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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
iO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1946
(It was Monday)
Medford school district resi
dents to vote on $500,000 bond
issue tomorrow for school im
provements. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Older
Girls are anxiously awaiting the
next combination stampede,
smash through left tackle and
Klondike rush for a pair of
nylons.
20 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1936
(It was Wednesday)
Special committee formed to
make recommendations on re
surfacing several streets; to re
port to Medford city council at
next meeting.
McAndrews ford and Bear
creek bridges, PWA projects,
nearing completion, County En
gineer Paul Rynning, says.
30 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1926
(It was Thursday)
'. The first general smudging of
the season done last night; little
if any damage, results from
frost.
Vernon H. Vawter of Med
ford named to committee of re
gents of trie University of Ore
gon to interview possible presi
dent candidates.
0
40 YEARS AGO
March 18. 1916
(It was Saturday)
q Medford Commercial club and
Jackson County Business Men's
association to discuss possibili
ties of extending Bullis Electric
line to Blue Ledge mine.
From Local and. Personal col
umn: The work preliminary to
installing the frogs in the cross
ing of the Southern Pacific track
on Main street by the Southern
Oregon Traction company is
proceeding rapidly.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Minnesota delegates to 1952
Democratic convention, after
voting on first ballot for Sen.
Humphrey, voted on the second
mostly for Stevenson, Kefauver,
Truman or Harriman?
2. Total population of the Arab
states is about (a) 5,' (b) 10, (c)
15, (d) 25 or (e) 50 times that of
Israel?
3. Much more than half the
Business on the N.Y. Stock Ex
change originates in N.Y. City,
or about half, or much less than
half?
4. The Holy City of Mohamme
dans is Baghdad, Cairo, Istanbul
(formerly Constantinople), Jeru
salem or Mecca?
5. Federal tax on transporta
tion tickets is now (a) 5, (b) 10,
(c) 15, or (d) 20 per cent?
6. The FBI is or isn't specifi
cally authorized by federal law
to tap wires in treason cases?
7. Leon Trotsky, Communist
leader exiled by Stalin, was later
assassinated in Moscow, Lenin
grad, Warsaw, Mexico City, East
Berlin or Peiping?
The answers: 1. Mostly for Ke
fauver. 2. About 25 times. 3.
Mud less than half. 4. Mecca.
5. 10 per cent. 6. Isn't specifically
7. Mexico City.
Steak contains about 17.3 per
cent protein and milk about 3.5
per cent.
MAIL TRIBUNE
A Good Move by McKay
The decision of Secretary of Interior Douglas Mc
Kay to run for the Republican nomination for United
States senator is good. It is good for the politics of
this state, is good for the country, and in the long run
it should prove good for Senator Wayne Morse.
It is good for the people of Oregon because it will
provide them with a clearcut choice next November
between the forces of the public weal and the forces
of the public be damned. This is, of course, assuming
that McKay wins the Republican nomination, and
that's almost a foregone conclusion.
"THE DECISION is good for the country because it
will get "Generous Doug" McKay out of his im
portant cabinet post, where he has done more to dam
age the economic advancement and good name of this
region than any other secretary of interior within me
mory. His replacement may not be much better; it
can't be worse.
And the decision is good for Senator Morse be
cause it will remove any necessity of shadow boxing
come November against the outpouring of millions
of dollars from all over the country that will be sent
into Oregon against him. He will be running against
a known quantity in McKay and can draw the issues
cleanly. McKay has a record, and that record is easy
to criticize.
J ET THERE be no misunderstanding about it.
Wayne Morse is in the fight of his life this fall.
This battle-scarred veteran of principled politics is
the number one target of every Republican leader in
the United States.
Oregon can look forward to a dirty, expensive
campaign. It will parallel the 1954 senatorial races
throughout the West when Republican candidates
were backed by a conservatively estimated $10 mil
lion in partially successful efforts to defeat liberal
Democrats, primarily in Montana, Wyoming and Col
orado. The smears and stench of that campaign, led on
ward by Vice-President Richard Nixon, were just
short of bad enough to demand investigation.
TT SHOULD be even worse in Oregon. Wayne Morse
is the pet hate of every conservative Repub
lican in the nation. Not only is he an ex-Republican,
but he has had the colossal gall to stand up and blow
the whistle on give-aways and conniption and worst
of all to doubt the sainthood of Dwight D. Eisen
hower.
But we think that Senator Morse, cast in the
image of George Norris and other great independents
of the past, will win. This much is certain, Oregon
and and the entire nation cannot afford to have him
lose.
TOR McKAY, the decision to run was almost a ne
cessity. With the death of Governor Patterson,
Oregon Republicans were left without a "name" can
didate to oppose the best known political figure in
the state. McKay, as ex-governor and secretary of the
interior, was the only logical Republican to make the
race. Indications are he would' rather have stayed out
of elective politics, but that when he was asked to run
by General Eisenhower, he could not refuse.
One can-imagine his reluctance. He is at an age
when retirement entices most men after a long and
prominent career. In addition, he has been one of the
chief targets in the Eisenhower administration for
blows from the opposition.
jWf OST OF these blows, from our point-of-view,
were justifiable. Examples were the giveaway of
the Hells Canyon damsite to Idaho Power Co. for
erection of a two-bit generating plant, the strange,
strange Al Sar.ena case where some of the best tim
ber along the Rogue River was given away from the
price of a gold mine claim, and the systematic rape of
the country's wildlife refuges for the benefit of a
small group of oilmen. McKay was up. to his hips in
each of these cases.
All this will be brought out strongly in the com
ing campaign, and this newspaper hopes to have a
part in bringing them out.
It is a good thing that McKay has decided to run.
It is good for all of us. F.W.A. in Coos Bay Times.
Non-Fatality Record
Completes 814th Day
By GEORGE C. LONG
Chief of Police
Written for United Press
La Crosse, Wis. (U.R) We have completed 814 days in La
Crosse without a traffic fatality and it has taken every one of us
to keep up this wonderful record. ,
It is the common talk on the street.
The longer it goes, the more jittery we get. Every time an ac
cident occurs and a person is injured and taken to the hospital
there is a silence and we wonder if "this is it."
All we can say about how we've accomplished this record is
that we've exercised every caution we possibly can.
We have received fine cooperation from the citizens and "the
motoring public, from various organizations, from schools and the
School Boy Patrol, from the courts and from other law enforcing
groups such as the Sheriff's Department and. the County Highway
Police.
The City Street Department has done a fine job during the
winter months in keeping intersections well sanded and plowing
snow from the streets.
The La Crosse Tribune and radio stations have diligently
warned the people to drive safely, giving them the weather and
road conditions and also the number of days without a fatality.
As a result, the people in the surrounding territory are all
aware of the safety record in the city and are driving accordingly.
The Police Department has cracked down on speeders and
all moving violations. The use of radar has helped us consider
ably, and so has the practice of putting all patrol cars on the
street with one man to a car.
We have put up four-way stops at dangerous intersections and
eliminated right and left turns on downtown streets. Squad cars
with amplifiers have been posted at downtown intersections dur
ing shopping hours, warning motorists and pedestrians to abide
by traffic laws.
Officers are stationed at high schools to see that students drive
carefully during the noon hour.
There probably are other things ! haven't mentioned here.
But briefly, we've tried everything in the book to keep this record.
Sunday, March 18, 1956
Pti&t tQt Of FCJCt By Joe and Stewart Alscp
STEVENSON'S PROSPECTS
Washington Adlal E. Steven
son took a bad knock in New
Hampshire, without ever going
there. Mavbe Estes Kefauver will
take a bad
knock, in his
turn, in Min
nesota, where
Steven son's
personal camp
aign seems to
have gone
over p r e 1 1 y
well.
In any case,
Joseph Aisop what has just
happened sharply underscores
the seriousness of the Democratic
Party's present dilema. In Ke
fauver, the party has a candidate
with proven mass appeal, who
enjoys the
hearty detesta
tion of the
party organiz
ations, both in
the North and
in the South.
Even if he tri
umphs in other
primaries as
he has trium
Stewart A Is op
phed in New
Hampshire, it is hard to see how
Kefauver can win the Democra
tic Presidential nomination in
the teeth of so much organiza
tion opposition.
In Stevenson, on the other
hand, the Democrats have a uni
versally respected candidate
who has also ingratiated himself
with the party organizations
since the 1952 election. But
Stevenson is not only a one
time loser; in addition, he seems
to have lost some of his original
appeal to the general mass of
voters during the last three and
half difficult years.
Otevenson's problem, essentialy,
is how to attact the attention
of the country; how to arouse
the voters and impress them
with his personality. The prob
lem has been, and is, compli
cated by the conviction of Stev
enson and his political managers
that he is a mile ahead in the
race for the nomination, which
indeed he still is, despite New
Hampshire. Fear of jeopardiz-
ing this lead in the intra-Demo-
cratic race has caused Steven
son to play it cooney in all sorts
of ways.
Playing it cooney is. perhaps
the right pre-convention strategy
for Stevenson, although it seems
likely that the Democrats would
prefer a candidate who has stir
red and excited the country to
candidate who has been merely
moderate, literate and inoffen
sive. . But this year, the real elec
tion campaign is to endure for
only about seven weeks. It is
almost impossible' to see how
President Eisenhower s enor
mous present lead can be over
come in this short period by
a Democratic opponent who has
played it cooney right up until
convention-time. For this reason
the Stevenson camp is now ra
ther sharply divided on the pro
blem of strategy.
fine group of Stevenson's ad-
visors, who probably consti
tute the majority, want him to
carry on as before. Another
group has been pleading for an
altogether novel approach. They
say that with the exception of
the farm issue, every domestic
issue has been smothered by the
country's booming ,prosperity.
Therefore the real issues, accord
ing to this second group, ought
to be foreign and defense policy.
They want Stevenson to stop nib
bling at these Issues, as he has
been doing to date, and to make
them principal themes of his
campaign.
In time of apparent peace,
with no immediately visible
foreign threat, no American Pres
idential candidate has ever tried
to do quite what these Stevenson
advisors are now urging. Yet
their argument for this bold new
departure is at least logical.
The world situation, they say,
is now very obviously deteriof at
ing at a frightening rate in every
area of serious importance to
the United States. The country
has thus far accepted the sooth
ing re-assurances of the Eisen
hower Administration, and the
voters are therefore unaware of
the growing danger abroad. But
this very fact, it is argued, only
makes the Administration doub
ly vulnerable, first for failing
to ward off the danger itself,
and second for not telling the
country the truth about it.
Approximately the same line
of argument is applied to the
defense problem. The absolute
necessity- of a determined, un
remitting atack on both the fore
ign and defense issues is further
urged, on the ground thsft the
Presidency wiU not be worth
having if no such attack is made.
The next President, after all,
will have to deal with the world
situation that is now taking
shape. And if Candidate Steven
son does not make a clear and
forceful record, of warning
against the world situation's
growing dangers, then President
Stevenson in the samewhat un
likely event of his election will
b held personally responsible
when our troubles begin to come
to a head.
TV) date, the result of the de
bate in the Stevenson camp
has been a rather uneasy comp
romise. When he appears before
fcimfnaifc ffiiif
1 wS
the American Society of News
paper Editors in April, Steven
son is now slated to make a full
dress, searchingly critical speech
on foreign and defense policy.
One other such speech, again be
fore a national audience, is also
planned for a fairly early date.
But this , of course, is altogether
different from the much more
difficult strategy of making the
foreign and defense issues the
really dominant themes of the
whole Stevenson campaign.
All the same, Stevenson is
likely to be driven to make fore
eign and defence policy his main
theme before aU is said and done.
For it really is very hard to see
any other themes which have
the remotest chance of making
a dent in President Eisenhower's
personal popularity, or even
awakening the interest of this
prosperous and contented country.
Today and
By Walter
THE ABSENT SECRETARY
As Mr. Dulles finished his lat
est tour, it is more than ever
necessary to ask him to consider
whether these long absences
from Washington permit him to
carry out the
real responsib
ilities of his
office.
While he has
been traveling
in South Asia
and in the
South Pacific,
the situation
in North Afr-
Walter Lippmann ica and in the
Middle East has been deteriorat
ing rapidly. There is an almost
desperate need of clarification
and of decision about Western
policy in North Africa, Cyprus,
Palestine and the Persian Gulf
states. What Mr. Dulles had been
doing is to argue the Administra
tion case to be a kind of travel
ling Voice of America in Kar
achi, New Delhi, Colombo and
Jakarta.
That would be all very well
if Mr. Dulles were two men, and
if the more important one of the
two were in Washington making
policy about North Africa and
the Middle East. As it is, Mr.
Dulles has spent his time talk
ing when he is most urgently
needed in Washington for the
grave business of deciding.
rphis visible evidence of all this
- is that in each of the disputed
areas in French North Africa,
in Cyprus, Palestine, as regards
Egypt and Saudi-Arabia we
find ourselves antagonizing both
sides. Our Consulate m Tunis
is wrecked by Frenchmen who
suspect us of supporting the dis
sident Arabs. In Cyprus we have
provoked the British and we
have annoyed the Greeks, in Pal
estine we are distrusted by the
Arab states and were are scold
ed by the Israelis.
It is true that in international
affairs a great power cannot ex
pect to please everybody, and
at times to please anybody. But
in the nresent situation the
plight in which we find oursel
ves is not that we are In the
moderate middle but beween two
extreme factions. We are not m
the middle. We are in a muddle.
That is due to the fact that our
central policy is no more than
an attempt to avoid decisions
and to get by without displeas
ing anybody at home or aboard
too much.
Time has just about run out
on the policy of drift and
muddle. What can be done about
it? What can be done about it
is to make up our minds as to
where we stand and what we
can and what we will support.
In French North Africa, we
and the British consult seriously
with France. We should then
decide what we shall regard as
a settlement that we mean to
support wholeheartedly. We
should give Francebur full sup
port if France will offer the
Arab population the full mea
sure of freedom' which liberal
French opinion already favors.
In Palestine we'should convert
the 1950 declaration into a firm
international guarantee against
aggression by either side, and we
might then take our stand for
the neutralization of Israel with
in frontiers that have been mod
ified and rectified by interna
tional arbitration.
We should face up to the tac
tics of Saudi-Arabia in using the
profits from oil from subversion
by corruption and bribery and
propaganda throughout the Mid
dle East. In dealing with Saudi
Arabia is more dependent upon
us for the exploitation of its oil
than we are on Saudi-Arabia for
the right to exploit it. If ever it
was true that appeasement is an
unworkable policy, it is true
here..
precisions of this kind are grave
" and momentous and they
cannot and chould not be made
except with the full attention of
the highest responsible officials
of the government. The truth of
it is that with Mr. Dulles away
on his travels, there is no one
in Washington who can and will
take decisions of this magnitude.
The, President is certainly not
fully at grips with the issue. Mr.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Potluck Custodian
Medford Mail Tribune
Sir:
Sure now an 'tis bad enough
for ye Orangemen to be mak
in' jokes about the Irish, but
faith and bejabers, me good
man, let's not be after changin'
the date of St. Pat's Day.
When the town's leadin' news
paper tries to tell us Friday the
16th is the big day for cele
bratin,' shure 'tis enough to make
a self-respectin' Irishman take
down his lace curtains and move
outa the valley.
And since you're after men
tionin' Henry VIII in the very
same joke as March XVII, I'm
hopin' Henry will be given a
Ball for the likes of all of ye,
for that's where you belong
Tomorrow
Lippmann
Herbert Hoover Jr. cannot take
such decisions. If decisions are
to be taken, they have to be
taken by Mr. Dulles with the ad
vice and consent of the Presi
dent. Mr. Dulles should come home,
he should stay home for a con
siderable time, he should stop
making so many speeches. He
should stop trying to be the
voice of America, he should stop
trying to produce a campaign
platform for the Republicans,
and he should put his main at
tention on the business of being
the Secretary of State.
Copyright 1956 New York
Hearld Tribue Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The United States Chamber
of. Commerce is prodding the
congress (and the administra
tion) to DO SOMETHING about
the year-old Hoover report rec
ommendation for reducing the
cost of government housekeep
ing- .
NOT necessarily the cost of
national defense. NOT necessar
ily, the cost of a sound farm pro
gram to get American agricul
ture back onto a reasonable sup
ply and demand basis. NOT
necessarily the cost of keeping
up with the expanding economy.
Just reducing the day-to-day
HOUSEKEEPING cost of our
federal government by cutting
out the waste and the inefficien
cy. "pUT it this way:
The more waste and ineffi
ciency we tolerate in the every
day operation of the routine af
fairs of our federal government,
the higher the cost of govern
ment must be.
The higher the cost of gov
ernment, the higher the taxes
must be.
The higher the taxes, THE
LESS THE PEOPLE HAVE
LEFT IN THEIR POCKETS TO
SPEND.
That's the long and the short
of it.
TN conclusion:
A The congress will never cut
the housekeeping cost of gov
ernment until the voters begin
to check up on their representa
tives in congress and VOTE
AGAINST those who spend too
recklessly, with too little regard
for what is obtained with the
taxpayers' money.
Over the long pull, economy
in government is Up TO THE
VOTER.
SPEAKING of government op
erations, what do you know
about civil defense?
What is it aU about?
Is it worth what it is costing?
IF you're anything like me, you
Hnn't tnnw anvhinir ahnut it
in which event this little tale
that has just come off the tele
type will be interesting to you:
CONGRESS has just been told
that most of the money spent
for civil defense is WASTED.
The statement comes from Otto
Nelson, who directed "Project
East River," an extensive study
of civil defense, what it costs
and what we get in the way of
returns for the money we spend
for it. His opinion is contained
in testimony he has prepared
for the house government oper
ations subcommittee, which is
considering legislation on the
subject.
He says that funds now going
for civil defense are largely
wasted because our present non
military defense program is so
ineffective and fragmentary
that it is WORSE THAN NO
PROGRAM AT ALL.
He adds:
"As a major goal of civil de
fense, 30 per cent of our gross
national production should be
scattered OUTSIDE . OF THE
METROPOLITAN ' TARGET
ZONES.!
TiHAT makes sense in an age
- when a "few well-placed hy
drogen bombs could destroy the
entire population area of ANY
of our largest cities.
Behind the VIII Ball.
Shamus Dunlavey.
Shure, now an' that same
Shamus was not only wearin'
of the green yesterday he
was almost shmothered in it,
he was.
Aye, and 'tis a sad, sad day
for all of us, lads of Erin of
all nations, when Shamus
must depend for his good luck
on horseshoes instid of an hon
est green shamrock onlyl
Before we leave the subject of
St. Pat's big day, we were hon
ored last week when a chap by
the name of Bill Mulligan (sure
ty' dropped in to the office to
show us a document about nine
lads who were convicted of trea
son against her majesty, Queen
Victoria, in the troubles of the
year 1848. Good lads, all, too,
but sentenced they were to die
by hangin.'
To make a long story short,
the queen, motivated by passion
ate protests from all over the
world, commuted the sentences
to transportation, and off the
lads were packed to Australia.
Nearly 30 years later, the
queen questioned what had hap
pened to those nine Irish lads,
and their records showed this:
One was governor of Montana,
two were brigadier generals in
the U. S. Army, one was gov
ernor general of Newfoundland,
one was attorney general of
Australia, and another one suc
ceeded him; one was a member
of parliament and minister of ag
riculture for Canada, and one
was a prominent politician in
New York and a father of a
mayor of that city.
Bill Jenkins, over the hill
on the High Desert, comments
in his column in the Herald
and News about the difficulty
. of how to address a letter to
a woman when she gives no
hint as to whether she is a
Miss or a Mrs.
He records, however, the so
lution of a man he knows who
has taken to addressing such
letters thus:
Dear M's Jones.
This, he says, can be either
Miss of Mrs. and is darned
handy but he wishes women
would be more considerate.
A Medford couple, married a
year, visited Portland the other
day and stopped at a hotel which
was nearly filled up. They had
only one vacancy left the brid
al suite, which had just been
redecorated and still smelled of
fresh paint. .
A beautiful suite it was, too,
they report, lovely furniture,
nice kitchenette, lace tablecloth
and so on.
But, in the bedroom of that
same bridal suite, they found
twin beds.
Definitions:
' An engineer: One who
knows a great deal about very
little, and goes on knowing
more and more about less and
less until he knows practically
everything about almost noth
ing. An attorney: One who
knows a little . about a great
deal, and goes on knowing
less and less about more and
more until he ' knows practi
cally nothing about - every
thing. -
A newspaperman: One who
knows everything about ev
erything, but ends up know
ing nothing about nothing
due to his association with
engineers ' and lawyers. .
A week ago Thursday morn
ing, a conscientious Man iti
une reader called and said:
"Yesterday, the date on the
paper was Wednesday, March 7,
and it was March 8. I thought
you might want to know so you
wouldn't make the same mistake
again."
A staff member assured the
woman, that the day was Thurs
day, March 8, and "t h a t the
March 7 date on the day before
was correct. She said: "Well, my
calendar has today as Thursday,
March 9."
Staff member asked, "Are you
sure you have 1956 calendar?"
The woman said it was a 1956
calendar. The staff member
checked the calendars in the
office all six of them a n d
again assured her that according
to them it was Thursday, March
8.
"Well," she said, "I guess it's
just my calendar. Thank you."
. .
We started out with Shamus
Dunlevy, so we might as well
end up with him. Anyway, he
dropped in to talk to our gal ,
whose husband is a Russian
who served in a Scotch regi
ment of the Canadian - army.'
He offered next March 17, to
buy her a drink of Irish vod
ka. Man Shoots Former
Wife on Public Bus
Whitfield, Miss. (U.R) Cecil
L. Gilmer shot and killed his
former wife on a public bus
Saturday while other passengers
looked on in horror.
Gilmer, 35, pumped three
shots into Mrs. Wynell Gilmer
Foy, 32, . who remarried after
divorcing Gilmer. He forced the
driver to stop and fled into the
woods.
Vacation Packets
Guide to Oregon
Tourist Vacations
A vacation packet containing
information about southern Ore
gon for distribution in motels
and hotels, has been developed
by the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce tourist and con
vention committee, it was an
nounced Friday.
The special packet will In
clude information about the
Jacksonville museum, a points
of interest folder, a map show
ing where to take good photos,
likely fishing spots, information
about lost gold mines and direc
tions to hunting grounds for '
rock hounds.
Direction Signs
Another project of the tour
ist committee is the placement
of about 20 colorful signs teUing
the location of the Chamber
office, where visitors can ob
tain visitors' information.
The tourist committee plans
to continue to place small tour
ist ads in publications in the
Los Angeles area. Recent com
mittee activities were approved
by a chamber of commerce
board meeting last . week.
Mrs. Bert Pree has been
chairman of the tourist com
mittee for two years. She has
been active in chamber of com
merce work for the past four
years, serving on the greetera
committee, membership commit
tee, and was the first woman
elected to the board of direc
tors. Other members of the tourist
committee are Irean Grigsby,
Bill Keenan, Ron Gandee, Ed
Barnett, Don Arant, Chuck
Johnston, Bob Dames, Robert
Holmes, J. Vernon Marshall,
George Potucek, Ken Macdon
ald, John Lister, Martin Raftery,
Pauline Dunlap, John Pletsch
and Grace R. Smith. .
Woodcock Elected As
BPOE Exalted Ruler
Walter D. Woodcock will head
the Medford Benevolent Protec
tive Order of Elks lodge, as ex
alted ruler, members decided at
their election - meeting March
15. . : .
Other newly elected officer
are Galen R. Knox, esteemed
leading knight; Budd Gail, es
teemed loyal knight; Herbert G.
Robbins, esteemed lecturing
knight; Donald D. Davis, secre
tary; Allan F. Perry, treasurer;
and George W Howard, tiler.
.Lew G.. Miles will, serve a'fiye-
year term as trustee and C. Au
brey Sander is the alternate
delegate.
Ernest L. Scott, who has serv
ed as secretary of the lodge for
23 years, declined to run for
reelection because of poor
health. Donald P." Adams, . for
merly of Klamath Falls, . has
been appointed club manager;
CHAMBER TO 32
Chamber to Urge More
Active Participation
Washington (U.R) John S.
Coleman, new president of 'the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
said Friday night he will urge
businessmen to take a more ac
tive part in politics and public
affairs. - ' r
Coleman said another chief
goal during his year-long ' tefrn
will be to promote increased for
eign trade.
The 58-year-old president of
Burroughs Corp. of Detroit was
elected as head of the chamber
by the 58 member board of di
rectors Friday. He will begin
his term May 2.
Following his election, Cole
man, who was born in Charles
ton, W. Va., told a news confer
ence that businessmen, as indi
viduals, "owe it to their country
and the nation" to be active in
politics "if this democracy is to
survive."
The chamber also elected
Clarke Bassett, vice-president of
the first National Bank of Min
neapolis a vice-president. Other
vice-presidents were re-elected.
Licenses Required
For Warehousemen
Salem (U.R) State ' Agri
culture Director J. F. Short haa
warned warehousemen that li
censes were required to handle
public grain under the new
warehouse licensing and inspec
tion act.
Short said department inspec
tors wished warehouse opera
tors to be familiar with three
phases of the 1955 law most fre
quently violated:
1. Anyone receiving grain, in
cluding dry peas and beans, for
public storage must have a state
license from the agriculture de
partment.
2. Warehouse receipts lor
grains, peas and beans must be
obtained from the . department's
grain inspection division in Port
land.
3. It is unlawful for a ware
house to issue or have printed
itst own receipts for grains, peas
or beans Private receipts may
bt used for other commodities,
however, the department said.