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4 Monday, October 20, 1938 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MEDFORDtTRIlOKE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Readj The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 Worth Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RL'HL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 9 mos. 8 00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only One year $420. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices In New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Lps Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. O? NEWSPA'Et PUBIISHEIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL lASl,0C5,8N 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 Oct. 20. 1958 (Wednesday) A panel discussion of ballot measures is being arranged for the Jackson County Young Republican club.. The Rogue Valley 70-voice chorus plans variety for its fall concert, with selections ranging from a sacred chorale to "Kentucky Babe." 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 20. 1938 (Thursday) Resort owners of the Upper Rogue have organized to pro mote tourist trade.. " From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "War now centers in the Far East, and the Near East. The Near East is not far enough, and the Far East is too near." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 20, 1928 (Saturday) Nine members of one of Jackson county's most noto rious "rum rings" have been arrested in Ashland. : The Armory roller skating rink reopens next week. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 20. 1918 (Sunday) : Over a ton of fruit pits and nut shells have been tossed into boxes and barrels scat tered throughout cities and towns in the county. ' W. S. Barnum has gone to court to foreclose a mortgage on the Bullis family's South ern Oregon Traction com pany, better known as the Rogue River Valley railroad. What's Ycur I.Q.? , Nine er ten correct is superior; seven er eight is excellent; five oi six is good. 1. The bulldog is symbolic of Britain; what animal gen erally denotes Soviet Russia? 2. Name the Biblical patri arch who is reputed to have lived 969 years. . 3. In traveling east to west around the world, would one lose, or gain, a day? 4. What branch of the Army is identified as QMC? 5. A digamist is a person who has twice married legal ly; true or false? 6. Would you most likely find a pergola in the garden, on a Venetian canal, or in an ice skating rink? 7. Does the minute hand on a watch move 3, 6, or 12 times faster than the hour? 8. Is a daiquiri an oriental dagger, a cocktail, or an Afri can native? 9. Name the French states man who was nicknamed "the Tiger of France." 10. Does "12 M" on a letter signify that it was post marked at noon, or at mid night? Answers: The bear. 2. Meihusaleh. 3.' Lose a day. 4. Quartermaster Corps. 5. True. 6. In the garden. 7. 12 times. 8. Cocktail. 9. Georges Clemenceau. 10. Noon. NOVICE Hollywood (UPD Jymme Shore, 15, who last year played left field on the girls baseball team at school in San Gabriel, Calif., recently went , to work at the Disney Studios ; in "The Shaggy Dog." Jymme received her first pair of high heels for the part and prompt ly broke an ankle trying to 'learn w walk on them. T. R.'s Centennial The nation observes, with many appropriate cele brations, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt next week. "I did not tisurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of the Theodore Roosevelt of This centenary year affords a good vantage point for a look at the changes in federal governmental, structure that T.R. effected or foresaw. He had not exactly sought the vice presidential nomination ; indeed, on one occasion he declared that "under no cir cumstances" would he or could he accept the nomination. A biographer quotes him as saying, "I would greatly rather be anything, say a profes sor of history." But after T.R.'s two as Collier "Boss" Piatt, the New York GOP power,- was ready, as another source puts it, for "Roosevelt's promotion to any office outside the state." As it turned out, he was nominated in 1900 with no negative voice but his own. Viewing himself after election as shelved, po Iitically, he planned to far cry from the present, when perhaps the strongest Vice President viewed as the logical, choice for top office in DOOSEVELT'S first was quick administration. He cut through red tape and cleared his desk by delegating work to trusted subordinates. Few of the domestic "Roosevelt policies" were translated into law during his terms of of fice. Congress did give him a secretary of com merce and labor, who was to oversee the trusts, did . forbid the rebate of freight rates, did strengthen the interstate commerce act and its administration, did provide sweeping protection for the consumer of food control ot Lonarress was ashamed "stand-patters," and by the end of the Roosevelt presidency in 1909, Congress was in open revolt. It was as the Bull that T.R. ran on d platform he called it "a con tract with the people" that reads like a pro phecy of the social legislation to come. The Pro gressive Party promised woman sufferage, easier amendment of the Constitution, social welfare legislation for women and children, workmen's compensation, limitation of injunctions in labor disputes, farm relief, revision of the currency to assure elasticity, health insurance in' industry, in heritance and income taxes, improvement of in land waterways. THE platform said nothing about recall of ed. ButJt did provide cisions it was the left of center in those days which wanted to curb the court. T.R., with his "square deal," was described as an enemv oi business distant cousin with his described a generation later. But "Teddy" Roose velt a nickname he despised was scrupu lously careful to point a group, not a class. The "good" businessmen and the "eood" combinations knew they weren't his "malefactors of great wealth." T.R., a man of many himself the image of his society, which was speed ing through the last stages of an industrial revo lution. In the words of Frederick L. Paxson: "His career had personalized the American recogni tion of a changing world. His flaws were on the surf ace and undisguised ; his human values were timeless." E.R.R. Long-Reigning Popes Every new Pope in more than 400 years since Hadrian VI from 1523 has been of Italian this precedent the Church escapes any interna tional political or nationalistic pressures in mak ing its choice. . . .. The late Pius XII, over 19 years. His advanced age and the consid erable length of his reign were by no means ex ceptional among recent heads of the church. The new most Holy Father will be only the 14th since Siemens Alll became successor to . St. Peter m 1758. The Dredecessor nf Pins XTT was Pins XT who reigned for 17 years. Leo XIII reigned for 25 years; 1878-1903. Almost 68 when elected, he lived to be 93. PROBABLY the most cutdiB, m xoi, was , iterum JMovarum. Often termed the "social Magna Carta of Ca tholicism," it earned for its author the name of the "Workingman's Pope." It stressed the duties 'of employer to employee as well as the workers' rights, and helped to bring the Papacy to even higher prestige in the non-Catholic world. . His predecessor. Pius lived to be over 85 after: a years. It was by him that macuiaie conception ot tne Virgin was officially proclaimed in 1854 and. in 1870. t.hp rl noma nf the infallibility of the Pope, but only when speak ing ex cameara" in decisions on faith or mor als. E.R.R. . ? - executive power," wrote his years as President. of Theodore Roosevelt years as governor, Thorn study law or teach. A in history is generally perhaps inevitable GOP 1960. contribution as President " ' and drugs. But the GOP m tne nands oi un Moose candidate in 1912 . for recall of judicial de and his class, as his New Deal was to be out that he indicted only facets, somehow made The Netherlands died in origin. By adhering to dead at 82, reigned for famous of Leo XIII's en- IX. 54 when (rnwnpn. reign of more than 31 the dogma of the Im- Her NAWg k Gimv she tsam in ITALY. BUT SHE GREW UP . Washington Report By William THE POLICY SPLIT Washington - A deep and basic cleaveage between the regular" and "modern" Re publicans is clearly emerging as the Congressional cam paign nears its close. So, too, is a divis ion similar in kind but not nearly so big in degree among the Democrats. The separ a t i n g factor is the concept of bipartisan ship should in fact be Drac- William S. WbiU ucea when people are run ning for office? This is the question that draws the lines of division. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, who is becoming more identified with the regular than with the modern-Eisenhower wine. has, in effect, abandoned bi partisanship. Though he la ter agreed with Mr. Nixon that criticism needed at least "to be answered," Presi dent , Eisenhower has declar ed that "foreign policy ought to be kept out of partisan de bate." Mr. Nixon has plain ly said exactly the ODDosite. And he is acting accordingly. . rpHE Vice-President is ex plaining that the Presi dent's responsibilities as a na tional leader are one thing and that Richard M. Nixon's responsibilities as the leader m a political camDaien." are quite another thing. It is in teresting. Darentheticallv. that Mr. Nixon' has thus formally laid claim to what he alreadv held in fact-the directing headship of the entire Remib- lican campaign. More interesting and more to the present point, however, is the light this sheds on what are, for this purpose, two Re publican parties. Mr. . Nixon is speaking the language, al most right down to the ground, of the orthodox Re publicans. Their late leader, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, thought bipartisanship was pretentious nonsense , and would say so when pro voked. "The business of the oppo sition," he used to declaim in his dry, nasal voice, "is to oppose." And he no more hesitated to attack a foreign policy in charge of the oppo site party than he did the smallest domestic bill. Mr. Nixon has not gone quite that far on the other side -of the coin, nor do the bulk of the present regular Republicans. Try and -By BENNETT CERF- REMEMBER QUEEN SALOTE of the distant land of Tonga a majestic, 7-foot-tall Polynesian who all but stole the show at Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953? Pouring rain could not dim her expansive smile or the finery she was sporting. But said finery didn't come from Tonga not even from the South Pacific area. It was sup plied by New York's R. H. Macy. Another unusual sale by Macy's (my informant is Margaret Harriman) was made to a Brizilian who liked -the looks of a live burro he spotted in a pro motion stunt and insisted it be sent to his plantation in far-off Brazil. Some weeks later, credit Wrote the burro-fancier: "When I saw it at my home, alas, it did not have the same appealing expression around the eyes." ' In & Stamford. Conn., book shop a couple came upon 25 copies of Homer's "Odyssey." "I wonder why they stock that book so heavi ly?" observed the wife. The husband surmised, "Probably a local author." I C 133. by Bennett Cert Slstributed by Kiag Features Syndicate, S. Whit. TJE AND they,.however, are imbued with a spirit that could not be more different from that of Mr. Eisenhower and the rest of the . moderns, The President and his people are always uncomfortable at the injection of foreign af fairs into national party poli tics. The Vice-President and the "regulars" in general are not in the least so troubled. On the contrary. They led a violently partisan attack on the Truman Adminstration in the same field. And beyond doubt this was a critical force in ending 20 years of Democratic control of the White House. Nobody knows this better than they do. Ac cordingly, they are profound ly sensitive to Democratic at tacks on them in the same area now because they are so completely aware that this sort of thing, now or in 1960, could lead to their own de struction. They hit back at what they fear most and in practical politics quite soundly fear. In a word, they play the game to win. Thus, the distinction be tween the regular and mod ern Republicans is. if in a ra ther vague way, the distinc tion between a traditional and a liberal view of Dolitics. But the distinction between the Democratic foreign nolicv bipartisans and those who do not really believe in it is quite another matter. - - . IN THAT party there is no liberal versus conservative division. Rather it is one pri marily of age and back ground. Most of the older Democrats, whether liberal or conservative, genuinely sup port bipartisanship, because they have a mellower view of the world and a more ma ture sense of proportion. It is almost in every case the young Democrat who breaks bipartisanship-though, unlike the Republican old guardist, he tries to convince himself that he isn't doing it. To see how little Demo cratic bipartisanship is relat ed to what is liberal or what is conservative look at the case of Harry S. Truman. Mr. Truman certainly was a "lib eral" President. But Mr. Tru man is still backing biparti sanship, however much he dis likes the Eisenhower Admin istration. And what is being said now about this erstwhile liberal here by some younger Democratic liberals in pri vate is about as harsh as anything the Republicans used to say. Such language! (Copyright, 1958, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Stop Me however, it was returned for Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop ONE CHEER FOR FOSTER Washington-Sorfie time has already passed since the Chi nese Communists extended "1 their cease fire at Que moy. In the interval hard' ly anyone, even includ ing the Secre tary of State himself, has fort hrightly applauded the -Install Alsop success OI American policy. So the time has come to get at least one cheer for John Foster Dulles. The extension of the cease fire strongly confirms the forecast, first offered in this space, that the Communists had. already made up their minds not to start shooting again, before they broke off military action for the orig inal cease-fire period of one week. One must still keep all fingers crossed. But the evi dence . is now really very strong that the military hase of the crisis in the Formosa Strait is at an end. The sole purpose of the firm policy that Secretary Dulles sponsored was to meet the test of the 'Communists' military action against the offshore islands. The test has been- met, . unless all the known evidence is mislead ing. Furthermore,' credit for this success has not been given where credit is due. DESPITE the comparative effectiveness of the Sino American blockade running, the Communists could easily have continued and tightened the Quemoy blockade. Des pite the miserable showing of their air , units in combat with the Nationalists, the Communists could have borne down the National air power by sheer weight of numbers. But they could not do these things without grave risk of widening and intensifying the fighting. And they did not choose to run this risk, because a wider war seemed likely to involve the United States. - Beyond any doubt, this was the real reason for the Com munist decision, to stop shoot ing. And this success must therefore be credited almost entirely to Secretary Dulles policy,. which determined the Communist calculation o.f risk, plus the stoutness of the men at the Quemoy garrison It may therefore be asked why it is time to give only one cheer for John Foster Dulles, instead of three ring ins cheers and " a siss-boom bah. . The answer lies in the Secretary of State's responsi hilitv for the cheaD fakery of the past, which so infinitely complicates the still-danger ous present. . ' - FOUR great past fakes hag ride the policy-makers The first was the Dulles elec tion vear fake about "liberal ing" the nations under the rnmmunist voke. The second was th Dulles oost-election fake, the "unleashing oi Chiani? Kai-shek." The third was Chiang Kai-shek's own fake, his talk about reinvad in the mainland and defeat ing the Communists by force of arms. And these tnree fakes combine together to nroduce fake number four, and the heavy military com mitment to.theof fshore islands. ' Thie rnmmitment became a fake as soon as the islands ceased to be used as a basis fir nneration against the mainland. This began to hap ten in 1955. after the Eisen hower Administration's care fully inconspicuous reversal of the phony "unleashing oi Chiang. Thereafter, the Chi nese Nationalists successively abandoned air attacks against mainland. targets; interfer ence with shipping entering mainland harbors; and even artillery fire by the guns on the offshore islands except in direct response from the Communists' guns. AH these steps were taken by Ameri can request. Today, even air reconnaissance flights over the mainland have been given up, which is a rather risky final step. I i Stops Constipation Due to "Aging Colon" New laxative discovery re-creates 3 essentials ; for normal regularity. As you grow older, the internal mus cles of your colon wall also age, lose the strength that propels waste from the body. Stagnant bowel contents be come so dry and shrunken that they fail to stimulate the urge to purge. . Relief, doctors say, lies in a new laxative principle. Old-style bulks and moisteners may create gas, take 3 or 4 days for relief. Old-style salts and drugs cramp and gripe the entire system. Of all laxatives, only new Colonaid gives you its special 3-way relief that works only on the lower colon (area of constipation). - Communications Letters to the Editcr must bear the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted Sot publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Approbation To the Editor: The follow ing letter . has been sent , to Mrs Thomas Rutter, , voters service chairman, League of Women Voters, Medford: ; Dear Mrs. Rutters: On be half of all the Republican candidates please express our appreciation to the League of Women Voters for the Candi dates Fair and to .the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jaycettes for the wonderful refreshments. Efforts o f organizations like the League of Women Voters, who work to bring the voters and the candidates face to face, will always help bring about improved govern ment. - This opportunity of per sonal contact and discussion with the voting public is al ways welcomed and appreciat ed by all- the Republican candidates. Donald L. Stathos, Chairman, Jackson ;, County Republican Central Committee Sleepin' Sickness To the Editor: Aye gollies now,' that Make Medford Beautiful program has possi bilities. And Dick Humphrey says Oregon has 'election sleeping' sickness with fever', and nobody knows what to put in at the park; that is, they didn't have an 'expert' there to tell them what to do. Well, now I reckon it this way; Oregon has got sleeping sickness an' it danged shore ain't confined to elections; the, whole goshdurn place is sleepin', all t the time. Every body just wants to set and toast his toes, reckonin the other guy is a aimin' to do it, and sure nuff-t'other guy is a-settin' just around t'other side er the stove a-sleepin' and a-toastin' his own toes." And : all the while they's both watchin' teevee program about Virginia .. City which ain't HALF the 'country it is right here, nor as old and pre- N EITHER the releashing of Chiang nor.' its practical consequences were publicly announced. They are not being publicly emphasized, even today -- because this would be an admission1 of past fakery.; For . the same reason, Secretary. Dulles ha? not publicly swallowed ' his words about "liberation,", and Chiang Kai-shek has not pub licly admitted that he has hot the slightest intention of rem vading the mainland. Conse quently all our : allies and many worthy persons in this country go on worrying and agitating about dangers that are now - wholly- imaginary. Speaking realistically, these aspects of the problem can simply be forgotten. Yet one question then re mains. How can the status of the offshore islands be sensi bly regulated? If the United States had flaccidly allowed Chiang to be thrown off the islands by Communist brute force, the most damaging con clusions about America's strength of arm and will would have been drawn by all Asians friendly to the West and by the Communist leaders. But against the back ground of the frustrated Com munist attack, is it now pos sible to' give the offshore is lands a more common sensible status without seeming to retreat under threat? . If there is any safe answer to this question, it will, prob ably take the form of propos als emanating from the West's Asian friends, especially the Japanese, the Filipinos, the South Vietnamese and the Thailanders. If these nations begin to press Chiang Kai shek to accept a new status for offshore islands, the situa tion will suddenly acquire a wholly new look. The wiser American policy-makers are already hoping for this sort of Asian initiative, after a lit tle more , time has been al lowed for relaxation of the crisis atmosphere. (1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc.) (1) Colonaid moisturizes dry, hardened waste for easy passage with out pain or strain. (2) Colonaid's unequalled rebulking action helps re tone flabby colon muscles. (3) And Colonaid acts gently, on the nerve reflexes that stimulate the vital "mass movement'' of your lower colon. Colonaid relieves even chronic constipation overnight; is so gentle it -was hospital proved safe even for ex pectant mothers. And Colonaid won't interfere with absorption of vitamins or other food nutrients. Get Colonaid today! Introductory size 43?. served historically. Mean while, . them critters in Vir ginia. City is a-puttin' in sup plies and money and a gettin rich while pore ole Oregon jest keeps sittin' and gettin' the seat of his pants thinner so's the 'cold gets in easier thataway, and his supplies - why he scratched the bottom of the barrel long ago. You all want to make Med ford beautiful - well you just start throwin' up some of them ugly 12 by 20-foot bill boards like those what sez, ?'Hurrahs Club" and "Bucket of Blurp", like you see all up and - down Californy and plumb to Texas, and I can tell you that the nice new greeu and black paper money you can corral: in come next year will be about the purtiest danged site you all ever, laid eye on. Jimmy Jones . . 31 Lewis st. Medford How About Industry? To the Editor: To hear Re publicans now, you would think they never had a chance to help industry in this state. But. after 20 years of Re publican rule, it took a Demo cratic governor to call the special session to reduce taxes on business and indus try; it was a Democratic legis lature that voted to take the state out of the property tax field; and it was a Democratic governor- who asked and re ceivedxmore money for a De partment of Development to help bring in industry. Up until Candidate Hatfield started up the old Republican cry about Oregon discourag ing industry, things were look ing up in this state. What could discourage business more than gloomy talk and the, "hard money" policy of the Republican administra tion? It certainly seems peculiar to me that while Governor Holmes is working hard to bring in industry, his oppo nent is telling the world how awful Oregon is. Dave Epps, Chairnian Democratic Party of Oregon ' Portland Not ANY Issues? To the Editor: This regards Don Stathos' desperate pass at a few votes in Oct. 15 "Communications." -Stathos broadly hints that there is something illegal about . Congressman Charles O. Porter having mailed his year-end report on the 85th Congress to his constituents under his franking privilege. If Stathos actually asks some one for a .legal opinion as he says he will, he will find that this use of the frank is per fectly legal, but he may scare his lawyer to death regarding libel laws. As a matter of fact, Con gressman Porter's Republican predecessor in office, Harris Ellsworth, consistently mail ed his year-end report to his constituents under the frank for many years. So do all the members of Congress who are devoted eriough to issue reports.- . ; The reprinting of Mr. Por ter's report from the Congres sional Record was done by the Government Printing Office, but the office was reimbursed by toe Congressman for the full cost of the paper,' print ing and envelopes. There' is no fraud involved. I think, Stathos would prob ably vote Democratic if he took the time to sit down for a few minutes, with a copy of. Congressman Porter's report. He would find that it is not a "piece of political prop aganda" at all, but instead a concise rundown on the work of the 85th Congress and of Reasonable Funercjs (Priced for Everyone) f A1 V I K A f 1 V I Fperi " -teSlramS FRIENDLY, the work of our Representa tive's office for the past two years. t - Incidentally, Congressman Gwenn, a Republican of New York, has gone to the extent of sending his report out na tionwide, and he uses the frank to do it." C'mon Don, can't you find ANY issues? Jim Redden County Chairman J, i Democratic Party Is Life So Cheap? To tlie Editor: Just how far will a hunter go to "get his kill"? . Since pheasant season ' op ened hunters have been ter rorizing our neighborhood on Thomas rd. and Sunset, only half a mile from Medford city limits. A couple have been hunt ing in a three acre field sur rounded by homes with both shotgun and .22 rifle. The sec ond day one shot through the walnut tree in a front yard and the bullet struck the house, just missing four chil dren waiting for the school ' bus. A recent article in this newspaper reported a hunter calmly strolling away after sending two pre-school girls screaming into their home covered with the marks made by the shot from his gun. Every year "trigger happy" hunters are permitted to hunt too close to homes, jeopard izing life, livestock and prop erty sometimes leaving be reaved widows, or parents to grieve over the loss of a child. Are there no laws to pre vent hunting in residential areas? Does a hunting license permit trespassing on private property does it permit one to shoot what and whom he pleases? Do we wait until someone is critically injured, killed or until property is damaged before a law is writ ten to protect us? We parents are literally "scared to death" to allow our children to play in their own yards. IS LIFE SO CHEAP? Mrs. D. G. MacDougalL 1805" Thomas rd., Medford. c 1 Vote for Larry ! SHEEHAN; Democratic Candidate for sheriff! Of Jackson County ; who, if elected, will keep the Sheriff's Office open 24 hours m day for the service and protection of the public Fd. for by Sheehan for Sheriff Comm. C. J. Babb, Chmn., Rogue River, Ore. . ; , J PERL Funeral Home : Phone SP 2-6675." LADY ATTENDANT HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE ; t' Hililfl lllrllssMWl tk 11 lln CsWMi
