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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) UNE Everybody la Southern Oregon Keaas me joaii inpunc Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor OERALX) LATHAM, Business Manager BARRY CHTPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JLWL11, apons .cuiui OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ttt Mali in Advance: Per Copy 10c. nailw and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday Only One year $350. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. 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 ana ounaay une monu aj Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash m Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper ot Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire ' MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Ot ClHCULAliUM Advertising Representative: nnrcT.Hni.T.mAV COMPANY INC : Offices in New York, Chicago, De troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, Atiama Vancouver,. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL JL 1 I r r ASSOC1-ATLQN U NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1946 (It was Thursday) City Superintendent Frank Rogers says 541 parking meters being installed will be ready for use Feb. 19. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Valley ty coons, wintering in the sunny south, have started heading home. SO YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1936 (It was Friday) From Side Glances by Tribune Reporters: Pictures of Harry Gill and George Harrington, bache lors, somewhat out of place amid a display of Vic Milnes and wife, Keith Denman and wife, and Ivan Harrington and wife, in a downtown showcase. Medford water superintendent Robert Duff reports increase in commercial water users during 1935. 80 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1926 . (It was Sunday) Sid I. Brown,' secretary, of Jackson County Fair association, announces Sept. 15 through 18 as dates for fair this year. From Local and Personal col umns: Diamond lake ' and : the land abutting it would be ceded to the state of Oregon for- fish cultural purposes by the federal government under the terms of a bill introduced in the senate last week by Senator Stanfield. v 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1916 (It was Monday) Jackson County Taxpayers league agrees that bridges over ditches and irrigation canals should be standarized with con struction of other county bridges. Congress drafting bill which would federalize National Guards to serve as a reserve de fense force. What's ths Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. Gov. ' Christian Herter of Massachusetts is about the same age as General Eisenhower when nominated for President in 1952, or some years older, or some years younger? 2. The U.S. airmail rate to Argentina is higher or lower than to Italy, or the same? 3. The Administration soil bank plan for farmers is esti mated to cost this year much more or less than $1 billion, or about $1 billion? : 4. The Spirit of St. Louis, which Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic, is now in Paris, Wash ington, D. C, on his estate, or in St Louis? 5. Canada has or hasn't given diplomatic recognition to the Communist government of China? 6. More motor vehicles were made in the U. S. in each of the last five years than generally es timated at the beginning of the year; right or wrong? 7. Who is the former top fed eral official wearing a black patch over one eye? The answers:. 1 About same age as Ike in '52. 2. Lower. 3. About $1 billion. 4. Washing ton (Smithsonian Institute). 5. Hasn't. 6. Right. 7. Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes (whose retirement was recently announced!. MAIL TRIBUNE Is Truman a "Liar"? .Those who think questioning the veracity of a President or a former President of the United States is something new and shocking, were not around during the administration of President Roose velt, T.Pv., not F.D.R. "Teddy' in his heyday was often called a liar but more often he called his accusers liars until to ward the end of his administration he had formed what was then called the "Ananias club," with quite a large and distinguished membership. ' In later years TR never withdrew his charges of mendacity against certain politicians but he did ex plain that a President could not chiefly for state and security reasons,; ALWAYS tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In fact he often took newspaper reporters into his confidence and said things "off the record" which he frankly admitted he would deny having said, if the trust he had placed in' them were broken. ... A ' TRUMAN "Ananias club" is now being formed " only with reverse English. That is, Mr. Truman is not calling his enemies "liars" but his enemies head ed by the histrionic and photogenic General Douglas MacArthur are calling him one. There promises to be quite a sizeable - membership before the Truman Memoirs are completed! A great many of the charges against our former President refer to factual matters such as the exact day a certain interview was held and where resigna tion demanded, just what was said at a certain time and wasn't the President saying one thing, his ac cusers another. Well the accusers to date, we must admit, have made a pretty strong case and leave little doubt that Mr, Truman has been negligent regarding the ac curacy of his research department. Being by nature a quick tempered and impulsive Missourian, he at times, no doubt, allowed his prejudices to sway, his conclusions, regardless of the exact facts. DUT being honestly mistaken about facts, such as exact dates, technical terms such as insubordina tion, or the exact! sequence of events of some years ago is one thing, deliberately and maliciously mis representing the facts and ord is quite another. There the latter. - So before we second the motion to name former President Truman a member of General MacArthur's Ananias club, we shall wait: first for Mr. Truman's answer toxhe charges, second and even more import tant before 'a final verdict wait to hear, not from his enemies but from some of his friends, particularly Generals Bradley and George Marshall. We are glad to leam records and papers, thanks John D. Rockefeller, will Marshall Foundation and started immediately. They should throw a revealing light upon the con troversies between Mr. Truman and his; critics, in particular the important periods when "General Marshall was Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State under President Truman. R.W.R. Hard To Understand They don't think much of Abraham Lincoln in Moscow. )?or Lincoln believed one couldn't fool ALL the people ALL the time. He also didn't believe in human slavery. - The Kremlin masters take no stock in either pro posalthey believe they can fool all the people all the time and should. The basis of their political philosophy is to hide their real intentions, , never le yeal them. They also, think the proper way to treat dissenters is not to try to convince them, but put them in slave labor camps, and get some good out of them via the chain-gang. IT HAS often been said that any nation based upon any such principles or lack of them is doomed to failure. We agree. ' But now and then we get a trifle weary of waiting for some signs of weakness the other side of the iron curtain. - , . , . Instead of growing: weaker and losing friends, Soviet Russia to a man-up-a-tree, appears to be grow ing stronger and gaming them. . IT IS hard tb understand. " We can't believe there is any nation east or west that wishes to be ruled from Moscow, or that would refuse to resist Russian imperialism, while it would not refuse to fight to the death against English, French or Dutch imperialism. . ; vYet the available evidence as matters now stand point the other way. Communists hold the balance of power in France, they are gaining in the Near East, and now according to latest report, they are on the march in Japan. .. OOW come? r Is this merely the final fling of the tide in human affairs that was started in Russia over 30 years ago? Or have the Russian Communists 'some thing on the ball something desirable that is not discernible on this side of the Atlantic? We will put our money, on the former. "Also we shall continue to hold to tie faith that Lincoln was right, that you can fool some of the people all the time, and all the people some of. the '.time but you CAN'T fool all the people,' be they white, black, or red, ALL the time. And as Russia is determined to gain control of all the world, and can't do so without fooling ALL the people, isn't it doomed at long last, to fail?. We think so. . r But as above indicated we wish the processes of failure would speed up a bit and make themselves SLore, easily iil&& E.W.R Tuesday, February 14, 1936 distorting the official rec is no evidence as yet of General Marshall s private to a $150,000 gift from be handed over to the v work ion them will be " Editorial Commenl PUBLIC LAND WITHDRAWALS The Ore-Bin, publication of the Oregon department of geol ogy and mineral industries, takes note of the withdrawal of public lands along river. Some 23,000 acres along the banks of the riv er from above Galice to Agnes have been or are about to be withdrawn from mineral exploit ation and other forms of entry except the lease and sale pro vision of the Recreation act of 1926. Formerly they were with held from mineral entry because they were reserved for power sites, but that was ended with a 195 law. Now the bureau of land management has moved to bottle them up against mining claims. The Ore-Bin, naturally concerned for Oregon's mineral development, is apprehensive over this action and comments thus: "The necessity for continued mineral development on the pub lic lands to maintain the long range economy of a region and to insure national security is apparently being overlooked by those federal bureaus and or ganizations who feel that the wilds' should not be disturbed except on week ends and holi days." Here to be sure we have ' a conflict of interest. Perhaps the long resistance of mining inter ests to amendment of the mining act of 1872 has cost them ser iously in public regard: witness the furor over the Al Serena mining claims. The people should not, however," in their spite against mine people take out . their resentment on mining. In this age we are dependent more than ever on the mineral wealth of the earth. As far as the Rogue river is concerned we want to preserve its scenic grandeur, but that need not fore close all- mineral development. Prospectors, though, have first to locate a good prospect along its banks. Oregon Stateman, Salem. ... Matter of Fact TOPIC A Washington There is, of course, only one topic' of conver sation in Washington these days: the great per sonal - political drama of the President's de cision. . The follow ing quotations from many persons with, access to the President, o r access to the Joseph Alsop facts on which he will base his decision, are as nearly accurate as memory will permit.; They may serve to convey something of the flavor of the drama, and something as well of the back ground of the President's de cision. . ' v ' "Talk about it? Of course he talks about it. He talks about it all the time, just like any body in his sit uation would. ; He's very frank about his health . for in stance, just the way he is ' at the press con ferences, but he goes a little 'dm - Stewart Alsop further maybe. He's been having a little bursitis in the elbow again, and of course he worries, just'. like any coronary would, whether it has anything to do with his heart; If he wakes up in the morning feeling a little lousy, he worries too. Don't get me wrong Ike's not . worrying about himself, but about the ef fects on the country. But if the doctor's don't say no, A think he'll run." "Ike was really burned up about Truman's speech calling him a part-time President all we need is one more speech like that, and Ike is sure to run." "rpHREE to two? Why I'll give -- you five, to one he'll run but maybe, that's not fair, be cause I know something I can't teU you." "Well, he talks in private very much the way he .does in public, except for one thing. He puts a lot of emphasis on what he calls the negative factors, just the way he does at the press confer ences. But Ike's a modest man, and he could never bring him self to say that the Eisenhower program will probably go down the drain if he steps out, or that his prestige and world position are important to peace. But he .can indicate, .these positive fac tors much more when he's talk ing to friends than in public press conferences." "Yes, he's going to run def initely. I got it from a friend of mine who knows a general who sat next to Mamie's sister or mother or something at a party." "Ike said he was going' to con sult his friends and advisers, and that's just what he's doing. Now you name me one who will ad vise him not to run Adams? Shanley? Persons? Gruenther? Clay? Robinson? - Hall? Alien? Go ahead, name just one." .. .. .... ..,.. . . "pERTAINLY he's, talked about Nixon. When people tell him Nixon will be a drag on the ticket, he just locks sad and Cambodian Prince's Indication Of Neutralism Is Blow to West By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has made up his mind to join the "Neutralist" bloc of nations in Southeast Asia.' Noro- dom left his capital of Pnom Penh yester d ay for Pei ping to be the guest of Chi ne se Commu nist leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En Iai. Charles McCann ociore ne left, he wrote a speech for deliv ery on his arrival in Canton, in southern China, saying: '"We are neutral . . . we belong neither to one bloc nor the other." , Norodom is both premier and dictator of Cambodia, southern most of the three states of Indo china. His people will follow him in whatever he wants to do. Formerly Pro-West Until recently Norodom was firmly on thte side of the West ern Allies, and was firmly anti Communist. But in recent months he has been inclining to ward the "Neutralist" policy. This neutralism carries with it cordiality toward Red China and coldness toward the West. Plump, friendly, highly-intelligent Norodom is quite a man. He is 33 years old. He was elected King in 1941 by the Cambodian Crown Coun cil in preference to his father, Norodom Suramarit. One year ago, Norodom quit the. throne, and turned it over to his father. He abdicated in pro test against opposition by some Cambodian political groups to his pro-Western policy. He said then he would retire completely from public life. Back in Control But after some reflection, Norodom decided to enter poli- By Joe and Stewart Alsop says he can't understand it as a matter of fact, I can't under stand it myself, Nixon has been a fine Vice-President. Anyway, now he's definitely made up his mind not to drop Nixon.. Signifi cant that he should have con sidered it. Of course it is." 'I'll tell you the real key man George Humphrey. Ike in clines to run, if the doctors give him an okay. But he's being per fectly honest when he says he hasn't made up . his mind, yet. After the- doctors examine "Tiim, the President's going to take about ten days to think over the whole problem in the sunshine of George Humphrey's place in Georgia he's ; going - to play a little golf for the first time, if the doctors say its okay. He's sure to turn to "Humphrey 'for advice he always has. And he's almost always taken Hum phrey's advice." "Take Len Hall. -Hall's the smartest national chairman since Jim Farley. He's said right along that the President win run, bar a medical setback, and he's ob viously . making his campaign plans on that' assumption.- Hall sees the President regularly,, and he's not a man to get out on a limb that's going to be sawed off." "WHO PLAYS the devil's ad- vocate? Ike is his own devil's advocate.. At the drop of a hat, Tie'll teU you all the rea sons why he shouldn't run. But he was his own- devil's advocate in 1952, when he told all comers that- a professional soldier shouldn't go to the White House, and the issue never really came up in the campaign. The more pessimistic he is in public, the more I am sure' he's going to run." - ; ,-:.':-. '.;; - .. , And so it goes.1 All the "in formed speculation", from Wash ington is based on such remarks as those recorded above. As they suggest, there has been a recent upsurge of confidence among the President's associates, and among Republican politicians generaUy, that the President will run.. Against this there must be weighed a clear element of wish ful thinking. Overall, a picture emerges of a troubled man stiU wrestling earnestly with an agonizingly difficult personal decision which will profoundly affect the po litical future of the United States and of the world. (C) 1956, New York Herald . ' Tribune Inc. Balloon Gets Away; Soars Oyer Siberia Oppama, Japan - (U.R) i The U. S. Navy announced today that one of its weather baUoons has been blown off course and is now floating over Siberia. The Soviet Union, Commun ist China and the eastern Com munist bloc have protested to the United States against "viola tions" of their territories by American balloons. ; '. "Wild and unpredicable Al eutian winds Monday night turned a Navy weather balloon 180 degrees off course with the result that this afternoon Navy meteorological experts were receiving weather data from 30JP00 feet over Siberia," tics. He arranged for an elec tion. His hastily-formed "Social ist People's Community" party won 89 of the 91 seats in Parlia ment. On leaving for Peiping yester day Norodom recalled that he met' Red Chinese Premier Chou at the big Asia-Africa confer ence in Indonesia last April. "Since then, I consider Chou a friend," he said. "I have the highest opinion of him as a statesman who is able, intelli gent and sincere." Cambodian officials insist that Norodom's visit does not ommun.eai.ons 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 Che right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation, not exceed 400 words. Questions on Fluoride To the Editor: I have had the experience of my hot water tank springing a leak. Medford water is almost free of metal corroding substances. If this happens with our present water, how muchj more frequently would it oc cur with fluoridated water? Flu orine is the substance used to etch glass. I have a kitchen garden that gives me an abundance of delic ious vegetables nine months of the year. What will be the effect on plant growth of an ever in creasing deposit of fluorine in the soil? ' Fluorine is a waste product of the aluminum and chemical industries. The fumes from those industries kill aU vegetation in a wide circle around such plants. Will fluorine in the soil be less harsh to plants? Also it is claim ed that our soil is deficient in calcium, so much needed both by plants -and humans. Fluorme combines readily with calcium, Would not this new calcium fluorine compound reduce the calcium available to plants? I have listened vainly for statements of concern for the dental health of children living beyond the boundaries of the Medford water district. Is not their dental health important? Are there not other ways of ad ministering fluorine to humans? Do we not have sufficient intelli gence and ingenuity to devise to protect the dental health of all the children in the county? Since the source of fluorine to be used is what ' it is, the question will obtrude itself, did the scheme originate m the of fices of the hard-headed man agers of the aluminum and chemical industries? To them this waste material was a real headache. There was no way to dispose- of it without injury to something. But with wholesale fluoridation, that headache is rapidly and profitably disappear ing. But if other methods of in troducing fluorine into children's diets are adopted, much less of the waste product would be needed. A further advantage to. the residents of the county would be the elimination of the neces sity of expending huge sums for equipment and its upkeep. Also such a method would eliminate all chance of mass poisoning of the .people of Medford through: (1) Sudden breakdown of the equipment: (2) sudden mental or physical failure of an em ployee (e.g, the recent Santa Fe wreck); (3) the deliberate act of an enemy in time of war. In the final analysis, is self-interest or altruism the motivating prin ciple in this campaign? . Anna M. Streed, 36 North Peach St. Medford, Ore. Minority Group? To the Editor: Mr. Verne Shangle's letter in Monday's paper about fluoridation was a complete and fair coverage of the subject..; As only a certain age group of children need such a remedy and can be given the chemical in tablet form for a much smaUer outlay of money, if the "wonder ful Medford water is doctored, the. rest of the citizens become victims of a minority group. ' I hope the community decides to leave the water alone. . Mrs. PaulJanney, - 192 Janney Lane, Medford, Ore. the U. S. Navy announced. -, Lt. Cmdr. M. Lee Lewis, in j charge of the Navy's weather balloon project here, said the information being received from the balloon's radio transmitter was "valuable" but "not what we wanted.", : The United States last week told Moscow it - would try to keep. weather balloons from floating over Soviet territory. SLOAN'S WIFE DIES Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R) Mrs. Alfred P. Sloan, wife of the chairman of the board of Gener al Motors Corp., died at her win ter home here Monday night. mean that he will give ful rec ognition to the Communists. At present, he recognizes neither the Communist nor the Chinese Nationalist regime. But Allied sources believe that at least he is sure to estab lish "Neutralist" cooperation with the Peiping government. They believe he may agree to permit Red , Chinese political agents to go to Cambodia and establish contact with the coun try's 300,000 Chinese residents. Certainly, his visit will not help the Allied position in Southeast" Asia. Letters submitted for publication must Still, It's Faith To the Editor: Like my train ing as a machinist, that gave many a painful lesson to not take measurements for granted but to rely on the scale-rule, caliper and mike for accuracy, so have the ever-hurrying years taught me the folly of jumping at conclusions that all too often lead; into the 1 maze of reality- destroying delusions. Sadly to say they still sometimes trap me. Like the friendly and well- intentioned comment of William Krauss re my recent "Stand lip to Ivan" letter in the M-T, which takes me to task for giving Ger man accent to Russian speech. Now the old-timer who was al ways "scheming mit der brains" was no other than Anton Kow- alsky, who in an unguarded mo ment spoke to me of his Russian parentage, for, he was ever se cretive of things concerning him self. He was so much the Russian type in ways and thinking I felt quite sure he was of Russian stock, though my old Danish immiffrnn-f illimiTvi TT IT TTriec in his so interestingly written book, "From Copenhagen to unanogan, speaks of him as Lrerman-folander, which ex plains his Germanic accent. And Russian like, when Anton be came involved in a pioneer tres pass lawsuit, he appealed to my Danish tillicum to defend him Though just as new to America as Anton, the young Danish im migrant did defend him success fully. For, never too intimate with the young Dane or anyone else, Anton had faith in him, believed in his known hoijesty ana fair dealing. So it was with Napoleon and the death in the snowand cold retreat from destroyed Moscow. His men and people surely knew the attack was unfair and un called for. To my way of think ing, it was lack of faith that de feated the self -worshiping Napol eon at Waterloo. Without faith, defeat was certain. Though our forbears left bloody footprints, yes and frozen bodies too, in the snows of Val ley Forge, survivors pressed on to victory because of faith in the honesty, and high purpose of their leader, General Washing ton. With faith in our leaders and ourselves, our free way of life (freedom in our inherent right to work) will exist long af ter that founded on suspicion and liquidation of opposing thinking has gone down the drain of his tory. F. J. Clifford, 1211 West Main St. Medford, Ore. US, Germany Sign Afoms-for-PeacePacf Washington (U.R) The United States and West. Ger many have signed an atoms-for-peace agreement opening the way for the Bonn government's J participation in the proposed European atomic pool. ... The agreement is similar to about 30 others the United States has negotiated under the atoms-for-peace program. . The agreement calls for the United States to help West Ger many build a research reactor, provide some fissionable mater ial to run it and train nuclear scientists. MR. INSURANCE FRED BRENNAN I've been paying a large insurance premium for plate glass insurance on my store front. Now, I find that I can insure this glass on a 50 retention basis. If I have-no losses this year, I pay only half the premium. If I have a loss,; I pay the other half. I can't lose on this deal! I've a good agent who is spending my money wisely. You, too, should consult MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 2-4940 exclusive in the POST Gary Cooper, one of Holly wood's most durable-and least talkative-stars tells his colorful, candid story! If you think "Coop" is the tongue-tied, hat-twisting cowboy of the fan magazines, . you're in for a surprise. This week he breaks the silence barrier with one of the most fabulous life stories ever to come out of Hollywood! Gary tells you about his boyhood in Montana and reveals his real name. He tells . the romantic side of his single days (his wife, Rocky, refers to this as his -"wolfish pe riod" !)... and how his name became linked with Clara Bow, Lupe Velez and the Countess di Frasso! You'll find out how he learned to die from Ronald Colman . . . how he once taught the great Tallulah a lesson ... and what he learned from movie makers like Sam Goldwyn, Bill Well-; man and Henry King. And don't miss the. little known facts about his pri vate "life ?Yup, family se crets!" - Be sure to read the enter , tainment story of the year direct from Hollywood! Get your copy and start it today ! Coop had trouble relaxing opposite a famous Broadway star like Helen Hayes. "A Farewell to -Arms" (1932). Gary's second Academy Award and Grace Kelly's first big role "High Noon" (1952). Welljt was this way by GARY. COOPER . Out today-on ail newsstands t CUBTIS MAOAIINI onf ':'..' . ' - 1
