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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. C. 1947 (Wednesday)
A Jackson county sales tax
committee was organized Tues
day at a meeting of Medford
and Ashland men interested in
promoting the tax.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge pot column: The curfew
law is now in effect int he new
metropolis, due to school start
ing, and the hour is 10:15 p.m.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 3. 1937 (Friday)
An "Enrollee's Handbook,"
designed to familiarize recruits
with customs and regulations of
CCC, will be issued to new men
in the Medford district.
Fishing conditions in general
are poor in the Butte Falls dis
trict; no catches have been re
ported from any of the lakes or
streams.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 3, 1927 (Saturday)
Roseburg will send a special
train to Medford's Visions Re
alized jubilee.
The Park Rooms on West Main
street, near the city park, were
raided late last night, after the
rooming house cook had been
arrested with two gallons of
liquor.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 3, 1917 (Monday)
The safety deposit vaults
in
the Jacksonville bank were
drilled into some time early
Saturday morning and $600 in
each and $500 in jewelry taken.
Jackson county pioneers will
meet Sept. 13 in Ashland's Lith
ia park.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Smoking is, or is not, per
mitted by members while on the
floors of Congress?
2. Did Henry Wallace, Henry
Clay, or Henry Adams say: "I
would rather be right than Pres
ident"? 3. Bible: "And upon this rock
will I build" what?
4. Are Negroes barred from
enlistment in the U.S. Marine
Corps?
5. In mythology, who is repre
sented as bearing the earth on
his shoulders?
6. Eamon de Valera is a
statesman of Spain, Eire, Portu
gal, or Argentina?
7. Is the bugle call revielle
sounded to arouse soldiers in
the morning, or to signal
"lights out" in the evening?
8. Name the first Secretary
General of the United Nations.
9. "Ain't," despite wide usage,
is still considered illiterate. Is
"aren't I" accepted as good
usage?
10. "Jack and J they think
r,o ill. But loving live and marry
still." Is the missing name Jane,
Jill, or John?
Answers: 1. Is not permitted.
2. Henry Clay. 3. "My Church."
4. No. 5. Atlas. 6. Eire. 7. To
arouse soldiers in the morning.
8. Trygve Lie. 9. No. "Am I
not" is proper. 10. No. "Joan."
From T. Sampion's poem "Jack
and Joan."
ANGLER ANGLES CASH
Hewlett, N.Y. OP) An angler
with all the angles angled him
self some quick cash at the Nas
sau bus company Monday. Po
lice said a burglar used a hook
and line device to fish 10 bags
containing $550 from a chute
used for depositing fares by driv
ers coming off duty. . .
MAIL TRIBUNE
A Record
The Southern Oregon golf tournament completed
yesterday set a new record for this section of the
state and we believe any other part of the coast for
that matter.
It was simply tops in all directions.
There was not only a record number of entries,
but record-breaking galleries. The latter did not only
excel in numbers but in manners. Naturally it was
largely a Medford gallery, and just as naturally it
favored the "home town' boy," but it displayed the
best possible sportsmanship throughout, applauding
good shots whether made by Getchell or Cresson
and both made plenty.
THERE was another record in the quality of golf
for an amateur tourney. When par-golf, one-under
and two-under, are BEATEN that is something to
broadcast for the golf-book.
And under the heading of competition close and
exciting matches the thing that puts the drama in
all sports practically all the important contests were
decided on the 18th hole or the 36th nip and tuck
all the way throughout the week-end.
A GREAT show from the
And finally, let no one
if the tournament committee, which did such a grand
job, had ordered the day-to-day weather they could
hardly have done better.
Well done everybody. The Southern Oregon of
1957 will be something long to remember. R.W.R.
What About Teen-Age Decency?
As a reminder that the majority of the nation's
teen-agers are decent, law-abiding citizens, Parents'
Magazine this week commented in part as follows:
In Leland, Michigan, a Boy Scout Troop hauled
66 tons of rock from a twenty-five mile radius to
aid the spawning of trout, as part of a conservation
program that also included the planting of 453,000
trees to eliminate soil erosion.
IN WEST WOOD, New Jersey, the already over-
crowded high school had to give house room to
five elementary classes. Twenty high school coeds
gave up lunch hours to supervise the little ones and
give their teachers a noon break. .
In New Haven, New York, there was no library.
Thirteen Girl Scouts collected, catalogued and
stamped more than 2,000 books, arranged for use of
the basement of the local Grange Hall, made book
shelves and other furnishings, got a retired librarian
to train them and are now manning the library
themselves.
IN PRESCOTT, Arizona, 63 youngsters volunteered
to operate the community swimming pool, then
raised money to provide a much-needed clubhouse for
teens bv selling1 Youth Bonds.
Ten vear olds in Brooklyn have "adopted" as
grandparents the lonely inmates of an old people's
home, a group in Georgia has organized the first scout
troop tor blind children, the area razed m me disas
trous forest fire in Malibu, California, was reseeded
by the Youth Fellowship of
Congregational Church in
"THERE are thousands of such groups in this country
and millions of teen-agers similarly engaged in
useful work. The contributions of these youngsters
should not be obscured by the notoriety that a small
anti-social percentage of our juvenile population
enjoys.
"Stop Look
We might state at the
of the government ownership 01 railroads.
So "shake not your gory locks" at us when we
m-oceedNto predict that:
If the political power of
nublic be damned" type in
increase, and the power of
within the states, but via
the Interstate Commerce commission continues to de
cline ; the time will come eventually, when the people
of the country, as a whole, will arise on their hind legs,
and decide that through their government they will
run the railroads instead of the railroads running
them.
'THAT, of course, is a very "IFY" prediction.
" It is based upon the assumption that" the rail
road heads that have learned nothing since the "in
surgent days of the SP dynasty and Hiram Johnson,
will continue in power, and that not only the roads
that place profit above the public welfare will con
tinue along that line but also that their numbers will
increase.
..
IF that does happen, then our warning is "Watch
1 Out!"
For as political history shows there is a limit to
what the people in this democracy will stand.
And if things do go from bad to worse in the field
of rail transportation until the issue is clearly drawn
between what the people want and what the railroads
refuse to give, it takes no "Seventh Son of a Seventh
son" to figure out where the people the voters of
the countiy will stand.
As remarked we hope that time never comes. But
if it does come let the political and spiritual legatees
of Commodore Vanderbilt refrain from blaming it all
on "creeping socialism" and cock - eyed American
radicalism.
For they will have only THEMSELVES to blame!
R.W.R.
Tuesday, September 3, I9S7
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SIGNIFICANCE OF
HERR STRAUSS
Bonn Germany The Tnost
formidable, intersting, and con
troversial new figure as yet
thrown up by the post-occupation
Germany of great recovery
period is the Minister of De
fense, Franz Josef Strauss.
Intense ambition, ruthless in
telligence and
abounding en
ergy are the
chief char
acteristics of
this young
South Ger
man who enr
teredpolicitcs
by the back
door, so to
Joseph Aisop speak, as a
clerk in a local government of
fice in the early occupation
years. He is a brilliant speaker,
too one might also say a bril
liant potential demagogue.
In the present election cam
paign, he needs all his talents
on the stump. As Minister of
Defense, he is rearming Ger
many, not quite fast enough to
satisfy the N.A.T.O. High Com
mand but altogether too fast to
please the opposition to the Ade
nauer government. So Strauss is
a principle Socialist target, and
his campaign meetings have
sometimes verged on riot.
TN SUM, this stocky, florid-
looking, still youthful man, is
already an important person
ality in German politics. But
this was not the reason why the
youthful Defense Minister struck
me'as being something of a hu
man portent. He seemed so sig
nificant, rather, because he and
Chancellor Adenauer were just
about the only Germans I have
"encountered on this return to
Germany after five years ab
sence, who seemed fully con
scious of the vast new German
weight in the world balance.
Almost all Germans are still
too absorbed in rebuilding their
country to have noticed the
change in their country's posi
tion. They look blankly bewil
dered, if you point out that Ger
many is already challenging
Britain's place as third power in
the world and second power in
the West. Chancellor Adenauer,
the leader who presided over the
German recovery, is of course
well aware of his own success.
But the Chancellor's program
for the German future has al
ways been crystal clear in his
own mind, and success has not
changed his mind in the least.
IN just this respect, there is a
a vital shade of difference be
tween the Chancellor and his De
fense Minister. Strauss, like
Adenauer, clearly thinks of Ger
many as a great new weight in
the world balance. Strauss is
also committed to the Adenauer
policy of a Germany that will
make its future both within Eu
rope and within the Western Al
liance. But in the case of Strauss, so
nearly as I could judge after a
long, frank talk in his modest
office, the commitment to the
Adenauer policy is not absolute
and irrevocable. It is, you might
say, only a conditional commit
ment. In this sense, you might
also say, Strauss pre-figures that
Germany which must come after
Adenauer.
Most of our talk together was
taken up by Strauss' incisive ex
planation of hiS defense pro
gram, which will add 12 German
divisions to N.A.T.O's Western
European "shield" force, by the
end of 1960. But there were two
exchanges with a much larger
resonance. The first was occa
sioned by mention of the debate
in London about "closing the
membership of the atomic club'".
by .halting - all . nuclear testing.
Strauss at once commented vig
orously: "We Germans think that the
problem of control of the atomic
weapons cannot possibly be
solved if more and more nations
are to begin producing those
weapons. We don't want that to
happen. We don t want to pro
duce atomic weapons ourselves.
But if some way out of this di
lemma is not found, so that all
nations, even small and irre
sponsible nations, are becoming
atomic powers, then obviously
the German position will need to
be reexamined."
ONCE again Strauss revealed
his mind, and even more viv
idly, in response to a mention of
reports from Washington of new
defense economies in the Ameri
can budget. -According to these
reports, the Pentagon was again
being tempted to save men and
money by sharply reducing the
American contribution of divis
ions to N.A.T.O. Again, Strauss
commented vigorously:
"On that point, I can only
quote Gen. Norstead, who has
said and I use his own words
that he will not be able to bear
the responsibility for the shield
defense of Western Europe, , if
the shield is unduly lightened.
"Speaking more generally, I
think all the leaders of the West
ern nations must constantly bear
in mind that the Western Al
liance is today squarely based on
a distribution of national re
sponsibilities. If the distribution
of responsibilities breaks down,
because some nations 'do not
want to bear ther responsibili
ties or because some seek to bear
the responsibilities of others,
then you will get a wholly new
situation. Yim will get a situa
tion of 'everyone for himself.'
And if that situation arises, Ger
many also will have to follow
the same course, because there
is no alternative."
There it was, in a nutshell.
(Copyright, 1957.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
I reckon you've been reading
a lot and hearing a lot about the
civil rights bill that has just
been passed by the congress and
sent to the White House for the
President's expected signature.
There has been a lot of shoot
ing about it (words, not ballets.)
You may be asking:
"Is it good?"
"Or is it bad?"
THERE are conflicting opin
ions. A spokesman for a Southern
anti-integration group the
White Citizens Council says
this morning in Jackson Missis
sippi: "Reconstruction No. 2 has
now been officially declared up
on the former Confederate
states."
Senator Richard Russell of
Georgia, speaking in a more
moderate tone, says the South
must be prepared for "difficult
times" now that congress has
passed a civil rights bill that the
President is expected to sign.
He predicts that the bill will
be constantly used by federal ;
otticiais against the South.
T ET"S turn now to Senator
Morse of Oregon, who leaves
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By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Preis Correspondent
Eastern Europe's two inde
pendent Communist leaders evi
dently have decided to strength
en their coop
eration. It has been
made known
that Polish
Communist
leader Wladys
lawGomulka is
to visit Presi
dent Tito o f
Yugoslavia in
Charles McCano miQ-sepiem-
ber. It will be the first get-together
of Polish and Yugoslav
leaders since Tito broke away
Today and
By Walter
POLITICAL SPECULATION
In the Wisconsin election last
week the winner, Sen. Proxmire,
ran strongly both in the cities;
and in the ru
ral c o u n ties,
There is noth
i n g unusual
about a Demo
crat doing
well in the
cities, when he
has, as Mr.
Walter Mppraana iTOXmire aid,
the full support of organized
labor. But what happened " in
the rural counties, which are
traditionally Republican?
Two things seem to have hap
pened. There was, on the one
hand, the local Republcian ma
chine, controlled by the Mc
Carthy wing of the party, seem
ed to have refused to work for
Gov. Kohler, who was running
as an Eisenhower Republican.
Thus both ends were against the
Eisenhower candidate in. the
middle. The left wing was
against him because the. admin
istration policies have not done
enough for- the farmers and the
small businessmen; The right
wing was against him because
Eisenhower is by its standard
an obnoxious progressive.
Logically, this does not make
any sense that the Republi
can machines should connive at
the election of a full-blooded
Democrat, preferring him to' a
middle-of-the- road Republican.
But the explanation is not dif
ficult. Professional politicians
are primarily interested in se
curing and retaining the control
of their own party organiza
tions. They will always prefer
no doubt in anyone's mind that
he considers himself a great lib
eral. Passing through Portland
on his way to his daughter's
wedding in Eugene, he called
the civil rights bill a "hoax and
a sham" and added that Dixie
crat senators are "laughing up
their sleeves over the strategy
they have engineered."
He added that Democratic lib
erals in the senate were "sucked
in by the trial-by-jury compro
mise in the bill." It is a matter
of at least some interest in Ore
gon that he included his col,
league, Senator Neuberger,
among , the innocents who have
been "sucked in" by the South
ern slickers.
fTHIS, I think, is a safe con-
-- elusion:
There has been a lot of POL
ITICS in this civil rights bUl
battle.
And not MUCH sincerity.
gUT-
Let's be sincere on this point:
EVERY QUALIFIED AMERI
CAN SHOULD BE ENTITLED
TO VOTE IF HE WANTS TO
VOTE. ,
If the controversial civil
rights bill that has . just been
enacted is helpful in bringing
that about, it will be worth all
the political shooting it has en
gendered. EXPERIENCE SUPPLIES
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As Kipling once wrote:
"I have six honest serving
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They taught me all I knew.
Their names are, WHAT
and WHY and WHEN,
HOW and WHERE and
WHO."
Let us answer your
insurance questions.
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from Russian domination in
1948. .
As Gomulka is to. be accom
panied, by Premier Josef Cyran
kiewicz, his nominal chief, the
visit will attain official rather
than purely Communist party
status.
This indicates that some for
mal Polish-Yugoslav agreements
are in prospect.
Whatever happens, the meet
ing is pretty, sure to strengthen
Gomulka's . position, after his
own break from complete Rus
sian domination last October.
It also is pretty stye to
strengthen Tito's influence in the
Communist world.
Hence any news that comes out
Tomorrow
Lippmann
to lose an 'election if they can
retain their" Control rather than
win an election and lose their
control. '
TT IS too early to say whether
- the Wisconsin election- is a
pattern of the shape, of things to
come. But it does, show that
there is a serious struggle for
control within the Republican
Party, and that there are pow
erful . professional Republican
politicians who would be quite
prepared to lose the elections of
1958 and of 1960 if they could
recover what they lost in 1952
their control of .the Republi
can party. It is already reason
ably plain that President Eis
enhower has not been able to
unite and to lead his party, and
that the struggle for control will
become sharper and sharper.
It' is an interesting question,
to which no one now knows the
answer, whether Vice. President
Nixon can do what the President
is unable to do. We may sup
pose that he will not be able
to unite and to lead the party
if the professional politicians
make up their minds that it is
in their vital interests to - take
over the party, and that the
price of doing that is to lose
the next election respectively
with Sen; Knowland as their
candidate.
.
TTOWEVER, all political spec
xx ulation now is, .however
tempting subject to the heav
iest kind of. discount. For it does
not recken with what is likely
to happen in the next two years
both at home and abroad. Yet
there are unmistakable signs ofi
trouble ahead, and that by 1958
and 1960 the existing complac
ency and tranquility of public
opiniorf will be much disturbed.
Thus, it is most unlikely that
our foreign policy can now.be
stabilized on the Dulles pacts,
the Eisenhower doctrine, the
Eisenhower level of military ex
penditure, and at: the present
level of foreign aid. The Eisenhower-Dulles
foreign policy is
due for an agonizing reapprais
al, and what this will mean in
terms of voters no man can say,
It is also unlikely that' 'the
prosperity, which the country
has enjoyed so much, :- can be
stabilized, much less advanced,
without first passing through
a period of recession, of in
creased unemployment, and a
measure at least of financial
hardship. The fact of the mat
ter is that there is a serious in
flation. It is said to be the steep
est in our history in time of
peace. We do not know whether
the orthodox measures being
used by the Treasury and the
Federal Reserve Board to com
bat it will in fact work.
We do not know, for example
whether the credit and budget
ary measures ..: which were
strong enough to arrest .the in
flationary rise of prices would
also mean much more unem
ployment than Congress and the
people will tolerate. We do not
know whether full employment
can be maintained without a
continual inflation. Within that
grave but unsolved problem,
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of the Tito-Gomulka conference
is almost certain to be bad news
from the Soviet Russian view
point. The Russians have been com
pelled to reconcile themselves to
Gomulka's defiance.
Gomulka has not attained the
complete independence from
Russian domination that Tito
won.
But Poland's policies are no
longer directed from the Krem
lin and Poland is no longer listed
as a Soviet satellite.
Tito is not only completely in
dependent but he is a constant
threat to Russia's steadily weak
ening hold on the remaining
Communist satellite countries.
With Poland and Yugoslavia
lost, Russia is trying to keep its
grip on its remaining satellites.
But its grip is likely to loosen
progressively. ,
Communications
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the name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use ot a pen name or
initial tor publication is permis
sible The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with
an eye to clarification and conden
sation Letters submitted for pub
lication must not exceed 400 words'
The CB&Q Is No Quitter
To the Editor: Our Mri Pyle -
has shared with me the editorial
in the Medford Tribune of Au
gust 6 and naturally we are de
lighted with the nice things you
again have to say about the Bur
lington. ' "
We appreciate your interest in
rail passenger service and give
you assurance that we of the
Burlington believe in the future
of rail passenger business. We
feel that with the expanding
economy and' growing popula
tion there will always be a great
many people who will desire to
enjoy the comforts of fine rail
road passenger service.
With continued good wishes.
J. J. Alms,
General Passenger Traffic
Manager, Burlington Lines
547 W. Jackson, . . tJt
Chicago, 111. ' ,.;
Chicago OP) . A punch card
sorting installation keeps tab
on customers' birthdays and
wedding anniversaries for. .the
Rolled Steel Corporation ..'of
Skokie, 111., as well as giving
in a few minutes a precise pic
ture of the potential market for
a particular steel item. The com
pany sends greeting cards to its
customers on the special
occasions.
there is wrapped up much of
our political future.
(C) 1957 New York Herald
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