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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Trerybody In Southern Oregon Reada The Mali Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St Phone 2-141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager I. C. FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC AULEN JR City Editor HARRY CHIPMAJJ Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporti Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor RALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newipaper , Entered aa second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year f 12.00 ti i 1 c.m4a v mrmthl ft .0 A.. 11 T aUU UUIHT'I . Daily and Sunday Three mos. ' 3 JO Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville.- Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily And Sunday One year $15 00 Daily ana ounaaj mn Carrier ana ieaier c i -rj All icniu vaai Official Paper of the City of Medlord All Terms casn ro """""- mnciai t-apwr w ' United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU of cmt-imn-'"- Advertising Keprracu"!""- WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New torn. r.. troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St Louia Atlanta. Vancouver pa. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCl-ATI,0iN Zf ....jj ma NIWSPAMt' PUtllSMIIt ASSOCIATIOW Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 22, 1945 (It was Saturday) Canyon Passage, motion pic ture, filming at Diamond lake , baited by snow. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Militant groups have started to "March on Washington" to demand pass age by Congress of their favor ite legislation. The first delega tion hailed from New York City, and not a bunion ached, as they made the hike by train, and pro ceeded from the depot to the capitol by limousine. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 221935 (It was Sunday) .James W. Grigsby buys his toric Sargent house at JacKson ville. 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 22, 1925 (It was Tuesday) High school parent-teacher's association to hold reception Thursday at 8 p.m. for new school superintendent, E. H. Hedrick. From the Local and Personal column: A special concert in the downtown district will be given tomorrow at 5 p.m. by the Ore gon Aggravators dance band of 10 pieces. At 8:30 p.m. they will play at the Fair Grounds pavil ion for the closing dance of the season. This is also the last of the regular weekly pavilion par ties to be given this year. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 22, 1915 (It was Wednesday) S1$)ps taken toward securing an extension of Bullis electric lines along Hillcrest road, past Laurelhurst, Highcroft, and Queen Anne additions. Half-page advertisement: Health! Beauty! Grace! The magic trinity every woman in the world craves and which all women can have. How To Get Them, shown in a series of won derful pictures posed especially for the MAIL TRIBUNE by America's 1915 beauty, Miss ay Laurell of Ziegfeld's Fol lies. Watch for them in this newspaper. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. The U.S. Constitution was drawn up by a convention meet ing in 1787 in Baltimore, Bos ton; New York, Philadelphia or Washington? 2. More or fewer business fail ures occurred last year than the year before, or about the same number? The Jewish New Year Is Yom Kippur, Rosh ha-Shanah, Purim, Pesach, or Chanukah? 4. The most prominent labor leader in founding the CIO was Walter Reuther, David Dubin- sky, John L. Lewis, Dave Beck or Harry R. Bridges? 5. Americans spent more or less on books last year than the year before, or about the same? 6. In what game is the term "boneyard" used? 7. Yaws are small boats, oxen In Asia, a '.type ,of evergreen tree, a disease or a kind of sweet potato? (The Answers: 1. Philadelphia. 2. More. 3. Rosh ha-Shanah. 4. Lewis. 5. Less. 6. Dominoes. 7. Skin disease. MAIL TRIBUNE Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 20 A brand new building, nine stories and basement with galleries, balconies and stainless steel trimmings, has been opened at the corner of Mason and O'FarreU. It is a garage for parking at 25 cents an hour and in spite of the huge super parking space under the flowers and benches of Union Square only a block away, it appears to be doing a rushing business. Another convention added to those already here this time the city officials of the state are gathering to shake hands, have a drink and wear large white identification placards on their lapels. The "Friendly SP" should declare an extra dividend. It has closed its Geary Street headquarters and moved to its own build ing a stone's throw from the Ferry Building, which must mater ially reduce overhead. It also reduces the convenience and increases the "overhead" of the customers, for few of them live or do business within miles of that section of San Francisco. However, we always like to give the devil his due and hereby render thanks to the Medford SP office for having their agent meet us at Dunsmuir and arrange for a red-cap to handle the usual asortment of luggage. It is hard to see how we could have made "The Daylight" otherwise. Also the new SP city office here, though terribly out of the way, has one improvement instead of having to wait in line, a very friendly gentleman meets you at the door, inquires as to what you want, then ushers you to a seat. When your ticket or reservations or whatnot are ready, your name is called over the loud-speaker and the window designated so that's that. A great improvement over the Geary Street procedure, and if the S.P. originated the idea hats off and a salaam. Other railroads please coDy! t .aome hi on orticf at Stanford University drew a cartoon I. llIB w Biuuv " - tt of Vice-President Nixon, showing that worthy young man with a mask over his face, a red-daubed paint brush and a bucket in one hand and a pumpkin in the other the bucket was labelled ' T'V' n .Tt-innn urac nrlororl rdmnvpH hv TTarolfi Zeller- aiUCCXl. 0. 1 1 V- l."l IVVJi ' H.J bach, president of the local Art duly elected public oinciais snouia not De tne suDjeci oi carica ture in an art exhibit financed by all the people." To this the VP. objected, yesterday, on the ground that quote: "One of the most sacred precepts of our Anglo-American heritage is the right of individuals to criticise public officials . . . while it is probable that a majority of Americans believe that the investigation which led to the conviction of Alger Hiss was properly conducted and beneficial to the' nation, Mr. Arnataff (the artist) has the right to expres a contrary opinion, and the people should not be denied a full opportunity to see or hear his expression of that opinion." , . . Very generous and sensible of Mr. Nixon! ' And truly American, to uphold the right of free criticism of public officials even though one happens to be the victim. So as another example of giving the DEVIL his due, this department commends our personable VJP., and the one man who had more to do with the exposure and conviction of Alger Hiss than anyone else in the government or out of it. One or two minor facts should be noted, however, to give the true picture, namely: The cartoon had been removed, not returned, and the ex hibition closed several days before the Nixon message was re ceived, and (2) it is quite probable the artist did not have the Hiss investigation so much in mind as the campaign carried on by Senator Nixon to defeat Helen Gehagen Douglas by claiming she was a fellow traveller which, of course, she wasn't. There is a "high fog" here today and so cool an overcoat Is comfortable, unless one feels like a walk and a brisk one. But with the East facing another hurricane and the Midwest swelter ing, no one on the Pacific Coast not even the Los Angleans should complain. It is the climate, but not only in Grants Pass but from Seattle to the Mexican line. .. Because of the threatened hurricane the big heavyweight fight between Champion Marciano and Archie Moore, scheduled for New York tonight, has been postponed until tomorrow. When this is printed the result will be known, and our prediction is the title will not be changed but whatever the result, this much is certain: Moore will not receive the money he has EARNED. But for his k.o. of Bobo Olson, and his Bate would not have been half nificent job of advance build-up, if he didn't win he would make a Archie is his own press-agent, then when he retires he should have no trouble getting a job. So Peron has fled from Buenos Aires and according to the latest report is. being pursued by the Argentine navy. The U.S. State Department is showing good sense in making no comment until all the FACTS are known, and it is hard to believe this chase-by-sea is true. Peron must have had both his get-away and his hide-out (also his money bags) prepared sometime in advance. And he would hardly be so foolish as to try an escape by sea with the rebel navy in control of "it. Well, whatever the exact situation, it is to be hoped Peron is permanently "out" and Argentina can return to peace and some stable democratic form of government. Dictator Peron came close to running it. "A crime a day makes the newspapers pay." If that is true then the SF newspapers can have no financial troubles. But it isn't of course. The latest crime on the front page here is a baby-kidnaping case the poor infant only 3 DAYS OLD. What will it be tomorrow? R.W.R. On The Side (Distributed by Kiag Owing to the curious and com plicated system by which great Americans are elected to the Hall of Fame, that honor has been long delayed in some cases. For example, the first election of the Hall of Fame was held in 1900. Yet William Penn didn't make it until 1935. Theodore Roosevelt, and Alexander Gra ham Bell were not honored by the electors until 1950! Cele brated women are given so little consideration by the Hall of Fame electors that it is a distinct rarity for a woman to be chosen. So far the Hall of Fame includes 75 men and only eight women. The women are Mary Lyon, Em ma Willard, Maria Mitchell, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances E. Wil lard, Charlotte Cushman and Alice Freeman Palmer. I suppose you know what each, of these women is famous for. If not you better look it up. It is a query that is bound to come up on a quiz program and could win a jackpot Get It Right It was Mary Ann Brennan, professionally known as Lillian Lorraine, who in 1922 intro duced the song titled "Three O'clock in the Morning" in the musical show "The Blue Kit ten." In addition to Miss Lor raine, the cast of that show in cluded Joe Cawthorn, Bobby Thursday, September 22, 19SS . J Commission on the ground that clowning and boasting since, the what it was. Archie did a mag convincing thousands that even great fight of it. If, as reported, By E. V. Darling fhum Syndicate. Inc.) Woolsey, Marian Sunshine and Dave Mallen. Asking Note a reference to what a well dressed secretary should wear. The attire suggested looks like a uniform to me. I am against it. I am for gayer attire for secretaries. I refer to colors. Helps light up the office. How ever, I believe the office wives should practice reasonable re straint. A red haired secretary, for example, should not come to the office attired in a shocking pink dress. Nor should a blonde ammanuensis feature a plunging neckline or a figure defining sweater. Such attire can keep the mind of the boss off his work. To say nothing of the rest of the male help. Pie Portions Am again receiving com plaints about the decrease in the size of a portion of restau rant pie. Many subscribers re fer to it as a "sliver." I am requested to revive my bitter campaign No. 89765D in the in terests of a bigger and better ,cut pf restaurant and fountain lunch counter pie. Let' up approach this important campaign care fully. First, what should be the circumference of a restaurant pie? Into how many portions should it be cut to give the cus tomer a fair deal? Into how many portions is the average restaurant now cutting pie? Matter of KILLIAN AND PORKKALA Washington The President's highest scientific advisers have warned him, in the Killian Com mittee report just exclusive ly described in this space, that the Soviet Union is now overtaking the United States in the crucial air - atomic weapons race. Meanwhile, America's leading diplo- Joseph Also matic policy-makers interpret several of the most important recent Soviet moves, including the abandonment of the Soviet military base at Porkkala in Fin land, as maneuvers in a well planned campaign to advance the moment when the famous "American lead" will become a Soviet lead. . In this manner, two patterns that appear to be flagrantly con tradictory the pattern of the summit meeting at Geneva, and the pattern of the energetic and successful Soviet air - atomic build-up actually fit together with remarkable neatness. In order to see where and how the fit occurs, it is only necessary to analyze a few of the facts that led the Killian Committee to its bleak conclusions. In the present period, accord-1 ing to the Killian Committee, we are in a transitional phase. The United States, while still having the edge in strength, is losing that edge to the Soviets. This is happening, in this period, be cause of the re-equipment of the Soviet Strategic Air Force and Air Defense Command with the new, high quality Russian long range jet bombers, the "Bisons" and "Badgers," and extremely superior day and night fighters, the "Farmers" and "Flashlights." The Soviets already have about 70 "Bisons" which are intercontinental jet bombers comparable to our B-52, but be lieved by such experts as Sever- sky to be superior to the B-52. Bison' production is further estimated, probably rather con servatively, to be running at the rate of 17 aircraft a month. TiHE SOVIETS also have about 100 "Badgers," their B-47-like jet bomber, and "Badger" production is estimated to be running at the rate of about 30 per month. Finally, the "Farm ers" and "Flashlights" have also been produced in substantial numbers, and it is believed that more than 50 of each of these types are being produced each month. Project these production rates, and you get the following three results: First, the Soviets will have a force of approximately 500 "Bisons" by the winter of 1958. This will be a sufficient force to constitute an exceedingly grave threat to the continental United States perhaps 10 times as grave a threat as the present Soviet force of shortrange, ob solescent, B-29-like TU-4 bomb ers. Second, the Soviets will have a force of approximately 900 "Badgers" by the winter of 1958. This will be a medium range bomber force sufficient either to cow our allies into for bidding us to use our overseas air bases, or sufficient, if the need arises, to destroy those bases at the very outset of any war. Third, the reconversion of the Soviet Air Defense Command will also be largely completed by the winter of 1958. At that time, the American Strategic Air Command's B-36s will still be SAC's most important aircraft of true inter-continental range. But the B-36s will then be thor oughly obsolete. SAC's medium range B-47s, therefore, will then be almost our whole strength. Production-wise, this country is as yet doing very little to re verse this trend. Output of the American B-52s is now far be low Soviet output of "Bisons." A substantial increase has been ordered, but even after the new level of B-52 production has been finally reached, Soviet output of true inter-continental jet bombers will still be ahead of American output. The Ameri can production picture is high quality day and night fighters is even more melancholy. This is why the one hope of maintaining a sort of precarious balance is the U. S. Strategic Air Com mand's large component of about 1,500 B-47s. Unfortunately, however, over seas air bases are vital to the effectiveness of B-47s. By twice refueling in the air, a B-47 can reach some (but not all) Soviet targets from the United States. But the force of tankers for this air-refuelling1 process is des perately inadequate to sustain operations that are not based overseas. rl FACT, according to official American estimates, the loss of the present overseas bases would cut the U.S. Strategic Air Command's sortie rate by some thing like 70 per cent which means that SAC's striking power would thereby be cut by 70 per cent. . Precisely here, of course, is where the air build-up pattern and the Geneva pattern fit so neatly together. The overseas bases are threatened, by the "Badger" build-up, on the one band. On the other hand, if any- Fact by Joseph m thing positive has come out of Geneva, it is the new impetus given to disarmament, recently boasted about by Harold Stassen. Point number one in the Soviet disarmament program, in turn, is the abandonment of all over seas bases, and especially all American overseas bases. If the Soviets can only get their way on this one point, they will crip ple SAC, which is the only threat to the Soviet Union. The Porkkala base in Finland is not very useful any longer, in the era of the new weapons. Its abandonment by the Soviets, however, gives the Kremlin an invaluable talking point, with our allies. It immeasureably helps the campaign against over seas bases. Our allies, of course, will be more anxious than ever to believe that "the Soviets are going home, so perhaps it will contribute to peace if the Amer icans go home, too," when they are menaced by a large "Badger" force against which they have no defense whatever. In short, the military prepara tions and peaceful maneuvers lead toward exactly the same highly practical result. (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Editorial Comment THE McKAY INTERIM Critics of Secretary of Interior Puglas McKay have been say ing that he is one of the most inept men in that position. They add that other weak secretaries, little as they accomplished for their nation, at least tried to do something for their home states which McKay has not. A Coos Bay Times editorial says this of it: We criticize Douglas McKay's position; what should it be? Ob viously we think it should be a wise continuation of the pro gram of Joseph, McNary, Roose velt yes, of Morse and Neu berger. We think all the Colum bia River should be developed as it has been developed N thus far by federal money, all re payable over 50 years at full interest and principal to the United States treasury. We think the rights to power on the river, and the dams, and the genera tion machinery, should belong to all the people of the United States, throughout all time, be coming a heritage of the chil dren of this nation. Private in terests and partnerships did not create the Columbia river nor should they control it through the generations which lie ahead. What amazes us is that Mr. McKay does not see this and espouse it. He has been singular ly a product of Oregon's growth, a bright, personable, likeable young chap starting his business career in Salem and growing up with the state. He has a good enough memory and should be observant enough now to know that what he now espouses is what the defeatists talked 25 years ago. Instead of being in the vanguard of leading the Northwest to even greater achievement, he makes common cause with forces in the mid West and far East which would like to see' the West held back, its growth hampered, all under the pretext of "state's rights" and "private enterprise." Instead of being a paladin for reaction, Secretary of the In terior McKay should be pushing for greater appropriations for completion of the Columbia Riv erfor the high dam at Hells Canyon (so wisely advocated by the Army Engineer's classic re port) and similar projects which would endear him to future generations instead of the present-day utility lobbyists. But that is too much to hope. Mr. McKay is a party man, be holden to the party for his pres ent political eminence. He must go for the party line no matter how adversely it effects the fu ture of his own Northwest. In stead we would have wished him to say that the wise program of the last 20 years should be con tinued; instead we would have liked to see him fight, ag did Ickes and Roosevelt, who lived far from Oregon, for the state's vital interests. But he does not and he .will not. Probably that is the reason 'the Northwest has sent Magnuson, Jackson, Morse and Neuberger to the Senate, all . Democrats, strong for the national development of the Northwest. 'Because these men bespeak the real, vital interests of the Northwest, and thus, we think, of the entire United States. That is the reason we be lieve the citizens of this com monwealth, faced with the issues in 1956, are going to return men like Morse, to continue to fight for Columbia River develop ment for all the people. That is the program which has won in past and will win in the future. The McKay interim is a bad dream some day to be forgotten. Pendleton East Oregonian Portland Student Struck With Gun Portland (U.R) Bjarne Jensen, six-foot-nine-inch all-city basketball center at Franklin high school, told police yester day he was struck over the head with the butt of a gun at an east side service station here. Jensen told officers he had argued with Everett C. Chamb ers, who runs a service station, about final payment on a car he In the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS Briefing it: 1 Peron is OUT! That is good. But He was put out by a military revolution. The PEOPLE of Argentina had ' comparatively little to do with it. THAT isn't so good. What Argentina needs along with all the rest of the world is government OF the people, FOR the people and BY the people. That, of course, can come about only in countries where the people are intelligent enough to see to it that they are governed wisely or else! It might be well to mention here that Switzerland is one such country. BUT Let's say So far as Argentina is con cerned, anything that happens is likely to be better for the peo ple as a whole than a despotism of the kind that Peron has run. Despotism and liberty seldom walk hand-in-hand down the broad highway of human prog ress; llfHERE is Peron now? His whereabouts as this is written are uncertain. He is said to have gone aboard a Para guayan gunboat in the River Plata and was offered protec tion by its commander. The story comes from the rebel radio, which say he is fleeing aboard the gunboat to the Paraguayan capital city of Asuncion (pro nounced Ah-SOON-see-OHN.) As uncion is 900 miles up the Pa rana river from Beunos Aires, The broadcast says the rebel navy is chasing the Paraguayan gunboat up the swift and turbu lent Parana, with orders to catch up with- it and take Peron off. THUMBNAIL sketch of Argen tina: The river La Plata, which is an estuary formed by the Pa rana and Uruguay rivers, was discovered by the Spaniards in 1516. They named it La Plata, meaning silver (probably be cause they hoped to find vast quantities of silver in its back country.) The name Argentina comes from the Latin word ar- gentum, meaning silver. The thought of silver, you see, was all tied up with the origins of Argentina. Oddly enough, very little silver has ever been found there, but a lot of gold and banknotes has come out of Argentina's rich soil by long odds the richest in South Amer ica. . . - Argentina is a rich country, but its wealth has always been very unequally distributed. Three-tenths of the people own practically all the property. The other seven-tenths have a VERY low standard of living lower than an American can imagine. Two-thirds of the people of Argentina live in cities of more than 100,000. TiROPPLNG the subject of " Argentina and skipping back to the USA, Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana takes a dim view of Republican claims of prosperity in our coun try (favorite GOP slogan: Ev erything's Booming but the Guns.) He says today: ; "Installment credit is running wild. The stock market is on a rampage. The farm economy is in a desperate slump. The hand writing is on the wall. The Eisen hower administration must im pose strict credit regulation as soon as possible." PRETTY rugged, isn't it? But if things weren't that way if business was DULL and stagnant Senator Mike and his ilk would be yelling bloody murder for measures to BRING ON A BOOM. You just can't satisfy a poli tician whose crowd is on the out side and WANTS BACK IN. Washington Utility Valuations Fixed Olympia (U.R) A net in crease of $24,381,941 over 1954 operating property valuations of. Washington utilities for tax purposes was reported yester day by the State Board of Equil ization. Total valuation of state util ities was fixed at $587,251,621 for 1955. , , The biggest single increase, $11,000,000 brought Pacific Telephone and Telegraph comp anies valuation to $136,000,000. Washington Water Power Co., Spokane, showed the largest val uation decrease and as a result, was to win the largest relief in state taxes. The company's op erating properties were evaluat ed at $40,397,786, a decrease of $6,602,214. . . . was buying. Jensen said that during the argument Chambers reached into a desk drawer and took out a .22 caliber pistol which he used to beat him on the head, according to police. Chambers was jailed with bail set at $3,000. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada Dead line Sunday Clauified ia at noon Saturday. 10 a jn. Monday for Monday: oUier days SM previous day. Allied Defense Line ; May Soon Reach From To Himalayas By CHARLES M. McCANN united Press Correspondent A system of Allied defense treaties covering an area extend ing from the Arctic Ocean to the Himalaya mountains may be completed within a few weeks. Iran, the last link in the sys tem, apparent ly has decided to join it. If it does, it will be sad news for So- Cnarles Met aim Viei XV U 8 S 1 a. The Kremlin for years has used threats, then promises, to keep Iran neutral. President Celal Bayar of Tur key is now in Tehran, the Iran ian capital, on a six-day visit to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Hussein Ala, the anti-Com munist premier. Dispatches say that the three leaders are discussing a Turkish- Iranian alliance. Parliamentary informants in Tehran say it is nearly certain the Shah and Ala will decide in favor ol the alliance. The result may be a Middle Eastern alliance comprising Tur key, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. Turkey, now a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion, has separate defense pacts with both Pakistan and Iraq Pakistan also is allied directly witn tne united States. Strong Lin If Iran drops its neutrality, the vast Allied defense system through the NATO treaty and regional pacts will stretch un broken from - Arctic Norway through Europe and the Middle East on to Himalayan Pakistan. Hussein Ala, in a speech he made in the Iranian Parliament ANichoi's Worth of . . Comment On Br HARMAN U-itod Washington (U.R) I just re turned ' from a refining plant, where I placed an order for a ' suit that could be worn in the first flight into space. For delivery, if the m easurements don't change, when, and if. It won't be tweedy. It will be covered with asphalt, including the Harm an Nichols padded belly and shoulders. My selection was simple, jet black the-only col or available. . . This isn't as silly as it sounds. I dropped in at the Asphalt In stitute, which is operating a workshop on the University of Maryland campus. There was Dr. S. F. Singer of the school, one of the pioneers of earth satel lite research. . The pattern I looked at, the good doctor warn ed, could not be worn in polite society. Things like the White House press correspondent's shindig. The suit is not pretty and it certainly isn't very for mal.' No black tie. No tie at all. Goes Way Back According to Bud Harvey, the institute's' own space chaser, kerosene and paraffin simply are derivatives of the same pe troleum refining process that produces asphalt. That goes way back. But Harvey is a realist And he said: "What's more logical than im pregnating clothing with as phalt? The Egyptians used to wrap their mummies in asphalt impregnated cloth to preserve their dead. Naturally, the word 'asphalt' hadn't been invented then, but it is the same thing. Maybe we'll be preserving the living the same way one day. This poses an interesting look into the future. Can't you see F7 V MU We Specialize in Funeral Iti (t CHAPEL MORTUARY v. i Across from th Frank Morgan - 1 If F Tuesday, left little room for doubt as to expectations. He ridiculed the Idea that Iran could safely remain neutral. He said Iran's neutrality in the past had not protected it. We no longer can let thingi go in hope that our integrity will be respected," he said. Only those who aim to de vour us can want us to be un prepared and weak. "We must take steps for closer cooperation with our friends, and must willingly accept their help." Tehran dispatches said that by the potential devourer Ala meant Russia. In speaking of friendi who might help Iran, the dispatches said, Ala referred especially to the Umted States. Ala is the Shah's most trusted adviser. Both are pro-American. Ala, long the Shah's court min- 0 lsier, was maae prims minister in ApriL International Hero Wiry, impassioned, Ala has something of the aspect of a game rooster. He does not look i his 72 years and certainly does not show them in action. He made himself an interna tional hero when in 1946, as ambassador to the United States, he presented and fought out in the United Nations Iran's de mand that Russia be compelled to withdraw its World War oc cupation troops. . . He enraged Russia's Andrei A. Gromyko, and started that dour Soviet diplomatist on bis famous series of walkouts. Ala was given the credit for forcing Russia "to agree to get its troops out of Iran. It was a personal triumph for Ala. It also was a triumph for the U.N. in a crisis, now al most forgotten, that could have meant its death. . - - . This and That W. NICHOLS fait Wrttat a long line of living mummies lined up at the window of X-air-lines at the spaceport? Waiting to climb aboard the 5:15 Ven usian? , ' According to the asphalt peo ple, asphalt, by whatever name, was the world's first cement. It was used as mortar in the mak ing of the Tower of Babel, and the walls of Jericho, even. So it is said. . But whatever, It resists the elements. That much has been proved. Today, the Asphalt. In stitute sayse the stuff covers nearly 750,000 of the 920,000 miles of smooth paved roads in the country. That includes 118 miles of the world's busiest high way, the New Jersey Turnpike. : If it's good enough for the big pike it ought to make a fine suit for soaring into the unknown. Although it might weigh a man down and force him to be crane lifted into a bucket seat. The Jersey Pike doesn't even groan under the load of 65,000 vehicles a day, and that in cludes a lot of loaded huses and heavy trailer trucks. The idea of the asphalt was the brain-child of John Loudon McAdams, a Scotsman who gave birth to an idea in the early 1800's. He thought it was silly to dig a ditch and cover it with cobblestones. He figured the good earth was fine enough if you kept the ground solid. Put a little asphalt mix on top to fend off the weather. Well, when I get ready to run off into space. I'll let you know And IH be dressed for the oc casion. What's good enough for the Jersey Pike is good enough for me. , Portland (U.R) Marilynne PowelL ' 18-month-old Aloha, Orel, girl who was struck by a hit-run driver August 19, was reported '"improving" ' today in a . local hospital. She suffered head and body injuries in the ac cident near her home! Service Courthous Harold Snodgrass ,
