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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years go.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22, 194S
(It was Tuesday)
Camp White hospital, being
used by the Navy, rejected by
the Army for use by the Vet
erans Administration.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A few
signs of spring are showing up.
A South Orange street resident
reports a neighbor has borrowed
his lawnmower.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22. 1936
(It was Wednesday)
; King Edward VIII, "the Prince
of Wales, assumes throne in Eng
land following death of King
George V.
Two National Youth admini
stration programs start in Med
ford, employing 12 between 16
and 25 years of age.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22, 1926
(It was Friday)
Miss Madelyne Morgan, who
tied for first place in the recent
Craterian theater " Charleston
dancing contest, and Miss Kath
ryn Fabric will entertain at third
annual uciimua uau ucic.
From Reese Creek news: Now
that the fog has cleared away
people appreciate the nice
weather, the pussywillows are
beginning to bud.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22, 1916
(It was Saturday)
Phoenix segment of Rogue
River Canal company's irriga
tion system expected to be com'
pleted soon; will serve 2,000
acres.
A. L. Hill elected president of
board of directors of Commer
cial club; C. M. Thomas, vice
president; Guy Conner, treas
urer. What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Coptr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. The Ford Foundation says
it does or doesn't plan to sell
more of its Ford stock in the near
future?
2. More fatalities per miles
flown occurred in 1955 on the
domestic or international flights
of U. S. scheduled air lines?
3. Which one of these is not
in the Baghdad pact for Middle
East defense: India, Iran, Iraq,
Pakistan, Turkey?
4. The U. S. contains many
more Chinese or Japanese, or
about the same number of each?
5. In 1955 more farms were
being operated than in 1950 in
only one of thei 48 states: Cali
fornia, Florida, Kansas, Oregon
or Texas?
6. The musical, "Guys and
Dolls," is based on stories by
Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice,
Damon Runyon, O. Henry or
George Gershwin?
7. President Eisenhower's
press secretary is Sherman
Adams, Harold Stassen, Gen.
Persons, Dr. Arthur Burns or
James Hagerty?-
The answers: 1. Doesn't. 2. Do
mestic. 3. India is not. 4. About
same number of each. 5. Florida.
6. Runyon. 7. Hagerty.
No place in Michigan is more
than 85 miles from one of the
Great lakes.
MAIL TRIBUNE
As to Truman s China Policy
The Luce publications, particularly "Life" and
"Time" are with the possible exception of "U.S. News
and World Report" the most extremely partisan peri
odicals in the country.
It is not surprising therefore to note that while
"Life" paid half a million to print f ormer President
Truman's memoirs or portions of them it should
attack them at every opportunity on partisan political
lines.'
In the current issue Mr. Truman at considerable
length explains the failure of his effort to secure a
truce between the Chinese government under Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese commu
nists, and thus restore peace' to that disrupted and
war-ridden country.
TN FORMER President Truman's opinion, and that
Of his special envoy, General George Marshall, the
prime reason for this failure was the refusal of either
party to accept a cease-fire in good faith or for any
length of time. Neither would abandon the belief that
if the war were resumed, they would eventually win.
This was especially true of Chiang.
It was, in short, an impossible situation except on
one condition, namely: for the United States to enter
the civil war on Chiang Kai-shek's side'and drive the
Chinese Reds out of the country establishing a stable
democratic, and perhaps permanent government.
TT IS Life's apparent belief that this should have
been done. But as Mr. .Truman remarks in his
memoirs at THAT time,
over, very few Americans would have supported "all
out war" in China and even Life would no doubt
agree it would have taken
accomplished anything, of
sequence, as the destruction
in that vast country. .
Moreover what would
the meantime?
Sitting supinely on the
communists were slaughtered or pushed into the
Arctic ocean, and two of her arch enemies, National
ist China and the capitalistic United States, estab
lished their authority from the North Pole to the South
China Sea?
It hardly seems likely.
And if not that, then what?
World War III of course. Would "Life" have sup
ported such a war at THAT time?
Of course not! JNor tne American people.
rHE only hope for China then, from the standpoint
of democracy is its only hope now THE CHI
NESE PEOPLE.
If, as many believe, the
practically 100 per cent against their "Red Oppres
sors then "Life to be consistent, snoula get busy
and at once. It should demand implementation of
its .faith in, and devotion to, Chiang Kai-shek; it
should demand U.S. military and naval support for a
Nationalist invasion of China from Formosa.
If public feeling is as represented, then the, Chi
nese masses could be armed and organized and as
Chiang has often claimed, Mao and his fellow Red
despots would soon be running for the hills.
DUT somehow we don't expect Life to do anything
of the sort. It will continue to blame President
Truman, General Marshall and Dean Acheson for the
loss of China, but it will be decidedly backward about
coming forward with any proposal of a concrete na
ture, to right this alleged great wrong.
Yet if its thesis is correct the wrong should and
could be righted. It would take some hard fighting
and many lives as well as millions, but probably far
less in both directions, than would have been re
quired as far as the USA is concerned, if the Truman
administration had DONE a decade ago what the
Luce publications now condemn it for failing to do!
R.W.R.
As to History
The Life editorial chides our former President
for outlawing the critics of the Marshall mission, as
victims of "hindsight."
, Not so says Liberty. The debacle was. due to Mr.
Truman's failure to read history and profit by it
his critics are not guilty of being wise after the event,
but Messers Truman and Marshall are guilty of being
unwise at the time of the event. So says Life.
"History" according to the magazine consists of
what Life regards as mistakes of the Democratic ad
ministration, in the China crisis.
That is rather an unusual view to take of history.
J IFE might with more profit look to the history of
China and Russia. Has Russia ever accepted an
anti-communist nation, large or small, weak or
strong, along its borders? Will it without a fight?
Has China ever been conquered? Can it be?
Was there any historical evidence at the time of
the Marshall mission that the people of China wanted,
or would support U.S. intervention on behalf of
Chiang Kai-shek?
Or did history point to the exact reverse?
And would not the reading of history pretty well
establish the fact that neither in China nor any other
country, can a government long endure, which hasn't
the enthusiastic support of its people.
History can work both ways, in this China con
troversy. R.W.R. - '
Sunday, January 22, 135S
with World War II barely
an "all-out war" to have
such world shattering con
of the Soviet movement
Soviet Russia be doing m
side lines, while her fellow-
people of China are today
Today and
By Walter
THE SOVIET FORMULA
AND OURS
Mr. Bulganin has now ad
dressed himself to the Latin
American countries, using the
same iormuia
with which the
Soviet' Union
is operating in
the Middle
East and South
Asia. It is fan
to say that our
own corre
sponding poli
cy is unsettled,
Walter Lippman what with the
strong opposition represented by
Senator George and Senator
Knowland, what with the weak
ness of our general position in
the so-called uncommitted re
gions of Africa and Asia. We are
at the beginning of a long debate
in which we shall in fact be at
tempting to form a policy that
works abroad and is approved
here at home.
"
TN THE under-developed coun
tries the basic formula of the
Soviet operation is not foreign
aid but managed trading. They
do not profess to be giving any
thing for nothing. They rather
prefer, except in unusual cases,
to make it clear that they are
not giving away anything. What
they talk about is the exchange
of their own manufactured goods
for the agricultural products and
raw materials of which the Latin
Americans, the Asians and the
Africans have surpluses. From
Egypt they have taken cotton,
of which there is a glut, in pay
ment for arms and other manu
factured goods. From Burma
they are taking rice. From Cuba
they are taking sugar, from theJ
Argentine livestock, and so on
and so on.
The fact that their dealings
almost always appear as two
way transactions has enormous
political value. Congress may
dislike giving aid. But the best
and proudest nations-hate to be
the recipients of aid. The Soviet
formula is for them ever so
much more self-respecting. It
means, moreover, that they do
not have to deal with nurse
maids and chaperones in - the
form of missions and visiting
Congressmen who come to in
spect and supervise the use they
make of our bounty.
WO CAP the climax, the Soviet
operating formula does not do
what Senator Knowland would
have us do namely, to demand
the signature to a military alli
ance as the price of receiving
foreign aid. In fact the Soviets
make hay by proclaiming that
they are not demanding just
what Senator Knowland de
mands. This makes dealing with
In The Day's .News
By FRANK JENKINS
In a jam-packed session in his
not-too-big oval-shaped office in
the White House, President Ei
senhower tells the Washington
reporters (in answer to pointed
questions) that he will announce
his decision on a second term
"as soon as it is firmly fixed in
my own mind."
He added: -
"I shall strive to see that it is
based as to my best judgment
on the good of our country."
"DEFERRING to a formal notice
"that his name has been enter
ed in the March 13 New Hamp
shire Presidential primary, he
said he has no objection to his
name being entered in the New
Hampshire primary or any
other state primary.
Reasonable enough. He didn't
enter his name. .Somebody else
did it. It was done by petition.
The constitution of the United
States guarantees to the people
the right of petition.
Entry of his name in a Presi
dential primary commits him to
nothing.
IJIHE BIG question:
Will he or won't he?
pUT IT this way:
We'll see what we'll see. -It
is Ike's decision, and his
alone because it is Ike's life
that is at stake.
A T THE conference, the Presi--dent
reaffirmed his complete
faith in State Secretary Dulles,'
but declined to get into the con
troversy over Dunes' "brink of
war" statement in a recent maga
zine article.
He told the reporters that in
his own view, in waging peace,
our country has got to stand
firmly on essential matters. He
added that if that brings on the
danger of a conflict because of
aggressive actions by others, you
can regard it as a brink.
AS I SEE it, that's about the
--way it is.
If you're to amount to any
thing at all in this world, you
must have principles. If you
have .principles, you must be
willing to stand up for them. If
you have to FIGHT for. your
principles well, you have, to
fight for them.
Any other course involves
RUNNING AWAY and if we
Tomorrow
Llppmann
the Soviets doubly attractive in
these countries. For it enables
them to play off the Soviets
against the West, getting favors
from both, aligning themselves
completely with neither.
The Soviet formula has three
main elements. The first is the
ability of the Communist orbit
to absorb and to use surplus
food and raw materials. There
seems to be no visible limit to
that. The second element is the
capacity of the Soviet Union to
export arms and manufactured
goods not only to China but to
the countries beyond the fron
tiers of the Communist orbit
That capacity is presumably still
quite limited. But if the sixth
five-year plan, recently announc
ed, is fulfilled as we may expect
it will be, the Soviet capacity to
export will be very consider
able. The third element is that
the Soviet Union's political in
terest is not to make allies of
the Arabs and the Hindus but
to neutralize them as allies of
the West.
In competing against the So
viets using this formula, we can
whenever we make up our minds
to do it, de-emphasize the mili
tary pacts. That will pain Sena
tor Knowland, But it would be
the part of wisdom. As to the
second element, there is of
course no question' of our capa
city to export manufactured
products and capital goods. The
real difficulty is what to take
in return, how to be paid if at
all. For broadly speaking, the
United States and the Western
nations have surpluses of almost
every agricultural product and
raw material that the under-de
veloped countries are trying to
sell. s .
VET, inasmuch as the Soviet
A Union is willing to take a
substantial part of the surplus
in any particular under-develop
ed country, it will be able to
play a very important role in the
industrial development of that
country. That will of course
carry with it political influence.
The problem for us, and for
the other Western industrial na
tions, is how we are to play an
adequate part in this industrial
development. I say adequate
part because I take it that the
time is past when the West can
be the sole supplier of capital
goods to the under-developed
countries. The Soviet Union has
entered the field, and these
countries will not wish to ex-
elude her. For they believe that
they have much to gain by ex
ploiting the possibilities for them
in a condition of competitive
co-existence.
Copyright 1956,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
ever start running from the
communists we're goners.
JN CONCLUSION:
France's new national assem
bly (chosen at tne recent rencn
election, and corresponding
roughly to our congress) con
venes in Paris. It is expected
that French President Coty will
begin his search for a new
French premier (the French na
tion's chief executive official,
early next week.
In France, that's a good deal
like starting a new search to
find your - misplaced glasses.
That is to say, it's a search that
in France is going on more or
less all the time.
yHAT'
S WRONG with France?
The answer is simple:
too many politicans
And too few statesmen.
Mayor's Brother Named
Salem's First Citizen
Salem E. Burr Miller, long
time automotive and petroleum
dealer here, has been amed first
citizen of Salem by a chamber
of commerce committee.
The honor - was conferred in
recogntion of Miller's long re
cord of civic work, including the
presidency of the chamber, the
community chest, Lions club,
and activities in other groups
including the Memorial Auditor
ium association, 4-H work, Cher
rians, Boy Scouts, TB associa
tion, and others.
Salem's first citizen, named
last week, is the brother of Earl
Miller, mayor of Medford.
Damage Suit Filed
In Circuit Court
A complaint filed Friday in
circuit court by Donna Nelson,
408 Beatty St., seeks $43,206.70
damages from Robert Yarnell,
University of Oregon student, as
the result of a traffic accident
Feb. 13, 1955, on Spring st. Ro
bert Boyer is Miss Nelson's at
torney. ,
The complaint charges Miss
Nelson suffered serious injuries
when the sedan in which she was
riding, driven by Yarnell, left
the road and overturned.
She seeks $25,000 general
damages, $2,206.70 medical ex
penses, $1,000 future ' medical
expenses, and $15,000 loss of
wages.
Communications
Letten to the Editor must bear
the name and address ot the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use ot a pen name or
initial for publication ia Dermis
rible. 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.
Opposed to Fluoridation
To the Editor: I have read
with much concern the editorial
entitled Fluoridation by the Ore
gon Statesman, which appeared
in the Wednesday issue, Jan. 18,
of the Mail Tribune. .
As Oregon state president of
Natural Foods Associates, a non
profit organization ' on record
against the fluoridation of pub
lic drinking water, I feel it my
responsibility-to write this reply.
I feel impelled to defend those
who in all sincerity oppose the
fluoridation of drinking water,
knowing that the policy of the
Mail Tribune is to give space
to all points of view.
On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the Mult
nomah County Medical Society
went on record rescinding their
previous action and is now op
posed to the fluoridation of pub
lic drinking water at this time.
This action is a complete re
versal of previous endorsement,
and coming at this time, one
would assume that it must be
a result of additional knowledge
which was not available earlier.
The report of the congression
al committee investigating flu
orides states:
1. "Fluorine is a gas, and is
found naturally in combination
with various mineral salts as a
fluoride compound. These com
pounds are very poisonous."
2. "Proponents of fluoridation
rely heavily upon . . . the vital
statistics of communities which
have had natural fluorides in
their drinking water for many
years." "Natural fluorides are
different from the chemical flu
orides proposed to be used in
this mass medication experi
ment." .
3. The committee further stat
ed that since the question was
raised at the hearings, the "com
mittee wishes to point out that
the fluoridation program does
constitute medication, and medi
cation with which the entire
population must necessarily be
treated" ... "It is safe to say
that fluoridation is mass'medica
tion without parallel in the his
tory of medicine." '
4. "The committee believes
that if communities are to make
a " mistake in ' reaching a deci
sion ... it is better to err on the
side of caution."
Dr. Frederick B. Exner, Fel
low of the American College of
Radiology, University of Wash
ington, in testifying before the
congressional committee stated:
"You will be told that all flu
oride ions are alike, regardless
of the source, which is true. You
will be told that, because of
that, the effect of sodium flu
oride can be expected to be the
same as that of fluoride natural
ly occurring in the water, which
is absolutely false."
J.- Verne Shangle,
1445 Kings Highway,
' ' Medford, Ore.
Calculated Risks
To the Editor: Regarding John
Foster Dulles and his "calculated
risk" policies, I wonder where
the U. S. would be today if our
forbears had not constantly taken
such actions. It is true that some
risks involved us in warfare
such as the War for Independ
ence. It is my theory nowever,
that where the results were war.
it would have eventually hap
pened anyway, and with the
possibility of a much better pre
Dared foe. Had we not stood
against England when we did
(she was forced to keep large
contingents of troops for a pos
sible European conflict) she may
later have brought much more
force to bear on us. un xne oxner
hand, as an example of a calcu
lated risk keeping us from fur
ther trouble, we can read of the
rpmipst hv the U. S. to Napoleon
III in 1867 to withdraw French
power from Mexico. They read
ily did so, realizing our large
arm pH fort-P lust after the Civil
War, was such they couldn't
refuse.
We were as well prepared in
1946and had we then told Rus
sia to contain itself, she could
not have risked conflict with us.
Hence there would have, been
no powder keg in Europe, no
Red China, no Korean conincx,
nor "Brink of War" in Indo-
Ihina. These tragedies are all
results of hesitation to risk.
Th British cress has been ad
versely criticizing Dulles. . We
must remember that their own
Neville Chamberlain, in avoid
ing calculated risk, kept them
from war with Hitler, that is
until Germany was so well es
tablished throughout Europe it
took possibly three times as long
defeat them. It is not foolish
conjecture to believe that had
Chamberlain warned Hitler
(upon occupation of the Rhine) to
back off or else, that there would
have been no demolished Eu
rope. At the worst, if this risk
had resulted in immediate con
flict, ' Germany could not have
been able to endure, nearly as
long as she later was able.
The anti-thesis of calculated
risk is "peace at any price." Is
this what we want, jumping and
yessing when Moscow so di
rects?
If we are courageous enough
to
adopt calculated risk policies,
we
must" of course arm sumc-
iently to avoid making un-calcu-
POT LUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
This may be a little confusing.
but here goes
Names of members of the
newsroom staff seem so similar,
in at least three instances, that
these days sometimes even staff
members aren't sure who they
are.
We can, therefore, appreciate
the confusion of Chief of Police
Charles Champlin when he re
ceived a note asking him to call
Earl Allen at the Tribune.
But who should he call? Earl
Adams? Allen Reed? Eric Allen?
The chief, a detective to the
last, used a process of elimina
tion in solving the problem.
P. S. To complete the confu
sion, please note the fact there
is a Communication on this page
today signed by Earl Allen, who
we swear it) has no connection
with anyone mentioned above.
Big Egg Department:
A big red hen owned by
Mrs. Wendall Sites, Table
Rock rd., last week produced
a big white egg four inches
long, 7Vi inches around. Inside
were two yolks, the standard
egg white, plus a complete sep
arate egg.
Do three times constitute, as
the old saying has it, the charm?
We suspect the Ruel K. Rians
Jr., 1031 West 10th st., hope so.
until about a year ago, they
lived at Toketee. While there,
Ruel often drove his pickup
truck along roads where work
men were felling trees. On two
separate occasions his pickup
was hit by falling trees once
near the rear, once near the
front.
WeU, about a week ago the
pickup was sitting quietly near
the garage. Without warning, ap
parently without reason, a large
oak tree (about three , feet in
diameter and 35 or 40 feet taU)
suddenly fell over on to the gar
age. Mrs. Rians, who was doing
some laundry in the . garage,
managed to escape through the
door just as the blow on the top
of the garage slammed it behind
her.. The garage was virtually
demolished, and most of the
things in it, including 'a station
wagon, were damaged.
As for the ill-fated pickup, it
was parked outside and the tree
clipped it about in the middle,
this time.
No one hurt, fortunately. But
maybe Ruel looks at trees a bit
more apprehensively now than
he used to. . -
-
The Mail Tribune once in a
while (shall we confess it?)
makes a mistake. When this
happens, we are always sin
cerely sorry and our collective
conscience suffers perhaps
more than the public realizes.
Recently we made the inad
vertent but unpardonable er
ror in listing a boy baby as ;
a girl baby. But instead of the
expected cry of wrath from
the father, he was quite cheer
ful about it. When he read the
error in the paper, he rushed
back lp the hospital to check
' again just to make certain.
A large number of devoted
volunteer workers are doing a
lated risks. This then leads to
National Defense vs. Balanced
Budget. We can't afford to bal
ance the budget so well that
Moscow gets the country as well
as its budget Then we wouldn't
have taxes of course, because we
wouldn't have any income.
Build our defenses second to
none, and take our calculated
risks for a peaceful future.
James A. -Rodger, .
157 Clover lane,
Medford, Ore.
Rainmakers' Success?
To the Editor: You will recall
that a few weeks before last
Christmas, the California Ore
gon Power company served pub
lic notice through your paper
that rainmaking operations were
to be undertaken in what consti
tutes the headwaters of the Ump
qua, Rogue and Klamath rivers.
It would seem that they met
with huge success and really
should apologize to a lot of peo
ple for getting them so wet.
It's surprising too that the
rainmaking organization which
they had employed, has not done
some bragging. Maybe they
drowned too many Kilowatts
and got fired?
Bryan Pierce,
... 516 West Jackson St.,
Medford, Ore.
P.S. According to the law of
supply and demand irrigation
rates should be much lower now,
unless there is some scheme for
charging the farmers double for
what they didn't get last- year.
B. P.
More Poor Folks
To the Editor: If we have been
caught up in a wn-lwind of
progress and prosperity for the
past seven years, how does it
happen that we are getting more
poor folks all the time?
- Since 1948 families with in
comes of $2,000 per year and less
have increased 11 per cent. They
now number 10 millions. In an
other category we find 4 million
farm families with incomes of
$3,000 per year and less. While
this has been going on the na
tional income has soared from
225 billions annually as of 1948
real job of soliciting funds for
construction of a new hospital.
And, believe us, if the reports
we get are correct (and we be
lieve they are) a new one is need
ed. '
Sacred Heart hospital, for in
stance, reported that on Jan. 19
the following things were includ
ed in a partial listings of hap
penings there that day:
8 a.m. staff breakfast for 48
doctors, using the cafeteria and
hall because of lack of space.
Right after the, doctors left.
Providence Guild members ar
rived to sew some things for the
hospital.
From 2 to 5 p.m. 86 persons
were x-rayed at the regular
weekly clinic. Guild members
helped.
During the day there were 13
operations. In the maternity
ward, 12 babies arrived. Patients
totaled 77, for a grand total of
89 (counting babies).
The foUowing day, 11 patients
were admitted before 8 a.m.
- Busy, busy, busy and crowded
too. ,
At Tuesday night's council
meeting, there was a large sign
right in front of City Attorney
Frank Farrell. It read: "Pre
sented by KBES-TV."
This doesnt' really mean he
is a former chattel of the TV -station.
The sign actually re- -fers
to a TV set which earlier
had been given the council,
and which sat fox a time on
the lawyer's desk.
Seen from the newsroom win
dow: A law-abiding citizen, possibly
from the backlands, drove his
shiny car into a parking place on
North Fir st., walked to the rear
of the auto and began to feed
coins into the parking meter
there.
As he did so, a woman drove
into the parking space directly
behind his car, and watched as
he dropped in the coins. With
the job completed, both strolled
on their separate ways, appar
ently satisfied that the demands
of the law had been complied
with.
We are informed, by way of
Central Point, that D. W. Rob- .
ertson, who owns rental prop
erty in Medford, learned about
two minor accidents of a week
or xwo 090. Ill U1B I 1 I I a
bicycling boy, son of a tenant
of Mr. Robertson, was hit by
the son of a former tenant. In
the other, the cyclist was the
son of a former tenant, and
was hit by the motoring moth
er of a prospective tenant. - -
nir '. ' ttt;ii -iT : " J
5C at Lincoln school, reports as
foUows in the Lincoln Legend:
"When the first day of school
came, January third, everybody
was so glad to see everybody elsa
that one would have thought va
cation had lasted a year. But
when we got down to work we)
were as good as good can be, and
actually seemed pleased to ba
doing lessons once more. It's too
bad that we can't be this way
always."
Amen, Marcy.
to above 300 billions as of 1955.
The national average per family
income has risen to the all time
high of $4,173.
In another category we find 22
or moderate income groups with
incomes from $3,000 to $10,000
per year. Statistics are available
which are supposed to be cor
rect that state that families with
incomes of $3,000 per year and
less have very few debts. Fam
ilies with incomes of $10,000 per
year and more have practically
none percentagewise. Then it
must be the middle low income
groups that are carrying the 37
billions of mortgage and con
sumer credit debt load. When
ever, we have 14 million families,
or 56 millions of our population, j
in low income brackets,' 22 mil
lion families or 49 percent of
our population carrying prac
tically all debt, how can we say
that we have social progress and
prosperity?
Earl Allen,
176 South Stage rd.,
Medford, Ore.
Os West Replies
To the Editor: Thank fou for
your kindly thought. (Editor's
note: A Mail Tribune editorial
recently proposed a state park
be named after former Gover
nor West.) .
But when Lewis & Clark
named the "Wesf Coast" for me.
promised to- remain satisfied.
I . once had a so-called race
hoss named for me, but he
turned , out to be not worth a
damn. -
. West.
Japanese Cabinet
Names Ambassador
Tokyo, Japan (U.) The
cabinet decided Friday to ap
point Masayuki Tani as Japan's
new ambassador to the United
States.
Tani, 66, adviser to the for
eign office, will replace -Sadao
Iguchi, who resigned when Ja
pan failed to be admitted to the
United Nations. The new ambas
sador is expected to be swora
in next Wednesday.