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All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Med ford Official Paper ot Jackson County "' ir.u. Dr... Vnil Leased Wire ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF ClKLUUHiu-' Offices In New York. Chicago De- Statu. Portland. St Louis Atlan mit Ksn rancisco. lm ,..,s- ita. Vancouver NATIONAL EDITORIAL AfiSpCMTfeLN NIWSPAMt PUBllSNIIf ASSOCIATION 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 Oct. 21. 1945 (It was Sunday) Robert Duff, Jackson county salvage committer chairman, an nounces no more salvage drives. From Arthur Perry! Ye Smudge Pot column: A rubber man performed at the Pull and Haul in the Armory Thurs. He twisted and stretched himself like a politician does the truth. 20 YEARS AGO Oct 21. 1935 (It was Monday) o Delegates start arriving lor state congress of Parent-Teacher association here. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1925 at was Wednesday) 0 School board permits high school contractor to obtain skill ed labor outside Medford be- . cause it is not available here. Deer season which just ended said' to be best in Jackson county. , 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1915 (It was Thursday) From Eden Precinct news: Many farmers are selling off their hog$ on account oi the low market prices and are not feed ing many for meat. From Local and Personal column: At a meeting of the city council Wednesday night, Bert Anderson, H. A. Thierolf, H. U. Lumsden, E. H. Fehl, J. A. t.. A a r TTuhVtarri were X ciijr, auu appointed the budget committee for the year. ' - What's the Answer? Can You Gei 4 of the 7? Cepr. 1955. Editorial Reseates) Reeeet EfOTJ I - xg - fern " 1. A majority, or half, or a minority of our war veterans are members of the American Legion? " 2. Mrs. Roosevelt is now '65, 70, between 70 and 75, 75 or over 75? " 3. Farm real estate values last year were up slightly, about unchanged, down slightly, or down much? 4. All states that adopted day light saving time this year are now off it; right or wrong? 0 5. A tendency toward severe migraine headaches is or isn't often inherited? 6. Spain was an original mem ber of U.N.; was elected to U.N. after U.N. was organized; isn't a member? 7. A polygraph is used to chart economic activity, measure heart action, detect lies, improve hearing, or put music on rec ords? The Answers: I. A minority (but a large one). 2. Between 70 and 75. 3. Up slightly, says Agri culture Secretary Benson. 4. Wrong. 5. Often is. 6. Isn't a member. 7. Detect lies. Eagle Point PO Clerk Examination Scheduled An examination for substitute clerk, to fill vacancies in the post office at Eagle Point, has been announced -by the U.S. Civil Service commission. Applicants for the position, rwhiek pays $1.71 an hour, must 12? actually reside within the deliv ery of the Eagle Point post of fice or be bona fide .patrons of that office. Application blanks may be obtained at any post office. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada MAIL TRIBUNE .... Why The U.N.? World War III hasn't happened yet. Maybe it never will. If it does, the consequences would be unimagin able. Since the end of World War U, there have been scores of incidents, and enough pressures and tensions and international squabbles, to have created half-a- dozen wars under different circumstances. And what are the circumstances which have, so far, made it possible to avoid another World War? We don't know the whole answer. But we do know that the United Nations had a lot to do with it. THE United Nations was organized 10 years ago Monday. It has made some big headlines- during that dec ade. And some others that weren't so big. In a way, perhaps some of the smaller headlines had more real significance than the big ones. The building up of trouble is, properly, big news. Lack of trouble is no news at all on a day-to-day basis. But its significance can be greater. : What if there had been no UN? - Would .there have been fighting in Syria and Lebanon in 1946? Would the Russian troops have withdrawn from Iran in 1946? Would trouble have grown and spread in the Balkans in those uneasy days?' . Would bloodshed have grown in Indonesia as tho vnnrur nation cut itself off from The Netherlands? Would the uneasy peace neighbors have been simply uneasy peace or Diooay warfare? Would India and Pakistan gone to war over Kashmir? AND without the United Nations, what would have happened to South Korea? Would American troops still be fighting, there? These are only examples of situations wnere tne TIN has taken a hand. What would have happened had there been no UN, no But the fact is that there has been no general war. And there is reason to hoDe and believe that the world mav be cettinff in troubles, rather than fighting them out. WHAT is the cost to us, as American taxpayers, vf ci-mnnrrincr this intern atf nnal firoanization? vi wr r w o w wv- On the basis of current cost comes to approximately 54 cents per person per year; The cost of fighting World II came to about $1.59 per person per DAY. IT TOOK years for the American systern of gov evrnment to evolve. It is still changing. It is logical to believe that the UN, as a forum where the nations of the world can meet and evolving into something better. . ; ' .:. .. Tf the alternative is a return to unilateral diplo- rnacv. without a world forum to keep it in the open, we say there is no choice but 'to support the: United Nations with everything we have. E. A. . Revive The CCO During a recent trip into the forests of southern Oreirnn. a member of the partv remarked what a wonderful experience it was, in the mixed-up 1930s, for eastern boys to get a chance to become acquainted with the woods and the mountains through the CCC nropram. He suggested that.it would be a wonderful thing if some organization such as tne uivinan conservation Corps were to be revived. Not only would it afford slum-raised youngsters a chance at the outdoors, but it also would furnish the manpower for the vitally needed conservation, access road and trail building work in the western woods. A FEW days later, another Medford man,-Milton J. Argast, wrote along similar lines to the Oregon Journal, which published his letter. He said, in part: With all the talk about juvenile delinquency, I wonder if anyone in Washington, D.C., ever thinks about one of the best agencies formed during the regime of Frankin D. Roosevelt. I refer to the civilian conservation corps, organ ized in the early 1930s. The work carried out by the young men who formed the corps was extremely beneficial, both to the men and to the country. As a sergeant in World War n, I had several former CCC men under my supervision. They had learned discip . line, and they were assets to their country, both in civilian life, and as soldiers. I am no prophet, but I venture the as sertion that if the CCC were revived, there would be much less juvenile delinquency. SUCH a proposal raises several questions. Would membership be voluntary? If so, how many would join it during times of full" employment such at present? If it were not voluntary, on what basis would men be assigned to the organization? By the courts, in lieu of prison terms or fines? And if so, would it not partake of an unsavory penal nature? Or would men be given a choice between the CCC and the armed forces? And if so, could either or both be maintained in adequate strength? THE Nazis had, and the Russians still have, com pulsory labor groups. By their very nature they are abhorent in a country where even compulsory mili tary service is still looked upon as a measure to be taken only during an. emergency period. We grant that some type of organization modeled along CCC lines could well be beneficial both to young men and to the development of western resources. But under existing circumstances, we don't see how it could be fitted into the pattern of democratic life. E. A. . Friday. October 21. 1955 between Israel and its Arab one can say. the habit of talking out its -0 U. S. contributions, the talk, also is cnangmg, ana . . . Babson A New Profession By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. (Special to Mail Tribune) Yes, it is the old misnamed "public relations" job which is fast being built up into a new and distinctive "hu man relations" profession. Furthermore, it is open to both men and women yes,- even to "shut-ins." I forecast it is head ed for a brilliant future. Many lawyers are being used as "public relations" men; but it is not a work for lawyers. You yourself know that a law yer's 1 e 1 1 er head s c a r es you! It is in dictive of force. A good human rela tions man or woman can not use force or, directly or Voter W. Bsbtos. indirectly, threaten. I may be wrong, but in my opinion, to be most successful a human rela tions expert should not be a lawyer and should never have taken a case , to court. : Unfortunately, human rela tions work has got mixed up with advertising. Although I am a great believer in wise adver tising, yet it must be open and above-board. It must not be any part of secret propaganda. The human relations expert, whether man or woman, should frankly state he or she is in the employ, at the time, of certain corporations (one or more.) But the terms "public" or "human" relations need not appear on his letterhead. If the corporation's letterhead is used, no reference should be made to a Public Re lations Department or to such an office as "Vice President in charge of Public Relations." In fact, the terms should be avoid ed at all times in any public way. Fundamental Rules for Success - 1. Always be honest. 2. Handle cases only in the com munity in which you live and are known to be a person of ex cellent character and in which, preferably, you are connected with some 'church. 3. Avoid threatening, bribing, or being party to ultimatums. In case of labor troubles, "keep the ball in the air," so to speak. Unless a fire is constantly fed with fuel, it ultimately goes out. 4. Avoid using the words "never" or "always." 5. To use a slang phrase, a good public relations person will not "attempt to tell n1 Confidence Vote Won By Faure Headlines Good News of Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent - The week's good and bad new on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. Spectacled, mild-mannered Premier Edgar Faure won a notable victory in the French National As sembly. He swung right wing deputies to his side after a hard fight and was given a 308-to-254 vote of con.fi dence. The vote came on Faure's plan for ln- cbaries Mccanm creasea nome rule in Algeria. But it really was a personal .victory over the tur bulent Assembly, which sets up premiers only to knock them down. Faure's victory strength ens France in world affairs and strengthens the West in its relations with the East Now Faure is considering the advis ability of calling an early par liamentary election. 2. The Iranian Senate voted 38 to 4 for ratification of the decision of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Premier Hus sein Ala to join the Turkish- Iraqi-Pakistani British defense alliance. Ala handed the Soviet amabssador in Tehran' a memo- Rogue River High Picks Annual Editor Rogue River Miss Nancy Bradley, a senior at Rogue River High school, was elected editor of the 1956 school annual, Ro-Hi-An, at a recent election. Mrs. Beverly Hunter is advisor for the group. The student body also elected to have annuals delivered- in the spring with a' summer supple ment mailed upon completion. Staff members for the 1956 edition include Freda Baker, Bob Bigman, Dorothy Boucher, Nancy Bradley, Irene Bringman, Janice Cummings, Judy Farrar, Sandra Gregory, Bill Headrick, Katie Herburger, Fred-Hopper. James Johnston, Paulette Par sons, Gary Phillips, Janice Smith, Sharon Stevens, Glenda Stinchcomb, Bill Weaver and Carol Weaver. Staff members will be solicit ing advertisements in the Rogue River area in the near future, Miss Bradley announced. Tha Community's Biggest Marketplace 1 ?'( a father how to raise his chil dren." 6. Avoid writing letters, except to the corporation which you are serving. Keep all work very informal and personal, without a secretary or other go between. To succeed in this new pro fession, a person must be pa tient, starting with only one corporation as a client; but the person must know more about said corporation than anyone else in the community. Of course this takes time, patience, -and prayer; but think of the time and money which one who is train ing to be a doctor must spend before he gets his first patient. On the other hand, such a pub lic relations man needs no office, but can operate from his home; in fact, an office might be a handicap. The work should be done either by telephone or personal talks. Every such per son should be a careful reader and indexer of the local news paper and get the friendship of all local merchants. Work Should Be Informal It does not harm and perhaps may help such persons to do other things for a corporation client, also. I, however, cannot cveremhasize the importance of absolute integrity and the recognition by the entire com munity bankers, merchants, labor leaders, and wageworkers that you stand for such. As for income, your fee for each case must depend upon the time con sumed and the results achieved. I should say that these fees might run from $100 to $5,000. But let the corporation deter mine the fee. Your task. is to have every one connected with the problem satisfied with the outcome. The public relations group have a monthly publication call ed "Public Relations Journal." Several text books are avail able to those desiring to read about this new profession. The Babson Institute has none of these books for sale; but it has a course of study which helps men prepare for such work. Un fortunately its classes for 1955 56 are full and no more appli cants can now be taken. Prof. Bertrand R. Canfield is at the head of the Department. Any reader may feel free to write him for a-list of books on the subject, including one written by himself. Just address him at Babson Institute, Babson Park 57. Mass. randum rejecting the Russian complaint that the treaty is ag gressive. .. 3. Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles said that he and President Eisenhower share "measured hope" that the Big Four foreign ministers confer ence which opens in Geneva, Switzerland, next Thursday may prove successful. Dulles spoke after talking to the President in Denver. He said he hoped for concrete progress toward Ger man unification. THE BAD 1. Russia's meddling in the Palestine situation, marked by its arranging for Communist Czechoslovakia to sell arms to Egypt, continued to worry West ern goverments. Dulles an nounced at a press conference in Washington that he expects' to talk over the situation with So viet Foreign Minister Vyache slav M. Molotov at the Geneva conference. Some factors in Is rael talked of a "preventive war" against Egypt. It was reported that Syria and Saudi Arabia, fellow members with Egypt of the Arab bloc, were negotiating secretly for Czechoslovak weap ons. 2. There was growing fear in Western Europe that people of the Saar coal region might re ject, in a referendum to, be held Sunday, a proposal that they ac cept "Europeanized" status pend ing the conclusion of a final German peace treaty. A former German Nazi storm trooper is leading the fight for rejection. French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay gave Saarlanders an earnest warning that rejection of the proposed Saar Statute will make the area a continued cause of discord between France and Western Germany. 3. Negotiations between Uni ted States and Chinese Commun ist envoys in Geneva for the re lease of American civilians held by the Reds continued to drag. The negotiations now have been adjourned until next Thursday when the Big Four conference starts. Per. Mo. NEW or USED, On Rental Purchase Plan We'll be glad to give you Particulars. Come in today! ERSKINE'S PIANO STORE 1304 Kings Highway rijio Matter of IS STEVENSON VANILLA? Washington There seems to be only one real shadow on Adlai E. Stevenson's otherwise bright prospects for the Democratic nomination this year. Steven son has a tre- mendously ele- 1 vated con cep- tion of the Presidency. He will not make the claim, which seems a r r o g ant to him, that he is Joseph Also the only man for this job he holds in such reverence. . You have got to believe you are the only man for the job, if you want the voters to believe it too. You have got to believe it so hard that you are willing and even eager to slug it out with other contenders. You have got to believe it so hard, too, that you are willing and even eager to make normal political compromises, in order to attain the grand object of getting the job. Now Stevenson, as of today, seems to be willing to slug it out with his rivals, but he is certainly not eager to do so. By the same token, he is certainly not eager, and he is perhaps not even willing, to make the normal, unavoidable compro mises that every candidate must make. Compromising on the farm is sue, for instance, is an obvious necessity for him. Yet he is agonizing over the farm issue because, so far as one can judge, he thinks that any kind of com promise will call into question his moral fitness for the great tasks and heavy burdens of the Presidency. This kind of delicacy is admir able in a private individual. But it is also a weakness in a serious competitor in the great but often ugly game of politics. In this reporter's judgment, it is the real weakness in the Stevenson can didacy. If Stevenson chooses, he can actually draw strength from the other supposed weaknesses, such as the much-touted menace of Senator Estes Kefauver. The astute Chicago mayor and political boss, Richard Daley, and other practical-minded men tors are now pleading with Ste venson to fight a couple of key primaries against Kefauver in the way Thomas E. Dewey fought the Oregon primary against Har old E. Stassen in 1948. The Dewey victory finished off Stas sen that year. But a comparable Stevenson victory, if he wins it wiU not only finish off Kefauver. It will also finish off Carmine DeSapio's rather complicated strategy for nominating AvereU Harriman. After that, Stevenson will almost be nominated by ac clamation. , . njlHE primaries, in ' short, are the crux of Stevenson's prob lem. They are a great potential source of strength to him as well as a grave potential danger. Oth er Stevenson advisers less cour ageous and politicaUy tough than , Daley persist in looking In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS Socialized dentistry in Britain has increased the dental health of the British people as a whole, but has decreased to the danger point the number of persons en tering the dental profession. This interesting statement was made the other day by Dr. Her bert Parker Buchanan, secretary of the British Dental association, who is in San Francisco as the guest of the American Dental as sociation, which is holding its annual meeting in the Bay City. He added: " "The whole future of dentistry in Britain is in danger because young men and women are not entering the field. Our dental schools are only partly filled and the number of new dentists is not even keeping up with the number retiring from the field." HOW COME? Well, Dr. Buchanan says, dentists in Britain are paid (by the government) on a piecework basis so much for filling a tooth, so much for pulling a tooth, so much for a set of den tures, and son on. The best dent ist in the kingdom gets no more for each specific case of tooth treatment than the merest tyro. The result, he concludes, is that the practice of dentistry is reduced to a monotonous routine 231 EAST SIXTH ST. : ' ;" ' MUTTON BEEF I BEEF SLICED ROAST ROAST STEAK BACON HLb.llb.lSflb.lgSlb. Fact By Joseph Alsop only at the risk of the primaries. They will not look at the pri maries' promise for their man. The reason for this, no doubt, is their feeling that a very big bird in the hand is worth two birds in the bush. The truth is that the odd little political organization which has formed around Adlai Stevenson can already count up so much convention strength that real risk-taking, in primaries or else where, quite naturally seems repellent. Significantly, the real base of this Stevenson strength is in the southern and border states, which he has been quietly but effectively - cultivating for the last four years. Such leading southerners as Senator Richard Russell are actually expected to announce for him. Even after allowing for the possible defec tion of President Truman in Mis souri, the Stevenson camp counts on a couple of hundred southern and border state delegates. There are lot of other states outside the south, like Pennsyl vania, New Jersey, Indiana, Kan sas and of course Illinois, where the key leaders are solidly com mitted to Stevenson. These states bring the delegate count to 475, or within shooting distance, al ready, of a clear and final vic tory. Delegate-counting at this early stage is of course much more of a parlor game than a practical political pursuit. But Stevenson's lead at the beginning of the race is clearly commanding. And this lead is also reinforced by an other kind of advantage, which seems to this reporter even more important. Voters go into a national elec tion, after all, much in the way kids go into an ice cream parlor. They know they want one-kind of candidate rather than another, generally without being able to specify precisely why, just as kids in an ice cream parlor want vanilla rather than' strawberry or chocolate, but cannot explain precisely why they are in a vanilla mood rather than a choc olate mood. "TiVERY available indicator, all the way from President Eis enhower's vast popularity to the results of the political polls, now suggest that what the voters want for 1956 is a moderate flavored candidate with serious overtones. Stevenson is just that sort of Democratic candidate. He is more solid than Kefauver. He is more of a moderate than Har riman. In a time, in short, when the electorate seems to want vanilla. Stevenson looks like be ing 'vanilla. Furthermore, with the excep tion of the probably unavailable Chief Justice Warren, Steven son now looks more like vanilla than any Republican candidate who is now being considered. In these circumstances, the Ste venson camp ought to be confi dently jubilant and spoiling for the fight ahead. The apparent absence of these emotions in the Stevenson camp is the biggest reason for doubt as to Steven son's prospects. Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc. News with no rewards for skill, com petence, learning or experience. THAT'S socialism for you. It sems to be working out no better in modern Britain than in the early English colonies on the Atlantic seasboard of raw and new America, where the colo nists tried it out as a way of life, and didn't care much for it: They pooled their efforts and put everything into a common pot, out of which everyone shared alike. The . industrious character who arose at the crack of dawn and labored, in the fields until darkness drove him home got no more in the final divide-up than - the lazybones who lay in bed until mid-morning and called it a day when the sun was still high in the west. The worker with the green thumb, whose corn and beans and pumpkins flourished and yielded heavily, got no more to eat in the long run than the numbskull who ' hoed out the corn and the beans and the squash plants and left the weeds standing. So, in the course of time, in Plymouth and in Jamestown, they tossed out socialism and went back to free enterprise. JO MUCH for the British and ' their dental problem. 'Fantasies' Slated In Mid-November By Footlighters ; "Footlighter Fantasies" ! will begin a five-day run at the Fair ground Theater the middle of November, it was reported to day. Footlighter's officers said lo cal audiences will discover much unsuspected new talent and see many gifted "old timers' behind the footlights. They will also learn that "in Directors Ray Lewis and Jerry McDougall, the civic theater has a veritable Rod ge rs and Hammerstein," Footlighter President Lavetus Wimmer declared. -? Original Music ' 'What Ray and Jerry did was to sit down and write practically a complete musical review, with some original music, lyrics and dialogue and then blend in favo rite nostalgic numbers that car ry the show along a definite theme. It is going to be one of the most arti&tic as well as one of the most entertaining produc tions we have ever done," she said. While overall direction will be handled by veteran Footlight er Jerry McDougall, musical ar rangements and accompaniment will come from Lewis, assisted on a second piano by Mrs. Wil liam Kennerly, newcomer to the Footlighters, Mrs. Wimmer said. Dance Numbers Colleen Hope will direct all dance numbers and routines, In cluding several - specialty acts, furnished by advanced students from her own studios. - The review will interweave nostalgic scenes and numbers from past eras up to the pres ent. In the solo and chorus sing ing numbers will appear such well . known local singers ' as Frances Thrun, Sally Champlin, Zita Maddox and her two daugh ters Zita and Diane, Ralph Van Nortwick and Clyde Wheaton, as, well as some surprise discov coveries among the Footlighter actors and actresses who needed only the opportunity to prove they could "also sing," she stated. We have our problems. One of them has to do with all the auto mobiles we are able to make and buy. This problem is becoming acute in the Bay area of Cali fornia, which is now growing even more rapidly than Los An- geies . A good example of it is to be found in Marin county, which is growing like a weed. Only a few years ago two traffic lanes were sufficient to handle the situa tion on Highway 101, northward from the Golden Gate bridge. But the cars got too thick, and they built a fqur-laner. Now the fourlaner is worse congested than the old two-laner used to be. So they're building an eight laner. ' -' In almost no time at all, the eight-laner will be worse con gested than the f our-laner now is. Downtown San Francisco has reached the peak of its retail trade capacity for the simple reason that there is no Innwr dace to Dark anv more cars. Tf you can't find a place to park any more cars, it is obvious that the " stores can't get any more customers. . That is Koine on in all the Biff Towns all over the country. WHAT to do about it? ; " I wouldn't know. But here's one possible solu tion: More people may have to live in the smaller towns instead of everybody ganging up in the BIG TOWNS. NOW IS THE TIME to start building an insured savings account with us. You will find it pleasant and profitable to invest here. o . FIRST fEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford ' 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save o
