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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
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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. . - -
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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 ,