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Matter of Fact By u& JSU THE WHITE HOUSE DRAMA Washington In the secret drama that has been unfolding in the White House for many months, it is pretty clear that what may be called the faction of the antis has sus tained a heavy setback. In other words, PresU dent Eisen hower is act ing much more like a candidate to succeed himself than he would be called upon to , act, If he merely wished to con trol the Republican convention and to dictate the choice of his own successor. On this head, the goings-pn in Denver speak for themselves. Probably this outcome was al ways inevitable. The most expe rienced of all observers of the American political scene, Frank R. Kent, has long held that it was an immutable law of Amer ican politics that first-term Pres idents cannot possibly resist the forces driving them to run Again. But in this case, the prob lem was more interesting than it usually is, because of the character of the faction of the antis. e The leader of the antis, of course, has been Mrs. Eisenhow er. It has often been rumored that the President's wife dislik ed the idea of his running again. It can now be stated on . undoubted testimony that the rumors under - represented the . real situation. Mrs. Eisenhower has not merely disliked the idea of a . second term. She has . strongly and consistently used ' her very great influence against it. Furthermore, it can also be . revealed that the influence of Mrs. Eisenhower has been pow erfully seconded by the influ- Financial . Independence does not just happen. It is built over a period of time bit by bit. Your savings or investment account is the filace for your fund of the uture. o FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly Am Institution Dedicate1 To ThoM Who Save ence of Major John Eisenhower, which is also very great. The combination of a man's wife and only son would be pretty formidable in most fami lies and it is especially formid able in the Eisenhower family. In addition that the Presiden cy was too heavy a burden to be taken on a second time at the President's time of life; that the President has done his duty and could gracefully retire; and that this was the moment for the President to escape to the Get tysburg life he loves. 'THE President was much af- fected by the pleas of his wife and son. His response was shown the world, so to speak, at the famous press conference when he publicly repeated their argument that a man of his years should not seek another four years in the White House. But the faction of the antis was tiny, while the faction in favor of an Eisenhower second term was enormous, comprising every member of his staff, every Republican politician of any consequence except Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, and virtually every one of the President's cir cle of close personal friends. Moreover, the Geneva meeting at the summit proved to be a heavy blow to the faction of the antis. To the legions who have urg ed him to run again the Presi dent has always had a stock re sponse that the American po litical system did not recognize the existence of such a creature as "the indispensable man." But at Geneva, the President seemed to prove the contrary. However transitory and even dangerously deceptive the other Geneva results may prove, there is no doubt whatever about one result. Single-handed, with no lever but his smile, the Presi dent raised the reputation of this country abroad from some where very near the depths to somewhere very close to the heights. In a single week, the rest of the world's opinion of America's aims and purposes was radically and happily trans formed by Eisenhower alone. The feat itself quite naturally exhilarated the President, giv ing him a sense of achievement that he has not always had in the White House. Furthermore, the very fact of this feat, at once gave a heaven-sent argu ment to those who wanted him to run again. In our domestic politics, they said, it may be that no man is indispensable; but it has now been proved that at this critical juncture, the President is the indispensable man on the world political scene. According to persuasive How Medford Became 'Pear Capital' Told (Editor's note: This is another in a series of articles by the editor emer itus of the Salem Capital Journal and former editor and publisher of the Mail Tribune discussing the early days of southern Oregon. It is reprinted from the Salem paper by permission.) By GEORGE PUTNAM Medford and the Rogue River Valley has always been known as a fine fruit growing section but it was not until near the turn of the century that large commercial apple and pear orchards were planted by ex perts and given scientific care. Most of the fruit grown had been in home orchards for fam ily use. The first large apple and pear orchards were the Olwell, at Central Point, the Hillcrest, Bear Creek and Stewart in the Medford area. The first fancy boxed pears, in individually wrapped tissues and laced paper for export trade were shipped from the Hillcrest orchard, then reports, it was this new argu ment introduced by Geneva that rather decisively turned the White House debate in favor of a second term. ALL sorts of things can of course happen between now and the Republican convention. It is more and more likely, for instance, that the free half of the world will suffer disastrous defeats in the Far East in the next six to eight months. What this may do to the President's post-Geneva glow is anyone's guess. Again, the President's state of health is obviously magnificent. Yet no man of his years can be absolutely guaranteed against the kind of little upset which would be trivial for most men, but in the situation in the White House would give much greater force to the pleas of the Presi dent's wife and son. For these and other obvious reasons, Eis enhower's course cannot be ab solutely forecast. But on one point, . one may now be quite certain. The President's power of choice in this matter has been invisibly but rapidly diminish ed. He no longer has the option of saying that he will not run because he does not choose to. His moral commitment to the Republican party is now too great. He cannot possibly escape running, unless he is willing to shield himself squarely behind an opinion from his doctors that he ought not to do so. That is the only argument which is not sure to be shouted down. Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Ine. SNIDER'S DAIRY rt1 to pel SOUR CREAM v H's on o Mm age-old xcrah af FIm cooking Hi rich, fuM flavor of aura sour cream. 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Others Follow Other pear orchard owners followed the Hillcrest initiative of fancy packs. World War I however, stopped fruit exports and worked other hardships on orchardists handicapped by la bor shortage. After the war the fancy Christmas gift pear pack age was ' gradually developed. Bear Creek orchard, under David, took the initiative in na tional advertising and erected a large plant to supply fancy fruit throughout the year. Other packers mostly confined them selves to Christmas gift pears. It was not pears, but apples, however, that started the great fruit boom in the Rogue River Valley and in the Northwest states. In 1909 a carload of Red Spitzenberg apples from the Tronson & Guthrie Eagle Point orchard, won first prize at the Spokane apple show as the world's finest apples over the Yakima, Wenatchee and other regions and the influx of would be orchardists was on. Not only fruit but the orchard, and land sold at top prices. Blight Hits The boom lasted a few years, then "pear blight" hit the or chards caused by climatic con ditions. The Spitzenbergs were most susceptible to the blight, the Yellow Newtons and pears, surgically treated, survived. Planting of apples was largely discontinued but pear acreage continued to increase. This year's pear pack is esti mated at . 3V4 . million boxes, superior in quality and are being sold profitably. The remittance man orchardlst has become a" scientific fruit grower or has been replaced by one and his future is bright with promise the pioneer visioned. Area Perfect Most any region can grow apples, but few regions compare with the Northwest for perfect fruit. But the regions where the perfect pears can be grown even in the Northwest, are compara tively few for climate, altitude, irrigation and soil must be right, and the Medford area supplies the answer and it has attracted well-educated groups. The orchardists life on paper is an ideal one and in reality a pleasant one but a continual battle against insect and fungi pests, and Medford is metropolitan enough to supply his economic, social and recrea tional needs. So in a good year he can lead the "life of Riley." Great Changes In recent years fruit packing in Medford has undergone as great an evolution as the can ning industry in Salem has. Ma chines have replaced workers but at the same time increased the number of workers one of the paradoxes of American in dustry due largely to the high cost of labor which stimulated machine invention to offset costs. Through many conveyors and specially designed equipment the fruit is automatically sorted, graded, wrapped and packed, the box covers nailed on and the full box conveyed for refrigera tion or placed in railroad re frigerated cars for shipment. Visits Plant In my recent brief visit to Medford I only had time to visit one fruit packing plant, that of Reter Packing Co., whose own er I had known since his youth. The three-story plant occupies about a quarter of a city block along the railroad switch in the fruit packing district. Fully 300 employees were at work and a score of conveyors delivering or passing along the fruit and a box was packed and the top mechan ically nailed in record time com- Sundiy, September II, 1955 MEDFORD (OREffOITf MAIL TrUBUrTE ftVaT James Alger Fee, US. Judge, Lists Medford as Home The Hon. James Alger Fee, judge of the ninth circuit court of appeals, who moved from Portland to San Francisco after his appointment to the higher court, apparently considers Med ford to be his home. The well-known Oregon jurist, who for many years was Oregon district court judge, is listed with the 10 other circuit judges of the appeals court in the Recorder, a San Francisco business paper, and his home city is given as Medford,. Ore. Frequent Visitor Judge Fee has been a frequent Medford visitor over the years, both on official visits while pre siding at district court sessions here, and unofficially. He is known to be fond of golfing at the Rogue Valley Country club, which he considers to be one of the best courses in the west. His most recent visit was dur ing a district court session at which he presided. He came back to Oregon especially to help clear the district court docket. He recently was succeeded on the district court bench by Wil liam East, Eugene, former Ore gon circuit court judge. The post had been vacant for a number of months following Judge Fee's appointment. Salem U.R) Walter Lee Maupin, sentenced from Des chutes county to three years on a charge of larceny by bailee, has obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Marion County Circuit Judge George R. Dun can. Dead ' line Sunday Classified Ml at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Sioux City, Iowa flJ.R) Po lice today hunted for a mystery man who entered a hospital room and severly beat a woman as she lay in bed recuperating from an operation. parable to an assembly line in an auto factory. And this is but one of Medford's packing plants, which have helped make Med ford the Pear Center of the nation. NEW BEAUTY MAGIC for your HOME! GUDDEWS EXTERIOR PAINTS Will transform your house into a showplace! So smooth and readily applied ... giving maximum pro tection against weathering . . . and such rich colors to delight the eye! There's a Glidden paint for every type of building exterior. Drop in now and let us help you select your colors and supplies. We Give S&H Green Stamps FRAIIE & SMITH 315 E. Main Phone 2-4564 li it iniwf r 11 tn 1 in ea 11 1 aw lit 1 rmiinmie.wte 1 " - No Doubt In His Mind This Time ! This happy gentleman has just taken title to. his seventh motor car. And while he would probably have difficulty recalling all the different makes and models he has purchased through the years, there is one thing he knows with absolute certainty: He never felt like this before when he took the keys and made for the open road. For this is his first Cadillac! And what a glorious feeling it is to know he has chosen the "car of cars"! Gone are the doubt . . . the worry . . . and the wonder. This time he knows he's right! And how quickly the evidence will assemble in support of his sentiment! First of all, there will be the eloquent testimony of the car itself its magnificent performance ... its marvelous comfort and ride . . . and its incredible ease of steering and handling. And then, as he travels the. boulevard, there will be those quick glances of admira tion from his fellow motorists to tell him that he is not alone in his judgment. And, finally, there will be that delighted assembly of family and friends that awaits him at journey's end . . . offering final con firmation of the wisdom of his choice. Of course, the man who takes title to a new Cadillac today enjoys the double satisfaction of having made the wisest' possible choice at the wisest possible time. Because of Cadillac's increased year-end production, for instance, he will find that he can have surprisingly prompt delivery on his new Cadillac. And, as if this were not sufficient in itself, we are also in a position because of our unusually low inventory of used cars to offer him a most generous allowance on his present automobile. Why not come in soon and spend an hour at the wheel and let us acquaint you more, fully with this unique opportunity? HE'S. 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