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O o . FOU MEDFORD (ORKGOW) aTOM tn Southern Oregon KoU The Mp Tribune" P" Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRTNTTNTG CO 7-2 North Fir St Phone 2-l41 ROBERT OB BTT&1 VJI. HERB GREY Advertising Manage ,tATHAM Buaines. Manager ERIC ALLEN JH Manoeine Editor JARL H ADAMS, City Editor VoPSUi. Teiegrapn Editor "CHAHD JEWETT Sporta Editor 2"Y ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. maepenaent Newspaper teJ?5L? 8cond elasa matter at Medford Oregon under Act of oiarcn a. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year SIS 00 Oaily and Sunday -Eix months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three mot 4.25 Sunday Only One year 84.20 y Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. 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II TBARS AGO But. tS. 1447 (Friday) e attorj; takes over role of San- Claus and delivers Christ mas, babies to three valley homes. from Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The fog was so thick for awhile yester day morning, even the gayest hued Yule neckties were unable to pierce the murk." 20 YEARS AGO Dc. 26. 1937 (Tuesday) Transfer of 2,000 acres of min ing property on Foot's creek from six owners to the Ludlum Dredging company of New York takes place. Radio fans in Toledo, Ohio, congratulate themselves as "mean dial twisters," they hear the name of Medford, according to a Toledo radio editor. SO YEARS AGO Dee. 2J, 1927 (Sunday) Vovelist Ney N. Geer, in &arch of western material, lives ij Rogue River. t nd slippery streets re Ofiilfc in six minor holiday acci- city police report. 6 cgl TAR AGO 6, 1917 (Wednesday) It will require a small army 9 rrfen to take care of the in line tax returns of persons sub 3tt to the new law, according authorities. rtie choir of the Methodist lurch visits shut-ins Christmas Bight. 9" DbaS's Your I.Q.? Kla ot ten correct Is superior; jevsk or eight Is excellent: Ave or 4lK fi good 1. Does an ordinary magnet contain electricity? . Bible: Are the Gospels of the Ebionltes, in the Apocryha of the O. T. or N. T.? . Does a kettledrum have one or two heads? 4. In what country is Jut- 0 frv land? 5. Was Cleveland, Ohio, nam ed for President Grover Cleve land? 6. Which State is sometimes called Deseret? 7 Name the first Secretary General of the United Nations? 8. In the federal government, what is the GAO? g Is the most famous comet known as Newton's, Halley's, or ' Donati's? 10. Is a wigwam a large cali ; bre rifle or a Japanese military commander? Answers: 1. Yes. 2. N. T. 3. One. 4. Denmark. 5. No (for Moses Cleaveland). 6. Utah. 7. Trygv Lie- 8- General Account ing Office. 9. Halley's. 10. No (S i, an Indian dwelling place). A telephone lineman learns howo use 120 tools safely at heights up to 54 feet, supported aby belt and climbers. MAIL TRIBUNE WANTED An Agonizing Reappraisal There was nothing funny about the dual broad cast by Secretary of State Dulles and President Eisen hower, two days before Christmas, even though the setting was reminiscent of the "good old days" when Edgar Bergen and Charley McCarthy were going strong. Secretary Dulles did not sit on the President's knee and seldom opened his mouth wide and jerked his head a la Charley, but he did practically all of the talking as Charley was prone to do and the Presi dent was just as attentive as was Bergen and played his "straight role" with equal solemnity, solicitude and parental approval. DERHAPS this reminiscent quality of the tableaux as an outstanding comic feature of American vau deville for so many years, only tended to bring into sharper relief the extreme solemnity and awe-inspiring gravity of this official report of the Paris confer ence by Washington's "top brass" to the people of this country. Not that the occasion called for any levity, or bull-fiddle obligate But it did, we thought, call for SOMEthing new, some more imaginative approach than the old protocol-routine; something that would awaken the country and the listening world in stead of tending to put it to sleep, after the same old dose of tranquilizers. IN SHORT last Monday night's performance, to the undersigned, was disappointing. Not that there was anything particularly to critic ize in what was said, but so much could have been said, but wasn't, and after the somewhat disillusion ing effect of the Paris conference, we hoped would be. . OOW ABOUT the "Gaither report" for example? According to the grapevine this report ordered by the President, and submitted to the National Security Council, completely shattered the administration's complacent claim that the forces of freedom are great er today than those of Soviet Russia and its satellites.' It also, according to the same source, maintained as of now the ILEA. placing missile bases in Europe would only increase the tension instead of lessening it. Moreover, if Russia SHOULD attack, such bases could, it was claimed be wiped out before U. S. aid could be summoned, much less arrive. A RE THESE reports correct or are they baseless? One newspaper of good standing in Washington printed them. The insistence of the administration to keen the reDort secret, is hardly reassurinsr. A X v ' Tt seems to this denartment that the time has come to give the people the facts hoped that President Eisenhower or secretary Dulles or both woulcLconsider this national broadcast a proper time to do so. DUT THERE was nothing but the same old story told. That is the North Atlantic Treaty Associa tion is more united than ever, so the members must have missile bases to prevent or if necessary meet missile attacks from Soviet Russia. Of course the Un ited States is for peace always has been and would at any time discuss disarmament m any realistic way but not in the "U.N." and not unless Russia accepts terms which the administration knows or should know Russia will never accept. CO AS FAR as the "Nato" meeting and this broad , casrto the country is concerned we are right back where we started from. We don't pretend to know PRECISELY what should be done. But we do know what has been done to date and has come to be known as .the "Dulles pol icy," has been a failure as far as any real progress toward world peace and lessening of tensions is con cerned. So we fail to see how unless it is radically changed and revitalized to conform to the world sit uation as it is,, and not as we wish it were, there can be any material improvement in the future. ULEANOR Roosevelt said something when she re " turned from her trip to Russia, which never re ceived the notice it deserved and which we believe has direct application to the present impasse. She was rrot fooled by the Russian "blandish ments," but she did think the world situation would be vastly improved if we did not spend so much time calling Russia names, and more time trying to under stand her. The same advice, of course, should be given to Soviet Russia. HTAKE just one example the Dulles insistence that U.S. missile bases be established in West Germany. Secretary Dulles appears to be sorely disturbed and depressed that Russia should not like the idea and President Adenauer should not be overly en thusiastic himself. Yet, would the United States welcome Russian missile bases in Mexico, with Mexico a member of the Communist bloc? UARDLY! Still only enough imagination is required to see the situation from the Russian standpoint and then to realize what "Germany, Uber-Alles" has meant in the past to the Russian people, to see the cause of the Kremlin strenuous objections to an armed Ger many leading the western anti-Russian bloc. CO ONE could go on and. on all down the line. As has been stated often before, the crying need is a "New Deal" all around a need for what Mr. Dulles once called an "Agonizing Reappraisal." This re-appraisal however should be applied first to his own foreign policy, because, as stated above, as far as actually bringing world peace any nearer or world war any further away, it has been to date a failure. R.W.R. Thursday, December 26, 1957 good or bad and we had 'tVai. MAYdB TRAINS DON'T GO 'TOOT -TOOT' ANYMORE, BUT, py GSORSB , -mtUSEO TO GO 'TOOT-TOOT' " Truman Says Report By Ike, Dulles 'Lot Of Gobbledygook' New York HH Former Presi dent Harry S. Truman said today that President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' telecast to the nation Monday night was "a lot of gob bledygook." "The show was fixed up by BBD&O," Truman said, refer ring to a New York advertising company which - has been em ployed by the Republican party, "and they didn't do a very good job. "BBD&O That's Bunko, Bull, Deceit and Obfuscation," Tru man said. The firm's proper formal name is Batten Barton Durstine & Osborn Inc. The former President, who had refused until today to com ment ; on the President's report to the nation, made his state ments during a 15-minute morn ing walk in the rain from the Hotel Carlyle where he and Mrs. Truman are staying during a Christmas visit with their daugh ter and grandson. Bored With Dulles "I think I was just about as thoroughly bored with Mr. Dulles as the President appeared to be," Truman said. "It was nothing new at all. There was no statement of policy to be pur sued to meet the situation, and it sounded a damn sight worse when he said it than if you read it." WJieri he was asked later if there were any Christmas pres ents he might wish to give to persons in government today, he Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the rame and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed sl00 words. On Field Mice To the Editor: In the Sunday edition of the Medford Mail Tribune, Dr. C. R. Van Patten said that the killing off of preda tory animals in Oregon has con siderable bearing with the in festation of field mice in the state. This I agree with absolutely, except for one thing. They have been poisoning coyotes and bob cat for years in that section, with miles of poison stations, and that is not control, just a matter of slaughter. They have govern ment hunters using poison all the time in that area. The com plete slaughter of these animals is a direct upset in nature's bal ance of life itself. - This same thing could, con cerning an overrun of mice, and will happen in southwestern Ore gon if the few people in the Lake Creek area are allowed to con tinue in the way they are doing now. The greatest share of peo ple in and around the Rogue Valley are against such tactics of "supposed control," and only a few people are shoving this thing down our throats whether we like it or not, and I refer to a petition of more than 700 people against such poisoning, whereas there were only 70 names for it. It is therefore my feeling that poisoning such as it is has a great effect on the slaughter of predatory animals and consequently on our own health. I firmly believe that some measure should be taken to control this, since it concerns all of us. Stephen T. Harris, Route 1, Box 569, Central Point, Ore. No Christmas Traffic Fatalities at Portland Portland (IP) Portland reported no traffic fatalities over the Christmas holiday but police - said the accident rate was high. Nearly 80 accidents were re ported from 6 p.m. Tuesday un til 8 ajn. today. At least 35 persons were sent to hospitals with various injuries. said: "I would like to get Mr. Dulles a good college dictionary so he can use the English lan guage so that we can all under stand him." There was one point in which the former President appeared in full agreement with Eisen hower and Dulles. "I have no faith in any Rus sian peace offers," he said. Praises British Queen But he indicated he was disap pointed in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting on which the President reported He said he understood it had been planned to "re-establish agreements between the NATO powers, and I didn't see anything on that. I hoped there would be a policy statement this is the way we are going to do it, and do it but there was no such statement made." Truman volunteered a high opinion of Britain's Queen Eliza beth's Christmas message to the commonwealth, in which she said the world's ills were being caused "by unthinking people who carelessly throw away age less ideals as if they were old and outworn machinery." It was a "lovely statement,1 Truman said. "We haven't lost them, but we've been neglecting them," he said of the ideals to which she referred. Truman said his 6-month-old grandson, Clifton Truman Dan iel, had received "so many toys it will be some years before he can use them all. You name something he didn't get!" "I.E.D.I" To the Editor: Draw a straight upright line and see what you can make of it. First you will note that it has a beginning and an end and cannot by itself be added to or multiplied in any way; and like any single thing, being or number is based solely on division and subtraction and is therefor a destructive force. Compare this single line with your political form of govern ment, the" present national fi nancial poition, the disastrous world condition, and you have the factual history of individual ism as inscribed on the tomb stones of obsolete, nations. Your line is a little less' than nothing and a little more than nothing which makes something, and that something is made possible only by a collectivised process, as there is nothing in the whole of the universe capable of adding to or multiplying in any way except by a collectivised process which is a numerical industrial mathematical formula based on the principle that areas are to each other as the square of their dimensions. By this process one two-inch pipe carries as much water as four one-inch pipes, which is due to the fact that the four one inch pipes only square two inches, which the two-inch pipe has the ability to do. The in take and outflow of the pipes represent their production and consumption capacity, which is likewise the measure of all ca pacity. The four units are not displaced or unemployed but have made possible and become embodied in the two-inch pipe which shows nature's method of coexistence and automation, the increase in production to balance increase in population and pro visions for added consumption. This not only proves that a collectivised method is greater than an individual competitive sjrstem but shows the : process by which all production and re production occurs. It is by math ematical law that evolutionary adjustments and revolutionary changes are taking place, bring ing to the earth and its multiple Indonesia Trying to Put Pressure On Nations to Support Its Claim By CHARLES M. MC CANN United Press Correspondent Indonesia is trying to put pres sure on the United States and other allied countries to support its claim to Netherlands New Guinea. Threats are being made that the "na tional inter ests" of allied countries may be endangered if they side with The Neth also are beine Charles MrCano erlands. Hints made that Indonesia's "neutral ist" policy may swing further to ward cooperation with Communist-ruled nations. The Indonesian ; government has made its dispute with The Netherlands over West New Guinea an issue in which any country which supports The Netherlands wiil be regarded as "colonialist." On the other hand, Indonesia claims the solid support of all the Asian and African countries which oppose "colonialism." May Turn To Reds Newspapers in Jakarta, the capital, are hinting that Indo nesia may turn to Soviet Russia for aid. In its attempt to force The Netherlands to. give up posses sion of West New Guinea, the Indonesian government has tak en control of all Dutch interests, estimated to total more than one billion dollars in value. It is being intimated also that unless The Netherlands gives in this property may be seized out right. An Indonesian Foreign Office 205 Farms Will Be Open ior Settlement Washington (IP) The Re clamation Bureau will open for settlement next year 205 farms totaling 26,353 acres on four reclamation projects in Wash ington, Idaho, Arizona and Wy oming, Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton announced yesterday. Seaton said veterans will be given preference for the land openings. Two types of farms will be offered, those on public lands which may be homestead ed and those on former private lands acquired by the govern ment for reclamation purposes which are to be sold. Urban Renewal Plan Due at Springfield Springfield, Ore.. (IPI City officials here reported that the Federal government has approv ed preliminary planning for an urban renewal program and has authorized a capital grant reser vation of $642,000 to help pay for it. Total cost of the proposed pre lect would be $1,225,000 to nro- vide drainage, school facilities, street consruction and a city library on a 150-acre tract in the northwest part of the city. Voters and city council must give actual clearance to the pro ject after public hearings. Wyoming's area Is said to be greater than that of the British Isles, including all of England, Wales and North Ireland as welL inhabitants the original indus trial economic form of the col lectivised whole. It is only by adopting an industrial repre sentative government based on rational economics can this coun try survive its present ordeal. This alone is the basis of peace and prosperity in a world in which there is no disease and decay, bringing fertility to the barren earth and hasten the day of physical, mental and spiritual progress. Tom Caldwell, 408 Laurel St., Medford, Ore. May the Peace which comes of Faith, ' - spokesman warned members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization recently to "be on guard" against supporting The Nether lands. Support for The Netherlands, he said, would be taken as sup port of colonialism. Without specifying just what he meant, the spokesman then said he hoped NATO countries would not risk their own nation al interests "for the sake of Dutch colonialism" in New Guinea. During the recent United Na tions debate on New Guinea, the United States took a neutral at titude, despite the fact that The Netherlands is a fellow member of NATO. Indonesia Not Satisfied This, however, did not satisfy the Indonesian government. For eign Minister Subandrio he has no first name complained in a speech in parliament last Satur day that the United States has shifted from "the possibility of an active and constructive" pol icy. Such a policy, naturally, would have supported the Indo Four Powers Consider Transfer or Release For Hitler's Deputy Berlin (IP) This might be the last Christmas in Spandau prison for Rudolf Hess, Adolph Hitler's former deputy. U. S., Russian, French and British officials are considering transferring Hess to an insane asylum, or releasing him out right. There is a feeling among the four powers that it is ridiculous to operate a whole prison just for three men. Hess, Nazi munitions minis ter Albert Speer and youth lea der Baldur von Schirach are the only inmates in a prison built to hold 660 men. Had Seven Nazis Originally the four-power war crimes prison held seven top Nazis sentenced by Nuernberg's international military tribunal. But four already have been re leased. Only one of the four served out his full term. Hess' future hinges on his sanity. Is he insane, or is he faking insanity? A 63 he is aged and haggard. He looks like a bony scarecrow in his grey, prison uniform. His eyes are sunken under beetle brows. He is untidy, complains bit terly of illness, does little work, hardly speaks to anyone and appears to live in a world of his own. Breaks Silences He breaks his long silences only to harangue himself on Hitler's virtues and the part he himself played in the rise of Nazism. Sometimes he attempts to goosestep in a cell 10 feet; long and six-feet wide. Or he shouts the Horst Wessel song. Hess was sentenced to life at Nuernberg. But whether he dies in prison depends on the verdict on his sanity. If he can convince the four powers he is insane he wUl either be released or transfer red to an insane asylum. But the four powers cannot agree. This is not an East-West conflict. Some officials think he is insane. Others think he is faking and merely is eccentric. Cost of Prison It costs the Germans, who must pay for Spandau's upkeep an estimated 900,000 marks ($214,285) a year to support the three prisoners. The West Berlin city govern ment estimates it costs 50 times as much to support Hess in the Spandau prison as It does for an ordinary prisoner in an ordin ary jail. The Big Four power costs are The Courage that's born of Hope, And the Joy which dwells Be with you now, and through 1958 Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass, nesian claim. The Indonesian government Is pursuing its claim by every means despite indications that it may be heading toward chaos. Ever since the country won its independence from The Nether lands in 1949, there have been chronic revolts in several parts of the islands. Army officers have seized control of parts of Sumatra. For months, there has been serious dissension in the parlia ment. For reasons not yet made quite clear, President Sukarno has requested "leave" to take a rest abroad. It is expected that he will leave the country Jan. 5. Nobody knows whether he will return. Sartono, speaker of par liament, has been sworn in as acting president. In the campaign against Dutch men in Indonesia, the govern ment has caused severe economic dislocation. The Netherlanders are the economic brains of the country. As part of the disloca tion, it is now admitted that In donesia faces a critical shortage of rice, its staple food. considerable, too. Companies of U. S., British, Soviet and French troops take turns guarding the prison ex terior. Inside there is a staff of four power guards headed by four wardens, one from each power. In addition, there is a house keeping staff of cooks, kitchen help, maids, janitors and clean ing women. Von Shirach and Speer both are serving 20-year terms and have nine years left to serve. Admiral Karl Doenitz was re leased last year when he com pleted his 10 year term. VAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY 322 EAST MAIN ST. UaWJliWil T new...jussy Wind and Weather li Now, . . it vjorks 5 ways! Heals! Contains Allantoin to help heal chapped, dry skin. 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