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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18, 1945
(It was Tuesday)
Medford elementary and jun
eioPhigh schools open with in
crease of 12.7 per cent over last
year. Teachers needed badly.
From ' Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: H. Bridges,
formerly of Australia, . whose
labor tantrums stirred the Pa
cific coast a few years back, has
been ordained an American citi
zen. He no longer enjoys the
privileges of an alien agitator,
and if he don't behave himself
will have to stay in America.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18. 1935
(It was Wednesday)"1
Rogue River National forest
now has huge tractor capable of
doing the work of 50 men in
clearing a fire lane.
Cocktail college started in
Portland to. teach art of drink
mixing. ;
30 YEARS 'AGO
Sept. 18. 1925
(It was Friday)
Jacksonville thinking of buy
ing Barnum railroad running
from Jacksonville to Medford.
From the Local and Personal
column: Water users in the third
ward are reminded that water
, was delinquent Sept. 15.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 13, 1915
(It was Saturday)
Lights to be installed so night
work can continue on dam con
struction at Fish lake.
Farmers and tax payers of
Central Point organize Farmers
and Taxpayers league to "pro
mote xne general weuare."
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7? .
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Repari
1. So-called "comic" books
are read by one-third, one-half,
two-thirds or 'more than two
thirds of all children between 6
and 17?
2. Which of these has the
highest net per cent annual pop
ulation increase today: France,
Great Britain, Italy, Japan, the
U.S.?
4. The thyroid gland is in the,
skull, .neck, upper or lower part
of the torso?
5. About 140, 400. 1400, 4000
or 14.000 bills of public scope
(not affecting only an individ
ual) were enacted by Congress
this year?
6. Has any man been elected
President after marrying a di
vorced woman?
7. The real surname of which
notorious racketeer is Castiglia?
The Answers:. 1. Mere than
two-thirds. 2. U.S. 3. Is. 4. Neck;
5. About 400. 6. Yes, Andrew
Jackson. 7. Frank Cottello. .
Shady Cove Grange
Shady Cove Grange met the
evening of Sept 12 with Master
Reed McKay conducting the
meeting. Plans were made for
Booster night Oct 29, and for
other functions of the Grange
for the remainder of the year.
At the next Grange visitation
Upper Applegate will go to Grif
fin Creek, Sept. 22. The meet
ing will be held in the school
gymnasium.
Ladies are reminded that the
fruit for the sugar contest will
be judged at the next Pamona
meeting Oct 22 at Lake Creek
starting at 10 a.m.
MAIL TRIBUNE
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LUIIUIiai UI.GJUIIUGIIU
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San Francisco. Calif., Sept.
couple of days of rain everything washed clean including the
President liner "President Cleveland' where greatly to their
surprise and ours we saw the
Orient.
mi i ; (.nnarlv nf
ford, (now of Carmel, California) have always been great travel
ers but this will be their first trip west of Honolulu. Their first
stop will be Japan where they expect to stay for two or three
weeks, then on to China ana xnanana Deiuie u -
o: rr.u,... v.ob- ctrmninsf for a week in Hawaii
where they will visit their old
now stationed there. The Aldriches Uvea in jvieaiuru xur a iCw
- ..j onitiiro for the government.
years, Jtsui niaiung a. oiuuy ui. i - ---
with particular reference to horticultural pathology. He is now
doing much the same ior me
Only a short time before leaving Medford we discovered the
Carpenters were sailing today, ana as xne uajueu-
after eleven and it is usually around 1 a.m. before one can be
iiij i i.ti Anht4 i-f is, a nuld see the President Cleve-
land depart at noon. But we made it with time to spare and had
a fine visit with our long-time irienas, mciuumg a wu. w.
one of the finest and newest in the Far East service, including
elevators, sunshine restaurants, presidential suites, ball rooms,
etc., etc.
Thought this quite adventurous and zippy on the part of the
"Carps," who (along with a few others) are not as young as they
used to be who is? but they claimed no special credit, merely
v, ,.,nriH that nrnmises to be more and more
important as time goes on, and
- ii t,,, ..J iric
more ux mc umci uuj o - -
less their credit at the bank has disappeared, for as G.T. would
no doubt agree foreign travel takes money.
Tht taxi-man un from the ferry gave us some bad news taxi
rTrivprq are alwavs full of it though he thought this news was
good for he happens to be a Yankee Fan. The Yankees won and
Cleveland lost, putting the latter only a game ahead of the many
time champs too many for this department. But while there is
life there is hope.
If betting were not wicked C)
years ago we would put our money on the New Yorkers to win
the title and 20 on to beat Brooklyn! We don't know what it is
exactly, but whatever it is, those "damned Yankees" always seem
to play their best when the pressure is greatest and that is the
"sine qua non" of all true champions in every sport.
As usual we had to give the taxi man a lecture on Medford
and Southern Oregon. When he mentioned the two days rain here
he passed out the inevitable "but you folks are used to that,
coming from Oregon!" We told him the average rainfall in Med
ford is only about, half what it is here on the Golden Gate. He
expressed surprise, and it was quite obvious from the way he said
it, he didn't believe a word of what we said R.W.R.
San Francisco, Sept. 16 Perhaps there have been periods
when San Francisco has not been host to some convention, but we
certainly were not present. The state doctors and lawyers are meet
ing in convention here now, and next week there will be some
thing else. The smog at L.A. may have something to do with this.
At least we can imagine no one wishing to assemble in Los Ange
les if such an ordeal could be avoided. The golden gate area in
contrast has no smog and an invigorating all-around climate, this
time of year, that is hard to beat. Conventions are just dandy for
local hotels and business houses but we doubt if anyone else, out
side of the delegates themselves enjoy them. (Imagine what it will
be like when the Republicans hold their presidential convention
here next year!) .. . .
Another reason for the local congestion, particularly in the
hotels, is the opening of the Grand Opera season. It is not only
traditional here in-S.F. to give a dinner or dine-out before the
opera, it is still fashionable the opera that is. The Chronicle this
morning for example devoted four pages to names of opera goers
in the upper social-brackets, with descriptions of the gals' gowns
in detail and many artistic photographs. We noted the wives of
four prominent S.F. .merchants were given. top billing.. We don't
wish to imply there was ANY direct connection, but of course this.
action should not HURT advertising!
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Among those present and pictured was Miss Dolly Fritz
who is not only a $9,000,000 heiress but is young, svelte and at
tractive. She was snapped with her favorite- boy friend Philip
Stevenson. We don't know a thing about young Stevenson but
imagine from his picture he isn't descended from the Robert Louis
branch of the family once residents of Monterey. (No goatee, no
mustache, no long hair, no Windsor tie!)
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The old and excellent Palace hotel is now sporting a hyphenat
ed name the "Sheraton-Palace." We trust the oysters .Rockefeller
are unchanged as well as-the Palm Court salad. Last night the
visiting lawyers held a "banquet there for themselves and the local
bar. Lewis W. Douglas, former Ambassador to Great Britain, gave
the principal address, and while he recently lost the sight of one
eye, he has apparently lost none of his vision intellectually or
politically for this was his opening statement, quote:
"Co-existence is better than no-existence and two worlds
are better than none."
', Senator McCarthy, we trust, being a member of the bar, listen
ed in and will profit by it!
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The football season opens here tomorrow with Stanford play
ing College of Pacific and SF State playing San Quentin. All the
experts pick Stanford and SF State, but considering the require
ments of the modern game and the prevailing odds, we would
advise the smart-money boys to pick COP and San Quentin espe
cially the latter.
The Democrats had a $100-a-plate dinner the night we arrived
but we were not invited. We doubt if Thomas Jefferson would
have favored a $100 entrance fee to a party dinner. He lived very
well and had two butlers (colored) but in those days we fear few
of his contemporaries would have been able to round up more
than $2.50 for a single meal no matter what the partisan pressure.
T.J. might have invited a couple of guests for he like George
Washington was pretty well heeled for those days, but he liked a
crowd, and always had an eye out for the boys and girls in the
lower-brackets. R.W.R.
Today and
By Walter
ADENAUER IN MOSCOW
There is no necessary connec
tion between what was agreed to
in Moscow and the spectacular
drama of Dr.
Adenauer's vis
it to the Krem
lin. For the
project of es
tablishing dip
lomatic rela
tions between
Bonn and Mos
cow has been
in the works
Walter Lippmann at least since
the spring, since before the So
viet government sent its public
invitation to Dr. Adenauer.
There were private talks, at first
through unofficial channels,
some months ago. And the basic
decision of policy had been
reached in Bonn, presumably
also in Moscow, by the time West j
Sunday, September 18. 1955
15 A beautiful day here after a
Leonard carpenters ou to we
Vpritji Orchards east of Med-
friends the Bill Aldnches, who are
await Pmw
they had never seen. More and
chnnlf? follow their example, in-
and hadn't been given up many
Lippmann
Germany joined NATO.
Neither government came to
its decision in order to do the
other one a favor, and almost
certainly there is no ground for
the notion that the one had some
thing valuable to sell which the
other needed to buy. Bonn, hav
ing recovered sovereignty, con
cluded quite rightly that it
ought to be represented directly
in Moscow and that Moscow
should be represented directly in
Bonn, while the fate of Germany
wag being negotiated. Not to
have diplomatic relations meant
that the Bonn government had to
depend on what was reported by
the allied ambassadors in Mos
cow to London, Paris and Wash
ington, and then relayed to Bonn.
This indirect and awkward way.
of doing the business that has to
be done was bound to lead not
only to inisunderstaiidlng and
Rail Competition
Governor Paul Patterson is tn rercivA a recom
mendation from his transportation advisory commit-
taa f Vi n f Vi n lnifTofrt J- f
iic uiii-ioic oiuuies miu ways ana means 01
providing rail competition into southwestern Oregon
and other area of the state where the Southern
Pacific company now has a monopoly.
The committee's 8 to 4 decision to advocate rail
competition is an outstanding victory against tre
mendous odds for Public Utilities Commissioner
Charles Heltzel and his staff. The commissioner and
his aides furnished the committee with such over
whelming proof of deliberate transportation discrim
ination against the State of Oregon, and particularly
the non-competitive areas on the Southern Pacific
system that the committee not only recommended
official support for competitive operation, but gave
the PUC a unanimous vote of confidence by con
firming its findings.
COUTHERN Pacific company officials put up a
determined fight to discredit the PUC investiga
tion, but could not overcome the weight of evidence,
painstakingly obtained by PUC personnel and sup
ported by photostatic copies of records, affidavits
and other data.
Clifford W. Ferguson, state supervisor of rail
transportation, who has directed much of the investi
gation, gave the committee point-by-point records in
proof of discrimination. He proved that plants in
competitive areas have been given ample supplies of
cars during shortage periods, while mills in non-competitive
areas were shorted.
IIE ALSO gave the committee evidence that while
shippers in competitive areas of Washington and
California were receiving all the cars they required,
many Oregon shippers were getting only a fraction
of their needs.
Not only has discrimination been general in the
past, but it has continued in violation of emergency
orders issued last August for equal distribution, the
committee was told.
Ferguson and his assistants cited as an example
the Cascade Plywood plant near Lebanon, supplied
by a subsidiary of northern lines, which had been
given a consistent and complete supply of 50-foot,
double-door box cars, while plants in Southern Pacific
non-competitive areas were getting only about 40 per
cent of orders. Santiam Lumber Co., for example, in
the same general area, but dependent upon the South
ern Pacific, had only a fraction of the cars needed.
17R0M May 24 to July
mills, were sweating for
told, Oregon Pulp & Paper and five other shippers
in the Salem area, where the Southern Pacific has
competition from Oregon Electric, received 100 per
cent of their car orders. In
from August 2 through 19,
were filled. The Great Northern railroad is a com
petitor, at Klamatn Falls. During the same period,
Roseburg, Sutherlin and Grants Pass shippers were
averaging from 45 to 70
according to Ferguson.
PUC investigators did not confine their inquiries
to Oregon alone. The Public Utilities Commission for
the State of Washington reported in late August that
railroads were complaining about investigations by
Oregon commission representatives. The Washington
commission furnished men to accompany Oregon in
vestigators in later inquiries.
,,..
COUTHERN Pacific company Officials denied each
-and every charge of discrimination, even chal
lenging the figures of the advisory committee chair
man that Oregon's car shortage averaged 30 per cent
as compared with a national average of only three
per cent.
; Figures gathered by the
accepted by the committee
evidence of continuing discrimination.
The PUC has repeatedly insisted in statements
to the committee that competition is the only long
range solution to the problem of discrimination, ine
committee, which includes a majority of very con
servative members, has, by its report, accepted the
PUC viewpoint.
Here in Douglas County we've been aware of the
solution for a great many years. It has been hard,
however to obtain recognition for our need. The facts
now are out in the open. Official action may follow,
although it's too early to get optimistic.
Roseburg News-Review
confusion but also to more and
more secret and semi-official
contact with the Soviet Union
and with East Germany.
We may be sure that Moscow
also had its reasons for wishing
to establish direct relations with
Bonn. By no means the least of
these reasons must surelv have
been that the two embassy staffs
will nave unofficial official talks
that are unchaperoned. by the
foreign office and the state de
partment. - , x
"fipiAT has now been accom-
plished in Mosctow at least
publicly and off icially is all
that was planned for or expected
when these negotiations beean
some months ago. It was prob
able from the beginning that
there would be a concession on
the Drisoners. and that the real
issue would be how much prestige
the Kremlin would let Dr. Aden
auer get out ofthe concessions,
how much prestige it would re
serve for its satellite government
in East Germany.
At the level of substance, not
of politics and of public rela
1, while Southern Oregon
cars, the committee, was
the Klamath rails region,
it was stated, all car orders
per cent of their orders,
. -
PUC staff, however, were
as supplying indisputable
tions, the reunification of Ger
many was not an immediate and
urgent subject of negotiation.
That is because there is no way
now of coming to an agreement
on the eastern frontier of Ger
many. If Moscow were to say,
which of course it will not, that
Dr. Adenauer can have the entire
East German state, plus rearma
ment Plus the alliance with
NATO, Dr. Adenauer still could
not sign a peace treaty with the
Soviet Union. For Dr. Adenauer
cannot agree to the loss of the
territory beyond the Oder-Neisse
line. -
Moscow for its part cannot
now give up to Dr. Adenauer
that territory or any part of it
To do so would wreck Soviet re
lations with Poland.
For this reason, a lot of water
is going to have to flow under
the bridge before German reuni
fication can be taken much be
yond the most tentative begin
nings. " -
DIPLOMATIC relations could
have been established with
out the visit, and at the official
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
Foreign affairs stuff:
What of Germany?
WiU she stay on our side? Or
will she (eventually; not right
away) go over to Russia?
Or
Will she go NEUTRAL?
T WOULDN'T know.
As of now, Russia has an ace
in the hole. SHE HOLDS EAST
GERMANY. She can tell the
Germans: "Come over on our
side and we'll give East Ger
many back to you." Germany
wants to be reunited, just as
wed want to be reunited if
somebody had split our country
apart
TtCUCH depends on Adenauer.
He's a grand old man. He
has courage. He has patriotism.
He has righteousness. The Ger
mans have faith in him.
But he's OLD nearing 80.
There is so much for him to
do and he has so little time left.
rpHE POLITICAL fanners (who
farm the farmers for votes in
stead of farming the land for
crops) are doing a lot of talking,
today.
Democratic Congressman Har
old Cooley of North Carolina,
chairman of the house agricul
ture committee, says: "Farm in
come has droDned 30 Der cent
in the past seven years. The sit
uation in agriculture today is a
frightening parallel to what hap
pened in the years before the
great depression of the 1930s."
He adds:
"A farm recession vi creep
ing again over our land."
T ETS take a sharp look at this
J-i "frightening paraUel" he's
talking about.
The drop in farm income "in
the years before the great de
pression of the 1930s" began to
BITE HARD about 1925.
That was about seven years
after World War I.
.The, present drop in farm in
come began to bite about 1952
That was seven years after
World War IL
THIS IS the REAL parallel: -
- WAR, which stimulates con
sumption of agricultural prod
ucts, results in a farm boom.
During wars, agricultural pro
duction is greatly expanded.
when the war ends, overproduc
tion results in declining farm
prices.
It always has been that Way,
and it always will be that way,
TN WORLD War I, the Demo-
crats, were in power. The Re
publicans followed them. So, in
the 1920s, the Republicans were
held responsible for the farm
slump. In World War II, the
Democrats were in power and
again the Republicans followed
them. AGAIN the Republicans
are being held responsible for
the farm slump.
If the Republicans had been
in power in World War I and
had been foUowed by the Demo
crats, they would have charged
that the farm slump of the 1920s
was brought on by the Demo
crats. It would have been the
same if the GOP had been in
power during World War II. The
Republicans would now be
charging the Democrats with
responsibility for , the present
slump in farm prices.
rTHAT'S THE way political
farmers work. They farm the
farmer for votes instead of farm
ing the land for crops.
Keep this in mind: .
When what is presently wrong
with agriculture is cured, it will
be cured by sound economists
and able-minded dirt farmers.
level the visit did nothing, as
was to be expected, about a Ger
man settlement. Yet almost cer
tainly both governments thought
that the visit was useful and that
they bad something to gain by it.
Dr. Adenauer was able to do
away with the charge made by
many of his German opponents
that he is disqualified to negoti
ate with the Soviet Union. The
Soviet . government . has now
treated the federal republic as a
European power. .
Moscow, on the other hand,
will new have an embassy in
Bonn. It will be able to make
contact not only with the Ade
nauer government but with the
more or less dissident members
of the government coalition, and
with the Social Democratic op
position. ; ,,
We need have no fear that any
secret understanding was reached
in Moseow. Dr. Adenauer is a
man of his word. The situation is
not ripe for negotiations about
the big issue.
It is not ripe on the Soviet
side, neither is it ripe on the
German side.- For neither can
now settle the territorial issues.
The best they, can do now is to
deal with issues, like the prison
ers, like cultural intercourse and
travel, like trade, which are solu
ble within the existing territorial
situation. . T . -
Copyright, 1955, New York
- Herald Tribune, Inc.
Brazil's Senate building in Rio
de Janeiro once was one of the
show places of St. Louis, Mo.
Ornate Monroe Palace, named
for the fifth President of the
United States! housed Brazil's ex
hibits at the St. Louis Exposition
in 1904. It was disassembled,
moved to Rio, and reconstructed
there facing Floriano Square..
POYILUCGC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Stephen Swedeburg, son of
Mrs. Daniel Bulebar, 1123 Court
st., who is stationed with an
Army weather squadron, sta
tioned with Jhe Air Force in
Japan, was in. on the forest-fire
doings hereabout recently.
A radio operator, he picked
up reports of the Rogue River
and Klamath National forest
fires as they were relayed by
amateur operators in this area.
One of the Mail Tribune's
"country correspondents" used
her head while" writing a
column of local doings she
mailed in recently. Several of
the names in her story were
highly unusuaL and rather
than leaving the editorial staff '
to wonder if they were spelled
correctly, she put the follow
ing right after the paragraph
telling about them:
"(These names sound and
look funny, but are correct)"
We've forgotten whether or
not Oregon is classed as a "com
munity property" state, but ap
parently there's at least one hus-
band-and-wife who feel that it
is.
She was overheard to remark
to him, as she started to write
an address at a post office desk,
"You'd better let me have your
glasses, dear."
Jack Woods, supervisor of
the Rogue River National for
est, spent a lot of time in the
woods during the forest fires
recently. One such trip was
to inspect the huge Haystack
fire which for a time threat
ened to slop over -.into the
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not exceed 400 words. . ,
Log Truck Danger? i
To the Editor:' I thought it
weU to tell you of a trip my wife
and I made to your city last
month, why we made it, and our
reaction. For quite some time
we had been hearing good re
ports about Medford as an ideal
place for one to live in retire
ment As we enjoy vacationing
in the west we decided this year
to go to Medford as another
place to look at in our study of
desirable places where we might
some day want to settle.
The surrounding county is
beautiful as is practically aU of
Oregon, but to enjoy the beauty
is difficult because of the speed
and recklessness of the loggers.
We were warned to be on the
lookout for the loggers because
in Oregon they evidently have
the right-of-way on the high
ways. Of course, we never had
any idea that the loggers would
not be controlled on speed when
hauling such loads but we found
we had to be on the lookout for
them at all times. After seeing
one close accident after another
and realizing that the accidents
in practically all cases were
avoided only by the alertness
of the passenger car drivers, we
decided to leave that part of
the country as soon as possible.
which we did and will have no
desire to return.
In discussing the recklessness
of the loggers we were told that
they are paid by the load and
consequently they are more in
terested in making money than
in protecting lives.. It was also
mentioned to us that no doubt
some of the state officials are
interested in the lumber business
and consequently they are not
attempting to slow down the
loggers to protect lives. That, of
course, is hard to believe. But,
in view of the number of acci
dents in which loggers are in
volved and also that there are
so many close accidents doesn't
it seem strange that the citizens
are not up in arms about it? Or
are they? If the state officials
are attempting to do something
about it there is not much evi
dence of it on the highways in
the way of patrol officers.
By this time you well know
our reaction, to - living in the
neighborhood of Medford and
we certainly feel sorry for its
citizens who are apt to have
their lives snuffed out if they
venture on 'the " highway. IsnH
it time for your newspaper and
the citizens to do something
about it? It is hoped that this let
ter might help just a little in
any possible attempt to slow
down the loggers and give some
protection to your citizens.
. . W. J. Wilkings,
2939 15th Ave.,
Moline, 111.
Placing Responsibility
To the Editor: In practically
each issue of every publication
mention is made of the increas
ing problem of delinquency
among juveniles. Children, or
juveniles, arernimics and as such
copy your conduct and mine. We
choose to ignore the laws and
caught berate the law and
attempt to wheedle a low fine
or suspended sentence from the
court and are sometimes sucess-
f ul in securing an acquittal even
when the facts indicate guilt Is
it any wonder then that the
children, or juveniles, exhibit
Rogue forest
He got back from the trip
and arrived at the Forest Ser
vice warehouse on McAndrews
road Just in time to find a
grass fire burning merrily
across the road..
The blase was extinguish eel
by foresters, armed with shov
ed. '.'.'-
A staff member who used
to b a stenographer, and who
was something of an expert on
a stenotype machine, recently
was asked if she would be will
ing to loan the machine to some
one else. t
She looked and looked all
over the house, but couldn't
find it. Suddenly she remember
ed she'd taken it to "Your Of
fice Boy" some time ago for
repairs. She called Sam Colton
and asked him to check to tee
if it was there. He did and caUed
back:
"You can pick up your ma
chine any time. It's been ready
since June of 1953."
A couple of sports fans
(spectator variety) on the staff .
were speculating about the pos
sibility of big-time football in
Medford. They thought that
what should be done would
be to get Southern Oregon
college moved from Ashland
to Medford, boosted in enroll
ment to about 5.000 or 6.000.
and re-named University -of
Southern Oregon.
The plan was dropped, how
ever, when they discovered
that it would probably become
known as USO.
an utter contempt for our lftr
enforcement agencies?
In too many instances if a
child, or juvenile, ft brought
before a court of justice he is
admonished, then released to
custody and control of the per
sons who have already demon
strated they cannot or. wiU not
exercise gooift influence over
him. O
Parents and legal guardians
are basically responsible for the
proper conduct of their children
and must realize this fact. It
is the duty of law enforcement
officers to bring violators 'be
fore a court and to furnish evi
dence pertaining to the alleged
offense. We must insistQhat the
judges in our courts of justice
render their decisions fairly and
without favoritism to any per
son or group.
It is possible that the'follow
ing plan can assist in reducing
misconduct and crime among
our junior citizens: That upon
establishment of guilt full publi
city be given regarding the name ,
and address of the parents of
the offender also that a state
ment, as to their whereabouts
and activity at the time of the
offense be made, and further
that the legal guardian or par
ents be held equally liable un
der the law for the offense com
mitted. If this plan were adopted
it would strike fear into some
people, maybe even enough to
cause them to become good par
ents, and if adopted it would
have to apply to aU not just an
unfavored few.
The above plan cannot harm
any good family group and it
has 'been clearly demonstrated
that the plans adopted thus far
have not served to decrease de
linquency.
Dan F. Krotz H,
Chairman for
Community Service,
Steelhead Post 6881, VFW,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Smith Reportedly
Fired From Post
n Virgin Islands
Washington ' (U.PJ Nolle
R. Smith was reported Saturday
to have been fired as insular.
affairs commissioner for the Vir
gin Islands.
Smith had refused to resign.
A. T. Lausi, director of the
Interior department's office of
territories, said Friday Smith
was discharged by acting Gov.
Charles K. Klauhch. Smith was
named to the post by Archie Al
exander, who resigned as Virgin
Islands governor this summer.
Gordon Nominated
President Eisenhower has
nominated Walter A. Gordon of
Berkeley, Calif., to succeed Al
exander. Lausi said Klaunch had
requested the resignations of all
officials named by Alexander as
courtesy to Gordon.
Current island law provides
that appointees of the governor
may serve at the wiU cf their '
chief or until a new governor
is named and qualifies for the
post :- - - .
Lausi said Smith refused to
resign because Gordon has not
yet been confirmed by the Vir
gin Islands legislature.