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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.
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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.
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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
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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. .
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MEDFORD
Contest Scheduled
For Future Farmers
Central Point The Rogue
Umpqua Future Farmers parlia-:
mentary contest will be held at I
Crater High school Saturday, j
Jan. 19, at 9:30 a.m.
This contest is designed to I
determine how well various
teams can use Hoberts Rules of
Order in carrying on a business j
meeting.
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
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