session. We have a good case for asking the nations not to push the. issue. For we have during this year clarified our ownrelations with Chiang. Let us hope that France will do something comparable so that we can support, her on North Africa in the United Nations. Copyright,.. 1955, ' New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Portland Man Injured When Revolver Goes Off Portland U.R) A 43-year- old Portland man was seriously wounded Friday night when his revolver accidentally discharg ed as he said good night to a woman friend. Wilifred E. Gelow was wound ed by a .38-caliber bullet that entered his abdomen and came out his neck. The revolver feU out of its holster and discharged as he left the residence of Mrs. Viola Butler. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a oen name or initial for publication is Dermis lible. The Mai Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for oublica tion must not exceed 400 words. Says Taxes Too High To the Editor: It is disturbing to realize there are people work ing in an apparent frenzy on new methods of putting a bigger bite on the income. This gripe is not about necessary taxation. We certainly need to pay for better schools, police and fire protection, roads and highways, etc. However, these local, state, and federal representatives sometimes go too far. Too high taxes can hurt a community, a state or even a nation. Oregon, failing in a sales tax, slapped an additional bite on in income taxes. In contrast Florida keeps taxes down at tracting wealth on a permanent basis. ' The tax on whiskey is $10.50 per gallon more than the cost of the whiskey itself. Internal revenue service reports that in eleven, months ending in May, 11,418 stills were seized; some as costly as $75,000 to $100,000 each. Obviously bootlegging is beating the government out of collosal sums in taxes which WE have to make up. Govern ment figures show, they col lected more liquor tax money when the tax was lower. An increasing number of American businessmen are find ing it more profitable taxwise to operate from certain foreign countries. . From the Eisenhower pre election promise platform to the White House, in military lingo should be called "operation big switch." What happened to all that beautiful conservatism? Whoever wrote those speeches had them fuU of the foUowing kind -of blather: "The nation's economy has been on a spend ing basis, that is why your taxes are so high. I am going to change aU that and stop infla tion so a doUar wiU be worth something." (holding up two coins to show how the value of the doUar had dropped). What bilge! A Democratic plan to re duce taxes by $20 was termed irresponsible. Yet inflation is still on the rampage. Now if I were in certain big business, such as Airlines, Rail roads, Utilities, Steamship lines, etc., I could really get a hunk of tax money in the form of sub sidies. (Farmers get only a very small fraction of the total sub sidies). I borrow federal funds (tax money) to complete my project then I file Accelerated Amortization Certificates so can have returned to me the taxes I pay. Whenever a person works 2 hours and 36 minutes a day for taxes it is time for good citizens to start squawking. Thank good ness, it won't be long until we can vote those responsible out of office. Pat Redmond Rt. 1, Box 393 Medford, Oregon Ok but Not Ok Enough To the Editor: Your gentle slap-on-the wrist editorial "Stay Away" in the September 7 issue, of the Tribune is certainly a step invthe right direction though a feeble one. Why in the name of all that is good and holy is such utter disregard for private and public good tolerated? Day after day we read of fires homes, busi ness buildings, forest and in every instance the added com ment that firemen were serious ly hampered and losses multi plied by the crowds of idle curiousity hounds who cluttered the streets and roads. WHY? Would a surgeon, working desperately to save a life, per mit a gang of curious idlers to clutter the operating room, mess up his instruments, shut off the oxygen or the blood transfusion? The answer "of course is a ve hement "No!" Yet the situation differs only in that a life in stead of property is at stake. Asking a selfish, thoughtless public to please stay away is so much wasted breath. Adults are merely children grown larger and, generally speaking, respect the rights of others when forced to do so by rules with teeth in them. Is there any reason why those in authority "could not ar rest and fine, on public nuisance grounds, any person present at a city fire who had no legitimate reason for being there? A high enough price would certainly cut down the 'attendance. And could not state or government commandeer the vehicles and services of all those who clog the highways and hamper the con trol of forest fires? A few hours of fire fighting would satisfy the curiosity of most and make them think twice before rushing to the next fire: When. I ask, is something going to be done to stop this criminally thoughtless practice? Talk won't do it." (Name on file) Eagle Point Wants Equal Treatment To the Editor: The other night we went to a movie at a locally owned Drive-In. Naturally we ex pected to watch the movie from wherever we might choose to park the car. But, because we were in a pickup we were told to sit in the back row. Now, this might be alright for i POT LUCK,- (By M-T Staff and Contributors)' At the city council meeting Tuesday night. Mayor Earl Miller read a letter from the Oregon Public Utilities com mission giving notice of a pub lic hearing regarding the speed of trains within city limits. Earlier this fall, city officials were authorised to notify the commission that whatever speed - designated would be acceptable. Councilman Jack Fitzgerald, en receiving notice of the hearing, asked: "Do they mean freight or passenger trains?" A California couple visiting here were given directions to find a friends house in south eastern Medford, and the direc tions were based on the location of KYJC. They showed up somewhat later than expected, a little be wildered, and told a tale of hav ing lost their way, making a long and roundabout search before finding the right house. "We kept looking," they said, "but we never DID see the Jun ior CoUege." Young old-timers, who have vivid recollections of their one-time draft status, might be interested to know that the license number of one of the Medford Ambulance Service's vehicles begins: 4F. , Martha Shull, Portland teach er, was elected vice-president of the National Education associa tion at the recent national con vention, as has been duly re ported. The speech which seconded her nomination is published in the current issue of Oregon Edu cation. It was made by A. D. Holt of Tennessee, and because it is a little gem, we reprint portions of it here: - As you can see, she is as pretty By FRANK JENKINS Political note in the news: "It seems1 certain the farm question will be a big issue in the 1956 Presidential election campaign . . . Democrats have re newed and heightened their at tacks on a variety of Republican programs including those about farms . . . Adlai Stevenson says his attacks on domestic issues will include charges of what the GOP has NOT done for farming. He says the current farm distress is dangerous to the whole U.S. economy and asserts the GOP administration is as fertile of moralistic slogans for farmers as it is barren of political ideas for a solution of the surplus prob lem. "He accuses the GOP of taking a free, if hazardous, ride on (farm) prosperity built up by the Democratic party." I'D LIKE to make it clear at this point that I haven't much use for political farmers in EITHER party. The political farmer farms the farmers for votes instead of someone with 20-20 vision but I don't happen- to have it. So, we got our money back and left. In this free country of ours if a person pays the same price as . , Li 1J 1 4a me rest ne snouia ue uuuwcu m. sit wherever he wants. (Name on file) Talent, Ore. Needless Slaughter To the Editor: We have com pleted another needless slaugh ter on the battleground oi me American highways. There is no good reason or excuse for this except that we choose to ignore the rights of others and the safe guards erected for' our protec tion. As long as highway murder and maiming are treated lightly we can expect it to continue and increase. And as long as we, as citizens, have this attitude our courts will act in a namby-pamby way. We must realize our responsi bility to ourselves and to our community, and we must also insist that our courts of justice exercise every means at their disposal to impose penalties when guilt has been- established. The laws of our land were cre ated for the protection of our lib erties and each law must apply equally to all people. We cannot countenance favoritism under the law by any public servant having to do with the enforce ment or the adjudging of penal ties for the infraction thereof. If John Doe a vagrant is guilty of certain acts then Joe Blow the influential person is also for the commission of like acts and the penalties and publicity must be the same. We, as Americans, will obey and respect the law when it is administered fairly to all and we will show respect to the officers and judges who properly enforce these laws, but we are equally ready to show our contempt when our public servants aUow favoritism to sway their decis ions. Dan F. Krotz, n, Chairman for Community Service, Steelhead Post 6881, VFW. Shady Cove, Ore. In the Day's News as a speckled pup. When she smiles, you feel warm inside, just like somebody has said something nice about your grandchild. She is as shrewd as a farmer's wife, at a Sears-Roebuck sale. She knows the NEA like a moonshiner knows his corn. -She is as eloauent as a Baptist nreacher at a camn meetina. and when she talks she sounds-lik a spring branch running down a mountain side. . . She is as sweet as sorghum molasses fresh off the mill, and she is as pleasant as a hog at She wiU be invited every where, and wherever she goes. well be glad she nas Deen. Editorial Comment CHANGE IN STATE FORESTER Those interested in forestry in Oregon regret the resignation of George Spaur, state forester. He has done a very good job through his service was once interrupted by a call to return to military duty. Spaur is leaving to go to East Pakistan as consultant in-j ioresiry unaer our xoreign euu. program. He will advise the Minister of Forests there on forest management and utiliza tion. Thus he wUl have an ex- ceUent opportunity to serve the people of a friendly nation. The experience should prove an ad vantage to him, so that when he returns he can resume some im portant position in American forestry. As successor to Spaur the state board of forestry has named Dwight Phipps, a veteran in the department, who. served as act ing state forester during Spaur's leave for military ;duty." He carries the "confidence of those concerned with state forestry and the appointment insures a continua nee of constructive policies Salem (Oregon) Statesman. Pilot, Passenger Die in Oregon Crash Coqu'ille ' (U.R) A studeat pilot and his passenger were killed late Friday when their light plane hit a tree and crashed while approaching a private air port at Remote, about 20 miles southwest of here. . The victims were identified as Norman Bechtold, about 23, of Cottage Grove, the pilot, and J. C. Genes of Myrtle Point. farming the land for crops. We aren't going to get much lasting good out of that kind of cattle- no matter what political brand they carry on their hips. But it might be just as well to take a look at Stevenson's accu satio that the GOP is "taking a free ... ride on farm prosperity built up by the Democratic party." IT IS UNDENIABLY TRUE that in the past four decades farm- eers have enjoyed more prosper ity under Democratic adminis trations than under Republican administrations. But . It is historically true that farm "prosperity" rises spectacularly during wars. There are perfectly sound reasons why that should be true. War, in the very nature of it, increases 'total consumption of food and gt the same time tends to decrease world prod tion of food. The law of supply and demand results in higher prices for farm products in war time.' AND- .-. - ' It so happens that all of our recent wars beginning with World War I have occurred un der Democratic administrations. I DO NOT mean to accuse the Democrats of being the WAR party or to praise the Republican party as the party of guaranteed peace. That would be as cheap pettifogging as is Mr. Stevenson's talk about the farm prosperity BUILT UP by the Democratic party. World War I was inevita ble. It would have come on and we would have got into it just the same under a Republican administration as under a Demo cratic one. - I'm sure the same' is true of World. War H. We would have got into it, no matter what party was running our government when Hitler went on his ram page. The TRUTH must always be faced, and the truth is that a Republican administration could no more have stood aloof from the cataclysmic conflict of World War H than did the Democratic administration. The Korean war arose out of a series of mistakes of judgment, but I am certainly not prepared to say that there would have been no war in Korea if a Repub lican administration had been in power. BUT it IS true that the farm prosperity to which Mr. Stev enson refers has been-due pri marily to war and I think his left-handed claim that the Demo cratic party is solely responsible for it is a bit of cheap dema- goguery that ill becomes a man of his superior intellectual at tainments. I suppose that is what profes sional politics, if long enough persisted in, leads to.