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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12. 1947 (Friday)
Campaign to educate pedes
trians in using crosswalks in
augurated by the Medford safety
council.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Indian
summer noted around here has
returned, after making a short
trip to the reservation.
20 YEARS AGO '
Sept. 12. 1937 (Sunday)
Riding in an antique stage
coach drawn by four black
horses, the Crater club will
make another bid to take a
prize in Gold Rush days at
Yreka. Calif.
The resort at Diamond lake
will close for the season .Sept.
20, George Howard, general
manager, announces.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12. 1927 (Monday)
Following a week of negotia
tions the Barnum hotel and
apartments on North Front st.
was sold by W. S. Barnum to
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Goswick.
A candidate for the title of
champion corn grower of Jack
son county, J. S. VanDorfy of
Orchard home, takes stalk of
field corn measuring 13 feet to
chamber of commerce.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12. 1917 (Wednesday)
Von Hindenburg, the dog
mascot of C company, distin
guishes himself by trying to
overtake the troop train leaving
the station.
Gold Hill doctor is taken into
custody near Kingsbury springs
for transporting intoxicating
liquor into Oregon.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. The famous London bridge
spans which river?
2. Name the pirate-patriot
who assisted General Jackson at
the Battle of New Orleans.
3. Bible: Were the Israelites
skilled in the use and manufac
turing of instruments of war?
4. A gold oak leaf is the in
signia for a Major in the Army;
what rank is indicated by a sil
ver oak leaf?
5. Which kind of astronomical
body usually has a head and a
tail?
6. How many days are in
Lent?
7. A short ton equals 2,000
pounds:' how many pounds in a
long ton?
8. What is the capital of Bel
gium? 9. Is it proper to use the
words "how ever" to imply
however"?
10. -He laughs best that
laughs, last." Is this proverb
common to America, England,
France, or to all languages?
Answers: 1. Thames. 2. Jean
Lafiiie. 3. No. 4. Lieutenant
Colonel. 5. Comet. 6. Forty. 7.
2.240 pounds. 8. Brussels. 9.
No. 10. All languages.
Bicycles Used
By Postal Carriers
Pasco, Wash. (IP) Postal
carriers in Pasco and Kenne
wick are making their rounds
these days on new red, white
and blue bicycles.
Pasco Postmaster Lon Leeper
said the bikes, which have huge
handle bar baskets, were put in
use to save shoe leather and leg
muscle.
MAIL TRIBUNE
How About Wayne Morse?
When it comes to Wayne Morse the Republican
press in Oregon appears to suffer from a total eclipse.
It just can't understand the man. It couldn't when
he was registered as a Republican, it can't even more
so, now he is officially a Democrat.
Yet, as we see it, there is no mystery about him.
From the time Wayne Morse first announced his
candidacy for the U.S. Senate to the present day, he
has charted a course, which those who knew him at
all well, expected him to charter.
IN THE early days of his first campaign he declared
' that if elected, he would be a Charley McCarthy
to no party's Edgar Bergen; he would, like the late
Andy Gump "wear no mans collar" ; he would always
place principle above party, and if the people of Ore
gon did not want that type of independent to repre
sent them in Washington they should not vote for him.
As anyone who followed that campaign will
agree, his basic political philosophy was made just
as clear and emphatic as it could be.
DUT when later, he lived up to that declaration
there were cries of dismay, anger anal anguish
in all G.O.P. upper brackets.
Quite . apparently the leaders of the party, par
ticularly in the areas of the state press, never believed
the former Dean of the Oregon Law School when he
enunciated his political creed. They dismissed it as
just more "political oratory" something that listened
well but would never be carried out, once the politi
cal goal had been gained.
It took the state Republican newspapers, as a
whole, a long long time before they realized that the
then JUNIOR Senator had meant JUST what he said.
They could call him what names they pleased but
there he was hewing to the line of what he believed
right and best for the country, letting the chips fall
where they might.
TT WAS all quite a shock.
But strange to say it did not prove to be an
awakening one. For now that Morse's political affilia
tion has changed, the same papers are predicting
Senator Morse "their renegade and turn coat" will
soon bite the hand that at the last presidential elec
tion fed and elected him, and thus bring upon his head
the condemnation of both parties, brand him as a
man incapable of loyalty to any party, and therefore
doomed to eventual disgrace and friendless obscurity.
THHE significant factor here is the surprise and
shock expressed. Once more it is plain, the Morse
haters, did not believe Senator Morse meant what he
said in his last campaign, any more than they did in
his first.
In both Senator Morse expressed his devotion to
the doctrine of "placing principle above party" and
he obviously did not mean any ONE party, he meant
ANY party.
So his criticism of his fellow-Democrats who voted
for the civil rights bill, which he regarded, and ap
parently still regards, as a "sham and a hoax," in
stead of showing any inconsistency shows the exact
reverse. It removes all doubt if there ever was any
that instead of being a man incapable of loyalty,
he is capable of an extreme fanatical loyalty, when it
comes to an issue between what HE believes to be
best for the country, and what his party, or any other
party believes is not.
TPHIS seems so clear to this department, it has al
ways been a mystery why so few of the anti-Morse
press in the state and outside seem to sense it?
Opposition to the Morse record is understandable,
but expressing shock, surprise and self - righteous
shame over it, ISN'T.
Our senior Senator is merely doing what he said
all along, if elected, he would do,
"THIS is not of course to say he has made no mistakes.
The Mail Tribune for example, did not agree
with Senator Morse in his reference to President Eis
enhower and Dave Beck, and said so. Nor do we
agree ENTIRELY with his views of the adulterated
civil - rights measure. We would have preferred a
stronger bill, but under the conditions existing, the
issue seemed to us to be between taking a rather
feeble step but in the RIGHT direction or no step at
all.
But we realize only the future can determine,
whether this view or the Morse view of a whole-loaf
or none at all, charted the better course from the
standpoint of the future and the public welfare.
OOWEVER, agreeing or disagreeing with Senator
Morse on specific issues is not the point we wish
to stress in today's offering. It is rather the failure of
so many people, Republicans AND some Democrats
to understand him.
In . other words, it is not hard to understand why
the extreme partisans on either side of the political
fence, should neither understand nor approve of
Wayne Morse ; it IS hard to understand why those less
extreme, particularly those who do regard principle
as more important than the party label, should be in
either category. R.W.R.
Coty Remembers World War I Help
Paris IIP) The first American
troops to land in warweary
France during the first World
War told a French soldier named
Rene Coty to "stay in the shelt
ers, it's our turn now" as they
charged out of the trenches to
meet a new German attack.
Coty, now president of France,
said today he never forgot those
words, which seemed to him
symbolic of the everlasting links
Thursday, September 12, 1957
between France and the U.S.
Coty recounted the incident
today as he received a delega
tion of 20 American mayors
from U.S. cities and towns
named for Marquis de Lafayette.
They are in France to take
part in the 20th anniversary
celebrations of the birth of the
French general who was a hero
of the American and then the
French revolutions.
'I DON'T WAVrA
Fallout Said Possible
Future 'Fact of Life'
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. It will
not be long before "fallout" will
be the most discussed subject
facing busi
ness, real es
tate, and in
vestments. N e w s p apers
now give daily
forecasts for
weather, tides,
and winds. Be
fore long they
also will give
a local daily
Roger
BabsoD
air analysis, together with a fore
cast of the analysis for the next
few days.
All businesses and Invest
ments must be adjusted either
to "Fallout" or to "Peace."
Furthermore, it will be the fear
of Fallout or the fear of peace
which will bring about unem
ployment and a business col
lapse. The propaganda about
"clean bombs" by those persons
now profiting from the defense
industries is the bunk. "Clean
bombs" can be built; but Russia
will never agree to their exclu
sive use. The Fallout is Russia's
best bet.
Every reader of this column
should ask himself how either
the fear of Fallout or the fear
of peace and disarmament will
affect his community, his fam
ily, and his business or invest
ments. The London Conference
on Disarmament is discussing
the possibility of both intensi
fied Fallout and Disarmament.
Every Congressman is trying to
determine how his constituents
would be affected by either.
Meanwhile the Atomic Energy
Commission is working hard
studying Fallout.
Important Illustrations
There could be a total change
in the rising population trend.
Most schools and colleges will
have plenty of room for stu
dents. Families may fear to have
more children for fear of hav
ing seriously deformed, off
spring. The birth rate could
radically decline.
Real estate, commodity, and
stock markets could be totally
upset because of the fear of
Fallout or unemployment. Cer
tain cities would be much more
subject to Fallout than others.
As people now seek Florida or
California for climate, they may
avoid these states for fear of
Fallout. Remember, this Fallout
is polluting the air you breathe
right now as you read this col
umn. Studies are now being made
by the Atomic Energy Commis
sion asto the effect of Fallout
on Agriculture and Fisheries.
Unofficial reports are that ordin
ary fission or fission tests would
not be harmful. If, however,
Russia should float too much
Strontium 90 over the United
States, it could become very
serious. This would especially
apply to all leafy vegetables and
perhaps to corn and wheat.
Certainly, we would no long
er be allowed to drink cows'
milk in its present form. Stron
tium 90 would have to be elim
inated from canned-milk pro
ducts. And this would need to
be done for all canned fruit and
most other canned products. The
ocean seems to be especially
"allergic" to this dangerous
poison. Thus, the fish might be
impregnated. Livestock which
feeds on grass could surely be
seriously affected.
Other Industries
Industries other than food
would also suffer. Manufactur
ing and retailing need not be
directly affected. Of course, all
stores and factories would need
to be screened, as well as all
homes. Automobiles would have
to be screened, while all pedes
trians might have to wear masks.
Salem (IF) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes has designated Lloyd
Tupling of Washington, D.C., as
Oregon's official delegate to the
National Conference on Citizen
ship to be held in Washington
Sept. 16-18.
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Certainly, Russia could drastical
ly upset our way of life.
All of this could either hasten
war with Russia or else result in
some form of disarmament. This
is probably why President Ei
senhower insists that no reduc
tion be made in defense appro
priations or foreign aid. This
means that our present prosper
ity is on a "teeter board" or
"saw horse," so to speak. Cer
tainly we will hear much more
about Fallout, which could be
come more important than mis
siles. Although Russia could make
these tests from Western Siberia
and pick days when the winds
would drift the Fallout toward
the U.S.A., yet the air of the
entire world, including Russia,
would be polluted. Therefore,
these "tests," like poison gas,
might not be used; but we do not
know. In fact, there is a bare
possibility that fear of these
"tests" could bring about dis
armament. Of course, if Russia
should go too far, the U.S. and
the rest of the world might de
clare war upon Russia. Then
what?
Population Shift Due
To Swing Power West,
To Cities and Negroes
By Congresional Quarterly
Washington (CQ) Popula
tion changes are altering the bal
ance of power in American poli
tics, increasing the already pow
erful influence of the key indus
trial states and bringing the
booming West new national im
portance. The effects of the change will
not be felt fully until the reap
portionment following the 1960
census. But the direction of the
trend is visible already.
California will be the biggest
winner in the reshuffle, accord
ing to Congressional Quarterly's
analysis of the latest Census Bu
reau estimates of 1960 state pop
ulations.
The home state of Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon and Sen,
William F. Knowland (R) stands
to gain seven new House seats
after the 1960 census. That also
will give it seven more electoral
votes for President, since a
state's strength in the electoral
college is equal to the number of
Senators and Representatives it
has.
Florida is slated to gain three
seats and electoral votes; Mich
igan and Ohio, two each. Ari
zona, Indiana, Maryland and
Oregon each should have one
more.
15 States Loss
Fifteen states are due to lose
seats. Arkansas, Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania each should
lose two. Single seat losses are
expected for Alabama, Georgia,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Minnesota, Mississippi, North
Carolina Oklahoma, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Congressional delegations from
the other 25 states probably will
remain the same size, but there
could be redistricting based on
population changes within the
state borders.
The new balance of political
forces will be felt first in the
Congressional election of 1962
and the 1964 Presidential con
test. The most obvious change
will be the increased importance
of the West.
The 11 western, states will
probably elect 66 Representa
tives in 1962, nine more tnan
they now have. At the same
time, the South and the East
each will lose five Congressmen.
The Midwest will have one more
seat.
The rise of the West will not
only be a boost to the political
ambitions of Nixon, Knowland
and other Mountain and Pacific
leaders but will bring added na
tional attention to such "west
ern issues" as power develop
ment, water conservation, recla
mation and farm policy.
U.S. Diplomatic Setback Seen
En Complex Situation
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The United States appears to
have suffered a diplomatic set
back in the Syrian situation.
There was great excitement
in Washington
last week over
the rise of pro
Communist Syrian ele
ments to pow
er. Special en
voy L o y M.
Henderson, re
turning from
rharies McCann an emergency
visit to the Middle East, report
ed that Syria's neighbors were
''deeply concerned" over the
threat of Communist infiltration.
President Eisenhower inter
rupted his vacation to fly to
Washington to confer with Hen
derson and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
The President, it was an
nounced, had pledged to use
whatever powers might be nec
essary to protect pro-Western
Arab governments from over-
Communications
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To the Editor: Let me take
this opportunity of expressing
our sincere thanks for your co
operation in promoting the an
nual YMCA auction.
I would like to thank specifi
cally those members of your
advertising staff who worked on
the ads. The finished product
that appeared in the paper was
very effective. It is this facet
of promotion that we feel con
tributed a great deal in making
this year's auction the successful
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With this in mind; and recog
nizine that any program is as
successful as its promotion we
thank you very much.
Hoping to work with you
again in the near future.
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Youth Work Secretary,
YMCA, Medford.
After 1960, too, there probably
will be some loss of southern in
fluence in the Democratic party
as the number of "safe" seats
the region can furnish is re
duced. The Key States
At the same time, the big
states that are the key to polit
ical victory today will become
even more important. New
York, California, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Michi
gan are expected to have almost
half the Nation's population by
1960.
Indications are they will con
trol 213 electoral votes after
1960, eight more than they now
have. A candidate wlio can sweep
these seven states in 1964 or
1968 will be within 53 electoral
votes of the 266 he needs to win
the Presidency.
The boost in the political stock
of these seven states should in
crease the influence of organized
labor, which has the bulk of its
membership strength in them. It
also should enhance the bargain
ing position of urban minorities,
particularly Negroes, who will
hold the balance of power in
some, if not all, of these states.
(Copyright 1957. Congressional
Quarterly Inc.)
Some careful observer of life has constructed a "Worry Table." He has
classified various types of worries, and through considerable research
has determined which are most popular among the large number of
professional worriers:
1. Worry about disasters which, as later events proved", never hap
pened 40 per cent.
2. Worry about decisions in the past that cannot be recalled or remedied
30' per cent.
3. Worry about possible sickness that never came 12 per cent.
4. Worries about children and friends 10 per cent.
5. Worries that have a real foundation 8 per cent.
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
DAY OR NIGHT
throw by the Syrian leftists
There was talk that it might
be necessary to invoke the so
called Eisenhower Doctrine on
the Middle East.
It was announced that wea
pons would be flown to Syria's
pro-Western neighbor, Jordan.
There was talk the United
States Mediterranean fleet was
moving into Middle Eastern
waters.
From all appearances, the pro
Western Arab neighbors failed
to get excited over the danger
to them.
But the Syrian and Soviet Rus
sian governments did get ex
cited, if largely for propaganda
purposes, and talked about the
threat of American imperialist
aggression.
Now Dulles has radically
changed the official United
States attitude toward the Syr
ian situation.
Sees No Threat
Dulles said at a press confer
ence Tuesday that he thought
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK
On the school integration ;
front:
Early Tuesday morning -a dy
namite blast ripped open one of
seven schools in Nashville,
Tenn., where first grade integra
tion began yesterday. Police say
the building is a total loss, al
though the exterior walls are
still standing.
The shock of the blast knocked
nearby residents out of their
beds and blew out windows over
an area of several blocks.
No one was injured fortun
ately. IN the federal court in Little
Rock the U.S. justice depart
ment files an injunction petition
against Governor Faubus. The
purpose of the injunction is to
force him to withdraw Arkansas
National Guard troops he had
thrown around the Little Rock
Central high school to prevent
colored pupils from enrolling.
It is believed the court pro-
ceedings will not be completed
soon enough to force integration
at the Little Rock school during
the fall term. A spokesman for
the department of justice says
the matter will be handled as
tactfully as possible and adds:
"There is no desire on anybody's
part to embarrass . Governor
Faubus."
President Eisenhower says this
morning he plans to follow a
policy of patience in the Ark
ansas school integration battle,
A.
LITTLE ROCK dispatch at
mid-morning says tension in
the city has eased noticeably as
the issue goes into court. The
dispatch adds that the day is
almost like a normal school day,
and police are out in force to
prevent a recurrence of dis
orders.
There are suggestions In the
news that Governor Faubus him
self may welcome the court pro
ceedings as a means of getting
him out of a ticklish and danger
ous situation.
T'ET'S go back for a moment
into history.
In April of 1861, Fort Sumter
represented a situation some
what comparable to that of Little
Rock today. President Lincoln
had rejected a proposal that
Sumter be yielded to South
Carolina in exchange for a loyal
ty pledge from Virginia. He de
cided to provision" the fort and
notified South Carolina of his
purpose, adding that ALL that
was contemplated was the pro
vision of supplies for the garri
son.
Fearing a ruse, South Caro
lina requested the fort's com
mander, Major Anderson, to sur
render at once. He offered to '
PHONE SP 2-8030
in Syria
the situation "probably will
work out." He said he foresaw
no threat of Communist aggres
sion, which if it happened to oc
cur, could not be dealt -with by
the states involved."
It developed the Mediterran
ean fleet had not made any emer
gency move into Middle Eastern
waters.
The airlift to Jordan, it was
emphasized, was merely to speed
up delivery of weapons pre
viously promised. .
As to talk about invocation of
the Eisenhower Doctrine, Dulles
pointed out the frequently-forgotten
fact that it has distinct
limitations.
First, Eisenhower would have
to find that a Middle Eastern
country was dominated by in
ternational Communism. Second
ly, the country in question would
have to commit an act of aggres
sion against another country.
Thirdly, the country attacked
would have to ask the United
States for aid.
JENKINS
surrender upon exhaustion of his
supplies, but his offer was re
jected by the state authorities
who knew provisions were on
the way.
Beauregard opened
fire on Sumter AND THE CIVIL
WAR WAS ON.
rpHUS the greatest tragedy of
our history was precipitated.
If there had been fewer hot
heads and more cool - headed
PATRIOTS back in the spring
of 1861, the tragedy might have
been prevented.
In this integration crisis that
is developing, let us pray that
the cooler heads may remain in
control.
Editorial
Comment
Jrs TQUGH TQ BE AFIVER
Five-year-olds don't read edi
torials, and they . don't under
stand all the clumsy words their
elders use, but they get the idea.
And right now the valley is
filled with glum little fivers who
know for certain that the world's
a .moldy apple. If they could
figure out all .this atom bomb
mumbo-jumbo they wouldn't
care. '. '
This week, the fivers have a
gripe. N
They've been abandoned by
the sixers (and the nearly-sixers
whose birthdays fall at the last
possible moment) who have trot
ted off to the first grade, who
have grown up in a day and
have become arrogant braggarts
with new and fancy friends over
in the next block. The fiver who
felt so big this summer, getting
out and about, now feels no
bigger than his pup; he can walk
under his unwanted trike stand
ing up.
And parents are crummy
cakes too. If you don't believe
it, just ask a pouting fiver, and
he'll say just that. Parents go
along with that mouthy mixer.
supply the new clothes and sit
by the hour listening to tales of
the sixer's first-day glory.
It's tough to be a fiver in a
world where life begins at six.
Salem Capital Journal.
'Strong' Earthquake
Recorded at Fordham
New York OPl A "strong"
earthquake was'recorded
Wednesday night on the Ford
ham University seismograph,
Rev. Joseph Lynch, university
seismologist, said the quake oc
curred about 1,760 miles south
east of New York in central
America.