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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 21. 194S
(It was Wednesday)
Ron Rice of Purucker's Piano
House of Medford has been se
lected to direct two concerts
of the Ashland civic band in
Lithia park.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: All polls
throughout the nation include
the majority favor a Republican
president to save the nation
after 1948.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 21. 1936
(It was Friday)
A demonstration of Bosc pear
grading will be given at 10:30
tomorrow morning at plant 4
of the Pinnacle Packing com
pany. A livestock judging contest
will be held in the form of a
tour. Saturday, Aug. 22, begin
ning at 9 a.m.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 21. 1926
(It was Saturday)
A great boon to the pear
growers of the Rogue River val
ley has just been granted by
the Southern Pacific company,
according to A. S. Rosenbaum
of the Southern Pacific.
There is wonderful weather
at Crater national park follow
ing the stormy period early this
week, according to Supt. C. G.
Thomson.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 21. 1916
(It was Monday)
The largest crowd of the year
attended the concert of the Ash
land Lithia park on Sunday aft
ernoon, with the exception of
the Fouth of July celebration.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Charles Milligan has re
turned to Medford from north
ern California, where he has
been working for some months.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955 Editorial Research
Report
1. This is the 16th, 26th or
36th national convention held
by the present - day Republican
party?
2. Turkey is or isn't an Arab
state?
3. The chief commodity nor
mally carried through the Suez
Canal is oil; right or wrong?
4. First Republican presiden
tial nominee was General Grant,
Abraham Lincoln, W. H. Sew
ard. John C. Fremont or W. H.
Harrison?
5. British foreign minister is ,
newspaper
-a"ssociation
Harold Macmillan, Selwyn
Lloyd, R. A. Butler. Lord Salis
bury or Prime Minister Eden
himself?
6. The Studebaker - Packard
plants were recently leased to
Borg-Warner. General Motors,
Henry J. Kaiser. Curtis-Wright
or Bendix Aviation?
7. A Yarborough is a fishing
town in England, kind of a sail
boat, card hand without picture
cards, wrestling maneuver, or
animal's den?
The answers: 1. 26th. 2. Isn't.
3. Right. 4. Fremont. 5. Lloyd.
6. Curtiis-Wright. 7. Card hand
without picture ctxds,
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MAIL TRIBUNE
The Nation s No. 1 Politician
As has been indicated in this department many
times we have a very dim view of Richard Nixon.
The very idea of his ever taking the place of President
Eisenhower m trie wnue Mouse manes us acuieiy sea
sick.
P,nt we have to hand it to him in one direction.
If he continues to "get away with murder" in the
fnturp. as he ha? in the nast. he will eo down in the
history books as one of
American history.
I 00K at the record.
- How many young men in public life today
could get away with receiving a gift of $18,000, from
a group of well-heeled tycoons in California (or any
other state) as did Poor
We can think of none
Even though one of the cleverest and most re
sourceful criminal lawyers in Los Angeles and one of
the most capable public-relations experts in the USA
composed the scenario Richard had to ACT it out
single-handed, and we doubt if Sir Henry Irving at
his peak could have pulled off a better job, in the
field of partisan histrionics.
It not only brought down the house, it brought
"Ike," the outstanding hero of World War II, almost
to tears, as he later clasped
mate a nd patting him on
tremulous and affectionate
my BOY!
jyiOST of the Democrats who heard that touching
and eloquent "alibi" fled in disorder from that
scene, apparently to hide their tears also. At least as
far as recorded only Steve Mitchell the then national
Democratic chairman stood his ground and made an
attempt to answer it. Opined Mr. Mitchell "If a citizen
couldn't live on a senator's salary, (S27,000 a year),
he should not run tor the
This was just another infield fly with two out for
'Poor Richard' as he scooped it into his glove and let
go with this snappy rejoinder:
"It is fine for a man like Adlai Stevenson who inherited
a fortune from his father to run for President. But I feel
it is almost essential in this country of ours that a man of
modest means can also run for President because you
know remember Abraham Lincoln remember what he
. said 'God must have loved the common people he made so
many of them'!"
IHAT Abraham Lincoln,
T the modest family inheritance of Adlai Steven
son had to do with the case
that Senator Nixon, not when campaigning but short
ly after taking office, accepted a contribution from
a wealthy pressure-group in his own state many of
them powerful oil men, which increased his annual
salary from $27,000 to approximately $45,000. There
were, of course, no strings attached! the fact that
Poor Richard supported the Tidelands oil give away
later being, as his Hollywood ghost writer would un
doubtedly say, purely coincidental!
What wras the bearing of these remarks on the real
question at hand, anyway? Just as much as bringing
in that loveable and sad-eyed cocker spaniel "Check
ers" with the tremelo stop full out ; and the touching
aside that Mrs. Nixon had
clothes, and presumably,
the political opposition, sported that expensive badge
of shame a mink coat, etc., etc !
TN OTHER words not only was the acceptance of
this $18,000 retaining fee entirely proper, according
to Nixon, all members of Congress of modest means
would be quite justified in doing the same, and thus
to quote the former California Senator save, the poor
down trodden taxpayers of the country from added
and unnecessary expense!
We know there are plenty of millionaires in the
present administration's cabinet, but we doubt if
there are many in either the House or the Senate. So
if there is nothing wrong in Richard Nixon accepting
an annual "hand out" of cash to maintain his effect
iveness as a member of the Upper House, there
should be nothing wrong for his colleagues to do the
same. That's a nice statesman-like program, isn't it?
But let any of them, try it !
Unless they too were born under a lucky star,
and had the political finesse of a Machiavelli we fear
they would soon be looking for a job, if not placed in
a position where peregrinations for jobs or anything
else would be strictly limited.
But has Vice President Nixon ever been censured
for this by the members of his party? Not that we can
recall. Or by members of the opposition for that
matter.
In fact over the air Sunday Tom Dewey, twice the
GOP nominee for President and with a national repu
tation as a keen lawyer and relentless prosecutor,
solemnly proclaimed that Mr. Nixon was the most un
justly accused, maligned and persecuted young man
in public life today.
He did not refer to this. $18,000 "gift" apparently
but to the fact that former President Truman had
refused to have anything to do with "Tricky Dick"
because he had called him (Truman) a traitor. It
made Tom see red.
"I don't object to valid criticism of any candidate,"
said Mr. Dewey, "but I do object to lying."
' So do we all.
But did President Tinman tell a lie? Here accord
ing to the always reliable Congressional Quarterly
is what Senator Nixon said on October 27, 1952,
quote :
"President Truman. Secretary of State Acheson and
Adlai Stevenson are traitors to the high principles in which
many of the nation's Democrats believe. Real Democrats
are outraged by the Truman-Acheson gangs' toleration and
defense of Communism in high places."
Well, the Communists are pledged to the over-
Tuesday. August 21. 1956
the smartest politicians in
Kicharctr
or old men either !
the hand of his running-
the back enunciated the
congratulation : "My BOY,
senate.
the common people, and
is not clear. The truth is
always made her own
never like certain wives of
Forecasts by Truman
Can Be Proved Only by Losses
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
San Francisco (U.R) Harry
S. Truman of Missouri and Har
old E. Stassen of Minnesota are
"''Mfe in a spot in
which they can
thrive only on
political adver
sity. M o r e-
over, each is
dependent on
a political ene
my to make
him look good.
If the Repub-
Lyie i mu&od it can &isen-hower-Nixon
ticket fails in No
vember to defeat the Democratic
Stevenson-Kefauver ticket, then
Mr. Truman is no prophet. Mr.
Truman is the man who said
Adlai E. Stevenson lacked what
it would take to win a presiden
tial election.
Mr. Truman coppered that
judgment, on reflection, but not
much. He conceded that Steven
son might win if he had the
right help help from Mr. Tru
man, for instance.
Stassen is not quite so strong-
Communications
Why Not McCarthy?
To the Editor: This is an open
letter to the Cow Palace conven
tion: You're opposed, aren't you, to
following Communist doctrines,
and to supporting Communism
and Human Slavery? But actual
ly, in this campaign, because of
your Party leaders' apparent
fear that you will lose unless
President Eisenhower be your
candidate, haven't you adopted
the "Cult of Personality" . . .
Stalin's doctrine ... as the basis
of your work?
And as President Eisenhower
and his State Department, con
stantly for four years, have
asked for and insisted on aid for
the Yugoslav Communist Gov
ernment, which aid enabled a
Communist Dictator, Tito, and
his gangsters to maintain them
selves in power and to hold our
17,000,000 Yugoslav friends in
slavery, won t you as a Party,
be supporting Communism and
Human Slavery, if you choose
Mr. Eisenhower to be your can
didate? Ladies and Gentlemen, if you
finance a thief but say you op
pose thievery; if you support a
slave-master but say you oppose
slavery . . . who believes you?
Of what use are the President's
letters telling Bulganin to "de-
Stalinize," when Bulganin and
the world knows that on the
President's insistence, we have
supported Tito, Yugoslavia's lit
tle Stalin?
I may be wrong, but as a man
with nearly 37 years contact
with Communism, and with
many of the Eastern European
and Balkan peoples, 1 fear for
the future of our great Republic
if we adopt the "Cult of Person
ality," and let ourselves be led
by one man or a small group of
men, men apparently so greedy
for power that, as it seems to
me, they would risk the life of
a sick man rather than risk their
hopes to hold their positions.
Your Republican Party, like
the Democratic Party, has a
wealth of good material. You've
men like Bricker, Bridges, Gold
water, Jenner, Knight, Know-
land, Lee, Malone, McCarthy,
Welker and many others, men
known for their belief in the
basic principles upon which our
nation became great, and also
trusted by others. Why not take
them into your considerations?
With one of those men as your
candidate, a man not connected
with the financing of Commu
nism and Slavery, wouldn't peo
ple have more faith in your
platform?
William H. Smyth,
44 West 44th St.,
New York 36, N.Y.
throw of the US government. Let the students" of
semantics quibble as they may, we believe Harry
Iranian was entirely justified m cutting off relations
with any member of the
President of tolerating and
his administration and being a traitor to the high
principles of the Democratic party. It is somewhat sur
prising HST did not go even further, considering his
temper and capacity of invective.
FINALLY while it was Senator McCarthy of Wis-
consin who said "20 years of the Democratic party,
were 20 years of treason," the record will not only
show Mr. Nixon consistently followed the McCarthy
smear pattern" but publicly endorsed McCarthy for
reelection, and never so much as hinted that the cam
paign methods which came to be known as "Mc-
Carthyism" were not his
Yet if General Eisenhower lives through his term,
w:e are entirely sincere in
nothing more certain at this stage of the game than
that the Grand Old Party will select Richard Nixon
to be his successor!
If this comes to pass then we will have the politi
cal Houdini of the Republican era in the White House
the more the ropes of
bound around him and tied into double knots, the
easier he escapes, and the louder the plaudits of the
crowd. The American people for the first time in
history will have as their chief executive the only man
in Washington, who as the boys in the press gallery
express it, can follow behind you in a revolving door
and come out in front. R.W.R.
ly committed against victory for
the Republican presidential
nominees and the return of Con
gress to Republican control.
Sees Fewer Votes
His prophecy was that Mr.
Eisenhower would reap 6 to 8
per cent fewer votes with Rich
ard M. Nixon on the ticket than
without him, and Stassen said
that could be the margin of
victory or defeat in close states.
This Republican National Con
vention will oblige Stassen to
the extent of putting Nixon on
the ticket. If President Eisen
hower and his young friend are
defeated in November, Stassen
can file an I-toId-you-so, espe
cially if the election is close in
pivotal states.
As for Stassen's campaign to
nominate some other politician
for vice president, it is dead
and beginning to spoil. Stassen's
faithfulness to the lost dump
Nixon cause is matched in mod
ern political history only by
Mr. Truman's insistence on go
ing down with the Averell
Harriman ship in Chicago in
stead of taking to the boats.
Mr. Truman is in double
jeopardy, which is unconstitu
NdttQV Of FCfCf By Jo and Stewart Alsop
CLEVER TOM
San Francisco This Republi
can Convention has been
planned to resemble a bland,
smooth - run
ning commer
cial television
show selling
those widely
popular prod
ucts, peace,
prosperity and
E i s e nhower.
Anything can
happen at any
upji Auup con vention.
but as of now it looks as though
there would be hardly a trace
of the open maneuvering and
the rowdy disputatiousness that
make more normal conventions
both pleasurable and educa
tional.
All the same, one catches
glimpses of marching and coun
ter-marching behind tne wen-
staged scenes.
Among these,
bv far the
most interest
ing is the on
ward march of
Thomas E.
Dewey at the
head of the
n o m i n a ting
procession of
Vice President
There is some
Stewart Alsop
Richard Nixon.
thing decidedly ironical In the
important role that Dewey is
now playing. In the last analy
sis, Nixon's greatest political
strength lies in the wing of the
Republican party that used to
do and die for Sen. Robert A.
Taft. The ex-Taftites do not ex
actly love Nixon for himself.
They love him for the enemies
he has made. They like him, in
other words, because they so
heartily dislike the kind of Re
publicans who dislike Nixon,
for these Republicans are also
the group that most disliked
Taft.
rPHE White House might well
have given more considera
tion to alternative Vice Presi
dential candidates, if Nixon had
not possessed this basic asset
of Taftite support. Any plan to
dump him would surely have
produced the sort of unholy row
with the whole Taftite wing of
the Republican party which
President Eisenhower and his
team are always anxious to
avoid at almost any cost.
Yet the Taftites, whose sup
port is Nixon's basic asset, will
not gain any chance of increased
Senate accusing him as
defending communism in
own.
hoping he does, there is
convincing evidence are
Stassen,
tional except In politics.
Mr. Truman Is on record that
Stevenson will lose without him
but would win with his help.
Where is Mr. Truman going to
be if he helps and Stevenson
still loses?
From Stevenson headquarters
Monday came news that full
use would be made of Mr. Tru
man in the presidential cam
paign. It was unclear, however,
whether it was intended to put
him on the speaking circuit or,
merely, to seek his advice and
counsel. Advice and counsel
were mentioned, speeches were
not.
Mr. Truman has been benched
in a political campaign only
once in his career. That was in
the congressional campaign of
194S, less than two years after
he succeeded FDR. Democratic
strategists thought so little of
Mr. Truman's drawing power
then that they encouraged him
to lay as low as possible.
Recorded bits from Mr. Roose
velt's speeches were used, in
stead. The Republicans won clear
control of Congress that year
for the i'irst time since 1928.
Influence in the party by Dick
Nixon's nomination. The real
gainer, rather, will be the one
man the Taftites loathe above
all others, former Gov. Dewey.
When the President suffered
his heart attack, Dewey was the
one man outside the White
House entourage who was capa
ble of raising a standard for
other Republicans to rally to.
If he had decided that the Presi
dent's impaired health required
the nomination of a different
running mate for Eisenhower,
he could easily have won the
kind of formidable backing in
the press and in the party or
ganization that could never be
won by a Goodie Knight or a
Johnnie - come lately Harold
Stassen.
TUT instead of raising an anti-
Nixon standard, Dewey as
tutely did the exact opposite.
Nixon's close friend and ad
visor. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral William Rogers, has always
constituted an important link
between him and Dewey. Nixon
and Dewey have much in com
mon, both in character and out
look, and Dewey had come to
like and respect the Vice Presi
dent long before the President
fell ill.
These personal feelings might
not have weighed so heavily,
however, if they had not been
reinforced by practical consid
erations. As a practical matter
opposing Nixon meant a tough
fight, in which, moreover, the
role the President himself would
play was not exactly foresee
able yet could be decisive. On
the other hand, backing Nixon
was a completely sure thing.
Dewey's support added to Nix
on's basic Taftite support made
Nixons position virtually un
challengeable. Thus Dewey, at the very out
set, let it be known rather Quiet
ly but firmly that he was joining
the Nixon procession. By so do
ing, ne placed Nixon under
heavy obligation, which Nixon
was quick to acknowledge. Then
along came Harold Stassen, with
his ill - planned dump - Nixon
movement, which has now turn
ed out to be nothing but an
enormous present to Tom
Dewey.
Stassen in effect created just
enough commotion so that Nixon
felt the need of active rather
than passive help. Dewey
promptly offered that help,, go
ing to Washington to confer
with Nixon and Rogers, talking
the problem over with Eisen
hower, and then making a sec
ond journey to see Eisenhower
and to take his place, formally
and publicly, at the head of the
Nixon procession by a statement
issued after his meeting with
the President.
TT IS a reasonable guess that
the tough-minded Dewey also
had something to do with the
real clincher for Nixon. This
was Massachusetts' Gov. Chris
tian Herter's announcement that
he would not only make Nixon's
nominating speech but would
also refuse to permit his own
name to come before the con
vention. At first, at any rate,
Herter's delay in taking this
second and final step drew no
frowns from the White House.
Everyone seemed to be satis
fied when Herter, after talking
with the President's chief of
staff, Sherman . Adams, simply
said he would make the Nixon
nominating speech.
But after Dewey's appearance
on the scene, disapproving
noises, indicating that Herter
had not gone far enough, began
to emanate from the White
House. Before very long Herter
took the final step, publicly say
ing he would not allow himself
to be nominated. Altogether, it
we ever have a Nixon adminis
tration, Dewey's influence is
likely to be even greater than
it is today.
Copyright 1956.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Battle of Moderates
Seen in '56 Election;
Eisenhower-Stevenson
Washington (CQ) How
does one moderate crush an
other moderate, when the stakes
are political life or death?
This is the problem facing the
Democratic challenger, Adlai E.
Stevenson, as he prepares for his
return match with the Republi
can President, Dwight D. Eisen
hower. Seldom if ever before has the
American voter been called upon
to choose between two men
whose personalities are so dif
ferent, yet whose views on public
policy are so similar.
The four years since their last
encounter have served, if any
thing, to accentuate their clash
of temperaments and essential
agreement on issues.
Views Are Similar
Whether on farm policy or
foreign policy, civil rights or
states rights, each candidate ex
tolls flexibility over rigidity,
moderation over extremism, na
tional over sectional interests.
Where they differ on such spe
cific questions as a Hells Canyon
dam or a TVA steamplant, it is
evident that the Democrat is
more willing than the Republi
can to exercise the pre-eminent
power of the federal govern
ment. But in contrasting two
men who so clearly hew to the
middle of the road, the differ
ence between them more or less
eludes ready definition.
Temperamentally, however, it
would be difficult to find any
substantial point of similarity be
tween the two contenders. Stev
enson, whose wit, polish and
prose repel some (including Har
ry Truman) while making ido
laters of others, remains the dif
fident man for whom the power
to reason and "talk sense" is
man's greatest gift. An intellec
tual who frankly enjoys the
company of other Intellectuals,
he is as interested in the details
as in the substance of public
problems.
Personality Contrast
Eisenhower the President de
veloped the same crisp self-assur
ance that marked Eisenhower
the General. Accustomed to mak
ing command-level decisions", he
leaves to subordinates the task
of policy formulation and exe
cution. Simple and sober ol
speech, he projects a non-parti
san sincerity that helps to ex
plain why everybody "likes
Ike," although some do not nec
essarily like what Ike likes.
Unlike the campaign of 1952
the coming contest is likely to
lay bare each man's assessment
of the other as a political leader.
Stevenson in 1952 evidenced sin
cere admiration for the military
hero turned candidate, and apart
from a few digs at Eisenhower's
"naivete" concentrated his fire
on divisions within the Repub
lican Party. By 1954, the Demo
cratic candidate has changed his
opinion of the President, but in
line with narty policy sort-
pedaled any direct criticism of
Eisenhower during tne congres
sional campaign. This year, how
ever, both Stevenson and his
Dartv wiU make no bones of their
view that the President doesn't
measure up to the office.
Eisenhower will have diffi
culty ignoring this attack, al
though it is worth recalling that,
when advised he should publicly
rebuke Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R-Wis.), he replied heatedly "I
will not get down in the gutter
with that guy." Stevenson is not
McCarthy, nor is there any evi
dence that the President sees any
parallel. But it is in character
for him to ignore, outwardly,
political attacks directed against
his own character or perform
ance.
Must Fight Stevenson
In 1952, however, Republi
cans had a ready made target in
the retiring President, Harry
Truman, and treated Stevenson
as Truman's hand-picked heir.
This year, the wide publicity
given Truman's vain effort to
dump Stevenson in favor of Gov.
Averell Harriman will force Re
publican strategists to carry the
fight directly to Stevenson.
President Eisenhower is In the
strong position of defending what i
he and his supporters believe to
be an excellent record. But he
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will be under pressure from cer
tain quarters of the Republican
party to lay a partisan cudgel
to the Democrats and to their
candidate.
In the final analysis, however,
neither candidate is likely to for
sake his reputation for modera
tion. Each, broadly speaking,
will be appealing for the confi
dence and votes of the same peo
ple that large majority which,
by all accounts, is indifferent to
strongly partisan appeals in this
year of seeming peace and pros-
i perity.
(Copyright 1958, Congressional
Quarterly)
LONG TIME LOST
New Middleton, Term. (U.R)
A wedding ring lost on a farm
near here was found after 40
years. Mrs. J. G. Bridges lost it
Edward Bennett, now living on
the farm, found the ring in per
fect condition in the hog lot re
cently. It was returned to Mrs.
Bridges, now living in Chatta
nooga. McCANN ON VACATION
Charles M. McCann Is oa
vacation. His weekly news out
look and daily foreign news
commentary columns will be
resumed upon his return.
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