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4 Sunday, OcfeWf 12, 1951 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MEDF0RD5eTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by S3 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager UbiuujJ LAifuun, pminrss mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR, Managing Editor EARL A ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor dale tmcmoH, circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Dany ana Sunday 6 mos. tt.m Dally and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only On year $4.20. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Fhoenix. shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday l year 918.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c ah xerms casn in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official paper or Jactson county United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CCs INC, Of fices in New York. Chicago, De- ' troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. rV NEWSPAPER i PUBLISHERS 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAl 5jaiAc5'8H h"'"",,l'"im Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune JO. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO October 12, 1948 (Tuesday) Medford's city council last night called for bids for con struction of the Camp White trunk sewer line. A half dozen chinchillas, considered "Very Important Passengers' arrived at muni cipal airport this morning. 20 YEARS AGO October 12. 1938 (Wednesday) Capt. Oliver Cromwell Ap plegate, most famed pioneer and Indian lighter in southern Oregon, dies at 92 in Klamath Falls. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "It is now conteded by editorial writers the New York Yank ees of the American league 'are too good, and should have their strength reduced by sell ing some of their stars.' " 30 YEARS AGO ' October 12, 1928 (Friday) Twenty-two Jackson coun ty residents are eligible for a "bootleggers' ' convention" to be held here thjs winter by federal authorities anxious to collect back taxes on liquor manufacture. : ' Work crews are cutting tim ber and grading for the new road from Fish lake to Lake of the Woods. 40 YEARS AGO October 12. 1918 (Saturday) Mayor Gates has banned all public meetings in an effort to check the inroads of Spanish influenza. Knox Price, 6-year-old "wonder orator," stirred audi ences at the Rialto and Page theatres last night with a pa triotic address on buying lib erty bonds in which "he look ed too cute for anything." What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five et six is good. 1.- Which of these movie actors was born in Pittsburg Bob Hope, Adolphe Men- jou, Bing Crosby? 2. In which California city is the annual Rose Bowl foot ball classic played on New Years's. Day? . . 3. Leaves turn red . and yellow in the fall because of frost; true or false? - 4. Among Jesus' -disciples, there were two sets of broth ers; James and John were one set; who comprised the other? 5. Which supplies more calories-a pound of avocados or bananas? - 6. Death Valley is in Ari zona, California, or Washing ton? 7. "Trigger" is the name of a horse used by which movie actor? ' . 8. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock on December 21; was it in 1618, 1620, or 1621? 9. How many mills are there in a cent? " 10. Who is presently Chief Justice of the United States? " Answers: lJVdolphe Men iou. 2. Pasadena. 3. False. 4. Peter and Andrew. 5. Avo cados. 6. California. 7. Roy Rogers. 8. 1620. 9. Ten mills. 10. Earl Warren. Protecting a Source A reporter, it has often been said, is as good as his "contacts." Some "of his stories are gleaned from public records. Many are based on events be they debates or disasters that he observes. But other stories, often the most important ones, he must get "the hard way," relying on people whom he trusts and who trust him. A CITY official covers up misuse of funds. The Governor plans a "surprise" visit. The State Department studies a .change of policy. To get wind of such stories, a reporter needs "contacts," people who give him valuable tips but hastily add, "Don't quote me." The good reporter gives them his word. As he seeks confirmation of what he's been told else where, he simply explains that "someone" fir mentioned it or "there's a rumor floating around When the story is published, the facts are at tributed to "informed sources" or "spokesmen." Knowing their names and hence their jobs are not endangered the contacts will be ready to' help again. TTHIS mutual trust is basic to the ethics and 1 practice of journalism. Without it, reporters and the public could remain dangerously uninformed. Marie-Torre, television columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, was sentenced last Novem ber to 10 days in jail for protecting this trust. In her column for Jan. 10, 1957 she attributed to, a "network executive" at CBS certain state ments concerning the character of Judy Garland, actress and singer. Miss Garland as a result sued CBS for defamation and breach of contract. The court asked Miss Torre to name the "exec utive." Miss Torre declined to do so. She was convicted of criminal contempt. LIER case was appealed on two counts. First, that freedom of the press was threatened. Second, that forcing a reporter to name a news source would result in the loss of "contacts" and thus cause "occupational damage." Recently a UT S. Court of Appeals, admitting its decision was "delicate" if not "difficult," de nied the appeal. It ruled that "a paramount public interest in the fair administration of justice" takes prece dence over freedom of the press. Ogden R. Reid, editor and president of the Herald Tribune, has announced the case will be taken to the U. S. Supreme Court "since this is the first time a federal appellate court has dealt with the broad question of the proper protection of a reporter's confidential sources." . THE case may well set a crucial precedent. Miss Torre has asserted what responsible journalists consider fundamental to their pro fessional ethics, the right to protect "contacts' in the interest of getting news. The recent opinion of the appeals court over-rules this right. Incidentally, the opinion's author is Judge Pot ter Stewart, just appointed to the Supreme Court. We trust he will disqualify himself if and when Miss Torre's case comes before it. CHOULD the Supreme Court-uphold her con eviction, or decline to review the case, the Amer ican press will face a two-fold threat. First, other cases in which reporters protect their sources, who may well be public servants rather than "network executives," will be decid ed on this precedent. Second, and more formidable, many vital "contacts," fearing possible court-room disclo sures, will decide that while they can trust the reporter they dare not take a chance with the law. The more important or controversial the story, the greater this danger. ' One less "informed source" equals that much less news. And what of the public's "right to know?" E. W. , Work Starting The picture in the Mail Tribune Friday, showr ing that construction is finally getting underlay on the big new shopping center along Jackson street, was welcome news. Quite frequently, during the summer, this of fice would receive telephone calls asking when the work was going to start. All we knew was that it was scheduled to get'going about the first of September.. . . THERE were delays, but these were overcome, and now the work begins. It will include a Sears, Roebuck company store, a Safeway store, and several others. There will be ample parking. We do not believe this center, only a few blocks from the downtown area, will detract from the city's core, and may, indeed, serve as a busi ness stimulant there. In any event, the shopping area will be a wel come addition to the economy of Medford and Jackson county. E.A, Sobering Thought "The recognition that there are logical altern atives even to our most cherished beliefs is a so bering thought. But is is also an idea that can em ancipate men from intolerant dogma and illiberal provincialism." (From a book review in the Scientific Ameri can, by Ernest NageL) are not to be published or other relationships Matter of Fact THE SHAMBLES . San Francisco - Will Gov. Goodwin Knight climb into the U. S. Senate over the pros- 3 trate body of retiring Sen. Will i a m Knowland, or wiU he trip oh the corpse and end in the same grave? That seems to be the shortest sum- Jof.ph Alsop mary, mine grisly soap opera styie, of the present situation in the Cali fornia elections. Maybe this reporter has been grossly mis informed. If so, his informants have been, leading Republi cans. . The Democrats think they are going to win both the Governorship and the Sen ate seat. Some Republicans think that they can save the Senate seat, though not the Governorship. But the indomitable Bill Knowland and his hardwork ing wife seem to be just about the only people in California who do not already concede Knowland's defeat by Demo cratic Attorney General Pat Brown. And a great many peo ple in Knowland's own party expect such a big victory for Brown that Knight will lose too; and the Democrats will also capture the traditional Republican command post in this state, control of the State Legislature. pOV. Knight himself quite plainly sees the California picture in the terms of the foregoing summary. He want ed, of course, to run for re election to the Governorship. He is still boiling with resent ment, of course, because he was fairly brutally side-track ed into the Senate race by Bll Knowland and his local allies. Emotion no doubt in fluences Knicht's iudsment of his problem. All the same. Knieht is an experienced political opera tor. However much he wanted to be Governor again he would not knowingly allow his emotions to imDeril his chance to win the Senate seat. Yet to all intents and pur poses, he is running against Knowland, his own party's candidate for the Governor ship, just as hard as he is running against his opponent in the Senate race, Democrat ic Rep. Clair Engle. . The Knight speeches are peppered with hints that he is a folksier, nicer, friendlier, better man than Knowland; and the other day Knight went so far as to admit, for the record, that he was far from sure whether he could even bring himself to vote for Knowland. The greater diffi culty of Knowland's situation can be gauged from the fact that this proud and rather rigid man somewhat patheti cally reminds all comers that he and Knight have appeared Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann THE GOLDEN BRIDGE According to Gen. Laurence Kuter, speaking in an inter view at Tokyo where he is Air Command er in the Pa cific, the rea son why Pei ping has insti tuted a seven day cease-fire is "failure of the announced and boasted - Walter . . . . . Lippmann munist intent to take. the offshore islands." This . is not a convincing contribution to a difficult sit uation, and the General, if he feels that it is proper for Gen erals to make political state ments, should at least not count the chickens until some of them are hatched. For if, it By Joseph Alsop together on the same plat form. "You see," he all but says, "we are united." . . IT'NIGHT - Knowland unity has by no means been achieved, however, by these rare joint appearances, al ways arranged with elabor ate diplomacy. The central difference between them arises from the fact that Knowland sees himself as an other Robert A. Taft, where as Knight sees himself as another Earl Warren. Taking the Taft line, Knowland com mitted himself to all-out sup port of the so-called right-to-work law. Knight, who .has much labor support, is equally all-out against right-to-work. Judging : by appearances, Knowland's campaign strate gy was sadly ill-conceived. In the famous 1950 Ohio cam paign, Sen. Taft began with rock - solid support from the farmers, from the middle in come groups and above all, from the entire business com munity. The Taft business support was not just solid in Ohio. It came "from all over the country. Taft, the con servative symbol, attracted campaign contributions on such a lavish scale that the Ohio Republicans were able to spend close to $3,000,000 that year - an all-time record for such a contest. j ITNOWLAND simply has not put himself across as a conservative symbol who must be saved at all cost. Possibly this is because Know land's opponent, the amiable Brown, looks just about as at tractive to many California business men as the rudely in dependent and frequently un predictable Knowland. At any rate, the failing of Knowland to make a score in the Taft style is evident,, of only be cause it is an open secret that his campaign is suffering from the most acute financial ane mia. Even Knight is better off in this respect, and the Demo cratic candidates are reputed to be more amply financed than either Knight or Know land. In addition, the presence of a right-to-work referendum on the California Ballot has caused the labor groups to make an enormous effort to get out their vote. The latest registration figures show the Democrats leading the Repub licans by 3 to 1 among the new California voters. These are the practical rea sons why Knight is running against Knowland and taking his stand as a friend of labor just as warm as any Demo crat. Everyone seems to agree that Knight will therefore get a lot of votes that Knowland does not get. But a question remains; how many votes of Knowland's enthusiasts will Knight lose by his remarkable tactics. (c) 1958 New. York Herald Tribune Inc. is true that the Red Chinese have failed at Quemoy, why did they put a time limit of seven days on the cease-fire? The time limit implies that they may renew bombard ment at the end of the seven days, and are we to suppose that this is a bluff, that they cannot renew the bombard ment? Conceivably it may be a bluff and if it is, they are, considering Chiang's attitude, taking an enormous risk of having their bluff called. It seems unlikely that this is the explanation. If the Chinese Communists are. unable to re new the bombardment, it would have been so easy and so much less risky for" them to have accepted the Dulles proposal for an unlimited cease-fire to be followed by a 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 aaper; in fact the contrary is oftsn the case. Greatest State .To the Editor: Your "Au tumn on the Rogue" editorial was so nicely expressed, thanks. Am sending my copy to a distant friend. I trust others will do likewise. - We do have so many bless ings in this wonderful state, and so much to offer the peo ple visiting here. But we also need something else, employ ment for those who may want to live here as well. A . genuine "Matisse" or "Rembrandt" is largely to look at, but one can get awful ly hungry just looking. We have some good and progressive-minded men as candi dates for office, to help get our state and, city out of the "pioneer" state it is in, and we so badly need some indus tries and payrolls for those who are already here, and for the generations yet planning to buy homes here. I'd make two good and real istic suggestions: Get out and vote these peo ple injo office, and get the "non-progressives" out. And let's change our slogan from "Get the tourist doUars" to one a little less obvious, "Get the tourists." ' Oregon is spending a great deal of money and time on the coming Centennial, and it will certainly work in reverse of what we are trying for, if we present this same old 100-year-old attitude, which has been all too prevalent, "Not the tourist, we don't want him,-" True we have no way pro vided for new people to make a living here, but that over sight can be remedied if we are lucky enough to get an "entirely new" administration in our state, county and city go'ernment. I do trust those who appreciate this blessed state of Oregon, and who are sincerely interested in its fu ture, will have the foresight to get to the polls and vote. . This is no longer a state for "retirees." Its possiblities are such that we can improve our own economy, not "beg" for the tourists' dollars, which are made in more progressive ter ritory. Autumn, spring or winter is wonderful in this most beautiful valley, and as I see it, a few factories would make it even lovelier. . Yours for a government of men who want to make this a state of people and payrolls, to provide lovely homes, to raise fine families, which, after all, is the backbone of a great nation. When we ac complish that, then only can we truthfully say, it's the greatest state in the U. S. A. Mary Williams 357 Orr dr. Central Point "Silly Season" Proof To the Editor: In answer to Mr. Schulz' letter to the edi tor (if it was his), there are some things all voters -should know. First, the "recent commu nication" on the same subject, referred to in Schultz' letter, was supposedly written by a Julius Davis, who has since angrily denied writing the letter. Further, the proceeding criticized by Mr. Schulz' ghost writer is the one prescribed by law. The Central Commit tee and both parties have one in every county are elected precinct workers: two from each precinct. I repeat: The Central Committee is elected by the people of their party. - In the event a vacancy oc curs after the primary, the Central Committee is delegat ed by law to fill that vacancy. The purpose of this law is as obvious as it is excellent. The voters want a choice and not a default in November. Get ready for more of the some, readers, as Walsh's withdrawal of Nationalist troops. THERE are two other im portant reasons why Gen. Kuter would have done well to refrain from claiming vic tory. The first is that with the strategic limitations at Que moy - Chiang being unable to take the offensive - there can be no- such thing as a victory. There can be a pause to bring up ammunition and guns. The bombardment can be renewed whenever the Communists are ready, and there is nothing that Chiang can do about it. The local initiative, provided they do not invade but only bombard Quemoy, is with the Communists. The other reason why Gen. Kuter was talking out of turn is that he has made it more difficult for this government to do what it is trying to do in the offshore islands. What the government is : trying to do is to obtain a cease - fire after" which, our being no longer at the point, of a gun, we can bring about a disen campaign manager tells me letters are being "inspired" right now. The "Silly Season" is indeed upon us. Jim Redden, Chairman Democratic Party of Jackson County Stop It!! To the Editor: It has come to my attention that a tele phone "committee' has com menced to operate in this county in regard to the sher iffs race. The caller, I under stand, identifies himself as one of my supporters and then engages in a character assassination of my opponent. I should like to make it clear that I regard this as completely despicable, and that the charges against my opponent are false. This person or "committee" is either a misguided support er of mine or of my opponent. They may think it will help me, or possibly that is will backfire on me and help my opponent. If it is their inten tion to help me, I don't want that kind of help? I have talked to my oppo nent's campaign manager and I know he deplores this. To the misguided individual or individuals responsible please stop! No race is that important. Larry Sheehan P. O. Box 555 Rogue River They Deserve Better To the Editor: I read the Editorial "Fairy Tale And Art Form," in the Mail Trib une and found it of special interest. My Grandmother and James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill Hickok," were brother and sister, there fore I claim, with some pride, a remote kinship to this fam ous man. During the time when the -TV western serial entitled "Wild Bill Hickok" was at its best (or worst) I was often completely dis gusted with the farce which claimed to relate some of the events of his life as a fron tier marshal. I've often wondered where they got the background ma terial for-the production and have doubted that they both ered to look up any facts Does anyone have the right to use the names of real peo ple when producing a Fairy Tale? We have no way of knowing or proving that they were real heroes or heels. To the people they helped and de fended they were heroes, and to the people they hurt or de fied they were cowards, bul lies and gun happy killers. Many accounts are given and I for one prefer to believe the very conservative reports of our history books. "; Wild Bill Hickok was a real person who lived and con tributed to the history of his country. He had many adven tures, some of them bold and daring. He was skillful with his gun. I doubt that he sought the fame which he re ceived. If he did he was care less about having it recorded for future generations. . Gun fighting was common in his day, so was killing. The En cyclopedia Britannica records several accounts of his service to his country as marshal and scout, and describes him as a man of. great courage and strength. TV writers and producers have taken his name and that of others like him and have built stories around them that you nor nobody else can be lieve. . I would like to see his name and the name of his contem poraries put back in the his tory of the West where they belong and given the respect and honor you would accord any other , famous person, statesman, doctor, explorer, and all others. Then I would gagement at Quemoy. Our own position is that we will not make our concession while there is shooting. We should not overlook the fact that Peiping will not wish to make the concession expected if it is to be proclaimed as a defeat. It will be the part of wis dom on both sides to remem ber "be not rash; a golden bridge is for a flying enemy." TH E immediate practical question is what is to happen at the end of the seven-day cease-fire. In trying to answer this question we can, to the best of my knowledge, define the present position as follows. We have asked for a general and unlimited cease fire to be followed by disen gagement in the offshore is lands. Peiping has replied by instituting a limited tease-fire combined with a proposal for direct negotiations with Chi ang about withdrawal from those islands: Along with this and, so to speak, parallel with this, there is reason to believe pTLUCC' (By M-T Staff and, Contributors) I M Xi v 0 . v "Ij IK -v il Ml -Til n i"' 3: Elliott Becken, the conservative but amenable assistant superintendent of schools in Medford, is shown above proving that it is, too, possible for grown-ups to hula a hoop. (He granted permission for the picture to be pub lished only on our solemn promise to let it be known that . it was not at some night club or other, but rather at the YMCA, where a report meeting for the United Medford ' Crusade was under way. A good cause, Elliott and you look kinda cute, too.) October, all you lucky peo ple, is "Potato Chip Month." We at the M-T news room were forcibly apprised of this fact Friday, when a large box, addressed to the city editor, arrived in the mail. It con tained about 20 small, indi vidual packets of potato chips, which were promptly dis tributed to the personnel, and which spoiled the lunches of some of the greedier ones. Well, not long after that, two MORE large boxes of chips arrived, also addressed to the city editor (who was beginning to get kind of tired of potato chips), and these too were to be distributed.' It's awfully nice of the po tato chip people to do this (presumably in the hope that some impressionable colum nist would mention the promo tion in a weak moment), and we appreciate it. But we won der if it isn't a bit self-defeat ing. We Have a hunch that our staff wiU be so full of chips for the next few days that they won't . go out and buy any for weeks and weeks. Our sports - editor ' kept waiting for his tomatoes to get ripe this fall, and was about ready to tear 'them up insist that all writers of Fairy Tales create names of their own around which they can build any story that comes to mind. Mrs. Rex Nicodemus 1122 West Fourth st. Medford. Approves Station To the Editor: I think the decision of the little Ashland church to set up a broadcast ing station for religious pro grams is an excellent idea. Most lddges and social or ganizations try to justify their existence by doing a certain amount of . philanth ropy work.' . V Youth clubs, etc., are ideal projects for them. . But there are many of us that would like the type of programs that a station of that' kind would produce. (Name on file) Medford that Peiping does not regard the Formosa question as im mediate and urgent, and that there is not now or in the im mediate future a Formosa crisis. Presumably, then, the an swer to the question of wheth er the cease-fire is to continue at the end of the seven days is that it will probably continue if somehow - perhaps at War saw, perhaps through inter mediaries at the United Na tions or elsewhere - Peiping is told that a bargain can be struck about Quemoy. The possibilities open to us in this phase of the whole af fair are disengagement in the offshore islands and a de facto standstill in Formosa. This would not be a lasting settle ment. But it could be a pro visional settlement which lasted for some time. That would be something. Not much perhaps but more than can be achieved by any other method that anyone has proposed, (c) 1958 New York - Herald Tribune Inc. and throw them away be cause they just got yellow instead of red, when he suddenly discovered he had unwittingly pur chased a variety which never does get red-just yellow. . WORLD SERIES RUMINATION Batters might come, batters might go. Gillette's jaunty parrot went on with its show. Haney might stutter, Stengel might mutter. The Papermate pen wand ered on through the butter. The last Yankee homer has finally been belted. ? ' The parrot's asleep. The , butter has melted. A woman, an acquaint ance of a hunter who bag ged a deer the first day of the season, couldn't under stand why her statement brought howls of laughter when she announced that the hunter had brought down a "two-point doe." " IN ANSWER TO "AHHH-CHOOI" It took a day to write thia ode, Between the lines, I blowed and blowed. Of all the colds I've ever had This Autumn one is twice as bad. Ensnared in its - clutches, deserted I sit, Swearing and bearing and sharing it. Will science rescue this , stuffy clan Of sniffing, coughing and sneezmg man? Come soon, come soon, Oh magic pill With which to cure this common ill. Ahhh-Choo! with the Kleen ex handy; Oh happy day1 when you felt dandy . But now I wail with fevered brow How can I endure this - How? How? HOW!!!!? The above offering was received in the mail from Jacksonville, written on a nose - drop - stained sheet of copy paper, and signed. ''From a miserable corres pondent, B. Hoskins. This also explains my short col umn this week. No ambi tion.". Gesundheit, Betlel The famed slogan of the postal service states that neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from the swift com pletion . of their appointed rounds. To which could be added the World Series. Along Stewart avenue last week a mailman was seen walking his accustomed route, with a transistor radio pressed to his ear. . There's more than one way to get club members to come to meetings on time. One 4-H club publication recently said: "Six coal black, cute, cuddly kittens for sale. Each equipped with melodious meows. Those members coming to club members late will get one free." . I
