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4 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Anthony Eden resigns as Brit ain's premier. Failing health is tht officially offered and offi cially accepted reason for his resignation. The REAL reason is that at Suez he started something Brit ain couldn't finish. Inability to finish what was started at Suez has resulted in disaster to the British people. flopped Eden had to quit. That is the long and the short of it. HPHAT brings up a situation that 1 it a little difficult for us Americans to understand. The British premier is the ap proximate equivalent of the American President. He is the chief executive officer of the British government. But he isn't elected by the people. Here is how he gets his job: The king (in this case the queen) "invites" the LEADER of the MAJORITY PARTY to "form a government" and to be prime miiister. The prime minister then confers WITH HIS PARTY and sends the king (or the reign ing queen) a list of men to head the various government depart ments. The king appoints them at once without question. Some of these ministers have cabinet rank and some do not, but all must be members of parli ament. Among them they consti tute "the government." The new prime minister then moves to his official residence at No. 10 Downing street the British equivalent of the White House where the cabinet holds its fre quent meetings. TF WE are to understand the basic difference between the British system and ours, we must keep this fact in mind: The British premier holds his job ONLY AS LONG AS A MA JORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY IN PARLIAMENT ARE SATISFIED WITH HIM. What happened to Eden is that a majority of the members of his party in parliament became dissatisfied with his leadership. THEORETICALLY, parliamen- tary elections must be held every five years, because mem bers of parliament (correspond ing to our congress) are elected for five-year terms, but if parlia ment and the cabinet disagree new elections may be held at any time If a majority of the party in power so wishes. In Eden's case, the party in power called for a new premier and named the man it wanted and fn accordance with long custom the queen appointed the man the Conservative party had decided on as Eden's suc cessor. rTHE British ruler (in this case the queen) is only a figure head in the actual conduct of Britain's government but a very USEFUL figurehead be cause the ruler carries forward an,d insures CONTINUITY in the government. Without such a pro vision for continuity there would be something resembling an archy in crises involving a change. In this case, the ruler is at tractive young Queen Elizabeth. You will have noted from the dispatches that she was called in from the palace of Sandring ham. (When that happened it was quite apparent to everybody (hat a crisis had arisen in the British government and a change of premiers was impending.) You will have noted in the dis patches, I suppose, that the queen "made her decision after talks with former premier Churchill and other conservative leaders." IVTHAT of the new premier? It is stressed that he has close relations with the United States. His mother was an American. He has business inter ests both in Britain and the U.S. So it must be presumed that Britain feels a compelling need to work with the United States. Copco Reports 1956 Operating Revenues A. S. Cummins, president of the California Oregon Power company. Saturday rep orted 1956 preliminary gross operat ing revenues of $21,405,140. This was an increase of 12.97 per cent over operating reve nues for the preceding period, Cummins said. Net income to taled S4.380.000. After deduc tion for preferred stock divi dend requirements, this was equivalent to about $2.31 per share on the 1,638,669 shares of outstanding common stock. The Copco president stated $14,000,000 has been program med' for construction during 1957. San Francisco is the world's chief whaling port. DISTRIBUTOR "OIL TO BURN" LET US FILL YOUR TANK TODAY! MEDFORD FUEL CO. court and McAndrews WE GIVE 'S4H" President in Position to Tell State of World, Truman Notes (Continued from page 1) Now that the President pro- Doses to adnnt tn rlear-rnt nnl- icy of action, we should do everything to back him up. We must at this stage accept the President's assessment of what the situation is, for only the President is in possession of all the facts, and should therefore be in position to tell us the true state of affairs around the world. It is the President who must exercise his constitutional au thority to make foreign policy, and he cannot delegate that au thority either to members of his administration, or to Congress, or to the United Nations. But Congress, too, must do its part to enable the President to carry out his announced policies by voting him adequate funds. At the same time. Congress will, and should, insist on being more fully informed and henceforth more frequently consulted. U.N. Established The United Nations was estab lished largely through the in itiative and support of the Unit ed States and has its home here. It is growing in influence and power as a force for peace. But the United Nations was never intended to assume any of the burden of making foreign policy for the United States. To do so would weaken us and wreck the United Nations. For until other free nations grow in strength, the United Nations will continue to draw its strength from its strongest link the United States. The League of Nations collapsed without us and the United Nations could crumble if we falter and fail in our unique responsibilities to help maintain the peace of the world. We cannot hesitate, and we dare not falter in what we must do in the Middle East. The peace and economy of the whole world depend upon the resources con centrated in that area. So long as these resources are available to all nations, unhampered by capricious and tyrannical bar riers, the chances for peace will be good. We must do all that we can to ensure free access of this area to all nations. But Rus sian intrigues and designs to move into the Middle East would deny the world the free access it must have to survive and would inevitable lead to war. Let us make no mistake. This is what Russia is after control of these resources. President's Proposals The proposals made by the President, when approved by the Congress, will strengthen the position of the free world. But I do not think they go far enough. I suggest that certain further steps need to be taken to undo the Russian encroachments in the Middle East and check new penetrations there. Recurring armed clashes and flareups, aris ing from ancient and special troubles in this area, must be settled soon, or else Russia will continue to exploit these trou bles for her own expansionist purposes. These are the steps I have in mind: First: An embargo ought to be imposed on the shipment of all arms and ammunition by Russia to the Middle East. It would be desirable to have an embargo on shipments of all arms to the Middle East by all nations until tensions subside and security pacts and disarmament agree ments in the area can be worked out. Arms and ammunition ship ped into the area should go only Four Conventions, Other Events Slated Four conventions and three major sports events will be held in Medford in 1957, according to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Conventions scheduled are the Northwest District of American Rose Society, June 719; the Ore gon Eagles, June; the Oregon Lions. June 20-22: and the Ore gon State Bar association, Sept. 19-21. Estimated delegates for the American Rose society are 150. Eagles 1.500. Lions 1,200, and the bar association 1.000. Sports events slated are the Oregon State Women's Bowling association. Feb. 1 to March 9; the Annual Southern Oregon Golf touranment, Aug. 28 to Sept. 2: and the Hudson Cup Gold Matches, Sept. 21 and 22. Delegates to the bowling as sociation will total about 1,500. the Southern Oregon open 300, and the Hudson Cup matches 25. Telephone 2-2111 GREEN STAMPS to the Emergency Forces of the United Nations stationed in that drea- Shipment Continues I hear the Russians are con tinuing shipment of arms to Syria, and I expect they will re sume shipments to Egypt. Russia must be warned that these must stop. When Russia began pene tration of the Middle East by sending arms to Egypt more than a year ago we should have warned the Kremlin that we would not stand for this trouble making maneuver. AU we had to do was to say "You can't do that" and be ready to back it up. All we would have needed to back up this warning was to put a couple of cruisers at the end of the Black Sea Straits and a couple of cruisers and air carriers in the Eastern Mediter ranean. Our past experience as in the case of the Berlin Airlift showed that the Russians would not dare to risk open war by shooting down our planes, once we had made clear that we in tended to maintain that airlift and that we were not bluffing. Enlarged Forces Second: The United Nations Emergency Forces should be en- larged and strengthened to what ever size events may prove nec essary to maintain order until the Suex Canal problem has been completely resolved and a peace treaty betwen Israel and Egypt has" been concluded. ine Suez Canal is the eco nomic jugular vein of the Eu ropean economy and one of the vital waterways of the world. A stoppage of traffic through the Canal of only a few weeks has paralyzed the European con tinent and even the Middle East. We have had to ship oil from this country to meet the emer gency, although we have been trying to build up our own dwindling oil reserves here, to meet future emergencies. I believe very strongly that all the vital waterways of the world, upon which the peace and economy of the world de pend, should be freely opened to all commerce. At the Potsdam conference I tried to get recog nition of this problem of open traffic on the waterways of the world. I urged that the Black Sea Straits the Kiel Canal, the Rhine and Danube rivers, the Suez Canal, Gibraltar and the Panama Canal be made free wa terways for merchant shipping. Relieve Tension I suggest that we ought to keep on working to relieve world tensions. And the first practical step we can take along that line is to' achieve a per manent settlement of the Suez Canal, for we cannot leave it to the caprices of a military dictator or the political whims of any one nation. And we must realize that it is naive and fantastic to hope that we can achieve any kind of peace in the Middle East as long as there are bitterness and open clashes between the Arabs and the Jews. The nation of Israel is here to stay. The United States, as well as the United Nations, should do everything possible to cool the passions of those extremists who want to destroy Israel. The boundary lines between Israel and Egypt must be settled and those boundaries .guaranteed. The United Nations Emergency Forces could play a highly con structive role in this. Fought Two Wars Third: In our own interest and in the interest of the peace of the world we should never again allow ourselves to become separated from our allies. We cannot be part internationalist, part isolationist, part pacifist and part appeasers. We fought two world wars to keep" Britain, France and Western civilization from being destroyed by an am bitious Kaiser and a madman Hitler. I Fruit Meeting FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 1:30 p.m. Y.IY1.C.A. BUILDING ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO ATTEND FRUIT GROWERS LEAGUE OF JACKSON COUNTY, Ine. At the end of the second world war we set up a number of important barriers to see that Britain, France, and the free world were safe against the threat of international commu nism. Vacillation, indecision and failure to state clearly our for eign policy during the past few years and neglecting' to keep our allies informed of our aims and intentions contributed to the recent tragic events in the Middle East and almost brought us to a third world war. Perhaps this is jio time to re mind ourselves that we must assume some responsibility for the panicky military moves of the British, French and Israelis in Egypt. Yet we had better draw a lesson from what hap pened. I would ask what the Ameri can people would think we would do if the Panama Canal were seized in violation of treaties and made subject to the will of a dictator. I know what I would do. I ffel certain that if we had kept close diplomatic contact with our allies and maintained a frank and forth right understanding of what was involved in the Midd'e East, we could well have avoided the de bacle that followed. I think it is an historic blun der to have found ourselves on the same side with exoansionist and communist Russia in a move to rebuke and weaken our al lies with whom we had to fight jointly two world wars, because their security and ours are in senarable. During my administration we kept an intimate understanding with the leaders of our allies. France and Britain have, for over a century, been with us, and we have managed to get along and cooperate on all ma jor world problems. It was inevitable that, at times, we would find ourselves in sharp contention. But we never failed to treat them as free and independent allies. We always got along and worked together for our mutual security and peace. We conducted our relations in a free and candid manner. We never failed to tell each other what we intended to do, and we always did exactly what we said we would do. Leading Power As President of the world's leading power. I thought it not only essential but proper to keep the ' doors of the White House open to all our allies at all times with equal treatment for all. As President, I welcomed the visits of all heads of state, as well as prime ministers and foreign ministers. At the end of the Potsdam conference I informed fataiin that if any further joint con ferences of heads of government were to be held, they would have to take place in Washing ton since President Roosevelt and I had already come to meet them in Europe. Now that we have a promise of a new foreign Dolicv. 1 hope that all the Al lied leaders will soon again be invited to come to Washington and that invitations for such visits will not be limited to a few men we favor or court. As we back the President in his announced, program for the Middle East, let us also make sure that we restore the strength, dignity and prestige of our allies, without whom we cannot be certain of the main tenance of peace for all the peo ple of the world. Copyright, 1957, by ' HARRY S. TRUMAN (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden without written authorization.) Portland (U.R) Clyde C. Crosby, head of the Teamsters Union in Oregon, is reported to have prepared a complaint ac cusing officials of the Oregonian Publishing Company of illegally publishing the text of telecom munications. Annual Grower's Eagle Point Boy Named 4-H Club Member of Month Bob Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hayes, Eagle Point, has been named the outstand ing Jackson County 4-H club member of the month, Glenn Klein, county extension agent, has announced. He is now in his ninth year of 4-H club work, and has con centrated on livestock, with dairy, beef and swine major 2 ( :: t -l BOB HAYES 4-Her of the Month projects. A high placer in 4-H exhibits, he has had champion ships with both Angus cattle and Duroc Jersey pigs. Hayes has made several trips with livestock to the Pacific International in Portland, the state fair, and to the Grand National Junior Livestock Expe dition at San Francisco, where last year he showed his first prime steer. He has twice been selected as a qualified showman at the Cow Palace show, and was one of the top competitors in the Jackson county fair. Starting as a nine-year-old club member, he took poultry and got his first championship on a hen at the county fair. He now owns 11 head of dairy ani mals and three beef, which he hopes to use as the foundation for a future farming enterprise. Top Dairy Judge A top dairy judge, Hayes has placed first in the county fair in dairy judging on two oc casions, and was third high indi vidual and fifth individual at the state fair and Pacific Inter national, respectively. Some of his 4-H top awards are Gitzen and Gitzen award, Freeberger award. First Nation al bank award, and he has re ceived four county medals in meat animals, poultry, boys' ag riculture program and dairy. He was selected as one of the top club members last year to compete in state wide competi tion. He has been active in the Antelope Livestock club, and has held most of the offices, in cluding the presidency of the Antelope General club. Junior Leader He has been a junior leader in the dairy and beef club of Antelope for the past three years. A charter member of the Fu ture Farmers of America at Eagle Point, he was vice presi dent last year, and is president this year. He competed at the state fair for the Future Farm ers judging team, which placed second. He was later selected to represent the Eagle Point chapter at the National Future Farmers' Convention in Kansas City, Mo. A member of the honor so ciety at Eagle Point High school, he works on special projects in the shop. Two years ago he won a Ford Foundation Industrial Arts award for a cross-bow. Goiters were recognized as a human affliction 2,000 years ago and were generally treated by sea salt, both eaten and also applied externally. League Sunday, January 13, 1957 Ex-Residenf s Son Tells of Clinic Visit Alan Jay Gould of Portland, 9-year-old son of a former Med ford resident, was author of an article recently appearing in the Oregon Journal concerning his trip to the Mayo clinic in Roch ester, Minn. He is the son of Al Gould, Journal sports writer and grad uate of Medford High school. Mr. and Mrs. Gould accompanied him to the clinic, where he un derwent a series of tests for a rare malfunctioning of the pan creas known as cystic fibrosis. Trip Described The article describes his plane trip to Rochester, his impression of the clinic structures and the ordeal of making and keeping appointments with various doc tors. Among tests mentioned in the article were the "stomach test", in which a tube was placed down his throat to his stomach, and the "sweat test", in which ei piece of cotton was placed on his chest and he was wrapped in blankets for about two hours. Case Diagnosed After the latter test, his case was diagnosed. It was pointec out that children suffering from cystic fibrosis are especially sus ceptible to respiratory infection In addition to taking tests, Alan wrote of having fun in the hotel, running the elevator and taking the train back to Port land. Humans May Occupy Satellites, Expert Says Princeton, N. J. flJ.R) Rock et expert Willy Ley predicted Friday night humans will occu py stationary satellites in outer space by 1982 and land on the moon soon afterward. ' i Ley, a pioneer in the field of rockets and space flight, spoke before some 200 students and I faculty members of the Prince ton University branch of the '. American Rocket Society. Green Fir Prices Show Upward Movement Portland (U.R) Green fir prices moved upward during the first two weeks of the new year and caused the lumber industry price average on 75 items to im prove by 13 cents, according to Crow's Lumber Price Index. j Green fir prices moved up 60 i cents on the index. Framing j lumber rose from one to two i dollars in actual price in the past two weeks but dry-fir low grade dimension . and boards sagged in price. . aiSSSS MONDAY VCWS$ Budget Slrelch rA FY II CHILDS COTTON V Dresses A 4fV f Reg. $1.79 Sizes 2 to 6x i J2 5 tM h' wha wonder- S,PM ful buysl Any one - f P of many pretty O JT n eg I tr'v k- cottons you choose! Ik J jg M?f . Trim 5olids' printed fl f ifjL M It ' jf X. 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Teams competing will be from Future Farmer chapters in Phoe nix, Eagle Point, Grants Pass, i Illinois Valley and Crater High ! schools. j Winning teams will compete in the state semi-finals in Feb ruary. The state contest will be held at LaGrande in March. The public is invited to attend the Jan. 19 contest, according to Ed I never dreamed my savings V could do so well I actually thought income on a savings account was more or less token and just couldn't ever amount to anything . . . Then I checked up... found I could get a really liberal return, regularly, and with full safety. Current Dividend FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDFORD 29 NORTH IVY STREET R. F. KYLE, PRESIDENT Bargain Corner Sixth (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE ward R. Griggs, Crater High school agriculture teacher. IPACIFEC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. 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