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G FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Medfo: UNE Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published DaiJy Except Saturday by MtDFOHQ PRLNXLNU CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager lHiC ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAV, Telegraph Editor Kit. HARD JEWETT Sport Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. 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 Bv Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 630 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday Only One year j.ou. Ev Carrier In Advance Mediord, 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 une monm ij Carrier and Dealers ;c per copy All Terms Cash m Advance Official Paper of the City of Mediord tiniciai aper oi jkwh United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertisine Reoresentative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco, Los Angeies. Seattle. Portland, St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancoaver. B.C. NATIONAL ' EDITORIAL I ASSOcG-ATLQN i kj Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 27, 1946 (It was Wednesday) Officers and men of the 1154th engineer combat group from Camp White leave for San Fran cisco to participate in Army Day parade. From? Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Spring is late this year. Garden hose, geraniums, or lawnmowers have disappeared, the police say. 20 YEARS AGO March 27, 1936 (It was Friday) Cad Ellis of Ashland files for nomination of county commis sioner on Republican ticket. Plans to make Crater Lake National park a year-round rec reation attraction announced by David H. Canfield, park super intendent. 30 YEARS AGO March 27. 1926 (It was Saturday) Mrs. Gordon MflcCracken of Ashland elected state regent of the Oregon chapter of the Daugh ters of American Revolution. President Coolidge invited by Senator Charles L. McNary to visit Medford during summer encampment of Oregon National Guard. 40 YARS AGO March 27, 1916 (It was Monday) J. C. Burch, manager of Port land Cement plant at Gold Hill, predicts an activ.e season. From Local and Personal col umn: Petitions for Ben C. Shel don republican candiate for state legislature are being cir culated in several precincts of the county and will be filed the latter part of this week. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Women college graduates are more or less likely to work after marriage than other wom en, or is "it about 50-50? 2. The "Maundy" in Maundy Thursday means Monday, com mand, Amanda, or meandering? 3. If a worker under social se curity had steadily earned over $350 a month, his widow at 65 gets an annuity around $50, $65, $80 or $95 a month? 4. Presidential candidate of the States Rights party ("Dixie crats") in 1948 was Byrd, Brynes, Eastland, Talmadge or Thur mond? 5. The average car on the road today is about 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 years old? 6. Job opportunities for Ne groes in the. last 10 years have become better or worse or stayed about the same over the country as a whole? 7. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wid ow of the World War I presi dent, is or isn't now alive. The Answers: 1. College wom en more likely to work after marriage. 2. Command (to wash the feet of the poor). 3. A little over S80. 4. Thurmond. 5. About six years old. 6. Become better, says the government. 7, Is at 83. W1 1 jXNEWS PAPER ASSOCIATION MAIL TRIBUNE The Independent Vote Just how commodious and invincible are Ike's coat-tails? Judging by the comments heard from Re publican enthusiasts if a yellow-dog happened to jump on by mistake he would be elected to congress for sure, and might even make the senate. Mebbe so. There is no doubt of the President's great per sonal popularity, but we are not so sure about equal popularity of the Republican party. Nor are we cer tain that here in Oregon at least, all a candidate for any national office needs is a smile and a nod from the present occupant of the White House. A FTER all Oregon's motto is "she flies with her own wings." Few important elections in the past have been decided by the rabid partisans on either side, but by the rank and file, largely composed of the independent voters who, like Andy Gump, "wears no man's collar." However the proof of the pudding is in the eating and probably the exact potency of the White House "coat tails" in this election will have to await the verdict in November. JVIEANWHILE we think the " Anything to beat Morse" press might be wise to pay a little less attention to calling Oregon's senior Senator names and a little more to his record in the Upper House covering close to a dozen years. For that record is what is going to concern the in dependent voter, the principles Senator Morse has stood for, the principles he still stands for, and if re elected he, can be depended upoir to stand and fight for in the future. Calling the f ormer dean of the Oregon Law school a traitor, a. turn-coat, a renegade and an all-around So-and-So, no doubt gives intense pleasure to the 100 per cent GOP partisans. But that sort of thing makes no votes or at least thev have the votes of that group anyway. What be the nonpartisan and independent vote while a few Democratic votes thrown Old Guard will get neither by lambasting Oregon's highly capable senator hither and yon for deciding his political beliefs were better represented by the Democratic rather than the Republican party, and acting accordingly. There are many Democrats and thousands of In dependents who not only but who in the past have taken similar action for much the same reasons, themselves. TN THIS connection it is rather amusing to look back over the records of some of the most rabid journalistic critics of Senator Morse, here in Oregon. iour years ago they man who had the effrontery to change candidates in mid-stream, come out in the open, display his true colors, and join the Democratic party, where thev then said he belonged. JtJut now that he has done JUST that, he should. according to the same newspapers, be put in irons and shot at sunrise. It is surely hard to please some people and some newspapers! Jti.w.K. Anything To Get Morse We- have heard nothing recently about the effort of Mr. Woody Smith of Hood River to have the name of Wayne Morse stricken from the Democratic pri mary ballot because he is faith." Lest there be some Woody Smith, he is Senator Morse's opponent in the primary. Just what is a Democrat m good faith r Must he be one from birth? Perhaps the Circuit Court at Salem to which the aspiring Mr. Smith has appealed will decide this momentous ""THE Corvallis Gazette Times, one of the most per sistent critics of Oregon's senior Senator, hopes so. With apparent seriousness it seconds the Hood River candidate's motion, and seems to feel that Sen ator Morse is neither a bona fide Democrat nor a bona fide Republican but merely an opportunist out for himself. That is an old story and is too old or too false to be drive by the GOP to get Wayne Morse at all costs and replace him with someone who can be depended upon to tip his hat and order from GHQ comes down from on high. WE TRUST before the VAXlVt Will UV jJX that Senator Morse is only regard for what he believes nation or his state. Even the Senator's most accused him of stupidity. Certainly a member of realize that any criticism dent since T.R. would involve the loss of votes, would have to be profoundly stupid. Also how about that handed against the seating chairman of the important the Eugene Guard another bitter Morse critic praised Oregon's senior Senator for that courageous and statesmanlike stand. Senator Morse lost favor with practically all members of his party living south of the Mason and Dixon line, as a result however. The same personal sacrifice was involved in his op position to the Southern Manifesto on the school segregation issue. But Senator Morse, as usual, fought for what he believed to be right, even if he had to make the fight alone. Is that, the behavior of a self-seeking opportunist? If so lets have more of them! R.W.R. - '. ' Tuesday, March 27, 1956 they will need to win will in, would do no harm. The heartily approve that action were demanding that the not a "Democrat in good who have never heard of question. a false one. But nothing resurrectecj for this all out vote "aye" every time the campaign is over some evi- -Li- Will UilC L CUl X tU OilU V out for himself with no to be the welfare of the bitter critics have never the Senate who did not of the most popular Presi fight practically single- of Senator Eastland as ludiciary committee? Even Friendly Talks, No Problems, Seen at Three-Nation Meeting By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Today's conference at White Sulphur Springs is a new devel opment in the relations of the rSl United States, Canada and Mexico. President Ei senh o w e r is host to Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent of Canada and President Adolfo Ruiz Charles McCann L-Ort 1 n e S OI Mexico at the West Virginia re sort. It is purely an informal meet ing. No big decisions are to be made. But it brings together the leaders of the three countries' which make up the North Amer ican continent from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Relations of the United States with Canada are- traditionally close. The fact that the 2,700 mile American-Canadian fron tier is completely unguarded has long been a world marvel. Separate Relations Maintained Relations between the United States and Mexico have long been friendly also. But these relations are main tained separately. The United States is linked to Canada by the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization and by other ties of all sorts. It is linked to Mexico through the Organization of American States. The OAS was formed in 1948. It stems from an "International Bureau of the American Repub lics," which was formed in 1890 and later was called the Pan American Union. It comprises the 21 American republics. Canada is not a member of the OAS because it is a member of In Ihe Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Government statisticians re port that although food prices went down last month the cost of nearly everything else went up. The net result, the report adds, is that the cost of living remain ed the same in February as in January. ANYWAY, we're holding our own. But . ' What's going to happen SOME DAY if food prices keep on going down while prices of everything else keep GOING UP? "JTfORE economic stuff: Last year set a new record in big fires and big fire losses in the United States and Canada. The National Fire Protective lists 316 fires in the BIG FIRES category in 1955 224 in the United States and 22 in Canada with a total property damage of 268 million dollars. VlfE'LL all shrug our shoulders, I suppose, and mutter that "it was covered by insurance, so why should anybody worry." Wait a minute. All insurance does is to SPREAD THE LOSS. When losses are abnormally heavy the price of insurance has to go up. So we all help pay the bill. It works just like taxes. Taxes are included in the cost of pro duction, so that the higher taxes are the higher prices must be. It's the same way with insurance costs. SOMETHING for nothing stuff: Two Canadian boys started out yesterday to hitch-hike to Florida, figuring it would be a cheap vacation. To avoid bor der complications, they started across the Niagara river on the ice. Cops picked them up and sent them back home, advising them to find a less dangerous route to the sunny south. "VTORE of the same: A previously respected busi ness man back in the state of Delaware was caught last night robbing the night deposit box of a bank. He used a key issued to him for depositing money from his own business to open the top of the box. He then em ployed a fish hook and a line to snag deposited money bags and drag them out. Cops nailed him in the act, and when he was arrested he asked if he could get a pack of cigarettes from the glove box of his car and they said he could. Instead of a pack of cigarettes, he took out a pistol and shot himself dead. TlfORAL: 1T1 The two Canadian kids would have been better off to have worked and saved up for a regular vacation. The guy who stole from the bank's night deposit box would be FAR better off if he . had worked and EARNED his money instead of thinking up an unusual scheme to steal money from oth er people. p REACHING? No, it's just the cold truth. Honesty IS more profitable than dishonesty. Working for what you want IS more profit able and more rewarding than trying to get you what you want without work. i the British Commonwealth and Empire. It is possible that the White Sulphur Springs conference may bring the relations of the United States, Canada and Mexico into somewhat closer coordination. Canada is playing an increas ingly important part in world af fairs, especially in the United Nations. This is due largely to Lester B. Pearson, secretary of state for external affairs, who is at the White Sulphur Springs conference. Now approaching his 59th year, "Mike" Pearson is one of the most popular foreign minis ters. He is recognized as a bril liant diplomat. He has made Can ada's part in the U.N. much big ger than those of many coun tries which outrank it in popula tion. Heir To St. Laurent Still, young-looking and slim, Sen. Stu Symington Presidential Possible After Minnesota Vote Washington (CQ) The Min nesota presidential primary cat apulted Sen. Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.) into the Democratic presidential "possibility" pic ture, even though Symington had no direct connection with the campaigning or balloting there. Sen. Estes Kefauver's sound whipping of Adlai E. Stevenson in the Minnesota race produced the boost for the 54 -year -old Symington. Tall, handsome, graying Stu Symington is recognized as an accomplished administrator. His political pulling power is open to discussion. Nevertheless, he has been thrust, against his will, he claims, into the picture by political leaders and friends in Missouri. The party organiza tion there, with the notable ex ception of former President Harry S. Truman, has laid the groundwork for presenting Sy mington to the Democratic Na tional convention as a "favorite son" candidate. Compromise Possible " With the serious impairment of Stevenson's chances, talk among organization leaders has turned to starting a drive to get Symington the nomination as a "compromise" candidate. Kefau ver still is opposed by the bulk of the organization. Stevenson's bandwagon has slowed to a walk. Gov. Averell Harriman is drawing the open opposition of southern Democrats. Thus, the reasoning goes, that Symington might find support from all fac tions needed to get the nomina tion in 1956. Symington was a business executive who entered govern ment in 1954, charged with dis posing of surplus war materials. Then he became Assistant Secre- Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of 4he writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a Den name or initial for publication is oermis lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Don't They Care? To the Editor: Can it be that one of every three eligible vot ters in Jackson county care so little about government that they don't even vote? That's the record thus far, with nearly 13, 000 persons as yet not regis tered. Surprisingly, some of these people are simply uninformed, and thus repetition of pertinent registration facts bear repeat ing through press, radio and TV. One would assume that busi ness and professional men would be well aware of qualifications for voters, yet this incident oc curred at a recent men's service club meeting: A presidential petition was circulated and many members affixed their signatures. How ever, later checking proved many of these signatures inval id, as they were not those of reg istered voters. Further check showed that among the ones not registered, some were not aware that re-registration is nec essary when one has changed address, or that one must re-register if he has not voted in the past two years. Then there are others who have moved to Ore gon from out of state and are not familiar with our pre-reg-istration procedure. So for the uninformed, let us repeat again, the deadline for registering to vote in the May primaries is April ,17th. This may be done at the courthouse or with any one of the 37 reg istrars throughout the county. And for the procrastinators, wouldn't it be helpful to print a daily reminder in the news paper? How is this: "Only 19 days left to register." (And so there are, as of March 27). Helen Thomas, Voters Service Chairman, League of Woman Voters, Medford, Oregon. Pearson is regarded as the likely political heir to his chief, 74-year-old Prime Minister St. Lau rent. St. Laurent did not enter poli tics until he was 60. He was for eign minister himself when, in 1947, he was made prime minis ter. Ruiz Cortines became presi dent of Mexico in 1952. He has kept his country closely allied with the democracies. His for eign minister, Luis Padilla Nervo, is likewise at White Sul phur Springs. Padilla Nervo, like Pearson, has made a name in the U.N. He is one of the most influ ential Latin American diplo mats. Pearson and Padilla Nervo are holding separate talks at White Sulphur with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, discussing matters of mutual interest. There is nothing, however, for them to argue about. tary of War for Air, moved to the secretary's office in the inte grated Defense department and then took over two trouble shooting jobs for the Truman administration: head of the Na tional Security Resources board and head of the Reconstruction Finance corporation. Back Into Politics In 1952, he resigned, returned to Missouri and announced re tirement from public life. Three months later he was in the race for the Democratic senatorial nomination, opposing Truman backed J. E. (Buck) Taylor. He won the primary and general election, then announced he was not a candidate for anything else, preferring to serve out his six-year term in the Senate." In the Senate, he voted with his party 91 per cent of the time in the 83rd Congress and 88 per cent during the first session of the 84th Congress. He was "on the record" 93 per cent in the 83rd, 98 per cent in the first half of the 84th. In the 83rd, he sup ported President Eisenhower on 40 per cent of the roll calls, op posed him on 45 per cent. In the first half of the 89th, his support-opposition was 71-27. His most vigorous opposition to the President has come in the field of defense policy and spending. He has consistently contended the administration was accomplishing economies at the expense of the defense pro gram. Symington's position on other issues are less well-known. On civil rights and segregation, Symington's stand is summed up in the statement that the "Su preme court has declared the principle of law." He advocates gradualism in the "very difficult problem of adjustment. Other Votes In the recent Senate action on the omnibus farm bill, Syming ton voted against the flexible price supports advocated by the Eisenhower-Benson forces, the same stand he took in 1954. He has voted for the Upper Colo rado river storage project, St. Lawrence Seaway, and said "Hells Canyon site should be de veloped as promptly as possible for all people." On the matter of tax cuts, Symington has taken the posi tion that "until we have ade quate defense and improved government efficiency, I do not favor any substantial tax reduc tions." The government efficien cy he speaks of is characterized by his contention that a true in tegration program in the De fense department could save the taxpayers $5,000,000,000 "with out reducing our military strength. And that would guar antee balancing the national budget." (Copyright 1956, Congressional Quarterly) ian Land Fraud Brings Penalties Portland U.R) Triple dam ages of $150,000 against three Oregon men were assessed by U.S. District Judge Gus J. Solo mon here yesterday in an Indian land fraud case. The damages were awarded against Frederic M. Marsh, Leb anon; Clyde W. Flinn, The Dalles, and John C. Blanford, Ontario. The land involved was a 160 acre parcel known as the Maggie Summers allotment in Curry county. The trio was convicted of a similar fraud in 1953 and all served prison terms as a result of that case. Beneficiary to the money, if it is collected, would be a North Bend Indian woman, Lulu Nich ols Gnadt Noel, Judge Solomon set aside the sale of the timber, valued at $50,000 and purchased for $11, 000, on the grounds that it was invalid because it was made be fore a patent to the property had been issued. Matter of Fact Y Democratic Disarray Washington The Democratic party these days is suffering from more afflictions than Job. The party is bitterly divid ed. Outside the farm areas it has failed to develop winning issues. In Adlai Stev enson it is in a fair way to losing the only Stewart Alsop candidate on whom the various factions can agree. And, as if all this weren't enough, the party is flat broke. Not even the most sanguine Democratic partisan on Capitol Hill claims that this session of Congress has been a political success for the Democrats. Some Republicans, indeed, have al ready begun to borrow Harry Truman's old slogan, and are talking about "the good-for-nothing, do-nothing Democratic Congress." The Congress has passed two major bills. The first was the gas bill which divided the party, killed the "giveaway" issue, and. gave the President an opportunity to reap an im portant gain with his veto. The second was the farm bill, a Christmas tree bill if ever there was one. Especially if the Presi dent vetoes it, the bill may help the Democrats in November. But it is not going to be easy to point at it with pride, as a piece of intelligent and responsible legislation. TT IS hard to see what else the Democrats are going to point with pride at, unless shrewd majority leader Lyndon Johnson pulls some unexpected legislative rabbits out of his hat. The President, in his cleverly conceived legislative program, aborted many issues on which the Democrats had been count ing confidently. On other issues, the majority has been paralyzed by its internal division. The bitter North-South divi sion has blocked any increase in minimum wages, for example, or any revision of the Taft- Hartley Act, and it has probably blocked any important revision of the McCarran Act. There is no central party issue on foreign policy, party because the pres tige of Senator Walter George has acted as a shield for Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles. Similarly, defense is not nearly the political issue it might otherwise be, because of the prestige of the President in defense matters. "DEFORE this session began, the - Democratic leadership was counting heavily on aid to ed ucation as an issue for 1956. But it now seems highly unlikely that any school bill at all will be passed, simply because the school bill automatically in volves the inflamed issue of school desegregation. The bitter feeling aroused by the desegregation issue are, in deed, at the heart of the Dem ocrats' troubles. The issue was dramatized by the "manifesto" signed by 19 southern Senators and 77 Representatives. It was further dramatized by the ap pointment of Senator James Eastland, the leading segrega tionist, as chairman of the pow erful Judiciary Committee. The Eastland . appointment gives the Republicans a wide- open opportunity to tell Negro voters that "a vote for a Dem ocrat is 'a vote for Eastland, The Republicans are planning to exploit the issue further by ask ing for a committee with sub poena powers to study civil rights. And for the first time there are real signs that many Negroes, who is the past have voted Democratic almost as a solid bloc, are turning back to the Republican party. fFHE situation of the Democrats -"- is further complicated by the near-mortal wound suffered by Adlai Stevenson in Minnesota, Since 1952, there has never been wild enthusiasm about Steven son even among the Northern Democratic leaders. But he was at least acceptable to almost everybody he was a bridge be tween the factions, which was his great strength. Now the MR. INSURANCE FRED BRENNAN If you have a hail damage loss, we would appreciate your asking us to pay it! So call us for hail insurance and remember it costs no more to place it early it pays to be safe. Don't be sorry! CALL MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY . Phone 2-4940 plewart Alsop bridge has been badly weakened, if not washed away entirely. And there is really no other visible Democratic candidate who can act as a bridge. Add that the Democrats have just enough money to keep the National Committee ticking over, and the picture of Dem ocratic disarray becomes com plete. The coming campaign is sure to be the most expensive in history, and the Republicans, thanks largely to the brilliant management of Chairman Len Hall, have more money than at the very height of the lushly financed 1952 campaign. Add finally, of course, that there are no signs that President Eisenhower's remarkable person al popularity is slipping. It might ' then seem about time to report the approaching demise of the Democratic party. But two facts suggest that such a report may be premature. The first is that the Minnesota primary is only the latest evid ence that the anti-administration farm revolt is perfectly real. The second is that, ever since 1952, the Democrats have been stub bornly and illogically winning elections. 1956. New York Herald Tribune Inc. IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH New Orleans (U.R) The Supreme Court reversed a $400 fine against Dr. Joseph Lanasa Monday when he testified that blue-black ink was the closest shade to black that he could find. Lanasa had been accused of failing to comply with the law by signing death certificates with blue-black ink. Exclusive in the April1 Ladies' Home Journal SHE IW NEVER 10 YOUNQ YANQEEieiLT. mu mm AT PAPA'S MILLIONS by Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr. Here's the frankest account ever written of the marriage that split the Vanderbllt dynasty . . . started the society feud which survives todayl Grace Wilson had charm, beauty, wealth, position . . . yet when young Neily Vanderbilt married her, he risked and lost a $40,000, 000 inheritance, and his father never spoke to him again. Now, In the April Ladies' Home Journal, their son, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., reveals the facts of a lifelong; fight that began the day his father decided to marry the glamorous Grace Wilson. You'll know the undying rivalry between two amazing women ai you see how the two Mrs. Van derbilt Grace and her mother-in-law grapple to become soci ety's leader. It'i a rivalry so in tense, so unforgiving, its repercus sions echoed all over the world and started the feud between the Vanderbilti, Whitneys and Goelets. And fabulous as this story Is, it's played against a background of even more fabulous wealth. Cor nelius, Jr., reveals how the Van derbilts made their fortune . . . how they crashed into New York society . . . and the truth about how Neily made his own fortune. You'I see why Grace had hot water running through her towel racks . . . why Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury considered Grace's solid-gold water taps practical. Read this vivid, unforgettable account of this world-famous family that if still making front-page headlines. You'll learn: Franklin D. Roosevelt's reply whan Grace told him she didn't like him. The truth about William H. Vander birt'4 saying, "The public be damned." Did Margaret Mitchell model Rhett Butler of Gone With the Wind after Grace Wilson's father? Why two-thirds of the guests re futed to come to Grace and Neiht fashionable wedding. PLUS 38 other articles, stories and features. Out today... on all newsstands ..,......,......,......., . APRIL t "JOURNAL" I 7Xtugiami bvjmk ieimt in .1: A CURTIS MAOAZINI ink! Feud
