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FOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) Medpordtiiibuhe r.eruuj ii. juL eil. uic,iod Reaaa In. Mill inbunt" Published Daily Exceot Saturday by 27-29 North F St Phone 2-43 HI ROBERT W RUHL Editor HE KB GREY Advertlsine Manaaer GERALD LATHAM Biuinm Manager cn.i vlxl.' j k Managing realtor EARL H ADAMS City Lditot HARRY CHIP.MAN Telegraph tOiVOt K1LHAKO J t W ETT Sport Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Sool Editor DALE ER1CKSON Circulation MT An Independent Newspaper Entered as second clau matter at Med ford Ore eon under Act ot March 31887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance Per Codv 10c Daily and Sunday One veai $12 00 Daily and Sundav Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mm 150 Sunday Only- One veai S3 .50 By Carrier - In Advance - Medtord Ashland Central Point Eale Point Jacksonville Go:d Hill Phoenix. S lady Cove Rogue River. Talent an J on motoi route Daily and Sunday On year Sift 00 Daily and Sunday -One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers- 5c pei copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official' Paper" of the City of Med ford OfJ:elaJ Paper o Jackson county United Pre Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCCLATION Advertising Representative WEST-HOIXIDAY COMPANY INC Offices in New York Chicago De troit San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver BC NATl ONAL EDITORIAL assocCatlgn Hi" y u o ,0" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS -ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medtord and. Jackson County History trom the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 0 yean ago 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 14. 1946 (It was Wednesday) Construction of a warehouse at 120-124 South Fir it. for the American Fruit Growers started by John and Henry Nieder meyer. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Threshing Is progressing in the' rural re gions. Styles in threshing have changed. The crews no longer go to work with a lantern and quit by moonlight. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 14. 193S (It was Friday) Strange-looking craft seen cir cling over city yesterday and today is the Lockheed Electra cabin ship owned by Maj. Max Fleischmann, chairman of the finance committee of Standard Brands. Attorney Porter J. Neff to preside at Democratic rally Monday, J. R. Marshall, chair man of the Jackson county cen tral committee, announces. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 14. 1926 (It was Saturday) The Copco forum, the em ployes' club of the California Oregon Power company, stages summer party at Rogue Elk re sort. F. M. Wilson sells confection ery and cigar store on North Central ave. to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Payette. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 14. 1916 (It was Monday) Iowa people of .southern Ore gon hold second annual picnic at Lithia park, Ashland. From Local and Personal col umn: Harry L. Young returns from a fortnight's vacation on his Brownsboro ranch. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr 15S Editorial Research Report 1 . The Democratic platform of 1948 or 1952 was stronger on civil rights: or were they about equally strong? 2. .The Andrea Doria was re cently sunk by collision with the lie de France, an iceberg, the Cape Ann. the Stockholm or the Nantucket lightship? 3. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean with the Black Sea. Red Sea. Gulf of Aden. Indian Ocean or Persian Gulf? 4. Pres. Eisenhower has or hasn't said he prefers Nixon to any one else as G.O.P. vice presidential nominee? 5. The new Labor contract in the steel industry covers (a) 1, (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4 or (e) 5 years? 6. President Nasser of Egypt is over 60. around 50, or under 40 years of age? 7. The 10 states of the "Solid South" have more or less than one-fourth of the votes at the Democratic national convention? The Answers: 1. 1943 platform was stronger. 2. The Stockholm. 3. Red Sea. 4. Hasn't 5. 3 years. 6. Several years under 40. 7. Slightly less than one-iouith. MAIL TRIBUNE "Having a Wonderful One thing for sure, the Democrats in convention assembled are having a wonderful time. They are, we feel sure, having more real fun than the Republicans can possibly have in San Francisco, although as most experts predict, the venerable old pachyderm, may make hamburger of the Democratic donkey in November. PRESIDENT Truman can be thanked or cursed for this entertainment content, depending on one's presidential preferences. This department has believed Stevenson the Democrat best qualified for the presidency. We stick to that conviction. We hope he gets the nomination and believe he will. TN FACT most of the arguments thus far advanced against him, in fact are, as we see it, points in his favor. TOR example, they call him an intellectual, as if somehow a person with brains is an "egg head" and therefore should be barred from the White House. Thev also obiect to what pancy his wise cracking which is only a sense of proportion otherwise known as a sense of humor and a refusal to take himself or We would like to see such House for a change. DUT when it comes to - manship there is nothing purely cerebral or flip pant about Adlai, and as he against the Tidelands oil the issue is between the eral Motors" or petroleum, there is nothing soft or indecisive about him. He I former, even though it meant political defeat in a piv otal state as it did. THEN they say Stevenson should not be selected 1 because he is a a one-time loser, and thus against Eisenhower would have two strikes against him be fore the Hot politicking penod could even get started We admit there is something to this argument, particularly in the field of sports of the fistic variety, but the idea that one-time losers in politics can't win is refuted by the record the Democratic record For example: The Democrats nominated former President Gro- ver Cleveland in 1892 after his defeat by Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and Cleveland went on to beat his former conqueror. The Jennings Bryan the nomination in 1908 after he had been twice beaten, in 1896 and 1900. And the Repub licans came back with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York in 1948 after Dewey Nor is it too unusual for a man who has been four years out of public office as Stevenson has to get the nomination. Take Bryan again. When he was first nominated in 1896, he had been two years out of office, editing a newspaper he had been defeated for the Senate in 1894. And thereafter, as Irving Stone comments: Bryan's mind ran in four-year cycles. Filling in the dull and unimportant years between conventions he published a weekly magazine called the Commoner, lectured on the Chautauqua circuit, kept up his vast political acquaintanceship. Or take John W. Davis. in Congress, had been solicitor general, also Ambas sador to Great Britain, he his nomination in 1924 J. r. Morgan and other prominent interests. Take, too, that other "honest Wall Street lawyer," Wendell L. Willkie. Before his "pell-mell campaign for the Republican nomination in 1940 he had never held public office at all. CTEVENSON has been out of public office, but he fcJ has by no means been one thing, alter his defeat m 1952 he began to win the solid esteem of his party professionals by helping to liquidate the $800,000 to reelect him. "Month after month," Theodore H. White has re counted, "(Stevenson) barnstormed the country, rousing the party faithful at $100-a-plate dinners, backing the local candidates. . . He spoke not only in the great centers . . . but wherever the party craved help." Also, Stevenson has been a world traveler. After a tour of almost six months' duration, he appeared on television on Sept. 15, 1953 to urge that the U.S. take the initiative in opening new peace and disarma ment negotiations with the Soviet Union. Two weeks later he reported on his trip to Presi dent Eisenhower. The President said that Stevenson's proposal of mutual non-aggression pacts between Russia and the West had "merit" and was getting "serious study" by the State Department. Last year Stevenson made a four-week business-pleasure tour of Africa. TJOWEVER, we fear the circulation of the Mail Tribune in Chicago stockyards district is hardly sufficient to turn the tide in Adlai's favor if the mem bers of the convention or a majority of them de cide otherwise, and follow the leadership of "fighting Harry" Truman. We are willing, nevertheless, to crawl out on a limb sufficiently to say this: we predict that if Gov ernor Stevenson is not the nominee, Averell Harriman will not be either. It will then be, in our judgment, as stated in this department a few months ago a dark horse so dark that at the present time, it would take more than a super-telescope and a Hollywood search light to find him. FINALLY, whatever the M;i T x MLtux Anutuic eAyciu bu Tuesday. August 14. 195S rji. ii lime they scornfully call his flip anyone else 1 UU seriously. rare qualities in the White basic principles of states- demonstrated in his fight give away in when General Welfare and Gen fought valiantly for the Democrats gave William s defeat in 1944 Although he had served spent the three years cef ore as a lawyer, retained by out of the public eye. For debt incurred in the effort outcome at Chicago the xi 4jj. ui&e scuiie ui iw Buiue,.i without an appreciable increase in its blood pressure, j More than that it expects to enjoy the performance thanks to TV as much on the final days as the first. And the chief reason will be because of the presence of the twin items of doubt and suspense. We don't expect to enjoy the performance at San Francisco in anything approaching the same way, for while the change from the Chicago stockyards to the San Francisco Cow Palace the bovine similarity is entirely coincidental may mark a superiority in lav ishness and high-priced vaudeville, we fail to see how there can be any doubt or suspense as to the final re sult, and as indicated without these twin qualities there can be no real drama. R.W.R. MCltta" Of FaCt By Joe and Stewart Alsop WHY HE DID IT Chicago These reporters are not among those who count themselves smarter about poli tics than Harry S. Truman. This modest d i s claimer is now in order because Tru man's briskly firm endorse ments of Av erell Harriman .uAeiib .vifcup seems to have persuaded half the participants in the Democratic Convention that they have a lot more poli- tical savvy than the great est old pro of them all. "Why did Truman do it?" they keep asking in a tone of superi or wonder, sounding not angry but only a little Sick at Stewart Alsop heart. Well, surely the answer is that Truman did it because he wants to see Harriman nom inated and thinks that, with his help, Harriman has a chance maybe a narrow chance but still a cnance of getting the nom ination. It will be a tough, rough fight, but no one revels in car nage more, than Harry S. Tru man. It is a very long shot bet, but Harry Truman has won long shot bets before this. So he yielded to the temptation to do what he wanted to do all along. Rather early on, the former President decided he wanted the New York governor in the Dem ocratic race this year. He helped to persuade Harriman to declare himself in which was perhaps not dreadfully difficult to do. Many weeks ago, he told Harri man in plain terms that he was for him, in the sense that Har riman was his preferred candi date, better in his opinion even that Adlai Stevenson, whom Truman had also encouraged to make the contest. THEREAFTER, the question between Harriman and Tru man did not concern Truman's preference. The question was whether Truman would make public fight for Harriman, or would stop at telling those who asked him that he liked Harri man better than any of the oth ers. In a phrase of Harriman's already quoted in this space, the question was "whether Truman would take his coat aU the way off or only half off.1' The Harriman camp were well aware that they needed all the help Truman could possibly give them. They worked over him at every opportunity, hardly leav ing him time to drink a toast in peace when he went to New York for his daughter's wed ding, for example. But even on the eve of the convention, neith er Averell Harriman himself nor any of those around him actually expected Truman's ac tive, open indorsement, with all its far-reaching, dissension-making consequences. In the week before coming to Chicago, Truman told the Missouri national committee man, lyiark Holloran, and other Missouri delegates that he was indeed for Harriman. He said he would be pleased if the Mis- sourians stuck to favorite-son Stuart Symington for at least two ballots, to give the Steven son bandwagon a chance to be stopped. But even on the train to Chicago, Truman told his per sonal entourage that he intended to maintain a public neutrality. THAT was his apparent inten - tion, in fact, almost until the opening of his famous press con ference, at which he first prom ised to reveal his choice. It is a fair bet that the last straw of persuasion was laid on the some times yielding camel's back of Truman's prudence by Judge Samuel Rosenman, an ardent Harrimanite, with whom Tru man conferred just before the press conference began. After that, the problem was not what Truman would do, but how he would do it. Streams of Harriman supporters urged a powerful statement. Streams of Stevenson admirers sought to avoid the worst, which would have been a statement hinting that Stevenson was not a "fight ing candidate." In his own suite. Just half an hour before giving it to the public, Truman gave his state ment for Harriman a trial run among his special intimates such as Leslie Biffle, Charles Murphy and Donald Dawson. He was f.f'.y ?xuff ver toe 'thing he was about to do. At least naif the members of 'the Truman circle were not de- lighted. They feared the trouble ahead. They thought Stevenson would get the nomination any way or at any rate believed that Harriman could not be nominat ed. This conviction is increas ingly widespread in Chicago. But when Harry Truman makes a gamble, it is always wiser to defer judgment until you find out how the bets are paid off in the end. Copyright 1956, New York Herald Tribune Inc. tn The Day's Time out this morning con ventions or no conventions for a bit of world affairs. After all, you know, the big gest issue in the world is keeping out of war without leaning to ward a policy of peace at any price. That takes skill, fortitude and integrity. ".VER the week end Nasser " turned down indefinitely the bid to attend the Western-spon sored London conference on the Suez. Instead He proposed "a broader con ference" on insuring use of the Suez waterway by ALL na tions. That sounds like a stall for more time. WHY is that important? It could be a sign that Rus sia isn't ready for the shooting to start. That could be VERY im portant. ALSO- Nassef appears to have been caught in a lie. "4VER the week end, he told v his people the World Bank had offered him a billion dollar loan to build up the Suez canal (broaden and deepen it, so that it could handle more traffic and so bring in more tolls money.) In Washington this morning, a World Bank official says: "WE HAVE NEVER OFFERED HIM ANY SUCH LOAN AND THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF THE SUEZ CANAL." IT IS improbable that an offi cial of the World Bank would lie in a matter of such grave portent. Why would Nasser lie? When a blusterer gets caught in a tight spot, he is apt to trifle with the truth. When he does so, it is nearly always a sign of weakness. AT THE White House Sunday President Eisenhower held a meeting with congressional lead ers to discuss the Suez situation. Democratic leaders flew back to Washington from Chicago to at tend the session. Opinion afterward indicated that he had won substantial backing for his policy of settling the Suez crisis by peaceful com promise. That is highly import ant, if true, because it offers the hope that in matters of grave im UUUIaMlMMeMaLhMllMlMaMM ft" lMHIli'liteT i STANDING BY... The planes operated by nationally-famous Mercy Flights, Inc., and its volunteer pilots, are ready, day and night, in all but the very worst weather conditions, to carry the sick, the injured, the pain-wracked and helpless, to emergency medical attention. You can participate in this work of mercy. For $4 per family per year, you can know the peace of mind of being protected should you need the emergency services of these planes and pilots. And if it never happens to you, you still will know you are helping keep the service in operation for the health and safety of your neighbors. Mail your check to MERCY FLIGHTS, INC. Labor Confident and Quiet as Democrats Choose Candidates By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Chicago U.R The voice of labor is strangely quiet in this Democratic National Convention, although of varied tongues. That must be be cause the union leaders know they cannot lose. Not so four years ago. Then the lead- Lyi t nuson ers 01 organ ized labor broke fast with the late Alben W. Barleky and broke his heart, to boot. They ate his ham and scrambled eggs at a breakfast and told the Veep to his face that he must not aspire to the presidential nomination. Labor's leaders would not have him and the veto stuck. They slipped the thumb screws onto Georgia s pride. Sen. Rich ard B. Russell. With a genUe twist they won from Russell a switcheroo labor policy state- News Frank Jenkins portance affecting our security as a nation we can stand shoulder-to-shoulder, one for all and all for one. WITH that out of the way, let's ' dive back into the fascinat ing pool of national convention politics. As expected, Harry came out for Able Ave which isn't sur prising in view of the fact that he has been known as a backer of, Harriman for months. Harri man says he is glad to get Tru man's support. The Sevenson camp is disappointed over fail ure to get the nod, but says Adlai will win anyway. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt says Truman is really working for a Stevenson - Harriman deadlock with the idea of throwing his support in such an event to a dark horse, probably Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri. WHAT'S HST up to. Only he ' ' himself knows. But There is general concensus that the civil rights plank in the Democratic platform is the hot test issue in Chicago. If it is too tough, the South may secede from the Democratic party. The hope is for a compromise that will avoid an open break. Let's give the little man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he thinks Symington, a Missourian (Missouri was a border state in the Civil War) is the man who can do the trick. As a dark horse (willing but not active, Symington hasn't had much to say on the explosive civil rights issue. Editorial Comment THERE'S ROOM FOR BOTH It wasn't so long ago that air lines were desperately trying to get their costs down to compete with railroad fares, albeit hardly hoping to reach parity and rely ing on the "luxury" angle to at tract traffic. Now look what happens! With the New York-Chicago rail fare already 10 per cent more than via plane, six major eastern railroads want a 45 per cent in crease which will bring the total rail ticket to more than half again as much. The reversal of the previous disparity not only is proof of (And be sure to renew promptly when you receive your notice!) MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ment which astonished Russell's conservative supporters in the South. Russell was the conserva tive candidate in 1952 for the Democratic presidential nomina tion. His switch helped Russell not at all but it "was a bold proof of labor's power. No Conservative Candidate There is no conservative can didate in this convention. No one even remotely suspected of being unfriendly to organized labor is being mentioned or whispered here as a likely 1956 Democratic presidential nomi nee. No need for labor in 1956 to seek the position which led in the 1944 Democratic National Convention to the dispute about "clear it vith Sidney." Sidney was the 1. Sidney Hillman, a genius of 1- .or organization and politics. He was the brainiest of labor's men and women who headed-up the left wing alliance with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. There was a war on then and FDR was not available for hour ly counsel in the party ruckus about whether Henry A. Wal lace was to be ditched as the party vice presidential candi date. It was substantially re ported that state and other local leaders seeking the New Deal party line were told to "clear it with Sidney" in labor's control tower atop the Morrison hotel. Lewis Gave Aid Before that John L. Lewis had advanced hundreds of thousands of United Mine Workers dollars to FDR's 1936 campaign. Labor for years has been both loud and powerful in Democratic coun sels. The power remains undi minished but labor no longer need raise its voice. Labor leaders now may even indulge in friendly contests for their special favorites among men aspiring to the party's presi dential nomination. Thus, the support of labor is divided in this convention among the presi dential contenders or, sometimes, not expressed at all. Walter P. Reuther, vice presi dent of AFL-CIO, is out for Ad lai E. Stevenson, which suggests a reexamination of the charge against Stevenson that he is moderate who would go back on the principles of the New and Fair deals. McDonald Likes Harriman The Steelworkers' David J. McDonald wants to nominate Gov. Averell Harriman, of New York. These two, Reuther and McDonald, are the rising men in the big labor combine and one McCANN ON VACATION Charlei M. McCann ii on vacation. His weekly newt out look and daily foreign newi commentary columns will be resumed upon his return. aviation s progress. ,It is sym bolic of a generally-changing at titude. Where once . it was re garded as a luxury and a sign of wealth to fly, a railroad trip with its private compartments, view cars, nicely appointed diners and more breathing-space between either business or social engage ments is looked on by many as a real treat. Planes fill a real need when speed is of the essence, and the airlines have shown the way in many respects regarding conven ience and service. But a rail trip for those not under the compul sion of a time clock is nice, too. Oregon Statesmen, Salem. j day there is likely to be battle between them for the berth of AFL-CIO President George Meany. It just could be, and probably is, that their differ ences in the matter of a Demo cratic presidential nominee are foreflashes of the mighty contest between them which is likely to come. The hard, sharp point of it all probably is that labor can af ford to scatter its support among the presidential contestants now, or to sit silent and take what the leaders know they will get. What they know they will get from this convention is a presi dential ticket satisfactory to la bor and a labor -plank which is quite suitable, too. The long bat tle of labor for its place in the political sun ended some time ago and a confident, contented calm enfolds the union camp. Communications Letters to the Editor must beat the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Like Letter From Home To the Editor: It is a pleasure for me to once more read the Mail Tribune. Many years ago when George Putnam was editor I was a reporter for the Mail Tribune. The paper is like a let ter from home. I am a pensioner. That is the reason I am for Wayne Morse. We spent billions for foreign aid, why should be not support our our own citizens? Charles W. Sherman Montgomery Ranch Kerby, Ore. Congressional Quiz (Copyright, 195 ConereiiionaJ Quarterly) Q What city has been the site of more national nominating conventions than any other? (a) Philadelphia; (b) Baltimore; (c) Chicago. A (c). The 1956 Democrat ic convention will be the 22nd national nominating conven tion to be held in Chicago. Baltimore holds second place with 10 conventions to its credit; Philadelphia is third with seven. Mr. Insurance FR6D BRENNAN Phone 2-4940 One of us is a Republican and the other a Democrat. We've both decided to at tend the National Conven tions each separately. I'm not worried about los ing anything at my conven tion, but can we insure my wife's "trappins" at her Convention? 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