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o TOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MrwopjSiTRrBUNE "Everybody In Southern Oregon Keaas ine Man inpune Published Dailv Except Saturday by MZDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERAJLD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC at.i.fv JR, Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. 0 Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and, Sunday Six months 6.50 u Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year S3.50. 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 and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press; Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULAllOiN WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOCfATLQN U O NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 13, 194S (It Was Wednesday) Phoenix plant to start making pumice brick, soon. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Tuesday, it was windier than a candidate for Congress with no chance of being elected, but full of both wind and promises. 20 YEARS AGO March 15, 1936 (It Was Friday) Medford's sewage disposal plant almost 60 per cent com pleted, city superintendent Fred W. Scofield says. Ralph E. Sweeney enters pri mary race for Democratic nomi nation for Jackson county. 30 YEARS AGO March 15, 1926 (It Was Saturday) Floyd Young, government frost expert, warns orchardists to place smudge pots in orchards immediately. Medford High survives second round of state basketball tourna ment by defeating Astoria, 30 to 18. 40 YEARS AGO March 13, 1916 (It Was Monday) Week long revival services at Nat end; conducted by Mathis. From along Rogue River news: The Cotteral Bros, took a band of cattle to feeding grounds on the east side of the river Sunday. eWhai's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. If President Eisenhower wins in November, at 66, he will or won't be the oldest man ever elected President? 2. The island of Bahrein in the Persian Gulf is notable for its beautiful women, oil deposits, Oriental rugs, caviar, or pearl fisheries? 3. The Negro proportion of the population is as high in Ala bama as in any southern state; right or wrong? 4. There are two, four, six or eight standard cups of granulat ed sugar to a pound? 5. When a senator dies, his seat remains vacant until a spe cial election is held to fill it, or is filled temporarily by appoint ment of the state governor? 6. The real name of which stage, radio and TV star is Ethel Zimmerman? 7. What is the real name of movie str James Stewart? The answers: 1 Won'i; W. H. Harrison was elected in 1840 at 67. 2 Oil deposits. 3 Wrong (higher in South Carolina and Mississippi). 4 Two. 5 Is fill ed by appointment of governor. 6 Ethel Merman. 7 James Stewart. Assessor Takes to Air To Find More Taxes Chicago 0J..R) Cook Coun ty tax assessor Frank Keenan took to the air Monday to dig up $94,000 in back taxes. He said aerial photographs ranging from homes to a fac tory which are not- listed on county tax rolls. MAIL TRIBUNE Kefauver Is Smart Senator Kefauver has never been our No. 1 choice for President but he is a shrewd campaigner, and, as all those who attended the Democratic convention in Chicago four years ago will agree, he is a hard fight er. His first announcement on entering New Hamp shire we thought was particularly smart. He said he would not make an issue of President Eisenhower's health. "IITE HAVE a hunch that made a hit with the voters " of this conservative New England state. For before the President entered the primaiy he had raised the health issue himself. Why do it again? Said he: "It would be idle to pretend my health can be fully restored. My future life must be carefully regulated to avoid excessive fatigue." That opinion has been sustained by , the Presi dent's subsequent remarks, by the doctors' verdict, and particularly by Dr. White, the eminent heart specialist's final word : "With moderation and proper care the President as President represents a good risk." TUHY GO INTO the matter further? " Above all, why make it the subject of continu ous campaign debate pro or con? The people of the country now have the salient facts from headquar ters, barring an upset (which is unlikely), they will remain approximately the same through the cam paign. Then why not let the issue rest and let the people decide how important they think the question of the President's health is from a political standpoint? They are going to consider it and discuss it anyway. If they agree with Chairman Leonard Hall of the GOP National committee, that Mr. Eisenhower as a "part-time president," would be better than any one the Democrats could nominate on FULL time, then they will know what to do without any further con sideration. They will vote for Ike and take their chance. O. K. . If they disagree with the somewhat ebullient Mr. Hall, and particularly if they don't like or trust Mr. Nixon, they will undoubtedly give the question more extended consideration. So why not leave this decis ion up to the voters? They won't pay much attention to what the campaign orators on either side have to say on this purely medical subject anyway. Most of them will accept the medical verdict. We repeat Sen ator Kefauver is smart. ALSO liked the Tennessee Senator's attitude " from another angle. He seems to regard Mr. Eis enhower's state of mind as more important than his state of health, politically speaking, that is. He ap peared more concerned with the record of four years of GOP rule, under "Ike" than actuarial tables or mortuary statistics of a purely personal nature. The question he propounded was roughly: do the people of the country want four more years of it? If they do let them vote for it. If not then no. matter how much they "like Ike" personally they better NOT vote to keep him away from his Gettysburg farm and a well deserved rest but vote for a change in controls in Washington, and a general house cleaning. "THAT makes sense. The Republican press is making a desperate ef fort to make it appear no issues divide the two major parties but "Ike." This, if true, wbuld make the campaign a short and simple one. But it isn't, of course. There are many important differences between the two parties though we grant, to listen to many of the campaign speeches to date one wouldn't think so. The Senator from Tennesse didn't go into parti culars but he could have and we regret he didn't. Be ing from Tennessee he could have said something like this: Had the Democrats been in control the past forty years there would have been no Al Sarena case. Had the Democrats been in control there would have been no Dixpn-Yates case. Had the Democrats been in control there would have been no Tidelands oil give-away. Had the Democrats been in control there would have been no Natural Gas grab bill to veto. Had the Democrats been in control there would be one high multiple power dam for Hells Canyon instead of two small and inadequate dams, the people of the Col umbia basin would have been assured of more and cheap er power instead of- less and more expensive power. Had the Democrats been in control the General Wel fare would never have had to take second place to Gen eral Motors, nor would TVA have been condemned as "creeping socialism." . DUT if Senator 'Kefauver made these points or any similar ones there was no report of them over the wires. Outside of Oregon the Democrat party is a.major ity party numerically but one would never suspect this judging by the head-lines, the news reports and the campaign this far. The Democratic party as we see it needs more unity, self confidence and enthusiasm. We sometimes wonder if they haven't more to fear from General Apathy than from General Eisenhower. PS : Senator Kefauver is smart. Although from the South he refused to sign that Southern manifesto condemning the Supreme Court for its interpretation of the Constitution in favor of educational equality. R.W.R. Power, Prestige of UN Declines, Tsiang Says Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Dr. made his statement during dis T. F. Tsiang, Nationalist Chi- cussions with Nationalist Chi nese representative to the United nese Foreign Minister George Nations, said Monday that the Yeh. Tsiang returned to Taipei power and -prestige , of that from his U.N. post last Friday: . world organization is declining. Nationalist sources said Tsiang Tuesday, March 13, 195S Record Number of High-Level Internationa! Visits Slated By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent This certainly is going to be a record spring for high level dip locatic vsits in world capitals. Moscow, Lon don, Washing ton and other capitals will be receiving visitors of note in the next few months on an unprecedented scale. Charles McCann iiussia s pre mier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev will share the star role as visitors and hosts. They have been doing that now for several months. Bulganin and Khrushchev will make the most important of their visits to Great Britain starting April 18. Later they plan to visit Fin land, Sweden, Norway and Den mark. Danish Premier H. C. Hansen is visiting Russia now, as is for mer French President Vincent Auriol. French Premier Guy Mollet intends to visit Bulganin and Khrushchev May 14. U. S. Invites Nehru It is understood that Mollet will invite the Russians to visit France. United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold plans to visit Moscow some time this spring, probably after the Burganin-Khrushchev visit to London. Indian Prime Minister Jawa harlal Nehru announced on Feb. 29 that President Eisenhower had invited. him several months ago to visit Washington, and that he planned to do so. Nehru said he also had invited the President to visit India. A dispatch from Djakarta, Indonesia, quoted well- in formed sources as saying that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has invited President Su karno to visit the United States. It was added that Sukarno was believed to have accepted the invitation. Dulles is now on a wide tour THE NIXON HUBBUB Washington The acres of newsprint that are being lavished on the political future of Vice- President Rich ard Nixon are chiefly inter esting as proof of the way the figure of Pres- i d e n t Eisen- hower now dominates the political scene. The first trial Joseph Aisop neat oi tne Democratic nomination race is at hand in New Hampshire; and it may be much more interesting than most people have expected. The leading Democratic con tender, Adlai Stevenson, has been sneaking frequently; and much of what he has been saying has been worth atten tion. The world horizon is posi tively black with chickens coming home to roost; and practically Stewart Alsop every one of the chickens looks more like a vulture than a hen. But what is the American na tion discussing? With the Repub lican convention nearly five months away, the main topic of political discussion is the Repub lican Vice-Presidential nomina tion, which is normally a hasty after-thought. In part, this obvi ously reflects the general but publicly unfashionable suspicion that a coronary thrombosis really does not resemble a rest-cure. But even more, this Vice-Presidential discussion reflects the al most unanimous belief that the President, having made his great choice, is a shoo-in for re-election. PRECISELY because a Presi dent who has had a heart at tack is now so likely to be re elected, his choice of a running mate is of course importa'nt. But that does not give real signifi cance to the "wUl he, won't he, will he, won't he" speculation, like nothing so much as another song by the mock turtle, that has been going on for so long. The main facts of the situation are very plain indeed, if ordinarily reliable information can be trusted. In the first place, the Presi dent likes and trusts Nixon, and would prefer him to any other running mate. But as Eisenhow er has repeatedly said, he does not want to commit himself at this time. He will never exclude Nixon from the ranks of the po tentially blessed; but he wants a free hand to bless other con tenders if Nixon really begins to look like a serious handicap to the ticket. . IT MAY be true that in order to insure having a perfectly free hand, the President offered the Vice-President the Interior I Jr.,-4'''" " I V ' at t iT I'ru.Jal of Asian capitals which will take him as far as Japan. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd has just left for home after a tour of the Middle East. Pineau Visiting India French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau is visiting Nehru now. Pineau invited Nehru to visit France. Nehru accepted "in principle." Dulles, Lloyd and Pineau started their tours after attend ing the conference of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization mem bers in Pakistan. What all the visits, made and to be made, will add up to re mains to be seen. They hardly can do any harm and they may do some good toward relieving international tensions. In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS Well! Well! Well! What a po litical thriller Friday turned out to be! Nobody will ever be able to say that the 1956 primary elec tion preliminaries in Oregon were dull and uninteresting. In terior Secretary McKay's dash by air from Washington back to Salem in order to file at the last minute as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U. S. senator from his home state was drama of a high order. It left everybody breathless. IT CAN be assumed that Secre tary McKay's entry in the Or egon senatorial race is upper bracket Republican strategy to beat once - Republican, once stronelv - nro - Eisenhower, now Democrat, now - bitterly-anti-Eis- enhower Senator Morse. With the senate as narrowly divided as it is and as it may be in the next congress that de sire can be understood. The pro gram that President Eisenhower has laid out has not yet been car ried through to completion. As I understand his feeling in the matter, it was to carry his pro gram through that he consented By Joe and Stewart Alsop Department, which is now being vacated by Secretary Douglas McKay. He may even have sug gested the Defense Department, which may later be vacated by Secretary Charles E. Wilson. But if the President did this, he quite certainly made his sug gestion in a way that invited a rejection. Probably he wanted to end a White House argument, by putting himself in a position to say to the anti-Nixon Republi cans: "I've done everything about that problem I honorably can, and I can't and won't do any thing further." In these circumstances, in the second place, Nixon is quite plainly several laps ahead of all other contenders for the Vice- Presidential nomination at the present time. He has certainly been wounded by the President's failure to give him a final en dorsement at this time. He is re ported to reason, and reason very logically too, that he is being penalized for bearing the brunt of the political battle at the President's request and on the President's behalf. HIS PERSONAL position is also extremely delicate, per haps even more delicate than in the doubtful period after the President was first taken ill. As these words are written, there fore, he is authoritatively re ported to be considering an an nouncement that he too thinks the Republican Vice-Presidential choice should be left open until convention-time. But the dolors of Nixon's per sonal position do not in any way reduce his present lead in the race. He is the preferred choice of the President. He is the pre ferred choice of the Republican organizations in about three quarters of, the states. He is the announced choice of the Repub lican National Chairman, the as tute Len Hall, who does not speak without "clearing it with Sherm." THERE are ' only two ways, therefore, that Nixon can be beaten. One way is for a solid phalanx of opposition to form in the Eastern wing of the Repub lican party, where anti-Nixon sentiment chiefly centers. But this way is blocked, at least for the present. There can be no anti-Nixon Eastern phalax with out New York state; and Nixon is also the preferred choice of former Governor Thomas E. Dewey. The other way to beat Nixon is for Nixon to beat himself. He may so mihsandle himself as to cause the President to turn against him, or to cause the po litical polls to show that he really is a handicap to the ticket. But as long as Nixon handles himself as well as he has done in these last difficult months, the betting is on Nixon to win in the end. (C) 1956New York Herald Tribune Inc. It is notable, however, that the Dulles, Lloyd and Pineau tours are defensive. That goes also for the conference held in London over the week end by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Mollet. The Big Three foreign minis ters are trying to strengthen weakened relations with some of the countries they are visit ing. Eden asked Mollet to Lon don on an urgent basis after French Foreign Minister Pineau let lose a startling blast against Allied policy. The Russians, on the other hand, are on what might be called diplomatic velvet. They have no special fences to mend. They will be able to concentrate, as visitors and hosts, on aggres sive salesmanship of the Mocow line. News to become a candidate again, re gardless of the strain on his phys ical resources that may be in volved. But President Eisenhower ALONE can not carry his pro gram through. He must have sup port and backing in the congress. The senate is now narrowly di vided. Witness the situation that arose Saturday morning. On a motion to restore a rigid high support level to wheat, the sen ate vote split 45-to-45. The tie breaking vote of Vice President Nixon was all that saved the Eisenhower-Benson flexible sup port program on wheat from de feat. ... HPHAT was a narrow squeak. There may be other narrow squeaks in the future for at present no one anticipates a landslide that will give the Eis enhower forces complete and un challenged control of the next congress. If Senator Morse is re-electedi it must be expected that he will bo against the Eisenhower pro gram. "HEFEAT of Senator Morse is a worthy objective from the Republican standpoint, but the handling of the McKay candi dacy certainly displayed poor staff work. It should have been launched much earlier immedi ately, one would say, after the untimely death of Governor Pat terson, which upset the Oregon Republican political - situation. Because of the delay, clear up to the last moment, good Oregoni ans like Lamar Tooze and Phil Hitchcock both of whom, I think, were motivated more by desire to maintain able Repub lican representation from ' Ore gon in the U. S. senate than by personal ambition have been placed in a most embarrassing position. Because of the embar rassing position in which they have been placed, their friends must feel considerable resent ment. All this could have been avoided by better Republican staff work at the top level. T WIGHT EISENHOWER is a " great President and a great man. Even his political oppo nents concede that. He is able He is sincere. He is frank and open and- straightforward. These qualities endear him to every one, everywhere. Not only do they endear him to people. They COMMAND RESPECT not on ly on his own country but all over the world. But he is a soldier. He was trained in the soldier's trade. As a military commander, he knew how to pick able staff assistants. When he became President, he knew nothing of the politician's trade which, in a government like ours, is an essential trade. Few Republicans nave ever doubted the greatness of their leader, but many, including this one, have had doubts from time to time as to the wisdom and the skill of his political staff. Senator Taft's death was a na tional loss. He was a statesman and a dedicated patriot, and he knew the trade of politics. If he had lived, the Republican party's political staff work would have been better. BUT it's time to quit philoso--ri 1 71 Yi rT anI 1 -!- n 41tA -fri rC Douglas McKay is a candidate. As this is written, it seems prob able that he . will be the Repub lican nominee for U. S. senator from Oregon. He is an able citi zen. He is a dedicated believer in the Eisenhower program. He is well grounded in national af fairs. Do we want him to represent us in the U. S. senate? Or do we want Senator Morse? That's the issue. Amnesty Period Turns Out To Be Success Pompton Lakes, N.J. (U.PJ Library officials said a week long amnesty period for holders of overdue library books was a roaring success. i Librarian Mrs. Maura Con nolly said a total of 87 books worth an estimated $250 came in during the drive, including two books overdue ... for .. more than five years. ommunications Letters to the Editor must bear the name under certain rirrumctanroe Ua t . - -..-....wm nlc ujc vi a yen Maine ur uiuidi rur puuittaTtun is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a ,u v.ianiii.iuun ana condensation. not exceed 400 words. Smart Senator To the Editor Senator Wayne Morris proposes to buy farm votes with tax monev. Hp's smart, else he wouldn't be fool ing ye editor. E. L. Hitt Route 2, Box 381F Medford, Ore. Automation ' - To the Editor: The progress of automation versus manpower is not a new theory. The idea was conceived by men like Jules Verne and Edward Bellamy, sci entist, in his book, "Looking Backwards" in the early eight eenth century. A system to make the whole plan work for all the people, all the while, would most logically be on a pay-as- you-go basis. Everyone in their age group would be a unit towards making automation a success. No one need be a drone, for each indi vidual would be needed, as the "pay-as-you-go" plan would cre ate enthusiasm to expand every one's fondest hopes of accom plishment in a lifetime here on earth. This is no fantastic forerunner of imagination, but a concept of life, liberty and justice for all. No exploitation would be used to retard man's way of equality in a competitive system. Tax only machine's product for pain less extraction. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman, Apt. 1 Medford, Ore. Let Druggists Do It To the Editor: In regards to the letter by Dr. Nelson in the March 11 paper the last para graph led me to understand that Dr. Nelson's five children are not benefiting from fluoride at the present time. What I want to know is of Dr. Nelson and these other peo ple that are so emphatically for fluoridation why are they de nying their children this benefit right now? It seems to me that it would surely be a simple task for these people to buy some so dium fluoride from their drug gist and mix it with the proper amount of water or for that matter the druggist would prob ably be glad to mix it for them. It may take a year or two or even longer before it will be coming out of the water taps incidentally what about the chil dren living outside the city shouldn't it be made available to them also? Just because some are shouting "It's poison don't force it on me!" shoudln't keep those who believe in it, especial ly Dr. Nelson, from seeing that his children are getting it now, not next year or maybe years from now. I recommend that he ask his druggist to fix him a gal lon or two right now and take it home and give some to his chil dren. Also, since Dr. Nelson is a dentist, he might recommend this method to his patients. (It's a shame to waste precious time since 12 years of age is the dead line). - Come to think of it this Pictures, Sfafues of Stalin Being Removed Moscow (U.R) Western observers noted today the ap parent start of a movement to eliminate all pictures and sta tues of the late Premier Josef Stalin from the Soviet Union. The famous Tetyakov picture gallery here, the largest in Rus sia, has suddenly and silently removed every picture of Stalin. The only sign of the Premier seen by a nine-man delegation of American churchmen that visited the gallery was a bust which appears in the back ground of a painting or. a wounded soldier. Just a few months ago there were at least 25 portraits and other pictures of Stalin in many rooms of the gallery. ' - Allan Holcomb, NY Newspaperman, Dies New York (U.R) Allan T. Holcomb, 66, head of the copy desk at the New York Herald Tribune since 1933, died early today. Holcomb was a graduate of Knox college and got his first news experience as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He later served as state and city editor of the Rocky Mountain News and headed the copy desk of the Denver Post before coming to New York. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Janet H. Griswold, and Mrs. Aileen Hamilton. His wife, Mrs. Grace P. Holcomb, died in 1952. Salem (U.R) Management pol icies which have operated so successfully in preserving Ore gon's . exceptional recreational resources are possible only through public understanding and cooperation, Gov. Elmo Smith said Monday in . calling attention. . to . National . Wildlife Week March 18-24. and address of the writer, although i ti: Letters submitted tor publication must method might put a stop to this arguing back and forth those who want it could have it those who don't well they can still drink what they darn well please. Besides, when the chil dren get too old to benefit any more, these people can put their money to some other purpose. . Yours for letting the druggist do the job. A. A. Christensen 1125 Atkins st. Medford, Ore. Mission of the Churches To the Editor: Frequently we hear the question, "Do we need churches? Cannot the fraternal organizations and social service clubs do the work the churches are doing and do it more satis factorily? The answer depends on what the churches are doing. If the church is an organization with no higher purpose than fellow ship and social welfare, then why not let the fraternities take over? But the church was not cre ated for the purpose of social welfare alone. It has a higher mission to perform, a divinely appointed task to lead men to God." When Simon Peter said, q "Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God," Jesus replied, "On this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Why did Jesus want a church? Did He have in mind a great fra ternal organization or social club, or something more? We find an answer in His words, "If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me." This is more than a reference to His crucifixion. It means also the continued task of holding up before a sin-sick world a Savior. For that task He needs a church, an organism of living human souls dedicated to the service of God. That is the mission of the: church, the supreme purpose for which it was created, the one real reason for its existence. The divinely appointed task of the church is to show to men this Savior that they may hear Him say, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." He means rest from the slavery of sin. Why are we so reluctant to preach about sin? Are we afraid we will be called old fashioned and unsophisticated if we men tion sin? Maybe so. I know of nothing more old fashioned than sin. It began in Eden's garden and has been going strong ever since. If and when the church loses sight of its high mission of preaching the gospel of a cruci fied and risen Savior and tries to substitute entertainment and social welfare, we might as well let the social clubs take over, or let Marx and Engle have the world without further ado. God forbid. May the church never lose sight of that high mission. L. G. Weaver, 1453 Poplar dr., Medford, Ore. MR. 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