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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
10 years aeo.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21, 1945
(It was Friday)
General George S. Patton dies
iiOGwmany of injuries received
In automobile accident with an
army truck.
FroiQ Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Today is
gie shortest day of the year. The
runt day officially ushers in Win
ter, already here, and nearly
over.
SO YEARS AGjp
" Dec. 21. 1935
(It was Saturday)
Capt. EtKyard Whitehead, re
gioiil airport engineer of bur
o eau of aeronautics viting Med
ford', says local) airport merits
$300,000 requested for improve-
$ients.
John E. Doerr Jr., appointed
Crater Lake National Park nat
uralist; comes here from Haw
o aii National park. o
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21. 1925 -
(It&ras Monday)
Johnson county leads Oregon,
the entire northwest in percent
age of increase of farm land
values per acre, according to
item in publication Oregon Vot-
Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of Columbia university,
says public opinion is turning
against pribijjon n this coun
try . O
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21, 1915
Hall taxi comjSfeny books 50
passengers for trip tp Crater
Lake next summer, Indicating
large (tendance there in 1916.
From Local and Personal col
umn: following boys and
girls who have been attending
ie University of Oregon at Eu
gene returned home Saturday to
spend the holidays with their
parents: TEe Misses Ruth Law
rence, Ver Olmstead, Ruth
Wilson, Ruih Nye, Lucile Mess
ner, Mildred JJrown, Gary Gar
rett, Harold crrey, Doiph Phipps
and Gege Gates.
What's theQAnswer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Reporfe
1. Dec. 25 is given as the day
of birth of the Saviour in the
Old Testament or New Testa
ment, or in neither but is deduc
edom other events.
2. Population increased more
over the last five yers in the
EaS, South, Middle West or
West?
4. Which two of these married
while President: Lincoln, Grant,
Cleveland, T. Roosevelt, Wilson,
Harding?
5. The Rockne car, long dis
continued, was made by Gen
eral Motors, Stuebaker, Ford,
Chrysler or Hudson?
6. Georgia will have more or
fewer votes than Maine in the
156 Republican convention, or
trie same number? '
7. Sherman Adams, chief per
sonal Side to President Eisen
hower" used to be governor of a
New England, Southeastern,
Southwestern, Middle West or
Western state?
The aiurwers: 1. In neither, is
deduced from other events. 2.
.The West. 3. About 60 per cent.
4. Cleveland and Wilson. 5. Stu
debaker. 6. More. 7. New Eng
land (New Hampshire).
MAIL TRIBUNE
The "Hiroshima Maidens "
One of the more heart -
incidents arising out of
sode of the so-called ' Hiroshima Maidens."
These girls, a couple
among the victims of the
ploded over Hiroshima,
virtually bringing the Pacific phase of the war to a
close. All were burned
ed. Not only were they so
hold jobs; even worse,
getting husbands.
THEIR plight became
a small group of men,
oi the baturday Keview,
about it. It was a rather
eventually money was raised, red tape cut through,
and the young women were brought to New York,
where they are now undergoing plastic surgery.
It may be impossible to restore their faces to
their original state, but any improvement, in some
cases, means the difference between a secluded life
of invalidism and a chance for a reasonably normal
existence.
DEPORTS indicate that the "maidens" have been
delighted and well-nigh overwhelmed both with
the. fact of their being here
hospitality which has been
hospital and in homes.
From the bloody foolishness of war, it is gratify
ing, particularly at unristmas time, to imd one in
cident of good arising. E.A.
Sport or
Is wrestling a sport?
The answer depends
is referred to.
Wrestling, as a sport,
the sense that it is the practice of subduing an op
ponent without the use of
Wrestling, as a show,
and has received its greatest boost since the advent
of television, which has made millions of fans.
TN THE second aspect,
A ship has become dominant, and the skilled sport
possible in wrestling has become subordinate to
the dramatic, the bizarre, sometimes the ridiculous.
' This has permitted the popularity of such indi
viduals as "Gorgeous George," "The French Angel,"
"Man Mountain Dean," and others, including midgets
and women.
Most members of their avid audiences know that
wrestlers' ring personalities and their real personal
ities do not necessarily have anything in common.
But, as in a Greek play, the convention is allowed
as a substitute for reality, and the mask is taken at
face value.
A
Sa' result the contest
typed "good vs. evil"
best-man-win" idea subordinated or not present at
all. Thia poses a problem for serious-minded public
servants, such as athletic commissioners and state
legislators.
One California assemblyman declares that "wrest
ling has reached such a deplorable state that it should
be removed from the jurisdiction of the (state ath
letic) commission and that no one in the state should
have anything to do with it."
A commissioner replies, "Sure, wrestling is a
show, an exhibition. In fact, if you had true, purely
scientific wrestling in this state, it would be the
quickest way to kill wrestling I know."
H
E LIKENED it to western movies, adding:
The people seem to enjoy watching the villain prevail
for the first 23 minutes and the hero come through in the
final three minutes.
People do seem to enjoy it, for some reason we're
unable to fathom, even though the semblance to. an
athletic contest grows dimmer and dimmer as time
goes on, and the resemblance to a spectacle greater
and greater.
But it's all a matter of taste, we suppose. And if
people like this sort of thing we'd be the last to sug
gest that they be prevented from watching it. But
it would be a bit more honest to stop billing the
events as pure and simple athletic contests. E.A.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Pittsburgh A striking worker of the Westinghouse Electric
Corp. on receiving a S100 interest-free company loan:
"There won't be much left over for toys after I buy the kids
clothes and shoes." ;
Washington Joseph Donohue, Washington attorney, on limit
ing the number of primaries Sen. Estes Kefauver (D.-Tenn.) will
enter:
"I don't want to kill the senator. I want to elect him."
Amman, Jordan Hazzah Majali, resigned premier of Jordan,
on Jordanian membership in the anti-Communist Baghdad Pact:
"I am still an ardent believer that joining the Baghdad Pact is
the surest way for maintaining Jordan's territorial integrity."
Vienna, Ga. Sen. Walter F. George on his meeting the almost
certain challenge of young Herman Talmadge for the veteran sena
tor's seat:
"If my friends in Georgia desire to return me to the Senate
next year. I hope it will be my last term."
Near the Western Front in Korea Pf c. Fritz Moeller on Christ
mas for 30 orphans, most of them blind, whom he adopted when
he found them: living in a tent:
"We haven't planned anything for Christmas. But at least they
will be warm."
New York An official of a bank which sold Nashua for a rec
ord $1,251,000 on its promise to buy a saddle horse for Karen Ann
McGuire, Valhalla, N.Y., who tried to buy the champion race horse
with her S24. 03 savings:
"We decided her bid should not be in vain."
Wednesday. December 21, 1953
wanning if not inspiring
World War II is the epi
of dozen of them, were
atomic bomb which ex
devastating the city and
terribly, disfigunngly burn
injured that they could not
they stood little ' chance of
known in this country, and
headed by Norman Cousins
decided to do something
long and tedious fight, but
for surgery, and with the
extended to them in the
Show?
Or. is it a "show?"
on what phase of the art
is as old as mankind, in
weapons or clenched fists.
is of more recent origin,
the element of showman-
often -becomes the stereo
theme, with the "may-the-
Matter of Fact
THE' POLITICAL REGENCY
Washington Who compose
the political Regency? President
Eisenhower was never very
politically in
clined a n y
way, and now
he is further
insulated from
politics by his
iUness. Who
then has
charge of his
Admin istra
tion's political
strategy?
Sen. W i 1
1 i a m Knowl-
Joseph Alsao
land and other like-minded Re
publicans are constantly saying
that "they" are going to be dis
appointed, if "they" think they
can control the Republican par
ty's final choice by delaying the
announcement of the President's
decision about running again.
But who on earth are "they?"
The answer seems to be that
"they" are a somewhat modified
continuation of the group of men
who largely
planned and
directed the
P r e s i dent's
1 9 5 2 cam
paigns for the
nomina t i o n
and the elec
tion.
Even in 1952,
these men
kept as much
as possible in
the b a c k-
Stewart Alsop
ground, tactfully calling them
selves the "initial planning com
mittee, as though to indicate the
existence of some actually non
existant higher body that did
the final planning. To others,
they were known as "the Com
modore group," because they us
ually met at the Commodore
Hotel in New York City.
THE original members were
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, Herbert Brownell
and Thomas E. Stephens, who
represented New York's huge
convention . delegation plus the
skill that had twice won Dewey
the Republican nomination: Sen.
Henry Cabot Lodge, standing for
the Massachusetts convention
vote; Sen.' James Duff, bringing
Pennsylvania to the combina
tion; Sen. Frank Carlson and
Harry Darby, speaking for Eis
enhower's native Kansas; former
National committeeman Barak
T. Mattingly, with his power in
Missouri; and General Lucius D.
Clay, who served as the in
timate liaison with Eisetihower.
The positions of almost all
these men have altered since
1952. Dewey, for instance, is no
longer Governor, although he
still controls the great bulk of
the New York delegates. At least
two members of the group, Sen.
Carlson and his fellow-Kansan,
JJarby, have now become de
tached from it. Two very import
ant additions have been made, in
tne persons of the President's
Chief of Staff, Gov. Sherman
Adams, and the Chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
LenHall.
"OUT these men are "they."
Their relationship, no doubt,
is not quite so well defined now
as it was during the ten months
before the President's election
and inauguration, when they
held their meetings formally and
regularly, at weekly intervals.
Their power, too, is probably
somewhat less than the power of
the original group, whose mem
bers wholly dominated the com
mittee named by the newly
nominated President to pick his
Vice-Presidential running-mate.
All the same, the old Commo
dore group has now been in
formally re-constituted, with the
changes above-indicated; and if
anyone is now in charge of
White House political strategy,
then they are in charge.
Moreover, Sen. Knowland and
the other Republicans who do
not like the idea of the President
choosing his successor if he de
cides not to run himself, are al
together right about what "they"
are planning. The Regency's
whole effort, at present, is to set
up the Republican convention in
a way that will insure President
Eisenhower and his advisors of
iron control, whether or no the
President is willing to run.
This task of course, had al
ready been undertaken, although
in a somewhat less urgent man
ner, even before the President's
illness. The main agent on the
job was Thomas E. Stephens,
whose return to law practice
from his post as Eisenhower's ap
pointment secretary by no means
divorced him from political ac
tivity. Stephens, apparently, is
still the main traveller and tele
phoner of the political Regency.
THE task is made easier, very
obviously, by deferring the
SUGGESTED BIBLE
READING VERSES '
The Medford Council of
Church Women each year be
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas sponsors . a pro
gram of daily Bible reading,
recommending a different
verse of the Bible for each
day during that period, in co
operation with the American
Bible association, the ' Med
ford Ministerial association
and the National Council of
Church Women.
Following are the passages
recommended for today:
Isaiah 9:2-7.
By Joe end Stewart Alsop
announcement of the President's
intentions. All sorts of Republi
can hopefuls might otherwise be
fighting it out in New Hamp
shire, for instance. Instead, most
of the New Hampshire delega
tion will be composed of those
like Governor Dwinell, whom
the members of the political
Regency have inspired to stand
as Eisenhower delegates. Senator
Bridges may have to be allowed
to name his fair share .of the
New Hampshire delegation, but
the rest will be responsive to the
White House and the Regency,
rather than pledged to any one
ambitious candidate.
Again, the Eisenhower delega
tion that is forming in Wisconsin
will also be responsive to the
White House and the Regency,
even if the President finally de
cides not to run. And as long as
the President's decision is open
and the hope that he will run is
stUl being held out, the embit
tered Tom Coleman and other
Wisconsin Eisenhower - haters
will not find it easy to elect a
delegation of their own.
The Regency, in short, is work
ing well. The question remains
whether it will continue to work
well if the President's final de
cision is to retire from office.
The difficulty that may arise at
that point is suggested by the
rule that was adopted when the
Commodore group had to choose
the Vice Presidential nominee
in 1952. It was a simple rule,
that anyone who wanted the job
himself had to leave the room.
(Copyright 1955,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Communications
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the name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
initial for publication is permis
sible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Urge Bar Closure
To the Editor: We would very
much appreciate your coopera
tion in publishing a Resolution,
pertinent to the Christmas sea
son, which was passed .at the
14th annual state convention of
the Oregon Licensed Beverage
association.
Our association, numerically
the largest retail trade organiza
tion in Oregon, "Recommends
that taverns and cocktail bars in
Oregon close their doors on
Christmas Eve so as to encourage
their employees and patrons to
spend the evening with their
families."
Although we have already
notified all of our members of
this resolution by special bul
letin, there are hundreds of non
member tavern and cocktail bar
operators in Oregon to whom we
believe this message should be
vividly brought home. Your as
sistance in publishing our appeal
would help substantially in the
successfull promotion of a
worthwhile project. '
The Oregon Licensed Bever
age association has made this
same appeal every year for sev
eral years. We believe we are
gaining momentum in this
work, just as we are in our state
wide anti-polio drive, our traffic
safety program and other con
tinuing projects of the associa
tion. Our special thanks to you for
whatever cooperation you can
give us in helping to publicize
our Christmas Eve voluntary
closing appeal to the taverns
and cocktail bars of Oregon.
Gene W. Rossman
Secretary-Manager
Oregon Licensed
Beverage Association
James Wilson of Pennsylvania,
a signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, was one of the first
Associate Justices of the U. S.
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Mid-East's Tangled Rivalries
Brewina Newest Crisis in Area
Bv CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Young King Hussein's trouble
over his desire to take Jordan
into the Baghdad aUiance is just
another of the
crises that
have long be
set the Arab
countries.
Eight Arab
nations are
supposed to be
united in the
Arab league.
When that
alliance was
formed on
cuanes Maauo March 22, 1945
it seemed to be a step toward
the years-long dream of pan
Arabism, which would unite 50
million people.
Actually the Arab countries
are torn by rivalries which
have prevented any real coop
eration. The Arab league members are
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria,
efauver To Enter
Wisconsin Primary;
Donohue Selected
Washington U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) an
nounced yesterday that he will
enter Wisconsin's presidential
primary next April 3. .
Kefauver previously had .an
nounced he would enter the Cal
if ornia ant New Hampshire pres
idential, primaries. The Califor
nia contest will put him against
Adlai E. Stevenson. i
Donohue Named Chairman
. Kefauver told a news confer
ence in his new campaign head
quarters that . final decisions
have not been reached yet on
other state primaries..
Kefauver also announced the
appointment of several key
members of his Campaign Com
mittee including F. Joseph
Donohue as general campaign
chairman. Donohue, a Washing
ton attorney, was chairman of
the District of Columbia Board
of Commissions under President
Truman.
Another Truman aide, former
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath, was named by Kefauver
as chairman of the campaign
Executive and Advisory Com
mittee. No Challenge Hurled
Asked if he wanted to chal-
Dr. William Thompson
Reelected Director
Dr. William Thompson of Med
ford was reelected director for
three years at a recent meeting
of the Vision Conservation Insti
tute of the Northwest in Port
land. The institute is composed
of 250 professional men from
Oregon, Idaho and Washington.
Members authorized a study
of adult visual problems during
1956, with more than 200 mem
bers participating. The project
will include analysis of more
than 25,000 individual case his
tories, Dr. Walter Hart of
Tacoma, Wash., managing di
rector, said. -
UP MAN NAMED
New York (U.R) Appoint
ment of William C. Payette as
assistant general news manager
of United Press was announced
today. -
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Lebanon, Jordan, Yeman and
Libya.
Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia
would like tp be dominant in the
Arab world.
King Saud of Saudi Arabia
has inherited from his father,
Ibn Saud, a feud with Jordan
and Iraq.
Opposes Unification
Saud, like his father, is bit
terly opposed to a recurrent pro
posal for a "greater Syria"
which would unite the blood-related
royal houses of Jordan and
Iraq with Syria.
Syria wants- no part of any
such union.
Lebanon, though a member of
the Arab league, does not want
to be dominated by it and espe
cially it does not want to be
drawn into a war with Israel.
The so-called Baghdad Pact
was a punishing blow to Arab
unity, if a blow were needed.
This treaty for Middle East
ern defense against Communist
agreement was signed Feb. 26
last between Turkey and Iraq.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia were
lenge Stevenson to enter Wiscon
sin, Kefauver replied that he is
"just going to enter the pri
maries and. others can do what
they want."
He was asked a series of ques
tions about other state nrimaries
on which he said no final de
cision has been reached.
In response to questions he
mentioned Nebraska and Ore
gon specifically as states still on
hie' nnrWirlprl list. He said no
state primaries have been ruled
out yet.
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bitterly angry over this develop
ment. It hit at their own ambi
tion for Arab leadership and it
put Turkey, the most powerful
of Middle Eastern nations, into
an influential position.
Alliance Grows
Since then Pakistan, Iran and
Great Britain have joined the
alliance and the United States
has associated 'itself with it.
Now Jordan is involved in a
serious internal crisis because
King Hussein wants his country
to enter it.
In doing that, Hussein would
be following the lead of his
cousin King Faisal of Iraq.
"Anti-colonialisms" might sus
pect that Britain has played a
part in this situation.
Both Hussein and Faisal at
tended Harrow, the famous Eng
lish "public" school which
means it is highly private that
numbers Winston Churchill
among, its more illustrious pu
pils. Iraq has long been allied with
Britain, and Jordan's Arab le
gion, the most powerful fight
ing force in the Arab world, is
commanded by British General
Glubb Pasha, who is John Bagot
Glubb. He has been in Jordan
since 1926, after fighting there
in World War I, and assumed
command of the legion in 1939.
As it happens, the Baghdad
Pact has become the strong al
liance which the Arab league
was supposed to be.
Chiloquin Man Badly
Slashed With Bottle
Klamath Falls '(U.R) A 59-year-old
Chiloquin man' was
patched up with 58 stitches here O
after he was found unconscious
and bleeding in a ranchhouse at
Chiloquin junction Monday
night.
Sheriff Murray Britton said
the victim, Roland Lalo, had ap
parently been slashed numerous
times with a broken bottle.
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