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10 TEB.F.S AGO
July 23. 1S-1S
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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."
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TI TFT I T'FFMf APS s
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' 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
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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-
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tho SP plairrw that U the
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shown at the Medford SP
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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."
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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
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