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Newspaper Page TextFOUTl MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDw'TRIBUNE "X very body in Southern Oregon Reads Th Mail Tribunt" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. rr-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RL'KL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act oi March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Dally and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mo. 350 Sunday Only One year $350. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year tlS.CO 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 oirrciai faper oi jicnsun twumj United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF cmcULAluwi WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY WC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL IassocCatlqn 1 u i v-f bmimiH'iMna Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and iO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO AprU 18, 1946 Ot was Thursday) Earl Newbry, of Newbry or chards, announces purchase of the A. H. Davenhill orchard in Vallew View. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The first 1946 dandelion to bullheadedly push its way through a cement sidewalk has emerged into the bright spring sunshine on West Main. 20 YEARS AGO AprU 18, 1936 (It was Saturday) Tim Fallen. WPA office work er here, and Claude Stevens, city fire truck driver, injured In auto crash. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Horticul turists report the busy bees are not as busy in the pear1 blossoms as they should be. A few farm rg need rain, for a wonder. SO YEARS AGO April 18, 1926 (It was Sunday) From Local and Personal col umn: Despite the recent torrid spell of weather, the first straw hat is yet to be seen in Med ford. Manv men wanted to don such headgear last week, but deferred to custom, which dic tates later summer weather for straw hats. From Local and Personal col umn: Salaries have not been paid for two months by the state board of horticulture. The board has decided to ask for relief from the state's emergency fund 40 YEARS AGO April 18, 1916 (It was Tuesday) Large gathering hears ex-Sen ator Theodore E. Burton speak at Natatorium. From Local and Personal col umn: E. G. Trowbridge Jr., of the Pacific Furniture and Fix ture factory, awarded contract for building judge's and clerk's benches and desks for the court room of the new federal build ing. Whafs the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. President Eisenhower says he accepts or opposes the new (watered-down) form of the Bricker Amendment on the .treaty power, or takes no stand on it? 2. Many more men than wom en are alcoholics, or many more women, or about the same num ber of each? 3. Employers with one em ployee are taxed in some states to assure unemployment com pensation to him; right or wrong? 4. Adlai E. Stevenseon got many more or many fewer pop ular votes for President in 1952 than Thomas E. Dewey got in 1948, or about the same? 5. Total area of Monaco is about (a) t, (b) 2, (c) 5, (d) X2Vi or (e) 25 square miles? 6. Some large corporations have more stockholders than em ployees; right or wrong? 7. The Finns are or aren't con sidered a Scandinavian race? The answers: 1 Opposes It. 2 Many more men. 3 Right. 4 Many more. 5 About VS tq. mi. 6 Right. 7 Axtn'U -jfJNEWSPAPER. SSSf PUBLISHERS MAIL TRIBUNE Hint of Automation The construction of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's microwave relay system, in cluding erection of two big stations on nearby moun taintops, is a fascinating thing to watch. It brings home with a strong impact the electronic miracles which have been wrought within the past few years. Many of the developments which make the system possible were unknown a relatively short time ago. AI7ITHIN a few years it will be possible to pick up a telephone at home, and with a few twists of the dial automatically get a 'connection with virtually any telephone in the nation all in the space of a few sec onds. We are pretty much used to miracles these days. It's only when we stop a moment to think that much of this is done without human assistance that we realize how far we have come in automation. The telephone system is rather ahead of some other fields in automating its equipment. But the same type of progress is rapidly -being made in other fields. MO ONE KNOWS for sure just what effect increas ing automation will have on America. But that it will have some effect is, in fact, already doing so is no question at all. Some economists believe that the results will "be as world-shaking as those of the first industrial revo lution, which changed the face of the earth, the habits of mankind, and the future' of nations. The hint given by the telephone is just that a hint of vast changes to come. Whether or not the changes can be accomplished without accompanying dislocations remains to be seen. We hope they can. E. Civil Rights There was a small story in the paper the other day which told how an FBI official was in town to conduct a course for police of them attended. The class didn't deal with anv of the techniaues of law enforcement, as most of them do. It was con cerned with civil rights. We found the idea of such a class cheering. COR, MORE THAN a great many people seem to realize, civil liberty is the one great, basic and im portant idea which started this nation on its road to greatness. ... , Without civil liberties there is no freedom in the sense in which we customarily use the term. And, historically, police departments, set up orig inally for our protection, are the places where civil liberties are in the greatest danger. " This may be paradoxical, but it is nonetheless true. For, given a little authority, it is . all too easy to wield that authority without discretion, and without remem bering that a police officer is a servant of the public not a "boss." THAT IS WHY constant training and indoctrina tion are vital in the operation of a good police de partment. And it is why a course such as that con ducted here last week is a significant thing. A police officer, of all people, must know that each individual has certain rights which must be respected and pro tected. . It's too easy to shrug off injustice when it hap pens to someone else. And it's sometimes difficult to remember that there, but by the grace of God and the protection of the constitution, go I. 'THE SCHOOL here was one of 750 being conducted all over the nation this year by the FBI, with a goal of reaching more than half of the nation's 200, 000 law enforcement officers. The schools recently motivated a couple of col umns by the New York Herald-Tribune writer, Ros coe Drummond, who found they were bringing about "a new level of positive contribution between federal and local authorities on one of the most delicate and critical fronts of law enforcement ..." He said: The FBI, as the investigative arm of the U. S. depart ment of justice, considers civil rights cases of the utmost importance and gives the highest priority to civil rights . investigations. Such investigations are difficult and, at times, delicate, because they require interviewing state and local police officers, some of whom may not be in sympa thy with the investigation, and the obtaining of evidence against enforcement officials who have cooperated with the FBI on other matters in the past. ' THIS IS ONE of the reasons why the FBI is eager that state and local police fully understand that the FBI can intervene to investigate any action by the police which vio lates civil rights guaranteed under the Constitution. As a result of these schools, the FBI is finding that the local police are increasingly aware how they can do a better job in safeguarding civil rights, conscious that one case of police abuse is "one case too many" and that investigation and correction are best for all . . . - THE GUIDING tenets which the FBI's specially-trained Instructors bring to these conferences with the local police are: That peace officers must know the basic liberties they share with other Americans. That they must know and act within the limitations to their own authority. That willfully depriving any person of his constitutional rights by public officers acting under the color of law is a violation of federal civU rights statutes and automatically ' becomes an FBI case. That a single act of police brutality is a blow to respect able and responsible peace officers everywhere in the U. S.t starts a chain reaction in the courts, the press and among the public, makes resistance to law easier, enforcement of law harder. -E. A. Wednesday, April 18, 1958 A. officers of this area. Forty Future of Singapore's Great Military Bases Now at Stake By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The future of Britain's great Singapore naval and air base hinges on a conference which will open in London next Monday. David M a r shall, chief minister of Sin gapore, will negotiate with Colonial Sec retary Alan Lennonx -Boyd V, M..1 Charles McCann miuic status of that island crown col ony which lies off the tip of the ii "nlf - In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, President Eisenhower has just vetoed the hodge-podge farm bill that was designed primarily to buy enough votes in the big farm states to swing the 1956 election. IN his veto message, the Fresi: "The problem is price-depressing surpluses. Excess stocks of certain farm commodities nave mounted to market destroying, price-depressing size as a result of wartime price incentives too long continued. "Any forward-looking, sound program to meet the needs of farm people must remove the burden of these accumulations. They are depressing. 1 the net farm income by many" hundreds of millions of dollars a year." rpHAT is to say: :"- These surpluses that have accumulated as a result of high price guarantees hang over the markets of the future like a dark thundercloud. Thev will con tinue to hang over the markets like a dark thundercloud as long as they exist. They will continue to exist as long as high subsidized prices, which encourage and promote overproduction, are continued. IN his veto message, the Presi dent continues: "H.R. 12 (the election year fasm bill) would not correct this situation (accumulation of prices depressing surpluses.) It would do harm to every agricultural region of the country and also to the interests of consumers. "Thus it fails" to meet the test of being good for farmers and fair to all our people." rpHAT being the case (and I think every informed, fair minded person will agree that it is the case) it was the duty of the President to veto it. So he vetoed it as nearly everyone expected that he would. News About Books From the Library One of the most noteworthy events in American life in the last decade has been the emerg ence of Eleanor Roosevelt as a person and as a leader. Every where one finds warm and spon taneous recognition of the con tribution which Mrs. Roosevelt has made. Those who have had the op portunity of hearing Mrs. Roose velt speak on Monday night will be interested in reading about her in the full-length biography, "Eleanor Roosevelt," by Ruby Black.' One section describes Mrs. Roosevelt's early years and the years in Albany as wife of the governor of New York. The second half of the book is given over to a detailed story of the White House years. Autobiography In Mrs. Roosevelt's autobiog raphy, "This Is My Story," she tells of her life and family re lations up to the Democratic convention of 1924. The book, "This I Remember," covers the period from the years preceding Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term as Governor of New York State to the day of his death during his fourth term as Presi dent. For many years Mrs. Roose velt has been conducting a mag azine department in which she has answered thousands of ques tions. "It Steems to Me," is a collection of some of the most interesting of these questions to gether with her answers. "This Troubled World" was written in 1938 when World Peace seemed farther away than ever before. In this book she discusses the many peace plans and presents her own suggestions as to how world peace can be brought about. Impressions of East In "India and the Awaken ing East, Mrs. Roosevelt re cords her impression of the East, combining an account of her personal impression with an analysis of the social and econ omic problems facing Eastern nations.. In her words, "Every American who lives or travels in the East will have to remem ber that he is, in his own per son, an ambassador; not simply Malaya peninsula. Marshall intends to bid for full independence. He wants Singapore to be an independent unit in the British Common wealth of Nations. He is willing to agree that Britain shall keep its Singapore base. But whether the negotiations succeed or fail, Britain may may a historic shift in its stra tegic position. For one thing, there is some doubt whether Marshall could consolidate his position as Singa pore's head man under an inde pendent agreement. Singapore could go Commu- HE goes on: "Price supports at wartime 90 per cent on the six designated basic crops DID encourage pro duction of these crops relative to others ... In addition, acre age DIVERTED from the basic crops shifted surplus into MANY OTHER CROPS AND LIVE STOCK." rpHAT is where we of southern -"- Oregon and far northern California came into the pic ture. Prior to the distortion of the markets caused by the acre age control that had to follow guaranteed high prices for the six "basic" crops, we were grow ing crops to which our area is peculiarly well suited such as barley, potatoes, small seeds, etc. and were doing very well at it. But When growers of the six basic crops had to submit to reduction of the acreage they had been planting to these crops THEY BEGAN TO PUT THE LAND THUS DIVERTED INTO THE CROPS WE HAD BEEN GROW ING. That wrecked our markets. QJOUTHERN , Oregon and far northern California nave sui- fered nothing but evil as a re sult of high subsidized prices for the "basic" crops. If this election year farm bill should be overriden by the political farmers in the congress and should become the law, we would continue to suffer just as we have suffered in the past. IN conclusion, I'd like to sug gest that if the politicians really want to do something for the farmer , they'd better begin to consider ( measures to check the steady inflationary rise of prices of everything the farmer has to buy. That is the real source of the farmer's grievance with present economic conditions. an ambassador of the United States, but an ambassador of democracy ..." All of these books are avail able at the Medford Public Li brary or any branch of the Jackson County Library system. Granae Lake Creek Grange Lake Creek Grange celebrated its 28th anniversary April 12. A potluck supper was held at 7 p.m. Visitors to the supper were Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Morth- land, Mrs. Anna Scott, and Mr. and Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Harding is master of Upper Rogue Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Roberts were guests at the Grange session, not arriving in time for the supper. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ribblett were also guests, and were voted in as members during the business meeting. Twenty-five year pins were awarded to four members during the lecture program. They were Fred Stanley, Mabel Stanley, Leland Charley and Ellyn Char ley. Nora Bradshaw and Claus Charley told their memories of the Grange. Both are charter members. Ellyn Charley listed the original 44 members and the first officers' roll. A display of antique articles was shown. The State Grange meeting will be held at Pendleton. At present there is no one from our Grange that will be able to attend. A square dance party will be held at the Grange hall April 28. Voting was held for officers of the State Grange. Next Grange meeting will be on May 10, when we will change to our summer schedule, starting at 8:30 p.m. BRUSH BURNS Portland (U.R) . Another sign of spring. Firemen last night battled a brush fire which burned about 10 acres near Sky line boulevard. No property damage was reported. Portlan d (U.R) The Army engineers dredge Biddle left here yesterday to join the huge dredge Sayons in dredging the mouth of the Columbia river at Astoria. nist, and Britain must bear that possibility in mind. Admiral Earl Mountbatten, Britain's smart first sea lord, is now on a survey of the strategic situation. He arrived in Singa pore last week end from Austra lia. There is talk that Britain might shift its Singapore base to Labuan, in north Borneo, across an arm of th'e South China sea. There is even talk that Britain might base its de fense on western or. southern Australia. Mountbatten has look ed into that possibility. A shift in the British strategic situation means a shift in the situation of the countries, in cluding the United States, which belongs to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Britain has just taken one blow in the area. Ceylon, to which Britain granted independ ence within the commonwealth, has gone neutralist. Solomon Bandarnaike, the neutralist leader, has announced that Britain must give up its na val base of Trincomalee, on the northeast coast. He says big heartedly that there is no need for hurry. But for all practical purposes Trincomalee already has gone and. Singapore may well f oUow. Communists Control Union Singapore's position as an in- dependent country would be highly insecure. It is not gener ally realized that about 860,000 of Singapore island's 1,120,000 people are Chinese. They m are highly susceptible to Communist influence because their home land is now Red-ruled. Comma nists control the 40,000-man chief Singapore labor union Marshall, . 48 years old, spec tacled, fiery in debate and argu ment, is a moderate. But his lack of real authority is shown by the fact that he has taken to London with him an "'all-party" delegation. This del egation includes the main oppo sition group, the People's Action party. The People's Action par ty, almost entirely Chinese, is strongly Communist - tinged. It might win over Marshall when an election is held. Some British Conservatives are saying already that if Singa pore is given its independence, Marshall will soon find himself a tool of the Reds. That might or might not happen. But even the possibility makes Singapore a somewhat dangerous site for a British base. - . . :. ('. Editorial Comment ' HIGHER REDISCOUNT RATE Federal Reserve banks over the country hiked their' redis count rates last week, except the bank in Chicago where the rate remains at 2V per cent. For the banks in Minneapolis and San Francisco the rate was jumped V4 per cent to 3 per cent, highest in years. Nine other banks made an increase of M per cent to 234. The moves approved by the Federal Reserve board in Wash ington are designed to put brakes on mounting inflation. The rediscount rate is rate charged member banks in the system who, when in need of money, rediscount some of the commercial notes which they hold with the FRB. This gives the bank additional funds. As notes are paid off, the debt of the member bank to the FRB is retired. Credit demand has been un usually heavy this spring. Part of it comes from borrowing to pay taxes; another part from borrowing for industrial expan sion or inventory accumulation. As commodity prices rise, it takes more money to carry in ventories. In the past a credit stringency might be a forerunner of a bus iness reverse. The federal re serve system was set up to help keep business liquid and by use of the rediscount rate to retard or accelerate the pace of bus iness. Just now the pressure is on the brake pedal. Oregon Statesman, Salem. CARPET SPECIAL! 99 Sq.Yd. 2 Rolls Only Light Green and Cinnamon llCgl w Sq. Yd. NO DOWN PAYMENT $6.00 Month Laurh 9 nes CARPET HOUSE 400 E. MAIN PH. 3-5182 Nothing Down - 3 Years to Pay OPEN WEDNESDAY hjIGHTS Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer ilthough under certain circum stances the use ot a Den name or initial for publication is permis rible 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 "Do-Nothing" Ike To the Editor: Harry Truman was right about Eisenhower be ing a do-nothing President ac cording to the Truman policy and record. Ike has had us to the brink of war three times without getting in. He didn't even lie to the enemy to encour age them, as the three last Dem ocratic Presidents did, and all succeeded in getting us-in war. Then he advocates doing noth ing with the, atom bomb except for man's benefit not even kill ing Japanese women and chil dren after they were begging to surrender. Ike even went in and stopped a war that Truman had going good by promises to let the enemy kill our boys wher ever they could find them, but our boys were not allowed to cross the Yalu river to retaliate. Then he recalled McArthur for crowding the enemy too hard, and threatening victory that might stop the war. In all world history did you ever hear of anything like it? A real man of action. ' Ike hasn't taken over a single industry to raise wages and in crease the cost of living. Ike hasn't repealed the Taft-Hartley law. And he wants to stop pil ing up farm surpluses with tax payers money, now over six bil lions. He doesn't want to in' crease the indebtedness that we had to about three hundred bil lions, or increase the cost of liv ing. The laws of supply and de mand are still in operation; the new deal has not repealed them yet. Ike won't even help in taking six billions of industry tax mon ey to buy farmer votes. He seems perfectly satisfied to have world peace and prosperity, with the atom working for man's benefit instead of destruc tion. In calling names, profanity, In Medford In Case Your Friends Forgot. To Tell You ... Claudia Perry (Specialist in Duck Cutting) t and Betty James (she has her good points, tool) Are Now With 131-South Central Ave. SAFEWAY STORE! Voling in Oregon1 Above Average for Nation As a Whole Washington (CQ) The national average of voting par ticipation has been going up in recent elections, but wide varia tions exist from state to state. In 1952, a record 61Vi mil lion persons voted for President. In 1954, 42 million" persons voted for Congress, a new high for a non-Presidential year and an increase of two million per sons over the 1950 total. In Oregon, 695,059 persons voted for President in 1952. The Congressional vote was 564,494 in 1954 and 503,455 in 1950. On a percentage basis, 63 per cent of the potential voters and 80.1 per cent of the registered voters in the 'nation cast Presi dential ballots in 1952. In Ore gon, 67.2 per cent of the po tential voters and 81.6 per cent of the registered voters balloted in 1952. In 1954, 54 per cent of the potential vote and 8.9 per cent of the registered vote was cast in Oregon House races. Nation ally, the figures were 42.5 per cent of the potential vote and 57.4 per cent of the registered vote. Six vears aco. the House con tests drew 49.8 per cent of the potential vote and 70.3 per ceni of the registered vote in Oregon. The potential vote in Oregon went from 1,002,000 in 1950 to 1,035,000 in 1952 and 1,046,000 in 1954. The registered vote in the same three election years was: 710,000, 852,000 and 820, 000. Of all the states, Utah has the highest average of voting participation in the last three elections and Mississippi the lowest. (Copyright 1956, Congressional Quarterly) vulgarity, he is just a do nothing. Ira C. Jones 2325 Stewart ave. Medford, Ore. It's Modern Phone 3-5379 I X YOUU IMPROVE ANY RECIPE THAT CALLS FOR FLOUR WITH KITCHEN CRAFT FLOUR All-PURPOSE Wonderful for pies, cookies,-eakes. breads, biscuits!