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30 years ago.
II TBARS AGO
But. tS. 1447 (Friday)
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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.
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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
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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.
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