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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MDFORDvH,TRIBUNE ""Everyone In Southern Oregoo Reads The Mall Tribune" Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St- Phone 2-3X41 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertuinf Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circula Uon Mgr. An Independent Newipaper Zntered as second clan matter at Medford Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c Dally and SundayOne year $15 00 Dally and Sunday Six months 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rojrue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.30 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Caah in Advance Official Paper "of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY. INC Office in New York. Chicago, de trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver BC NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOcEaTLQN uniar.irma 'jCrfU NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 11. 194S (Friday) In observance of Columbus day, a legal holiday, some busi nesses in Medford will be closed all day Saturday. For Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Republicans are re ported enthused by their new slogan: "HAD ENOUGH? VOTE REPUBLICAN!" It's no Pulitzer prize winner, but excels the 1944 Tostocsin call, "GOP laces!" 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 193S (Sunday) New CCC company arrives here from Texas to occupy Camp Prescott and work projects in Prescott Memorial park. - AH Royal Arch Masons in southern Oregon will attend a joint meeting in the Masonic temple in Ashland Tuesday. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 11 1926 (Monday) This will be one of the greatest moisture years in southern Ore gon for years if rain continues to fall as it has since September. Membership of the Roosevelt Parent Teacher association reach es 125. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 11. 1916 (Wednesday) The Morgan-Guggenheim-Van-derbill-Belmont "golden special" train is campaigning to tell wom en of the country to vote for Hughes. Rogue River Valley Canning company promises to become a great asset to Medford and area. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 11. 1906 (Thursday) The Snowy Butte Orchard, near Central Point, is an indus try of which every resident of the valley should be proud. Members of the 500 club were entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. William Hyde Stalker. What's the Answer? Can Yon Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955 Editorial Research Report 1. Count Pulaski of Poland fought for the U.S. in the French and Indian Wars. Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Mexican War? 2. Of all GIs in Europe more than half are draftees, or more than half are Regular Army, or is about 50-50? 3. What make of car has a series called the Montclair? 4. A tendency toward migraine headaches often, is inherited; right or wrong? 5. About one-third, one-half or two-thirds of all U.S. families owe no debt of any kind? 6. Hawaii is or isn't the largest of the Hawaiian Islands? 7. Alger Hiss was brought to trial for perjury under President Roosevelt, Truman or Eisen hower? The answers: 1. ReTolutionary War. 2. More than half are draftees. 3. Mercury. 4. Right 5. About one-third. 6. Is 7. Under Truman. WRONG OFFICE? Washington U.R) Demo cratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler was out of campaign headquarters when a group of Arlington. Va.. Young Republi cans brought him a present. They left a "Happy Birthday Ike" cake with a receptionist. MAIL TRIBUNE "The Voter" and McKay The "Oregon Voter" should either change that quotation from George Washington at the mast-head which has been carried ever since its founding in 1915 or change its tactics as far as its all-out support of Mr. Douglas McKay for the U. S. Senate is concerned. That mast-head reads as follows, quote : "If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves dis approve, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the just can repair. The event is in the hand of God." GEORGE WASHINGTON. Very good. DUT the current issue of this political and financial weekly prints with its apparent approval the find ings of Tom Purcell, Editor and Publisher of the Gresham Outlook, the punch-line and conclusion of which is as follows, quote : "The people (of Oregon) believe that McKay will repre sent them and not his own convictions." Could anyone conceive of a more complete refuta tion of a periodical's long standing declaration of faith than that? Imagine the situation if the former Secretary of the Interior should be chosen to represent this state in the senate under any such pledge. Let it be assumed he had certain convictions about what the government should or should not do. Unless he knew and how could he KNOW? that what he believed was popular back home he would not stick to his beliefs, but would discard everything in his overriding determination NOT to displease the people. What a farce that would make of representative government. And what a frustrating and really futile experience it would be for the incumbent ! Certainly the people of Oregon or any other state would not deliberately choose any candidate to represent them, who had no convictions or having them would refuse to stand up for them for fear they might be unpopular? "THE people of course, haven't the time to analyze every bill that comes up in the congress, and if they did they would not have the inclination. That is why we have representative government. That is why instead of going to Washington them selves, the people select the best qualified men they can find to represent them. Not only honest men, but with the courage to 'stand up for what they be lieve to be right to be best for their state and nation. And we refuse to believe that the people of Ore gon, a majority of them at least, want to send mere ly a rubber stamp to Washington without any convic tions or if he has them, lacking the courage to stand up and fight for them. That wouldn't be representative government, it would be representative bankruptcy. FOR the sake of argument, and mortification of the spirit let it be assumed that the former Interior Secretary wins a seat in the Upper House. And let it be further assumed that while there a measure were introduced which, unlike the Forest Service m control of the sale of its timber, including the determination were or were not justified That would be in accord with tradition and prac tice for over a quarter of a century. And as frequently mentioned it has not been but should be the law. A ND let it be assumed also that the incumbent were flooded by wires, letters and phone calls from large lumber and timber interests in the state, who have to buy their timber via competitive bidding in the open market, to speak for and vote for the bill. Would former Secretary McKay do it? If he means what he now says, he would, for no referendum could be held and he would have to take this response from home as a valid indication of how his constituents felt. In other words he would to please the people do what he himself has disapproved, and what would in substance completely discredit the record of his administration as Secretary of the Interior. Afterwards at a caucus of his own party, how could he "defend his work" to his associates or for that matter to himself? His only recourse would undoubtedly be to admit that what he recently said in an introductory speech at Eugene he meant eveiy word to wit: "The issues don't amount to anything, it is only the votei that count." R.W.R. In The Day's? Secretary of State Dulles makes a new move on the Suez checkerboard. He calls for an agreement by ALL PARTIES that this vitally important water way must not be used by ANY COUNTRY as an instrument of its national policy. He told the United Nations security council this morning that without this assurance there is little chance of settling the Suez problem and suggested that a system be set up to insure' against any such national action. FIRST let's untangle the big wnrHc thaf all slinlrtmatc tico What Dulles is proposing is that all nations shall get together and agree sensibly that NOBODY will throw up a roadblock along an international highway and hold up all passers at the point of a gun until they agree to submit to any and all terms pro posed by the highwayman. mat is an ancient dodge. The Thursday. October II, 1936 the Ellsworth bill would put of whether timber rights by mineral values found, News By Frank Jenkins robber barons along the Rhine waxed fat on it for generations. They built their castles at strategic spots along the great river that was the highway of Western Europe in, the Middle Ages. Every time a boat came along they would sally forth and collar it by military force and compel the merchant who owned it to PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM. It was a wonderful racket and while it lasted the robber barons lived high up on the hog. T ETS now take a sharp look " at Nasser. What's he up to? CONSIDER this situation: Western Europe must have oil if it is to live and prosper in the modern worjd. It has no oil of its own. Its natural source of supply is the oil of the Middle East which reaches Western Europe most economically THE ELECTION . . . And You (The following space Is made available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays during the election campaign to the two major political parties so that they may publish, without charge, material concerning the presidential elec tion race. Offerings are limited to 400 words, must have the approval of the county chairman of the party, and must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. the day before publication on week days, at 11 a.m. Saturdays for Sunday publication.) REPUBLICAN STATEMENT Edward L. McCarthy, a fur nace control man at the Dart Union company plant, Provi dence, R.I., and a rank-and-file member of Local 4418,' United Steelworkers of America, Provi dence, was an alternate delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention at San Francisco. He seconded President Eisenhower's nomination for a second term. This is what Ed McCarthy, rank-and-file union member said: "This is my union card. I be long to the United Steelworkers of America, Local 4418. I'm here because millions of us union members voted for Ike in 1952. I'm here for another reason, too. I'm here to tell you that we're going to vote for Ike again in 1956. "I agree with what the presi dent of the AFL-CIO said about a year ago. He said: 'Right now, we never had it so good.' And I know why he said it. We have over 17 million in the unions now more than ever before. We have over 66 million jobs more than ever before. "We don't have as many strikes as we used to. And with the gov ernment keeping its nose out of them, they don't last as long. We had only half the strikes last year as we had in 1952. "We get more pay than we ever had before when a war wasn't going on. Our fringe bene fits are bigger, too. And as my pay goes up, every dollar of it still buys as much as it did be fore. "And I'll tell you this, too. Being in a union doesn't make you any different from anyone else. Just because you join a union or a club or a church doesn't mean you lost your citi zenship not in this country. So I figure that what's good for America is good for me and the unions and everybody. "Peace is just as good for my family as for anyone's. So is a strong national defense. So is the kind of government that keeps taxes down. "And so is having the kind of President who makes you proud just to look at him. I say Ike Eisenhower is good for America. And like I say, what's good for America is good enough for me. So I'm glad to second his nomina tion, and I'm going to do every thing I can to get him re-elected." The process of free collective Matter of Fact Jo. The One-Edged Sword Louisville, Ky. There is one issue here, and one only, which really makes the pulses of the n mi urn Hill voters beat faster. It is the one issue which is never mentioned at all by any of K e n t u c ky's four Senator ial candidates. The issue is, of course, the ra- josepn Aisop cial i n t e gra tion of the schools. This reporter spent many hours interviewing voters in four dis tricts of this city, carefully chos en by a professional public opin ion expert to represent an econ omic and political cross-section. The purpose was to test, not only voting intentions, but the voters' reactions to three subjects the Presidents' health, Adlai Steven son's divorce, and school integra tion. The reactions to questions about the President's health and Stevenson's divorce were cur iously similar. "Why, that never through the Suez canal. The Suez RUNS THROUGH EGYPT. NASSER figures that if he can stop Middle East oil from getting to Western Europe he will have the West by the tail with a down hill pull and can blackmail it for just about any thing he wants including a billion-dollar dam to change Egypt from a barren desert to an ir rigated region where prosperity can replace semi-starvation. That and anything else he may happen to want from the West. Just like the robber barons. The scheme must look good to him. N' OW- What's Dulles up to? Does he think he can talk Nasser into giving up his promising-looking hole card? OF COURSE not. What he is aiming at is putting Russia on the spot when his proposal comes before the security council of United Na tions. When that happens, Russia will VETO it. Dulles figures that a Russian veto of his statesmanlike pro posal will show Russia up m the eyes of the world for the dog in the manger that she is. That, I d guess, is about the size of it. bargaining has been strengthen ed the insistence of the Eisen hower administration that labor and management settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the government. DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT Everyone who goes to the polls on Nov. 6 must candidly face the fact that either of the presi dential candidates may not live out his term, if elected. The peo ple will vote for a vice-president with the consciousness that he may some day be president. Therefore it is important to scru tinize the principles and voting records of both candidates Kefauver and Nixon. In almost every respect Kefau ver and Nixon, sitting in the United States Senate, were on the opposite side of the fence. KefauvSr invariably voted in the interests of the many, Nixon favored the few. Let us take some of the crucial roll calls. Nixon showed himself no friend of the farmer. He voted to cut soil conservation funds, kill 90 per cent for wheat, against continuation of the farm tenant loan program. On every one of these issues Kefauver was on the side of the farmer. Nixon voted to exempt the natural gas monopoly from fed eral price regulation: exempt railroads from anti-trust laws and kill attempts to curb freight rate discrimination against the South and West. Nixon also approved of the motion to kill the "oil for educa tion" amendment which would provide that revenue from fed eral operation of submerged oil lands be used, for the schools. In contrast, Kefauver was on the people's side on each issue. Nixon is known as a foe of public power and river improve ments. He voted to cripple TVA and BPA by denying them ade quate funds, to cut funds for rivers, harbors and flood control, and curb the activities of the Rural Electrification Adminis tration. Kefauver, as is well known, is one of the most elo quent friends of public power in the Senate. To majority of voters, we think, the facts speak for them selves. Nixon is the candidate of the special interests, Kefauver of the common people. and Stewart Alsop entered my head," people would say, often in a tone of protest tinged with indignation, or: "Why, I don't think that has any bearing at all." "NCE in a while perhaps " once in 15 interviews some one would say that the Presi dent's health was "something you had to think about." But in ev ery case the voter who express ed such doubts had already made up his mind to vote Democratic on other grounds. In short, Dem ocratic strategists who are count ing on "the health issue" as a central Stevenson asset would appear to be fooling themselves an observation born out of other pulse-feeling expeditions in other parts of the country. By the same token, we found not a single voter no one who admitted that he was influ enced in any way by Stevenson's divorce. This was as true of Cath olic voters as of others. One man said "I'm a Catholic and I sup pose I ought to think about it, but I' don't." f Some people, no doubt, are not wholly can'did when they talk about such subjects with a stran ger. But again and again, one sensed a feeling of indignation that such personal matters should be discussed at all. Both the President's health and Stev enson's divorce are clearly politi cal two-edged swords. e THE integration issue is, on the other hand, a one-edged sword, in the sense that it cuts in only one direction among the whites in this border state city. For, especially in the poorer white sections of this city, the resistance to integration is abso lutely monolithic. Occasionally it is blind and bit ter and filled with unreasoning hate. More often it takes the form expressed by an elderly one-legged man in 'a low income housing project in the Shelby area: "I don't think the Negroes should be tromped on.' I think they should have as good a chance as anyone else. But I sure don't see why we should be all mixed up together." The resistance is especially strong in the heavily unionized I Mother-Give Your Child Aspirin r Just As The Doctor Orders' Each tablet SIJOSEPH ASPIRIN FOR CHILDREN 1 H grain, the pre- i erica imniro or accurate doiage torlifs Urssst Selling Asiiriii fv Chililrta Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of 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. 'How Silly' Is Right! To the Editor: Some there are who would vote for Douglas Mc Kay if he had horns and a tail and some there are who would vote for Wayne Morse if it had been proven that he stole the Washington Monument. Thisjet ter is not addressed to those whose heads are already made up, but rather to those who sin cerely wish to make a valid choice between the two. Morse has accused McKay of a "giveaway" at Al Sarena. If the charge is true McKay has done something at least improper if not definitely dishonest. If the charge is false the accuser knows that it is false and solicits your vote on the basis of false charg es. What are the facts about Al Sa rena? I don't know and I doubt if you do. In the storm of conflict ing testimony the facts are ob 'scured. One central fact does stand out however. McKay could have had no conceivable motive for doing anything in any way improper in this case. It is abso lutely unbelievable that a Repub lican cabinet officer would im peril his reputation and the for tunes of the Eisenhower admin istration to do anything for a family of Alabama Democrats. An improper action to favor a wealthy Oregon Republican? Maybe. Something off color for an Alabama Democrat? How sil ly can you get? Dick House The House of Insurance Fluhrer Building Medford, Ore. "Here We Go!" To the Editor: Since sodium Floride is a by product of the Aluminum Corporation, and since the public must decide workers' districts the idea that racial liberalism goes hand in hand with unionization is simply not true, at least in these parts. In this respect, in fact, the Cath olic church has done a far more effective job of persuasion than the unions "We've had colored children in the parochial schools for some time now," one Catholic worker said, "and it's worked out all right." He was typical of oth ers. As one moves away from the crowded low income areas into the middle class districts like Highlands or Crescent Hills, one finds a milder reaction. Once in a while, a person will even ex press approval of the integration program "Color's, only skin deep," one man said, and a wom an remarkd that "it's all accord ing to the good book." TJUT even in such areas, the " white people oppose integra tion by an overwhelming major ity. The political implications of this almost universal feeling are suggested by the hostility to Kentucky's Gov. "Happy" Chandler which is found every where in Louisville. Chandler is heartily disliked for many ex cellent reasons. But the unpalat able truth is that he is disliked most for one of the few really re sponsible acts of his career calling out the National Guard to prevent rioting over integration in Sturgis, Kentucky. Disregarding the issues which really hit home to the voters is not usually a laudable practice in a democracy. But in these special circumstances, it is to the credit of all four major candidates in Kentucky that not one of them has seized the one-edged sword of integration, to slash his oppon ent's jugular with it. For the Ne gro vote is a surprisingly small minority of the total in this bor der state. And there is much po litical hay to be made from the integration issue, by any politi cian who wished to do so at the risk of sparking a general racial conflagration. Copyright 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Church Services For those who are actively engaged in the work of their respective churches, we believe that baptisms, weddings, and funerals should rightfully be conducted in the church. These are, and should be, events of religious background and sig nificance and their ceremonies belong in the church. For that reason it is our policy to make no extra charge for funeral services conducted in the church. Chapel Mortuary Today and By Walter THE MAIN QUESTION It is rather generally agreed among experienced newspaper correspondents that the cam paign is a con t e s t between a resu r g e n t Democ r a tic Party and Ei senhower per sonally, who is so much stronger than his party. The observers are also agreed that they are not finding the con test interesting. I wonder whether the main reason for that does not lie in the fact that while the real issue turns on Eisenhower per sonally, it is almost impossible to debate that issue. This would account in a large part for the widespread feeling in both par ties that the issues which are being discussed do not come to grips with the realities of the election. A T HIS press conference on Friday the President was asked two questions by Mr. E. P. Morgan of the American Broadcasting Company. They skirted the central issue of the campaign. Mr. Morgan remind ed the President that "one of the reasons impelling you to run for re-election was your desire to strengthen and re-vitalize the Republican Party." He then asked the President whether the new constitutional amendment, which prohibits a third term, would not "blunt" his leadership in a second term and cause it to pass to Mr. Nix on. He followed this up with a second question, whether the President considered Sen. Dirk son and Sen. Bender, whom he has endorsed, "completely re vitalized as Eisenhower Repub licans." THE point of these two ques tions was to raise, though in directly, the problem t of the re lation between Eisenhower per sonally and the Republican Party. Mr. Morgan's first ques tion, about the third term amendment, points to the proba bility, which is almost a cer tainty, that the President's con- whether it is to be put in their water supply or not I wish to tell the public my experience with Aluminum. I have practiced in Medford for 44 years. During that time I have had a good many patients complain of a chronic condition of boils. I had them dispose of their aluminum cooking ware and put in Stainless Steel copper bottoms and they had no more trouble. i I have had cases of' stomach trouble that cleared up after changing to stainless steel. I have also had cases of pto main poisoning due to food cooked in Aluminum vessels, and allowed to remain in them. A vessel that is not safe to let food stand in is not as safe to cook in as it should be. From my own experience I disposed of all Aluminum cook ing ware long time ago. I do not want any more of it. Neither would I want to have to swig water the rest of my days that contains Florides. If Sodium Floride will help to keep down dental decay in children they should have the benefit. However they should have it in accurate dosage amounts and only as long as it is necessary. Parents can, through their physician and druggist, get a good grade of Floride and give controlled dos age to their children. Wallace & Tiernaney Co. of New Jersey sell the machines that puts the florides in the water. Dr. W. W. Howard, D O. 201 Medical Center Bldg. Medford, Ore. Non-famers now compromise 87 per cent of the nation's popu lation. The figure is expected to reach 80 per cent. H alter LiDDmajm Across from the Courthouse Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS Tomorrow Lippmann trol of his party will decline dur ing a second term. For during his second term the question of who is to succeed him will play a deciding part in the calcula tions of candidates, of the party leaders in Congress, and of the managers of the party organiza tion. There is every probability that Mr. Nixon's power and influence will.be enormously greater in a second term than they have been in the first. For in the first term all political interests and hopes have depended on what Eisenhower would do in 1956 In a second term, they will de pend on what Nixon wants, or in the last analysis, on what men like Mr. Len Hall and the party managers want. SPEAKING literally, the third term amendment is, in re gard to Eisenhower, of no prac tical consequence. This is be cause it is so utterly improbable that four years hence Mr. Eisen hower would even consider running for a third term. The President had no personal axe to grind when he called the amendment unwise. For in his case it is irrelevant. Whereas Roosevelt was 58 when he fin ished his second term and ran for a third, Eisenhower would be 70. For that reason alone, he himself, the country, and above all the professional politicians, will, if he is re-elected, treat him as a President who will retire at the end of his term. There can be little doubt, therefore, that his' influence will be diminished and that he will as time goes on become increas ingly a political lame dufk. rpHE basic problem, which it is A so hard to discuss in the cam paign, is that of the succession: How is the power of the Presi dent's office to be exercised in the next four years? This prob lem has many facets since no one can predict what will actu ally happen. Mr. Morgan's first question raises the problem of Eisenhower's declining i n f 1 u ence in a second term, even as suming that his health and vigor are wholly adequate. Mr. Morgan's second question, whether 'to consider Dirkson and Bender as Eisenhower Re publicans, also points to the problem of the succession, from 1956 to 1960 if the President is incapacitated, after 1960 in any event. Dirkson and Bender are of no great consequence in them selves. They merely illustrate the question whether Eisen hower has in fact done anything serious and substantial about what he dreams of doing, to make a revitalized and mod ernized Republican party. For Dirkson was a virulent opponent of Eisenhower's first nomination and Bender is an undistinguish ed old-fashioned Republican. THE President's answer to Mr. Morgan's question was that Sen. Bender has supported his legislative program and that Sen. Dirkson, at his request, led the fight for the foreign aid appropriations. That was hardly an answer to the real meaning of the question. For this is an election year. Both Dirkson and Bender are up for re-election. Self preservation has demanded that they -cling to Eisenhower's coat tails. The question is wheth er they are really Eisenhower Republicans who can be counted upon to carry on when Eisen hower is in retirement or is no longer in the White House. Or wilj they not look for a leader who represents what they really believe? It is hard, I repeat, to spell out the basic problem of Eisen hower's re-election. But the crux of it is whether Eisenhow er's popularity is evanescent, something peculiar to him per sonally, or whether it is sub stantial and enduring in the sense that he has provided for the future, and has rallied the men who will carry on, if neces sary without him. Copyright 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. t
