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4 tTofeesdjy, May 21. 1958 TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. - - JftJfOWi&sjTRIBUNE 5tvrvone Jn Southern Oregon Heads The Mail Tribune' Published Dailv except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 3 North Fir St Ph. SP .2-6141 ROEERT W RUHL. Editor JERB GREY Advertising Manarei ERALD LATH Ail. Business Mgr IC ALLEN, 1R Managing Editor ARL H ADAMS. City Editor ARRY CEIPMAN. Teleg Editor ICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor "OLIVE ST ARCHER. Society Editor pALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Xntered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 9? Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. 'Daily and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Tfciilv and Sunday 6 mos. 8 00 Ztailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 4mday Only One year S4.20 3iy Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle oint Jacksonville. Gold Hill. ?hoenix. Shady Cove, Rogua Riv er Taler.t and on moyr routes: Daily and -Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. liO Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance ffirial Paper or CKt of Medford Official Pa per of Jackson County tfnited Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC- Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland St Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL vJ7 asToctQn Flight 'o Time Medford, and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 21, 1348 (Friday) Phoenix, Talent, Independ ence and Anderson Creek school district patrons will vote Monday on district con solidation. Steps toward construction of a welfare building for the Salvation Army will be under Taken by the Jackson county advisory board. CI YEARS AGO May 21. 1938 (Sunday) Gov. Charles H. Martin car ried Jackson county nearly two to one over Henry L. Hess, according to complete returns from 67 of 70 pre cincts. " From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Consid erable hay is down in the valley waiting to be rained on. Corn is weed, high." 30. YEARS AGOv May 21, 1928 (Monday) . Recent local agitation cen ters on ( establishment of a new Pacific highway route from the foot of Blackwell hill back of Central Point through the Gore land to the Medford-Jacksonville rd. The airport committee for the chamber of commerce has reported the selection of the property owned by W. H. Gore for the new aviation field. 40 YEARS AGO May 21. 1918 (Tuesday) The library calls attention to an illustrated booklet re ceived from Reed college de scribing courses in war work tliere this summer. From local and personal column: "A late night fire in the business district Sunday was fortunately discovered in time. The fire broke out in the Alco cigar stand." What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five ei sis is good. 1. The moon is not self- luminous; true or false? 2. "Pharos of Alexandria" was the name of an Egyptian, a lighthouse, or a pyramid? 3. Which U. S. President was a Quaker? 4. A clyclotron is a type of bicycle, a term of years, or an atom-smashing machine? 5. Translate the Roman Numeral LXXX. 6. The Mediterranean and Red Sea are joined by what canal? 7. Is copper or silver the best conductor of electricity? 8. An eight-armed fish is called ? 9. Which countries are con nected by the Brenner Pass? 10. Name the American naval hero whose message. "We have met the enem v and they are ours," is well known in accounts of the War of o 1812. Answers: 1. True. (It shines by reflecting the sun); 2. Lighiiouse; 3. Herbert Clark Hoover; 4. Atom-smashing ma-c"-i3; 5. Eighty; 6. Suez; 8. Octccus; 9. Italy and Austria; 10. Commodore Oliver H. Ferry. (Battle of Lake Erie). Editorial Correspondence . . . U.P. City of Portland (en route to Chicago) A personal note seems called for. This trip is in answer to an "S.O.S." from grandchild No. 8. A month ago there were only seven, now we have an octet. The young lady there are now four girls and four boys demands a view of the rest of the family which reminds us of Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Winston, it seems, on his 80th birthday was asked by the Bishop of Something or Other if he was "ready to meet his maker." With his usual prompt and snappy comeback Sir Winston said he was ready but he was not sure His Maker was ready to undergo such a trying ordeal. So with progeny No. 8 she may be asking for more than she can take at such an early age. We shall see. Now we own no stock in the Union Pacific railroad or any other railroad which considering their condition in the stock market is fortunate. But after two trips on the "City of Portland" within a year, we would like to state that the best transcontinental train in North America we include the Canadian Pacific and the Mexican Central: is 'the train we are now on. There are many other good trains and we have, we be lieve, ridden on them all but the "City of Portland" every thing considered is tops. If there is. any thing it hasn't we don't know what it is speed, comfort, service, and one of the most attractive scenic routes up the Columbia during the cocktail hour, any railroad could provide. We don't know why this should be true, for the City of San Francisco like the City of Los Angeles, the SP's Golden State and Sunset Limited are all good- trains but to repeat, everything con sidered including brand new equipment, the "City of Port land" in our book leads the procession. And again for some j-eason not explained, unlike many of the other crack trains across the country, it has no extra fare. Bought a Sunday Oregonian before leaving Portland at 5 p.m. and were surprised and disappointed to find no elec tion news from Medford and Jackson county. Wonder when the Sunday paper goes to press? It couldn't be before noon, yet when we left Medford all the returns were reported in except three' or four small ouying districts. That was around 8 a'.m. Wonder if the Oregon Journal did better? Many things in the primary surprised us. '"' We expected Unander to win the GOP nomination thanks to a large majority in Multnomah, with a close race for sec ond between Gill .and Hatfield. Instead Hatfield had a field day, with Gill a poor "also-ran" and Unander a poor second. , We are really sorry for the latter. He impressed us as a most conscientious, capable and high-minded "public serv ant" lacking color somewhat, but very deserving. ' Had Hatfield not entered the race at' the last moment undoubtedly "Sig" would have won hands down. In fact, had the race been confined to him and Hatfield, and assuming the vote that went to Gill and the other candi dates had gone to Unander some assumption of course the state treasurer would have won. The painful point is that if the traditional political pat tern is followed, this will put Sig Unander on the bench as far as high office is concerned for a long time. Different timing and slightly different circumstances would undoubtedly have made all the difference in the world. (Just shows again how largely Lady-Luck figures in human affairs.) To return to the Oregonian. Another Rose Festival "Princess" picture appears. What has happened to Portland's "jeunesse doree" any way? There must nave been a half dozen or more selections to date, and the gals all look like sisters, not a blonde in a carload, and not one with an arresting or attractive face as far as this expert on teen-age pulchritude is concerned. (Ok what do we care, we have only half a dozen subscribers in Portland anyway!) Some other primary surprises: We were confident of Governor Holmes' victory but didn't look for such a walk away. Also did not anticipate such a close race between Kelly and Nunley, and expected a much closer race between Mayor Snider and Dr. Durno. Mrs. Nye ran like a scared rabbit as we expected, and County Judge Keating didn't as we also expected. In the judicial races, Judge Sloan ran better than we pre dicted and Justice Rossman did not. Or to put it another way, Jason Lee received a much larger vote than we thought likely. - - Finally, as so often happens, although the Democrats are considerably ahead of the Republicans in registration, more of the latter went to the polls. Oregon Democrats are not so remiss in this direction as the Democrats in California, but they are pretty bad. If they won't go to the polls, what good is their majority?! ; It is warm and very peaceful here in Idaho. The mountain tops are tipped with snow but the lower hills and valleys are green, with large bands of sheep, a goodly sprinkling of contented cows, and a few equally self-satisfied horses graz ing in relaxed and reassuring splendor. We never travel through Idaho and Wyoming without smiling at those Malthusian enthusiasts who worry about a sufficient food supply for our increasing millions. These two states with proper irrigation and the rivers and creeks that are slipping by via the car window are full and some over flowing could, we think, if all available and productive land were used, supply enough foodstuffs to the USA west of the Rockies, with adequate nourishment for the foresee able future. And why worry about the the future that ISN'T foreseeable, particularly when there are so many far more serious problems, so much closer at hand? - WTe grant, of course, that in the outside world, China, India, parts of Africa no doubt, the question of an adequate food supply is a far less remote and academic problem. We are thinking only of North America, i . There is another factor: thanks to the wonders of modern science, isn't it reasonable to assume that increases in the food production per acre may keep abreast, or even surpass, the probable increases in population? Out answer is "YES." NEXT question? R.W.R. P.S.: Apologies to R.B. ' Zephyr next time. R.W.R. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- DESPITE THE FACT that men's heads come in all sizes, their hats, for many years at least," did not. One ingenious hatter finally came up with an idea that soon became the ac cepted practice: he put a drawstring inside the hat that enabled the wearer to adjust it to the precise cir cumference of his cranium.. Then the string was tied into a bow-knot. Although hats have been coming now in assorted sizes for fifty, years and more, and the drawstring inside has long since been aband oned, hatmakers have clung for some unknown reason to the bow-knot. You'll still find one, utterly useless, in side every man's hat. . 'mea culpa" do better a la Dennis the Menace hy, CM! Turn rr oh fO& mb, will ya i Nehru Boosts Tito in With Kremlin; Hits Red Party By CHARLES M. McCANN tion movement when members United Press Correspondent of their parties showed a dan Prime Minister Jawaharlalgerous tendency to do some Nehru of India has given independent thinking. Yugoslav President Tito an im- Nehru recalled that Mao, in Mccann threat to readmunism came at the moment Tito out of the world Commun-when Tito was studying the ist movement constituted in-ultimatum in which the cen terference by a foreign coun- tral committee of the Russian try in Yugoslav domestic af- Communist Party threatened fairs. k him with dire penaties unless Nehru also referred sarcas-he toed the party line, tically to the way in which . Belgrade dispatches say Soviet Premier Nikita S. Nehru's statement made a pro Khrushchev and Chinese Com-found impression there, munist leader Mao Tse-tung It was a welcome counter had checked their liberaliza-to the determined campaign In the Day's News By FRANK The eyes of the world as this is written are on Paris as they have been so often in the past dozen centuries. General Charles De Gaulle, one of history's strange char acters, is speaking at what amounts to a news confer ence at the historic Palais d' Orsay. He has just stated that he is ready to head a new French government IF THE PEOPLE WISH IT. In his relatively brief speech, he condemned the idea of force. Asked what he would do if GIVEN POWER (in whatever form) he replied: "I Carrier to Win Week at Camp A week's vacation at R-bar-E Ranch, camp for boys from 7 to 14, is in store for an out standing Mail Tribune carrier the week of June 8. The camp, now in its second year of operation, is located eight miles south of Grants Pass on the Applegate river. The camp is in connection with a stock ranch iif full op eration. Week-day activities include ' fishing, swimming, camping, barbecues, horse back riding and hiking. Sun days are reserved for letter writing and family visiting. The week at camp will be awarded by the paper to the top-ranking boy in the desig nated age group in the regular carrier's contest, according to Dale Erickson, circulation manager. There are seven boys who 'qualify, being be tween the ages of 7 and 13. Prizes are awarded each month to the 10 top-ranking carriers. . Selection of prize winners is based on scoring in per formance of duties connected with being newspaper merch ants, as well as school grades, attitude, honesty and other at tributes. The winner of the week at camp will be announced about June 1, after scores for the May contest are tallied, Erick son said. Speaker Announced For Newspaper Meet Salt Lake City OP) Anton F. Peterson, manager of News paper Agency corporation, was announced today as key note speaker for the western regional conference of Insti tute of Newspaper Controllers and Finance Officers. The conference will be held here June 8-10. It will be at tended by more than 75 news paper finance officials from the western states and Hawaii. 0ALL &ucw lUOTMlj?) S-2 1 portant assist his short-lived invitation to in his latest Chinese Reds and non-Reds to dispute w i t h criticize the party, said: "Let the Russiana hundred flowers bloom and Communists, a hundred opinions flourish." Addressing a Now, Nehru said, "all the convention of flowers have become weeds to his Indianbe pulled out." Congress Par-Tito Studying Ultimatum ty, Nehru said Nehru's support for Tito's that Mnscnw'snnlifv nf inHpnpnrient Com- JENKINS would re-establish republican liberties.". He then added, amid loud applause from his followers: "Do you believe that at 67 I would begin the career of a dictator?" Asked as to the terms under which he would ACCEPT power, he replied that it would have to be on HIS terms and not on the solicita tion of "various political parties." AT THE conclusion of the session, he said: "I am going back to my vil lage. But I remain at the dis position of my country." WHAT will come of it? Who ever knew what would come of ANY crisis in France? 4 We'll wait and see. In any event, General De Gaulle couldn't be any worse than General Anarchy. GETTING closer home: At Angels Camp, up in the Mark Twain country of California, a pair of frogs owned by an Oakland father and son team finishes first and second in the annual Cal averas county frog jumping contest. The father's frog (named Tule Jim) took first place with a leap of 14 feet 5Vz inches. The son's frog, named Mag gie, came in second with a jump of 14 feet 4V6 inches. "FIFTEEN thousand people turned out to see tne con test. A thought: Maybe until the world calms down a little it will be just as well for us to get all steamed up- about frog jump ing contests as to go off our rockers over what is going on in the Old World. 114 Apartments Sold in Manor A total - of 114 apartments have been sold in the Rogue Valley Manor, according to Walter Higgins, executive di rector of the Manor. 'Higgins said only 21 apart ments remain to be sold to. reach the half-wav mark in apartment sales. "This is an all-important stage in our progress to date," Higgins said, "because when we reach the half-way mark the archi tect will finish the drawings and specifications and the con tract let for construction of the 10-story building." Apartment sales have been progressing rapidly recently, according to Higgins. Since May 1, three - have been sold to Medford residents, one to f forts to Widen Labor Legislation Beaten in Senate BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IF) Back there in the 80th Congress, which Harry Truman called the worst there was en acted legisla tion which leaders of or ganized labor called a "slave labor law." That was the Taft - Hartley Act which, in Lyle C. Wilson P r a c u c e , proved to be no slave labor law at all because organized labor has thrived under, or despite, its terms. Moreover, congressional investigators in recent months have proved that the Taft-Hartley Act was not strong enough to prevent offenses by some labor lead- Dispute which the Russian Commun ists have been waging against Tito, as ' part of which they have required Communists in both Red-ruled and free coun tries to denounce him. It is reported that Tito is now drafting his reply to the Moscow ultimatum and that it will be sent to Moscow in a few days in the name of the central committee of the Yugo slav party. Will Maintain Independence Advices say the reply will urge the Russians to agree that disputes among Communists should be argued out in a friendly way. But the reply will leave Khrushchev and his colleagues in no doubt that Tito intends to maintain his independence whatever the cost may be. "Neutralist" Nehru's criti cism of the Russian and Chi nese Reds was aimed also at the Indian Communist Party. Nehru said the Indian Reds sent a message of good will to Tito last month during a con gress -of -the Yugoslav Com munist Party. But when Mos cow opened up its new attack on him, the Indian Reds sent him another message, quite contradictory, criticizing his independence. Nehru's criticism of the Rus sian and Chinese Communists, as well as his own, may have been influenced by the fact that his Congress Party, domi nant ever since India attained its independence, is losing ground to various opposition groups "including the Com munists. Commencement Set at Talent High Tomorrow Night Talent Commencement ex ercises for 29 graduating sen iors will be held at the Tal ent High school gymnasium Thursday, May 22, at 8 p.m. "The Call of Life" is the topic on which Valedictorian David Spongier will speak; Priscilla Welch, salutatorian, has selected "So Long, Mr. Biggs." Dr. Bill A. Sampson, of Southern Oregon college, will deliver the principal ad dress, "The Uncertain Fu ture." Presentation of diplomas will be made by Gilbert Hill, chairman of the local school board. The Rev. A. Clark will deliver the invocation and benediction. "We have crossed the bay; the ocean lies before us," is the motto of the class. Graduates : Graduates are Gerald D. Baer, Hermon Darrell Can non, Philip Howard Combs, Paul Emmerson Conner, Ny lia Jean Cooper, Colleen Ann Creel, Betty Jean Cutburth, Charlotte Ann Ford, Melvin Walter Gingerich, Julie Co rine Hanson, Michael Bell Harris, Karlos Wayne Heard, Sallie Jeanne Henry, Jerry Allen Holdridge, and William Lee Howell. Others are Christine Louise Knudsen, Oscar Darrell Leek, Mary Kathleen Olson, Gloria Jean Quackenbush, Gerald W. Rice, Marie Alice Schmel zer, William R. Snyder, David Robert Spangler, Frank Mar- shall Thompson, Charmian Ann Tipsword, John Riley Toll, John Wayne Walker, Dixie J. Webber, and Priscilla Kay Welch. Commencement tomorrow marks the 39th annual grad uation exercises at Talent High school. a Chico, Calif, couple, two to Ashland people, three apart ments to Grants Pass residents and two to North Carolina people. . ers which made honest men shudder. For example: Dave Beck and others. On the record, the epithet "slave labor law," was a con trived and indefensible over statement designed more to defeat the legislation than ac curately to describe its pur pose or its likely effect. Congress now is in the pro cess of correcting some of the conditions disclosed by its labor investigators, limiting its corrective action, however, to a narrow field. An effort to widen and toughen the cor rective legislation was licked in the Senate. The Labor lead ers opposed this effort as hot ly as they opposed the Taft Hartley Act back there in the 80th and, doubtless, rate the toughening amendments as an other effort to enslave labor. The Interpretation Sponsors of the tougher proposals do not so interpret them. Quite the contrary. Sen. Andrew Schoeppel (R-Kan.) was challenged by organized labor for his support of more stringent amendment of the Taft-Hartley Act than the Democratic leadership of the Senate would accept. The sen ator's telegram in response to that challenge contained some questions which might profit ably be directed to any man who, controlling and practi cally owning a big union, finds himself in the preffered posi tion of a Dave Beck, then, or a Jimmy Hoffa, now. "Are you opposed," Schoep pel inquired of his challenger, "to giving every member of a labor organization the right to vote? "Are you opposed to the use of secret ballots properly supervised where every mem ber may vote without fear of reprisal? ."What is so damaging with legislation which provides that the funds of the local un ion are to be used exclusively in connection with the affairs of the local union when a trus teeship has been established?" Amendments Defined Here is how Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) de scribes the toughening amend ments which he introduced but which the Senate rejected: Guarantees election of union officers by secret bal lot. : Provides for lecall of union officials who misuse their positions. Prevents conspiracies be tween management and union officials against the welfare of union members. Protects union members' welfare and pension pro grams. Requires that unions le gally permitted to represent all employees in an industry or plant shall admit all em ployees desiring membership. Provides a voice for un ion members in conditions, terms and duration of strikes. Prevents .appointed trus tees from exercising arbitrary control. Provides for regulation by union members of the ac tions of their unions on ques tions of excessive union fees, assessments or arbitrary ac tions. Those provisions were re jected by the Senate and by the labor leaders. They were put aside with a promise of action later at this session. That promise probably isn't worth a dime because it does not bind the house where no action is remotely likely. Sawmill Workers Set Negotiations. Portland OP) Earl Hartley, executive secretary of the Lumber and Sawmill Work ers Union, AFL-CIO, said on Tuesday the next negotiations meeting between the union and lumber industry employ ers would be held here May 28. It had originally been scheduled for Thursday. Hartley said the union's ex ecutive board would meet May 27 and would announce then the results of a strike authorization vote among 80, 000 members in seven West ern states. The union is asking for a 31-cent hourly pay package. It refused to go along with the rival International Wood workers of America, AFL CIO, agreed to go along with out a pay hike for the present because of a depressed lumber market. B U H A C H Best For Insect Pests Ana, Roaches, Bedbugj or Mosquitoes around the house Fleas on cat or dog Lice on plants or birds. Be Sure Y"ou Gef BUIIACII Safe Eosy To Ui Iconomkol Communications 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 paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Anniversary of TVA To the Editor: It was 25 years ago that Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an historic document creating the Ten nessee Valley Authority. In a time when democracy seems irresolute and sterile in many areas, the story of TVA's achievements deserves wide celebration. As Morris Rubin points out in a special TVA anniversary issue of The. Pro gressive, the TVA idea "has come to symbolize a deeply democratic alternative to both the law of the jungle and the tyranny of totalitarian ism." The essence of TVA, he notes, is the "partnership of the federal government with the people of a great river valley to plan the unified de velopment and maximum use of all the resources for the benefit of all the people." A In its infancy TVA was bit terly damned by know-noth ing critics as a threat to "states' rights," an omen of federal despotism, a symbol of un-Americanism. Now, throughout the Tennessee Valley, millions of lives are better because this dream came true. It is perhaps the greatest of all New Deal mon uments. More than that, it points the way to a new vis ion of federal, state and local partnership that has been virtually lost in the era of Eisenhower. John Jackson Taylor, 136 Fourth st., Troy, N.Y. Lessons of History To the Editor: Congratula tions on the fine editorial "The Lessons of History" which appeared in the Med ford Mail Tribune, May 12. The Oregon Historical Soc iety is deeply interested in the work accomplished by our affiliated organization, the Southern Oregon Historical Society. If the Siskiyou Pio neer Sites Foundation can in any . sense supplement the su perb work accomplished by S. O. H. S., our entire region al history will be deeply obli gated to their program. ", Thomas Vaughan, Director, OregonHistorical Society Portland High-Handed Companies . To the Editor: The automo bile industry holds a key po sition in our economy. What are the big automobile com panies doing to help combat the present recession? Last fall when the United Auto Workers' Union propos ed that car prices be reduced by S100 the automobile comp anies replied, in effect, that it was nobody's business but theirs what prices they chose to set. Recently government officials proposed that, in re turn for the removal of excise taxes on new cars, car prices might be reduced. The auto mobile companies replied that they could entertain no such proposal, since it would amount to "virtual price con trol" by the government. Price control. I wonder. Seems to me the quickest way to bring it on (price con trol, that is) as a permanent policy will be the continua tions of this haughty-highhanded, uncooperative public-be-damned attitude of the big companies. For surely in this democracy where we hold destiny in our own hands by means of the popular vote we will not be forever content to have our cream siphoned away by the motor and oil companies while thousands go unemployed. As of now the "you auto buy now" campaign amounts to little . more than free ad vertising for the benefit of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. E. Whealdon, 804 Cedar st. Medford A STEADFAST PURPOSE to serve every familily ac cording to their dictates, and financial means, has made possible the success of this organization for mnmm uumm C. M. Lirwiller more than twenty - three years. Wedding Chapel by appointment . at any hour, call MU 5-4541 LITWILLER ISi FUNtKAL HOME Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND "t is better to know us and not need us, We Never Close than to need us and not know us." Porter Criticized To the Editor: Porter keeps talking and the price of ply wood keeps dropping. Our Congressman says that Japan ese plywood does not affect the plywood industry in "Ore gon. The fact that more and more of it is being used while more and more Oregon lum ber workers are suffering must be of no concern to Congressman Porter. Elizabeth Miller, Trail From Clerk Candidate To the Editor: I want to thank the many people who voted for me in the Demo cratic primaries and the many people who worked so hard for me during the campaign. I am very grateful to you for the nomination. , I also want to assure all of my supporters that we will conduct a vigorous campaign to win this November. Marvin Madden, Box 476, Phoenix Plea for Hemophiliacs To the Editor: Here is an ad we'd like to run in every newspaper of the Western and Mountain States if we had the money: "Wanted: Five-Hundred Women's Clubs in need of a project devoid of frills but loaded with imme diate importance. Object To keep innocent youngsters from bleeding to death. Apply to Hemophilia Foundation." There are many thousands of hemophiliacs in the United States most of them chil dren a large percentage of them resident in the Western and Mountain States serviced (plasma by mail) by this non profit, non - denominational Foundation. Many of these kids will die this year unless they get help. A hemophiliac's blood does not clot. The slightest bump can start internal bleeding and, without quick and skill ful treatment, the result can be painfully crippled joints or even death. There is a cure for hemo philia! If we weren't sure of that, the whole struggle would be hopeless. The only thing is that cure has yet to be found. And we need help in finding it. We need help, too, In keep ing our kids alive until the cure is found. This we do by means of whole blood . and plasma transfusions. We'd like to be proud, and say we can handle it alone. But we can't! We need help. We need it badly. We are in debt up to our ears. Our kids continue to bleed. And we must keep them alive, till a cure is found. That's why we're making this appeal to women's clubs. We know that most such groups already are committed to helping favorite charities and we don't ask that they throw out those charities and take us instead. Our hope is that each wo men's club in the West might consider giving us' the crumbs from the table of Lazarus, so to speak; keep your present charities, but pledge your selves to give one of our kids just one plasma transfusion a month. That means only $4 a month per club or group. " Would anyone reading this, who belongs to a club, a so ciety, an auxiliary please take it up at the next meeting of your organization? Or, if you have a friend who belongs to such an organization, clip this letter and give it to her. Please write to us. In telling your friends about us, please stress the word "Hope" in our address. R. P. McDonagh, Secretary Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California,. 1401 South Hope st., Los Angeles, 15 Memphis, Tenn. rtPI Mrs. Virginia Croft went fishing Tuesday in the Tennessee river and caught a duck. One of her casts accidentally hooked a member of a flight of mallards. Mrs. Litwiller
