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    4 Friday, April 25, 1953
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1948 (Sunday)
Cecil W. Posey, Portland,
executive secretary of the
Oregon Education association,
tells Jackson county teachers
of the necessity of well-knit
educational organizations.
Free Sno-Cat rides up Mt.
Ashland from the snow line
to the peak will be offered
Sunday to Ashland residents.
20 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1938 (Monday)
Double election boards will
serve in all but four Medford
precincts, and in all but one
of 10 Ashland precincts in the
May primary.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The pic
nic season formaly opened
yesterday' with paper napkins
again to the fore. The paper
napkin this year contains less
paper."
.
30 YEARS AGO '
April 25. 1928 (Wednesday)
A grader has been working
two eight-hour shifts to com
plete the work of improving
the Medford airport.
From local and personal
column: "The Hotel Central
at Central Point, under new
management, is now open for
business."
40 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1918 (Thursday)
From local and personal
column: "The high school has
been hard hit in attendance
for the past two weeks by
measles and mumps, mostly
the former."
The outlook this noon was
that no patriotic demonstra
tion would be held in Med
ford tomorrow, Liberty day.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
. Name the husband of
Pocahontas.
2. Bible: How many pieces
of Silver did Judas get for be
traying Christ?
3. What is the motto on all
U. S. coins?
.4. Who was commander-in-chief
of the U.S. Armed
Forces during World War I?
5. How many bseball teams
are there in each ' Major
league?
6. The vice president of the
U. S. may vote in the U. S.
Senate only in case of a tie;
trutf or false?
1. Is a child born in a for
eign land of American parents
a citizen of the U.S.
8. Name the second largest
planet.
9. "The Spy," "The Path
finder." "The Deerslayers,"
and "The Last of the Mohi
cans' were written by whom?
10. Are there more women
in the United States than
men?
Answers 1. John Rolfe. 2.
Thirty. 3. "In God We Trust."
4. Woodrow Wilson. 5. Eight.
6. True. 7. Yes. 8. Saturn. 9.
James Fenimore Cooper. 10.
Yes.
Portland Man Dies
After Auto Collision
Portland (IP) George Ed
ward West, 68, died in a hos
pital here yesterday of in
juries suffered a day earlier
in Tigard.
The Portland man was
thrown from his car after it
was involved in a collision
with another vehicle.
"Well
We had the privilege of touring the brand
new Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital the other
day. We were vastly impressed.
Formal dedication of this beautiful new build
ing will be tomorrow, at which time those attend
ing can also go through it, and there will be tours
through it again on Sunday. It will repay anyone
in Jackson county, or the neighboring counties,
to visit the hospital
accomplished.
THE structure is costing in the neighborhood
A of $2,500,000. An inspection will reveal why
it cost so much. No expense has been spared to
make it one of the best-equipped, best-designed,
most modern hospitals
It is something of
proud, for it is truly a
much of the money which went into its construc
tion came from people of the area through dona
tions. The rest was provided by veiy substantial
gifts and from federal
fNE reason why the
building was designed to serve as the "con
of an even larger building, when it becomes
needed here. The wings
relatively modest cost.
was built so that it can
Thus the boiler plant,
rooms, and the other
capacity which is greater than needed for the
new building, but which
thousands of dollars
expand the hospital.
We extend a hearty
who had a hand in its
and there are hundreds
Thev have every right
ficient institution, which
of southern Oregon and northern California tor
many years to come. E.A.
Six For Sheriff
This is another in a series of editorials briefly
discussing the offices at stake in the primary election,
and the candidates.
Six men are running for the office of sheriff
of Jackson county in the primary election. Three
are after the Republican nomination; three after
the Democratic nomination.
The Republicans are :
Joseph D. Walsh, Central Point. Walsh is a
young man who has spent all his adult years in
one form or another of law enforcement. He is
now chief deputy under Sheriff Howard Gault,
who is not running for reelection. Walsh is clean
cut, appears to be able and experienced, and so
far as we can learn, has a good record in office.
Vern Smith, Ashland. Smith has had 20 years
of experience in law enforcement, some of it as
weighmaster, some of it as Ashland patrolman
and police chief, some as a forester, and some of
if as deputy sheriff. His record is clean and
sound. He also has taken an interest in a number
of civic affairs other than just his job.
Ralph A. Larson, Eagle Point. Larson for 10
years was a deputy in the Los Angeles county
shernt s department, and
scientific" approach to
present, he is in business.
HE Democratic candidates are :
Earle E. Fichtner. Medford. Fichtner (not
to be confused with his
of Mediord police) also
a deputy sheriii here.
Larrv Sheehan. Roene River. Sheehan, a
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businessman, has had no
experience, but stresses
annroach in the office,
- x ' s
collection division. He has been active in Demo
cratic party politics.
Raymond R. Ko'ch, Central Point. Koch Has
been a "private investigator," operating his own
detective agency in the county. He has voiced
no platf orm, but says if elected will let his actions
speak for themselves.
"THE sheriff's office has: four principal func-
tions. He is the tax collector for the county,
processing some $5 million annually; he is the
custodian of the jail ; he has a civil department
which serves summonses and other legal papers,
and, best known of the four, he is the county's
chief law enforcement officer, maintaining order
principally outside of the incorporated cities.
The job demands integrity and honesty of a
high order; it must be conducted with a maximum
of impartiality and good horse sense; it needs
a professional approach to law enforcement, and
the humility and diplomacy which make the dif
ference between a "tough cop" and a public
servant who must preserve law and order, and
respect the rights of the public.
THE sheriff must be equipped to work with
other police agencies, those in the cities and
towns, and the state police. (In many counties
there is friction between the sheriff and the state
officers, but when an effort is made clearly to
delineate responsibility and to work coopera
tively, the job can be done.)
And, like all public officers, ' the sheriff
should be open and above-board in his dealings;
his public and press relations should be good, so
that his thousands of "bosses," the voters and
taxpayers, can know how-well he is fulfilling
his public trust. E.A.
Done
and see what has been
a
in the world.
which everyone can be
community endeavor, and
hospital funds.
cost was high is that the
can be extended at
And the existing building
serve the additions.
the, kitchen, the laundry
service facilities have
will save hundreds of
when the time comes to
"well done" to all those
planning and execution
of them.
for pride in this magni
will serve the people
stresses a "modem and
law enforcement At
brother, Clyde, a captain
has had experience as
prior law enforcement
the need for a business
particularly in the tax
Dennis ths Menace
1 DIM!" WANT T& EAT 'm. I
Babson Eyes School
Needs, Drawbacks
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. A
great hullabaloo is being
raised about the need for
space in our
colleges to
take care of
all our young
people of col
lege age.
To insist
that college
education be
c a m e univer
sal wnnlrl hp
RoBer W. Babso,
educational standards to the
level of mediocrity. In the
present world struggle of the
survival of the fittest, we need
to turn out from our colleges
something considerably better
than mediocre teachers, scien
tists, and businessmen. The
colleges need something to
work with in the first place;
the large numbers of purpose
less, immature high school
graduates who find their way
into our colleges have no busi
ness there.
Frequently I am asked if I
do not think the large num
bers who flunk out of college
do not constitute a great na
tional waste of manpower.
The real waste is for colleges
to continue to use funds for
more buildings to house more
and more incompetents who
are bound to flunk out; or
who, if they don't flunk, will
drag down the level of per
formance. The problem which
confronts us is one of intellec
tual honesty.' It begins with
secondary school headmasters
who, with tongue in cheek,
recommend for admission to
college individuals whom they
must know are not qualified
for college.
Many college directors of
admissions will tell you, in
confidence, that the supply of
fitted students is far from
abundant. I could give cases
in which principals have made
parents, pupils, and college
officials believe the young
people were something they
really were not. They got
them into college with obvi
ously abstruse recommenda
tions; then left them for the
college authorities to flunk
out and send home. I am told
that a certain prep school
guarantees your son's admis
sion to the college of his
choice, or your money back.
what that school does not
guarantee is to keep the son
in college.
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United States, Russia
On Three
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international
balance sheet:
The United States and So
viet Russia tangled in argu
ments on three diplomatic
fronts this
week. Russia
charged in
the U.N. that
American nu
clear -weapon
plane were
end angering
peace by fly
ing over the
Arctic in prox
imity to the
Charles M.
McCann
borders of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev, in a letter to
President Eisenhower, reject
ed American proposals for a
study of possible disarmament
controls.. He again called on
the United States to follow
Russia's example and suspend
tests of nuclear weapons. He
also complained bitterly of
the threat which American
air bases in foreign countries
present to the Soviet Union,
as well as of the Arctic
nights.
The United States, Britain
and France called on Russia j
to get down to business if it'
JUST IVWIH) TDpL W
A college education for sons
and daughters is eagerly
sought today by many parents
more as a mark of social ac
complishment than for the
learning the degree should
represent. One college dean
has said this about the attitude
of parents whose children
flunk: The amazing reaction
many times is: "But my son
just can't flunk; what will the
neighbors think?"
Inferior educational prepa
ration for college, or in col
lege, cannot be cured just by
raising teachers' salaries and
building new buildings. First,
there must be a rekindling of
the will to learn something
parents have a lot more to do
with than they will admit.
Second, colleges must make of
education a privilege, not a
right. Perhaps Sputnik No. 1
will prove to have been our
great educational Pearl Har
bor, a jolt into the realization
that for self-defense we had
better become intellectually
honest with one another.
Young People's Role
I wish thoughtful young
people had more of an oppor
tunity to speak out without
fear of incriminating them
selves with their teachers. One
young man recently wrote a
plaintive letter to the editor
of a large city newspaper. In
it he made a plea to the school
committee of that city to stop
wasting the time of talented
students. He said that good
teachers spend too much time
with children who do not
want to learn. His plea was to
throw out the non-learners, to
group homogeneously the
bright children who want to
learn, and to discipline severe
ly those who would make a
joke out of school.
Our young people must be
come very familiar with the
fact that the "cold war" is a
struggle of intellect. They
must know why our schools
must raise their standards,
from the elementary grades
up. Our colleges and universi
ties should hold their admis
sions standards high, barring
those who cannot qualify and
flunking those who are look
ing for a four - year loaf on
father. More selective admis
sions policies and a tightening
of standards would find many
colleges with much less of a
teacher and building shortage
problem than they now ap
pear to have. It is not neces
sarily more money that our
schools need.
Diplomatic
really wants a summit confer
ence on world issues.
The three Western Allies
asked that Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko
start four-man talks with
their ambassadors in Moscow
on preparations for the sumT
mit conference. They insisted
also that the ambassadorial
talks must include the sub
stance of East-West issues
which might be discussed at
the summit conference, not
merely physical arrangements
for it. Gromyko had received
the envoys separately last
week, trying to avoid detail
ed discussions of. cold war
issues.
Russia suffered a severe de
feat in the U.N. in its com
plaint that American Arctict
f lying planes endangered
peace.
Eight of the 11 members of
the Security Council support
ed the -United States in re
jecting the complaint. Sweden
took no stand. Thus Russia,
the 11th member, was isolat
ed. Faced with certain defeat,
Soviet delegate Arkady A.
Sobolev withdrew the com
plaint. French President Rene Coty
started the task of finding a
new premier and thus ending
ommunications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name 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 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
saper; in fact the contrary is often the cas
H Favors True Democracy
To the Editor: This is the
first letter I have ever written
to an editor but am doing so
to say thank you for the most
stimulating editorals that I
have read in the State of
Oregon.
To find a truly democratic
paper in Oregon is a rare and
enjoyable experience.
I think your stand on Pay
TV is very commendable in
view of the fact that the peo
ple were so progagandized
against it even though under
the F.C.C. the only city that
could possibly have" it for a
three year trial period would
be Portland.
I was also very amused by
a letter recently who wished
the Mayor and council kick
ed out because they granted
a license for cable TV. Evi
dently the writer doesn't real
ize it is the council's duty
to authorize and issue licenses
that meet with regulations
and would be lax in their
duties if they did not.
It is up to the people to
I decide whether or not they
r : t a j -
wjsii iiiis type oi enierain
ment if they don't, it will die
on the vine.
I am an employee in a local
Plywood mill and I think the
most political question be
sides the Republican admin
istration's planned recession,
is the rising costs of State
taxes and the opinion that us
ually is in the majority is
that people of Oregon who
have in the past voted against
a sales tax are now in favor
of one but the politicans do
not seem to be aware of the
fact.
This may or may not be the
opinion of the majority of the
people of the state butxif it
is true we are losing industry
to Washington and California
because of our taxation. It is
time the leaders of both par
ties sit down and forget their
differences and come up with
a tax program that will bene
fit the people of our Great
StatejOf Oregon.
Neil Rayburn
814 Sherman
Medford.
How Not To Vote
To the Editor: To ,the for
gotten man, the farmer, and
to everybody's victim, the
taxpayer. You are now getting
much advice on how you
should vote. Please let me
suggest how you should NOT
vote.
Po not vote for an official
who thinks that a surplus in
the county treasury is foolish
and positively sinful, and who,
to change this condition,
would raise every depart
ment's budget and every
worker's salary in the court
house. ,
Do not vote for a minor
official ' in the county who
as soon as elected gets the
idea they were "born to com
mand" the county court, and
after the court and the budget
committee spent weeks to
draft a budget which they
thought would be fair, to you.
Then come these minor offi
cials with a budget they have
made up which is so much
higher it makes the court's
and community's budget look
sick.
Do not vote for a person
who can't stand it to hear
the words "Economy in Gov
ernment," and "would send
out to every one who dare's
mention these words, in a
budget meeting, a card almost
Tangle
Fronts
the cabinet crisis which start
ed April 15 when the Nation
al Assembly rejected Premier
Felix Gaillard's conciliatory
North African program.
Popular Republican Georges
Bidault, who favors a tough
policy, was called on first.
He failed to get the support
of even his own party, and
gave up. '
Coty next called in . Rene
Pleven, of the USSR. Resist
ance Party, who favors a
policy of compromise.
President Tito of Yugoslavia
enraged the Russians by pro
claiming anew his insistence
on complete freedom from
Kremlin domination.
He spoke at the Seventh
Congress of. the Yugoslav
Communist Party.
.When Vice President Alek
sander Rankovic followed up
Tito's speech next day with
a blast at Soviet policy, the
Russian and Communist satel
lite ambassador who attend
ed as observers walked out
of the meeting.
There was one significant
deviationist from the walk
out. Henryk Grochulski, am
bassador of Poland, which
won at least partial freedom
from Kremlin domination in
the 1956 revolt, remained in
his seat.
too vulgar to be sent through
the U.S. mails. Do not vote
for a person who thinks farm
ing is a highly profitable busi
ness at the present time.
Do not vote for a person
who makes a wrong" decision
and who would spend a thou
sand dollars of your money,
rather than ask the district
attorney if it was wrong.
I think of one reason why
you should support such a
person. Some day you may
have exclusive use of the
courthouse door while the
sheriff sells your home or
farm for delinquent taxes. It
will be gratifying for you
to know that every one in
the courthouse, whose door
you are using, has had a
wonderful boost in salary.
H. E. Conger,
R.F.D. No. 2,
Medford
Not Very Worried
To the Editor: I always look
at communications in the Mail
Tribune, and while I soirie
times wonder that you bother
to print some of the letters
sent in, I appreciate your
t o le r a n t attitude regarding
the opinions of others.
My reason for writing is
the result of a letter appear
ing in the Sunday paper. Or
dinarily I consider religious
subjects to be a bit sacred to
discuss in a newspaper col
umn, but this attack seems
to merit an answer.
It is unfortunate that Mr.
Krauss was raised under a
"State Church" regime. An
example of that and its re
sults is Russia before the
overthrow of Communism.
Christian politicians are an
advantage, but State religion
where our ministers have to
have government approval,
and school teachers are re
quired to have church ap
proval, is bad.
Mr. Krauss inferred that he
accepted the Gospel of Christ.
Of that I am a bit doubtful.
I can not imagine anyone
who has ever been a Christ
ian accusing us of "worship
ing" the Holy Bible. We "wor
ship" it's "Author" who in
spired "Holy Men of Old" to
write it. Certainly we revere
the Bible because we feel it
is God's own instruction to
us. But worship it? No! The
Bible not a moral guide?
Where, Mr. Krauss, is a better
basis for morals than "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self"? The "shocking epi
sodes" you mention came as
men refused to walk accord
ing to their consciences and
as a result were brought into
trouble, teaching us the ines
capable law of "sowing and
reaping." Contradictions? .- I
gladly challenge anyone to
give me a direct contradic
tion from the Holy Bible.
The Christian religion has
stood the test of centuries in
spite of skeptics, modernists,
unfriendly scientists and dic
tators. I am not very worried
about the effect of one man's
"reasoning powers."
In conclusion I would like
to suggest that Mr. Krauss
study the "inspired Book." To
escape fear? No, to find peace
of mind and heart that noth
ing else will bring. Try read
ing from beginning to end the
Gospel of Saint John.
Kenneth Harger,
741 Poss.e Lane,
Medford.
Two Editorial Points
Are Questioned
To the Editor: In your ex
cellent editorial of April 21,
1958, concerning the judges,
you briefly mentioned two
points I question:
1. You inferred that Judge
Kelly was opposed to capital
punishment and that Mr,
Nunley favored it.
2. You mentioned that Mr.
Nunley had his past exper
ience as a prosecutor while
Judge Kelly had served as de
fender.
Why is either of these a
campaign issue?
Under Oregon law, the
death penalty is imposed by
the jury. The judge has noth
ing to say about it.-
Who, besides a district at
torney, can prosecute? Mr.
Nunley couldn't defend ac
cused persons when he was
district attorney, and he can
no longer prosecute them
since he was defeated for re
election; he now is like any
other lawyer (including Judge
Kelly before he became a
judge) and if he is going to
participate in criminal cases
BY-PASS PROTESTED
La Spezia, Italy (IP) The
town of Borseda and Debed
use declared an anti-vote war
on the government today be
cause a road has not been
built to connect them to the
outside world. The villagers
complained that $56,000 re
cently allocated for the road
was used for another road
by-passing them and said they
would refuse to vote in the
May 25 general elections.
Knowland's Venture
Could Remodel GOP
Political Strategy
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington HP) Sen.
William F. Knowland is well
started on a venturesome ex-
periment
which could
remodel Re
publican Party political
strategy.
K n owland
is a candidate
for this year's
R e p u b 1 ican
g u bernatorial
Lyie c. Wilson nomination in
California. There and in the
Senate where he is GOP lead
er, Knowland is tramping nois
ily in a dangerous area where
most of his Republican associ
ates fear to tread.
That is the area of organized
labor. Panding now in the Sen
ate is Knowland'h proposed
legislation to enforce demo
ractic practices in labor un
ions. Before California s vot
ers as part of his campaign
platform is Knowland's simi
lar proposal for state legisla
tion. .
At the state level, however,
Knowland favors state right-to-work
legislation and oppos
es c o mp u 1 s o r y unionism.
Knowland's luck in California
it will have to be as a de
fendant's attorney.
Isn't the real issue one of
competence? Which candi
date is capable of doing the
job? Assuming both are able
to do the work, then which
candidate is best fitted and
will do the best job?
As far as I personally am
concerned, there is no substi
tute, for ability and exper
ience, and Judge Kelly has
both!
Henry A. Wilson,
3788 Hilsinger Road,
Medford.
(Editor's Note: In these pre
election editorial comments,
every effort has been made
to give as factual and accur
ate a picture of the candi
date's experience and back
ground as possible, solely for
the information of the elec
torate and not to in any way
influence their final judg
ments. The interpretations
made and the conclusions
drawn by our correspondent
are needless to say, his own
and not this paper's. This pol
icy is something new in the
Mail Tribune's treatment of
party primaries, and was ad
opted this year because with
such a multitude of candi
dates running, and so many
relatively unknown, it seem
ed the Mail Tribune had a
certain obligation to give the
voters some of the broad sal
ient facts concerning them).
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and liabilities. Home
will not be known until elec
tion day. In the U.S. Senate,
however, Knowland will be
licked when his "labor bill of
rights" comes to a vote. Some
Senate Republicans will help
lick him.
Remembers Taft Win
If Knowland should be
elected governor of California
next November, Republican
strategists probably would
take another look as their
party's labor policy, if such
exists. Such as it is, the Re
publican policy is one of ap
peasement although back in
1947, under pressure from the
late Robert A. Taft, congres
sional Republicans did enact
the Taft-Hartley Act.
Organized labor's leadership
went all out against that legis
lation, which they called a
slave labor law, and against
Taft as its principal author.
The fascinating political as
pect of that development be
came evident in Ohio's 1950
senatorial election.
Big Labor put all it had in
to the 1950 effort to beat Taft,
who was a candidate for re
election. Men and money pour
ed into Ohio to defeat the
principal sponsor of the Taft
Hartley Act.
Democratic Allianc
Taft swept Ohio. He carried
every industrial county. To do
so, the senator had to have
the votes of thousand of union
members who, obviously, re
jected their leadership. Taft'i
frontal attack on abuses with
in organized labor paid off big.
Taft wholly rejected the tim
id Republican strategy of ap
peasement, perhaps on the
theory that no imaginable de
gree of Republican appease
ment would divert the leader
ship of organized labor from
alliance with the Democratic
Party. That alliance was firm
ly established by Franklin D.
Roosevelt when he created the
left-of-center New Deal poli
tical coalition.
Knowland, a Taft disciple
who was hand-picked in 1953
to succeed to the Senate GOP
leadership, hopes to achieve
what Taft achieved in Ohio.
He remembers that Taft all
but won the Republican presi
dential nomination after his
Ohio triumph. Knowland
knows what he is up against.
Speaking this week before the
CIO Committee on Political
Education in California, he
said: "You have a powerful
and effective organization.
Your power in this state Cal
ifornia has become so great
it is no longer realistic to con
sider your organization as a
junior partner of the Demo
cratic Party."
Republican policy is to ig
nore such facts, hoping they
will go away.
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