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TOUH MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE "Zveryone In Southern Oregon Heads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Exceot Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO Jir2Ngthrir St. Phone 2-ST41 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Marnier GERALD LATHAM Business Manaier ERIC ALUN JR. Managing Editor IARL H ADAMS Cltr Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JXWETT Soorta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor PALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of Marrh 3. 1837 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail Id Advance: Per Copt 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $.15.00 Dally and Sunday Six montha a 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa 4.-23 Sunday Only One year 94.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eaft! Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Roirue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year sis 00 Da!Jy and Sunday One month 1.30 i-arrier and Dealers 10c per copy AU Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County I'nit-d Press Full leased Wire MEMBER or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOUDA Y COMPANY. INC Offices in New York Chicago, de troit, San Franeisr-o. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St. Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C. NATIONAL EDITORlAi I assocFation uumu rrV NEWS PA r I R PUtllSHEIS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Count; History from the tiles of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. : 10 YEARS AGO : Jan. 11. 1947 (Saturday) : O. H. Bengston, Jackson coun- l ty representative in the state 1 legislature, urges state detention ? home for pre-delinquent boys. From Arthur Perrey's Ye ; Smudge Pot column: Dewey Hill, ; the Prospect hired man, towned ; Fri., whooping at friends, and t attending to business. j . ; 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 11. 1937 (Monday) t In 1936, in Jackson county, 1,379 bounties were collected on hides of animals. v Harry E. Ransom, national , commander of the 40 and 8, ; entertaianed at luncheon by val- I ley members. I 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 11, 1927 (Tuesday) About 76,000 feet of pipe has been laid on the city's new pipe line from Big Butte springs to ; the city, according to City Water Engineer F. C. Dillard. ! The monthly child welfare I clinic will be held by the Jack son County Health Unit Friday at the YMCA. J 40 YEARS AGO ' Jan. 11, 1917 (Thursday) f Stockholders of the Jackson county bank elect C. W. Mc- j Donald president of board of directors. 5 A local teachers' institute will be held in the commercial room i at Medford High schor" Satur day. What's Your I.Q.? Vine or ten correct is superior: sev en or eight is excellent; five six U rood. m 1. Did the U. S. first manu faeture of demask table-covers . by power loom occur in Rhode Island or Pennsylvania? . 2. Was Ireland formerly known as the "Holy Island" or "Sacred Island?" 3. Are there any references fo immortality in the Old Testa ment? 4. Who served as food admin . istrator during World War I? ; 5. Did the earth always have . its present climate? 6. John Quincy Adams was born in Massachusetts. Was John Adams also born there? I 7. What does "ad valorem' : mean? 8. Is Munda on an Atlantic ; Pacific, or Caribbean island? 9. Is "ally" a different spell- - ing of allev or allay? 10. "Where ignorance is bliss, ; 'Tis folly to be" what? - Answers: 1. Penntyvania -(1842). 2. Yes. Both names: 3. :i: 4. Herbert HooYer: s. No; II. Yes; 7. According to the -ralue: 8. Pacific. New Georgia: ;. No; 10. "Wise." Gray. M-H Club News Ruch Dairy Club ; The Ruch 4-H Dairy club met tat Mary Anne Cantrall's Thurs- -dav. Jan. 3. Games and enter tainmcnt were discussed. Those rtakine electricity met at " the Caame time with Jerome Peter "son, their junior leader, and the group talked about experi- rmenls and demonstrations. JMary Anne served refreshments ? The next meeting will be at Robert Ziegler's home Feb. 7. Robert Ziegler, Reporter. Effective Means For the second successive year, Jackson county people will have an opportunity to participate in a "Great Decisions" discussion of foreign policy. Because of the recent developments in the Mid East and in Hungary, there is.probably more popular interest in foreign policy today than at any time in the past few years since the end of the Korean war anyway. This interest, coupled with an expanded and im proved organization gives promise that the project will be even more successful than last year when it was one of only three or four in the senate. This year, most areas of Oregon will have programs. TN a democracy, it is important for everyone to know - something about the "great decisions" to be made in the foreign field, for the ultimate power of govern ment rests with the people, even though it may seem, at times, to be far away. But the force of public opinion can and does force leaders of government to change their plans. . Only if public opinion is based on intelligent un derstanding of facts can it be exercised for the best good of the country. TPHE eight discussion topics to be presented this year have been' prepared by top experts in the foreign policy field, and are designed to give back ground to the overriding question: "How can we reshape over-all U.S. foreign policy to meet this strangely new 4.957 world?" They come under three logical headings, "Where are the areas of conflict?" "What are the policy dilemmas?" and "Can we measure up?" The first" asks, "How should the U.S. compete with Russia?" It is pointed out that Russia is our most powerful competitor, both in world power and influence, and for the friendship of uncommitted peoples. Areas to be considered include the questions : How strong is the competition: How deep are the cracks in the satellite bloc? Where are the danger spots Europe? 'Asia? Middle East? "WHAT U.S. Policy for Europe?" is the second topic. Western Europe, it is declared, is the "hinge of the free world alliance." How strong is this partnership in 1957? How permanent are the cracks between the U.S. and Britain and France? How do we compete with Russia in Europe? Is divided Germany the key? hat are our hopes and plans for 1957? The next is "What are East?" where the newest threat of war is seen. How is Russia playing off the conflicts Arab nation alism, Arab-Israeli hatreds, the free world's oil and the Suez canal to build its, own influence? What can the United Nations do for the United States? "Should the U.S. deal next broad question. Russia's partner in the struggle to win the uncommitted peoples is Red China, a government the U.S. does not recognize. Where do we stand in this contest? Why do the "neutral ists such as India and Indonesia deal with Red China? Can we block this or should we reconsider U.S. policy? TTHE policy dilemmas which must be resolved are outlined under the headings, "U.S. for or against 'Colonialism'?" and "Are 'Neutralists' against the U.S.?" Some of the factors involved: In 1957 the un committed nations count in the United Nations for the balance of world power. But most of them are former colonies, suspicious of U.S. alliances with European colonial powers. What about the policy of the uncommitted nations? Can any countiy stand on the sidelines in wrhat amounts to a global straggle? Many neutralists deal w-ith Russia and Red China now. Have we aiready lost the uncommitted nations? TTHE final section "Can we measure up?" is divided into the questions of U.S. military strategy inthe nuclear age, and of trade and aid. The "odds" in world competition are considered here, as is the question of whether or not we are willing to pay the costs of an adequate military establishment If we are, what weapons and "tools" do we need for survival? How much military power and of what kind? What kind of war can we fight or prevent? In the trade vs. aid field, the questions involve what kind of economic strategy we need. Is foreign aid still necessary, and where and how much? Can trade win the "war on want" and help stop commu nism? And what can we do, in aid and trade, through the United Nations? THE general outline above was prepared for the Foreign Policy association, the non-partisan, non profit organization which is one of the co-sponsors of the Great Decisions program. Viewed in the light of our day-to-day preoccu pations, these questions may seem to be far off and difficult. They certainly are difficult, but they're not far away. They are close to each of us, and immediate, for in each of them we are personally involved, in our soldier-sons, in our tax payments, in our economic well-being and, ultimately, even in our survival.. For this reason it is the obligation of intelligent, thinking citizens to study these complicated situa tions, to make up their minds, and then to make their thinking known to our government, through our rep resentatives. The "Great Decisions . . . 1957" program offers probably the most effective means ever offered by which this can be done. E.A.. Friday. Jinuiry II. 1957 U.b. stakes in the Middle : And what are the risks with Red China?" is the Eden's Resignation Tops News In Foreign Field During Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet. Anthony Eden, victim of his own invasion of the Suez Canal zone, resigned as prime minister of Great Britain. He was suc ceeded by his friend Harold Macmillan, who had served him as chancellor of the exchequer and who supported his Suez policy in a split cabinet. President Eisenhower sought quick congressional approval of his plan the Eisenhower Doc trine to use American forces in event of armed Communist aggression against a Middle East ern country. Soviet Russia and its puppet leaders in Eastern Europe hard ened their policy in an attempt to stop the trend toward "in dependent Communism." Eden Eden's resignation after a distinguished parliamentary ca reer of more than 30 years was a personal tragedy. He cited bad: Babson Sees Too Many Lawyers in Congress By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. Now that the Senators and Repre sentatives have become organ ized, we are able to make a rough analy sis of their ability and training. It ap pears that about three quart ers of both branches of Cong r e s s are lawyers. At aoger first glance, this seems reason able, as their job is to make laws; this, however, should be the work of professional clerks. The Congressmen should con fine their efforts to questions of policies. Lawyers, by train ing, are in a poor position to determine basic policies. Law yers are trained to win cases, whether the defendant or prose cutor is right or wring. The very fact that there "are two parties to each suit though only one party can win, and that both sides are represented by aitor neys, is definite evidence that half of the attorneys are wrong; In the eyes of a statistician, this is a very poor record. If one half of the bridges built by engineers collapsed, something would be done about it. Legislation Economic Ninety per cent of the legis lation today is economic. This applies to agriculture, to manu facturing, to general business, and even to pensions for indi viduals. There should be no gambling connected with such legislation. A table for multipli cation, division, or addition al lows for no compromises. It is the same with policies; they are either right or wrong. They should not be settled out of court or in cloak rooms. All this means that three quar ters of the Senators, and Repre sentatives should be nationally recognized economists. They should be qualifield either to legislate according to economic principles or else not to legis late at all. This principle should have been adopted when the nation was on the Gold Stand ard; but now that we are on the Political Standard, it is im perative. Some claim that more businessmen, bankers, manufac turers, and labor leaders should take the place of these lawyers. The real need, however, is for trained and practical economists and engineers who know what is best for the nation and have the courage to vote accordingly. Sues Canal Rumpus Probably the Suez difficulty is due to many causes, but it was primarily a matter of poli tics. President Nasser of Egypt, was playing politics to get the good will , of his people while raising money to build the great Aswan Dam. Prime Minister Eden was playing politics to hold his position and not be thrown out by the Labor Party. Other countries involved possi bly including the United States were considering their heavy investments in oil. Basically, however, the Suez difficulty is an economic problem. It is not the votes involved which should be considered, but rather the tankage, distances, freight rates and other important problems of international trade. Probably the final solution will reflect a mixture of politics, statistical facts, and world economics. This means that the solution of the problem will not be permanent, but will be a mere stopgap. This shows that courageous econo mists are needed in international affairs as well as in domestic affairs. The custom of selecting our Ambassadors according to their wealth or their contributions to campaign funds is absolutely wicked. Such a policy may have been largely responsible for the fact' that England and France acted without the knowledge of the United States or the United Nations. Ambassadors should be IMP i TS W. Babsoo health as the reason. But there was no doubt that it also was due to . the British-French at tack on Suez. This action anger ed President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. It brought British-American relations to the lowest point in many years. It brought the condemnation of the United Na tions. It split the British -cabinet. In addition, the military op eration itself was a failure. The British-French ' hope of unseat ing President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt backfired. Nas ser was strengthened, not weak ened. The closing of the -canal when Nasser scuttled ships in it -was a severe blow to British economy. Mollet French Premier Guy Mollet, who joined Eden in the Suez attack, was not effected. Nas ser's open support of the na tionalist rebels in Algeria, as well as his seizure of the Suez Canal, had made him France's enemy No. 1. Doctrine The Eisenhower Doctrine was trained economists, which prob ably means career men. Repre sentatives to the United Nations should be selected according to their knowledge of economics and their experience in deciding economic problems. Sanctity of Contracts Individual, national, and inter national prosperity depends upon the recognition of the sane- tity of contracts. No individual, corporation, or nation can pros per in the long run without an earnest endeavor to carry out its contracts. This is a funda mental matter in connection with the oil companies using the Suez Canal. Furthermore, a man does. not need legal training in order to recognize the Ten Com mandments. Honesty is not only the best policy but it is the only policy upon which a reputation, or a business, or a nation can prosper and survive. No one na tion should be allowed to inter fere with the international trade vitally affecting all nations. A great need today is confidence. Of course, in discussing the sanctity of a contract, an indi vidual, corporation, or nation is justified in knowing that the contract was not obtained dis honestly by misrepresentation, coercion, or hribery. It is possi ble that some contracts for drill ing oil were obtained under rather unsavory conditions, but no such claims have been made in connection with the high- grade oil companies now suffer ing from the Suez dispute. Pos sibly it would have been better to have the Suez Canal contract, when originally drawn, made subject to renegotiations similar to the renegotiations that the oil companies have already gone through. These Suez renegotia tions could have been under the jurisdiction of a committee of accountants and economists ap proved by the World Court The committee could employ an in ternational and impartial law yer, upon whom all parties would agree. Their decisions, however, should strengthen the importance of the sanctity of contracts and not undermine or impair same. In closing, let me say that my appeal in this column may not do any good but, as Congress is now organizing and as the Suez negotiations are in full op eration. I do want my mil lions of readers to be thinking over this message. Production of B52s Slated for Cutback Washington U.R) The De fense department is preparing to cut planned production rates for B52 hydrogen bombers direct ly reversing action taken in the heat of the 1956 Senate air pow er investigation. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson raised the goal from 17 to 20 a month during the 1956 controversy over relative Amer ican and Russian air strength. Before Senate critics, he person ally took credit for pushing the big jet bomber program "faster than the Air Force." The 20-a-month goal for the S8 million "bombers was to be reached in late 1957. However, I instead of rising to that level ! now combined production at ; Boeing's Wichita, Kan., and Se attle. Wash., plants may be flat tened out at the previous goal of 17 a month possibly fewer. A final decision is expected in April. LOVERS' QUARREL Mount Holly, N.J. (U.R) Earl Franks, 25, of Vincentown, was charged with disorderly con duct and reckless driving today after, police said, he got into a quarrel with his girl friend, threw a brick through her win- : dow, then led police on a 15-mile j high speed chase which ended when his car overturned. He ; was not hurt. the outgrowth of the Suez situa tion, including Russia's deter mined attempt to penetrate the Middle East. Nasser tloes not like the Eisenhower plan. By soliciting Russian arms which he can not afford, he is mortgag ing his country's future. But in his fanatical hatred of British French "imperialism" Nasser does not seem to mind the dan ger he runs of becoming a Rus sian puppet. SoTiat Russia Russian and East German Communist leaders conferred in Moscow. Their talks resulted in decision to maintain a harsh Stalinist rule in that splinter country in hope of suppressing opposition. In Hungary, puppet Premier Janos Kadar steadily hardened his policy in an at tempt to prevent a new outbreak of revolt. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain., circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit sll letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Some Reminiscences To the Editor: Having receiv ed several letters of appreciation from known and also unknown readers, on the short stories in the Medford Tribune commuiii- cations the past several months or so, we now deem it a courtesy to thank the editor also, even though he has a bushel of them, as the humorist says." We were living on a mountain homestead about a mile from our mail box. A neighbor living only Vi mile below our cabin had a few plymouth rock hens that fed on the open field. One day I stopped on the way down the road to greet my neighbor, when suddenly an eagle swooped down only 50 yards away and plucked a big fat hen. I never will forget my neigh bor's sad words: "There goes my old hen!" For some reason the old eagle tried a vertical take-off. After reaching an altitude of 100 feet, all talons let go, and the old hen, minus a hunk of feathers. drifted and safely landed, though almost frightened to death by its captor. Sometime later, having coyote traps set in the winter season, a. golden eagle with a wing spread of seven feet was caught only by-one -lone toe; on one foot he also had a te missing. We kept the eagle in captivity three weeks, fed on rabbits, and when the rabbits were gone the eagle was given it's freedom, only to be trapped again about a year later where the big bird had gone to a sheep ranch on the river where it was attracted by the early born spring lambs, P.S.: Almost forgot to say It took two people to release the captive eagle from the double spring trap it had sprung for us around 1913. s Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman Medford, Ore. Word to the Wise To the Editor: In your com munications I have read several comments on the Middle East situation, including the one "God Save America." Has God not told us about all these things,, when he said that the last war would be fought over the riches in the land in the middle east (oil) and that he would make Israel a burden to all the world? And when this time come, would they not know it? (It appears not.) When Jesus was asked for signs of His com ing, one of His answers was, when, you see Jerusalem com passed with armies then know that the End is not by and by (compassed means to be encir cled or surrounded) as it has been for about a year now, and that all would be fulfilled in this generation. How long is a generatjon, 20 to 30 years? Consider the ways of this na tiOn, and read Revelation chap ters 17 and 18, very closely. Also read Revelation chapters 13 and 14, note verse 10 of chapter 13 Patience endureth all things Those that be wise shall instruct many. Seek and you shall find. A word to the wise is sufficient. Subscriber (Name on file) ; I I -E2F I fgy j hr-xx -"1 III Ioccr ntAM I '"xr" I I ' m . I rime at I n r a ct I da .mvi I I or TONGUE 1AUMV3C MVM.1I bji Ike's Message Hints Bad News To Come No Tax Cuts Possible By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's message to Congress on the state of the fmjii naai in,, union suggests mm. 1 fh riari newa to come in next week's budget mess age. The bad news: No tax cut possible now or soon. The most emphatic para- Eisenhower'i graphs of Mr. State of the Union message dealt with the dangers of infla tion. The administration evident ly senses those dangers just around the corner. Every argument Mr. Eisen hower used against inflation would apply equally against a tax cut. Tax reductions are, themselves, inflationary. Tax cuts are the kind of economic medicine suitable to correct in flation. Deflation vs. Inflation Deflation describes a situa tion in which the value of a dollar increases in terms of the commodities it buys. Inflation is the opposite in which the dol lar shrinks in terms of what it can purchase. For example, the 1957 dollar will buy one 1939 50-cent cigar. That is considerable ' inflation, sufficient to arouse real anxiety such as Mr. Eisenhower indicat ed in Thursday's message. Even so much inflation is bad. especially for persons on fixed incomes pensions and such. It is not a patch, however, on the kind of all-out catastrophic in flation which could overwhelm the United States if the trend of the past 25 years continues. If that trend does continue, 1957's teen-agers will be skimp ing along on $100-a-week spend ing money and taxicabs will be charging S25 for the first half mile. It could" be -worse than that, of course, and well may be if the government continues the practice which distinguished the Roosevelt terms and most of the Truman years of spending-an nually a lot more money than the Treasury collects. Makes No Promises Mr. Eisenhower did not bear down hard on promises that the budget would be always bal anced during his second term But that, obviously, is his ob jective. The President's anxiety over the possibility of inflation ary catastrophe was so evident that a tax increase might be sus pected if only the nation s .econ omy were mvuivcu. Politics, however, is a major factor in Mr. Eisenhowers fiscal policies as politics must be in the policies of .any president. Taxes will be increased in the sense that scheduled reductions Coast Employment In Slight Decline San Francisco U.R) Wage and salary employment in the three Pacific Coast states drop ped slightly between October and November last year, but still was 5.4 per cent higher than in November, 1955, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Max D. Kossoris, regional di rector of the Bureau , of Labor Statistics, said seasonal layoffs of 44,700 were well below the .normal of 75,000 between the two months. His report excluded domestic and agricultural workers. The principal cutbacks, he said, were in the food processing and canning industries where 43,400 workers, mostly tempo rary, were laid off. Construction and lumber production also dropped. The declines were off set partially by expansions in aircraft and retail trade. Kossoris said 5,750,000 per sons were employed at mid-November, an increase of 290,000 over the previous year. Califor nia employment totaled 4.465, 600, Oregon 494,600, and Wash ington, 790,400. LOGGER KILLED - Waldport U.R) A 24-year-old logging company employee, Howard V. Schroll, was killed near here Tuesday when struck by a log. .. W ,i.nT..JJ ? M FAST SIXTH ST. i 1 will not be honored. But the levy of new taxes seems not yet to. be in the works. Brake On Inflation Higher taxes would be a brake on inflation. Higher taxes also might disrupt the national econ omy and spin the nation into a deflationary spiral, accompanied by unemployment and what an older generation came to know as a depression. Government knows more now than in the 1930's about adjust ing the national economy to overcome depression and unem ployment. It is well that some more knowledge has been gained. The depression of the early 1930 s prevailed through the Roosevelt years until the national economy was sparked by the explosion of World War II. War, however, is strong, deadly and costly medicine for depression, even when it cures. n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In a new publication just is sued, the department of agricul ture says the price of pork is going up first the price on the" hoof and later, in the normal se quence of events, the price on the table. How come? The answer is simple. PRODUCTION of hogs has been dropping. As the amount of pork available for sale and con sumption decreases the price in creases. That is the result or what the economists call the lav of supply and demand. WHY has production of hogs ' ' heen droODine? That also is a result of natural forces. As hog prices drop, the possibility of profit from the pro duction of hogs decreases. So farmers in the big corn-hog areas tend to produce fewer hogs. When that happens, the supply of pork declines and pork prices tend to rise. Rising prices stimulate pork production. And so on. FOR years, the politicians seeking to harvest a bumper crop of farm votes have been tinkereing with the law of sup ply and demand. As a result, what we call the "farm problem" has been cre ated. THAT brings up something else. The federal home loan board estimates this week that savings accounts in all savings and loan associations in the United States rose a record FIVE BILLION dollars last year. It adds that home mortgage loans by these associations were seven per cent LESS in 1956 than in 1955. UfHY? If Again the answer is sim- pie. Money is a commodity just like hogs. As the price of money (represented by interest rates) rises, people tend to PRODUCE MORE MONEY. They produce money (meaning money for in vestment) by the simple process of saving more of it and spending less of it. Then In time The supply of money for In vestment increases. As the sup ply of investment money In creases the PRICE of money (rep resented by interest rates) tends to drop. When that happens, peo ple spend more and save less. This happens because of this same old law of supply antl de mand. THIS Is the point: As money becomes scarcer and more costly, fewer houses arse built. As fewer houses are built, the building materials in dustry suffers. Then The politicians ever alert for votes begin -to howl bloody murder for the government to start the printing presses and MANUFACTURE MORE MON EY. THAT amounts to MORE TINK ERING with the law of sup ply and demand. If this tinkenering is permitted to happen, the building industry will eventually find itself in the same fix the farmers are in now. That's the situation in a nut a
