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St. Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL EOITORIAI IassocIi-ailon jp-Vninia..il.'.llBJ or" NEWS PA PER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files ot The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and to years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 3, 1946 (It was Monday) Promoter Mack Lillard has ligned world champion wrestler Ernie Pilaso tor the main event of Wednesday night's card at Medford armory. , From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: County Agent Bob Fowler is the latest bouncing grandfather of a proud baby who arrived Friday. 20 Years AGO June 3. -1938 (It was Wednesday) Jackson county court denies a score of requests by miners tor permission to "work" the old court house grounds at Jackson ville. . Frank Rector installed presi dent of the Medford Typograph ical Union No. 559. 30 YEARS AGO -Jun 3, 1926 (It was Thursday The first barbeque to be- held In Medford for several years will begin in the city park at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the Cham ber of Commerce membership drive. Petitions are being circulated asking the city council to give free license hereafter to the Chautauqua. 40 YEARS AGO Jun 3. 1916 fit was Saturday) AQhlanr! Dlans to entertain at loaet 30.000 people on July 4.5 and 6. during the formal open ing of the new park. From Local and Personal col umn: William Moore, or Rose burg, is visiting friends in the city this week. What's the Answer? 1. California's delegates at the 1952 Democratic convention were mostly for Stevenson, Ke fauver, Sen. Russell (Ga.), Harri man or Barkley? 2. U.S. aircraft manufactur ers have orders for around (a) 100, (b) 125, (c) 200, or (d) 250 jet air transports? 3. Korean Vice President-elect Chang belongs to the same po litical party as reelected Presi dent Syngman Rhee; right or wrong? 4. The number of peerages in Britain has declined in the past 50 years, stayed about the same, or gone up? 5. A constitutional amend ment to prohibit abolition of slaverv by Congress was sub mitted to the states on the eve of the Civil War; right or wrong? 6. Communist international radio propaganda broadcasts have been increasing or falling off in recent years? 7. Woodrow Wilson was born 100 years ago next Dec. 28 In Frinceton. NX. Savannah, Ga., or Staunton, Va? The Answers: 1. Kefauver. 2. 200 jet transports. 3. Wrong (Rhee's running mat was de feated). 4. Net Increase of 214 Right (Corwin amendment. March 2. 1861; rati fied by Ohio. Md.. 111.). 6. Broad casts tripled between 1948 and iocc .rrorrlina to U. S. Infor mation Agency. 7. Staunton. The U. S. exported 3,000.000 tons of coal to Japan in 1954. One-third of the homes in the TJ. S. are 25-50 years old. A Comeback for McCarthy? ' McCarthyism is dead but not buried. With a presidential election approaching there is apparently a country-wide but underground effort to stage a resurrection. We are in receipt of a poster from a post-office box in Glendale, California no names mentioned for example, headed as follows r "Knowland for President IF." THE "IF" means if President Eisenhower should be unable to accept the Republican nomination be cause of ill health, then the supporters of this pro nouncement will be for Knowland, and want "all traditionally-minded American patriots" to gather around the standard of "100 Americanism" now, so if any such regrettable tragedy should happen these 20th Century members, of the Knowland Tea-Party will be prepared. We quote: "It js realistic to assume that the man who admits at this early date he will be able to make only six or seven televis ion speeches might very easily conclude it would be unwise for him to accept the nomination at San Francisco. Shrewd politicians of great power in the party who have always op- . posed the Knowland-Taft-MacArthur elements are warming up several horses in their stable which include Stassen, Dewey, Humphrey, Milton Eisenhower and others. If they are exercising prospective candidates on the risk of an emer gency situation then it behooves us to do something very practical and realistic without in any way embarrassing Mr. Knowland's responsibility to the party." a "llf HERE does Senator McCarthy come in? Well as " v he undoubtedly wished, not by a frontal attack, but by a flank movement aided by the smoke screen of Knowland-Taft-and-Mac Arthur in short, the method made famous by Moscow political infiltra tion. There is in short, no DIRECT plea for McCarthy and McCarthysim, but throughout this manifesto, in a subtle but effective way, the importance of a rejuven ation and reinstatement of, the junior Senator from Wisconsin is made clear. For example, quote : We believe the situation Is so fraught wtih danger in the light of the world crisis that a draft Knowland movement should rise above even his personal desires, to the end that the Republican party be saved from the menace of AP PEASEMENT, NEW DEALISM, UNITED NATIONS tyr anny and a score of other threatening potentials that might mature, if a last-minute decision had to be made by a hand ful of men who literally hate such statesmen as Knowland, Bricker, McCarthy, Jenner, Welker and their compatriots. (The capitalization is ours.) Well there is the cream of the pro-McCarthy group in the Upper House of Congress, for as the poster points out in its endorsement of California's senior senator, he is one of the few GOP stalwarts who. "in spite of terrific pressure from the White House and elsewhere" fought against the censuring of Senator McCarthy. He promised to lead a campaign to with draw from the United Nations if Communist China were recognized another McCarthy item. AND HERE is the final exhortation, which certainly tor did not write it, quote : "The purpose of this call is to alert people who are in a mood to stand ready for a sensational and dynamic chal lenge, when, as and if it becomes necessary. If the emergen cy arises and we are unprepared, our party will be sucked down into a pit of socialistic, international statecraft that could easily sound the death kneU of the Party and Amer ica as we know it and love it" There is the old fear complex and conspiracy bugaboo again. If any of our readers wish to join this "sacred crus ade" and further -the cause of this brand of "100 Americanism" as represented by "Knowland, Brick er, MacArthur, McCarthy, Jenner and Welker," all they have to do is to send their contributions to r. U. Box 1222, Glendale 5, California, and if they add ten cents per name for a list of the friends will each receive mented upon above, suitable for posting in any con spicuous place, such as the the back door of the family California Even Adlai Stevenson's agree about one virtue he One may aeree or disagree with his political views but no one at least no discerning person can deny that he believes what he believes. There isn t a phoney note in his make-up. As Mrs. Roosevelt irecently remarked, Stevenson thinks political problens through he doesn't skim their surface and when he comes to a conclusion he announces it, and sticks to it so long as he believes it, and no longer. THIS INTEGRITY, this 1 has been clearly demonstrated in this primary campaign by his reaction to the results which with the exception of his victory over the ebullient and irre pressible Estes Kefauver been particularly encouraging. Mr. Stevenson has not, like so many politicians, pretended them to be. After the Minnesota debacle, for example, he frankly admitted his disappointment, had no alibis to offer merely said he would continue to stay in the contest and intended to do better by making his position and his THAT he has done. He won a clear-cut victory in Florida, getting 22 out of 28 delegates but he made no pretense it was a cision, and he spared the "disloval opposition, confining his comment to a sin- gle sentence, thanking the "vote of confidence. His opponent, Senator Sunday. Jun 3, 1958 friends similarly disposed, a copy of the poster com front door of the office or garage. K. W. K. Will Decide political enemies should has, namely: HUNbbli, says and he says what he freedom from make-believe, here in Oregon, have not convictions clearer. knockout victory, only a de ear drums and feelings ol the people of Florida for their Kefauver and another op; Veterans Organizations Commission's Pension Washington (CQ) The GI'i General Omar N. Bradley has veterans' organizations tak ing the field against him over his report to President Eisen hower on benefits for ex-servicemen. Bradley, chairman of the President's seven-man Commis sion on Veterans' Pensions, and former chief of the Veterans' Administration, told Mr. Eisen hower that "the whole structure of traditional veterans' pro grams ... (should) be modern ized . . . and brought up to date." Citing the growth in the num ber of veterans and their de pendents since World War II in 1940 there were four million veterans, now 22 million veter ans and their families amount to 45 per cent of the United States population Bradley's Matter of Fact By KEFAUVER FADES Washington Since his defeat in Florida it seems a reasonable guess that Estes Kefauver, that peculiar politi c a 1 phenome non, will begin to fade and grow dim as a figure on the American po 1 i t ical scene. Kefauver 'has another chance in California, of course. His Stewart Alsop defeat in Florida was by the slimmest of margins. It is always dangerous to make predictions about .American politics, and Kefauver has been about the most consistently under-estimated American politician. But when all this is said, it is hard to see how Kefauver can recover from his Florida defeat. To understand why the Flor ida defeat is so devastating in Kefauver's case, it is necessary to understand the kind of cam paign he waged in the last few days of -the Florida race. On Wednesday of the final week of the campaign, all the reporters covering Kefauver took note of the fact that he had made a deci sion sure to affect his whole political future. His decision was to play it rough. - a BEFORE that fateful Wednes itav Var.iiiroi. 1.4.4 V. it.. familiar Kefauver making his simple, earnest, cliche - ridden speeches, shaking his usual quota of a thousand hands a day with automaton - like efficiency. . On Wednesday he got tough. To be sure, he didn't look tough. He never does. As always, his man ner was mild, almost sorrowful, his tone law and hesitant. But he was tough all the same. In all his speeches, he ac cused Adlai Stevenson, more in sorrow than in anger, of veto ing as Governor of Illinois an inadequate pension for the "aged and the blind." That night he went on television and, using an ancient political trick much favored by Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy, he brandished papers to prove his charges. More such charges followed that Stevenson had represented the Radio Corporation of Amer ica before the Supreme Court, and thus favored monopoly, that six Florida Congressmen, whose support Kefauver himself had solicited, had "ganged up" on him when they announced for Stevenson. a a TTOWEVER mild the Kefauver " manner, this was rough stuff, and Kefauver knew it. He must have known that the measure increasing old-age pension which II I ponent, the Portland Oregonian did not show simi lar sportsmanship or restraint. The former proclaimed him a great moral victory while the Oregonian dismissed the Stevenson . By what reasoning moral victory for the man victory for the winner that is a victory so costly that if repeated would spell disaster is not clear. One wonders what the verdict would have been had the former governor of Illinois his mends feared he would be? . Although the margin of lar vote was concerned, was probably not as great as many Stevenson supporters hoped for a victory is a victory, regardless of the margin and this is as true in a primary as in a final MOW IF Senator Kefauver can achieve a similar ' "MORAL victory" in son can register a "similar pyrrhic" triumph in the Golden Gate state, The Gentleman from Illinois wil. enter the Chicago convention as the odds-on favorite and the "Gentleman from itely out of it as far as the party nomination is con cerned. Or so it appears tance. a TN OTHER WORDS, California promises to be as A determining a factor in the race between Messers. Stevenson and Kefauver for the presidential nomin ation of the Democratic party, as it was some four dec ades ago between Charles Evans Hughes and Wood row Wilson for the presidency. The victor will be definitely "in" the race, as the loser, almost as definitely, will be "out" R. W. R. group generally recommended less benefits to non-disabled veterans, more for those dis abled during their service ca reer. Conditions Seen Changed This basic recommendation was made, reports the Commis sion, because conditions of mili tary service have "changed for the better" since the Civil War, concepts of military service are "forcing us to reshape" thinking on veterans' benefits and the "basic needs" for economic se curity are being met increas ingly through general govern ment and private programs. Most controversial is the Commission recommendation that military service is "an obli gation of citizenship and should not be considered inherently a basis for future government benefits." Stewart Alsop Stevenson vetoed was, as the Chicago "Sun-Times" pointed out, "passed by a Republican-con trolled Legislature as a political trap for Adlai." He must have known that the Legislature pro vided no revftiues for the in crease, and thai, as the "Sun- Times also said, it took rare political courage and honesty" for Stevenson to veto the meas ure. ! , If Kefauver did not know these things, it could only have been because he made a consci ous effort not to know them. As a shrewd and experienced poli tician, Kefauver must also have known the risks he was taking in adopting such tactics. In the first place, they were absolutely guaranteed to infuri ate Stevenson's supporters and Stevenson himself. One Steven son intimate, asked if Stevenson might still consent to run with Kefauver if necessary for the nomination, replied in measured tones: Never, never, never. But there is more to it than that. Whatever happens in Cali fornia, Stevenson is now assured of a big and loyal bloc at the convention. If Kefauver had not made his fateful decision to play it rough, he might logically have hoped to inherit an important proportion of Stevenson's dele gate strength if Stevenson failed to go over. Now that hope is 'dead. Whatever happens to Ste venson, he and his managers can now be counted on to do every thing humanly possible to deny Kefauver a place on the ticket. a FTiHE Northern liberal groups, a moreover, who still ex ercise great influence at Dem ocratic conventions, have always been cool to Kefauver some what illogically, since Kefauver has a near perfect liberal voting record, and has in the past shown real courage, especially on civil liberties issues. Now, thanks to Kefauver's tactics in Florida, the liberals will have a logical rea son for opposing him. So will the professional politicians, who have been even cooler to the Kefauver cause. Conceivably, Kefauver might still fight his way to a place on the ticket the notion of a Har- riman-Kefauver ticket, for ex ample, is still much favored in the camp of New York's Gov, W. Averell Harriman. Yet the apathetic Florida voters, in de feating Kefauver by a mere handful of votes have certainly hurt him very badly. And, as so often happens in American politics, it has been Kefauver himself, in his desper ate thirst to win, who has hurt Kefauver most. Copyright 1956, Th New York Herald Tribun Inc. the result as a triumph for victory as pyrrhic. this 6 to 22 defeat was a defeated and was a pyrrhic been beaten, as some of victory as far as the popu election. California and Adlai Steven Tennessee" will be defin at this time and at this dis - e e Reject Report This "new philosophy" has caused a torrent of criticism from three general veterans' groups. The 2.7 million-member American Legion, lor example, sees this proposal .as laying the foundation for a wholesale as sault" on the entire veterans' program. The 1.2 million-member Vet erans of Foreign Wars calls it brushoff of the nation s vet erans; the 125,000-member Am erican Veterans of World War II says it is a "radical depart ure" from current practices and "generally accepted there would be little need for a vet erans' benefit program." Only AVC Supports The Congressional Quarterly found only one veterans organ ization supporting the new pro posals. The American Veterans Committee, with only 25,000 members. May 29 said it "whole heartedly endorsed the princi ples of the Commission. The re port, said AVC, is strictly in line with its "citizen first veteran second" policy. The Legion and the VFW es pecially are angry over Brad ley s report, published while both groups are plugging for liberalized veterans' pension in Congress. The Legion plan to liberalize pension laws for veterans of all wars including Korea would be most expensive according to a Veterans Administration esti mate. The VA says the cumula tive cost could be $77.3 billion by the year 2000. The VFW plan, for World War I veterans only, would cost $28.2 billion by the year 2000. Both the Le gion and the VFW say the Vet erans' Administration estimates are too high although they do not deny substantial additional cost. Added to Present Cost The cost figures for the two plans would be in addition to the cost of veterans' and dependents' pensions already on the books. Under current law the Bradley commission estimates that the cumulative cost in these pensions would total $134 billion by the year 2000. Any new pension plan either for veterans or their dependents not yet suggested would have to be added to exist ing commitments. A second controversial recom mendation by the commission calls for pension programs to be coordinated with the general social security benefits." The VFW places a "highly ob jectionable" label on this pro posal, the Legion caUs it "ridicu lous," says the commission has arrayed" no facts that "clearly showed that social security was serving the purpose which veter ans pensions previously had served." While placing non-service-con nected needs of veterans in a reserve line status" the Brad ley group strongly recommend ed that the "highest priority" be extended to those veterans hav ing "service-connected disabil ities" and further that these com pensation benefits should be liberal and even generous." Other elements of the "new look" at veterans' programs in clude - recommendations for "timely and adequate assistance" to alleviate war-incurred handi caps, continual study of the rel ative economic and social status of veterans in the society and avoidance of providing "piece meal" benefits or special assist ance to "unusual" cases. Plan Endorsed AVC National Chairman Mick ey Levine announced his group's endorsement of the commission report in letters to President Eisenhower, Gen. Bradley and Chairman Olin E. Teague (D Texas) of the House Veterans' Af fairs committee. AVC said it feels that the "vet erans of the nation really be lieve" the commission's work is of "great significance and va lue." Levine suggested the House Committee poll veterans to de termine their opinions. Said AVC, "We are confident that your finding will disavow the viewpoints expressed by leaders of other major veterans' organi zations." Levine also suggested a Citizens-Veterans committee be formed to "inform and educate" Americans about the commission report. Meanwhile, the Legion plans to spend $100,000 to publicize its position on veterans' benefits "in order that the people be Inform ed of the facts." Congress is marking time on both the veterans' pleas and the Bradley commission report. Ac tion seems destined to be put off at least until the new congress convenes in January. (Copyright 1956, Congres sional Quarterly) Editorial Comment INVESTMENT GROWS A growing realization for the need of off-street parking in America's cities is resulting in vast expenditures for this pur pose. . The bulletin of the Public Administration Clearing House carries a report on a survey made by the American Municipal Assn. It shows that present expendi tures and those committed for future action total nearly a hall POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) We overheard a doctor (who shall remain anonymous for obvious reasons) comment on psychiatrists th other day. He said: "Anyone who goes to a psy chiatrist ought to have his head examined." Communications . Letters to the Editor must bear the name end address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permla rible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification end condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Th Only "Honorable" Way To the Editor: You have writ ten many double column editori als to justify a politician chang ing parties, and be governed by principle above party. We do not know of anyone that does not agree with that, and also the right of a senatorial representa tive of a party voting with an other party on measures he be lieves for the best interests of his constituents. We all like to read editorials ' that agree with us. We also agree when a person can no longer agree with the party he had undertaken to rep resent in the Senate, he should resign and get out of the way, and let the Governor, as provid ed by law, appoint a suitable representative. A man of prin ciple above party would surely do that. That would be simple decency after their votes and considerable expense for him, at least when he had fully deter mined to oppose them in the future. Any principle at all would be that, instead of de priving them of any representa tive that the election entitled them to. We know of only two ways of getting to be a Democratic senator, either by election by Democrats as their representa tive, or by appointment by the Governor of the state. We know of no honorable or legal way that a man can get elected as a representative Republican state and then by wishful thinking have himself transferred to Democratic representative, for a state whose Democratic repre sentative had been defeated at election. When a man is elected to a six year term in the senate nothing can deprive him of that job except death, impeachment, or resignation. And any one of the three deprives him of any honorable legal vote in the sen ate, as far as I know, not being a criminal trained lawyer, espe cially if principle enters in above party. When he resigns the job he was elected for, he has no more business in the senate, if he has principle above party. Ira C. Jones, Stewart Ave., Medford, Ore. A "Thank You" To the Editor: This is a "thank you to the merchants of the community and to the member ship of the YMCA for their re sponse to the auction and smor gasbord dinner in May. It was gratifying to the com mittee who worked hard to make the affair a success that it turned out to be a happy, successful occasion. So to all those who partici pated, and especially to those merchants whose generous dona tions of food made the dinner possible, we say thank you. To the committees and persons who gave so much of their, time and effort, we say "Well done," and thank you one and all. Mrs. John Mansfield, Chaiiman, Dinner Committee billion dollars in 326 cities of 25,000 and over population. New York City, the nation s largest, had 9,150 off-street spaces publicly provided in 1955 and plans a $50 million expendi ture in the next five years. The present program has cost $13 million. In most cases, cities have floated revenue bond issues and earmarked on - street parking meter revenues to handle the financing. Sacramento, Calif, is sued $1,600,000 in revenue bonds, acquired several lots and is paying off the debt rapidly. Financial returns are showing an annual surplus of more than $50,000. The bulletin notes that several states, including Oregon and Washington, are having dif ficulties proceeding with off street parking programs because of inadequate state legislative authority. It would seem wise for the League of Oregon Cities to prepare legislation for the next legislature authorizing the for mation of parking districts in Oregon cities. A biU for this pur pose was considered in the 1955 session but failed to make the grade. With parking districts to back revenue bonds the way would be Saved for cities to develop off- street parking. As the number of vehicles continues to increase. the need for permanent off- street parking under municipal control is urgent Eugan Reg ister-Guard. A desk man yesterday un rolled the "copy" from the tele type machines, getting ready to select the United Press news items he would use in today's -issue of the paper. As he read the offerings he became more and more puzzled, as the accounts of Texas league baseball, and stories of happen ings in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio kept piling up. His puzzlement , mounted until he came to an apologetic little note from the United Press, ex plaining that the teletype circuit in this area had been hooked by error to the Texas circuit. It promised not to do it again. a e Earle Jossy, county agent for agriculture, mopped th floor in th county agents' of fice Saturday morning. W gleaned this interesting bit of information from our courthouse reporter, who didn't know WHY he was do ing th mopping, but-who was impressed with the fact that he didn't want it in th paper. A staff member picked up youngster to give him a lift to town yesterday morning, and was impressed with the boy. who, it turned out, was more than 14 years of age, although he only appeared to be about 11. The discussion turned to auto mobiles, on which the youngster appeared to be well-informed. His brother, who is 16, he said, has a car of his own. Turning philosophical, the youth re marked, "This is a car age." . He pondered a moment, then added: "Cars and women." Memorial day. a holiday for most people, was a half-holiday at this newspaper. This con fused on of our highly-efficient telephone switchboard operators, who insisted en Thursday that it must b Mon day. She even told on caller, who asked for a certain staff member, that he wouldn't b in today, sine Monday is his day off. She finally got . squared around aU right, though, a a a Remember the horse, kept on the front lawn to keep it trim med short, who seems to feel he's an automobile because he is found in the garage each morn ing? Well, his owners returned after a week end away recently to find him trapped in the chicken yard. ' And a few days later, they found him back in tti-s garage in the morning, but how he got there is a mystery. They had put a chain across the doorway. and are still puzzling over how he climbed over, or under, with out wrecking a thing. He's like some people we know, who get Into messes as easy as pie, but need help get ting out again. You'r read stories quoting 'reliable sources," and so on. Well, wa'v run across a few definitions which may prov handy in such an event, A "reliable source," we er told. Is th guy you just meti an "informed source" is th guy who told th guy you Just met, and an "unimpeachable source" Is the guy who started th rumor originally. a a Is 'a razor-back a clam or a hog? A minor controversy develop ed in the newsroom over this question yesterday, one faction contending that a razor-back is a hog and nothing else, and an other faction contending that clams, too, can be razor-backs. Or is it razor-necks? We're still not quite sure, for a hotel menu, listing razor-back clams, started the whole thing, but a call to a seafood and butch er shop resulted in a hearty laugh but no conclusive and expert opinion. Th Albany Democrat-Herald editorialized on th perils of th first meeting of th parents of th prospective bride and th prospective bridegroom. It can be "pur horror." th editorialist main tains. He adds: "They brought th two sl, of parents together from dis tant points for a day together. Ages were similar. There wer no disparities of race er na tionality er any of thos ob vious things. "But her father is western representative for a big dis tillery, an arch conservative, a worldly and affluent leader of his circle, and one-a-decad church-goer. "His father is a Methodist minister, a liberal, and pos sibly the most unworldly man since Thoreau. To top it off, he likes solitude. "What did they talk about? "In th words of th would be groom. They sort of kicked th weather around in fact they beat it to death'." "The path to wedded bliss is paved with land mine, th editorial concludes.
