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History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 20. 1946
(It was Saturday)
Rollo, the 18-year-old dog
owned by Edwin Kubli, Apple
gate district stockman, died last
Keek from old age.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smude Pot column: Capt. Thom
as Culbertson, of the airport is
now out of the Army, and no
longer called "Captain," but
Tommy.
20 YEARS AGO
April 20, 1936
(It was Monday)
Between 600. and 700 people
attend the days of '49 party at
Elks temple.
- Pears are now being shipped
from the valley at the rate of 40
cars per week, Southern Pacific
reports. o
30 YEARS AGO
April 20, 1926
(It was Tuesday)
Fines totalling S250 were paid
by 12 traffic violators who
pleaded guilty before Judge
Taylor.
From Local and Personal col
umn: After having been closed
for repairs for several weeks
past, the Jewell cafe on Front
st. opens tomorrow under the
new management of George Ta
kahira, Japanese.
40 YEARS AGO
April 20. 1916
(It was Thursday)
A first class family row has
broken in the ranks of the
"reunited'' Grand Old Party.
From Local and Personal col
umn: The Main st. crossing of
the Southern Pacific railroad,
torn up again this week, is
nearly repaired again.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7T
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Reperl
s 1. Margaret Truman gets mar-
ried in New York City, Inde- j
por.dence, Mo., Washington,
D.C., Kansas City, Mo., or North
Carolina?
2. The 43 states together
spend about as much during the
year as the federal Government,
or much more, or much less?
o. ine tsriusn xiouse ot wm-i
mons contains'a number of Com
munist members, only a few or
none?
4. Secretary of Treasury Hum
phrey used to head the M. A,.
Hanna Co. of Cleveland: textiles
concern, metals producer, Chev
rolet distributor, or insurance
firm?
5. State with highest percent
age of its votes for Eisenhower
in 1952 was Maine, Vermont,
North Dakota, Wisconsin, Kan
sas or Texas?
6. New special . Senate com
mittee to probe lobbying is head
ed by Sen. George (D-Ga.), Kef
auver (D-Tenn.), Bridges (R
N.H.), McClellan (D-Ark.) or Mc
Carthy (R-Wis.)?
7. Asa Yoelson was the real
name of which screen star?
The Answers: I. Independ
ence. 2. Much less. 3. Nont.
4. Metals producer. 5. Vermont.
6. McClellan. 7. Al Jolion.
MAIL TRIBUNE
That Freeway Route
The time is not far off when a decision will have
to be made on what route the proposed new freeway
will take through or around Medford. The state high
way department plans to hold hearings here next
month on two alternate routes it has proposed.
No route can be perfect, and there will be a marked
divergence of opinion on which one is the best or,
rather, the least bad.
-
A MAP PUBLISHED in this paper yesterday shows
the routes proposed by the highway commis
sion. Presumably they have given sufficient study to
the matter to know what they're talking about, al
though, as noted, there are serious objections to them
both.
The commission has eliminated from considera
tion two earlier proposals, for reasons of its own. One
was along the west side of the valley; the other was
along Bear creek, either on an elevated viaduct, or
lowered into the channel bed proper as proposed
and advocated by E. M. Tucker, who still thinks it's
a good idea.
Apparently the commission didn't consider a fifth
proposal, one we rather liked, incidentally which
was to elevate it above the SP tracks through down
town Medford. We were informed that the cost of
such a plan would be prohibitive.
TTHE HEARINGS on the routes will serve as a use-
f ul forum of public opinion with regard to the
routes. But discussion in advance of those meetings
might serve to clarify our thinking on the alterna
tives. Letters on the subject are invited.
We might suggest that those interested also make
what highway men call "windshield surveys" of the
routes under discussion.
The fact that the highway department has nar
rowed its consideration down to two routes does not
necessarily mean that all others are automatically
out the window. But it apparently does mean that, un
less some conclusive reasons against them, or for
other routes, are brought forward, the commission
will choose between the two pictured yesterday.
CACH WOULD START at Seven Oaks, where the
new highway joins the old a mile or two north of
Central Point. Each would follow the same route in
to north Medford and by an over-pass past the Crater
Lake highway. - ;
It is at this point they would go different ways.
The so-called Hillcrest line would swing to the east
and around the city, to an interchange at approxi
mately the junction of Bamett road and the Phoenix
road, then south along the east side of the valley, past
Phoenix, to other interchanges at Fern Valley road
and North Ashland, and finally to another inter
change at Oak st., where the other route also would
come out. Both proposals follow a line by-passing
Ashland to a Green Springs interchange and one
south of Ashland. ,
The Genessee route would come into Medford
from the Crater Lake interchange, down a line just
east of Genessee st, swinging slightly east to a South
Medford interchange at Barnett rd., and on south,
roughly paralleling Bear creek and the present high
way. There would be interchanges at Phoenix, Talent
and North Ashland. The rest of the route wTould be
the same as the Hillcrest line.
'
""OBJECTIONS to either route are fairly obvious.
. The Hillcrest line would pass through some
of the finest orchard and agricultural land in the val
ley, both east of Medford itself, and all the way south
to Ashland. With a wide, four-lane right-of-way, this
is not an inconsiderable item. It would be several
miles from the city if that is, indeed, an objection,
and many merchants, particularly those catering to
the tourist trade, think it is). It would place the South
Medford interchange a considerabe distance from
downtown Medford.
As to the city route, the principal objections are
all related. It would destroy a large segment of resi
dential area, where people have, made their homes
for many years. In addition, it would make an even
larger segment less desirable as residential property
than it is now, no matter how attractively it is con
structed. For who would live, by choice, near a busy
main highway? As for the rest of the route,. it might
destroy less agricultural land than the other, but it
would still take a big bite out of a fanning valley
where good land is already getting to be scarce.
QBJECTIONS TO the other proposals seem to be
equally compelling and the highway commis
sion apparently has found them conclusive.
It boils down (as so many decisions of a public na
ture do) to a choice of something which will do the
least amount of-harm. And, while some people will
be unhappy no matter what is decided, a decision
must be made.
Perhaps the hearing will provide a basis for an in
telligent and informed choice.
But this much is certain : After the decision is
made, the highway finished and the traffic is flow
ing, the entire region stands to benefit from it; both
economically and in a reduction in traffic accident
hazards.
And this is true no matter which route is chosen.'
E. A.
Whew! Its Over
Well, the Prince and the Hollywood princess fin
ally got married.
Can we all get back to work, now? E. A,
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Fridir. April 20, 1958
Easing of Middle-East Tension
Tops List of Week's Good News
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The weeks good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
The Good
1. The explosive Palestine sit
uation took a marked turn' for
the better. Dag Hammarskjold,
secretary general of the United
Nations, held a series of talks
with Egyptian President-Premier
Gamal Abdel Nasser and Israeli
Premier David Ben-Gurion. The
result was an announcement
that Egypt and Israel had agreed
to a complete cease-fire on their
frontier. An outbreak of actual
war' had been threatened there.
It was a personal triumph for
the quiet-working Hammarsk
jold, -whom the U. N. had en
trusted with a peace mission.
But there was no doubt that a
personal peace plea which Presi
dent Eisenhower had sent to
Nasser and Ben-Gurion last
week played a part also.
2. Twelve nations including
Vital Production Factors
Discussed by Roger Babson
By ROGER BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. In con
sidering possible bombing, there
are several important factors
which must be
w e i g hed by
both emp 1 oy
ers and wage
workers. One
of the first of
these is loca
tion. In "addi
tion to the
quest ion of
whether it is
Roger W. Babson a good place
to live, a location is either favor
able or unfavorable depending
upon its suitability for the in
dustry in which you are engaged.
If the commodity to be produced
is bulky and heavy, accessa
bility, through proximity or am
ple transportation, is necessary.
A successful steel mill's location
is determined primarily by its
accessability to the raw mate
rial. Transportation by rail and
water is highly essential.
Market Is Factor
Another factor m determining
an ideal location for an indus
trial plant is a market for the
finished product. Heavy prod
ucts are therefore excluded from
some markets by consideration
of "what-the-traffic-will-bear." A
carload of silk can be shipped
much farther than a carload of
steel, since the rate cost per
unit would be much less for
silk. This would give it a larger
market. Therefore, accessability
to both the raw product and the
market for the finished goods
is very important in determining
an ideal location for a success
ful enterprise.
Another factor in plant loca-
tion is capital (money). In many
industries, thousands of dollars
must be invested in order to em
ploy one worker. Millions of dol
lars must be invested to con
struct a steel mill. Were it not
for capital, we could not have
ample railways and airplanes, or
tall office buildings, or bridges
to span large rivers. We would
still be in the horse-and-buggy
stage. Capital is what makes it
possible for 63,000,000 workers
to be employed at wages hither
to undreamed of. The United
States is the only nation in
which this Utopian condition
exists.
Importance of Management
An ample, congenial labor
supply is highly essential for a
good industrial plant location.
Manufacturers could not do any
thing without labor. And labor
could not be employed by the
millions without a large accumu
lation of capital. Capital de
pends on labor and labor de
pends on capital: what harms
one, harms both. If ' you are
working in a place where the
above factors are generally
favorable, the next important
factor is management. A man
ager's functions are to organize,
deputize, supervise, and vitalize
the organization.
In summary, an industrial
plant, to have a good chance of
being successful, must enjoy
these five factors materials,
market, money, men, and man
agement. Sometimes I think
that management is the most
important of all. Furthermore,
if you are an employee, remem
ber that the success of the man
agement depends upon you and
the other wageworkers.
Possibility of World War II
I am not advising any worker
to change the place where he
is now working for fear of World
War III. I forecast that such a
war is not coming at once, and
may not come for some time
until after you are retired and
have a good home in the South
or in California. But I do ad
vise young persons who are just
entering industry to avoid cer
tain big cities, some of" which
are sure to be laid waste in the
event of atomic attack. This
means that small communities,
some .miles distant from big
vulnerable industrial cities,
should be preferred - by those
who have not already set their
"roots" elsewhere. .
L
the United States and Soviet
Russia agreed in Washington on
a charter for an international
atomic energy agency. The agen-
cy will coordinate throughout
the world plans to bring to real
ity President Eisenhower's his
toric "Atoms for Peace" propos
al. The charter must be approv
ed at a conference to be held at
U. N. headquarters in New York
City in September. But this ap
proval was believed certain.
3. The Kremlin, in its latest
step in the debunking of Josef
Stalin, dissolved its eight-nation
Communist Bureau of Informa
tion. The "Cominform" had
been organized in 1947 as a
proaganda agency. Russian lead
ers had asserted emphatically
as late as last February that the
Cominform would not be liqui
dated. The reversal of policy
was a tacit admission that the
Cominform had long been a
corpse. President Tito of Yugo
slavia killed it, for all practical
purposes, when Stalin used it
Most large corporations are
now building auxiliary plants
in such smaller safe cities and
towns. Therefore, when you de
cide what industry you are best
fitted for, and what company
you wish to work for, ask the
employment manager to give
you a job in a small community.
This especially applies to pros
pective graduates of high schools
and colleges which are now be
ing visited by employment man
agers seeking good men and
women to join their organizations.
Enforcement is Main
Hurdle for Effective
Corrupt Practice Bill
Washington (CO) "You
will never have an effective
Corrupt Practices Act until a
few politicians and some over
generous campaign contributors
are put in jail."
This challenge by Political
Scientist Samuel Lubell to a
Senate subcommittee spotlights
the problem of policing viola
tions of the election law. Con
gressmen are frank to admit the
challenge hasn't been met.
The United States, has had a
Corrupt Practices Act for. 31
years, setting limits and requir
ing regular reports on political
contributions and expenditures.
Under the spur of publicity
about the $2,500 contribution
reiected bv Sen. Francis Case
j (R-S.D.), Congress seems certain
this year to broaden the law's
coverags and make some of its
key provisions more realistic.
Enforcement Necessary
But, critics say, it's no help
to tighten the law unless some
eff icier means of enforcing it
is found. The Justice Depart
ment says only one person ever
has been prosecuted for violat
ing the spending and -reporting
provisions of the current law,
and that was in 1929.
Congressional Quarterly found
that 4C candidates for the House
in 1954 none of whom was el
ected failed to file the required
spending reports.
Existing law is evaded be
cause no one is charged with en
forcing it. Reports of contribu
tions and expenditures are filed
with the Clerk of the House and
Secretary of the Senate, - but
these offices have no authority
to deal with those who do not
report or who submit fraudu
lent, erroneous or incomplete
statements. No committee of
Congress goes over the reports
as a matter of course.
Bills Pending
Pending Senate bills to revise
the Corrupt Practices Act agree
on a new method of enforce
ment. The Clerk and Secretary
who receive reports would be
directed to "ascertain, . when
practicable" whether anyone
has failed to file or has filed a
dc:jctive statement. They also
would compile the reports and
send them on to committees of
the House and Senate. These
committees would seek out vio
lations and report them "to the
appropriate law- enforcement
agencies." -
These provisions are recogniz- i
ed as a forward step, but they j
do not satisfy all the critics of ;
the law. Lubell says, "I do not j
think you can police any . law, )
let alone one as detailed as this ;
one, through a committee of
Congress." !
Others have questioned the
efficiency of the three-step pro-
cedure for dealing with viola- j
tions: Clerk or Secretary to Con
gressional committee to the De
partment of Justice.
Ability Doubted
The Clerk and Secretary, ac-;
cording to the committee report
on the pending bills, "are ex-i
pected to detect violations of the ,
act only to the extent that such i
is readily feasible, and without J
extensive investigation in the
to try to purge him, and failed
dismally,
The Bad
1. Soviet Premier Nikolai A.
Bulganin and Communist party
leader Nikita S. Krushchev ar
rived on a state visit to London
as part of a new Kremlin peace
offensive. Prime Minister An
thony Eden, to his later chagrin,
had invited them to Britain dur
ing the fleeting rosy days of last
summer's Big Pour "summit"
conference in Geneva. The Rus
sians were generous on their ar
rival with expressions of good
will and peaceful intentions. But
Western leaders, including Eden
and Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles were openly suspi
coius. They saw no change in
basic Kremlin policy and sus
pected that "Mr. B. and Mr. K."
sought to split the Allies.
2. Ceylon's new "neutralist"
government took on a decided
leftist 'tinge. Nearly oncthird
of the members of the House of
Representatives chosen in the
recent election are extreme left
ists. Premier Solomon Bandaran
ik has announced that Britain
must give up its big naval base
at Trincomalee. He embarked
this week on a drastic national
ization program.
3. Assassination by extremists
continued unchecked in Cyprus.
Most of the victims in the new
wave of violence were Greek
Cypriots accused of cooperating
with the British. A Greek police
official was murdered as he left
a maternity clinic . where his
wife had just given birth to
their first son. Another was
killed while sitting in the audi
ence at a movie theater. A young
Greek waiter at a British ser
geants mess was murdered in.
bed by masked men who broke
into his home.
field. Spokesmen of those of
fices told Congressional Quar
terly they doubt their ability to
determine the completeness and
validity of the reports.
Or the other hand, the coun
sel of the committee that prepar
ed this legislation says the Just
ice Department would not enter
a case until it has been certi
fied to it by Congress.
Suggestions that the whole
enforcement problem be turn
ed over to an executive agency
have met a cool reception. Un
der the Constitution, each mem
ber of Congress is "the judge of
the elections, returns and quali
fications of its own members."
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.), suggests an agency be
set up within the General Ac
counting office, an arm of Con
gress, to run field audits and
investigations of campaign fi
nances. These reports would be
used as a check against the offi
cial statements from the candi
dates. Neuberger will offer his
idea as an amendment to the
proposed legislation.
Some senators feel the main
problem is not enforcement but
publicity. What is needed to
keep big contributors and big
campaign spenders in line, they
say, is not jail terms but news
paper headlines.
The opposite view was ex
pressed by President Theodore
Roosevelt in. 1907. "There is al
ways danger in laws of this!
kind," he said, "which by their
very nature are difficult of en
forcement, lest they be obeyed
only by the honest and dis
obeyed by the unscrupulous, so
as to act only as a penalty upon
honest men."
(Copyright 1956, Congressional
Quarterly)
Congressional
Quiz
(Copyright, 195S
ConfressionxJ Quarterly) '
Q Since 1832 when nominat
ing conventions became the
form, three men in U. S. history
have been nominated as Presi
dential candidates by a major
party -more than twice. Name
them.
A Grover Cleveland, William
Jennings Bryan and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, all Democrats.
Only Bryan was not elected.
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Attempts, to Find Solution
To Constitutional Puzzle
Of Disability Move Slowly
By RICHARD SPONG
Washington A House Judic
iary subcommittee is getting
ready for the printer the record
of its second series of hearings
on the constitutional puzzle of
"presidential inability."
A resolution for a constitu
tional amendment and a hand
ful of bills dealing with the same
question have been introduced
at this session of Congress. Presi
dent Eisenhower, in his first full
dress press conference after his
heart attack, urged that the con
stitutional inadequacy be rem
edied. He said that during his
illness "this was one of the fore
most (things) on my mind."
Going Slowly
Even so, Congress is going to
make haste slowly. Chairman
Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) of the
House Judiciary committee and
of the subcommittee is probably
not unmindful of the political
overtones in raising the question
of presidential inability in this
election year. But Celler says
that he will be satisfied if his
group reports by the end of this
session, so that Congress will
have a basis for action in 1957.
The process of changing the
Constitution is such that an
amendment usually begins to get
off the ground only after Con
gress has achieved a substantial
meeting of minds. Although ask
ing for a change "just as soon
as possible," the President em
phasized the need for this kind
of prior agreement. "Every
phase" of the subject, he said
on Jan. 19, "should be carefully
studied by the Congress, advised
... by the Attorney General and
. . . the Executive Department,
and some kind of resolution of
doubt reached."
Worked Well
Moreover, Congress is going
to go slow in changing a system
which, for all its faults, appar
ently worked well during the
President's illness, when Vice-
President Nixon took the lead in
a kind of Consular government.
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marked contrast with the con
fusion that arose the last pre
vious time a President had been
stricken.
President Wilson did not meet
with his cabinet from the time
his illness began in September
1919 until April 13, 1920. He
was able to assume only a few
of his official duties before his
term ended on Mar. 4, 1921;
Improvised Action
But what was to be done?
Twenty-eight acts of Congress
became law without Wilson's
signature. Presidential powers
and duties were either not dis
charged or were handled in such
manner as the Cabinet, the Presi
dent's family, and his personal
entourage could improvise.
There seems to be general
agreement that state papers were
given to Mrs. Wilson first. If
she'- had any doubt as to how
their consideration would affect
the President, she turned them
over to his physician, Adm, Cary
T. Grayson. If Dr. Grayson
thought the President was not
strong enough to pass on them,
the papers were shunted to Sec
retary of the Treasury David F.
Houston or others in whom Mrs.
Wilson had confidence.
Same With Garfield
Much the same sort of con
fusion had ruled after Presidents
Garfield was shot on July 2,
1891. The Cabinet was agreed
on having Vice-President Arthur
act as President, but was un
willing to ask Garfield in effect
to abdicate. In both cases, ac
cording to Prof. Edward S. Cor
win of Princeton:
"The official powers and
duties of the disabled President
were left to be discharged in
such manner and by such devices
as his immediate family and per
sonal entourage had a mind to
contrive. To all intents and pur
poses it was they who determ
ined the issue of disability and
determined it contrary to appar
ent fact."
Glamour Earrings!
it's a terrific tale of ear
rings! There's a style te
flatter every type and
shape face, every hairdo
... There's a style far
every mood and vhim,
every costume effect.
Metals and stone sets.
ST. MEDFORD