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' ' G C20 YEARS AGO Not. 15. 1936 (Sunday) In observance of Book Week, 0 Nov. 15-21. the children's de ' partment of the public library will display a group of new Juvenile books. A meeting scheduled for Med ford iomemakers interested in a ' home -economics program in the courthouse auditorium Monday. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 15. 1926 (Monday) Dr. Thomas -E. Greene, of -national publicity bureau of the , American Red. Cross " society, speaks af First Presbyterian church. Judge William Colvig returns to Medford after two weeks in cu Los Angeles. 40 YEARS AGO- Nov. 15. 1916 (Wednesday) Effort being made to -interest fruit growers of the valley in r the Spokaoa Apple show. c ' - Mdford -Printing company completes 15.000 circulars in five colors -for Rogue River Fruft end 'Produce, association. What's the Answer? Can Too Get 4 f the 7? Copr. 195S rtiurlaj Research ' Bepurt ' 1. The dollar today is worth about (a) S, (b) 13 or (c) 30 eents less than threeyears ago,, or two cents more, in consumer pur chasing power! 2. Most Arab refugees from Israel have been .s u ppo r t e d largely by funds from Israel Great Britaia. Egypt, other Arab states or the U.N.? 3. 14-year-olds are now allow ed to vote in no, one. two, five or more than 10 states? 4. Which has the larger cir culation: The Sunday editkm of the N.Y. Times or of the Chicago Tribtme? 5. Most cancers In the mouth are or aren't first detected by dentisU? 0 8. Which of these calls itself the i3eef State" en -its license tais: loma, Nebraska, Kansas. Illinois, Wisconsin? 7. Zim and . Zis are Soviet makes of autos," right or wrong? Tha Answers: 1. About three cents les. 2. The U.N. 3. Two (Georgia and Kentucky). 4. That of the Tribune. 5. Most are. 6. Nebraska. 7. Right. DUGOUT FIND Albany. N.Y. UP A dugout cailoe taken from the bottom of nearby Tsatsawasa Lake may ' hav belonged to 18th century settlers, reports state srcheolo gist Arthu Gillette. Discovered by frogman Harold Pox while exploring the -lake floor at a depth of 30 feet, the waterlog ged craft viae brought up by members of Uie Troy Skin Div Ing Chib. - MAIL TRIBUNE How "Independent?" The Eugene Register-Guard calls itself, as does the Mail Tribune, an "Independent" paper. But the Guard calls the Mail Tribune a "Demo cratic" paper, in an interesting editorial summaiy of the recent state election entitled "Oregon Press Views the Deluge." As "Sump" Smith used to say years ago : "We deny the allegation and defy the alligator." AITE DON'T deny that during the recent campaign the Mail Tribune was more pro-Democratic than usual. Even so we supported a Republican for State Treasurer, a Republican for the state Legislature, a Republican-for county assessor and endorsed a write in for the Supreme Court of another strong Repub lican, Wm. M. McAllister. That isn't 100 per cent partisanship at least. Moreover during the past quarter century under its present management, the Mail Tribune has sup ported far more Republicans than Democrats. We have no file of the Register-Guard so can't support our prdtest with evidence. But we would ap preciate very much if our worthy and highly read able contemporary would present us with a list of its endorsements of Democrats and the Democratic party during a similar period and thus justify its claim of not being a regular Republican publication. THE matter is not of great consequence one way or the other. We don't expect the Register Guard to change its masthead claim of "independ ence" and we shall certainly not change ours. But just to keep the record straight, we would like to have a list of the Democratic candidates and proposals the Guard has, say through the past dec ade or two, supported, and compare it with a similar list of Republicans from the files of the Mail Tribune. We suspect the truth is the Eugene paper is not an independent newspaper but an independent RE PUBLICAN one. That means practically that it con siders itself free to support any candidate or candi dates it chooses-and it is but when it comes to elec tion time it goes obediently nine times out of 10 down the line for the G.O.P. This i? usually rationalized by stoutly maintain ing that on the ground of merit and abilities the Republicans are superioralthough it is highly doubt ful an impartial and objective appraisal would sus tain this view. TN. OTHER words the Eugene paper is "independ- ent" in the sense that it is taking orders from no party and making advance commitments to none, but to gain its support a Democratic candidate has an extremely hard if not a hopeless row to hoe. He has two strikes on him before he starts. EOR many years it was a mysteiy to this depart- ment wrhy so many papers in Oregon and else where surrendered their freedom to -say what they think and do as they wish politically, to a 100 per cent conformity to the dictates of ANY party. By so doing they no longer are NEWSpapers but merely PARTY organs. TT IS still something of a mystery but not as baf fling as it used to be. For there is a price to pay for non-conformity whether it be in the realm of journalism or business or social manners and cus toms. That price politically is, speaking generally, the absence of . a continuous, sustained and organized support. The genuinely independent paper, like the gen uinely independent office holder is perpetually be tween two fires. On the one hand there are the 100 per cent partisans who curse him for deviation not always voting the ticket straight and, of course, on the other the 100 per cent opposition who want him burned at the stake at sunrise. It is so much more comfortable and comforting to a paper, to let the party leaders decide the line and then stick to that line in spite of hell and high water, and know that come what will, there is that loyal and enthusiastic organization to bank upon. TJOWEVER as is true in most things in this "vale of " tears," the law of compensations is always on the job, and the genuinely independent newspaper en joys many and most rewarding ones. R.W.R. Reclamation Project Bids To Be Opened Denver (U-PJ Bids on three Oregon reclamation projects are scheduled to be opened yet this year, the Bureau of Reclama tion said today. Bids are scheduled to be opened Nov. 27 on the Howard Prairie Dam about 27 miles east of Ashland. Bid invitations on the project were issued October 5. Another, southern Oregon project calls for construction of the Howard Prairie delivery ca nal and Soda creek diversion dam near Ashland. Bids on this project are scheduled to be opened Dec. 18. No date has been set for opening of bids on the third project but officials said it prob ably would be next month. The project calls for construction of 10 miles of secondary road near Haystack reservoir in the Culver area. . Thursday. November 15. 1958 Contract Awarded For O&C Road Work Washington OJ.B Contract for construction of nine miles of road into Oregon-California tim berlands in the Coos Bay area to make possible the harvesting of an estimated 1.400,000 board feet of timber was let here yes terday. The Bureau of Land Man agement said the contract, for S391.960, went to Martin Kin cheloe of Myrtle Point. The con tract calls for construction of the first section of the Brummer creek O&C access road system. Interior Secretary Fred Sea ton said the road would make possible the harvesting of the large stand of old growth tim ber, including considerable sal vage timber that would be lost if not harvested soon. Spokesmen said that total cost of the Middle creek road, first link in that access system, would Be $450,754. Today and By Walter THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE The Atlantic Alliance has been passing through a serious test which has made clearer than ever before its lasting strength and its present 1 i m itations. f t 43 ""6'" ''i'i'isjsi summed up by "VrA J saying that where the is sues are con cerned only with national Mailer Lidditiiim interests, there is not necessari ly a common policy. Thus in the Middle East the British and the French national Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ol 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 Uon must not exceed 400 words. A Grand-Pappy Speaks lo the Editor: There is, or should be, real and happy mean ing to the words "grand-parents" and "grand-children," for it is grand to have them come a-visitin'. Like my oldest grand son, when barely five, would get up, dress, slip on his little white raincoat and sou'wester hat and come trudging across at drizzly daybreak-time at Oak Grove, to crawl in bed with his Mamie (his invention for grand ma) and me. Such happy mem ories bring tears to my old eyes. Now he is with the army communications engineers on the defense line in France. Sure worries us how the trouble "over-there" can erupt into all out war, putting his outfit to stringing wires up to shooting front positions. We seldom hear from him. Strange it is how soon children grow up, often suddenly to develop ideas and personalities of their very own that turn them into a somebody else, a stranger in their own home. That's why my advice is always to make the most of them when they are little and are your very own. We were so pleased when my next-eldest grandson dropped in for an evening visit. We still have hopes to have them stop by at mealtime. His father had a problem to work out and hard ly had the figures set down when his six-footer son had a slide rule answer for it. He's been working hard all summer, sav ing his money to continue his engineering studies at Corvallis. His brother stopped by on some errand. He is more of the out-of-doors type 'specially this last summer when he was up before five, getting his own breakfast, grabbing a ride to the country to develop his young muscles "rasslin" bales of hay, later picking pears, saving his money, we hope for engineering train ing that will help a little to match Russia's long range government-paid engineer training. No grand - daughters of my own but my present marriage has brought several, including a sturdy straight - backed boy and doll-like sister for vacation visits, and others of all too short duration, but making the most of it as it's a long way over from the coast. A small con tingent was up from just below the border for the week-end. One, she is barely five, went around the house singing, "you can't get rich at diggin' a ditch, you're in the army now." Makes her and both brothers seem like my very own, so much so one was given a couple clips on his rear-end to stop his noise making. Respect for others' rights is a No. 1 lesson to be taught youngsters. F. J. Clifford 1211 West Main st. Medford, Ore. Thanks and Service To the Editor: In this great land of ours, where prosperity is greater then it's been in the history of man, surely we have much to be thankful for (to the Lord, who has surely given to us in abundance). Many will give thanks to the Lord this Thanksgiving Day for our many blessings, and those who believe in him surely are the hands of the Lord here on earth, to help those who are in great need. You and I and mil lions of others will be setting our tables with the foods of our choice, for here there is no short age. Surely in Europe there are many millions praying to the Lord for food and clothing, for there they have no choice. They can't buy, borrow, beg, or even steal food for it isn't there to be had. There are two kinds of hands: the hands of the Devil, which are selfish, and the hands of the Lord, who gives abundantly to those who are in great need as those in Europe are. Surely the hands of the Lord will be giv ing abundantly to CARE and other organizations such as CARE. Let us fold ouri hands this Thanksgiving Day with a clear conscience as we give thanks to the Lord, not serving Him with our mouth and the Devil with our hands. Name on file Medford, Ore. Tomorrow Lippmann interest is very much more im portant than the American. The allies were so little able to agree on a common policy that for a time they could not even con sult. Yet, when the Soviet Union threatened Britain and France, this country stood up for them instantly and without hesitation. The allies could differ up to the point where the survival of any of them was threatened. TT IS a help in trying to under- stand the alliance to look first tc its hard core. This is a de fensive union of the North Atlantic nations primarily, of Eritain, France and the Low Countries in Europe, of Canada and the United States in North America. This inner core is, as regards defense against ex ternal attack, intimately con nected with the whole Atlantic community of nations. This com munity includes all the Americas and all of Europe which, when it is free to do so, is turned west ward towards the Atlantic Ocean. The inner core, that is to say the military alliance within the Atlantic community, is bound together for the common defense by ties that are stronger than me lerms ot a treaty or the for mula of a policy. It is bound to gether, one may say, by the na ture of things as we have learned to know it over two centuries of historic experience. In great wars, the nations on the two sides of the North Atlantic ocean have alwavs hppn. nnrl mnv pv. pect always to be, involved. For the Atlantic Ocean, contrary to what was once the popular be- uei, is not a sea which divides America from Europe but one which binds them together. THE members of the defensive terests, which in varying degrees they regard as vital, that extend beyond the Atlantic community, into the Pacific, into Asia and into Africa. Here there are dif ferences as to what is vital, as to what should be done, as to how it should be done. Our European allies have differed with us about the Far East where they hung on to our coatails when we wanted to move for ward. We have differed with them about the Middle East, and we have been hanging on to their coattails. The unending task of diplo macy on both sides of the Atlant ic is to see to it that when the allies diverge, they do not separ ate, that they settle their dif ferences before they imperil the defensive unity within the Atlantic community. IN THE long run the cardinal taelr nf tha Atlantic nllianta ie to work out a new relationship between the Atlantic community and the nations which are em erging from colonial status. Dur ing the dispute over the Franco British intervention in Egypt, an influential official was saying in Washington that we could not ride two horses much longer what with our ties to Western Europe and our sympathies with the revolt against colonialism. He was, I believe, profoundly mistaken. To ride those two horse is just what we have to do. It is our interest, it is our duty, and if one may use grandiose words, it is our mission to be at once ally of the West and its principal mediator, seeking the accommodations by which the liberation of the subject people can be accomplished without precipitating a world war. 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Klamath Compact Signature Slated Klamath Falls, Ore. CU.R) The Klamath River basin com pact, designed to promote de velopment and proper use of water resources in Upper Klam ath Basin, will be signed here Saturday by members of the Oregon and California commis sions, it was announced today. The compact must then be ratified by legislatures of the two states and be given general approval by Congress. The compact establishes prior ity for domestic and irrigation uses of water over all other uses regardless of date of filing and is limited to enough water to irrigate an additional 100,000 acres of land in California and 200,000 additional acres in Ore gon. The nature of use in order of priority includes: Domestic, irri gation, recreational, including fish and wildlife, industrial, hy droelectric power and all other uses. The compact's jurisdiction cov ers all of the land draining into the Klamath river above the point where it crosses the California-Oregon border just up stream from Copco lake in Sis kiyou county. BAPTIST NOMINEE McMinnville (U.R) Mrs. W. C. Martin of Cottage Grove was nominated as the 1957 president of the Oregon Baptists at the group's 69th annual convention yesterday. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS At United Nations, Russia's deputy foreign minister (Vasily Kuxnetsov) utters this threat: "Appropriate lessons will be drawn from the Hungarian up rising so that in the future counter-revolutionary forces should not be able to stage such blood thirsty orgies as occurred in Hungary." His language was the round about language of diplomacy, but what he was saying is this: "If anybody else tries it, he'll get what the Hungarians got." TJE WAS seeking to accomplish two things: 1. To scare the U.N. general assembly out of putting the Hun garian crisis on its agenda for full and complete discussion in a worldwide forum. 2. To scare Poland out of tak ing any more anti-Moscow steps. TIE DIDN'T have much luck. Immediately after his threat, general assembly's steer ing committee, by a vote of 11 to 2, placed the Hungarian problem on its agenda. The Polish parliament abolish ed the hated communist secret police system and the Polish de fense minister. Immediately after that, accord- ing to a West Berlin news paper, Moscow rushed armored units and motorized infantry units from East Germany to the Polish border. It looks like a showdown. pEN. Alfred Gruenther, out- going NATO commander, gives what is generally consider ed to be a reply to Russia's im plied warning to Britain and France last week that if they got too brash in the Middle East Russian atomic rockets might fall on London and Paris. General Gruenther says in Paris that any attack on the West would be met with instant re taliation and DESTRUCTION OF THE ATTACKER. Referring to the Russian im plied threat to loose atomic rockets against London and Paris, he added: "No nation is going to press that button if it means suicide and it DOES mean just that." That's straight talk. We'll see vhat we'll see. More Room Needed By State Agencies Salem U.R The 35 state agencies with offices in the capi tol area will need more room than is available within three to five years, Gov. Elmo Smith was told yesterday. The estimates were made by state departments in connection with a study of pressing state government space problems con ducted last July by the govern or. State Sen. John C. F. Merri field, Portland, is chairman of the group. The committee has made five specific recommendations: 1. That unfinished portions of the state finance building be completed as quickly as pos sible. ' 2. Construction of a new "labor and industry building." 3. Serious consideration be given to a new Supreme Court building. 4. Greater attention be given to improving management of state records and work proced ures which might make avail able more space while reducing number of personnel required. 5. Possible employment of a state architect. PRINEVILLE GETS TV Washington U,R) Ochoco Telecasters, Inc., today was au thorized by the Federal Com munications Commission to op erate translator stations on two channels in Prineville, Ore. The translators will relay programs from Portland, Ore., stations on channels 70 and 76. 66 When an obituary notice reads that a body will "lie in state"oduring certain hours, it usually means the casket will be closed before the funeral service and not opened again afterward. In such cases, those who wish to .pay. their respects and view th body, should call at the mortuary before the service. Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse . eo o Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass - o FUNERAL DIRECTORS . . Matter of Fact The Kremlin's Shatteriitcf Triumph Washington The Soviet Un ion has now scored a gigantic victory in the Middle East, more than enough to compensate for the Krem lin's severe setback in the satellite area of Eastern "il Europe. -$$!Vl So much is 1 x$i! cIear- Evn tini-j ?Tliiil among the al- m i.n i s tration policymakers, the almost hyster ical emotions generated by pique against the British aed Trench are now beginning to subside. In this calmer atmos phere, the magnitude of the Kremlin's triumph is beginning to be reluctantly and ruefully admitted. The admissions arc all the more rueful because the Kremlin's triumph was altogeth er needless. The Anglo France -Israeli i n t e rvention in Egypt may have been mis taken. It may have been im moral. It may have been ill planned. But in fact, the op eration was Stewart Alsop succeeding rather brilliantly when everything that had been gained was lost again by' a prem ature ceasefire. THE main success was owing tn th Tcralic ratlipr ihfln fn the British and French. The foundation stone of Egyptian prestige and influence through out the Arab countries has al ways been the belief that Egypt's Colonel Nasser possessed ser ious military power. The belief was vastly strengthed, and Nas ser s influence rose proportion ately, when Nasser made his arms deal with the Kremlin last summer. But in a few short day's last week, a small, relatively poorly equipped Israeli expedi tionary force showed that Nas ser's vaunted military "power was the most transparently phoney sort of busted flush. . In the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, 12,000 to 15.000 Israelis took on 25.000 to 30,000 Egyptians. The Egyptians en joyed the double advantage of defending prepared positions and possessing rathex better afld more ample equipment. But in the outcome, the Israelis won a total victory. The whole figyp tion force was atomized, leaving all their artillery and tanks and some 4,000 prisoners in Israeli hands. Meanwhile the Israelis suffered only a few score casual ties. rpHE object of the Israelis, and of course the British and French too, was to topple Colo nel Nasser from his throne as unofficial Emperor of Pan-Arabia. This object had in fact be6n attained by the Israeli victory In Sinai, which was immeasurably more important than the later British and French landings at Suez. Even today, after all the fruits of the victory have been so eagerly thrown away, the American government is receiv ing convincing reports from Cairo of serious opposition to Nasser in government and army circles. The source of this disaf fection is the defeat of the Egyp tian army by the' Israelis. Unfortunately, American pol icy was never designed to make the best of the bad business of the Anglo-France-Israeli opera tion in Egypt. Instead our pol icy seems to be chiefly designed to punish the British, French and Israelis for their disobed ience to big brother State De partment. Hence we joined with the Soviets at the United Na tions. We place the utmost pres sure on London, Paris and Jerusalem to accept an immedi ate cease-fire. And we paid very little attention to the possibility that we were thus making a bad business a lot worse. Lie in State i -,i,ij 5K 1 G o Joe' and Stewart Alsop rpHIS was precisely what hap pened when the Soviets de cided to interveneDin thj- Middle Eastern crisis more forcefully and on larger cale. Even now, theocircumstances of tUjs Soviet action are not Svidely under stood in this country. In brief, the big0 troop fhevemenij that had "already been necessitated by the trouble jn the European satellites, wereow used ty the KrfcmIino tc? convey an impres sion of menace to Western Eur ope. There were even clanted reports of tDe entry of Soviet divisions into Czechoslovakia and o threats of attacks on Aus tria and Yugoslavia. Against this carefully arranJ ed backgrouiiri of menace, Bul ganin sent his so-ealled ulti matum to London and (Jaris de manding an immediate cease fire. Bth the British and French governments had already been thoroughly softened up by Amer ican pressure. In addition, the British government was afflict ed by divided councils. At least one ofjthe British Conservative big three, R. A. Butler, is now known to have been strongly op posed to Sir Anthony Eden's policy, and" he had with him other members of ffie Cabinet besides the junior ministers who have now resigned. n o u PVEN so, the British andO French iiht have rejected o Bulganin's ultimatum, if thVy could have hoped for American support. But President Eiser hower, while opposinif,SdS!et in tervention in the Milfiile East, was also saying the same thing to London and Paris that Mos cow was saying. The only dif ference was in the tone of voice. Hence the HHtish and French caved in, and agreed to an im mediate and unconditional cease fire in Egypt. The state department then turned on Israel, angrily threat ening to xpel the Israelis from the United Nations if Prime Minister Ben Gurion jyfused to withdraw his troops from Egypt. So the Israelis caved in, too; and Humpty-dumpty Nasser was triumphantly put back on the wall aain. The reasons why this must prove to be a spec ifically Soviet triumph on the greatest scale are inherent in the" foregoing fcistory, but they deserve further analvsis. IWSoNew York Herald Tribune Inc. ONLY 32 ' Shopping Days Til Christmas! What A Problem! Mora friends than Funds? Don't worry you can get ready ( Cash for Christmas DAririr INDUSTRIAL" Dick Hans, Manager 16 S. Central Ph. 3-5308 Use Tribune Want Ads 99 C3P3 111 9 nrnne er m mmt o ; r. O
