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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 27. 1947 (Friday)
Miss Medford to be selected
at Craterian theatre tonight.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Civic lead
ers are confronted with the
problem of getting the voters
to the polls in the "off-year elec
tions." Proposals on the Novem
ber ballots to plow up the golf
course for municipal gardens
and dry up the leading fishing
holes, might stir up interest in
November mandates.
20 YEARS AGO
Jun 27. 1937 (Sunday)
American Legion post annual
Jection and stag party set for
July 6.
American Legion planning to
sponsor Boys State, Medford
post asked to join plan.
30 YEARS AGO
June 27, 1927 (Monday)
Five persons injured when
auto stage overturns on Pacific
highway, lands on top of coupe
which had gone in ditch 30 min
utes before.
Two local high school boys
hitchhike to San Francisco.
40 YEARS AGO
June 27, 1917 (Wednesday)
Beginning July 1, Medford
will have exclusive wire through"
the Western Union company be
tweeo here and San Francisco.
From the Local and Personal
column: Ralph Ewing, state
screen inspector, is nursing a
badly sprained wrist, as the re
sult of cranking up his automo
bile too hurriedly last Saturday.
The injured member is his right
wrist, and the accident is the
more regrettable because of
coming at his busiest season of
the year.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct la superior;
seven-or eight Is excellent; five or
six is sood
1. In 1795 were the exports of
th U.S. about $4,700,000 or
$47,000,000?
2. Is Syria an Arab state?
3 Bible: Why was Joseph,
on his way back from Egypt,
"araid to go thither (to Judea)?
'4. That is the difference be
tween a quagmire and a qua
haug? 9 In which month does Flag
Dy fall?
Will the postal service for
ward without charge all classes
of mail to an addressee who has
moved?
7. In the cabinet of which
President did Sen. Carter Glass
rve as Secretary of the Treas
ury? 8 What animal is called
Jlevnard?
9. "'Chuck-full" is a colloquial
ism for chock-full. Is it proper
t use it in formal speech?
10. "The cheerful loser is a
Winner." Elbert Hubbard: Did
he write this in 1811. 1361, or
1911?
Answers: 1. S47.000.000. 2. Yes.
3 "liaarrl that Archplaus . . ." I
succeeded to the throne of
Herod. 4. Quagmire is a bog;
quahaug is a clam. 5. June. 6.
No, (it forwards first class mail
free to a new address). 7. Wood
row Wilson. 8. Ths fox. 9. No.
It is close to slang. 10. 1911.
The same moid which yields
penicillin is abo believed to
hold-penatin, an even more po
tent weapon against most dis
use germs.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence . . .
New York. June 24th: It may be the humidity or it may be the
cherry-stone clams we have been eating.
Whatever it is we haven't seen a really funny show on T.V.
since we came here.
In Medford Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights (in spite of his over
long and tiresome commercials) was or at least his entertainers
were really amusing.
But not here in New York. His comedians simply try too hard
to be funny to succeed. And some don't try and end in a shut-out.
Sullivan's show last night at Jones Beach was at least to us
particularly depressing, in every department but especially in the
comedy area.
There wasn't a real laugh in a car load. We have forgotten
just how many thousand Ed gets a week, but whatever he gets
he is overpaid. If we ran the Ford Company we would give Ed a
long vacation with half pay for he is a nice guy and like the
proverbial piano player is no doubt doing the best he can but
these dog days, it isn't worth 30 cents.
There is one great thing about TV, however, especially here
in New York you don't have to pay for it, you don't have to
find a scalper to get a seat on the aisle, and when you are bored
you can turn it off. So except for one Broadway "hit" it was
really good too and three Big League Ball games, we have de
pended upon "TV" a lot, and have really appreciated its all around
service but not in comedy, thank you.
x Speaking of baseball we wonder if anyone has ever explained
why baseball teams go into slumps and then for no apparent rea
son suddenly snap out of them.
About a month ago we saw the Chicago White Sox make
monkeys out of the "Damned Yankees" up at the stadium two
days in succession. They played like real "champs," hitting, field
ing and particularly fast and smart base running. They won easily
and it seemed plain to this venerable sports-expert that they were
headed for the pennant, and the Yanks at long last were OUT.
Eut what did we see on our return from the Adirondacks? A
complete flip flop. In every department last week the Yanks were
true champs, especially in hitting when hits were needed, and
tight pitching when hits from the opposition were threatened. One
game went 13. innings, but for "Lady Luck" it would only have
gone 9. The Yanks finally won with a homer by Yogi Berra, who
hadn't made a hit all day. But the Sox did not really earn their
runs a completely snafued pitcher gave them 3 of them.
So now it is plain to the undersigned thatnothing can beat
the Yanks short of a bomb attack by the Russkis or broken necks
for Mantle, Skowron and Byrne. (If Messers E.T., or E.G.B., wish
to make wagers along that line they can send wires not collect.)
But there is one thing we can say about the White Sox, the
Dodgers, in fact all teams in the two Big Leagues, they all have
their off-days and their days on, but there isn't one that is out
classed entirely that is not CAPABLE of beating any of their
opponents if they get a few breaks. In other words, no matter
what the betting odds may be, no matter how their records stack
up when you go to a game, nine times out of ten you will see a
real CONTEST.
We have, however, seldom seen such a complete reversal of
form as that exhibited by the Chicago White Sox on their four ap
pearances here in a month or six weeks. They did win one game
from the Yanks one out of four, but as a whole the couldn't
pitch or hit and when a Big League team can do neither, there
is seldom any doubt about the result.
There are both French and Italian warships in the harbor and
the place is full of "smart little middies" in their "whites" and the
French especially attractive with their red "pom poms" on top of
their caps. That "little" should be emphasized, for we haven't seen
a potential "half back" in the lot they look like grade school
youngsters or perhaps High School Freshmen. They are good look
ing, fresh, bright eyed, smiling and clean. But we wouldn't wager
much on any of them in a fight with East Side "Dead Enders".
In short they don't look like fighting men, more like page boys
in the U.S. Senate. We have seen perhaps fifty of them in all,
many of them with cameras, and our impression is they were
more interested in taking in this amazing cosmopolis, pictorially
and visually, than following grog shop and primrose patch, as
outlined in shore leave, by the movies and tradition.
Over in Central Park we ran into an octet, 4 French middies
who had picked up 4 unattended teen agers of the opposite sex.
Never have we listened to such giggling and gesticulating on
both sides. The sailors couldn't speak English and the girls couldn't
speak French, but there was a great deal of self consciousness on
both sides, along romantic lines. They reached a climax when one
of the girls secured one of the sailors' caps and stroked the red
pom-pom. According to the Herald Tribune, in France such action
calls for a kiss on both cheeks and perhaps the young middy had
this in mind when he reached for the cap. Whether he did or not,
the teen ager took alarm and danced away up the walk followed
by her female consorts. The middies silent and swinging their
little cameras, somewhat chagrined, walked south toward the
Plaza.
That ended the romance as far as we know, but of course we
don't KNOW anything about it! R.W.R.
Miller Case Again
Federal district Judge Charles F. McLaughlin
mles soon on a memorandum filed with him by counsel
for playright Arthur Miller. Last May 31 the judge
found Miller guilty, in a case tried without a jury, of
contempt of Congress in refusing to answer certain
questions put him by the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee.
Miller has not yet been sentenced, and the present
memorandum asks the judge now either to acquit him
outright or order a new trial for him, in view of the
Watkins decision. On June 17 the Supreme Court ruled
by six to one that John T. Watkins, labor organizer,
had been within his rights in refusing to answer cer
tain questions of the committee in April 1954.
""THE two cases seem much alike. Miller, like Wat-
kins, denied being under actual Communist "disci
pline" while admitting he had cooperated with Com
munists. Each balked at identifying other individuals
in pro-Communist activities. Both, refusing to plead
the Fifth Amendment, argued that the questions in
volving others lay outside the committee's proper
jurisdiction.
There are two minor differences Watkins had
been ostensibly interrogated in connection with the
labor movement, Miller ,-n connection with unauthor
ized use of U.S. passports. Marilyn Monroe's husband
refused to identify any persons he had seen at gather
ings of Communist party writers; the labor man
agreed to identify individuals who still were mem
bers of the Party, balking at those who to my best
knowledge and belief have long since removed them
selves from the Communist movement." E.R.R.
Indonesia Volcano Spews
Jakarta. Indonesia 1P
Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most
dangerous volcano, spewed out
tons of hot ash and lava this
week, forcing the evacuation of
4.000 villagers, reports from
central Java said today.
Delayed reports said Merapi
Thursday. Jun 27, 1957 1
Ashes Over City
rained ash on Magelag City, cov
ering trees and buildings with a
thick coat of black cinders.
Streams of lava spilled into near
by rivers, the reports said.
Grand Coulee dam weighs
25 millipn tons.
Matter of Fact
PERIL CAN BE COMPLEX
Paris The Greek-Turkish aid
bill and the Marshall Plan an
nounced America's intention to
halt the Soviet
advance in
Europe. In
the Korean
War, the
United States
assumed the
r e sponsibility
of holding the
lina in ha lTo,
'-&fegl East. In both
Joseph Aisop cases, ine
American electorate rather
clearly understood what its
government was doing.
Now, since the proclamation
of the Eisenhower Doctrine, the
American government has also
assumed direct, continuing re
sponsibility for holding the line
in the deeply-troubled, strategic
ally vital Middle East. The solid
ity and finality of this new
American commitment are al
ready taken for granted by our
Middle Eastern friends.
But it is not at all clear to
this reporter that this immense
new American commitment is
regarded as sold and final at
home. Even after only half a
year as a permanent foreign
correspondent, one ought to be
very hesitant in judging home
opinion. Yet there has been
nothing in reports from home to
suggest general awareness that
we have now taken another step
comparable in moral magnitude
to the Marshall Plan or the re
sponse to the Korean aggression.
'PHIS seemingly lack of aware--1
ness of an enormous new
American commitment strikes
this reporter as rather worry
ing. It is all the more worrying
because the peril in the Middle
East is not at all like the peril
that we undertook to ward off
in Europe and the Far East. In
our two previous experiments in
holding the world-line, the peril
could be summed up in one
word Communism; the peril in
the Middle East is far more com
plex in character.
Communism plays a role, of
course. The Communist parties
in the Arab lands are small and
almost unindoctrinated but the
Arab Communists are at least
disciplined; and being discip
lined, they are effective as
agents, political organizers and
terrorists.
By the same token, a very big
role is played by the Kremlin.
The Soviet decision to give poli
tical support to Egypt and its
satellite, Syria, and the subse
quent shipments of arms to
these two countries were histor
ical events on a par with the
new American commitment in
the Middle East. Indeed, these
Kremlin actions forced the
American reaction.
TUT the real source of the
t peril in the Middle East is
not the old familiar threat of
Communism; the real source of
the peril is the movement led
and dominated by Egypt's Ga
mal Abdel Nasser, which claims
the name of Arab nationalism.
Nasser's brand of Arab na
tionalism is useful to the Krem
lin and is therefore supported by
the Kremlin, because he has
given his nationalism a vicious
anti-Western twist. If Nasserite
nationalism triumphs in the
end, it will mean the destruction
of all Western interests in Arab
lands. And because of the West's
strategic and economic depend
ence on the area, the end result
will be a fatal weakening of the
Western alliance which is the
true Soviet objective.
But this, it must always be
remembered, is not at all the
way the Arabs see the problem.
All Arabs are nationalists first
and anti-Communists second if
at all.
For instance, Nasser has been
denouncing a n t i - Communist
King Hussein of Jordan as a tool
of imperialism, because King
Hussein's courage frustrated
Nasser's grab for Jordan. But
although he desperately needs
American aid, King Hussein
cannot take American aid with
the usual strings attached to it.
In his own way, he is just as
much a nationalist as Nasser.
But the customary strings on
our aid would destroy Hussein's
y, J f
, S!7
By Joseph Alsop
standing as a free patriot.
IN other words, when our Mid
dle Eastern friends need our
help, we have got to trust to
their friendship rather than
playing governess as well as aid
dispenser. Again, the Dulles
State Department is always ask
ing our friends to stand up and
be counted as stalwart anti-
Communists. But the Arabs do
not worry very much about
Communism and are hideously
touchy about foreign influences.
Thus these American-solicited
proclamations of anti-Commu
nism do great harm as "proofs of
American imperialism.
These are only two of the
grave complications arising
from the fact that in the Arab
lands we are trying to ward off,
not Communism, but a special
kind of anti-Western national
ism. There are other complica
tions not least the fact that, as
of now, Nasser, commands very
strong mass support in most
Arab countries.
Fortunately in some ways, the
immediate outlook has improved
substantially. The frenzied and
upscrupulous attacks on the in
dependence of both Jordan and
Lebanon have failed! But there.
are signs, like the despatch of
Soviet submarines to Egypt, that
Nasser and his Soviet allies are
preparing to create a new, and
exceedingly grave, Middle East
ern crisis. And unless American
policy can Hje delicately adapted
to the complex nature of the
Middle Eastern peril, the long
range outlook will still be dark,
(c) 1957 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Editorial
Comment
ODOR OF BUREAUCRACY
Legislation which smacks far
more of a dictator-ruled country
than of a republic is proposed by
a commission on g o v e rnment
security.
In an effort to tighten possible
loopholes against publication of
government d o c u ments which
might endanger the safety of the
nation, this special commission
would set up a new and . puni
tive policy which the commis
sion admits is aimed directly at
newspapers.
Attorney Loyd Wright of Los
Angeles, chairman of the com
mission, in explaining the pro
posed law said:
"An informed citizenry, is a
major premise of our govern
mental structure. But that same
structure may be destroyed if a
potential enemy is supplied with
information critical to national
self-preservation.
"The final responsibility for
the difficult descisions of what
shall be secret must be confined
in. those loyal and devoted pub
lic servants who are devoted
public servants who are qualified
to make the judgement.
"No citien is entitled to take
the law, and the safety of the
nation, into his own hands. y
"With near unanimity, the Amer
can journalism profession has
con scientiously observed these
limits But there are a few ex
ceptional cases which for some
reason have escaped prosecu
tion." The legislation which the com
mission proposes would provide
penalties up to five years in pri
son and a fine of S10.000 for pub
lication of information from
documents marked "secret" or
top secret" material which might
have little to do with the de
fense of the nation.
A government official or a
committee could mark as "se
cret" reports showing malfeas
ance in office. Publication of this
could then result in fines or
prison for the newspaper pub
lishing the material.
The special commission itself
admits that most newspapers
have a high sense of responsibil
ity, yet it would attempt to pun
ish the few by broad, sweeping
penalties.
The whole proposal smacks of
of another attempt at censorship
and has the odor of bureaucracy
about it. Ashland Tidings.
Benjamin Stoddert of Mary
land was the first U.S. secretary
of the navy.
Russia Shows Signs of
Over Nuclear Weapons
By CHARLES M. MC CANN
United Press Correspondent
Soviet Russia is showing signs
of serious anxiety over the nu
clear weapons situation.
For one thing, it is hardly
likely that unless the Soviet gov-
"3?W.S ernment had
'"" S been worried it
would havp ac
cepted, after
years of refus
al, the princi
ple of aerial
inspection to
guarantee
compliance
with any agree-
rharies McCanu ment t o sus
pend nuclear weapons tests.
Anxiety seemed shown also by
the series of dire threats which
Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin
made to Allied countries if they
permitted the establishment of
guided missiles bases on their
territory.
Gromyko Complains
The latest indication of Soviet
anxiety was given on Tuesday
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
At the annual conference of
governors of American states,
which is now in session at Wil
liamsburg, Governor Ribicoff of
Connecticut tells his confreres
that unless the present trend is
reversed highway deaths in the
next ten years will claim victims
equal to the population of
Seattle, Wash., Cincinnati, O., or
Newark, N.J.
These are all cities of around
half a million. So the statement
that within the next decade half
a million people may die on our
highways is startling enough to
get attention. It is probably not
farm from the truth, because
highway fatalities now run
around 35.000 per year, 350,000
in a decade.
WHAT' can we do to "reverse
this trend?"
Sell, we can build more
i-lane highways. Multi-lane
highways, with adequate divid
ers in the center, reduce traffic
hazards materially because they
minimize the danger of getting
over the center lane into traffic
moving in the opposite direction
Thus they reduce the risk in
volved in passing.
We can work out and enact
better traffic laws. We can pa
trol our highways more effec
tively. There are many things
we can do to reduce traffic haz
ards. BUT
When you come right down
to it
THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING OF ALL IS BETTER
DRIVING.
Better driving is up to each
individual driver.
TMHE governors, in their ses-
A sion in lovely and historic
old Williamsburg, are covering
a wide range in their discus
sions. They jump from highway
safety to federal aid for schools.
Gov. Thomas Stanley of Virginia
speaks out against federal aid to
education. He says it is "totally
unwarranted."
He adds:
"The federal government has
no authority and no responsibil
ity in the field of public educa
tion, and I earnestly hope that
neither the congress nor the
states will succumb to the old
lure of so-called FREE MONEY,
which is nothing but a snare and
a delusion.
NOTE, please that it Is the
governor of Virginia who is
talking about the snare and the
delusion of so-called "free
money." In his state, that is ap
proximately true. For every dol
lar of manna from heaven money
that is spent in Virginia, the
state of Virginia puts up 90
cents in federal taxes.
So it gets only ten cents per
dollar net out of federal ex
penditures and even that may
be absorbed in the process of
transferring a dollar from Vir
ginia to Washington, D. C. and
then transferring it back again I
In considering this business of
federal spending, it makes quite
a lot of difference where you
live. For every federal dollar re
ceived, the state of Mississippi
pays back only 29 cents in feder
al taxation.
HERE in Oregon, we will do
well if we look with consid
erable suspicion on manna from
heaven money received from
Uncle Sam. For each dollar Ore
gon received from the federal
government it pays back 96
cents in federal taxes.
Over the line in California, it
is considerably worse. For every
dollar of federal spending Calif
ornia gets, she pays back S1.05.
Not much manna from heaven is
involved in a swap like that.
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bv Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei A. Groymyko.
Gromyko summoned foreign
correspondents in Moscow to his
office to complain with unusual
bitterness against a statement by
Gen. Lauris Norstad. supreme
commander of Atlantic Treaty
forces.
It had been disclosed on June
22 that Norstad told a congres
sional committee that if Russia
started a war, the Allied forces
could destroy all essential Soviet
military targets.
Gromyko said that Norstad's
statement was not the "mere
raving of a boastful general" but
part of a plot to block a disarm
ament agreement. He complained
especially that the statement
came at a time when partial
agreement on disarmament
seemed possible at last.
Gromyko did not mention the
fact that Norstad had said that
the allies never would start a
Communications
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Stop Eating Meat?
To the Editor: I am confident
it is safe to assume that 999 out
of every 1000 voters want the
compulsory Humane Slaughter
Bill passed, and yet with this
overwhelming majority of pub
lic opinion the officials at Wash
ington seem in no hurry to pass
this bill. Should we," as loyal
humane Christians, go right
over the heads of the officials
and packers to suggest a more
direct course which may prove
to be the missing link in our
strategy? If everyone will stop
eating meat for 30 days, as a
starter, this would soon bring
the packers to their knees, which
could place the real legislation
in our own hands. We have the
power to end this needless cruel
suffering as in their present
method of killing meat animals.
I for one will not eat any meat
until the present cruelty ends.
Please write and advise if I
should send tthis letter to all
important newspapers in all
states.
John Taylor,
co Post Office,
Watervliet, N.Y.
"Positive Americanism"
To the Editor: The Jamestown
Festival in Virginia will be visit
ed by millions of American
citizens this year. For many of
them this will be a first realiza
tion of the hardships experienced
by those who established the
colony. It is hoped that this
glimpse into our beginnings
will lead more and more Ameri
cans to re-examine the reasons
why such hardships were will
ingly endured. Such inquiry will
foster a better understanding of
the philosophies of the great
Americans who conceived this
"noble experiment" in govern
ment to give us the wonderful
nation in which we live today.
In this regard, I wish to call
to the attention of your readers
an exceptional campaign now
being conducted across the coun
try by American Veterans of
World War II and Korea under
a grant from the Fund for the
Republic.
AMVETS feel there has been
too much accent placed on
"what's wrong with America."
We feel that there have been
too many individuals and groups
setting up standards about what
is and what is not being a good
American.
There is no pat definition for
Americanism. Like love and re
ligion, it cannot be explained
but must be felt in the heart
and lived each day. It is a way
of life and a deep faith in our
democracy.
We want to show what is
right with America and why
and how this positive side of
America has developed.
AMVETS "Positive American
Frjnk Morgia
CHAPEL MORTUARY
Funeral Directors
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MEDFORD
Anxiety
Situation
war and that he did not think0
Russia would start one either be
cause of Allied power of retalia
tion. Have Good Reason
He did mention the recent
statement of Nikita S. Khrush
chev, the Soviet Communist lead
er, that Russia had perfected i
hydrogen bomb so powerful that
it could not br tested "because
neighboring countries might suf
fer. The fact is that Russian leacjo
ers have good reason to be wof
ried over what might happdh ii
a third world war. "
From the Allied viewpoint, the1
evident Russian anxiety is cer
tainly a good thing. -
It is Allied striking powe?
alone that has induced the Sfc
viet government, in a radical de
parture from its policy of secre
cy, to accept the principle of
aerial inspection which alone can
guarantee compliance with any
disarmament agreement.
ism" program is simply an ex
amination of our heritage as de
rived from our famous docu
ments and the ideas of great
Americans and how that heritage
gives meaning to our present.
There is no witch-hunting, no
flag-waving, no name-calling.
'Positive Americanism" seeks
only knowledge and understand
ing. Through that knowledge
will come a greater apprecia
tion of our democracy. This is
done by study and discussion . . .
in AMVETS posts, in church,
service and community groups,
and among interested individ
uals. While AMVETS has de
veloped and tested this program
we claim no proprietary rights
to it. If, as we think, it Is an
important and valuable contri
bution toward the preservation
of our democracy then it prop
erly belongs to all Americans
and accordingly AMVETS offer
it to any interested group or
organization.
When we all understand the
precious legacy left us by our
forefathers, there will be little
chance of our ever wasting it,
Martin D. Schwartz
Chairman, AMVETS
Americanism Division
Washington, D.C.
Fireman Drowns in
Fall While Fishing
Seaview, Wash. OP! James
Robert Vetter, 37, a fireman
from Yakima, Wash., drowned
Wednesday when he fell from
rocks below the North Head
lighthouse into the sea.
Vetter was fishing with his
wife, Cecelia, and their daugh
ter, Judy, 14. He fell after de
scending from his fishing spot
to untangle the lines.
Vetter, despite rubber boots,
managed to reach the rocks
three times only to be swept
off them each time. Attempts
to reach Vetter with fishing
lines failed when the lines
snapped.
Man Severely Burned
By Accidental Flip
Chehalis, Wash. UP S. Kirby
Billingsley, 21, W e n a t c h e e.
Wash., was burned severely on
the hand Wednesday when a
wire he was winding accident
ally flipped into a 115,000 volt
"bus."
Billingsley. who attends the
University of Washington, works
for Bonneville Power Adminis
tration as a career trainee em
ployee. He is the son of Kirby
Billingsley, manager of the Che
lan county PUD.
He was taken to a Chehalis
hospital where his condition was
described as serious.
Harold S nod grass
KING STREET
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