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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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