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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDgTRIBUNS "lvryoM to Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Publiflhej Daily Except Saturday by MEDXORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Buxineu Manaffer ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circuia tlon Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered at second clan matter at Mediord Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $13 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moi 4.25 Sunday Only One year $450 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. 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From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Quite a number of townspeople went to PorUand by plane last week and braved the train on the return trip. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 29. 193S (Thursday) Absentee voters' ballots in Jackson county number 214, ac cording to county clerk's office. Police Chief Clatous McCredie announces that special officers will be on duty Friday and Sat urday nights to temper maraud ings of children celebrating Hal loween. TO YEARS AGO Oct. 29. 1926 (Friday) Jackson county has a total of 11,278 voters qualified to vote In next Tuesday's election. Fruit growers meet to hear re port of emergency committee ap pointed to handle the crisis caus ed by spray residue last July. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 29. 1916 (Sunday) Closing rallies of both politi cal parties will be held this week. Mrs. J. M. T. Francis, field secretary of the Oregon prohibi tion party, speaks here Sunday 80 YEARS AGO Oct. 29. 1906 (Monday) Forest Ranger William Nich ols, who has been stationed at Fort Klamath, is in Medford. Striking grain handlers in Portland demand discharge of all non-union men, new dead lock injected into situation. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1933 ffdttoruu Research Report 1. Musical sm?.sh-hit "My Fair Lady" is based on a play by Shakespeare. Ibsen, G. B. Shaw. Tennessee Williams or Clare Eoothe Luce? 2. At social functions in Wash ington President Eisenhower pre cedes nis wiie. or luiwfts ucx, or enters side by side with her? 3. Notre Dame is or isn't in the Western Big Ten football conference? 4. Fred A. Seaton is Secretary of what in the Eisenhower Ad irinistration? 5. About 40. 60, 80. or more than 90 per cent of all U.S. farms are now electrified? 8. Almost all diamonds are nnur miner! in South American, South Africa. Canada, Alaska. Russia or China? 7. Latest amendment to U.S. rrtnctitntinn i on child labor, c..h;Kit;nn rpnpal tax limit on incomes, no third term for Pres idents, or new date for Congress terms? The Answer: 1. Shaw (Pygma lon). 2. Precedes her. 3. Isn't. 4. Tre Interior. 5. More than 90 percent. 6. South Africa. 7. No third term. Be Informed There is only one full week remaining before elec tion. There are seven state measures, a score of candi dates, state, national and local, and six city measures on the ballot. Time is getting short, but the intelligent voter is the informed voter. Sample ballots are available. So is the voter's pamphlet. So is the Voters Information bulletin of the League of Women Voters. Be sure to vote. E.A. Annexation The citizens and voters of the Berrydale and Grandview-Kenwood areas will decide a week from tomorrow whether or not they wish these areas to be come a part of the city of Medford. On wriat should they base their individual decis ions? On their own self-interest, obviously. That is the true basis of any vote in any election. The only diffi culty comes, occasionally, in finding out what the true and long-range self-interest is. IN THIS case, the issue is pretty clear cut. The choice is between remaining "in the country" (with all its advantages and disadvantages), and com ing "into the city" (with all its advantages and dis advantages). Two of the most attractive things about "country" life in the past have been lower taxes and more elbow room. In the case of the three districts involved, these advantages have diminished almost to the vanishing point, for many sections there are about as heavily populated as most city neighborhoods, and the com bination of special district taxes, fees and higher in surance premiums have brought the cost of civic ser vices there almost as high as and in some cases higher than living in the city. A MONG the advantages are the availability of sewers, lights, and so on) ery through which they can tection, better fire protection with a resultant de crease in fire insurance premiums, and planning and zoning. It is only through the weighing of these and other considerations that the voters can decide whether or not annexation would be the best for them, personally. But there are other considerations involved in ar riving at a decision as .to best be served. How about the health How will the added availability services benefit (or not benetit) the community? And how will the gen eral well-being of the community affect me? Ihese are questions well ask himself. "WATERS now living within the city limits have a real interest in the outcome of the annexation election, for they, too, are part of the larger commun ity in which we all have a They are not voting on will later, if the proposals dale and (jrandview-Kenwood voters next week. This is only right, for such city rather more, for a period, than would be the case if no annexations were approved. But we have a feeling them who will vote now will decide that their enlightened self-interest will be best served by annexation. E.A. That's All This probably will be our last editorial comment on the subject of the fluoridation of water between now and election time. We believe that the oppostiori to the proposal ' some of it near-hystencal We are willing to take our doctor's advice on matters which are far more serious. Why not, then, on this, which has been oughly tested public health NTO one has been able to benefits a great decrease in dental decay for youngsters in areas where content, either natural or No one has been able to dispute successfully its relative economy a few cents a month for each water connection ; far less ist s bill. No one has been able safety and allegations to substance. No one has been able to dispute its legality it has been judged so in a score or more court decisions. 15 UT WHY, the opponents say, why "force it on us when we don t want For the same reason to school, to have health fic rules, to pay taxes in general health and welfare ity. - Will it taste bad water?" No one can taste can smell it. The only result of fluoridation will be improve ment of children's teeth and 10 cents added to the water bill. That's all. E.A. Monday. October 29. I95S Decision of being part of the city improvements (streets, and governmental machin be obtained, police pro how their self-interest can of the entire community? the individual voter might stake. the matter now, but they are approved by the Berry- annexations will cost the that the voters all of or later on the proposals is unfounded. described as the most-thor- measure in history? a dispute successfully its water has a small fluoride added. in a year than a single dent to dispute successfully its the contrary are without t it? - that society forces us to go examinations, to obey traf short,, for the overriding interests of the commun and spoil "Medford's pure it. Will it smell bad? No one Today and By Walter HOW FAR IN EASTERN EUROPE? The insurrection in Hungary has raised the question whether the anti-Russian movement in Eastern Eu rope will stop at Titoism or become an anti - Commu nist uprising. Nagy, who is the Hungar ian Tito, was not able, it appears, to cope with the Waiter Llppmaiui rebels in Budapest, and was compelled to call upon the Red Army to quell the uprising. There have been demonstrations in Warsaw which went beyond Titoism, being both anti-Russian and anti-Communist. But in Po land the Gomulka government seems to have had enough pres tige and enough police power of its own to deal with the trouble without calling upon the Rus sians. We are, we must realize, poor ly informed about a situation which is in large part hidden from sight and in rapid flux. But, as a working hypothesis, I would say that the critical place to watch is Poland, and that in Poland the immediately critical issue is whether the Gomulka regime and tlfe Kremlin are able to work out what amounts to a new alliance. , POLAND is of all the satellites tho f-ritir-al rnnnlru -Rntrt Germany and Russia are vitally interested in Poland. The Rus sians are always vitally interest ed in Poland because the Polish plain is the avenue on which have marched all the armies that have invaded Russia. For the Germans, the Polish plain is not only the avenue of the Russian advance into Europe but,v since World War II, Poland has an nexed German territories which tne Uerman nation has never renounced. Poland's pre-eminent import ance lends credence to the re port last week that Marshal Tito reached an understanding with the Kremlin during his visit to Yalta in which they divided Eastern Europe into two spheres of influence. The Poles would be in the Russian sphere and Hungary and possibly Ro mania and Bulgaria would be in Tito s sphere. THE critical issue in Poland is whpihpr thd now Pnlich regime will stabilize its foreign policy, more specifically its policy toward Germany and the Western world beyond Germany. We know what Gomulka wants. It is to renew the Soviet alli- Matter of Fact GARY REVISITED Gary, Ind Last spring, in his first attempt to feel the public pulse, this reporter spent a day talking to the -Vii! voters in this mid- western industrial city, arid thereafter reported "two strong impres sions:" "One is that President Eisenhower is W'Sk stronger wun stewmrt Alsop the voters at least outside the farm areas than in 1952. Another is that something sad and mysterious has happened to tarnish the pub lic image of Adlai Stevenson." I have just made a second ex pedition to Gary to try to find out if there has been any marked change in the way its voters are thinking and talking. The answer seems to be that there has been a change but not a decisive change. QN THIS second expedition, I " polled Gary's 13th Precinct because its vote in 1952 closely parelleled the three to two Dem ocratic vote in the city as a whole, and talked to about 5 per ctnt of the voters. The precinct consists of smallish, two-story, usually two-family houses, often rather shabby, often with pretty fiower gardens. The day pro vided the usual surprises. There was a small l.not of Serbian refugees, who were im possible to interview they clearly thought the strang er was from the secret police and would only shake their heads and mumble. Then there was the self-proclaimed, social ist, who announced that he want ed to vote for, of all people, T. Coleman Andrews, the extreme right winger. But there was also a signifi cant fact that emerged from the interviews. Not one of the Demo cratic voters interviewed in this heavily Democratic precinct in tended to vote 'or Stevenson be cause of a personal feeling for tpe man, or because of any of the issues he has developed dur ing the campaign. The Steven son voters always had other rea sons for voting for him. rpHERE WAS the nurse who was going to vote for Steven son because I know what a heart attack means," there was an elderly man with a nightmare ; -A mt '' i Tomorrow Lippmann ance which guarantees turn against Germany. The old alliance, which goes back to the end of World War H, was imposed upon a Polish puppet government by the Red Army, and it has depended on the infiltration of the Polish Army by a controlling apparatus of Soviet officers. Gomulka's up rising has destroyed the founda tions of the old Soviet-Polish al liance. The question is whether a new alliance can be formed, based not on Soviet domination but on the mutual interests of Poland and the Soviet Union. The indications are that Go mulka wants this to happen, and there are credible reports from Moscow that the Kremlin, de spite what must be deep sus picion of Poland, wishes to ne gotiate with Gomulka. UNLESS the Polish crisis is stabilized at about this point, with Gomulka in power, with Russian military and ideological control dismantled, but with a Polish-Russian alliance renewed, then we may expect to see, I would guess, the Polish crisis become a far-reaching crisis of the European continent. For it will then spread to, and involve, not merely the rest of Eastern Europe and the Balkans but the two Germanys. There is no tell ing what would come of such a crisis. For the essential charact er of the crisis would be that there was no power and author ity be it Soviet, Western or local to organize Central Eu rope. In the interests of peace and of freedom freedom both from despotism and from anarchy we must hope that for a time, not forever but for a time, the uprising in the sateUite orbit will be stabilized at Titoism. It is in the interests of the West ern world that the Soviet Union be helped to accept Titoism in its empire, and that it should not feel that its own security is menaced. FOR with Titoism in Eastern Europe, the military threat that the Russian Army will in vade Western Europe is radical ly reduced. The danger of a World War beginning in Europe will be even less than it has been these last two years. It is not in our own interest that the movement in Eastern Europe should go so far that no accommodation with Russia is possible. For that could lead to bloody deeds in which we would be called upon to intervene, our honor being involved, though we could not intervene, know ing that the risks were in calculable. ( Copyright 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Stewart Alsop memory of the great depression "Why, many went crazy and hundreds committed suicide who blamed the Republicans for it. And there were many others who were for Stevenson because I've always been a Democrat" or we Democrats are tor tne nt- tie guys." There was only one man who was aware of the main issues Stevenson has raised the draft and the hydrogen bomb tests and he said firmly that Stevenson's stand had persuaded him to vote for Eisenhower. Altogether, here as elsewhere, there is a queer blankness of feeling about Stevenson. Com pared with last spring, to be sure, this is a positive advance for Stevenson, for then this re porter was astonished by the curious and inexplicable hos- t-lity to Stevenson" which was evident in Gary. Now . the hos tility has almost all evaporated except, of course, among strong Republicans and solid Democrats accept Stevenson as the only alternative to a Repub lican administration. But they accept his pallidly. By the same token, the image of President Eisenhower as some-how above politics has been considerably dimmed in re cent months. There is no ques tion that most people here in Gary, as elsewhere, still "like Ike." But many people, espec ially the Democrats, now think o him as a Republican, and even a politician. THUS you find people espec- ially the Democrats wr.o switched to Eisenhower in 1952 being milled both ways. ' Eisenhower is a very good man," said a steelworker, "but he's a Republican and the Demo crats are more for the working man." Such people are the undecid ed voters, who will determine thp nntrnmp nf the election, and who are still surprisingly num erous here in Gary, for example, almost a quarter of those inter viewed remained undecided. Quite a few previous Eisenhower voters had drifted into this puu cd-both-wavs category, and one came awav with the impression that the Eisenhower percentage here would be slightly smaller than in 1952 but only slightly smaller. One also came away with the impression that the shift to Slevenson might have been de cisive if only he could have con- Titoist Upheaval in Eastern Europe May By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The upheaval in Eastern Eu rope has become so big that it seems likely, in time, to affect the Soviet Russian regime itself. There has been specula tion that the revolts might cost Nikita S. K h r u s hchev his job as first secretary o f the Russian Chirlei M. Mctina Communist party. That could well happen. Khrushchev took the lead in de nouncing Josef Stalin as an evil, maniacal oppressor. This denunciation campaign got out of hand.- It led to a wave of "Titoism" revulsion against Russian domination in the East European satellite coun tries. For that, Khrushchev must take the blame. But the revulsion against Mos cow domination deepened into revulsion against Communism itself. Thus the situation has gone beyond the mere spread of Titoism. Profound Effect The situation in the satellites must be having a profoimd ef- Chairman Gets Call From Adlai Stevenson Robert Boyer, Medford,. chair man of the state Democratic cen tral committee, received a con ference telephone call from Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson this morning, urging "getting out the vote" in the general election a week from tomorrow. The call, to all state chairmen in the nation, stressed the "heavy Democratic trends" showing up in the last week, Boyer said, as indicated by rallies in California Arizona, New York and Massa chusetts today. James Finnegan, national cam paign director for the Demo cratic party, who participated in the call, stressed in particular the importance of the individual committeeman and woman, and that the outcome of the entire election would depend on their ability to get our "three or four extra Democratic voters in each precinct," Boyer said. Medford Elks Plan Election Night Party An election party will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, for members of the Medford Elks lodge, it was reported today. The party will continue until results are conclusive on na tional, state and local candidates and issues. Television sets will be placed throughout the club- rooms and vote totals will rje listed on blackboards as they come in. Food will be served and party tables will be arranged for groups. The event is open to Elks, their wives and guests. In The Day's Here is the latest word, as this is written, from Hungary: The ANTI-COMMUNIST civil war spread over much of the na tion despite orders from the GOVERNMENT for an all-out ef fort to crush the REBELS. Three Belgian diplomats who arrived t the Austrian ooraer aiier leaving Budapest (Hungary's cap ital) said: "The whole of Western Hun gary is in the hands of the reb els." THE GOVERNMENT radio is pleading with the rebels to to stop fighting. It is making all sorts of promises amnesty a new government, better living conditions. But apparently it is making little headway, for word from Hungary tells not only of continued fighting but of a gen eral strike. And Note this: The Tito-type communist gov ernment IS BEING SUPPORT ED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS. THAT is to say: In the pinches ALL KINDS OF COMMUNISTS STICK TO GETHER. SUMMING up: On the basis of this morn ing's dispatches, it looks like the silent masses in the background, which have been spoken of in this space, may be desperately attempting a life-or-death rebel lion against the cruel tyranny of Russian communism.. If so, only time can teU what will come of it. veyed a positive image of him- self to the working people of Gary the paternal protector as in the case of Franklin D. Roose velt, the embattled friend of the little man as in the case of Harry S. Truman. But he has not done so. Copyright 1956 New York Herald Tribune, Inc. if XxZTzM Hit Russia fect on every Soviet Russian leader. The expectation has been that if Khrushchev lost out, the Mos cow faction which opposed his encouragement of Titoism in dependent Communism would take control. That, too, could well happen. But it is almost inconceivable that the situation in Eastern Eu rope can be retrieved. Titoism is here to stay. It seems not beyond the realm of probability that, in time, there might be a cropping up of Tito ism in Russia itself. French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau put that thought into words in a speech he made last Friday in Paris. We have great hope that the evolution now taking place in several of the Communist coun tries will sooner or later take place in Russia, too," Pineau said. "The end of the Stalin god- myth brought about the present events in the satellite countries. and I am sure it will bring the same thing in Russia. The process has been put in motion, and it is irreversible." Pineau spoke of evolution, not of revolution. That evolution, if it came about in Russia, would mean departure from present Russian policy. It might put into power men who thought more about developing their own vast country, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean and less about making trouble for other countries. Escape Risky Right now, regardless of any liberalization of rule in Russia the Russian people are inmates of an enormous prison. Those who escape to the West do so at risk of their lives. One of the most revealing de velopments of World War II was the effect of foreign contacts on Russian troops. They looked bug-eyed at what they saw in every East European country they entered. In every one of them, even the poorest, the vic tims of capitalist exploitation U.P. Correspondents View Future Headlines United Press correspondent! around the world look ahead at the news that will make the headlines. Who Asked Russia In? Watch for the United States, Britain and France to ask Russia just how its troops got into the fighting in Hungary so quickly. There's some mystery about it. One hour after he became pre mier, Imre Nagy announced he intended to ask the aid of Soviet troops against the rebels. At that time, it develops, the Russians already had been in action for five hours. Some reports say Ernoe Geroe, later ousted as Communist Party leader, pres sured Nagy's predecessor, An dras Hegedus, into making the request. That may not be true. Headline Competition The Mediterranean area may be competing with Hungary for top headlines any day. There could be a blow-up anywhere along its 2,400-mile length. Mo- News y Frank Jenkins TTISTORICAL snapshot: The silent masses of Hun gary have never known much liberty. They have been op pressed by the Tartars. They have been oppressed by the im perialist Germans. They have been oppressed by the Turks. They have been oppressed by the imperialist Austrian Hapsburgs- In 1848, they reached a point where they could take, the op pression 01 ine napsDurgs no longer and REVOLTED under the leadership of Lajos (Angli cised name Louis) Kossuth. But RUSSIA helped the Hapsburgs to put down the rebellion blood ily. ALWAYS you see the sinister hand of Russia has been busy taking away from common or dinary people the rights to which common ordinary people are entitled. Everywhere throughout the centuries Russia has been the FOE of human liberty. THE explosive situation in East ern Europe which has IM MENSE possibilities has at least taken our minds off what was becoming a tiresome and dis illusioning political campaign. On the Democratic side, it has been full of insincerity and clap trap. Mr. Stevenson who four years ago seemed to have the makings of a statesman has this year degenerated into a common scold. Apparently his advisers told him he had to get down to the Truman level if he wanted to get elected, and in his efforts to do so he has obscured (or may be lost) the qualities that dis tinguished him in 1952. What is happening in Europe is REAL. In Hungary, men are facing tanks barehanded and savins: "Give me liberty or GIVE ME DEATH." Things like that make THINK. itself were far better off than the peo ple of the Russian Communist Utopia. Hatred of oppression is in stinctive, and the Russian people are still oppressed. Love of free dom, which is now being shown in Eastern Europe, is contagious. The Russian people will learn of what is happening, despite all censorship. Undoubtedly they would welcome a taste of Tito ism. Measures Forum Set At Church Tonight Both sides of the city off-street parking and capital expansion programs, to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot, will be discussed at a "measures forum" at 7:45 p.m. today in the Congregational church, 300 Oakwood drive. The program, sponsored by the social action committee of the church, will be open to the public. E. R. Bashaw, city attorney. will explain the two programs. There will be no discussion of the fluoridation issue. Sample ballots will be available. Rancher Wounded By Stray Bullet Klamath Falls (U.R) Floyd Murray, 52 -year -old Macdoel, Calif., rancher, was in serious condition at a hospital here to day after being struck by a stray bullet from an unidentified source. Police said Murray was stand ing in front of his pickup truck yesterday in a potato field about " 12 miles southeast -of Macdoel when the bullet struck him above the left hip bone. The bullet passed through hii body and was found lodged in his clothing. rocco, Tunis and Algeria are at the explosion point because of France's seizure of five Alger ian rebel leaders en route from Morocco to Tunis. Arab countries are raging over the French ac'ion. The threat of war between Israel and the Arab countries is so urgent President Eisenhower interrupted his phy sical check-up Sunday to appeal to Israeli against warlike action. He acted when he learned Israel had ordered "partial" mobiliza tion. Britain and France believe the Suez Canal dispute may yet reach the fighting state. Secret Weapons Allied intelligence agents, still studying reports Russia is firing 3,000-miles-an-hour mis siles over the Baltic Sea, have a-new one to worry about. They hear the Russians are building a new super-airplane runway east of Berlin. It's said to be four miles long and still a-building. Allied agents suggest: (1) It could be intended for giant atomic missiles which would be launched from special under carriages. (2) It might be a take off strip for Russia's planned atomic-powered airplane. By the way, the strip runs due east and west. Friendly Help The government is quieuy planning a sharply expanded program to help friendly coun tries short of fuel to build big atomic power plants. The pres ent policy of stressing research and development in the United States itself, which has plenty of fuel, would be continued. Of ficials feel this plan would help answer critics who say this coun try is lagging n atomic power development. Ate Human Flesh GEORGE N. TAYLOR The cannibals of the So. Paci fic used to kill and eat their ene mies. Then the Gospel reached them and they turned to the Christian life So came the new order. Do you' see that knoll where they used to kill and eat their enemies? Today on that spot, there stand a beauti ful cross and they gather to celebrate the Lord's Supper. One Christ died for all your sins past, present and future. Receive Him into your heart as Lord and Saviour. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin. Accept Christ into your heart and God sees all your sins gone forever. Two Grow up. Daily by Bible and prayer, grow up. Three Y i e 1 d to the Holy Spirit. He is sent to help you in all you do for Christ. Yield, obey and earn eternal reward. And must you go and empty handed? This Message sponsored by a Scappoose family adv. -far
