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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
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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
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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
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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.
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"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)
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