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Aihland Ceotral Point EaKie Point (VacktaonvilJe Cold ffifl Phoenix, Shady Cove Hojrue River Talent. and on motor route OXVillv and Sundav One year S18 0f really and Sunday Cne month 1.30 Carrier and Oealera 10c par copy All Terma Cath In Advance G (Orflem Paper "tile rity of Medford Oflirlal Papa ot Jackien Connty TJatftrd Praya Fuji Uease-1 Wire' MBn or audit bureau Of CTRCULAIION ArertinK Ieprentat?ve WK'T-HOl.IDAV COMPANY 1NTC Of'i'M in New York Chiraeo A tr"l? Sn Franrisrn Loc Angeles c,..,..,,. "ortland SI tul Atlanta V- -r BC o o Cs .1 EDITORIAl IasjocPatlon rrz'P w . - MCWSPAPER ISHEfiS SOCIATION Flightja' Time Medford and Jackson County History frogn theciles of The Mail Tribune lft, 20, 30 40 and 5ft year's ego. e 10 TtAHS AGO - fia?. 3. 1948 (Tuesday) o Mrs?Una B- IncKi president of the Oregon Education associa tion, returns to 'Medford after af6esdinrmeeting of association in Portland. From AAhur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: TJieoDel Norte Triplicate, Crescent City, Calif., weekly liststirths, under the o rl g i n a heading: "Sfork Stuff."" Q o 20 YEAHS AGCP 0 Dc. 3, 1936 (Thursday) Taxable valuation of0Jackson county corporation for 1936, as fixed by the state t.k corrttnis sion. shows sPslight decrea un der last year. Resignation of E. G. Nfrregsn as United States deputy marshal 1s announced by J. T. Summer-i ville, marshal. 30 YEARS AGO Dee. 3, 1926 (Friday) Jteturns of Christmas jeals hSv-e averaged about $100 daily since they began coming in ast Saturday. t Dec. 5 will be "Golden Rule Sunday," designated by Presi dent Coolidge and Mayor Alen- derfer. G O o o 40 YEARS AGO Dee. 3. 1916 (Sunday) Totaprecipi.ion in Medford In Novembg- is 1.99 inch, less thnn nvarcakie. n From Local and Personal col umn: Attorney w. E. Fhipps nas removed his offices to trgjM.0t . and H. Building: 50 YEARS ACS Dec. 3. 1906 (Monday) o aThe 14th annual meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's asocia- tion will be held at the Ashland cityniall Tuesday. Secretary of treasury submits to congressoappropriatiorf of ?, 000 for development of Crate Lake National park. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct la superior: sea, a en or elcht is excellent; five or w si IsQood. i- - 1. Vtes Benjamin Franklin e-er in thcoffee business? 2. Is Pantc!leria an island in the Adriatic; or Mediterranean sea?Q o o . . 3. Did music, which entered largely into the public life of the Hetsews, alsoJplay a large part O in their private life? : O 4. What is the U.S. name for a place where the bullion is legal ly coined into money: 5. Will an. increase In atmos pheric pressure lower the boil- ing point Cf water? O f, Protons have an electric charge: true: or false! 7. Did Burns or tililton writer "Man's inhumanity to. man akesc countless thousands, mftirn"? 0' i 8. if a pachyderm a fish, plant, aiGmal, W vehicle? 0 9. Thelermfor a military vic nr retained at great cost is Op-- -c? O l. "Rn-bua" was slang for r&i-nosed dritiker; is "grog-blos som, vthicn rnsans uic Mine, on Americanism or Anglicism? Answers: 1. Yes." (Adverfis) meirt in his "PhUadlphia "Ga xetle." 1740). 2. Mediterranean. 3. Yes. 4. Mint. No: Raise -it. 6. Trifl? 7. Burns. 8. AnimaL 9. Pyrrhic CIO. AngcBm. , . On o o o " ' . ' MAIL TBI9USB 77ze "Drinking-Problem ANY ONE having a drinking problem is welcome at Alcoholics Anony rr.oug Medina"! 8 p m. Wed. it Sat. 123 a W. Main Ph. 2-6657. ' The little classified ad above, or something similar to it, has bee running in the Mail Tribune for a long time. 5 For some eople, it has meant the difference be tween a happy, and productive life, and one of degre dation and ,hame. To others it has offered hope and help when it Jas needed most. To a merrier of Alcoholics Anonymous it has been a way of saying, in effect, "We have helped each other. Maybe we can help you, too if you want us to." ' "THE' old jokes " about drunks notwithstanding, . there's nothing funny about alcoholism. . It is both an illness and a social problem. It has probably wrecked as many families as any other cause. It has deadened men's dignity and sense of responsibility. It has helped fill our jails and prisons. It has offended the self-righteous, shocked the naive, filled thehumane with pity, and frustrated those who, with The best of intentions, want to help. . At present, while alcoholism is a vast social prob lem, its solution and cure remain intensely personal. Only an alcoholic can cure himself and then only if he.wants to. But he can be helped. a piRST of all, what is an alcoholic? It is a man or woman who drinks alcoholic bev erages and who has arrived at a point where he or she can no. longer control the desire, the compulsion, to drink. . . The reasons (and there are many, ranging from insecurity and fear to guilt and rebellion) are less . important than the fact of them. ' Experience has shown that alcoholism cannot be "cured," in the sense that pneumonia can be. But,' fike diabetes, it can be lived with, provided the alco holic can gain the upper hand, can control his desire, and never drink again. It is rare when he can do this unaided. . o e A LCOHOLISM, as-a social evil, is really a double problem. .5 Tbe first is one of prevention-. This entails the raising of future generations who do not have the in ner conflicts -which lead to alcoholism, and who do have an understanding of both the .dangers and the potential benefits of alcohol. ' The second, is the one of finding a means of assist ing the alcoholic, himself, jcand control necessary for haps stimulaiig his desire to free himself from the bondage of alfohol. . . 3 The prevention problem is one of education, of social stability, of mental health and self -disciplined minds. This cnes only slowly, through social eyolu tion. o 5 THE other pvoblem, the one of immediate urgency, is also a long-range and difficult one. It is also one ofamazing magnitude, for it was recently estimated that some 4,000,000 men and women are ''having trouble" with alcohol, that between 1,300,000 and 2,000,000 of the.se are "problem drinkers," and that alcoholism is the nation's fourth-most-serious public health problem.' In view of these figures,- the success of A.A1 might seem meager, for there are about 150,000 members, organized in some-6,000 chapters here and abroad. o But the importance of" Alcoholics Anonymous cannot be measured entirely in figures and statistics. It must also be measured by the fact that it is a new departure in the control of alcoholism, and as such has brought new life and new hope-to thousands. It .makes a similar offer to the thousands who are seek ing help, or would seek it 'if they knew how and "where to go. CPACE here is iiot sufficient to give more than a sug gestion of what A.A. is and does. ' It is a loose-knit organization, operated under 12 . traditions, with each chapter virtually autonomous, ftlembers-use 12 suggested "Steps" in their own self therapy arid in the'ir consultations with those seeking help-" The first step is'believed to be the most. important the frank admission that the individual is powerless to control alcohol, and that his life has become unman ageable as a result. The other steps flow from this; an acknowledgement that a greater Power can help him, a decision to turn' over his will' and his life to the care of God (as the individual understands him), a searching and fearless moral self-inventory and the rest. A -S. "misery loves company," so alcoholics need peo pie rvho understand their problems. And who un derstands better than those with similar problems? As a result, one of the. strengths- of A.A. is the fact that they gather together periodically to rein force each others'. faith-and determination. (A young friend of ours,1 vfbo recently became a member, told I us that the twice-a-week often enough to keep me going ). Companionship, faith, determination, mutual as sistance these are the ingredients that makes A.A. successful. j An alcoholic can be neighbor, your- business case where many of us grace of God go I. - . . They need help. A.A. is one of. the few places' they can get it, effectively and with understanding and sympathy. E.A. ' Monday. December S. 1951 compulsion resulting from to find the understanding his own salvation, and per meetings "Are just about anyone, your friend, your associate even you. It is a can say "There but by the Emergence Nation of Mid-East Seen LJkeiy By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Turkey is likely to emerge soon as the dominant power in the Middle East. It will not be surprising either if. in course of time. Tur key again at tains the lead ership of the Moslem world which It held before the end of World War . Tu rkey's positid?! as the most powerful Cbarle Ud mi miacue r-isi-ern country has been emphasized as the result of the Suez Canal dispute and the present tension between Iraq and Syria. President Gamal Abdel Nas ser has long sought ro make Egypt that is, himself the leader of the Arab nations and the leading nation in the Middle East. Nasser looks pretty big at the moment. But he is likely to-look much slimmer within the next few months. The emptiness of Nasser's pre tentions was pretty weU. illus trated when the Israeli army ripped through Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the attack which touched off the new Middle East ern turmoil. Claim Leadership Turkey, on the other hand, has a real claim to Middle Eastern leadership. There are indications that it is ready to claim that leadership now. Acting Turkish Foreign Min ister Ethem Menderes lias been conferring in London with For eign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd on the Iraqi-Syrian tension and the Suez situation. London dispatches say that Menderes has made it known that Turkey would be bound to support Iraq if there is a clash between Iraq and Syria. It was announced on Friday that the Turkish armed forces will start maneuvers in both, the western and eastern parts of the country within two weeks. The maa jam"" 1 r tACSttBt Of FQCt NASSER'S NEXT TRIUMPH Washington Even now. with British troops still on Egyptian soil, Egypt's President Abdel Gamal Nasser is boldly mov ing ehead to destroy the last vestiges of "British power in the Middle East. That is the real meaning of the confus ing news from Jcseob Aiiop Syria and Iraq. The basic facts are simple enough. Lt. Col. Abdel Hamid Serraj, Syria's current dictator, is Nasser's man from start to finish. Nuri as Said, Iraq's Prime Minis ter, is about the last mod erate Middle Eastern lead er, now that the fiercely anti - Western Suleiman Na bulsi. who is Stewart Alsop also Nasser's man, has been in stalled in Jordan. Iraq is also the only Arab State which adheres to the Bagh dad pact, which was initiated by the United States, and to which Britain belongs. There fore if is Nasser's next objective to eliminate Nun Said, and to pull Iraq out of the Baghdad pact. The Soviets, for obvious reasons, share this objective. The Soviets have therefore bolstered Nasser's man Serraj by sending Syria token quan tities of arms (which the Syrians are certainly incapable of using effectively). The Soviets have also instructed the Syrian Com munists to support without res ervation the Ba'ath Party, the violently anti-Western political grouping which supports Serraj. 'TWERE are several means avail able to Serraj to please his joint masters, and bring old Nuri Said down. Iraq is totally dependent economically on its oil revenues. Most of Iraq's oil is carried in two pipelines which pass through Syria. These pipe lines have been sabotaged, and they are likely to stay sabotaged until Nuri is brought down. Iraq is already beginning to feel the pinch. Subversion is another means. There have already been anti Nuri riots in Baghdad, and Nuri lias been obliged to declare mar tial law. Both Communists and pro-Nasser nationalists are work-. ing hand in hand in Iraq against Nuri, And the powerful Cairo radio is another useful instru ment of propaganda and sub version. Finally; threats and hints of ' threats from Nasser's powerful friends in Moscow are also effective in this situation. Consider the meaning of the ' situation to the British. The oil from Iraq and From Kuwait,, Bahrein and Qu'atar on the Per sian Gulf are, as essential to Brit ain as blood is to the human body. -The British are openly, pledged to fight rather than abandon the Persian Gulf oil I 1 sources. Yet. if they lose their i of Turkey announcement said that the man euvers would be routine in na ture. But it was added that some reservists would be called to tile colors to take part in them. Syria is on Turkey's southern border but it is indicated that the maneuvers will cover the Syrian area. Turkey's eastern frontier faces the Soviet Union. Strategic Position Turkey feels bound to sup port Iraq because both countries are members of the so-called Baghdad Pact, which also in cludes Iran, Pakistan and Great Britain. But Turkey also is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization and it has a separate alliance with Britain and France. Turkey's strategic position, is important because it is at the northeast corner of the Middle Eastern area, and because it is a bulwark a staunch one be tween Russia and the Middle East. Editor Will Head Manpower Council New York ((J.R) Edwin D. Canham, editor-in-chief of the Christian Science Monitor, has been named chairman of the National Manpower Council, it was announced Sunday. Canham succeeds James D. Zellerbach newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Italy. Zellerbach, chairman of Crown Zellerbach Corporation, retains membership of the council, however. The announcement was made by Dr. Grayson Kirk, president of Columbia University. Kirk said selection of Canham was made by the council at a recent meeting. The National Manpower Coun cil established at Columbia Uni versity in 1951 with a grant from the Ford Foundation. Pres ident Eisenhower, then presi dent of the university, invited its members to provide "a con tinuing appraisal of America's manpower resources in a period of. enduring emergency." By Joe and Stewart Alsop bases in Iraq as well as in Jor dan, there is almost no way they could protect the Persian Gulf oil against Arab attack. THUS the obscure goings-on in Syria and Iraq, which seem too distant and unreal to most Americans, amount in fact to a joint Egyptian-Soviet push to destroy Britain once and for all as a great power, and even as a viable economy. It has been said that Nasser is no Communist and of course he is not. But. the fact that he is not does not really matter a whit, since his central purpose and the Soviet central purpose in the Middle East are precisely similar to eliminate all West ern interests in the area, ulti mately including American in terests. Nasser and the Soviets are, moreover, in a fair way to gain this end. For if the British and French now withdraw from Egyt, under the oddly combined pressure of the United States and the Soviet Union, Nasser will of course be the cock of the walk throughout the Middle East. De feated utterly by the Israelis, faced with the combined might of Britain and France, he will emerge absolutely unscathed, without having been even asked to make a single commitment about the future .of the -Suez Canal, the Western nations' ac cess to vital oil resources, Is rael's frontier, or any other im portant issue. IN short, if the' British and French withdraw "forthwith", in accordance with the U.S.-sup-ported United Nations resolution, Nasser's triumph wiU be . com plete, Nuri Said's fate- will be sealed, and the Middle East will in the end go down the drain, as far as Western influence and interests are concerned. It is thus not entirely surprising that the British and French are now ser iously considering digging in their heels, defying Washington and Moscow, and refusing to evacuate Egypt without at least some commitment on the future of the canal. If they do dig in their heels it will make endless further trouble, and they will no doubt be very naughty. But since the only official American response to the predictable results of Nas ser's triumph is that "We'll just have to play it by ear," one can hardly blame them. Copyright 1956 New York Herald Tribune Inc. HOUSEWIVES! Want a Spie and. Span House for the. Holidays?" CALL . . EXPERT CLEANING SERVICE PHONE 2-4901 or 2-425?. Specialized House Cleaning! Walls Woodwork , Floors Cleaned and Waxed . Furniture and Rugs Cleaned 9PECIAL HOLIDAY RATES! FREE ESTIMATES! Many TeaTS Experience "Phone Us Today as Strong Its political position is import ant because it is a loyal friend of the West, and espeoially of the United States. Its military position is import ant because it has the best army of any Middle Eastern country, a force of about 400,000 tough, well-armed and- well-trained men. The troops Turkey, sent to the Korean war Won the admir ation of the allied world for their indomitable fighting spirit. Increased Turkish activity in the Middle East would greatly strengthen the position of the free world in that area. in the Day's Hews. By FRANK JENKINS In a report just issued, the department of agriculture says lumber consumption in the United States in 1956 will be off about 5 per cent from the 19o5 total. The drop, . it adds, is due to a slowdown in home building. Whether this is due to higher interest rates or to catch ing up with demand for new homes is as yet problematical. At any rate, the agrioulture department says, lumber pro duction in the United States this year is estimated at about 38 billion feet. About half of the lumber produced in 1956 will come from the West, about 35 per cent from the South and about 15 per cent from the North. The North, for statistical pur poses, is the region lying north of the Mason and Dixon iine and east of the Mississippi river. IT is ' interesting to note that of the lumber cut in the United States this-year 35 per cent is expected to come from the South. Back about 1920, the South was believed to be ap proaching the end of its timber and many Southern lumber con cerns moved to the West, believ ing that their raw material sap ply would soon be exhausted. But now 36 years later the South is still producing betfer, than a third of the lumber cut in the United- States. Here in Oregon, we are be ginning to hear gloomy predic tions to the effect that the big lumber days are over. Based on the South's experience, I'd say, we'd better accept these, predic tions with a large pinch of-salt. We'll undoubtedly be cutting lumber in a big way in Oregon for a long, long time to come. T ET'S turn now to pulp, where the picture is different. Pulp consumption-.in the U. S: this year is expected to hit a new record. American, mills will use about 45Vi million cords of pulp wood in 1956. About two million cords of this total will be 'in ported chiefly from Canada. The rest will come from Ameri can forests and FARM WOOD LOTS. . Note this farm woodlot busi ness. It is getting to be quite a business in the South' and the Northeast. In the background of our farm problem which prob ably gets 8s much discussion as any problem we face is th fact that we have too much land in crop production, resulting -in surpluses that have been piling up in the warehouses. Much of this excess agricultural land is MARGINAL. That is .to say,. it is good enough to tempt its own ers to raise crops oh it but" not good enough to be profitable. . The possibility that much of this marginal land can be profit ably devoted to the. growing of timber is at least an interesting one. IT is interesting to take a- look at the pulpwood picture. The South this year will .turn out about 60 per cent of the nation's production of it. An other 22 per cent will come from the North', with the West pro ducing 18 per cent. Pulpwood prices a'rg rising as is to be expected in a period of increasing demand. In the South, the agriculture depart ment says, the average delivered price of rough pine pulpwood rose from about $14.15 a cord last year to $15.25 this fall. NOTE the term "rough' pine" pulpwood. This rough pine is chiefly what in most of the South is known as "loblolly." This loblolly pine of the South is a kissin' cousin of our. jack pine and, like our jackpine, it was regarded for generations with a jaundiced and scornful eye. Then some probing research er discovered that it made good pulp and out of this loblolly pulp almost any kind of paper and paper products could be made. Newsprint ' the paper Today and y YolterCLippmanrt THE MORAL ISSUE There is n doubt c. thai the rimucui as uiuai amid ri v viv cerned to repair, the bteako which has opened up within thel Atlantic alli ance. But if the break-Js to be r e p a i rd, and not mere ly covered 0up, the deep cause 'of it, which is a moral issue, will have to'be . resolved, o How do we V alter LlDDfhann judge the tntervention in Egypt? Was it naked aggression against an innocent and "law-abiding country? Or was it a reprisal, however unlawful .snd iinwise, against a willful disturbed of the peace wno oas long been in open defiance of the spirit aid of the specific orders" of Jhe' United Nations? Unless dwe can come to a common judgment aof this issue, the spiritual unity of the Western alliance wjllb be broken. T'HE. just view is, it seems" fo -1 me, that BYifciin, France anu israei aoiea wrongtully Cut under great provocation, that theV KhnillH .Tint havn rlafiaA United Nations but- that the United Nations has been unable h to defend their vital interests, ; that they must leave Egypt but that, in view of the provocations, ; they have the right t) be assur-'f ed that the U.N. will defend' their rights. . ( As this is. the jusfice of ?he 8 ue, so it should be, I belifcve, the "moral foundation of United States policy. We should not al- , low ourselves 'io "remain in the position, into which, we Save3 amifia ana besen gushed, where the whole Weight of our influ ence is gainst the wrong done by our allies and no serious part of our influence is against the wrong done to our alBes. ". o rpHE President will be ble to repair the break in the aljj ance when he corrects th8 one eyed moral bias upon which t is administration has lacen acting He will also have asolid asch realistic foundation for a practi cal policy. If he identified this j country with an iosilent and resoluje "demand theU.N. deal with the problems that gawd the explosion, he will make it possible for the,, Biatisfi, the French, and the Israelis to with draw and. to comply without dis honor and. abject suftender. This is of the hifhegt import ance. For if we do not open up for them an hnorble0way out of the error into wichr, they I. were provoked if we merel9 " compel them arid do not per suade them, there willbe left (n the aftermath a most tmhealthy state of minde a ' rpHERE.is an-irgent need igith -'"in the Atlantic alliance for1? a renewftl of confident consulta tion, and this will not be possi- ' bleas long as.tne moral Qissife. ! which X have beeno trying to 3 j scribe, is not rtsolved. The situ,- ; ation in the middle Of Eurooe is far from being stabilized and is full f the most dangerous possi bilities. Wemust Be prepared j and by us 1 mean the Britfe I the French; oursel?es0ant $ie other NATO countries tg see j the convulsion? which has l-d gulfed Hungary, break out else- I where. o o that newspapers are printed on was "one of tie0 earliest pro-' ducts to te made of loblolly. Newspapers, worried about' where the paper to feed their i presses was toome from, were arnpng the earliest developers of : this new.pufpwood. o1 j Use of loblollyopine for pulp ! changed the timber 'economy of the. South radically. Ue of our jackpine for pulp will do the Same for us.' r' o O i , o fatwavsaarjaaaaaBi . 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