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MedforJ and Jackson County
Histofy from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1947 (Sunday)
Six Medford accordionists
who went to Roseburg Thursday
to play for the annual meeting
of the Northwest Turkey Grow
ers' association were photograph
ed in a cold storage plant with
a giant turkey.
From Arthurr Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Stafford
Mrs. John Reynolds treated
the school children recently to
a taffy pull."
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, $37 (Sunday)
Despite unfavorable weather,
the Lions club auto show in the
Medford armory described as a
success.
Final plans for the annual
district conference of the Ameri
can Legion nearing completion
and the stage is set up for the
event which will be held here
tomorrow afternoon and eve
ning. 30 YEARS AGO
Dec 12, 1927 (Monday)
Most Medford and valley peo
ple are ignorant of the fact that
the local express company has
low special rates for sending
Christinas parcels of fruit and
the like to any part of the Unit
ed States.
Feature of the usual weekly
forum in the Elks temple tomor
row will be a lieing contest;
prize is a large dressed turkey.
G0 YEARS AGO
Dec. 121917 (Wednesdiy)
Investigations are now nearly
completed showing the amount
of water required for an ade
quate irrigation of all lands in
the district, spokesman says.
Medfdrd grocers are still some
what confused over the nation
al food conservation commis
O sion's ruling regarding sales of
certain products, a local survey
shows.
What's Your I.Q.?
Ntne or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. What i$ a five letter word
for water-opossum?
2. Bible: If the Israelites had
been contented, would they
have left Egypt?
3. Which one, if any, of the
Great Lakes lies wholly within
Canada?
4. The city of Zhitomir is in
which one of the Soviet repub
lics? 5. Niagara Falls is the highest
waterfall in the U.S.; true or
false? .
6. Was the first European re
puted to have seen tobacco,
Columbus, Raleigh or John
Smith? O
7. From which language does
the word interim derive?
8. Into which sea does the
Danube river empty?
9. Who painted "The Ange
lus"? 10. Is the zebu, a Chinese or
Japanese counting device?
Answers: 1. Yapok. 2. No. 3.
None. 4. The Ukraine. 5. False.
(Ribbon falls, Yosemite, Calif.,
is highest). 6. Columbus. 7. Lat
in. 8. Black sea. 9. Jean Millet.
10, No. An animal.
A FIRST!
Monrovia, Calif. (IP) The
United States' first Sputnik be
gan "beeping" here Wednesday.
His name is Alexander Sputnik
Ornelas and he weighs 6 pounds
and 10 ounces.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Tougher Than Normandy
We are glad the President is going to the Paris
conference. For reasons stated in previous offenngs,
we feel sure he "will be able to do the job better than
anyone else.
That doesn't mean necessarily that he will win any
outstanding victory. The cards may not be. stacked
against him, but from this distance they don't seem
to be shuffled in his favor.
ORANCE is still in turmoil. The opposition to the
establishment of U.S.-missile-bases in western Eu
rope, appears to be growing.
There seems little doubt that while the prestige of
Communist Russia has been steadily increasing, par
ticularly in its satellite states and the Mid-East; the
prestige of the U.S.A. and especially Secretary Dulles,
has been steadily declining.
In other words, not only is there the ever present
threat from Russian pressures but there is real danger
of weakness and even disunity in the ranks of NATO.
CO THE prospect is far from encouraging.
But it might be well to remember conditions
were far from encouraging when that channel storm
broke on the eve of the Normandy invasion. Yet Gen
eral Eisenhower gave the order to shove-off , and
everyone knows the result of that enterprise which
seemed, at the time, to be launched against terrific
odds.
"IITE DON'T expect any similar triumph this time.
The world was practically a unit then against
Germany. The same world is far from a unit against
Communist Russia today.
In fact if we had to predict the result of this NATO
meeting we would rule out any chance of a clear-cut
American victory, and be glad to settle for no Ameri
can defeat.
That may seem overly modest and pessimistic. But
frankly we can see little cause for optimism.
IF PRESIDENT Eisenhower, as the head of the U.S.
delegation can avoid any further deterioration of
American power and prestige in western Europe and
the Mid East as a result of this conference, he will de
serve, as we see it, the hearty congratulations and
gratitude, of the American
to these shores. R.W.R.
"Ike" Wouldn't Like It
Some very sincere and
dent Eisenhower's decision
personal grounds.
They believe he has
country in war and peace,
his age to retire now with
quiet of their Gettysburg
maining years in that pastoral Paradise free from
heavy responsibilities and undue strain.
THAT is a very humane
yjiiiy uuuuic vviiu 11 jo, uiic tuiivi uoivjii, ao vv o ott in,
is based upon a misunderstanding of the President's
character and desires.
Like General MacArthur General Eisenhower is
a West Pointer and first and foremost a regular army
man, true to the tradition "that old army men don't
die they just fade away.
That is another way
course, but they never surrender. They die as the
saying goes "with their boots on."
"1I7ELL our belief is that is the way "Ike" wishes to
"call it a day" when HIS time comes.
He was elected to one term as President, reelected
overwhelmingly to another, and unless compelled by
circumstances over which he could have no control to
do otherwise, he wants to be in there pitching until
the "bell tolls."
He would, we believe, never be satisfied or really
happy if in lieu of any such physical compulsion he
should decide to take the "easy way" and retire.
R.W.R.
"To a
Yes politics is funny.
As so often noted it makes such a difference whose
ox is gored.
Several of the same Republican papers that, a few
days ago, were urging Secretary-of -State Mark Hat
field not to enter the gubernatorial primary against
State Treasurer Sig Unander, are now welcoming
with open arms the announcement by that hardy per
ennial Lew Wallace, that he WILL enter the .Demo
cratic primary against Governor Holmes.
.To render the inconsistency, and therefore the
humor, even more striking, the same reason for such
divergent views is given namely don't rock the boat,
maintain party solidarity, etc., etc.
S FAR as this paper is concerned, so long as the
provisions of the Primary are observed, the more
the primary contestants, and the more active they are
in threshing out the issues, the better.
And the more there are, the greater the range of
selection and the more differences in qualifications
are revealed. So the greater the chances of the voters
selecting wisely.
IN SHORT we believe fundamentally in the party
Primary.
Most of the orthodox regulars in the G.O.P. don't.
And many of the super-dedicated party Democrats,
don't either for that matter.
But none of them at least very few admit it.
They claim absolute devotion to tlie principle of popu-
Thursday, December 12, 1857
people when he returns
kindly people regret Presi
to go to Paris solely on
given quite enough to his
and deserves in view of
"Mamie" to the peace and
farm, and enjoy their re
and natural viewpoint. The
of saying they do die of
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Today and
By Walter
MISTAKES IN JUDGMENT
It is true, as Mr. Nixon said
on Sunday about Vanguard, that
there is nothing conclusive about
a test which
fails. It is true
also that the
operation
could not have
- been secret
owing to the
fact that it is
impossible to
conceal every
thing that goes
Walter Lippmann On at tne
launching site on the Florida
beach. This, however, raises the
question of why the country and
the world were not properly pre
pared for the possibility of a
failure, why such large public
expectations were allowed to
build themselves up.
The first Sputnik was launch
ed on Oct. 4. The news was re
ceived here .the next day. On
Oct. 9, as his reply to the Soviet
achievement, the President is
sued a statement in which he an
nounced the official schedule of
"those charged with the United
States satellite program." Small
test vehicles, he said, would be
launched during 1957 to check
the rocketry, instrumentation
and ground stations, and the
'first fully instrumented satel
lite vehicle would be launched
in March of 1958. The first of
these test vehicles is planned to
be launched in December of this
year." That announcement was
the origin of the fiasco on Fri
day.
Who it was that wrote the
President's statement for him,
we do not know. He may have
been a scientist who had no
knowledge of public opinion, and
did not realize that the public do
not read the fine print. He would
then have assumed that he was
covering a possible failure by
speaking of a "test" vehicle. Or
he may have been some kind
of a lay-ghost writer who had
an interview with some of the
scientists. Then it would have
been a man who did not know
that a "test" vehicle can just as
well fail as succeed in the test.
In any event, the whole world
was allowed to think that the
President had promised that a
small satellite would be launch
ed in December of this year and
a fully instrumented one in
March of the coming year.
TNQUIRY in Washington will
show, I think, that with all
the public delations officers there
are in Washington, from Mr.
Hagerty down the line, there was
nobody who, with Sputnik circl
ing the globe, could take charge
of the problem of how the Ameri
can government was to respond.
Any tyro could have told the
President on Oct. 9 that since
there was no certainty of success
in the test he should not only
avoid setting a deadline for the
American scientists but that he
should see to it that no one else
subjected the scientists to a pub
lic deadline. It would not have
lar selection when an election nears, but between
times many of them admit off the record they wish
the people of the country and particularly of Oregon,
would return to the "more efficient and business-like"
convention system.
One of our highly respected contemporaries did
just that a few days ago.
IT ISN'T a matter of any great moment of course, and
it is quite understandable why most professional
politicians have no great affection for the party pri
mary. It would be a considerable relief, however, to this
department at least, if more of them could see how
inconsistent and amusing they are instead of taking
themselves with such seriousness and persistently rest
ing under the delusion they are fooling everyone.
We suggest more of them read over that wise say
ing of Robert Bums to a louse to wit:
"O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as others see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion." '
R.W.R.
EVER SPENOyiy."
Tomorrow
Lippmann
taken great, prophetic genius to
do this, but ordinary prudence
and common sense.
TF this were an isolated in-
A stance, it might be possible to
accept it and dismiss it as a
bumble, and just one of those
things that are bound to happen
now and then. But the basic er
ror in the advice which the Presi
dent got and took after Sputnik
was not limited to the deadline
on our satellite to match the
Russian satellite. The same er
ror appeared again in the Presi
dent's decision, during the visit
to Washington of Mr. Macmillan
and Mr. Speak, to attend the
NATO meeting in Paris this
month. Like the statement about
the satellite, this decision was
taken in an atmosphere of dis
may and chagrin and alarm
under the impulse to do some
thing spectacular to counteract
the Soviet achievement.
That this is a fair criticism is
attested by the fact that the
President was committed to a
meeting at the "summit" before
there was even an understanding
of what was to be discussed,
much less an agreement on what
should be done. Surely, it is a
cardinal rule in diplomacy that
there should not be a meeting of
heads of governments unless and
until their Foreign Ministers
have made certain before they
meet that there will be a. useful
and important agreement.' The
mountain must not labor and
bring forth only a mouse. Even
less, must it labor and produce
an earthquake.
But here, as in the case of the
deadline, the President has com
mitted himself hastily and reck
lessly to something which in
volves not only his own pres
tige but that of the country.
WHEN the President was
stricken recently, the first
reaction of the State Depart
ment, which must have been that
of Mr. Dulles, was to "assume"
that the President would not go
to Paris. It was the right assump
tion. For on the very best con
ceivable medical diagnosis, his
illness was a perfectly adequate
diplomatic reason for undoing
the mistake of having promised
to go to Paris in the first place.
It is said that it has been the
President himself who over
ruled the State Department, and
that that is why we face another
one of those weird affairs when
the President's doctors' have to
make the final decision on a
great political issue. It is a great
pity. For granting the best, that
he is physically able to make the
journey, the political risk of his
making it is enormous and un
necessary. If there are any close friends
of his who can tell him the truth,
they should tell him to stay at
home, that he should have Mr.
Dulles negotiate with the Allies
and refer back to him the mo
mentous decisions. These he can
then make deliberately, in peace
and quiet, away from the hulla-
Soviet Letters Believed
Strength To NATO Conference
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Soviet Russia probably has
strengthened the likelihood that
the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
g a n i z a t ion
meeting will
be a success.
In an at
tempt to sabo
tage the con
ference, Soviet
Premier Niko
lai A. Bulgan
in has sent
personal let-
Cbarles McCann ters to the
heads of government of the chief
NATO allies and to "neutralist"
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru of India.
But the attempt is so obvious
that it is pretty sure to backfire.
Only a few days ago, the out
look for the big meeting which
is to open in Paris Monday was
grim.
It looked as if President Ei
senhower, the star member of
the cast of Allied leaders, would
be unable to attend.
There was serious division be
tween some NATO governments
on a number of problems, both
political and military.
So many complicated and con
troversial items seemed likely
to arise that there was danger
the entire conference might bog
down.
The outlook for the confer
Editorial Comment
NEWSPAPERS GAINING
Newspaper publishers are tim
id souls. They quaked in their
boots when radio came into the
picture as a competitor in the ad
vertising field. They, became
McKay Sees Early
Libby Settlement
Portland (IP) Douglas McKay,
chairman of the U.S. section of
the International Joint Commis
sion, says he believes the dispute
between this country and Canada
over construction of Libby dam
in Montana will be settled soon.
. But McKay said he believed
the issue will have to be settled
on the diplomatic level.
The former interior secretary
and Oregon governor arrived
here by plane and was driven
by relatives to his home in
Salem.
McKay said that although he
knew of no move at present to
channel the Libby dam dispute
to the State Department it prob
ably would be done before long.
"Nobody is against Libby dam,
except the Canadian members
of the International Joint Com
mission," he said.
The dam would impond five
million acre feet of water and
about 20 per cent of the reser
voir would be on Canadian soil,
McKay said.
AUSSIES BID FOR REFUGEES
Vienna (IP) The Australian
government has offered to grant
entry visas to 1,300 Hungarian
refugees still in Austria, in
formed sources said today. Ar
gentinna, Venezuela and Brazil
also have informed the Austrian
government they are prepared to
take more Hungarians, but few
of the refugees have applied for
visas. More than 20,000 Hungar
ians who fled their country after
the 1956 resolution still are in
Austria. '
baloo of one of those tumultuous
international conferences. A lot
is' being said about how neces
sary to the future of NATO is
the use of the President's pres
tige. The answer is that the Presi
dent's prestige is at least as great
here as it will be when he gets
to Paris, and that if he stays here
his prestige will last longer.
(c) 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
How Much Should A
Funeral Service Cost?
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would spend for anything else in accordance with his usual standard
of living. We discourage anyone from "going overboard" and creating
an obligation that would mean an eventual hardship.
In any event, it is something you should know before such an
expenditure has to be made. It costs nothing to find out, and there is
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DAY OR NIGHT - PHONE SP 2-8030
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ence became much brighter
when it was announced that
President Eisenhower would at
tend after all.
Even though he might have to
restrict his activities somewhat,
Eisenhower is the outstanding
figure in the NATO alliance.
His mere presence will help.
Another boost was given when
leading delegates of the chief
Allied countries decided to go
to Paris well before the start of
the meeting to hold private talks
among themselves.
These include Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles, Brit
ish Premier Harold Macmillan
and Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer of West Germany.
Nothing New .
With Premier Felix Gaillard
of France, they will be able to
take up a number of matters be
fore the conference itself gets
started.
There seems to be every rea
son to hope that they may reach
agreements which will simplify
the situation.
' There seems to have been
nothing in any of Bulganin's
letters that adds a thing to
Russia's known position on East
West issues.
Another bid for a "Big Four"
meeting of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Rus
sia . . . disarmament "proposals"
that would give no guarantee
against Communist cheating un
frightened still more as televi
sion was added to advertising
media.
With the advent of television
there was evidence that people
were spending less time with
their newspapers. More recent
studies, however, show that this
is no longer true. Those who
have increased newspaper read
ing said they had become "more
interested in what's going on,"
find "newspapers are more inter
esting" and "today's events more
important." Among reasons for
spending less time with TV were:
"the novelty has worn off;" "re
sent TV commercials;" "the kid
dies monopolize the set."
A survey by the Bureau of Ad
vertising of the American News
paper Publishers Association
shows that in 1956 expenditures
by the American people for all
types of .reading matter set a
new record. More than $3 billion
went into the purchase of news
papers, books and magazines. Of
this amount 42,3 per cent was
spent for newspapers, 36.3 per
cent for books, and 21.4 per cent
for magazines.
Publishers everywhere are
finding much satisfaction in
these and other surveys, coupled
with pleasing experiences such
as we have had here on The
News-Review with our grand
family of readers. Other surveys
indicate that advertisers every
where are realizing that newspa
pers, welcomed into every home
and retained even in difficult
times, provide the perfect ve
hicle for their messages to con
sumers. Roseburg News-Review.
WE SHED NO TEAR
It isn't our fight, and we don't
want to get into a discussion of
the policy of Portland's Radio
Station KEX which announced
it fired a disc jockey for playing
Elvis Presley's distortion of
"White Christmas." Maybe it's
sound policy, maybe it isn't.
Maybe the man's punishment j
was too severe, maybe it wasn't.
We speak here not of an em-
ploye's rights, but of a grave
social problem. The more times I
across the land that deejays are i
fired, strung up by the thumbs j
or drawn and quartered for
playing Elvis Presley records,
the fewer Elvis Presley records
will be played. And, socially
speaking, that is just dandy.
Except that a little voice some
where keeps telling us all this
may be a publicity stunt. Eu
gene Register-Guard.
To Add
der any agreement ... an offer
to suspend nuclear weapons
tests on Jan. 1, again without
any safeguard against Russian
cheating ... a warning to Ad
enauer against the establishment
of NATO missile bases on Ger
man territory.
Bulganin and his colleague
Nikita S. Khrushchev must
think that the move is a smart O
one. But it seems to have fallen
flat . and to have increased in
stead of diminishing the pros
pect for success in Paris.
Communications
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Answer to Malmute Slim
To the Editor To Malmute
Slim of Camp White: .
If you could turn back time
and tears,
And live aagain the past 40
years,
Would you accept what you
called destiny?
Or say to it, I think 111 change
you a little bit?
You say that you think what
happened from then till now
Was predestined to happen
anyhow.
As we read God's word in our
Bible old,
He allowed Job to be tested,
we are told.
God loved you just as much,
is my belief,
To trust you with so great a
grief.
He was certain of you, Yes I
believe God knew
Though tried by fire, Malmute,
you'd come through.
I believe He is standing by,
waiting, watching there,
To shield you if the burden
x gets too great to bear.
He who went through the fur
nace knew
The one He could trust that's
why. He chose you.
I believe that sorrow brings an
understanding .
Of others' sorrows only as we
learn
The slow and torturous way
the harshi demanding,
.That grieving makes upon us
can we turn
And speak the freeing words
to some hurt brother
How well we know that blue
skies bring no rain.Q :
Yes, I believe that through
these long hours of pain
That when a seeking, search
ing world reached out its
hand to you i
He knew the silver in your
spirit would come shining
through.
Like Job of old, God knew
He could trust this grief to you.
(Name on file)
Box 32
Prospect, Ore.
"Ok Shoot!"
To the Editor: All Americans
have a hbby. Today we've all
got the same hobby, blow hell
out of the stock market. Let's
change it. Let's just shoot one
another with a sputnick.
Everett Ackhn
Box 233
Ashland, Ore.
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