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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 21, 1946
(It was Thursday) .
Medford American Legion
post commander, Richard Baize,
announces purchase of Riverside
USO building for Legion pur
poses. From Arthur. Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Spring is
having a harder time getting
started tnan last summer had
stopping. The Older Girls are
irked by the delay, as they want
to get started on a number of
things they have been putting
off.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 21. 1936
(It was Friday) '.
Eugene Thorndike reelected
president of Medford Communi
ty Chest; Mrs. Leonard Carpen
ter reelected vice president, and
Miss Ruth Meusel, secretary
treasurer.' Jack Murray elected president
of the Jackson County Young
Democratic club; Joe Winkler,
Paul Luy and Marj or ie Kelly,
vice presidents.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 21,. 1926 s
(It was Sunday)
Construction of Schuler apart
ments at Sixth st. and Oakdale
ave. almost completed.
Snow at Crater Lake less than
half the depth it was last year
at this time.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 21. 1916
(It was Monday) ; . .
Baby contest scheduled to be
held March 10 and 11 at Hol
land hotel.
The ; St. Albans Mining and
Milling company incorporated
by A. D. Hill, T. Henry Callag-
han and M. A. Callaghan with
capital stock listed as $1,000,
000.
VVhaS's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Most auto accidents are due
to the driver or some- fault in
his car, or is it about 50-50?
2. An alien, if in the U. S,
legally, can or can't remain
there long without applying for
citizenship?
3. Most of the 10 largest cities
of the nation vote Republican or
Democratic, or it it . about half
and half?
4. A floor trader on the N.Y.
Stock Exchange needs to or
needn't be a partner in a mem
ber firm of the Exchange?
5. Most Southern state uni
versities do or don't now admit
Negroes? --. :
6. Adlai Ei Stevenson's former
wife supported him or Eisen
hower for President in- 1952?
7. A euphoriac usually feels
happy, drinks too much, gets de
pressed, uses double-talk, or
wants sympathy?
The Answers: 1. Most to lbs
driver. 2. Can. 3. Most usually
vote Democratic. 4. Needs to be.
5. Most do now. 6. Eisenhower.
7. Feels happy.
PICKED WRONG CAR - V
Elyria, O. (U.R) Walter Le
near was charged with drunken
driving and driving an automo
bile with faulty brakes after his
car slipped back from a red
light and into another auto. The
car he backed into was a police
car.
Km
.MAIL TRIBUNE
TV Missed It
Sunday night over the air what was termed an
"American Forum" was held.
. The chief subject was civil defense, participated
in by four American Mayors, fresh from the national
convention of Mayors.
The four consisted of the mayors of two of our
largest cities Philadelphia and Los Angeles; and
two not so large Denver, Colorado and Nashville,
Tennessee.
More important, two of the Mayors were Repub
lican, LA and Denver: two of them even more strong
ly Democratic Philadelphia and Nashville,
.
T TNDElfTHE circumstances, with a presidential
election in the offing probably disagreement
should havebeen expected, but judging by the re
marks and behavior, of the "moderator," what trans
pired was not. ,;
If the four burgomasters agreed on civil defense
or anything else on the agenda, it was not apparent
to this auditor.
But when toward the close of the discussion the
question of the presidential election came up, the bi
partisan quartet really broke ranks and went berserk.
.
THE MAYOR of Los Angeles naturally dealt in
superlatives, declaring Mr. Eisenhower would not
only run, but he would win in a walk and thus save,
not only American democracy from destruction, but
the democratic WORLD.
The Denver Mayor seconded the motion but more
modestly and in more subdued tones, as befitted the
host to the Summer White House.
The chief executive of Philadelphia declared his
town would give the greatest majority to the Demo
cratic party in its history and he didn't care who the
Republican candidate might be. The Nashville mayor
not only seconded this motion (with a smooth South
ern accent) but maintained the national election re
sult would be a Democratic landslide, because while
the "Big Boys" in the Upper Brackets, liked "Ike," the
rank and file of the American people DIDN'T. They
are tired of getting the short end of everything, he be
lieved, and will vote the GOP out and keep it out for
a considerable period. ' .
FINALLY, all the four mayors were not only shout-
ing at the top of their lungs but were doing so in
unison, the noise and confusion being so great, the
poor Moderator couldn't make himself heard.
ALL OF WHICH is of no world-shattering impor
tance of course, but does indicate what the heat
and tempo of the forthcoming presidential campaign
promises to be; and how TV sometimes "nods" for
if it had put on these four Mayors, their second TV
appearance would draw a bigger audience than a
Marciano-Moore TV, rematch! and for the same
1 , (NV-11-1 I 1 i T-k TXT TV
reason everyone liKes to
We Second the Motion ,
Although a bitted foe of the Al Sarena investiga
tion, the Roseburg Review
quote:
The committee in the Al Serena case, still has respon
sibility for a report on the functioning of federal agencies
handling publicly owned timber in the Pacific Northwest.
This is a report which could mean much to the economy
of this area, It is indeed to be hoped that the committee
takes a more responsible approach to its timber decisions
than was shown in the Al Sarena fiasco.
' . .
We agree. - . ,
The committee SHOULD recommend legislation
which in the future will prohibit giving federal tim
ber practically for-free, to anyone securing a patent
to a mining claim, and forcing the timber companies
in Southern Oregon not interested in mining to pay
the market price for the same type of timber in
competitive bidding at an added cost of hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
The correction of this abuse of the Oregon min
ing laws, and injustice to the timber operators, would,
as the Roseburg paper claims, "mean much to the
economy" of the Southern Oregon area! R.W.R.
"The Good
Raging fclizzards, suffering and death, to the east of us.
Floods, miniature tornadoes and extending flu epidemics
to the south of us.
Storm signals, mountainous seas, ships in distress to the
west of us. ; . ,
Twelve below freezing, frozen water" pipes and silver
thaw to the north of us.
. And .in the serene and salubrious Rogue River valley a
sunny Sunday; perfect for golf and motoring, or snow sports
in the mountains; f oUowed by a Monday, of soothing gentle
rain, good for
The orchards, the winter grain, next summer's water
table, for the delectable mushroom and the lowly angle
worm! -. ' ,
In all the world no better year-round climate than this.
" Praise be to Him from whom aU blessings flow. .
The above was clipped from the Mail Tribune of
February 17th, 193620 years ago. It doesn't seem
that long to us, for we remember having written it,
and also recall the climatic facts were true at that
time. '
We thank; the unidentified subscriber who kept
this somewKat beatific example of boastful local
pride all these years, and then mailed it to this office
at such an OPPORTUNE time. '
AH, THEM were the days! "the serene and salu-
brious Rogue River Valley" in the month of Feb
ruary, "Praise be to Him from whom all blessings
flow!"; etc., etc.
But before the irony is accepted and apologies
tendered, it should be noted the month of February is
not over yet. Not quite. There is stiir time to. prove
that this time of year in Southern Oregon compares
favorably with any other section of the country
even Calif oraia having been flooded out and Florida
frozen out, not so many weeks ago. R.W.R.
Tuesday, February 21, 1956
sun; a good iignr. c. w .it.
ends its diatribe as follows,
Old Days
99
SEATO's 'Paper Tiger' Shows
Signs of Life; Reds Displeased
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
That Southeast Asia- "Paper
Tiger," as the Chinese Commun
ists call it,-shows signs of com-
ing to
life.
. "Paper Tig
er" is what the
Reds call the
eight - nation
Southeast Asia
Defense alli
ance. It was sign
ed in Manila
on Sept. 8,
Charles McCann 1954. Its mem
bers are the United States, Great
Britain, France, Australia, New
Zealand, the Philippines, Thai
land and Pakistan.
The alliance is called official
ly the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization. Unlike the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization in
Europe, it has no standing mili
tary force. It has been, as the
Chinese Reds say, a paper al
liance only.'
Reds Displeased
But broadcasts by the Red
Peiping Radio show that the
Communist government is dis
pleased over two recent develop
ments. ,
These are the maneuvers held
off the coast of .Thailand last
week by small forces of six of
the "Seato" nations and the im
pressive American atomic war
fare exercises held on little Iwo
Jima off Japan ending . yester
day. There is to be a conference of
the Seato countries in Karachi,
Pakistan, starting March 6. Sec
retary of State John Foster Dul
les will lead the United States
delegation.
Reports from Far Eastern
capitals forecast that some dele
gations will make a strong bid
for the formation of some kind
Matter of Fact
PANDORA-GORE
Washington Senator Albert
Gore of Tennessee, who heads
the three-man committee which
will investig
ate the use of
money in poli
tics, is a born
Evangelist.
The subject of
money - in-pol-itics
is the pol
itical equiva
lent of Pan
dora's Box,
Stewart Aisop which releas
ed all the evils of the world
when Pandora opened it. Yet
Gore is apparently determined
to play the role of Pandora.
"I know I have a bear by the
tail," Gore says, with Evange
lical ferver. "but I can't let
go. The mass
movement of
m on e y be
tween the
states for pol
itical purposes
threatens the
very . f ounda
ations of our
political sys
tem." Joseph Aisop ' Lrore plans
to ask the Senate for something
on the order of half a miUion
dollars for his investigation.
With the money he intends to
have half a dozen or more train
ed investigators to unearth the
whole story of money-in-politics.
As presently planned, his first
order of business will be to re
call the Superior Oil Company
officials who tried to slip Sen
ator Francis Case of South Da
kota $2,500 in hundred dollar
bills, . and find out ; what their
other political-financial activi
ties have been.
.
TF HE is as good as his word,
he will go on from there, in
vestigate the political use of
money not only by the oil inter
ests, but by all other industries
with a big political stake. The
Republican member of the Gore
committee, Senator Carl Curtis
of Nebraska, has been pomised
a Republican . counsel and Re
publican staff members, and he
will concentrate on the finan
cial contributions of labor un
ions. These contributions of
course go almost entirely to
Democrats.
Thus what is in prospect is
a tremendous public washing of
the dirty linen of both parties.
The extreme political sensitivity
Editorial Comment
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
COUNTY ZONING
Marion. County is to have a
third chance to bring some sem
blance of reason into the develop
ment of - its rural areas. The
county court has voted to place
a proposed ordinance for county
zoning on the May 18 primary
election ballot. It is a wise step.
- Twice before Marion county
has voted on a similar program."
The first time,' when its import
and effect were not understood,
it was badly beaten. The second
time, it lost by a very narrow
margin. Now, with more and
more of us cognizant of the need,
there should be no question of
its passage.'
Marion county badly - needs
zoning and land regulations.
Oregon Statesman. Salem. ."
- -
of permanent, ready-for-action
military force.
The advisability of bringing
Nationalist China, South Korea
and Viet Nam into the Southeast
Asia aUiahce undoubtedly -will
be discussed. .
Want Small Force
For various reasons, the: Unit
ed States and Great Britain have
been reluctant either to form
a standing Seato striking force
or to admit to the eight-nation
alliance the three countries men
tioned. But more and more American
and British military men sta
tioned in the Far East are com
ing around to the view that it
ornmynieaiions
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is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves Che right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation.
not exceed 400 words.
Signs of She Times
To the Editor: We have a T.V.
and I enjoy the devotions. One,
by a Methodist minister, men
tioned a book and read a portion
of it about a 'woman who was
influenced by a book or paper
(he didn't : specify) . entitled
"Signs of the Times." I am a
Seventh-day Adventist.- Our
church puts out a little paper of
that title. But surely that wasn't
what he had in mind as it is
widely read among our people.
We are not like the lady in ques
tion at aU.
There is hardly a- hospital
around here without at least one
S.D.A. nurse in it, not to men
tion our own hospitals, sanatori
ums and rest homes.
We have a very good record at
the Ground Observer Corps and
any number of other activities.
By Joe and Stewart Aisop,
of the subject to be investigated
is suggested by the trouble Gore
has already experienced in his
search for a qualified committee
counsel. He has had a number of
turn-downs one prospect re
marked that "any lawyer, who
would take on a job like that
must have rocks in his head."
'
L'ViN to mention campaign
contributions has long been
considered as bad form in the
Senate as talking about , sex in
a Victorian drawing room. There
is hardly a Senator who has not
received important- contribu
tions from special interests of
one sort or another. In the tele
vision era, with a single broad
cast running well up into five
figures, it is impossible to wage
an effective campaign without
contributions.
It is also impossible to wage
a winning campaign under the
limitations laid down by , the
Corrupt Practices Act. Thus
there is probably not a man in
the Senate outside the "safe seats
in the South, who has not con
nived at circumventing the act
by the accepted techniques. A
candidate," especially in the , in
dustrial states, who did not so
connive simply could . not be
elected.
It is therefore not surprising
that the vast majority of Sena
tors regard the prospect of the
Gore investigation with scarcely
concealed loathing. There has
naturally been a good deal of
quiet behind-the-scenes talk of
finding some way to narrow the
scope of the investigation, or to
enlarge the Gore committee and
dilute it with "reasonable" men,
or to take the curse of it in
some other way.
But Gore promises to'' fight
any such move, and the chances
are he will have his way. In
deed, he will probably get every
thing he asks for by a handsome
majority vote. Since President
Eisenhower, in a political mas
terstroke, vetoed the gas bill be
cause of "arrogant" use of money
for political purposes, it would
be political suicide to be caught
trying to sweep the subject und
er the rug.
...
THE dimensions of the subject
are suggested by the results
of a two year study of money in
politics, undertaken at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. After
the most careful analysis, this
study established that the 1952
campaign cost a staggering $150
million, give or take a few mil
lion, in straight out-of-pocket
expense. A considerable propor
tion of this sum was certainly
"under-the-table money", as it is
known in the trade.
It is no use trying to control
the big business of politics by
putting a ceiling on expendi
tures, since ceilings will always
be broken through one way or
another. What is needed is some
means of bringing the business
into the open, so that the voters
should really know who gets
what, and from whom, and so
that a man can go to the United
States Senate without conniving
at circumvention of the law.
If Senator Gore's opening of
Pandora's box results in legisla
tion to this end, it will serve
a most useful purpose, despite
the present anguish on Capitol
hill. : '-
1956, New York Herald. j
Tribune Inc.
would be smart to form even a
tiny standing Seato force.
Such a force could be
strengthened as time passed.
More important than the ac
tual strength in numbers of a
defense force would be the es
tablishment of a central head
quarters, at which staff officers
of all eight treaty nations could
cooperate.
No dramatic results are ex
pected at next month's Karachi
conference. N But all aspects of
Southeast Asia defense will be
discussed. And it may not be
too long before the Chinese
Communists stop calling the
Seato alliance a Paper Tiger.
Letters submitted for publication must
The lady mentioned, who had
been influenced by the "Signs
of the Times," thought of noth
ing but the Lord's soon coming,
and lost aU interest in what was
going on around her. Seems to
me as if she was mentally HI. ,
. That can happen to any per
son regardless of what they do
or do not read.
Mrs. Esther Case
Route 1, Box 562
Central Point, Ore..
Doubtful Benefit
To the Editor: According to a
spokesman of the Aluminum
Company of America, sodium
fluoride is not a by-product of
their industry but is manufac
tured principaUy as an insecti
cide and for wood preserving.
So that is proof of it being pois
onous in nature.
Now there is just one thing we
all agree on and that is the per
fection of our mountain spring
city water supply.
Why should this perfection be
ruined for the doubtful benefit
of a few children when the same
result may be obtained by other
means if parents make the ef
fort? Fluoride tablets in drink
ing water could be used by those
who have no objection to poison
ous accumulations in their
bodies. ' .'
. How does any group have the
right to force other people to
drink poisoned water just be
cause they want to do so? And
after aU, all the fluoride pro
duced will never offset the dam
age done to children's teeth by
the sugar intake . in- candy, soft
drinks and other confections to
the exclusion of the natural
foods needed to supply the min
erals and other elements - that
build strong teeth and healthy
bodies. It seems to me this is
just a matter of common sense,
Mrs. Docia Jones
Barnett Rd.
: Medford, Ore. -. '
Owe
To
It to Children ' ;
' the Editor:' -The Medford
Mail Tribune is to be commend
ed for its . strong and weU in
formed stand in favor of fluori
dation, it is reassuring to see
our newspaper , talce 'responsi
bility in- such an important issue.
I, too, have been puzzled by
the opposition to a process which
will achieve what we aU want,
better health! ' 1
Artificial fluoridation of water
has been tested for at least 15
years and found to be absolutely
safe, economical and beneficial.
Some 22,000,000 Americans now
drink ;- water - that " has fluorine
added, including residents of San
Francisco, Milwaukee, Washing
ton, D. C, (by act of congress),
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and many
others. These citizens are living
evidence that the ads in- this
paper" condemning fluoridation
are untrue. -' . V , ., ; -
Local dentists are overwhelm
ingly: in favor of fluoridation,
as is the American Dental, asso
ciation. The same stand is taken
unanimously by the. Jackson
County Medical association as
well . as the American Medical
association. - :
If a man wants an opinion
on plumbing does he call a
florist? A sensible man goes to
those whose special knowledge
and skills entitle them to hold
an informed opinion. Fluorida
tion is a question of dental
healths Ask your doctor or den
tist. "', .
There is no fluorine at all in
our water. The rate of tooth
decay in the northwest is twice
the national average. A dentist
recently told me he had five
high school students in one
week for whom, he was fitting
fiul dental plates. Similar tragic
cases go with "our wonderfully
pure Medford water.".
Fluorine added , to the water
is said not "natural," somehow
different from fluorine that
3,000,000 Americans have been
consuming in their water for
generations, without even know
ing it until the past 20 years.'
Fluorine is . an element. God
created it. Man did not and
cannot. In the concentrations
used, fluorine compounds ionize
completely, thus there is no
question of source, only of con
centration. "Natural food" peo
ple have told- me they would
favor "natural" fluoridation. The
fact is that "artificiaUy added"
fluorine is made from fluorspar i
found in nature or from certain
phosphate rocks. Thus the "arti
ficial" fluorine is in reality a
natural one in handy form.
Since it is impossible to move
a phosphate or fluorspar moun
tain to Medford through which
we could trickle , our water sup
ply, why not add fluorine the
easy, accurate way? We owe it
to our children to do all we can
to prevent needless pain and
suffering due to tooth' decay.
J. Brandenburg, M.D.,
Medical Center Bldg.,
Medford, Ore.
Down-To-Earth Courage
To the Editor: An indiscretion
has oeen described as saying
something in public that every
one knows and is talking of pri
vately. Like Secretary of Agri
culture Ezra T. Benson's speech
before the Western States Meat
Packers association in a news
release of the M-T Feb. 16. If
indiscretion it was, it was an ex
ample of personal courage in
statement of known facts. But
as usual, Benson's reward is
tongue-lashing by his . supposed
co-workers in the administra
tion who should be supporting
him. Of course, we know that
their mouthing is mostly a build
up in future political vote-get--ting.
Thus far in my humble opin
ion, Secretary Benson has shown
by far the most courage in caU
ing the balls as they go over the
plate. His steadfast objection to
the ill-begotten 90 per cent par
ity on farm products in well
known. Supposing the govern
ment had guaranteed a like pro
fit to auto manufacturers on aU
unsold cars, trucks and tractors?
It takes very little supposing to
see the complete ruination of
the automotive industry by such
crazy procedure. Flexible parity
is much the same. The only an
swer in honest grass-roots think
ing is to put farm products sell
ing back to proven supply and
demand. When Mr. Farmer is
put behind the eight baU by pow
er groups, be they of industry,
union labor combines, or any
other kind of modern trend,
then give him proper tax ease
ment so he can have a fair and
decent way of life. For survive
he must if we are to escape
ruination like we had quite a
mouthful warning of a few years
back. Just as sure as farming, to
which we all cling for a better
way in life, should come crash
ing down, then it's disaster for
aU of us.
A big-wheel in Burma wailed
a warning recently in these near-
exact words: "If only you (the
USA) could buy our rice, we
could keep out of Red's clutch
es." But how in Heaven's name
are we to buy rice of Burma or
any other nation when bur ele
vators, warehouses and . idle
ships are rammed full' of wheat
and other farm products so high-
priced with spiraling wages and
satellite costs that there's little
chance; to export it. One thing
is sure, someone with down-to-earth
' courage must soon take
the controls of our ship-of-state,
or our so enjoyable golden age
will ' crash on the shoals a n d
rocks of too much timid and
craven' thinking and action,
. , F. J., Clifford,
1211 West Main,
, Medford, Ore..
Whoso "Giveaway"? -
To the Editor: Recent editorial
discussions of the Gas Bill have
placed major blame for the pas
sage of the bill on" the Demo
cratic party and the statement
has even been made that the
diii was a uemocratic "give
away". - -
- Twenty-four Democrats voted
against the bill, while only 14
Republicans opposed it; 3 1 Re
publicans voted - for the bill,
while only 22 Democrats sup
ported it. By percentages, 68.89
per cent of the Republicans
voted for it while only 31.11
per cent of the Republicans op
posed it. By contrast the major
ity of Democrats voted against
the bill, 52.16 per cent to be
exact. ....
This is a surprising outcome,
to put it mildly, in view of
the , fact that the Democratic
leaders in both houses, repre
senting the gas-producing state
of Texas, were supporting the
bill because of public opinion
in their home, state. Addition
ally, every major gas-producing j
state is represented by at least
one Democratic senator, some
of them by two. Yet the majority
of Democrats opposed the bill.
On the other hand the bulk
of Republican senators represent
the gas-consuming' states of the
north, yet they voted by more
than a two-to-one majority in
favor of the bill. Who is holler
ing "giveaway" at the Demo
crats? Republicans, of course,
but only Republicans who are
unmindful of the facts.
Senators Morse and Neuberger
naturally voted against the bill,
and Senator Morse, with Senator
Douglas of Illinois, led the fight
against it, though this fact went
unreported in the Oregon press.
Also unreported was the . fact
that Senator Morse was the only
senator who had the courage
to stand up and ask for enforce
ment of senate rule 12, which
would have prevented a number
of senators . with oil and gas
holdings from voting for the bill.
We shall hear much of Mr.
Eisenhower's veto of the bill,
but not enough of the facts. The
facts are that he vetoed the bill
for two reasons: "1. The outcry
over lobbying tactics, which he
mentioned in his veto message.
603 Portland State
Freshmen Facing
Trouble on Grades
Portland (U.R) Officials said
today that 603 freshmen of Port
land State College have been
placed on probation for low
grades. This figure represents
41 per cent of the total fresh
men class enrolled at the state
school. ;
The percentage is higher than
at any other school in the state
system. The percentage of fresh
men placed on probation at
Oregon State after the fall quar
ter was 25 per cent.
Course Doesn't Couni
One of the main courses men
tioned is that freshmen are no
longer forced to take "bone-
head English," a course of high
school level offered by most
schools for freshmen that fail
to pass their entrance English
examinations. This elementary
English course does not offer
credit and also doe's not count
in compiling a grade point stand
ing.
Dr. J. F. Cramer, president of
the college, attributed the high
percentage in part to the in
escapable fact in any urban col
lege that a higher proportion
of "borderline" students enrolL
High Percentage Seen
A faculty spokesman offered
the suggestion that the high per
centage of freshmen students in
relation to the student body may
have had something to do with
it
Also blamed as partial rea
sons for the low grades was the
fact that a large proportion of
Portland State students hold
part time jobs in addition to
attending classes.
Officials said that there were
138 students suspended in De
cember. This represented . the
number that were so far below
the grade point level required
that it was impossible to con.
tinue them in schooL
Instrument Trouble
Blamed in Air Crash
Cairo (U.R) Two. crew
men of the French airliner that
crashed near here yesterday,
killing 52 persons, agreed today
that ' something went wrong
with the instruments" but with-
held details pending official in
quiry. Co-pilot Robert Rolland, who
was at the controls- when the
big DC6 slammed into the des
ert 11 miles east of here, and
mechanic Pierre LeBoennec
both said the instruments d:dn't
seem xo De wonting ngnt during
the plane's last moments in the
air. :
Rolland .denied that he was
attempting an emergency land
ing at the time of the crash, but
he would give no other details.
"An official inquiry will be
held," he said. "That's the only
time I'll be answering ques
tions."' ;.;:.: .
Actor James Mason
Declared Recovering
Hollywood, Calif. U.R) Ac
tor James Mason was reported
recovering at home today from
pneumonia.
Mason's wife Pamela disclosed
her husband's . serious illness
last night. He said he had re
fused doctors' advice to enter a
hospital and stayed at . home
with a nurse constantly at his
bedside. A doctor visited him
twice daily.
Mrs. Mason said Mason hones
to leave his sick bed by the end
of the week.
2. As. a political maneuver to
win votes in certain heavily
Democratic industrial cities,
which he failed to mention. He
should have vetoed it,' as Harry
Truman did, for a single reason:
the bill itself was against the
public interest.
I predict that if Eisenhower
is given enough time in the
White House for the gas lobby
to pass the bill again without
an uproar, he will sign it.
, Howard Morgan, .
Chairman,
. The Democratic
Party of Oregon
MR.
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