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Newspaper Page Text4 Thursday, October 30. 195 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MedfordSTrtbukb "Everyone in Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JB Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor -HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. ClreulaUon Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Med ford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Cooy 10c. Daily and Sunday I year $13.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.09 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only One year 4.20. Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville, uoia mil, Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv. er. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00. Daily and Sunday l mo. 1 so Carrier and Dealers c op; 10c ah Terms casn in Advance OfnYial 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. flees in New York. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver, B.u EWSFAMI PUBLISH!! ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL gjjQ lASg0C5'8w 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. 30. 1948 (Saturday) Local 962 Teamsters have been ordered back to their jobs at Pacific Fruit and Pro duce after negotiators reach an agreement. Two thousand balloons have arrived for distribution at Monday's election parade. . 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1938 (Sunday) Voters interested in the Townsend plan meet to pre pare a slate of candidates i likely to further their in terests. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Citi zens are urged to vote Nov. 8. Many will vote, and many more won't." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1928 (Tuesday) Halloween pranksters jump ing the gun block east Jack son st. with detour signs. Local hunters are now oil ing up their heavy artillery for the bear season. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1918 (Wednesday) The chief engineer for Gold Hill's irrigation project re ports rapid progress in canal excavation. Plans are reported of in cluding Medford in a direct air mail route, raising hopes the city may one day have a per manent "aviation station." I What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct is superior; seven er eight is excellent; rive ei 'f lis it good. I 1. Who was known as "U ? Duce"? Is 2. What is the unit adopt- ed by astronomers for meas j uring distances to the stars? 3. If a car's gas tank is e empty, will the buyer re- ceive more gas for his money" ! if he refills the tank when the temperature is 77 degrees; F., i or 120 degrees F.? " 4. The work by which a person earns a livelihood is called an avocation, a voca tion, or a vacation? i 5. What is a holographic will? t (.Is a kilometer about '. three-fifths, one-half, or four fifths, the length of a statute mile? 7. What is a testatrix? 8. Name the Russian river which is the longest in Eu rope. 9. A queue is a tailpiece of a violin, a plait of hair ' worn behind, or a waiting line before a ticket window? 10. Speleology is the : scientific study of spelling, ! caves, or voodoism? Answers: 1. Benito Mus- l solini. 2. The light year. 3. 77 f. degrees F. 4. Vocation. 5. One v written entirely by the hand ' of the maker (testator). 6. About three-fifths. 7. A wom- f an who has mda a wilL 8. Volga. 9. All thw. 10 Caves. What is a "Smear"? ""Smear," according to Webster, is to "be smirch, sully or defame." This is the definition used in political campaigns. In our view, it is tossed around too lightly in many cases. When politicians raise the cry, we are apt to go "ho, hum," and turn to the comics. But, sometimes, it is the only accurate word to use in describing political tactics. "II7ITHIN the past few days. we have seen a campaign of vilification and distortion which fully merits the word "smear." "Pay No Communist Blackmail" screams one ad. This is directed toward an American congress man, an overseas veteran and a major in the Air Force Reserve, who has been praised by officials of the state department for his anti-communist Stand.. "Strikeout King of Congress?" queries an other ad. This about a man who has introduced more legislation than the average congressman, and wrho has been highly successful in obtaining action on projects within his own district a con gressman who doesn't insist that his own bill be passed if another's will accomplish the same ends. "rjON'T Vote to Raise the Cost of Bread" yells another ad. This one is based on a vote to retain, for one year only, farm price supports at the present level while another, sounder bill is worked out, and on another vote to bring to the floor of congress, where it could be debated, another controversial piece of complicated farm legislation. (And, inci dentally, it also ignores completely the fact that wheat accounts for only about 3 cents per loaf of the cost of bread.) A television "spot" announcement declares this congressman voted favoring importation of Japanese plywood, then declares this hurt the northwest plywood industry. This is a real phoney, a claim not only discredited on thorough investigation, but blasted by reports from the Tariff commission. Japanese plywood, for decor ative purposes, doesn't compete with Oregon ply wood, and actually provides jobs for northwest ern workers. The worst of them all, however, was an ad in the Oct. 18 issue of the Roseburg News-Review, which included a picture of Nikita Khrushchev, and uses the old McCarthyite tactic of "guilt by association," accusing this congressman of lies and distortion, and of joining "with the Commu nist Daily-Worker in compounding Nikita Khrushchev's propaganda ..." A RE these desperate ads "besmirching, sully- ing or defaming" a patriotic American whose courage has led him to take some unpopular stands because,, after study, he believed them right? They are. They twist and distort the truth just enough to influence the gullible, the unin formed, the timid, to turn away in fear or doubt. They constitute a smear, one of the most vicious we have seen in many years of watching hard-fought political campaigns. It's dirty politics. And we hope other voters in this district will show their resentment at the polls. Tactics such as these not only should be repudiated, but buried. E.A. Forest Memorial People in southern Oregon will never know, in cold figures, how much they owe to L. L. (Doc) Simpson. But what they owe is a goodly portion of the future of this part of the country. They owe him jobs and payrolls, green forests and clear-running streams, wildlife and an ever-renewed for est resource. For Doc, who died last week, was "Mr. Tree Farm" and "Mr. Conservation" in Jackson count ty. No single man is, or could be, responsible for the success of the tree farm movement here, but Doc came closer to it than any other one man. "1X7E STILL recall with some vividness our first meeting with Doc. He came marching into the newsroom, asked to. meet the new city editor, and proceeded to sit himself down and begin an indoctrination of the neophyte which he kept up, on and off, for the ensuing ten years. He was a natural enthusiast. And he had the knack of carrying others along with him. He was a colorful personality, a man of strong attachments and equally strong prejudices. And he didn't give a darn who knew about them. He carried his enthusiams and his attachments and his prejudices with him into legislative fights over truck legislation; to the state highway com mission with which he did signal battle on occa sions; into meetings of the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm association, or into meetings of any and all of the committees and organizations which he served with vigor and in telligence. 117'HEREVER his work led him, he was single- minded in his over-all objective the wel fare of the forests products industry and its as sociated activities ; and, by welfare, he considered the long-term good as well as the short-term vic tory. Privately-owned forest land, in acreage, is secondary to federal land, and not all of it is in dedicated tree farms. But much of it is, and is thus dedicated to per petual yield, perpetual growth, and all the bene fits that go with this. " These forested acres serve as a better memor ial to Doc Simpson than anything anyone could say or do. E.A. Dennis the 'NOT A 540 PARTY. I BUSTED 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 saper; in fact the contrary i of';n the case. From UN Chapter To the Editor: The Medford chapter of Oregon Unifed Na tions association wishes to thank the Medford Mail Trib une for the fine publicity giv en to the local chapter dur ing the month of October and especially during United Na tions Week. They also wish to express their gratitude for the cover age given to international and national affairs which helps to interpret and project the purposes of the UN as an ef fective agent for peace. Ethel Nicodemus, Recording Secretary, 1122 West Fourth st. Medford. Editorials and Measures . To the Editor: We have missed RWR's editorials re cently. Mr. Ruhl's editorials were head, and shoulders above anything that any of your other writers produce at the present time. Although I hardly ever agree with him, at least he has something to say instead of the "Nothing But Air" that we have been getting. I would like to call every one's attention to a couple of measures that are on the bal lot. 1st County Home Rule Amendment. This will make cities out of counties. Coun ties can adopt a charter (ap proved and drawn up by the state) that will do away with every other district in the county. Water district, irriga tion districts, fire districts and all little governments in the county will be consolidated into one big county govern ment. Instead of bringing our rule closer to home it will take away the little districts that we have left that we can run ourselves, I believe the people will make a mistake if they pass this bill, at least, until it has received more publicity as to just exactly what it will do. 2nd Temporary Appoint ment and Assignment of Judg es How long is temporary? We have given temporary power to presidents and to others and we have passed other temporary measures that continue on and on and have become permanent.. We should realize that if we pass this bill that it will give the Supreme Court power to con tinue itself. It will be able to appoint judges for longer times than we can elect them for. If a man is defeated in election he could be appointed temporarily and continue on at the same salary and the same powers for an indefinite time. These appointees would have power, to help appoint others and could soon be even in a majority. Let's not take the power to create courts of any kind out of the people's hands. If we need more judges let's get them some other way than by appoint ment. Carroll W. Powell, PO Box 621, Central Point. Suggestions To Voters To the Editor: When you enter the voting booth it would be well to have your tax statement in one hand and your ballot in the other. We were promised that taxes would be equalized. They were equalized upward. I have yet to find a case where taxes were reduced.- Most of the pressure drives made on the budget committee for in creased f department budgets and courthouse workers' sal aries were led by Mrs.: Hop kins. Her latest is for voting ma chines. I can see where they would be helpful in providing more leisure for the county clerk and he? staff, also con Menace SIX 64UOONS AN "A MNtXW! venient in case of irregular ities cropping up in election management, for then we could say the machine was out of order. They are expensive. But why consider expense when it's public money. I un derstand they cost around Sl,800 each. For 100 precincts that's $180,000. An Eastern resident tells me in his county where they have them it re quires two highly paid tech nicians to guard and repair the machines. The cure for spendthrifts in office is, send them back where they are spending their own money. H. E. Conger, Route 2, Box 403, Medford. She'll Not Return To the Editor, and the peo ple of Gold Hill and Med ford: Just to get away from all the mud slinging politics for a change. Your newspaper is trying very hard to clean up your city and should have the backing of all. While traveling through your city I decided to take in the House of Mystery and was shocked to find the town of Gold Hill has let a dump get started just below the House of Mystery. They tell me they have 100,000 visitors a year there. Imagine a " beautiful drive up Sardine creek and a city dump between two very interesting sight-seeing points. I'll never return, I assure you. Mrs. H. J., (Name on File) Eugene, Ore. Likes Hatfield To the Editor: As a native Oregonian of not too vener able years, and as a now reg istered Independent voter, having in the past been reg istered as a voter of both par ties, I would like to suggest to the voters of Oregon, that when casting their vote for governor of Oregon in Nov. 4 next, that perhaps now is the time for all good voters to come to their own aid and do some independent thinking before casting their vote. I would say that Marie Hat field meets the requirements to be governor of- Oregon in the years ahead when greatly increased population will call for fair and unbiased leader ship of all segments of our population. George W. Croisan Sr. Box 627 Salem, Ore. Duncan's Record To the Editor: Advertise ments and letters to the edi tor in Sunday's paper have questioned my position on real property tax bills in the past legislature. I recognize fully that real property tax relief is a neces sity and worked hard toward effective tax relief. For that reason, among others, I sup ported additional Basic School Support. Every nickel of school expense assumed by the state is a nickel that does not have to be raised by a tax on real property. This last legislature is the first to give any such support. All the rest has been voted by the people. I voted against S.B. 2 which would have given property tax relief to older people. So did 45 other representatives including Littrell, Bristol and 18 other Republicans. The bill was in such form that no responsible legislator could vote for it, for it would have left many districts and cities with virtually no tax base. I am not oblivious to the prob lem, but I will not vote for a bad bill for a few votes. :' The bill to take the state out of the real property tax field except for bonded in debtedness gave no tax relief. The state has not collected a real property tax for many years and none was proposed Matter of Fact By Joseph THE KREMLIN BEARING GIFTS Washington-A secret under standing about Soviet and EgyDtian soheres of influence Wmn in the MiHrilp East most probably lies behind the Kremlin's re cently an nounced loan of $10 0,0 0 0, 000 to Egypt to finance the Aswan Dam. The wisest ex Joseph Alsop perts here are unanimous in pretty strongly suspecting the existence of such a Soviet Egyptian spheres-of-influence deal. If they are correct, the new development in the Mid dle East is likely to affect us all rather more in the end than anything that happens in the present strange election. But before examining the new development's signifi cance, the reasons for strong ly suspecting such a deal must first be given. They lie chief ly in Iraq, where the Krem lin is well , on the way to wards establishing a main base in the Arab land. The turning point, here, was the abrupt demotion and final exile of the Iraqi revolution's number two leader, Col. Ab dul Salam Mohammed Aref. AFTER the fall of Jthe pro Western government in Iraq, a conflict at once began there between .the 100 per cent pro-Nasser group, then headed by Col. Aref, and a more "independent - minded" group headed by Col. Aref's chief and partner, Brig. Gen. Karim Kassem. The Commu nist and Nasserite under- this time. 1 voted "no" on' this bill, knowing my vote would be politically unpopular, and did so because I felt it my duty to make sure the state could pay its bills. The legisla ture cannot put the emer gency clause ontax legislation. I was the only Democrat in the house who supported the ballot measure at the last elec tion which would have changed this (which gives the lie to the charge that my vote is controlled). Now any tax bill passed can be suspended by referendum petition filed before the bill becomes effec tive. If suspended, there are no revenues . and a financial crisis is the result. I favor the referendum but not the sus pension of the tax. I do not favor a state real property tax, but I feel it wise to give the legislature the emergency power for tax legislation be fore taking the state out of real property ta-x field. I opposed increased spending except where vital interests of state demanded otherwise, and my record on economy is second to none. If the services are to be provided, they must be paid for, and I, for one, am willing to be counted when the bill is presented. " , Robert B. Duncan State Representative 1, 2, or 20? To the Editor: A few days ago Mr. Paul Geddes made a political appearance on KBES TV. His topic was Congress man Charles Porter's legisla tive record in Congress. To make, his point clear to the voters, Mr. Geddes dis played a stack of papers in tended to represent 76 bills which Congressman Charles Porter had introduced in Con gress during the past two years. Mr: Geddes proceeded to tell us that Mr. Porter had deceived the voters by saying that 20-some odd bills he in troduced passed in one form or another bearing his signa ture. To make this point Mr. Geddes held up one of the pieces of paper, which he waved back and forth, then said: Out of 76 bills introduced by Mr. Porter only one has been approved and passed by Congress! This was indeed a shock to hear. I drew one con clusion, someone was indeed trying to deceive the voters. Last Tuesday, Oct. 28, on Page 1, Section Two, Cols. 8 and 9 of the Medford Mail Tribune, appeared an adver tisement in bold type-"Strike-out King of Congress!" Porter introduced 76 bills! Only two passed Congress! I should like to have Mr. Geddes tell us, is it one or is it two bills that Mr. Porter succeeded in passing? How many bills will it be in tomor row's campaign efforts, or is it possible that we will be told day after election that Mr. Geddes made a mistake, it is 20-odd bills instead of one or two, or that several bills passed Congress in one form or another with Congressman Charles Porter's signature on them? If Mr. Porter is a deceiver, as we are told he is, it would be nice for Mr. Geddes and his campaign committee to get to gether and decide on what to say, and say the same things at all times and places. It is quite confusing. It leaves one in doubt as to who is the de ceiver. ' A middle of the road voter. Roy R. Picard, , 3400 Jacksonville Hwy Medford. Alsep grounds had collaborated in the revolution. Both were represented in the resulting government-fhe Communists, by the new Minister of De velopment, Ibrahim Kubba, for one. Now the real question was which would be master. Gen. Kassem is most emphatically not at Communist. But his "in, dependent - mindedness" was and is vigorously encouraged and supported by the Com munists. The Nasserites seem to have been very confident of vic tory at the outset. The Egyp tian Embassy even pressed the Iraqi government to agree that Egypt would represent Iraq in all negotiations for arms for the Iraqi Army with nations of the Soviet bloc. But quite probably because Gen. Kassem was naturally stronger than Col. Aref, the Nasserites were severely de feated in the end. pOL. AREF was demoted in J mid-September and order ed into comfortable exile, as Ambassador to Bonn, by the end of the month. Direct ne gotiations for Soviet arms were opened by the Iraqis thus shattering Nasser's for mer cherished monopoly as the . exclusive representative of all Arab nationalists in all dealings of this sort. The influence of other Nasserite ministers at Baghdad obvi ously declined, to the point where further dismissals .are now possible". Hard-core Com munists who had hurriedly returned from exile, like the famous Kurdish leader, Mul lah Mustafa Barazani, began to play a more and more con spicuous role in Iraq. Not long after Aref s final fall, the Egyptian Army com mander, Gen. Abdul Hakim Amer, left for Prague and Moscow. Gen. Amer, who is also Nasser's preferred con fidential agent, reached Mos cow on Oct. 19, and carried on negotiations with the Kremlin until just the other day, when the big Soviet loan for the Aswan Dam was an nounced. In view of past So viet refusals to have any thing to do with the grandiose Aswan project, the announce ment was a distinct surprise. 'There are many other bits and pieces in the pattern. One is Nasser's toleration of the return to Damascus of the Syrian Communist leader, Khalid Baqdash. Another is the Cairo radio's conspicuous failure to whisper the small est criticism of the Iraqi gov ernment, whereas Nasser has always venomously denounc ed every other Arab govern ment that has refused to ad mit his predominance. Still another is Nasser's new habit of professing total lack of interest in the Gulf coast sheikdoms, and especially rich Kuwait. THE whole pattern suggests that the b'ig Aswan Dam loan is irf fact a reward to Nasser for approving an im portant sphere of Soviet in fluence in the Middle East, where he has always bitterly resisted all influences but his own. Iraq now and the Per sian Gulf sheikdoms in the future (the same region that Molotov asked Hitler to con cede to the Kremlin in 1941) would appear to be included in the approved Soviet sphere. The Arab states fring ing the Mediterranean, plus Saudi Arabia and the Yemen, are still quite obviously in the sphere of Nasser. West of Suez, meanwhile, Nasser has no doubt been guaranteed fullest Soviet sup port for intensified attempts to extend his control over the Sudan, : Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco, and for his patron age of the Algerian rebels. One thing Nasser and the Kremlin can easily agree about is the desirability of attacking Western friends and Western positions. And with 5 Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant time. It is true that you are quietly shouldered ' off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable seat as spectator, and if you have really played your part you are" more content to sit down and watch. Jane Ellen Harrison Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass, FUNERAL DIRECTORS DAY OR NIGHT . PHONE SP 2-8030 Roscoe Drummond Reports . . . (Drummond is substituting for Walter Lippmann, during the latter's trip to Russia.) THIS MAN NIXON Seattle He is not running for office. He is not cam paigning for himself. He is doing more politicking than any other candidate in the na tion. Wherever I have trav eled across the country from Massachusetts to California and up the Coast to the Pa cific Northwest looking in on this Congressional election, I have found him to be the most discussed, most questioned, most critcized, most praised and most simultaneously liked and disliked political person ality in the whole United State. What's his line? His line is Presidential pol itics and he is, as you have guessed, Richard M. Nixon, the Republican political lead er who, whatever one thinks about him, is never ignored. Nobody, simply nobody, seems indifferent to Vice Pres ident Nixon. I HAVE talked with a lot of politicians of both parties in numerous states on this trip and, by virtue of some extra curricular lecturing, have been the target of a barrage of questions from a variety of audiences on politics and per sonalities. The questions may be friendly, hostile, or just plain curious, but they always get around to Mr. Nixon; such questions as these: Is he sincere? Has he changed. Since he is going all out to elect a Republican Con gress, will he be seriously hurt politically if his campaign falls far short of his goal. If Nelson Rockefeller wins the Governorship of New York and thereby emerges as a na tional figure in the Republi can Party, will he offer a for midable challenge to Mr. Nix on's nomination in 1960? Opinions will differ on these questions. I don't assume that mine would be the only an swers possible, but the follow ing is an effort to look at the facts. Whether one is sincere or opportunistic is such a subjec tive quality of mind that it is almost impossible to measure it. I know of no politician who does not weigh public opinion alongside his own opinion or of whom it could be said that he never swayed with .the po litical winds. President Roose velt made a virtue out of what he himself called "quarter- back" leadership . if one thing didn't work, try an other. , . : . ' ' : AMY OWN judgment is: That Mr. Nixon has an alert and informed grasp of the kind of world we are Jiv ing with and of the main problems the United States is up against. That he is widely -committed to a. set of approaches to dealing with these problems, spanning the whole range of the cold war and the conse quences at home, which seems the Kremlin establishing an open base at Baghdad, it will be more convenient for every one if Nasser now centers his attack in Africa. Copyright 1958, New York Herald Tribune Inc. PAUL GEDDES SAYS "Our present congressman felt he had no responsibility In helping us get I. C. C. approval of lower freight rates. At I have pointed out, lower rates on Oregon lumber might mean the difference between operating mills and jobs, and closed mills and unemployment. I shall make all matters affecting Oregon jobs my FIRST responsibilty in Congress." Elect A Congressman Whose Interests Are Your Interests I PMIb GEDDES (pd. pot. tefv., Gtdds for Congress CommittM, V. C Johnson, Eugene, Chm.) vigorous and broad-visioned and not always politically pop ular. (Note his strong advo cacy of economic aid when the polls were running strongly the other way.) That Mr. Nixon is a wiser and maturer man than he was when he ran for Congress and later for the Senate and even in the 1954 Congressional campaign. I do not see that he has violated any code of fair political debate in the present campaign and honored it sig nally in his Baltimore speech last week when he stressed that there is "no war party" in the U. S., no surrender par ty, and only "one party of treason" the Communist party. ' WILL Mr. Nixon be badly hurt politically if the coun try rejects his appeal to elect a Republican Congress? I doubt it. If President Eisen hower can't persuade the country to elect a Republican Congress, the party will hard ly penalize Mr. Nixon for not succeeding. And his party will respect and value his unstint ing efforts in trying. As to the possibility that Nelson Rockefeller, if he de feats Gov. Harriman, can overtake the Vice President and dash him in the 1960 con vention, this does not seem to me to be an event that is at all in the making. There is one single, solid reason. There is nothing now on hand or in sight to suggest that the Re publican party in 1960 will select a Presidential nominee to the left of Mr. Nixon, (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. vr I V y VOTERS OF v JACKSON COUNTY t 1 am a car dealer and 1 don't know too much about politics ... but I do know CIIET VENDT He has done an Outstand- ing Job as COUNTY COMMISSIONER . I'm voting to re-elect CHET WENDT -and I hope yofc do, too. . BOB TAYLOR, Medford, Oregon Pd. Adv. Chester H. Wendt, Medford, Ore.