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0 0 'jfOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) "Ivrryone In Southern Oregon Reacii The Mail Tnbune" KbhThM Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-0141 ROBERT W RUH1 Editor TRB GREY Advertising Manager OERA1.D LATHAM Business Manager SRIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor &ARL H ADAMS City Editor SARRY CKIPMAN Telegraph Editor 1HCHARD JEWETT Snorts Editor OUVE ST ARCHER Societv Editor BALE gRICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspa per Entered ft second class matter at Mediori Oregon under Act of March 3 1897 . SU5SCRIPTION RATES Mail In Advance- Per Copy 10c w Jaily and Sunday One year $15 00 iaily and Sunday Six months 8 00 TJaily and Sunday Three moa 4.25 -Sunday Only One year J4.20 Bp Carrier In Advance Medford .Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent nan A on motor routes: Cany and Sunday One year f 18 00 tally and Sunday One month 1.50 XtuTier and Dealers 10c per copy . AJi Terms Cash In Advance OjSlclai Paper of the City of Medford , Official Paper of Jackson County Eited Kresa Full Leased Wire CSEM3ER OF AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATION EST-KOLIDAY COMPANY INC frffices In New York Chicago, de froit San Francisco. Los Angeles fr?attle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NEWS PA P E K PUBLISHES ASSOCIATION SAT ION Al IDITOIlAi y ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. ij YEARS AGO -Oct. 15, 1947 (Wednesday) Grass and cereal tests are be 3h conducted at the Southern regon Experiment station. Su perintendent Harold H. White reports. From Arthur Perry's Ye gmudge Pot column: "Valley .apple cider is now on tap. It is jot in much demand due to Its low alcoholic discontent." 21 YEARS AGO Oct. 15. 1937 (Friday) One of the most favorable fire records in its history established this year in Rogue River na tional forest, headquarters statis tics show. i A union school for leadership training is planned by the Med ford Ministers' association. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 15. 1927 (Saturday) Bootleggers attempt to break out of County jail in Jackson ville, Sheriff Ralph Jennings dis closes. Quarantine regulation on in fantile paralysis continued by public health authorities. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 15. 1917 (Monday) Home economics study clubs to be organized by county ex tension office. Company C receives orders to leave Medford for Clackamas. What's Your 1,0.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent: five or six Is good 1. Which are the "ABC" na tions of South America? 2. A discobolus is a wildflow- er, discus thrower, or contagious. germ? 3. Bible: Was the kingdom of Herod the Great a puppet king dom? 4. For what word does the ab breviation "Ste." stand? 5. Name the capital of Egypt. 6. What is mnemonics? 7. In which state is the famous Snoqualmie waterfall? 8. How many Jacks showing only one eye are in a standard deck of 52 playing cards? 9. "He came out from the house." What is wrong with the sentence? 10. "Who wishes to travel far stiares his steel." Racine. Does this refer to moderation, racing, or contentment? Answers: 1. Argentina, Brazil and Chile. 2. Discus thrower. 3 Yes. 4. For the French word "Sainte" (feminine). 5. Cairo. 6. Art of improving the memory, 7. Washington. 8. Two. 9. "Out" "should always be followed by "of." 10. Moderation. Truman Addresses Future Farmers Kansas City. Mo. OP Some 10,000 convening Future Farm ers of America, attending the farm youth group's 30th annual convention here, today heard a"n address by former President Harry Truman. The morning talk highlighted the official opening program which is scheduled to continue through Oct. 17. Presentation of Star American Farmer awards will be a feature of the evening program. MAIL TRIBUNE The Elephant Forgets Richard Lucke, vice president of Bulier & Bulier of Portland, gave the best definition of the funda mental difference between the Republican and Demo cratic parties as they exist today, that we have seen in many a moon. He was talking to the Bend Chamber of Com merce & took advantage of the occasion to lambaste Oregon's two US Senators as "economic LIABILI TIES of the first order." LIE FAILED to back up this statement with any concrete evidence, but contented himself with a blanket indictment, that Senators Morse and Neu berger, spend a large share of their time making insinuating remarks about, quote: "Lumber barons, business steals, money-lenders, power pirates, etc., etc." So HOW, he continued, "could Oregon expect to build up any confidence with investors and indus try (because of) the business attitude of this state?" There is no evidence given of any "insinuating" remarks about business, big or little, by our two sena tors, and we believe for a very good reason THERE IS NONE! "THIS department has followed the statements of Senators Morse and Neuberger with considerable care, ever since they took office. They have criticized certain business methods and deals, both within this state and outside, but not with any insinuations, but with direct and concrete charges of "give-aways", mercenary and improper exploita tion of the people's interests, the sacrifice of public power to private profit, disregard of conservation principles, and violations of the conflict-of-interest clause, particularly as far as government contracts have been concerned. Mr. Lucke, or any other citizen of the state, can find complete confirmation of this statement, simply by going over the records of the two men. DUT the point we wish to stress, is brought into even sharper relief by the following final com ment of the "Bullier & Bullier" vice-president, to wit: "Both Morse and Neuberger customarily reply to such charges that they will leave it up to the voters. . . . That is JUST THE POINT. The fact that voters support men who are baiting business is indication enough to most companies that we have an unhealthy attitude toward business and industry." TTHERE you have it ! And in very clear and under- standable English. The more than 200,000 citizens of Oregon who voted for the reelection of Senator Morse, last year, and voted for Senator Neuberger in 1954, are the real cause of Oregon's present "eco nomic distress," for they are unhealthy economically, in favor of a policy that drives business and industry away, and so long as that political climate exists, there is no hope for economic well-being or words to that effect. AXELL we would agree "there is no hope" not for the state of Oregon however, but for the Republican "Old Guard," who believe as Mr. Lucke believes, that the people of Oregon, when they go to the polls can't be trusted at least a majority of them. We congratulate the Portland "vice-president" on his honesty and his frankness. 'll'HEN Senator Morse finishes his present term, he will have served the people of Oregon nearly a fifth of a century. He has been elected each time by large majorities. He has not changed his basic prin ciples of what is best for his state and his countiy, during that ENTIRE time. Sen. Neuberger has not seen eye-to-eye with our senior Senator ALL the time, but on the fundamental principle of voting as his conscience dictates, with the public welfare clause of the Constitution particu larly in mind, their records have been practically identical. CO IF the people of Oregon should vote to reelect Senator Neuberger as if he runs we believe they will Mr. Lucke's "Old Guard" will again hold up their hands in horror, and not blame Neuberger so much as the poor "boobs" of Oregon who don't know enough to vote against such an enemy of industrial progress and economic stabilitiy, as our junior Sena tor. What nonsense. As indicated above, there is noth ing very new about this philosophy of democracy but it is seldom that the absence of faith that this is a "goverment of, by and for the people," has been so clearly stated and readily admitted. The real point is, as Mr. Lucke stressed by clear implication, that this should be a government of "Big Business, by Big Business and for Big Business." There is no treason in that. Thousands of good Republicans and some Democrats believe it too. But present Democratic leadership in this state and the party as a whole does not. They agree, we believe, with Governor Harriman of New York when he said : "Big Business has a perfectly proper place in our demo cratic economy but it should be kept IN its place." "THAT is the point exactly. And it is the point that most strikingly divides the two major parties today. All that Oregon's .two senators have done has been to keep "Big Business" IN its place as far as they could and prevent it from getting out of its place and trying to run the whole countiy and ran it, for the sake, of higher profits and utter disregard of high er ethics and the promotion of the PEOPLE'S welfare not a few: but all the people ! R.W.R. Tuesday, October 13, 1957 'Hey! ooh't mm rr u i gbt Matter of Fact THE ROT REVEALED Only a few days have passed since the launching of the Soviet earth satellite. But those few few days have been enough to show that this is a dis astrous event. By itself, of this Soviet contribution of a new member to the solar system was not at all dis Joseph AIsod astrous. But it is an event which cannot be judged in isolation. It has to be judged, rather, as a cli- mmactic episode in a long, com plex and ominous process. This is the process of deterior ation of the Western Alliance which began when President Eisenhower first took office. That may sound a brutal i ment of the Eisenhower adminis tration s conduct of our foreign relations. Certainlv. the Eisen hower administration has scored some successes in the foreign field. Yet the danger to the West is now so great that it is needful to be brutally truthful about the over-all result of the Eisenhower years. This result has been pro duced by two constant, inter acting influences: Secretary of Mate John Foster Dulles way of dealing with America's allies; and the President's way of deal ing with America's defenses. . "O DOUBT with good inten tions, our allies have been progressively alienated. No doubt for plausible budgetary reasons, our former position of predominant military power has been progressively impaired. The effect on the Western Alli ance can best be understood if you think of a majestic mansion progressively riddled by dry rot. On the surface, for a long while, all seems well. The facade is as imposing as ever, the rooms as handsome. Only the family pessimists plead for the heavy outlays needed to stop the rot. Then one fine evening, grand mother simply disappears through the parlor floor. And thus the rotteness of the struc ture is at last unmistakably re vealed; and the once-majestic mansion is suddenly regarded as a pitiable ruin. The launching of the famous "Sputnik" was a comparable oc curence, unpleasant in itself but mainly significant because of what it revealed. The moment of revelation had been ideally prepared, moreover, by the two previous Soviet successes of far greater practical importance. THESE were the pro-Soviet, pro-Egyptian coup d'etat in Syria and the successful tests of the new Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. The American response to the Syrian coup was a classic exercise in political maladroitness. The American re sponse to the - combination of Syria plus the Soviet ICBM was plain panicky. The customary dollops of ar senical soothing syrup were of course ladled out to the public at home. Where the panic showed was in Secretary of State Dulles' private talks with allied representatives, and par ticularly with the British and French. Judging by authoritative re ports here and in London, the Secretary was quite astonishing ly green around the gills. He spoke of a new hardihood, a toughness and appetite for risk in Soviet policy. He warned of great dangers that might lie ahead, especially in the Middle East, whic would be agonizingly difficult to ward off. With seem ingly unconscious irony, he even confessed a nostalgia for the less alarming years of Stalin, "who was always so cautious." America's political leadership has been held in low esteem among the Western Allies for a long time now. President Eisen hower is still liked for his good intentions, but he is certainly no longer respected abroad as a strong and forceful leader. As for Secretary Dulles, he has long been both distrusted and detested. up tubrb to wjw w. By Joseph Alsop A LL the same, it marked a f ur ther stage of deterioration to have the word going around the inner circles of London and Paris that "Dulles is frightened to death." Even so, America still re tained one great remaining as set as leader of the West. This was our allies' conviction that even if they had a poor opinion of our political judgment, they could still put their trust in our military power and technologi cal mastery. For the experts, grave ques tions about this were raised by the Soviet ICBM tests. Then came the launching of the "Sputnik," which has convinced both the experts and the fasci nated general public that the So viets are technically and mili tarily ahead of the United States. Thus, rightly or wrong ly, the last remaining asset has been depreciated to the vanish ing point. (Copyright 1957, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The department of agriculture reports this week that the na tion's farm real estate hit a RECORD market value of 112 billion 400 million dollars as of July 1 of this year. It adds that the value of America's farms increased eight per cent during the federal fiscal (financial) year ending on June 30, 1957. That is the largest in crease in the capital value of U.S. farms since the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 1951 six years ago. For this achievement officials of the department credit favor able crop, prospects (the 1957 crop is expected to be one of the largest in our history), in creased demand for farm pro ducts CONTINUED CONVER SION OF FARM LAND RESI DENTIAL SUBURBS. WHY the capital letters In that last sentence? Well, continued conversion of farm land to residential suburbs is significant. It is significant for two reasons: 1. Farm land sold for subur ban residential purposes bridges higher prices. 2. Covering up farm land with residences, factories, freeways, airports, and so on takes agri cultural land out of production and tends to hold down surplus es. That helps to bring the supply of agriculture products back more nearly into balance with demand for them. IT HAS been the custom for some time to look upon agri culture's situation as pretty black. Its present balance sheet, however, doesn't confirm that impression. Farm asserts climbed to near ly 177 billion dollars at the end of 1956, an increase of $8.6 bil lions, or five per cent, over 1955. This reflected a gain of $6,800,000,000 in the value of farm real estate anda rise in the value of livestock and farm machine inventory. Farm indebtedness rose three per cent to a total of 19 billion dollars. Of this total, real estate debt was approximately 10 bil lion dollars. While farm debt has risen in each postwar year except 1953, its growth during the past ten years has been LESS THAN THE GROWTH IN AS SETS. As a result, there has been a steady advance in the farmers' A Father At One Hundred GEO. N. TAYLOR, Wheaton, III. Abraham was one hundred and dead so far as becoming a father had to do.' Sarah, his wife, was also far past the age of child bearing. Yet God had promised that a son would be born to them. And in due time, Isaac, the son was born to them as God had promised. Abraham ever believed that God would do as he had promised and so Abraham is called "The Father of the T-jHhfiil " Nnn: hrirvff it hnmp tn VOlirsplf. God changes not. To you he will also be faithful. He is to give you eternal life, if down in your heart, you hold Christ to be your Lord and Saviour. This Message is by God's people who want you to know. East German Currency Accents Red Satellite By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent East Germany's sudden ex change of old currency for new new is a sign of mounting eco nomic trouble in the Com munist world. Officially, the exchange was made neces sary because West German "m o n opolists and mi 1 i t ar ists" were us- Charles McCann in the East German mark for speculation in currency and for espionage. Actually, the switch is likely to mean a gigantic repudiation of the old currency which will cost East Germans billions of dollars. Under the currency switch, which the East German puppet government announced without previous warning, the country's 18 million peoDle were nermitted to exchange 300 marks in old currency for 300 marks in the new currency. S72 Per Person Officially, this gives each person the equivalent of $72 in ready cash. All old currency above 300 marks is to be put into bank accounts which, officially, will be credited to holders of the old currency. But in the first place, the East German mark is worth only a fraction of its official value. It is supposed to be equal in value to the West German mark, which is worth 24 cents. Actual ly, it took four East German marks to buy one West Ger man mark. Communications Women Without Husbands To the Editor: Read your editorial by E.R.R., Re "More Older Married Women Work" Thursday Oct. 10. Thank you so much for throw ing some light on a situation that has bothered me for some time. I have been wondering why widows and unmarried older women couldn't get a decent job at a decent wage. Now I know that one must have a husband to keep a roof over one's head and the utilities paid, while friend wife goes out and makes $55 a week to help out because of the cost of cost high living. I mean the high cost of living. We who don't have husbands must compete with these work ing wives in appearance and at the markets. I assure you this is quite a task considering that we have to pay rent or taxes, utilities etc. on $37.50 a week. If you will look at the Wage- Hour scale for experienced wo men workers you will see 65c per hour. As you explained in your article. "Jobs are almost for the asking" if you have a home and husband. F. Mooneyham 1005 West Main st., Medford, Ore. equity, or net work, which rose eight billion dollars last year to a total of 158 billion dollars. That is'nt such a bad record, everything considered. HERE in Southern Oregon and Far Northern California, we are looking forward to a large expansion of industry. Especially industry based upon our huge stands of fiber timber. But we want a BALANCED economy. We don't want to get all of our eggs into one basket. We hope and believe that our agriculture will rise long with our industrial development. ; There is good reason to believe that in this Southern Oregon Far. Northern California area agriculture has good prospects for expansion. The huge and growing California market is immediately adjacent to us. Al ready in much of California, productive farm land is being covered up by residential areas, factory sites, airports and high ways faster than new agricul tural land is being brought into production. Much the same is occurring in Arizona in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. At the same time, the cities of California and Ari zona, which provide the bulk of the MARKETS for agricul tural products, are growing as tronomically. Southern Oregon and Far Northern California agriculture can't help benefiting from this situation. It is quite likely to develop that East Germans never will get back more than 300 marks worth of their money. For there is a little-remembered law in East Germany forbidding any person to hold more than 300 marks in currency. The statement that the change was made necessary by the spec ulative and espionage activities of West Germans is an obvious fiction. It is estimated that the total of East German marks held in West Berlin, the chief ex change market, was only about one million dollars. Troubles Kept Silent We naturally hear a great deal about Soviet Russia's suc cesses the sputnik earth satel lite, the testing of an intercon tinental ballistic missile, the penetration of the Middle East. We hear little about the trou Editorial Comment THEY'RE USING IT AGAIN As the influence of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy faded away there were encouraging and widespread signs that the use of- the "red" smear in poli tics had been pretty well dis carded. It was proved quit con clusively in several 'key elec tions that it was no longer profit able to hurl the epithets, "com munist" or "communist sympa thizer" at an opponent. President Eisenhower deserv ed much of the credit for clean ing up political warfare. While he couldn't control all the cam paign planning that went on in Republican headquarters he made it known emphatically that he did not like campaigning that was based on the impugning of a candidate's loyalty. . Because of this it was more than a little surprising to see a member of the Eisenhower ad ministration bring a tar bucket loaded with the communist issue into New Jersey where a guber natorial campaign is underway. We are wondering what Mr. Eis enhower will have to say about it. The Milwaukee (Wise.) Jour nal says this about it: A disgraceful attempt to In ject the Communist issue in the New Jersey governorship cam paign has just been made. The perpetrator is right out of the White House, where such tactics were son strongly criti cized in the heyday of the late Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. In a speech in Hoboken, Ber nard M. Shanley, appointments secretary to President Eisenhow er, attacked Gov. Robert B. Mey- ner, Democrat seeking re-election. Shanley charged that Mey- ner- had long been associated with Americans for Democratic Action (ADA). He said that ADA was "strange and devious" and hinted that it was usually sym- nathetic to communism and Com munists. He declared that '"the only opposition to the FBI has come from followers of the Com munists and of the ADA." This is "guilt by association" ai its very worst. It is also deceit. The ADA is a reputable organi zation of leading liberals with Democrats and some Republican members. To charge that it is sympathetic to communism and Communists amounts to slander. It has been no more critical of the FBI and some of its activities than many other Americans. Is Mr. Shanley maintaining that the FBI is above criticism? If they will stoop to such tac tics, one suspects that the Repub licans must be frantic about chances of beating Gov. Meyner. This display of foul play shouldn't help their cause. Someone should teU President Eisenhower about his aide's ac tivities in New Jersey. Certainly the President, who has so fre quently expressed his concern about the dignity of the White House, doesn't condone such dis honest, divisive and unfair cam paigning. Pendleton East Ore-gonian. Counsel With . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan is.:-..: . Tj&fw Vnyiiiii i I'li'fViff-'-' - '" - Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP-2-4940 - MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. Exchange Troubles bles of Russia and its satellites right now. But Russia had great trouble with its harvest, due largely to inefficiency. In July, Russia had to scrap its current five-year plan of economic development in favor of a new seven-year plan. This was an admission that the goals for the five-year plan could not be met. It also was a tacit admission that the drastic decentralization of industrial control, the brain-child of Com munist leader Nikita S. Khrush chev, had caused extreme dis organization. One notable thing about the currency exchange is that it em phasizes the complete contrast in conditions in East and West Germany. Free West Germany is about the most prosperous country in Europe. MATERIAL COMFORT VS. SCIENCE We have drawn heavily of re cent years from . the scientific brains of the Western world. So has Russia. But Russia has con centrated on the development of new scientists for the last dec ade. It has encouraged them put them on a par with our base ball and football stars. This has paid off and will pay off in the future. We, on the other hand, might as well recognize that we have put material comfort ahead of pure science. Who gets the big salaries the engineers who de sign a new tail fin for motor car factories or the astronomer or physicist delving into the myste ries of the universe? Make no mistake about it, that is one of our problems. Scientists and their families have to eat too, they like new cars, and they like recognition for their efforts. Russia is developing a large reservoir of scientific brains and know-how. That is the long range challenge to this country. The satellite and the rockets are evidence that the program is paying off. The danger, of course, is that this scientific knowledge may be misdirected, just as Hit ler misdirected the energies and genius of the German people. We must match or exceed the Russians in scientific progress or live to regret it. The challenge is real, and it won't be met by cit ing how many more telephones or hair driers we have. Oregon Journal, Portland. Thomas Midgley Jr. of Ohio invented ethyl fluid for auto mobile gasoline. Pussey Footing around for a ' Loan? Borrow the AMERICAN WAY L O A (I S $25 to $1,500 Auto Salary Furniture American Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. Main . Medford Strictly For the Birds! That's why most hunters are tak ing to the woods and marshes ... But remember, you can't feather your nest with goose and duck feathers. It takes a good sound in surance program such as we'll be happy to work out for you. Bill Fish
