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"UBUSHERS . V-AiSOCIATION ?3??s f'is Answer? C.i You Get 4 of lhe 7? ( i.r 45 11 MIiO.ri.il Kef -ar b i:,...rt ! "i l.r::.'. on the nationul , ', ' r,, s!7: billion, S278 ,, billion or $283 ' vvv;ir!i ft., ruber of the Eisen- j hov. cr c.-.f.inol i- a Roman Cath-! o!ic , j Ttc ;ul.ir ci an. He smoKcrs ; r.re 5a 'i .r 101)"' more nuim r ous arrows ti'a" omen, or 25" lr.ore numerous among womc" cr is i'- about 50-50? 4. ":.'. cr-mmer-ial develop ment of in oil wdl was in T'-xa. Wf-jt Virsinia. California. Tvr-.v York. Oklahoma or Penn fvlvania 5. The island of Corsica is pnrt of France, lialy. Spain. Greece or Turkey f, Acres;e under otton in f' e Suut.n is abmit average, a lifi'- lir.U. very bzK a little Urw cr iry 7 a. .nit! team 'as 'a! 5. ),' .. a t). il It or .ei i:J l. . . c' answer: 1. Now S278 bil Jioti. 2. Secretary of Labor Mitch ell. 3. lC3o mors numerous an oon men. 4. Pennsylvania. 5. ... , n rl....n Ira-ico. 6. very low. . FihM o' lime iMfdmrd arc! Jackson County S;utor irom tli? files of The MstJ Tribune 10. 20. 30 and ?0 rai-s ago 10 TEB.F.S AGO July 23. 1S-1S H was I nd.i Ta'.A r.:rs..r;ns .uS inch fell g.-nerally icf southern Oregon last nigt uod f-.is morning, end ins It" i wive. l i s r.t ArCtur Perry's Yc s uu.."' f column: After a w i 'k p, n oe.r.nr-.nal torridity. the s starved wishing the j cr vi".M a.ttain become 20 YiH?S CD July 25. i333 it tv as Sitndayl Tie Jaci.r-i.-i C'-ir.ty Chamber of ( ;"..i'-,cvcc hss endorsed a resCi-J'. io;j roll ins for inspection fa - 'tics and oti-ier farm pri'J jcs c7,-,-rintJ Oreenn frosTv adjoinina t'a-V. Olen Arn sp'.ff. chartti-.-r jircs.dent. an nousce".. . : s j12o.wo sewase dis- j pi t't pU't: in i.:ll operation: en-) sitkTtv v.i'-t it i miming MX-' X:? i-nd t:;i U fsyi-cta'e.ns. ; . . ; 30 Z.?Z AG3 July i::s ' lit ;, "ii'iic.'?' XVSvri niV. Aiwricstt. Le gion -, i- trtt ct. t tit am'.ory at S i m. t'tr'ay. nes l. l inn of Zi-t tyir.. Up0n thousands of people in the area that was former ct' ' i'ne t:caiifor hfds 'foF b' sei'veil. After ail. everyone cannot fly. drive an auto-riu-t.on '..fiiow ; mobile long distances or hop a bus. distr cu:' ,0 ,v,-'"v w. smen'ineg iiaii - nth of the Rogue ung by commcr - :: was announced. the rim of Crater JO. 2, 1315 n. ::- i"e rive cia' Ll.: G'JZSS HZ LL DO Batile C:-. '.. Mich. U.R' sr..;-. i.i s:.i!c C 'iice always get their : t:. : ov-:t tltoush he some times isn't tho right one. Two ' troorcri b 0K::tg tor Annrew kit-.u for Andrew Jack--on. wh.o escaped from a prison larm stopped a man waiking along a highway near here for ,,uo.tionins. it wasn't Jackson, but it was Willie Gill- ard. 23. who had escaped from ; the prison farm. USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS MAIL TRIEUNE Slander The SP ? To the Editor- . Pi'.a.-fc stop 'injustly criticizing the Friendly Southern Pncif.c jr. your editorials. It does not enhance the reputation 1 of your paper to print oniy one side of a given question, esp-.-ciaily when you stretch the facts in favor c thi. side, r-irase use your editorial pa;e for purpo.-cs useful and bene i:: Jol. not for slander. Ed Coyle. 708 Park Street, Mt-dford. The above, typed on a postal card, was well-timed, for it arrived only a few hours, after it had been noted in this column, that for several weeks there had been a derided dearth of epistolary brick-bats which usually mark a presidential campaign year. ; Not that this defense of the SP has anything direct ly to do with politics, or that there is anything objec tionable about the offering (it is relatively speaking quite temperate in fact), but it does represent the sort ; of criticism so frequently directed at newspaper? dur j ing a political campaign, that we are glad to print and comment on it. "THE CHARGE is made that in its criticisms of the SP and its policies, particularly in the field of pas senger transportation which in southern Oregon has been abandoned, the Mail Tribune has been guilty of "slandering" that public utility, has "stretched"' the facts, been unjust by presenting only one side of the case, etc., etc. As so often happens, however, no evidence to sup- : port siu-n accusations are given. And in this ca.-e, for a very good reason there is Hone! . THE MAIL TRIBUNE, as well as many other news papers in Southern Oregon, has been critical of : lhe SP"s "do-nothing" policies, of its high-handed ac i tion in depriving southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia of all passenger rail service, and its refusal to carry out the terms of its original franchise or abide by the orders of the State Public Utility commissioner. A BO YE AEL, we have deplored the fact that the "Friendly Southern Pacific" while parading un der that slogan of good will has NEVER been "friend ly" to this section of the state, it has taken millions of dollars out of the valley in profits from freight, and refused to spend a dime to give those who "pay the freight," even a "Toonerville Trolley" passenger ser vice. As for failing to give the SP side of the case that has been done countless times, as anyone who cares to look over the files of this paper will agree. One reason is there is nothing complicated or lengthy about it. It is short and to the point, to-wit : The Southern Pacific being unable to operate i -passenger service from Eugene to Dunsmuir at a profit. DROPPED it, and thus increased its net profits, of course. Such a policy has been described in this depart ment as similar to the "public be damned policy" of Commodore Vanderbilt when he controlled the New York Central system it was and is putting the Al mighty Dollar above all obligations of public service. Is 'that slander? There isnothing SLANDEROUS about it it is simply the TRUTH ! Vlf E ARE CONFIDENT, moreover, that if an impar- tial audit of the SP's finances were made it would be shown conclusively that if it resumed pas senger service from Eugene to Dunsmuir, even at the estimated loss of former clays, it could still make a handsome profit in its operation in that same district, by using a portion of its profits in freight to pay the losses. In other words, the joint operation freight and pas senger would, we believe, show such a profit that the stockholders would get the same handsome dividends and the executives the same altitudinous salaries, if the operation of this passenger service to southern Oregon were resumed. s CO IT COMES down to what a public utility enjoying i a monopoly, owes to the people of any district it serves. The SP says "NOTHING," unless every unit of its operation shows a profit. The fact that certain units of passenger service operate at a loss while the freight service in that same sates for that loss is "incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial." . TI TFT I T'FFMf APS s VV " , V ' iaw, state and lederal. It it is men. as urged m this department, the law should be changed. ; ITOR. AS WAS so clearly nttu us inv iiiuti i cu from Eue'ene to Dunsmuir, ; Where a billion dollar utility enjoys a rail monop- . -ply in such a prosperous and growing district, the law phoulfh as we it, insist that the utility under the i principle of juiblic convenience and necessity provide 'the area both passenger and freight service, so long ; tnjs ,-0jnt 0peratjon can e carried on and show . . . ... a reasonable net profit. ; Q one jg askjng the SP or any other business to : operate at a net loss. A PUBLIC utility .however, owes an obligation not only to its stockholders in the way of profits, but to the people in the way of service. If the SP ever considered the latter, instead of only the for- there -ix-nnlrl Vip tin SP " v... i Hollywood Publisher Succumbs To Cancer Kollvwood - - ,U.R- Harlan t condition. He was 71. G. Palmer, editor and publisher ; of the Hollywood Citizen-News, died at Good Samaritan hospital ; Wednesday night of a cancerous Thursday, July 26. 1955 ' unit more than compen- . . . tho SP plairrw that U the , ' - shown at the Medford SP j a. .'tt . v, 111.1 u.v works a genuine hardship nroblpm. R. W. R Palmer, a former judge, spent 45 years as editor and publish- pr of his newsnaoer. orisinally known as the Hollywood Citi- zen. Albert Gore Seen as Possible Candidate for Vice President V.'ashington (CQ) The Tenncsseans' role at the Demo cratic national convention can he summed up this way: Kefau ver is the candidate: Clement is thf Keynoter: and, Gore is just ; vvaitina to be called. i The last-named and. perhaps, : , ieast-v. c 11 known of the volun- i ; teer state's remarkable trio of lyoun: political leaders is 48-j .'car-oid Sen. Albert Arnold G'.'i'o. At !: mdshaking. he i? no match for 52-year-old Sen. Estes KciativiT. At oratory, 36-year-; oid Gov. Frank Clement is his better. Lil-.eiiest of Three ! Yet there are those who think ; Gore is the likeliest of the three i ; to v. in a place on the national ticket. A border-state moderate who has held himself aloof from Ke ftiuver's campaign for the presi- dential nomination, he would j balance a ticket headed by ei--ther Avereil Harriman or Adlai E. Stevenson. Gore, himself, says only that he would be "surprised and flattered" if anyone consid ers! him for the vice presidency. Here are the tangibles that make him potentially attractive: li:s career is in the classic pat . ! rn, ineltidina a spell of teacli !!:;. Wvn night law school, then farming and small business. He left C'"ii'-tress to serve in the Army in World War II. A Baptist, lie neither smokes nor drinks. His wife, Pauline, is ran-d no exrellent campaigner. T!:ev h.-.v a .-on. 'A. and a daugh ter 1'" Defeat McKellar l!aaigii young, i? an ex ! I and successful poli ile was elected to the n 19:iS and for six terms tician. House l!ireailr i-. In 1052 he won his Senate scat by challenging and defeating the veteran Sen. Ken neth D. McKellar in the Demo cratic primary. Gore played the fiddle to draw crowds in his early campaigns. Later, he became one of the first Congressmen to make extensive use of television. Foday and By Walter DEFLATION IN MIDDLE EAST Col Nasser has had a bad jolt in his game, which was to run an auction witn Moscow and Washington- London bidding against each other for the privilege of helping Egypt. H i s mistake was not to re alize that this is a game that can be played only for mod saw j Walter l.lppmann erate stakes; when the stakes are as big as in the Aswan dam project, virtually all or nothing, the bidders become more cau tious and may even refuse to play. Before committing them selves to an undertaking which will last for 1 years and will cost a huge sum of money they are bound to ask themselves whether a government like that of Col. Nasser's is efficient and honest enough to administer one of the greatest public works ever begun on this planet. If the Egyptian government proved itself not to be up to the task, the result might well be not power and influence for the for eign government but trouble, dis order, and nationalistic resent ment. When Col. Nasser made his arms deal with the Soviet bloc, there was enough panic in Wash ington and London to cause them to try to outbid the Soviet Union by an offer to finance the for eign currency costs of the Aswan dam. This, we can now see. was a mistake. It caused Col. Nasser to suppose that he had two rival bidders, each so determined to win the prize that he could play with them both. For months he has felt so sure of himself that instead of going seriously to work preparing for the tremend ous job of building the Aswan dam. he has been playing revo lutionary politics all over the Arab world. His prestige there was high, it being supposed that the two great world coalitions were both waiting anxiously up on him. and that he was in the happy position to choose be tween them. As it turned out, when he made his choice, there were no j bidders. The West withdrew, al- I most certainly with reasonable knowledge that the Russians had j marie no firm bid. Once the West had withdrawn, the Russians lost j no time in advising Col. Nasser not to turn to them with the im- i plication that they had made' an offer. pCR THE time being the spell is broken, the notion that the control of Egypt depends on who finances the Aswan dam, and that Egypt will either be won to the West or lost to the Sov iets. With no one financing the Aswan dam for the time being, the importance of Egypt, which had been inflated to almost glo bal proportions, will become mere nearly normal. It took courage for Secretary i In Congress, Gore has been i about as -regular" as the aver-1 age Democrat, congressional ; figures show. In votes where the Democratic and Republican ma jorities were opposed he sup ported the Democrats 62 per cent of the time in 1055. Gore's name was on the 1549 farm bill extending 90 per cent farm price supports, and he has continued to vote for the high, rigid props. Political Model Like his political model, the late Cordell Hull, he is a cham pion of low tariffs and free trade. Gore is a strong defender of TVA and last year was a Democratic leader in the fight against the Dixon-Yates power contract. A member of the Joint Atomic Energy committee. Gore has pressed the administration to ac celerate development of peace time atomic power plants. He was the floor manager and prin cipal author of the giant highway program approved this year. Gore represents a state with many southern customs. But he voted for an anti-poll tax bill in 1047 and this year declined to sign the Southern Manifesto criti cizing the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision. He is co-sponsor of a bill for federal aid to education. Used Against Him On the other hand some 1 stands he has taken could cost Gore support for the nomination. Foremost of these is his 1947 ! vote for the Taft-Hartley Act. a position l-.e has never publicly modified. In particular areas, his votes against the Refimee ; Relief act and the Upper Colo- j rado reclamation project might be used against him. Gore sums up his own record as "middle of the road. It does not particularly please either the extreme right or the extreme left." Congressional Quarterly found he supported and opposed President Eisenhower's stand on an equal number of votes in 1955. Early in 1954 he was saying, "Even to a Democrat. Dwight D. Tomorrow Lippmann Dulles to stand as he did on the Aswan dam, and he has been repaid by being proved right in his judgment that in Egypt the Soviet Union is not prepared to challenge the West totally, as would be the case were she to underwrite the Aswan dam. Ac cording to the new Soviet For eign Minister, Mr. Shepilov, the Soviet Union wants to exercise influence on Egypt's industrial development but is not taking the risk of seeking total control of, and total responsibility for, the Egyptian economy. THE SOVIET position is in the line of the policy announced in Moscow last April during the interval between Malenkov's vis it to Britain and that of Khrush chev and Bulganin. It was indi cated then that the immediate objective of Soviet policy is to neutralize the Middle East rath er than to take any serious risks in the attempt to conquer and absorb the Middle East. This meant that the Soviet Union would not back the Arab states in a war against Israel, and would in fact oppose such a war. It meant, too, that their prime objective was to nullify the Baghdad Pact, particularly as it might involve Iran in a military system aligned against them. From the April Soviet dec laration and from the London talks with the Russians, it be came reasonably certain that they were not intending to chal lenge Britain mortally by at tempting to deprive her of the Middle Eastern oil. It is fair to say. it seems to me. that in the Middle East So viet policy is to play the game of competitive co-existence but for limited stakes. They do not seem to want a Palestinian war. or a show-down in Egypt, or the kind of anti-Western disorder in the oil bearing lands which would compel Anglo-American military intervention. Neither do we want these things, of course, and we might consider whether we cannot do something to con firm and consolidate this fairly peaceful condition of co-existence. Probably the most useful thing we could do. and at no real sacrifice of our own inter ests or anyone else's, would be to give the Soviet Union assur ances that the Baghdad pact will not be used to build bomber bases in Iraq or Iran. (C) 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Dr George S. Jennings 111 OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Has opened His Practice at . . . HAWTHORNE OSTEOPATHIC CLINIC 41 Hawthorne St. Office-Phone 3-4595 Res.-Phone 3-5938 Eisenhower, the man, looks good." Lately, he has sharpened nis criticism of the President. Gore told Connecticut Demo crats July 6 that "if the Repub lican nominees are Mr. Eisen hower and Mr. Nixon, then I sav to you, with the deepest of con viction, that neither of them has the qualifications to assure the United States of adequate lead ership for the next four years. I say this irrespective of the con dition of president Eisenhower's health." Surface Indications As for his own chances of nomination, surface indications would seem to be against Gore. Kefauver is trying for the top spot on the ticket and probably is willing to take second place. Clement is openly seeking the vice presidential nod from his candidate. Stevenson. But often in American politics the vice presidency has gone not to the man who made the most noise, but to the one who made the fewest enemies. From Tennessee's point of view, it would be a blessing to have any one of its three lead ing Democrats on a winning na tional ticket. As one state leader said, "It's great to have one able, young man: it's even nice to have two: but three is just too many for one state." (Copyright 1956; Congressional Quarterly) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Britain, which has to watch the pennies, says United Nations is getting too costly and adds that if something isn't done to hold down the cost the British may have to pull out. The warning was issued by Britain's Lord John Hope to the U. N. economic and social coun cil, which is meeting in Geneva (Switzerland). Hope urged great er economy, asserting that ris ing budget levels of the U.N. and its specialized agencies con stitute an excessive drain on Britain's resources. T'VE forgotten the exact per centages, but Britain and the United States are putting up the lion's share of the United Na tions money. So The rest of the world is spend ing SOMEBODY ELSE'S dough. Under such an arrangement, the costs are sure to be pretty high. Human beings are so con stituted that they spend some body else's money more freely than they spend their own. PGYPT'S Gamal Abel Nasser (pronounced Nah-SAIR) gets hot under the collar because the United States (joined by Britain) has withdrawn its offer to help finance the immensely costly Aswan high dam in Egypt. He strikes an attitude and says: "Egypt will never submit to dollars or force!" Fine. Let's assure him in positive terms that we will FORCE NO DOLLARS ON HIM. T ET'S take a sharp look at this Aswan dam. If built, it will bring in about two million additional acres of rich Nile Valley land, which will provide additional competi tion for American farm products in world markets. ' We can offer no objection, of course, if Egypt builds her own dams to bring more of her own land into production, thus build ing up her .'n economy. But we'll be just plain saps if we subsidize additional foreign ag ricultural production with money taken out of the pockets of American taxpayers. WHILE we're at it, let's take " a sharp look at India's Ne hru, who is a buddy of Egypt's Nasser. Nehru, who professes to be a friend of man although he is a silk stocking Brahman aristocrat, is getting to be quite a man on horseback. He now holds FOUR of the top jobs in India's govern ment. He is India's premier. He is India's foreign minister. He is India's finance minister. He is the chairman of India's state planning commission. It's strongly remindful of the Hitler-Mussiolini-Stalin pattern, isn't it? WOMAN 'DRIVES' IN Eaton Rapids, Mich. (U.P.) Mrs. Anna Ernsberger, 81, of Lake Odessa, Mich., drove into a "drive in" dairy store Wednes day and the store will never be the same. She missed the drive way, knocked down the sign and slammed into tne building, shov ing it eight inches off its foun dation. She was not hurt. Tito Building Record In Political Roles By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent President Tito of Yugoslavia is building up a record for him self m the variety of his diplo visited Premier Nikolai A. Bul ganin and C o m m u n ist party chief Ni kita S. Khru chev in Mos cow last month. C harles Mr! inn As a neutralist he conferred in Yugoslavia last week with Prime Minister Jawaharhal Nehru of India and President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. As a member of the Balkan alliance originally aimed against Russian aggression Tito is now visiting King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece on the island of Corfu. In Moscow Tito completed the patching up of his long, savage quarrel with the Kremlin which resulted from the late Joseph Stalin's attempt to ruin him. No Communist Consolidation He agreed to re-establish co? operation between the Russian and Yugoslav Communist parties. But Tito made it plain that he has no intention of putting him self again in the Russian bloc of Communist countries. The communique issued at the end of his visit emphasized that "the roads and conditions of so cialist development are different I in different countries." That I constituted formal recognition ! by Russia of "Titoism" that is, of freedom from any obligation to follow the Moscow line. On his return home Tito said I that he intended to maintain re lations with the Western allies. Later, he made it known that he would not recognize Commu nist East Germany, as Russia would like him to do. World Blocs Opposed In his conference with Nehru and Nasser, Tito slipped into the role of neutralist. The three leaders agreed in disapproving "the division of the world into powerful blocs of nation." They called for an end to the testing of nuclear weapons, and for an agreement to outlaw their use. They also expressed "sym pathy for the desire of the peo ple of Algeria for freedom." But they also said that the rights of the French residents of Algeria should be protected This was a blow to Nasser, who had hoped to get Tito's full support for the Algerian rebels against France. Tito's present visit to the King and Queen of Greece is the most interesting of the three meetings. First, of course, as a Commu nist Tito is against everything that royalty stands for. War Threat Over In addition, only a few years Credit Bureau Topic At NOMA Meeting Vern Bacon of the Credit Bu reau of Medford explained oper ation of the credit bureau re cently at the regular meeting of the National Office Managers as saciation in the Medford hotel. Bacon, who was introduced by Kenneth Pickens, discussed re ceiving and giving of credit in formation and status of custo mers. He also answered several questions on collection of over due accounts. Monte Stram reported to the group on preliminary plans for the Business Machine show, which the Medford chapter plans to sponsor in October. The meeting was conducted by Frank Martin in the absence of Alwin Miller, president. Next meeting will be Aug. 27. Tenta tive program will be "Your Post Office and What It Can Do For You." Frank Morgan l if fC i r V CHAPEL MORTUARY Funeral PHONE 2-8030 MEDFORD ago Greece and Yugoslavia seemed to be at the point of war. He permitted the Greek Reds to send to Yugoslavia 10,000 or more children whom guerrillas matic and poli-; had kidnaped from their homes, cal roles. j But all that is over, and Yugo As a Com- j slavia, Greece and Turkey are munist, Tito, allied in the Balkan Treaty. The treaty at present is largely a paper instrument. Partly be cause of lessened international tension. Partly because rela tions between Greece and Tur key are bad as the result of the Greek demand for Cyprus. Tur key has made it plain that it will not permit the island to go to Greece. Undoubtedly, in the Corfu talks w h i c h Greek Premier Constantine Karamanlis is to join for one day Tito will be sounded out on the Cyprus issue. If he remains true to form, he will be politely sympathetic to Greece but keep himself bal anced carefully on the fence. Republicans Count Handling of Steel Strike As Issue By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.P.) For what it may be worth. Republi cans count the administration's handling of steel strike problems as a thumbs-up issue in this year's presidential campaign. A settlement is in sight after 25 costly days during which fur naces and men were idle. It was just four years ago this week that another steel strike was settled, an angry affair which began when the United States Supreme Court handed down a vital opinion. That opinion and the events leading up to it mark the con trast between the approaches of President Truman and President Eisenhower toward a basic in dustry strike. For Mr. Truman, it must be said, however, that his 1952 steel strike was called during the shooting in Korea. For President Eisenhower, per haps it should be said, that he had got the shooting stopped be fore he got his steel strike. Industry Challenged Truman Mi. Truman's steel strike was called for April 8, 1952. One minute before S-hour, which was midnight, the government seiz ed the industry's 92 steel comp anies. The industry challenged Mr. Truman's power and auth ority to seize their properties to operate them. The President cited no specific act of Congress in support of the seizure. He said he acted "by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as Pres ident of the United States and commander-in-chief of the armed forces." United States District Judge David A. Pine ruled on April 29 that Mr. Truman's seizure of the steel industry was illeg al. His order returning the in dustry to its owners was stayed pending appeal to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Backs Decision The Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, on June 2 that the seizure was unconstitutional, and the strike was on again. Government mediation finally ended the strike on July 24, 1952 after nearly five months of ruck us in the courts and on the pick et lines. Mr. Eisenhower's commerce secretary, Sinclair Weeks, tells questioners that the govern ment's almost hands-off attitude toward the current strike repre sents basic administration policy which is: Let industry, and labor be as free as possible to work out their mutual problems. That's a policy which Repub licans think will be worth some votes this year. Harold Snodgrass Directors 1 KING STREET