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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1947 (Friday)
Talent Grange sponsors March
of Dimes dance at the Grange
hall.-
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The new
football coach at Old Oregon has
started in on his martyrdom but
has not yet been the target of
a noon luncheon.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1937 (Sunday)
Chains and caution are urged
by state police for motorists
traveling any distance from
Medford.
Use of national reemployment
service by employers in Jack
son county suggested by Olen
Arnspiger, president of Jackson
Countv Chamber of Commerce.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1927 (Monday)
Post office shows increase in
receipts of $8,000 for 1926 over
the previous year, according to
Postmaster William J. Warner.
Kiwanis club votes to furnish
a radio set at the county farm.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1917 (Wednesday)
Mayor C. E. Gates appoints
Fred W. Mears city attorney
and J. F. Hittson chief of police
at first council meeting of new
administration.
S. S. Bullis reelected presi
dent of stockholders of Apple
gate Lumber company.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev
en or eight Is exceUent; tive or
six Is good
1. In 1621, 55,000 lbs. of to
bacco was exported from Vir
ginia; true or false?
2. Is Death Valley in Arizona?
Utah?
3. Is the earliest mention of
David as King of Judah in the
First Book of the Kings?
4. Does the U.S. Post Office
Department print any postage
stamps?
5. Was Carlos Romulo ever
Resident Commissioner of the
Philippine Islands to the U. S.?
6. The application of heat to
destroy bacteria in milk is
termed what?
7. Was Mithras a Persian king?
General?
8. In the song: "Some say the
world is made for fun and frol
ic,and so" does who?
9. Combat is a noun; is it also
a verb?
10. "How poor are they that
have no patience! Is this from
Shakespeare's "Othello" or
"Hamlet?"
Answers: 1. True. 2. No. Cal
ifornia. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Yes.
6. Pasteurization. 7. No. God: per
tonification of the tun. 8. I. 9.
Yes. 10. Othello.
UNEXPECTED RELIEF
Jackson, Mich. lU.R) Two
"Indian medicine men" relieved
more than William A. Williams'
arthritis Wednesday. Williams
told police a man and a woman
drove up to his home and offered
to ease the pain of his arthri
tis with a liquid cure. Later,
he discovered they had relieved
him of his wallet while rubbing
his legs.
NOSE GONE
Malaga, Spain (U.R) Twenty-two-year-old
Remendios D i e z
Ruiz was in serious condition in
a local clinic today. Manuel
Orozoco bit off her nose after a
lover's quarrel.
MAIL TRIBUNE
An Excellent Start
Governor Holmes has certainly made an excellent
start.
His inaugural address was a refreshing change
from the routine and stereotyped declamations of
recent years.
It was brief, eloquent and to the point. If there
were any glittering generalities we failed to note
them. '
IN EACH and every case our new Governor was
A clear-cut, incisive and explicit.
On many cf his proposals of course, there will
not be universal agreement. There never is when a
chief-executive of the state really has something to
say and SAYS it,
But on a vast majority of them we believe there
will be general public approval, and in the opinion
of the Mail Tiibune, with only one or two exceptions
the welfare and betterment of Oregon calls for such
a program of action as Governor Holmes has out
lined. TT REMAINS to be seen, of course, how responsive
the Legislature as this is written the Senate is
still deadlocked over organization will be to the
progressive and enlightened challenge the state's new
chief-executive has handed down.
But with a comfortable Democratic majority in
the House, and at least an even break in the Senate,
the chances of constructive and beneficial progress
would seem to be good.
GOVERNOR HOLMES' first appointment, that of
Howard Morgan, as the new state public utility
commissioner, is in perfect harmony with the spirit
of his inaugural.
As the Governor' pointed out, he felt that too
many of the "state's boards and commissions have
come to a position of representing the people they are
SUPPOSED to REGULATE, more than they repre
sent the PUBLIC."
That is a deplorable tendency, that has often been
stressed in this department, and for years has cried
out for drastic correction.
Governor Holmes, however, was careful to point
out that this comment was not to be taken as any
reflection on former utility commissioner Heltzel, and
he might have added, that the laws regarding the
powers of this position must be changed before the
welfare and profits of the private utilities, can be
subordinated, as they should be, to the welfare of the
people and the state.
CTATJE SENATOR LOWRY.of Jackson County has
prepared legislation to bring this about and it is
indeed reassuring and encouraging to know that a
man in sympathy with such action is, at long last,
occupying the state-house.
Moreover, from all we can learn. Howard Morgan
will be no "easy mark" when it comes to the "butter-ing-up"
and cajoling treatment that the "Friendly
Southern Pacific" has through recent years, brought
to such a hign degree of perfection.
Morgan is a veteran of
student of transportation on both sea and land, and
served a term in the state Legislature, so he promises
to be a pretty tough "cookie" when it comes to falling
for either the flattering S.P. or the "Business is Busi
ness" Arlington club approach. He is wise to both.
And one might add it
and a radical change in Oregon laws so they are more
m accord wun similar laws in California instead of
being as they are, largely self-defeating, before any
real progress can be made.
1I7E BELIEVE public sentiment all the way from
Eugene to the California line, is united and up-in-arms
against the Friendly Southern Pacific's
revival of the policy of the "public be damned" and
utterly ignoring its responsibilities in the area of
public-service.
We trust the people will not rest on their oars
and leave it up to State Senator Lowiy to cany on
this fight single-handed, and alone.
He happens to be a Republican, but that has noth
ing to do with this issue. He is RIGHT, he is courage
ous, and he deserves the vigorous support of the
people of Southern Oregon, in his effort to imple
ment a policy that will give them a square deal in
the important realm of rail transportation.
Letters to him and to Governor Holmes along this
line would be great help. We hope the mail-trucks
and the mail-planes no mail-by-rail these sad days
will be loaded with them. And may they aid in
giving southern Oregon the type of transportation that
its growth and prosperity deserve. R.W.R.
The Sales Tax Again
According to press dispatches from Salem the only
certain thing about this legislative session is not what
WILL happen, but what WON'T. The "won't" refers
to a state sales tax. That it seems is not to be.
Well, in view of the defeat of the effort to sanc
tion the emergency clause to tax bills, and the four
or five defeats of the sales tax by vote' of the people,
that appears to be a fairly safe prediction.
As the Mail Tribune has opposed such a tax for
many years and agrees with Governor Holmes in
theory that it is an unfair tax in that it imposes a
burden upon those least able to pay, we have no heart
burnings over such a situation.
DUT we can't subscribe to the "defeatist" attitude
that seems, to generate it. Because any legislation
has been defeated in the past is no justification for
those who believe it right, to giverfup fighting for it
Thursday, January 17. 1957
World War II, has been, a
will take a tough cookie
West Germany's Importance in
European Politics Said Rising
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
West Germany's importance
in the European political set-up
is growing rapidly.
It is being suggested that West
Germany will
be regarded be
fore long as
the strongest
power on the
Western Eu
ropean conti
nent. The latest
evidence of
rrirtii ito-i fr-(-'i tnis increased
Charles McCann importance IS
the report that a German, Lt.
Gen. Hans Speidel, is . to be
named commander-in-chief of
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization ground forces in the
Central European Zone.
In that capacity, Speidel
would command American, Brit
ish and French, as well as Ger
man troops in that part of West
ern Europe which would be the
first line in event of a war with
Soviet Russia.
It is reported also that both
President Theodor Heuss and
Chancellor K 0 n r a d Adenauer
will make state visits to Wash
ington this spring.
The prestige of West Germany
has been growing steadily for
a long time.
Under Adenauer, the country
has- risen from utter prostration
after the destruction of World
War II to solid prosperity. Its
50 million people enjoy full em
ployment. It is forming an army,
navy and air force which will
add between 300.000 and 500,
000 men to the NATO defense
alliance. ,
But West Germany's position
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In his inaugural address at
Salem, Oregon's newly elected
Governor Holmes says:
"I see the opportunity for a
bold, imaginative, vigorous
course, with unlimited vistas of
growth and progress.
"That is the direction I pro
pose to take. I propose to take
it because I think the people of
Oregon voted for such a change
of course. I think they expect
me as the chief executive, and
you as the legislators, to take a
fresh, new forward lookat our
state government.
"The people want daring, not
dullness; faith, not fear. We must
fly, not flounder. There can be
no turning back."
WITH that stirring, inspiration
al appeal to bring the state
of Oregon into the forefront of
progress, I think all Oregonians
are in complete agreement.
There has been a feeling for
some time that in terms of ma
terial progress Oregon has been
falling somewhat behind its
neighboring states of California
and Washington; A feeling of
that sort doesn't leave the peo
ple of Oregon completely happy.
They want to be going places
just as rapidly as their neigh
bors. So I'm sure they are ready to
join with their new governor in
a bold, imaginative, vigorous
course designed to bring new op
portunities and new ACHIEVE
MENTS to the s'tate of Oregon.
BUT
We can't do everything at
once. If we take off vigorously
in all directions we will scatter
our efforts and get nowhere.
First things must come first.
That raises a question:
What, in Governor Holmes'
mind, is the thing we need to do
FIRST?
ONLY Governor Holmes, of
course, can answer that ques
tion, and in his address to the
legislature he didn't answer it
specifically for which he is not
to be blamed, for inaugural ad
dresses are not designed to pro
vide complete answers to all
questions. Their purpose is to
set the tone for what is to follow.
More specific recommendations
will come later.
But one can't help concluding
that if the objectives he has out
lined in his inaugural message
are to be reached the first thing
that must be done is to find more
money. That is definitely sug
gested in his address.
Where is it to come from?
That, I'd say, will be the BIG
problem of the 1957 session of
the Oregon legislature.
If'7
It is really a question for tax EXPERTS we
don't mean political experts to decide.
If after careful study a majority of them should
decree that in view of the all-around tax situation, a
sales tax properly qualified, would get the best results
from, the standpoint of continued prosperity and
growth of the state of Oregon then as far as this paper
is concerned we would yield to "expert" opinion and
on such a basis, support it. !
We certainly would not on the basis of f ailure in
the past, give up fighting for it.
If that sort of doctrine had prevailed in the past
women would have no right to vote today and there
would be no federal or state income tax.
As has often been remarked, nothing is really
settled until it is from the standpoint of the public
welfare, settled RIGHT. R.W.R. .
was strengthened especially, as
regards prestige, as the result of
the British-French invasion of
the Suez Canal Zone.
That operation, which hurt
Britain and France, and resulted
in a breach with the United
States that has not yet been en
tirely overcome, made West Ger
many look better by contrast.
It seemed a matter of some
significance that Prime Minister
Jawarharlal Nehru of India
made it a point to stop off at
the Duesseldorf Airport on his
way home from Washington last
month to confer with Adenauer.
No country realizes more than
does Russia the strength and im
portance of West Germany.
East Germany, which Russia
controls, is a splinter country
with a contemptible puppet gov
Matter of Fact by J0sePh msop
COSINESS AT THE KREMLIN
Moscow For the inexperi
enced traveler, the Kremlin is
the first great surprise of Mos-
cow. The grim, !
grey fortress
one had ex
pected to find
turns out in
stead to be un-
m a g i n a bly
pretty.
The rather
low, ornately
crenelated
Joseph aisod wans are noi
grey but a. rich, dark straw
berry red. The high, decorated
guard towers are pure objects
of medieval fantasy. The ancient
churches rise to happy riots of
colored and gilded domes. The
palaces are painted a bright but
ter yellow picked out with white.
In fact, the Kremlin really
looks like a particularly gay
decoration by Bakst for one of
Diaghilev's earlier ballets, rath
er than the dark citadel of the
world's imagination. Inside the
Kremlin, too, one is due for
some brisk surprises. Or so I
found the other day, when I at
tended the vast Kremlin party
in honor of East German Pre
mier Grotewohl and his col
leagues. TT must, on the whole, have
A been a hard day for the Krem
lin's masters. In early afternoon,
in leaden, icy weather, they had
welcomed China's Premier Chou
En Lai at Vnukovo Airport with
ostentatious ceremonies, includ
ing interminable speeches and
the long evolutions of a brilliant
ly uniformed, wonderfully smart.
menacingly goose-stepping guard
of honor of young Russian giants.
Almost immediately after that,
came the formal signing of the
new Soviet-East German accord.
And almost immediately after
that, the tall, gilded doors of
St. George's Hall in the Kremlin
Grand Palace were flung open
with a fanfare; and the members
of the Soviet Presidium led
their foreign guests to the sup
per tables between long, close
packed lines of their applauding
subjects.
- .
ST. GEORGE'S Hall, a Czarist
leeacv. must be one of the
biggest rooms in the world, end
its white plaster decorations are
so elaborate that it gives you
the feeling of being inside a
gigantic wedding cake. Around
the walls, long lines of tables
offered supper to the company
of 1500 or more persons present.
There was caviar and every sort
of cold dish and sweet Russian
wine and brandy and vodka and
the admirable Russian ice cream
and champagne as well. But
despite the amplitude of the
supper, the immensity of the
party and the grandeur of the
hall, the occasion somehow lack
ed pomp.
Partly this was because the
Soviet upper crust and their
wives are mostly large, a solid
people, darkly and respectably
clad, with the look of being
solid citizens with no nonsense
about them. Partly it was be
cause there are daily children's
parties in the Kremlin at this
season, and this fantastic room
had been decorated for the chil
dren in the manner of a parish
hall at Christmas, with a splen
did 50-foot Christmas tree and
an enormous but very parish
hall-ish show scene above the
stage at the further end.
But chiefly this feast for 1500
people produced its curiously
cosy effect because the crowd
tucked in the eatables and drink
ables with such cheerfully visi-
A g
r -w f f i
ernment. Of the 18 million peo
ple in East Germany, 1,723,000
h.-.ve sought refuge in West Ger
many since 1949.
Because Russia sees the im
portance of the West German re
public, it is determined not to
permit the unification of the
country.
If the anti-Communist surge of
revolt in the satellite - countries
spreads to East Germany, it
will bring about a crisis.
Both the Soviet and the West
German governments fear that
in the event of a revolt West
Germans would flock across the
border to support it. What Rus
sia might do can not be fore
seen. But the United States and
other NATO countries are
pledged to defend West Ger
many. ble enthusiasm, and the Krem
lin's masters, who were no less
enthusiastic about eating and
drinking, also exuded so much
hospitable geniality. With their
foreign guests and the diplo
mats, the members of the Pre
sidium occupied a sort of semi-
enclosure of their own beneath
the snow scene, where they play
ed host as though on a stage.
OULGANIN, Khrushchev, Mol
- otov and the other senior
rulers of the Soviet Union are
all markedly short men Stalin
would have no tall fellows about
him. And these short, smiling
men, working hard to make the
party "go", hardly looked like
the stern masters of the greatest
empire in history.
Nourishment and . pleasure,
were by no means the only busi
ness oi the evening. Premier Bui-
ganin, the very image of goateed
benevolence, opened the formal
proceedings with the first speech
and the first toast which the
band greeted with another fan
fare for Kremlin toasts are
celebrated almost in the Danish
manner that Hamlet complained
about.
Thereafter, with only occasion
al pauses, the speaking and
toasting continued for almost
three hours.
The difficulty was that at
least one representative of each
of the "parties" that form the
East German "coalition" had to
be heard from. As German lead
er succeeded German leader, ex
hausting relays of interpreters,
one began to understand at least
one of the Kremlin's objections
to multi-party government the
more so because the bearded,
be-ringed, flowingly robed Met
ropolitan of Moscow, who must
be a sharp man,,was almost the
only person in the huge room
who managed to find a place to
sit down.
.
VET the seemingly unending
oratory prevented no one
from chatting and drinking.
Even Chou En Lai, after listen
ing to the speakers with formal
politeness for more than an hour,
broke down to the extent of hold
ing his own private reception
of Asian . diplomats. Then the
oratory really did end after all.
The famous ballerina, Pliset
skaya, briefly but exquisitely ap
peared. There was singing. There
was music. There was a young
man from the Bolshoi Theater
Troupe who danced the famous
Gopak in a way that would have
been hard to imitate, even at a
dictator's behest.
At length, the massive golden
chandeliers were darkened. Con
cealed light astonishingly trans
formed the painted show scene
into a red and green and pink
and blue and silver aurora bore-
alis. And so, with a round of
applause for the aurora and onj
final toast, the party came to
a happy end. By then, one had
almost forgotten the language
of the speakers, who had sound
ed again the old notes of the
cold war. Indeed one had all but
forgotten the young dead in the
streets of Budapest.
Copyright 1957,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
SUPPORT THE
MARCH OF DIMES
'Inasmuch as Ye Have Done It Unto One of. the Least of .
These My Brethren, Ye Have Done It Unto Me."
Matthew 25:40
DAY OR NIGHT PHONE 2-8030
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Today and
By Walter
CONCERNING TIGHT MONEY
There is an overriding condi
tion in our domestic affairs
which is that our economy.
though e n o r
mously pro
ductive as
compared with
any that has
ever existed,
is still not pro
ductive enough
for all the de
mands made
hJSk upon it. With
waiter Uppmann f u 1 1 employ
ment there Is not enough labor,
and with the basic industries in
full production there are serious
shortages in critical goods. La
bor and the materials do not ex
ist to supply the total demand.
The economy cannot produce
all that consumers want to buy,
plus all that corporations would
like to spend and to borrow for
capital goods, plus all that the
Federal government needs to
spend on defense and its welfare
measures, plus all that the state
and local governments are being
pressed to spend on schools, hos
pitals, roads, recreation and oth
er public works.
Although the American econ
omy is growing prodigously, it is
not growing fast enough to keep
up with the growth of the pop
ulation, with the rapid rise in
what Americans have come, to
expect as their proper standard
of living, and with the expand
ing commitments and responsi
bilities of the United States,
which is now the only real great
power in the non-Communist
world. This is a rich and pro
ductive country, but the Ameri
can economy is strained and un
der severe inflationary pressure.
rpHIS situation raises two ma-
-1- jor problems of national pol
icy. The one, which is well
known and generally under
stood, is the problem of combat
ting inflation that is to say, of
managing the supply of money
and credit so that the total de
mand for goods and services is
kept in balance with the supply
But insofar as we solve the
fundamental problem of pre
venting inflation, we run into
second problem which is not so
well understood. About it there
are many differing views amon,
the experts and authorities. This
is the problem of how to allocate
the reduced supply of credit. It
is a problem of how to ration
credit as between the stronger
borrowers, like the big corpora
tions, and the weaker borrowers
like home builders; and as be
tween- public borrowing, say, for
schools, and private borrowing
as for office buildings.
fPHE President showed in his
message that he is acutely
aware of the primary problem
which is how to combat infla
tion. Besides exhorting business
Congressional
Quiz
fCopyrlrht. I95
Concressional Quarterly)
Q Last Feb. 3, a Senator
caused a stir in Congress when
he said he had been offered
money from lobbyists favoring
a certain piece of legislation.
Who is the senator and what
was the legislation?
A Francis Case (R-S.D.)
said proponents of a bill to ex
empt natural gas producers
from federal regulation had
offered him a campaign con
tribution of $2,500. Case said
that because of this, he was
opposing the bill. It passed the
Senate by a 53-38 vote, but
was vetoed by President Ei
senhower on Feb. 17 because
of what the President termed
"arrogant" lobbying efforts in
its behalf. Two attorneys sub
sequently were fined for not
having registered at lobbyists.
Tomorrow
Lip p man n
and labor to practice self-disci
pline, the Federal government
has two main ways of reducing
the inflationary pressure. One is
for the government itself to
spend less than it takes in taxes.
and to budget not for a mere
balance but for a surplus. But
in fact not much can be done
with the budget to combat infla
tion. The new budget is expect
ed to show only a small surplus,
and one can sj y that if this is
the best that George Humphrey
can do in a period of abounding
prosperity, no one else is likely
to do so much in any other time.
The fact is that about the best
the Federal government can do
is to keep expenditures from
rising as fast as they might. With
our growing population and our
growing public needs at home
and abroad, there is no prospect
of reduction in public spending.
rpHE real burden of combatting
Inflation rests on the Federal
Reserve Board because of its
power to expand or to contract
the volume of money that the
banks are able to lend. The Fed
eral Reserve Board has been
using its power with great cour
age and true public spirit The
result is the famous tight money
policy, and to that policy the
country owes the fact that the
inflationary rise in prices is be
ing held down to moderate pro
portions.
But as the tight money policy
takes effect, the second problem
arises. This is the problem of
the allocation of the reduced
supply of credit among the vari
ous interests, public and private,
who want to borrow. The alloca
tion today is made by the finan
cial markets, and as the supply
of credit is less than-the demand.
the price of credit, that is to fay
the rate of interest, is rising.
This means that those who can
afford to pay the most get the
most credit. Credit is expensive
and scarce for the weaker inter
ests, for small businessmen, tot
families in need of mortgages to
build homes, and for state and
localities needing to borrow for
public works.
LTHOUGH he did not say so
specifically, it is probably
fair to assume that this problem
was in the President's mind
when in his message to Congress
he spoke of the need for a broad
inquiry into the adequacy of our
financial institutions. There is
much complaint in Congress on
behalf of farmers and business
men about the-allocation of cred
it as between them and the big
corporations. The problem of al
location is posed even more
sharply for the states and locali
ties which need to issue bonds
for schools, roads, and other
public works. They are finding
that the high interest rate and
the tight money policy are a
great burden.
Mr. Arthur Levitt, the Comp
troller of New York state, has,
for example, pointed out that
the cost of borrowing to finance
the building of schools has very
nearly doubled since 1952. This
is a very serious thing. It is a
brutal fact which ' interferes
greatly with the ideal theory
that the localities should meet
public needs, like the need for
schools, hospitals, low cost hous
ing, roads and public recreation.
IT IS easier to pose the problem
than to solve it. But this much
at least is clear. We must resist
inflation. We must therefore
keep the supply of credit lower
than the total needs and wishes
of private interests and public
authorities. But having done
that, we must examine the ques
tion whether, in the competition
of the financial market, the pub
lic interest in schools and other
public works is adequately tak
en" care of.
If it is not, as almost certainly
it is not, then we shall have to
devise remedies.
(Copyright 1957. New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)