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o o O FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE UKE "Zvryone in Southern Oregon nqoi i no mail inpune Published Dally Except Saturday by MZDFOKD PRINTING CO 37-29 North Fir St Phone 2-&141 RORPRT U7 PITT7T BSB GREY Advertising Manager GVlAXD i-ATHAM. Business Manager CHIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor XARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMA.N, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE ST ARC HER Society Editor ALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter at Mediord Oregon undo Act of aiarcn 3, 1897 , SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance- Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 915.00 Dally and Sunda- -Six monthi 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three moa 4.-25 Sunday Only One year VI 20 V Carrier In Advance Mediord, Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Golet Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18.00 Daily and Sunday One month 110 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance 'Ei!! pR" ,n c"y Medford "STflClal PaDftr nl Jllrun I'Annt. Jlrd rhlted Press Full Leased Wire :mber of audit "Bureau AriVrtlatnv S.nn.nt.K. WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices in New York Chicago, de. trolt San Francisco. Loa Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B.C NATION A L EDITORIAL SiaiAf ;C5T6N NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time' Mediord and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40 and f 0 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO $ot. 28. 1946 (Thursday) Local fruit shippers report that -demand for valley pears continues strong at prices .In excess of many domestic mar kets. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The young er set of the valley have started looking for Santa Claus' -tracks In the parental domiciles. 20 YEARS AGO Not. 28. 193S (Saturday) Local chapter of Allied. Vet erans' Council sponsors auto mobile safety driving campaign, according to Commander Carold J. Parker. Several Medford men will leave here for Portland to at tend conference of the North- tt A n tin Dlnnini. iwiiinfil 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 1926. (Sunday) Circuit Judge Walter H. Evans will open court tomorrow to de termine water rights of LKtle Butte creek. The Pierce Harrison Motor company completes extensive improvements on used car lot, corner of Eighth and Bartlett 40 YEARS AGO Not. 28. 1916 (Tuesday) Medford Choral Society, com prised of valley residents, will appear tonight at Page theatre. 9 The Rev. Paul Bandy of Cen tral Point speaks at Drama League meeting; lectures on Shakespeare. SO YEARS AGO Not. 28, 1906 (Wednesday) Rehearsals for "Pixies" in Medford being held daily under the direction of the author, W. J Milne, of Chicago. from Local and Personal col umn: A. A. Davis and J. ti Adams bond a quartz mine from A. F. Garrelson. What's the Answer? Can Ton Get 4 of the 7? Copr. tsJS Editorial Research Report 1 Dec. 25 falls this year on a Tuday. Wednesday, Saturday or Monday? 2. Which one of these stales has nst members in me u.o. House of Representatives: ueia ware, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wyominj? 3. Most new cars are delivered to dealers by rail or by road, or is it about ou-ou.' 4. Which pays more to the Treasury each year in taxes: (1) whisky, gin and other distilled spirits, or (2) beer ana aie; & When the late Charles E. -Ruches said in 1927 he was too lrt in run a second time for President, he was (a) 57, (b) 61, (c) 65 or (d) 69? Thai answers: 1. Tuesday. 9. Rhada Island 2. the others one each. 3. Most by road. 4. Whisky, gin. etc. 5. 65. Haile' Selassie Cuts Visit Short in Japan Tokyo U.R) Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia cut snorx nis visit to Japan by two days to fly back home today because of the Middle East crisis. The emperor arrived in Japan tyi Aov. 19. Using Our Heritage The federal agencies charged with the responsi bility of administering federal lands in this area the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have .been active in recent drawal" of certain lands from What's the idea? The answer lies in a concept of land management applied to the federal lands that they belong to the public as a whole, and should be devoted to the use for which they are best suited. It is, in effect, a practical application of the Forest Service objective of managing the lands for the great est good for the greatest number. A LL of the proposals for withdrawals may not be " well-conceived. But we feel that all of them have been made with the best possible motives. Basically, they are intended to preserve for recrea tional use (that means fishing, hunting, boating.'hik ing, camping, and just plain outdoors loafing) the areas of federal property best-suited to that purpose. One of the proposals is to withdraw, from pat entable entry (filing a claim which leads to outright ownership) a strip of land along both sides of the Rogue River. Another is to make a similar withdrawal of some of our most popular recreational spots, such as high Cascade lakes, streams and hills. THE withdrawal proposals have run in to opposition x from some people who honestly feel that portions of the area have their highest use in the development of mineral potential. Dtripre nhippr nn trip hibit the filing of mining claims to provide handy spots for private cabins, or for other private uses. With the second reason we have no sympathy; with the first we do. Valid mineral entry is one thing, but taking advantage of the not covered by them is something else. There is no reason why which will permit the withdrawal of the best of the recreational lands and still allow the development of legitimate and valid mineral discoveries, can not be worked out. We predict it will be. "THE withdrawal concept multi-purpose use of most suitable for growing cycle; some is most suitable for grazing; some for mining; some for recreation Some sites can be used simultaneously. But others, to fulfill their potential, should be de voted exclusively to one use. For instance, a big mine tailing in the midst of the Lake of the Woods would And in this particular officers are faced with the making demands for recreational areas, is indeed making a legitimate claim. Lumber, ores and livestock are economically vital, and must be considered. But recreation, too, is vital, and access to the out-of-doors is part of the American heritage which should be and. grandchildren. E. A. Film Classic Ordinarily, we attend just once. On rare occasions we are sufficiently im pressed to see one twice. There is one movie, however, just one, which we have count it s either 12 or 13 It is Walt Disney's "Fantasia," and it opens a week-long run in Medford break precedent and recommend that everyone who hasn't seen it, do so; and point out that those who have seen it could do worse a "CANT ASIA" is probably picture. Some musical it is too schmaltzy or something. But we do know that this one film did more to encourage our liking of good music than any other single factor, and that to our uneducated taste, it has yet It is one of those rare classic, and we hope it The present version has been fooled around with some to adapt it to such new-day techniques as wide screen, and so on, but the basic visual imageiy and musical form are still there. E.A. Sounds Driving at night on a an unnerving experience. the federal highway system over the next decade, it will become a more common one. It is for this reason, coupled with the fact that we recently put in a few hours battling night-time traffic on a super-highway, that we note with interest an experiment being conducted IT'S simplicity itself embankment, covered m the middle of a four or six lane highway, separating the traffic flow in one direction from that in the other. It eliminates the glare too often the cause of momentaiy confusion and col lisions in darkness. It eliminates the traffic friction present where traffic in one direction breezes by that m the opposite direction possibility of head-on collisions. The added cost, measured in safety, would be negligible. It sounds sensible. E.A. Wednesday. November 28. 1956 months -m asking With specific uses. oTnunrla that, if wrmlrl nrrv mining laws for purposes a workable compromise, is an outgrowth of the public lands. Some of it is timber on a sustained yield ; some for power dams. for more than one purpose public campsite areas at be unthinkable. problem, the federal land reality that the public, in preserved for our children any given motion picture seen so often we have lost times. tonight. As a result, we than attend again. not a "truly great" motion purists we know claim that to pall or get old. things, a motion picture will be around a long time, elements a combination of beauty, all in easy-to-take Sensible four-lane highway can be And, with the growth of in New Jersey. nothing but a high earthen with stabilizing vines, built of approaching headlights, without separation, with the Tito-Russian Breach Emerging As Important and Permanent Bv CHARLES M. McCANm i tho Tfromlir. tn mm- than two I In the Polish an By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The breach between Soviet I Russia and Yugoslavia is emerg ing as one of the most import- ant aspects of f. 1 tho PnlicVi onH Hungarian re volts. It will be difficult for Soviet Pre mier Nikolai A. B u 1 g a nin and Commu nist Party Charles Hccann leader IlKlla S. Khrushchev to reach any workable agreement with Presi dent Tito for cooperation for a long time to come. Russia's position In Commu nist-ruled Eastern Europe has been weakened beyond complete repair in the last few weeks. Tito!s position as the big inde pendent Communist leader has been correspondingly strength ened. The present Russian campaign of repression in Romania and Bulgaria seems to be aimed in great part Egainst the threat that Tito's influence might soon rival Moscow's in those two coun tries. Afraid Of Tito But Russian leaders seem to be afraid to attack Tito himself too violently. Tito and his official organs have been roundly denouncing In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In a copyrighted interview with the weekly magazine, U.S. News and World Report, Gen eral Lauris Norstad, the new commander of NATO, says .the North AUantic Treaty forces could not defend Western Eu rope without using atomic weap ons. He adds: "Our plans are based on the FULL AND PROMPT use of atomic weapons in the event of a general war." He's talking to Moscow. A GROUP of our B-52 bomb ers hae Tnct mit nn a rlpmnn- stration of their inter-continen tal striking power. They have completed record-breaking non stop flights of up to 16,000 miles over the United States and Can ada. If these planes had been fly ing in straight lines during this practice mission, one 'flight would have gone as far as Burma and back and the other would have gone to Ceylon and back BOTH ACROSS THE HEARTLAND OF RUSSIA. They, too, were talking to the Kremlin. IN the Mediterranean, the worlrl'c mnt nnwprfnl flppt is assembled. It is an American fleet. It has just been strength ened by heavy reinforcements. It must be taken for granted that the planes of its carriers are armed with atomic weapons and that its pilots are standing at the alert. And it must be taken for grant ed that at all our overseas bases our bombers are ready, their en gines warmed up and their pilots standing by. And their bays full of bombs A TENSE situation? let's nut it this wav: The Russian communists rec ognize no law save the law of FORCE. They understand no other language. 1VTLL there be trouble? " At mid-morning Monday, the nation's big security and commodity markets were nor mal. The New York stock mar ket was higher in fairly active trading at the opening, with lead ing stocks gaining fractions to around a point. . At Chicago, grain futures were about steady at mid-morning on the Chicago Board of Trade. At the opening, there were some early gains that car ried some wheat and soybean deliveries to new highs for the season, but these were interpret ed as due to the ending (for the present) of the shipping strike on the East coast. On war scares, securities prices tend to faU and grain prices tend to rise. WHAT of the Middle East? " -Pressure on Britain, France and Israel continues at the United Nations for the three countries to remove their troops from Egypt. The UN police force for the Middle East is due to build up faster as a result of a British and French decision to let in UN units by sea as well as air. But there is still no agree ment on plans to move in UN troops to the positions now held by the British and French. fTHE British, and the French need to save their faces. They kicked over the apple cart and went in shooting without consulting any of their allies and thus precipitated a danger ous mess. Then they got scared and drew in their horns. Somehow they have to make it appear that what they did resulted in more good than harm. That is taking time. the Kremlin for more than two weeks for their policy toward Poland, Hungary and the other satellite countries. Moscow's criticism of Tito has been remarkably restrained. It is evident that Soviet leaders want to avoid a complete break. They obviously are trying to leave the way open for coopera tion. But the "Titoist" movement of independsnt Communism has gone too far, and the division between Moscow and Belgrade has become too wide. Three Centers Of Communism In fact, there are now three centers of world Communism Moscow, Belgrade and Peiping. It seems impossible that So viet Russia ever can hope to re store the position of dominance it held before Tito's break with the late Josef Stalin in 1948. Communist China is steadily strengthening at Russia's ex pense its influence in East Asia. And in Europe, Tito seems to be establishing himself as the real leader of a future group of independent Communist countries. U.S.-British Split Aids Only Commies, Selwyn Lloyd Warns By WILLIAM SEXTON United Press Correspondent London (U.P.) Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd warned today that only the Communists gain from what he termed the "acute difference of opinion" between Britain and the United States over Mideast policy. This split seemed to be grow ing, as evidenced by newspaper editorials sharply critical of the U.S. interference in British 'in ternal affairs and the action of a group of 120-odd Conserva tive members of Parliament in adopting a resolution declaring that the United States attitude gravely threatened the AUantic alliances. It was so dangerous that Act ing Prime Minister R. A. Butler called a Cabinet meeting to try to restore Conservative party unity and to avert a formal break with the United States over the Mideast. No Reconciliation Lloyd returned from the Un ited States, where he attended the current General Assembly sessions of the United Nations, with a grim report of the state of Anglo-American relations. He indicated there still was no sign of reconciliation, despite Presi dent Eisenhower's statement Tuesday that the Suez crisis had not weakened or, disrupted the Anglo-French-American or the North Atlantic treaty alliances. Asked to comment on the President's statement that the present dispute is only "an in cident," Lloyd told newsmen at London airport. "There is no doubt we have got to get our policies in the Middle East more closely align ed. The people who are gaining from the present situation are the Communist powers." Lloyd added grimly that he "hopes" the present situation is "only an incident." The foreign secretary return ed to a Britain highly aroused over what many Britons consider an American double cross against the .transatlantic alli ance. Puzzled By Eisenhower More than 120 Conservative members of Parliament signed a resolution Tuesday night attack ing the American stand in the United Nations, where the Unit ed States voted with Russia and against most of the NATO pow ers in a demand for immediate withdrawal of Anglo-French-Israeli troops from Egypt. Britain was puzzled by Presi dent Eisenhower's declaration reaffirming the Anglo-American alliance. The Foreign Office, in a move that might or might not be in terpreted as a sign of chilliness, flatly refused to comment this morning on what Mr. Eisenhow er said. Lloyd, however, warned against trying to turn back the clock to the situation that exist ed in the Middle East before Britain, France and Israel mov ed against Egypt. Not In Agreement "If people think it is the right thing to go back to the state of things as they were be fore." Lloyd said, "they are wasting an opportunity and ma king a great mistake BE PREPARED TO ATTEND OUR BIG CHRISTMAS SALE December 3rd Thru December 8th -SISKIYOU HARDWARE Phone 2-2932 Medford, Ore. 225 W. Main In the Polish and Hungarian revolts, the Kremlin suffered its worst blow politically since the Bolshevists took over Russia in 1917. Recognized Tito Danger Bulganin and Khrushchev recognized the danger of Tito ism io their grip on the East Eu ropean satellites when they made their pilgrimage to Bel grade in May, 1955 to patch up relations. Khrushchev also went to Yugoslavia last September. Then came the satellite re volts, first in Poland, then in Hungary. Tito made a speech on Nov. 11 sharply attacking Soviet leaders. He said the Soviet government had made "a fatal error" by its bloody intervention in the Hun garian revolt. Finally came the betrayal by the Russians of Hungarian Pre mier Imre Nagy, now under ar rest by the Soviets. Tito has de manded in formal notes to Rus sia and Hungary that Nagy be released. Whatever happens to Nagy now, it seems clear that Russian Yugoslav relations will remain bad for the foreseeable future. On Anglo-American relations he said: "In a way, this dispute is an incident and I see no reason why it should damage an Anglo-Am erican alliance for any length of time, but we have to face the fact that we have disagreed and that we are not in agreement. He was asked if "we have been let down by the Americans over Suez? "I would not put it that way," Lloyd replied. "They just do not agree with what we did . . . " Secret Report Calls For Non-Military NATO Cooperation Washington U,R) The United State is studying a secret report which calls for increased politi cal, economic and cultural coop eration among the 15 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization. The initial American reaction to the report, which was pre pared by the foreign ministers of Canada, Italy and Norway, was said to be highly favorable. Oth er NATO members also are studying it. U.S. officials favor increased cooperation among NATO mem bers beyond the military sphere. They see this as one important way of overcoming the unity shattering effects of the recent British-French action in Egypt. This attack was made without consultation inside NATO. Healing Move President Eisenhower Tuesday moved to heal the NATO split growing out of the Egyptian ac tion by declaring that, differ ences between the United States, Britain and France over the Middle East should not be re garded as "a weakening or dis--ruption" of the Western AUiance. A White House spokesman said at Augusta, Ga., that Mr. Eisen hower regards NATO as a "basic indispensable element of Amer ican defense alliances against the continuing threat to the peace and security of the world." The President's newest pledge of faith in NATO followed re ceipt here over the week end of the secret report by the so-called "three wise men" foreign min isters Lester B. Pearson, of Can ada, Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino, and Norwe gian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange. The three were selected by NATO last May to advise "on ways and means to improve and extend NATO cooperation in non-military fields" and to im prove NATO unity. Malaya Coast Scoured For Missing Fishermen Singapore (U.R) Land, sea and air patrols scoured the Mer sing coast off Malaya for possi ble survivors of a storm which has left more than 200 fishermen dead or missing. Officials said that so far only 107 of the more than 300 fisher men who normally tended the huge fish traps off the coast had been accounted for since the storm Monday. Change by In Service Problem! Urged by Governor Portland (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith says Oregon counties must undergo substantial chang es if counties are to discharge their responsibilities properly in solving "urban sprawl con ditions. The governor told delegates to the League of Oregon Cities convention here last night that counties must assume a broader role in meeting service prob lems on fringe areas and unin corporated urban areas. Home Rule First Step The first step for counties, he suggested, was county home rule, and on the city level, the key to the fringe area problem was annexation. People in fringe areas," Gov. Smith said, "will approve an nexation measures when it is to their advantage to do so that is, when the benefits they re ceive are properly proportion ate to the taxes they pay." Gov.-elect Robert D. Holmes told the group that any state ment of his intentions about a program before he actually took office would be premature. He said "The people are entitled to see the program in its entirety rather than piecemeal." Holmes said he intended to sit down with Gov. Smith to dis cuss budget matters and other state business before taking of fice. "I'm sure all the people of Oregon want an orderly and smooth transfer of the govern ment's responsibilities and du ties," he said. State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm of Portland, chairman of the Leg islative Interim Tax committee, earlier told the delegates that Editorial Comment SUCCESS HOPED ' FOR LEGISLATURE We decrv the pessimisUc note sounded by some stale legisla tors and newspapers in uregon, and more recently in Washing ton, to the effect that no matter what happens, the Republicans won't have to take the blame for it because they no longer control the states. The inference is that nothing but bad can come from Democratic control and Republi cans don't want to have their names attached to it. Realizing that the Republi cans' only hope for return to control in Oregon is that the Democrats fail to solve some of the state's most pressing prob lems, particularly with regard to taxation and schools, we fear that politics will take prece dence in some minds over the public welfare. This fear is fed by some of the statements issu ing from Republisan sources and embellished by political writers. It would be comforting tobe lieve that the Republican mi nority will work as hard toward solving knotty Oregon problems as the Democrats, being on the spot, will have to do. It would also be comforting to think that these Republicans who did give their best would be suitably re warded by the voters. Unfortu nately, neither is likely. The cold fact is that if the Legisla ture doesn't produce, Democrats will carry most of the blame, and if it does,, they will get most of the credit. For the sake of the common wealth we hope the Democrats will be successful. For the same reason, we shall try to enlighten the voters in our area about j which Legislators are doing the job for them, regardless of j party, and hope the voters will pay close attention to the actions of their public officials so they can keep the best people lor the 1959 Legislature. Coos Bay Times. ONLY 22 Shopping Days Til Christmas! CHRISTMAS LIST GETTING LONGER AND LONGER? FOR FUNDS TO COVER ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS NEEDS . . . SEE I a pmsm of mom i I PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL Dick Hans, Manager 16 S. Central Ph. 3-5308 Counties "Oregon can't Ions escape a sales tax." To Suggest Sales Tax He said "our committee is sug gesting a sales tax, admitting that it's not goinj; to be popu lar." He said alternatives "un doubtedly will have to be high er business taxes, increased in come taxes or resorting to a state property tax." Earl T. Sirgonsen, 9uditor- ( treasurer of Grants Pass, was elected president of the Oregon Finance Officers association. Other new officers were Wil liam Mansell, recorder-treasurer of Springfield, first vice presi dent, and Mrs. Edythe Wolfe, school clerk of Eugene, second, vice president. Directors werf Raymond O. Williams, La Grande; Dan Potter, Eugene; Harvey Crim, Coquille; Harry Ohlmann Jr., Seaside; Floyd Gould, Salem; Julia Johnson, Bend, and William Bollman, Albany. Communications Letters to the Editor must bent the iwme and address ot 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 condense- v tion Letters submitted for public- A tion must not exceed 400 words. Scavenger Hunt To the Editor: The Luther League of Zion Lutheran church held a scavenger hunt during its meeting of Nov. 18. The group sent a total of nine teams to dif ferent parts of our city. The object was to collect good used clothing for ojur Lutheran world relief program. Q We sincerely wish to thank n the good people of Medford for u their friendly greeting afW ftm plete cooperation in this worthy project. . o Nearly every homej cgave something or else promised to O sort through their clothing and prepare a box for a future date, asking the boys and girls to dSlfc back at a given time, o As one team emarkede"Even the man who ftme from his q shewer to answer the doo had a friendly smile for us." Again we thatk you. o" Mss. C. S. Slessler e "for the Zion LutherarP Luther League. Grain Is Member of 05C Debate Squad o Corvallis RicrFard H. Cun, Medford, is a ember rj? te college debate squad this year at Oregon S'te college. The squad, composed of 16 selected students, will compete this winter in seven regional and state speech urnairntsr Paul X. Knoll, professor of speech, is director of debate at OSC. Crain, a senior majoring Jn business administration, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. "Herbert W. Crain, 143 Highland d Med ford. 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