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TOTTH MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordsWTribune "Everybody in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 1T-S9 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 OADtTlT 117 T3T7WT. Tjitnr HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Business Manager KRIC ALLEN JR., Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER, Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act ol Marcn a. i' rT-crlTDTTAV BAITS OUJ30im. a ..v.- By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.oU Sunday Only One year 3.o0. By Carrier In Advance Medford, AshUnd. 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 and Sunday One month l2o Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance BfficlAl Paper of the City of Medford Offitlal Paper of Jackson County united Press Full Leased Wire- MEMBER OF AUDIT BUKKAU WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York, Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL IassocIjatlqn newspaper publishers association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. Jan. 10, 1946 - - - (It was Thursday) Jackson county residents pur chase about $28,000,000 in war and victory bonds during World "War II, N. H. Zacharisen, chair man of the war finance commit tee announces. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The nickel cigar is staging a "come-back," the tobacco industry reports. The , nickel is as good as it ever was, smokers report. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 10, 1336 1 at was Friday) John Pernoll, storekeeper at Applegate, shot twice by man who attempts to rob store. Postmaster Frank DeSouza announces that sealed bids for air mail service out of Medford will be received soon. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 10, 1926 (It was Sunday) Vox and Fitzgerald, local roof rs, awarded contract to roof new high school; work to start in February. From Local and Personal col umn: The Kelmar Mining com pany, with capital stock of $150,-" 000 and headquarters in Gold Hill, was incorporated by A. W. Peterson, A. E. Kellogg and W. W. Martineau this week at Sal- 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 10, 1916 (It was Monday) Jackson eounty road super visors appointed by the county court. H. S. Reed elected president of Greater Gold Hill club; J. H. Beeman chosen vice president. What's the Answer? Can You Gel 4 of the 7? Ccpr. 1955, Editorial Research depart 1. Average age of cars traded in by new car buyers is about one, three, five, or seven years? 2. A former U.S. Senator is now Vice-President. Which form er Vice-President is now a U.S. Senator? 3. Whic two large-selling brands of U.S. cigarettes are are named for Englishmen? 4. Which internationally prom inent woman who remarried after divorce expects to publish this spring her story of her life? 5. It is lawful or unlawful to send liquor through th mails? 6. Tirana is the capital of which Communist state in Eur ope? 7. A toxophilite in concerned with archery, coins, poisons, snakes, stamps or stuffed birds and animals? The answers: 1. About three years. 2. Alben W. Barkley. 3. Raleigh and Chesterfield. 4. The Duchess of Windsor. 5.Unlawful. 6. Aania. 7. Archery. CHECK WARNING St. Paul (U.PJ Business-1 men should require better identi fication than a Soeial Security card before cashing checks, the Social Security office warned. Many grocery and department stores and restaurants have been duped recently by accepting checks on Social Security card identification. Officials said any person can get a card and work under any name he wishes. 51 MAIL TRIBUNE Governor Lausche s Doctrine . The sensational success Ohio should provide a needed lesson for the 100 partisans in both major The latter are too bigoted judices. Before "Meet the Press" on Sunday the Ohio Governor with extraordinary frankness, answered every question of his inquisitors directly and with convincing sincerity, there wasn I a drop of double talk or evasion, throughout the session. He even answered an question as to his religion and should have made ed but probably didn't. THE Mail Tribune does A ernor Lauche's political views, but it is refresh ing and stimulating to find a man so successful m public life, who not only TALKS about independence and non-partisanship but PRACTICES both. ' Governor Lausche is and always has been a Dem ocrat, and other things being equal,' he says he would support the Democratic ticket today, but when he finds they are not in his judgment equal, he has no qualms about supporting a Republican. In short the Governor follows the example of Oregon's senior Senator, not" only supports the principle of placing principle above party in THEORY, but in PRAC TICE. . AS A RESULT Governor Lausche of course, is not Guard in Ohio than Wayne Morse is with the GOP regulars in Oregon. But the fact remains he has been elected Governor of Ohio as a Democrat five times straight and has announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate against the present junior Senator of that strongly Republican Commonwealth. If he gets the Democratic nomination there seems to be little doubt of the result. I N HIS remarks before particularly the Governor's elaboration of his non partisan stand. , He not only reaffirmed his belief that the com munity, the state and the national welfare should al ways be considered before the welfare of any political party, but he asked the radio audience what would happen if the practice of voting the ticket straight year after year were followed as religiously as the par tisan exporters demand? We would, he declared, destroy the two-party system in which lie so strongly believes. For, then the party with the heaviest registration would always win reoardless of what the Drincinles involved might be, or the record of snr.h practice it nersistea m as tne rcanisan zeaiois demand could, he pointed out; ultimately -destroy our democracy.' -v vv'-: ' '' As indicated above it is not only gratifying to this paper, as one of the few genuinely "independent" papers in the state but. should provide a salutary les son to the fanatical partisans on both sides of the political fence to have as successful a figure in public life as Governor Lausche not only endorse the nonpar tisan school of thought, but demonstrate its practical value in the political field today as a sure-fire vote getting technique. R.W.R. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves vhe right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Asks Flood Data To the Editor: It is my hope that, as a result of the tragic floods which have affected both New England and the Pacific Northwest this past year, the Congress will pass an effective flood insurance bill to prevent families being wiped out fin ancially through such natural catastrophes. I plan to join with Senators from some of the Eastern states struck by flood to sponsor a flood insurance bill which will provide some financial protec tion to flood victims. In testifying before the com mittees considering this measure, I believe I can be more helpful if I have at my disposal actual case histories of Oregon people who have suffered losses to their farms, homes or business as a result of the recent floods. Therefore I would appreciate it if some of the people so affect ed could write to me at 348 Senate Office Building,- Wash ington, D. C, furnishing ' some specific details as to the impact of the flood upon them and their property. - , In my opinion, present Fed eral flood relief, well-meaning though it may be, is utterly in adequate. This is particulary so because it merely provides for loans to flood victims rather than actual indemnity or reim bursement. What these people need is insurance instead of loans. Therefore I hope that the tragic lesson of the Oregon floods of late 1955 and early 1956 can be used to aid in passage of a comprehensive Federal flood in surance measure. These losses should be borne in part by the whole nation rather than a few isolated communities which have also sustained the brunt of the physical suffering. For these reasons it is my hone that specific case histories of the Oregon flood will aid en Tuesday, January 10, 1958 of Governor Lausche of parties but probably won't. and too fixed in their pre impertinent and improper Mr. Lausche is a Catholic his interrogator a bit asham not agree with all of Gov- "Meet the Press" we liked the party in question. - . " -' actment of comprehensive flood insurance measures. Richard L. Neuberger United States Senator Washington, D.C. Tell Thanks To the Editor: This is an open letter to the wonderful people of Medford who were so gen erous to us when our mobile home, with all our personal pos session, burned in December. Thanks a million for making our Christmas a cheerful one. We had no idea that people un known to us could be so gen erous and thoughtful to us. We are certainly grateful, and we will always cherish what they did for us in our time of need. Again thanks for all donations. Fred Shura and Family 2495 West Main st. Medford, Ore. Millennium At Hand? To the Editor: It is estimated that 288 accidental deaths occur every 24 hours within the Unit ed States. That is an alarming rate of fatalities to record in a civilized nation. Be that as it may, there is always time, space and eternity. Time does not move, according to abstract thinking. Man moves in space. A lifetime goes through a cycle of events in eternity. How much longer this phen omena will last is a conjecture. Science has no way of determ ining length of all cycles. Some so-called authorities be lieve by the year 2000, will be ushered in a time of "peace on earth and good will". It all re minds us of the quotation that the mills of the gods grind slowly, but surely. Yet, it makes one wonder at the age we are living in today. The Millennium may be nearer than we think Bert Kissinger 520 Broadman, Medford, Ore. Crisis in French Government Threatens Position of Allies By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The French political situation threatens to weaken the position of the Western Allies in the cold war for months to come. v France's own prestige in in t e r n alt ional councils, never high since the end of World War II, seems to be at a new low. But France Charles McCann is still one of the Western Big Three powers, along with the United States and Great Brit ain. Its own weakness is bound to have its effect on the West ern Allies as a whole. This is especially true as re gards the North Atlanic Treaty Organization, in which France and Western Germany are the key members because of their strategic position. It will be more difficult also for France and Western Ger many to make any agreement on the future of the Saar coal re gion. No French government which emerges from the present crisis is likely to be strong enough to take an effective part in any conference which may be ar ranged with Soviet Russia. Again and again, ever since the war, French cabinet crises or threats of crises have weak ened, the Western Allies in big power talks. As far back as 1946, there !n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Foreign aid note: U.S. Ambassador to India John Sherman Cooper has form ally presented to the Indian government railways the first of 100 railroad locomotives made available under the U.S.-Indian technical co-operation program. Cooper, who also will present at Port Okha the first of 8,700 freight cars, says that in the eight years since India became free America has given her aid amounting to nearly 478 million dollars, with 230 million more given by private agencies. A FTER all that, India is flirt ing scandalously with the communists maybe with the idea of blasting MORE millions out of us. TVTORE on foreign aid: The United States is giving South Korea 25 million dollars more to keep it going econ omically for this fiscal year which means until next July. This is in addition to 277 millions in economic aid the U.S. has given since last July. C. Tyler Wood, U.S. economic co-ordinator for Korea, says the additional 25 millions we have just handed over is to import goods necessary to increase South Korea's production. rriHAT RAISES an interesting -- question: Can a modern nation at least OUR nation any longer afford to go to war under any circum stances other tnan actual in vasion? IRST LET'S take a look at South Korea. It was invaded by the communists. We came to its assistance. It was a long and, bloody struggle, and most of it was fought on South Korean soil. ' It ended in a draw but at least we threw the communists out of South Korea.' Having come to the assistance of the South Koreans, it devolved upon us to restore South Korea, which had been devastated in the fight ing, to something approaching economic stablilty. T ETS NOW take a look at "yjapan. Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor. As a result of the at tack, we went to war. It was a long and bloody war. Event ually, we won it. EVER SINCE, we have been busy restoring Japan to econ omic stability. How much it has cost so far and will cost in the future, I wouldn't know. But it has been a lot. And will be a lot more before we are through with the job. AND THERE was Germany. We went to war with her. We won the war and im mediately the job devolved up on us to restore. Germany to economic stability. We have been working away at it ever since at great cost. VlfHAT'S the answer? ' ' I'll admit I don't know: But this much is certain: War is costly busines. Not only does it require vast quantities of blood and treasure to FIGHT a war. It costs as "much more in the way of treasure to restore your enemy to something ap proaching economic stability af ter you have whipped him. AND- Everybody else gets into the game. India, for example, is now telling us in effect that if we don't set her up in business in a big way she'll TAKE HELP FROM THE RUSSIANS and would we like that? . Modern war is a complicated enterprise. was a French cabinet crisis dur ing the long Big Four confer ence with Russia on an Italian peace treaty. In 1953 a Big Three "summit" conference was called to meet in Bermuda, with President Eis enhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill representing the United States and Britain. It was first called for June 17, then for June 29, then tenta tively fixed for July 8. The conference finally was held in December because the unstable French cabinet situa tion delayed it. A big conference was opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 8, 1954, on Indochina and Ko rea. It lasted until July 21. In' the midst of the confer ence, on June 12, the cabinet of Premier Joseph Laniel was over thrown. Laniel was succeeded by Pierre Mendes-France, who in turn was thrown out on Feb. Matter of Fact By Joe DISGRACE ABOUNDING Washington The Japani.se in ternment camp in Hongkong was fairJv disagreeable place, in which public spirit was less , common than the spirit of "devil take the h i n dmcbt." A small minority did the work of the community. The rest played the blackmar- stewart Alsop ket or made a hobby of envy, or simply lost faith and abandoned hope. In these circumstances, the small, determined, beaver-like man, who was to be seen busily trotting about on every work de tail, was a not inconspicuous figure. He arjpeared to be, as indeed he was, dedicated to the public service. He was one of the real workers among the three hundred-odd Americans who were locked up in Stanlep Camp along with more than 3,000 Britishers the human refuse of a collapsed colonial society. At the drearv little internment sym camp discus sion group (which met in a patch of scrub, under the shelter, of the low pines; to elude Japan ese eyes) their brisk little man spoke up for a Joseph Aisop rather simple New Deal view of the world. But .he also showed far more sympathy for the problems of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek than the British colonial offic ials. And it was understandable, since he was an expert on the staff of the Generalissimo's Chi nese Stabilization Board, on loan from the U.S. Treasury. QJUCH was William Henry Tay- lor when one of these report ers first encountered him in the grim winter of 1942. In Stanley Camp we had had our Commun ist agents little, black-avised Izzie. Epstein of the Sorge ring and his tall, blonde English mis tress, Elsie Cholmondeley, who might have been very beautiful if she had ever washed. But they had escaped very early and with great bravery, one had to admit. Furthermore, Epstein had taken two or three more rather irrelevant people with him, hence it was a fair deduction that if our camp harbored an other really important member of the world Communist con spiracy, he would have been in cluded in their well-planned es cape. But poor Taylor stayed with the work detail until the Ameri cans were exchanged. So when Taylor re-entered the reporter's life some years ago, telephoning to ask for a letter to a loyalty board, it was easy to comply with his request. The reporter wrote that as far as he knew Mr. Taylor, the proceedings against him was a disgrace, not to Taylor, but to the government of the United States. IT had been Taylor's bad luck to work in Harry Dexter White's Department of the Treas ury. For this reason he had been denounced by Miss Elizabeth Bentley as a Communist agent. Originally, in answer to a ques tion about the persons who pass ed Treasury documents to her, Miss Bentley declared that some times "it was William Taylor." Later, she revised, or at least diluted, her testimony to read that she had merely heard from Nathan Gregory Silvermaster that Taylor was a member of the Communist underground in the U.S. government. Because of Miss Bentley, Tay lor was first visited by the FBI in 1947. Thereafer, he was called before four successive grand juries. He made three appear ances before Congressional com mittees (twice McCarthy and once McCarran). In the end, in 1953, his case was taken up by the international organization's loyalty board. j Be went before ' this rather ' 4, 1955. His friend and political ally Edgar Faure succeeded him. Mendes-France became Faure's bitter enemy, and Faure was de feated last Nov. 29. Mendes-France hopes to form a new government in alliance with Socialist leader Guy Mol let. But Mollet also wants to head the new government. The news from Paris is that President Rene Coty is most likely to give Mollet the first chance to form a cabinet. Mol let's alliance with Mendes France may fall apart. Talk has started of the pos sibility of forming a "national union" government which would unite the Mendes-France and Faure factions. There is no sign that French political leaders are ready for that. But until France does get some sort of national union cabinet, 'the position of the West ern Allies in the cold war will be weakened. and Stewart Alsop special board because, in 1946, he had left the Treasury for a job with the International Mone tary Fund. Two successive Sec retaries of the Treasury, John Snyder and George E. Hum phrey, urged the Director of the Fund, Ivar Rooth, to fire Taylor without further quibbling. But Dr.. Rooth had an old-fashioned Scandinavian sense of fairness. He awaited the board's verdict. TTAVING begun hearings in the autumn of 1953, and having "closed the case" in December of that year, the loyalty board rather oddly waited until the spring of 1955 to hand down its verdict. The board then advised Dr. Rooth that Taylor ha been an active Communist spy. But in order to convince Dr. Rooth, the board had to be much more spe cific about the charges against Taylor than the regulations had allowed when Taylor was on trial. The board chairman, Henry S. Waldman, of Elizabeth, N.J., ad mitted as much to one of these reporters. Waldman explained that the first verdict against Taylor had revealed to Taylor's courageous lawyer, Byron Scott, what might be needed to prove Taylor's innocence. Taylor im mediately applied for a rehear ing. His request was granted. And now only a little more than half a year after the first ter rible verdict that he was an ac tive and conscientious Commu nist spy, the same international organization's loyalty board has held that there "is no reasonable doubt" as to the loyalty of Wil liam Henry Taylor. The courage and fairness of the loyalty, board, in thus ad mitting its own hideous error, cannot be over-praised, but what about the testimony of Miss Bentley, who started the whole business? What about the gov ernment preparation of the case against Taylor, which was a mass of smears and poison pen letters, by the loyalty board's own final verdict? A ND what about Attorney " General Herbert Brownell, who had the responsibility for the preparation of the govern ment case? Brownell publicly denounced Taylor as a spy on the basis, ap parently, of the cheap, trumped- up stuff ' that the loyalty board has now decisively thrown out of court. What has he to say now? These are questions that have to be answered, if American justice means anything at all. Copyright 1956, New York Herald Tribune Inc. CHARLES E. JONES Most of us are reluctant to face unpalatable truths. That sensitive spot on our molar ia probably just a temporary irri tation; that twinge of pain in the region of the heart will no doubt go away if we give it time. Too many of us put off seeing our dentist or consulting our physician for a periodic check-up. Similarly, possibility of early death is an unpleasant fact that we try hard not to think about. Yet only two cate gories of people can afford to disregard such a contingency those who have no dependents and those who have made, through life assurance, sufficient provision for their loved ones against the chance of untimely death. If you cannot conscien tiously claim to be in either of these categories drop me a line or telephone. CHARLES E. JONES, Local Agent Phone 2-9772 SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA jpf Looking mm .Ahead v f.M ith Congress Handed 20 Alternate Tax Cut Plans Washington U.R) Con gressional staff experts today handed. Congress 20 "alternate plans" for cutting personal in come taxes. They would cost the treasury from $18,000,000 to $8,303,000, 000. - The plans were compiled in a 34-page report by the" staff of the Joint Internal Revenue commit tee, The report will constitute a handy, almost indispensable, pocket-guide for Congress if it considers tax-cutting proposals this year. Detailed Charts .... For almost every conceivable tax-cutting plan, the report set forth detailed charts listing the aggregate loss in revenue , and the dollar' relief that each , in come group would get. Most of the plans were weight ed in favor, of the low-income groups. Several would give. re lief only to taxpayers .with in comes of less than $5000.-And 13 of the 20 plans would remove 2,400,000 to 6,300,000 taxpayers from the tax rolls altogether. On the other hand, the least expensive plan, costing $18,000,- 000, would give relief only to the wealthiest, including mar ried, taxpayers with incomes in excess of $457,818. The most ex pensive plan, costing $8,303, 000,000, would result from adopting the lower tax rates prevailing in Canada arid would give high-income groups a big ger dollar savings than any of the other plans. Tax Cut Hoped President Eisenhower told Congress last week he will op pose any tax reduction until there is a big enough budget sur plus to make a "modest" pay ment on the national debt as well,. But many., members of Congress hope taxes can be cut later this year when the budget outlook is clarified. Individual income taxes now yield the treasury $29,870,000, 000 a year, the report said. Ad OVER 900 DRESSES We must make room for our New Spring Merchan dise! Prices are slashed on all sizes, all materials. Don't miss this opportunity to Save! Wear them now and right through Spring. 398 Values to $12.98 Group Cottons, Rayons and Corduroys 5d 98 S1 and Values to $25.00 Crepes, Jerseys and Ginghams $14.98 Values to $35.00 Oh M Taffetas and Failles Adrie 214 East Main Boys Admit Part In Effigy Hanging Portland --(U.R) Lincoln high school authorities said today that the hanging in effigy case, of Principal" Olin" Wills has been broken with 10 boys admitting their part. . Leonard Schmurr, school in vestigator, said the case was broken, after it was found the pants worn by the dummy that was found late Sunday night had the name of one of the boys stitched inside. Schmurr said he planned to question other boys today. . . School Superintendent J. W. Edwards said last night that the boys either will be suspended or expelled. , School officials believe the principal was hanged in effigy because of resentment over pun ishment meted out to a boys social club. -. East Hartford,' CannJ JOJ.R) Attorney Frederick J. Dund baken told a town court judge his client was guilty of a traffic charge, but asked that a light fine .be . imposed. Explained Rundbaken: . "Why, this man couldn't even afford ; to retain me. He gave me a chicken in payment for representing him." MR. INSURANCE Fred Brennan We farmers today have sporting goods, cameras, jewelry, fur coats, like city folk and we also have freezer food which can spoil. Would Personal Property Insurance cover all loss, theft, or damage to such belongings? For Information Call MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY " Phono 2-4940 ' nenne s Wools, Silks, Prints, BETTER DRESSES $U l!598 Values to $49.98 See Center Table GLOVES $00 ggQQ HANDBAGS 1 -$070 jewelry and if BLOUSES and BRAS H nne s Phone 2-71
