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10 HEARS AGO
Not. 23. 194S (Saturday)
Assessed valuation of tax
exempt properties in Jackson
county for 1946 totals $52,376,
239, according to assessor's of
fice. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The young
er set of the valley have started
looking, for Santa Claus' tracks
ha the parental domiciles.
20 Tears ago
Not. 23. 193S (Monday)
Senior clats of Central Point
High school sponsors a "gym
boree house warming celebra
tion for remodeled gymnasium'.
according to H. P. Jewett, prin
cipal.
J. C. Hunter plans to open a
Medford School of Languages
and Inaarnationitl Business in the
Farmers and Fruitgrowers biild
ing. 30 YEARS AGO .
Not. 23. 192 (Tuesday)
Circuit Judge C. M. Thomas
leaves for Portland, where he
will preside on circuit court
cases there.
Instances are multiplying
throughout toe county of flowers
continuing to bloom in the un
seasonably warm weather.
40 YEARS AGO .
Not. 23. 1916 (Thursday).
At request of th mayor and
city council, Col. Howard -A.
Hanson. Seattle, will address a
mass meeting at the k'atatorium
Monday.
The iPhoenix band will gave
a concert here Friday evening.
50 YEATaS AGO
Not. 23. 1906 (Friday)
The Nome Nugget has recently
stated that a Mrs. Condon, of
Dome creek, has the largest nug
get yet found on that stream.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Andrew Jeldneis has rans
ferred to W. C. Green a half in
terest tei Blue Canyon mining
claims two and three f8r $1, and
other considerations.
What's the Answer?
Can Yon Get 4 of the 7 T
Copr 195S Editorial Research
Report
1. President Eisenhower's farm
at Gettysburg is about (a) 17, (b)
70. (c) 170 or (d) 700 miles from
Washington?
2. H. A. Caccia is ambassador
to the U. S. from Italy, Argen
tina. Great Britain, Spain, Israel
or Egypt?
3. About one-third, one-half
or two-thirds of all U. S passen
ger cars in use are four-door
sedans?
4. Who is the only President
of this century so far who lived
to be over 80?
5. Most oranges consumed in
the U. S. come from Florida;
right or wrong?
6. The normal for Intelligence
Quotient (I-Q-'s) is 100. About
1 per cent, 4 per cent, 7 per cent
or 10 per cent of all Americans
have one over 135?
7. Did any large state elect a
Roman Catholic as U. S. Senator
this year?
The answers: I. About 70.
2. Great Britain. 3. About half.
4. Mr. Hoover. 5. Right. 6.
1 per cant. 7. Yes, Ohio
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Police Public Relations
Some survey or other recently came up with the
information that a majority
discontented in their present jobs.
It follows that they'd like to be doing something
else. Now we can think of
work on a newspaper (despite the amount of time it
takes dodging verbal brickbats), but if it weren't for
that well, we've always had a sneaking and secret
sort of desire to be a policeman. It probably was born
in childhood dreams of a badge and a gun, and are
never quite lost.
A policeman is or should be a symbol of all that
is good in civilized community life: honesty, de
cency, integrity, order, peace and security.
DERHAPS it is because the office is held in high es
. teem that, when an individual fails to live up to
this mental image of what a police officer should be,
the reaction is stronger than it is for defections in less
important positions.
If the standards are high, so are the rewards, for
the officer who proves himself worthy of the public's
esteem.
In few other walks of life is the effective worker
the trusted friend of everyone except the malefactor,
the defender in time of danger, the advisor in times
of confusion, the righter of wrongs.
And in few other walks of life is it as difficult to
live up to this sort of esteem and public confidence.
GAINING and keeping this confidence, then, is one
of the most important tasks a policeman has, for
without it he cannot do the job he is employed to do.
A training manual issued to members of the Med
ford police department recently takes cognizance of
this fact, and devotes a couple of pages to "police
public relations," in an effort to assist officers in
their contacts with the public.
Following are excerpts from it :
"Tne importance of good public relations is frequently
overlooked. This is probably because the best officer loses
sight of the help he gets from the public . . . Another ob
stacle to an effective public relations program is that some
officers feel they show signs of weakness and fail in the
firmness necessary to enforce the law when they apply
courtesy to all their dealings with the public. Yet it is from
the public that the department draws the information re
garding crimes and criminals without which we would be
unable to operate. The citizens we are required to cite for
traffic violations or arrest for petty crimes are the tax
payers to whom we come asking for better working and
wage conditions.
". . . Since our business is dealing with people, it is
essential that the people we contact realize and appreciate
police problems. Under a democratic form of government,
the citizenry has a good deal to say about how our depart
ment operates. The good will we are seeking from the
public will not be a gift. It must be developed and earned.
The best medium at our command for earning this public
favor is through the routine contacts made by officers of
' every rank . . .
"Another advantage directly resulting from public favor
Is the cooperation of the people in clearing criminal of
fenses. This comes about through faster and better reporting
of criminal incidents . . .
"We are subject to unjust and groundless charges from
citizens we handle. This has happened here in the past and
only general support from the public kept this type of
charge from being criminally serious to the Tnembers con
' cerned. An indifferent or ignorant public reaction will
Impede our programs for improving the enforcement of the
law and the general safety of the community.
"Much law enforcement is dependent upon voluntary
obedience . . . With an antagonistic public attitude against
him, the officer hesitates to perform his duty and the com
munity suffers, departmental morale is low and the city is
fair game for vice and crime ...
. . A police officer who acts a normal human being is
. the department's best ambassador o public relations. Be
yourself!"
The public relations section takes only two pages
in the thick manual. The rest of it deals with all
phases of law enforcement methods and techniques.
But the fact that it is near the front of the book is a
measure of the importance placed upon it, and on
the fact that only with public understanding and sup
port can. the important job. be done. E.A.
Museums Value
Miss Mary Hanley, the pleasant and history-wise
curator, of the Jacksonville Museum, reports that
1,877 .persons from 31 states, Canada and South
America visited Jackson county's historical show
place. Since the Museum was opened in July, 1950, a
total of 234,797 persons have registered there.
Now anything that can attract almost a quarter
million people in less than seven years is more than
a local wonder it is a major asset to a community;
not in the same class as Crater lake, perhaps, but
no small factor in the tourist industry.
ANY of this number are, of course, local people
. who visit the museum again and again, which
is another reason that it
we are a bit prone to forget what has gone before-
the real and valued contributions of our pioneer fore
bears and predecessors.
And among the most important of the visitors
are the classes of school-age youngsters, who can get
more from a visit to the museum than many of the
elders, the real "feel" of the past as they see the
every-day implements of the past which are now so
rare they merit showcase space.
The museum is of real value to this Jackson
county community, and its value will grow as the
yeai23 pass. E.A.
Girl To Be Notified Of Police Examination
Mt. Carmel, 111. (U.R) K a y
McGill, 13, already has decided
that she wants to be a Los An
geles policewoman when she
grows up.
In a reply to Kay's letter,
Joseph. W. Hawthorne, general
manager of the Los Angeles
Friday. November 23, 1958
of employed persons were
nothing we'd rather do than
is valuable. For sometimes
Civil Service Department, said
she will be notified of an ex
amination to be given in 1966
when she meets the age require
ment.
Kay frequenUy visits the of
fice of her grandfather, Sheriff
Charles . Kennard.
Red Decision in Middle East To
Be Factor in Business
By ROGER BABSON
Eabson Park, Mass. First,
let me say that Russia's decision
as to the Egyptian situation will
be a great fac
tor in the U.S.
business out
look for 1957.
If Israel had
not stirred up
this trouble,
bus i n e s s in
1957 would
be fair with
a maximum
average de
cline of not
Roger
more than 5 per cent. The stock
market could, however, sell
nearer 600. Israel, however, has
upset any definite forecast at
this time.
If Russia keeps out of the con
flict, we can dpend upon the
above forecast. If, however, the
Middle East should flare into a
small war and if the United
States remains neutral, 1957
could be the busiest and most
profitable year we have ever
had, with all basic commodities
going higher.
What Has Happened to Date?
Israel has apparently already
pulled out, regretting that she
ever started the row. She now
Soviet Engaged in
Reappraisal of
Foreign Policy
Washington U.R) The So
viet union is engaged in a for
eign policy reappraisal for some
of the top Kremlin command,
diplomatic officials said today.
The heart of the Kremlin's
problem1 is Soviet policy toward
the restive satellites.
Signs Seen in Disorders
Various signs of the reapprai
sal are seen in the recent dis
orders in Hungary where Rus
sian troops were used on a mam
moth scale, the Moscow negotia
tions with Polish officials, and
new wrangles with Yugoslavia
over sateUite policy.
Diplomats said the crises in
the satellites may mean a shake
up in the Soviet hierarchy in the
near future.
The Stalinist wing of the hier
archy, which advocates a return
to tougher satellite policies, is
led by former Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov. Nikita
Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulga
nin brought the more liberal pol
icies into effect.
No Confirmation
Diplomats said they had no
confirmation of reports first
heard in France that Molotov
soon would get Khrushchev's top
Communist party job and that
former Premier Georgi Malen
kov would succeed Bulganin.
Officials are watching and
waiting before giving any final
assessment of Molotov's new job
as minister of state control. But
they doubt it is a move back up
the Kremlin ladder.
In The Day's
Hungarian snapshot:
A spokesman for the office of
the United Nations high com
missioner for refugees (the of
fice is located in Geneva, Switz
erland) reports that nearly 52,
000 Hungarian refugees have
fled to Austria since the start of
the Hungarian rebellion. Eight
thousand have arrived in the
past few days.
The statement continues:
"Among these latest arrivals
there are many wounded, be
cause Soviet infantry has ar
rived at the border and has
OPENED FIRE ON THE REF
UGEES." T ET'S listen now to some
American testimony.
Congressman Francis Walter
of Pennsylvania who is in Aus
tria to look over U. S. aid to
Hungarian refugees reports
that as he was touring the Austrian-Hungarian
frontier with
U. S. Immigration Commission
er Swing he saw Russian sol
diers SHOOT DOWN A POOR
DEVIL OF A HUNGARIAN
WHO WAS RUNNING FOR
THE SANCTUARY OF THE
BORDER. They shot him just
like you or I would shoot a jack
rabbit. In the travail and the terror
of Hungary, this is just an iso
lated incident but isolated in
cidents can tug at the heart
strings. (.NE more snapshot:
" With each new batch of Hun
garian refugee arrivals at the
Austrian border comes addition
al testimony of mass deporta
tions of their countrymen to
Russia.
Soviet and COMMUNIST Hun
garian representatives at United
Nations deny the deporta
tions, but the UN says it knows
of at least 16,000 persons shipped
from Hungary to the east pre
sumably to Siberian slave camps.
OUCH is the monster of Russian
communism.
I know it sounds sentimental
but I'm sentimentalist enough
to believe that the institution of
Russian communism is so foul
realizes that if it should develop
into a real war, she could be
wiped out. Certainly Israel is no
longer a factor. The United Na
tions has agreed to police the
Suez canal, but not to police the
world's greatest oil reserves
nearby. This may "save face" for
Britain and France; but the ca
nal is not much good to these
countries if there is no oil to
take through it.
Will Russia Remain Neutral?
Thus far Russia has refused
to do so and is threatening to
help Egypt and the Arab world
by contributing to Egypt air
planes, munitions, and "volun
teers," as she helped the North
Koreans some years ago. This
could result in the United States
remaining neutral for the pres
ent at least. Eisenhower does not
want another "Korean" war.
If we can long remain neutral,
I repeat that United States busi-
Hungarian Refugees
Sending Messages
Munich, Germany (U.R)
Refugees who find Hungry are
sending nearly 1,0(10 me-nnnKej of
assurance and hope hy radio
every day to frionils nnd rela
tives in their Russian dominated
homeland.
Radio Free Europe inld It Is
now beaming 17 special pro
grams a day into Hungary to
carry as many as possible of the
brief, poignant messages which
have flooded into its studios
here.
The messages all are worded
in such a way that neither the
sender nor recipient can be
identified by Soviet monitors
although they will be recognized
at their destination.
In the last three days, RFE
said, more than 2,500 messages,
hastily scribbled on scraps of
paper, or passed on by word of
mouth have reached RFE repre
sentatives in Germany and Aus
tria. Force in Hungary
Seen War III Spark
Tokyo ' (U.R) British his
torian Dr. Arnold Toynbee said
today any resort to force to get
Russian troops out of Hungary
would spark World War III.
"The Russians will not leave
Hungary willingly," he told the
Foreign Correspondents Club of
Japan. "Any resort to force to
drive them out will erupt into
World War III."
The West, Toynbee said, will
have to sit back and "wait for
internal unrest in the satellites
and let world public opinion
force the Russians to withdraw
their forces" from the occupied
countries.
"I feel now that the safety
valve has been opened after
Stalin's death, the people who
have given their lives in the
fight for freedom will not have
given them in vain," he said.
News By Frank Jenkin
that in time it must fall of the
weight of its own foulness.
And
I hate to admit
I'm realist enough to know
that the Kremlin communists
may start a war to head off the
upheaval of anger and loathing
that is sweeping the world as
the details of communist brutal
ity in Hungary are coming to
light.
These are grave days.
TN CONCLUSION, let's turn to
1 a tiny bright spot in the gloom
of the Hungarian news.
Sixty refugees from the hor
ror that is Hungary are arriving
as this is written at McGuire
air force base in New Jersey.
They are the first plane load of
5,000 men, women and children
to be brought to the United
States under what is called Proj
ect Mercy. They have all been
sponsored by kind-hearted Amer
icans who will see to it that they
get a fresh start in this newer
world.
They are lucky. Their hearts
are heavy because of their com
patriots who are not so lucky.
But life is like that. So let's be
happy because of their good
fortune.
TTHERE will be problems be---
cause of these and others who
come to us. We will have to find
places for them. There will be
problems. We sometimes think
we have troubles enough taking
care of our own.
But let's remember this:
On their way in, they passed
the Statue of Liberty. Set into
the stone of the Statue's pedestal
is a tablet bearing this inscrip
tion: "Give me your tired, your
poor,
"Your huddled masses, yearn
ing to breathe free,
"The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore.
"Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tossed, to me.
"I lift my lamp beside the
Golden Door."
rATS America.
Let's all be Americans in
this critical time.
Outlook
ness in 1957 should be excellent
and that most stocks should now
be held rather than sold; espe
cially hold the oils.
I cannot now foresee Russia
and the United States joining
forces even to bring about real
world peace. Russia does not
want stable world conditions un
less she is the "top dog." To this
President Eisenhower would
never agree even though as a
general he realizes the hope
lessness of any nation winning
another war; in fact, he believes
all nations engaged therein
would lose. Russia surely will
not engage in war directly, for
fear of losing the satellites.
On the other hand, I can un
derstand why President Eisen
hower would be willing to see
England and France worry for a
while. They refused to take the
advice of our President and Mr.
Dulles. These men both urged
England and France to refrain
from using force in Egypt. Fur
thermore, our President is dis
appointed in the way western
Europe has failed to cooperate
in his plans for an economic and
military union. He feels that a
scare might do them good.
Don't Forget the Arabs
Remember that Eisenhower
knows and likes the Arabs, hav
ing become acquainted with
them during the course of World
War II. He knows that their
desert lands need only water to
be the most productive in the
world. He hopes to give them
atomic power to irrigate and get
this needed water. He knows,
too, that the Arabs are fairly
close to the Belgian Congo,
which is the largest producer of
uranium in the world.
In closing, let me say that one
real goal of Russia and England
and the United States is to keep
open the Middle East oil fields
and retain the good will of the
Arab world.
I forecast that France is now
out of the picture and will lose
all of North Africa. Neither Rus
sia nor England can win except
by force; but Eisenhower hopes
to win by negotiating and by
helping Egypt and her Arab
friends, through economic aid,
to become strong and to build
her dam and secure atomic pow
er. The Arabs should know by
this time that Russian promises
are no good.
Demos Schedule
'Post Mortem'
Washington ftl.R) Top offi
cials of the Democratic National
committee will hold a "post mor
tem" meeting here next Monday
and Tuesday to discuss party fi
nances and to plan for the fu
ture. The 14-member executive com
mittee session was called by Na
tional Chairman Paul M. Butler
"to discuss and recommend fund
raising projects to help pay off
the party's campaign debt and
outline the committee's program
for the coming months."
The committee's announce
ment made no mention of any
discussion of a change in the
party's leadership. It pointed
out, however, that Butler "re
cently announced that he in
tends to remain as national
chairman."
It was known that some party
leaders are disenchanted with
Butler's performance as nation
al chairman, despite the fact
that the Democrats captured
both the House and Senate in
the recent elections.
James F. Finnegan, campaign
director for Adlai E. Stevenson,
has been most frequently men
tioned as a likely successor to
Butler.
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Hungarian
Feeling of
On Arrival
Editor'! note: A 30-vear-old me
chanic who led 33 men In their fight
tor freedom against the Communists
In Budapest was among the first
group of refugees to reach the United
States. Adopting the new name of
Imre Nediert to protect relaUves still
in Hungary, he has written for the
United Press an account of his ex
periences. His story, translated from
Hungarian, follows:
By IMRE NEDIERT
Written for United Press
Camp Kilmer. N.J. (U.R) I
have no money. The only clothes
i own are on my back. I do not
know the fate of my parents and
sister in Hungary. But I still had
100 times more reason to be
thankful on my first Thanks
giving Day than most Ameri
cans. If I had not flprl from mv
homeland. I'm certain I would
be dead by now. Thousands nf
Hungarian men have been de
ported by the Russians to Si
beria, but if I had stayed, I
don't think they would have
bothered to send me away. I
would have been shot on the
spot. My sins against the.
Communists were too great.
President,
To Break New Records
In Next Fiscal Year 0
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower and the Ameri-1
can taxpayer will break some
records in this
fiscal year.
And that is
not good for
the President
or for the
American tax
payer. Mr. E 1 s e n
hower is the
s p e n d i ngest
p r esident.
ever. The treasury figures will
substantially support that claim
to fame when the 1957 fiscal
year books are closed at mid
night next June 30.
The treasury now estimates
that the government will spend
in this fiscal year about $69 bil
lions. If so, Mr. Eisenhower will
have spent in the four years of
his responsibility nearly $270
billions, which is more than gov
ernment cost in any other four
peacetime years.
The American taxpayer is a
sturdy animal. The treasury ex.
pects him to come up in this
fiscal year, one way or another,
with nearly $70 billion. Approxi
mately half of the bite will be on
individual income taxpayers.
About $20 billion is expected
from levies on corporation in
come. 1956 Taxpayer Did Well
The American taxpayer did
quite well in the 1956 fiscal year
when the treasury's take was
more than $69 billion. All of
these figures are too large for
the comprehension of ordinary
persons, taxpayers, for example.
They can be put in perspective,
however, by comparision with
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Freedom
in States
I was the leader oa 35,jnanO
rebel group that fought against
the Communists. The Russians
had ma under arrest for 26
months, and almost killed? me
once. Their aim yjas not so good,
however; they only wounded me
in the ankle. My companion was
shot in the chest, even though
we were unarmed at the time
and carried white flags.
My trouble with the Commu
nists began in July, 1954, when
I was struggling to make a liv
ing as a typewriter mechanic and
repairman. I was overheard to
say that it was impossible to
earn a decent liwing under such
a regime, with so little pay and
food in such difficult conditions.
For that I spent over two
years in a "political camp." I
guess it was really a concentra
tion camp. It was surrounded by
wire and men armed with ma
chine guns. I vaas released last
Sept. 27 and had been free for
less than a month before the
anti-Communist rebellion start
ed. Now I am going to be free
for the rest of my life.
Taxpayers
other years. Forty years ago
World War I was blagng but
the-United States was not ye? in.
Government in t'ae year 1916
spent 713 million. Not billions,
million'
The income tax been in
action for only two or thQe
years and the levies w-e low.
All of ttie treaairy's 1916 in
come added up to only $762 mil
lion. It was a surplus year with
$48 million for debt retirement
or whatever. The national debt
was a mere $1.2 billion com
pared to today's debt which soars
toward $300 billion.
This fiscal year the treasury
will pay out in interest alone on
the national debt nearly seven
times as much as the sum of the
entire 1916 debt.
FDR Years Show Deficit
That's how things ave been
going at the treasury which has
been in the red more often than
not since 1930. President Roose
velt racked up a perfect score of
deficit years from 1933 when he
took office until 1945 when he
died.
President Truman had sdftie
what bette? luk, with some not
ably assistant by the Republi
can 80th Confress. The Eisen
hower administration balafed
the 1956 fiscal year budget arfS
expects to be in the black in
fiscal 1957.
The 1957 fiscal year surplus
iay be aryund $7009nillion. The
Democratic leadership Con
gress is expected to try again to
reduce taxes, probably by raising
individual " xemptions by $100.
Mr. Eisenhower vftll resist that
and probably oppose tax cuts
of any kind next year. He is com
mitted to substantial national
debt reduction before further Re
publican tax relief.
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