Friday, November 14, 1958
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1948 (Sunday)
Community Chest workers
continue intensive pre-cam-nalen
activitv in anticipation
of Red Feather Day on Thurs
day, in which they hope to
raise the entire quota.
Five hundred guests have
been invited to preview John
Day's Table Rock Estates
property today.
20 YEARS AGO
Not. 14, 1938 (Monday)
Winter sportsmen find the
6kiing good at Crater Lake.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
won't be long now until house
wives fixing the Thanksgiving
turkey report they cleaned
up a $37 nugget in the shovel
ful sluiced from the craw of
the feast day fowl."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14. 1928 (Wednesday)
"Wrtrlr rf rpna in f i n cy f h o ex
terior of the federal building
begins.
The first carload of Rogue
Valley turkeys departs tomor
row for New York markets.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14. 1918 (Thursday)
The Rogue River Valley
Canning company reports a
tomato pack more than double
the amount of any previous
year.
From "Local and Personal":
"Winter has come! Henry
Bates has taken the screen
doors down at his barber
shop."
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ran correct is superior;
(even or eight is excellent; five ei
six is good.
1. "Souped-up" racing cars,
built from jalopies, are known
as "hot r-"?
2. Black lead pencils usual
ly are made of graphite; true
or false?
3. Who wrote the poem,
The Barefoot Boy"?
4. Does the male, or female,
seahorse carry eggs of the
young in a pouch until they
hatch?
5. A common name for the
disease tetanus is 1 j-?
6. Gibraltar, the British na
val base, commands the west
ern entrance to which sea?,
7. Is hickory wood classed
as a hard wood, or a soft
wood?
8. Which lower case letter
of the English alphabet is used
most frequently?
9. WThat are the alternate
colors of the numbers on a
roulette wheel?
10. In which branch of
Congress does the mace sym
bolize government authority
in the United States?
True. 3. John Greenleaf Whit
lier. 4. Male. 5. Lockjaw. 6.
Mediterranean. 7. A hard
wood. 8. The letter "e." 9.
Red and black. 10. House of
Representatives.
END FIRE SEARCH
Montreal -(UPD- The search
for the bodies of victims of
an apartment house fire and
explosion ended Thursday
night with the recovery of
the 15th body from the ruins.
Firemen said there were no
more . bodies in the rubble.
"Black, Black Stuff"
We have received a couple of letters from
a friendly and intelligent gentleman who lives
in the Eagle Point area, in which he voices his
strong antipathy to what he calls the "BLACK,
BLACK STUFF" that is, smoke in the air, in
cluding "smudge" smoke at the orchard-heating
time of year.
He points out, for one thing, that the average
human being, during the course of one day, in
hales about 35 pounds of air. And, he indicates,
too "much of this poundage of air contains "atmos
pheric sewage" that the air is as surely polluted,
contaminated, adulterated as is bad water or
bad food.
A NYONE with eyes and a nose, who has lived
" in the valley over a period of years, is aware
of the fact that this condition is getting worse,
not better.
And what is being done?
Not much.
Yes, some of the lumber mill owners have
taken steps to make their burners more efficient;
some of the orchardists have adopted the "smoke
less" orchard heater burners. That's about all.
And while these efforts are commendable,
they aren't enough. Our pure, clean air, which
still is evident after a cleansing rain accompanied
by wind, is going the way that the air over Los
Angeles and San Francisco have gone.
(Los Angeles is situated in a "bowl" formed
of mountains, which traps smog over the city,
particularly when there is a weather "inversion"
that holds it down and motionless. Medford is
also in a "bowl," formed by mountains and hills.
Smog conditions here could, without too much
more of an outpouring of smoke and fumes, be
far worse than in Los Angeles.)
WE HAVE a feeling that the reason so little
First, active anti-pollutant measures cost
money, are not yet entirely effective, and because
they are expensive, those responsible are loath
to do anything on a voluntary basis.
Secondly, agencies of government are reluc
tant to mix into something which is new. to them,
are inclined to sit around waiting for "GTeorge"
to do it. As usual, "George" is busy elsewhere.
So nothing or darn little eets done to clean
up the air.
WHAT is it going to
For one thing, it is
bined efforts of the people of the valley to let
those in authority know that's what they want.
For anothernt is going to take action by those
authorities. , - . . ..
The state has taken
lem, and has set up an
the state sanitary authority which in turn is part
of the state department of health.
This organization has
and has laid out methods of procedure to be fol
lowed. They are far more valuable when the
situation is not too bad, than when it has gotten
out of nana.
Here is another case
prevention is worth a pound of cure." . ,
TO BE a bit more specific, the air pollution
ouuiuny ic.cniijr luua. tcoiS ui mcoiuiu s ail,
and a report on the results is due any day now.
We don't know what the results will be, but this
we do know:
If something isn't done, and soon, to combat
this growing menace to our health and pleasure
and well-being, it is going to be a millstone
around the neck of this area.
We first commented on this problem more
than two years ago. There was little or no re
sponse. But we have reason to believe that more
and more people are becoming aware of the
problem, and more and more are determined to
do something about it; people like our Eagle
Point friend who finds the "BLACK, BLACK
STUFF" more revolting each month that passes.
THE report of the state sanitary authority will
be given news coverage when it is issued, so
that the people of the valley can see just what
are the proportions of the problem.
But even if it has not reached the "serious"
stage, as far as a health problem is concerned,
now is the time to lay plans for the future, and
to prepare for the day when city and county
officials will have responsibility for the cleanli
ness of the air, just as they now have for the
purity of the water we drink and the food we eat.
The first responsibility lies with the city,
which will need an anti-air-pollution ordinance.
When that is passed, the state will be in a position
to lend a helping hand in guidance and enforce
ment, even beyond the boundaries of the city.
Let's get at it E.A.
And an Exception
Notwithstanding the above, th
only one) kind of air pollution we like.
That is the smoke of hnrnincr Imvp f fly
leaves are best) floating
ine smeii, me iragrant aiming haze, are as
evocative of fall as is a foothall h rnnrlfnsr nr
the thump of an acorn on
.1 " - i
arummmg oi iresn ram
bedroom window.
Yes, let's ban most kinds of air pollution, but
as a sentimental eesture. we'd like t.n see an
exception made for burning oak leaves. E.A.
take to get going on an
going to take the com
cognizance of the prob
air pollution division of
done much research.
where "an ounce of
lazily in the autumn air.
the roof, or the constant
. i . - -
on trie lawn outside the
Dennis the Menace
'Bo. vvaitU 5XysE5 wis '.'
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
This is the last of four ar
ticles written after a recent
visit to Moscow.
A SUMMING UP
In yesterday's article I ar
gued that to make ah effective
reply to the expansion of Com
munism in Asia, it would be
necessary to make a demon
stration
in a
large country
preferably
in India that
there is an
other way to
tfe -SSY I overcome
X mass poverty
VI' -"Tiss Am and national
weakness. Un
Walter '
Lippmann
less this dem
onstration can
be made, there is every pros
pect that the masses of Asia
will rally to Communism,
either of the Soviet , or of the
Chinese type.
The old industrial countries
of Western Europe and of
North America do not pro
vide an. example which the
great, crowded, submerged
masses could imitate. They
might like to be as rich as we
are but they know that this is
impossible . within any, near
future, within their own life
time. Only in Russia and in
China do they find a model of
how in backward countries
CM
great masses of people can
raise themselves quickly by
their own bootstraps.
BUT we must not exagger
ate. We must not jump to
the conclusion that the Com
munist movement is destined
to expand until it has con
quered the whole world.
There are, of course, many on
both sides of the Iron Curtain
who think that this wiU hap
pen. I .talked to some Com
munists in Moscow Mr. K.
was not one of them who
said, in effect, that this is one
world and that Communism is
bound to rule it. And there
are, as we know, people on
our side of the Iron Curtain
who are filled with the deep
est anxiety that Western Eu
rope will be strangled and
will perish if it can no longer
command, not merely buy, the
oil and other natural products
of the old colonial territories.
Both of these views are ex
treme and each is, I believe,
derived from the same very
human and common fallacy.
It is the fallacy of assuming
that this is one world and that
the social order to which one
belongs must either perish or
become the universal order of
mankind. But looking at the
history of the globe, the truth,
as I see it, is that there has
never been one world, that
there has never been a univer
sal state or a universal re
ligion. 'FHE failure to recognize this
-1 truth that there are many
worlds, not merely one, is, I
believe, the deepest source of
confusion between us, and the
most stubborn obstacle to that
mutual toleration, which is the
very best that is conceivable
between our two societies.
The orthodox Leninist,
whether he is a true believer
or merely a conformist, thinks
that he knows the scheme of
history. According to this
scheme the capitalistic world
is bound to fight the Commu
nist revolution unless the
Communist parties capture
the Western governments. His
opposite number on our side
is one who thinks also that he
knows the true scheme of his
tory. In his philosophy, - the
line of all human progress is
the line that we havt taken in
the West. The Communist rev
olution is, therefore, a relapse
and a diversion from that true
line of progress. It follows that
the Russians and the Chinese
are bound to return to our line
in the course of time.
All of this is, I feel sure, a
misreading of the reality of
things. The Communist revo
lution which began in Russia
and has spread to China is not
a repetition of the English and
the French revolutions. It is a
new historical phenomenon
which comes out of a convul
sive awakening of the sub
merged masses demanding a
better life for themselves. The
dictators who lead this mas
sive uprising rule the people
despotically. But he would be
a rash man, I think, who
would say that such great
masses of backward people
could be persuaded by demo
cratic methods to accept the
discipline and to make the sac
rifices which are necessary to
the rapid formation of capital
m a primitive economy.
TKD A Westerner the charac-
ter of this revolution of the
submerged masses is a terri
ble thing to contemplate. But
the more he sees of it, the
more he must feel, so it
seemed to me, that while the
Communist system is accept
able in the backward coun
tries, it is not likely to spread
to the more advanced coun
tries except insofar as it is im
posed by force. The Soviet
system does not work, and
there is no reason to think
that it will work, in Eastern
Europe. I feel sure that the
Soviet domination of Eastern
Germany, of Poland, Czecho
slovakia, and Hungary is pre
carious and impermanent.
Moreover, I think that the
rulers of Russia know this and
that, if they could think,
which they have not, of any
safe way to disengage, they
would eventually accept some
such settlement. They are
drawn towards Asia and away
from Europe and the general
posture of Moscow, as distinct
perhaps from Leningrad, is to
be turned towards Asia. Mos
cow is full of delegations of
Asian peoples many from
the outlying parts of the So
viet Union itself, a great many
from mainland China, many
from South Asia and from the
Moslem world.
This gives to Moscow the
air of being the capital of a
new order of things among the
emerging peoples of Asia,
T CONCLUDE with the feel
- ing that, barring a great ca
tastrophe resulting from a
war, the Communist system
has no serious attraction for
the highly developed Western
countries, and that as an ex
perience and an example, it
is, in fact, irrelevant to them.
Provided we maintain the bal
ance of deterrent power, I
feel confident that there is no
military threat to the United
States nor, unless something
very stupid or desperate or
reckless is done, to our prin
cipal allies in Europe.
The Communist revolution
will, I think, expand in Asia
unless we make an heroic ef
fort of statesmanship to dem
onstrate that there is an al
ternative to it. But what we
may describe as the Commu
nist conquest of Eastern Eu
rope as distinguished from
Communist expansion in Asia
is not stabilized and is not
likely to be conclusive.
If I am right in this summing-up,
what the doctor
would order for our people is
that they relax their fears in
order to fortify and clarify
their purposes. We have to
live "on the same globe with
the Communist powers. But
we do not live and we cannot
live in the same intellectual
and political world. Not now.
Not in the foreseeable future.
But formidable as the Com
munists are, they are not ten
feet tall, and the less we
plunge ourselves into hyster
ics, the more likely we are to
take good care of our affairs,
(c) 1958 New York .Herald
Tribune Inc.
New 'Stop-Nixon' Movement Launched by
Stassen; Taft Defeat in 1952 Recalled
By LYLE C. WILSON
UPI Correspondent
Washington - (CPD - A new
stoo-Nixon movement was
launched this week from-asJ
usual the
White House
executive of
fice. That is
the way it
was, . also, in
1956 when
Harold E.
Stassen, a
member of the
White House
Lyie c. Wilson staff, proposed
that Vice President Richard
M. Nixon be dropped from
second place on the Republi
can presidential ticket.
Stassen suffered public hu
miliation' on that one. He
wound up his 1956 stop-Nrxon
campaign with a speech be
fore the Republican National
convention in which he
seconded Nixon's nomination
for vice president.
Stassen's next political ad
venture was in Pennsylvania
where he sought this year's
Republican nomination for
governor. The Pennsylvania
Republican organization op
posed and licked him.
The Pennsylvania Republi
cans, in turn, were unable to
elect their man to the govern
orship this month so, obvious
ly, they could have done no
worse and might have done
better with Stassen heading
the state ticket. It is reason
able to believe, therefore, that
Stassen plans another cam
paign for Pennsylvania's Re
publican gubernatorial nom
ination. That would be in
1962.
Stassen's first maneuver to
ward resumption of his po
litical career came this week
after a 60-minute political
huddle wpi President Eisen
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Study Needed
To the Editor: I note re-
cenUy that most attempts to
enact legislation that would
tend to curb labor's growing
power, are invariably met by
comments from labor spokes
men as being attempts to
"wreck the labor unions," or
are an "attack on labor," are
"anti-labor," etc.
It seems as though Mr
Pickens, . office manager at
Medford Corporation, has left
himself open to the same kind
of comments by suggesting in
a speech before the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
merce that there are probably
some inequities in Oregon's
Unemployment Compensation
law: as now administered
Any suggestion, even the most
unimpassioned and objective,
that certain laborers may be
receiving more or better bene
fits than they deserve, is sure
to draw immediate and sharp
criticism.
With the Information I
have at hand, I happen to
agree with Mr. Pickens that
the administration of our un
employment c'ompen satlon
needs a thorough and object
ive reappraisal. Many people
are aware of this need. Re
cently Oregon's unemploy
ment compensation fund ran
so low that employers were
required to contribute to the
fund to the maximum allowed
by law. In fact money was al
most borrowed from the Fed
eral government to save the
fund.
Men thrown out of work
during recessions deserve to
be compensated. But would
the fund have been so low
had it not been drained by
people that really didn't de
serve compensation?
One example of what can
happen is the not unusual
case of certain seasonal work
ers receiving relatively high
earnings every year and re
ceiving unemployment com
pensation during the off sea
son to augment their already
high earnings. Meanwhile
many other workers are work
ing all year round, never draw
unemployment compensation,
wind up with much lower
earnings and don't necessar
ily have any easier jobs than
the seasonal workers.
Should seasonal workers
with predictable periods of
unemployment and a history
of high yearly earnings be al
lowed to tap the unemploy
ment compensation fund?
The foregoing example and
the ones that Mr. Pickens has
mentioned need study and
possibly readjustment in order
to return to the original prin
ciple of unemployment com
pensation; that is, to provide
the worker with protection
from unexpected unemploy
ment. Edgar A. Kupillas,
1317 Winchester aye.,
Medford. ,
A Near-Tragedy
To the Editor: We know
hower. Stassen had a 30-min-
ute appointment with the boss
but spent an hour which sug
gests that he and the Presi
dent found a wide and con-
genial field of political dis
cussion. Emerging from the Presi
dent's office, Stassen suggest
ed that the Republicans had
at least four men available
who could win the presidency
for them in 1960. They were:
Gov.-elect Nelson A. Rocke
feller, New York; U. N. Am
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., Massachusetts; Secretary
of Treasurer Robert B. An
derson, Texas, and Secretary
of Interior Fred A. Seaton,
Nebraska. He pointedly left
Nixon off of the list. Stassen
said returns from this month's
election warranted ignoring
Nixon as well as proving that
he was right in 1956 In trying
to get Nixon off the party
ticket.
More will be heard of the
stop-Nixon movement. It is
likely to be in the pattern of
the stop-Taft operation which
led the Republican Party in
1952 to reject Mr. Republican,
himself, in behalf of an illus
trious, non-political general of
the U. S. Army. ,
The Republicans elected
and reelected their general
with triumphant majorities
and now, six years after Mr.
Republican walked the plank,
the party is a shambles, an or
ganizational wreck. The man
euver which stopped Taft in
1952 was mostly powered by
a gradually spreading convic
tion that he could not to,
That was the political word
and it proved to be deadly.
Public opinion polls sup
ported that belief. Taft derid
ed them, but there they were
in the papers from time to
the name and address of the writer.
there is room for improve
ment on the Dark HoUow rd.
Last winter we had an ac-
cident just off the Old Stage
rd. about a quarter of a mile
on the Dark Hollow rd. where
a driveway ; comes onto the
Dark Hollow rd. . It forms a
big bump onto the road.
The other car was going at
a high speed'when it hit this
bump, throwing it across the
road. In trvins to control its
balance it seemed to be. ail
over the road.
My husband Just stopped
our car as we could do noth
ing else. The other car ended
up the whole front part
wedged into the opposite
bank. The back of the car hit
the front of our car.
Our car was just 10 inches
from-the edge of a drop of
some, eight feet into the irri
gation ditch.
The road was completely
blocked tiU help came and
cleared it. That spot is really
only wide enough for one car.
The cars were damaged but
thank the good Lord no per
sons were hurt.
Mrs. B. G. Curtis,
P. O. Box 423,
Medford.
Heart Warming Memories
To the Editor: I will leave
Medford with a happier heart
and some heart - warming
memories to go with the back
ache I received here Oct. 31,
1958, when my car was side
swiped by another car, injur
ing me.
My 4-year-old son and my
nephew were with me. I had
a few dollars in my pocket
and my distination was Salem
and a good job. After the ac
cident a wrecker was called
to pick up my car.
The driver, Mr. Robert
Brown of 1498 Dixie Lane,
Medford, seeing we were in
need of shelter and medical
care, took us to his home. His
wife Helen fixed our supper
and gave us shelter. She drove
us to the hospital for medical
care. All the time I have been
here, the Browns have taken
care of my nephew, run er
rands, visited me every day,
bringing flowers and gifts.
They have comforted me with
"you can stay with us until
things are worked out so you
can go back home." They do
things without my asking.
I would like to add that
both Dr. Rutter and Dr. Bol
ton have given me the same
generous consideration and
the hospital, staff and nurs
ing care are wonderful, the
finest I've ever" seen.
This includes Oregon state
"motor vehicle accident fund,"
and the fine officer from the
police department at the scene
of the accident. I did not get
his name.
The people of Medford
should be proud of their town
and its people. I know I am!
Mrs. Mildred Farrell,
Room 266,
Rogue Valley Hospital,
Medford.
time, Nov. 10, 1951: Eisen
hower 28 per cent, Truman
13 per cent, MacArthur 13 per
cent, Taft 12 per cent. March
4, 1952: Independent Voters,
Taft 17 per cent, Eisenhower
37 per cent. March 6, 1952:
Eisenhower beat Democratic
Sen. Estes Kefauver 57 to 32
per 'cent; Kefauver beat Taft
47 to 41 per cent.
The pollsters will be run-
Washington Report1
By William
ADLAI'S CHANCES
Washington Of all the
leading Democratic politi
cians, none has a brighter
prospect than
Adlai E. Ste
venson of Illi
nois. Interest
among party
leaders in Mr.
Stevenson
even . among
some hereto
fore less than
William s White enchanted with
him is higher in the wake of
the Congressional elections
than since 1952. (In 1956 the
nomination was never thought
to be much more than an op
portunity for some Democrat
to lose gracefully to President
Eisenhower).
"Stevenson talk" is now so
solid as to indicate that among
a large handful of 1960 "possi
bilities" he is the most "pos
sible" of all his two defeats
notwithstanding. This is re
ported after consderable in
quiry in various party wmgs.
Thus armed, it is now possible
to predict that if 1960 is to be
a "Democratic year Steven
son can hardly finish worse
than very high in the new ad
ministration.
In any foreseeable Demo
cratic administration, should
he himself not be the Chief
Executive, he likely would be
no less than Secretary of
State, a post long of interest
to him. No other Democrat is
so relatively certain of, hav
ing a high place.
MR STEVENSON'S new
eminence results from two
major circumstances:
1. The Congressional elec
tions gave the moderate lib
erals a new influence in Con
gress relative to the past. But
vhe returns have hit very bard
af the advanced non-Congressional
liberals fron among
whom would have come the
most powerful challenge to
Stevonsnn in IflfiO. .
Gov. Averell Harriman lost
in New York. Gov. G. Men-
nen Williams of ..Michigan,
thought easily re-elected, was
overshadowed on his own
ticket Gov. George Leader of
Pennsylvania let down the
general Democratic offensive
by losing for the Senate.
There is, in short, no longer
any real probability of a mas
sive urban New York-Pennsyl
vania Michigan coalition at
the convention to stop Steven
son in his tracks.
2. The Southerners all but
the most unreconstructed
Tire increasingly aware that
the hands of the clock are
moving toward midnight for
tnem in the national party. To
retain their existing power
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR
In front of a class of 50 seniors. On this s..eet he painted a
small red circle, then asxea me
one answered, A small rea
circle." With a faint smile
the professor said, "I'm sur
prised that not one of you
seems to have noticed the
sheet"
e
At a banquet celebrating
his fifty-eighth birthday in
London, Lord Macaulay,
called upon for a few words,
began sadly, "Gentlemen, I
understand that man has in
herited three basic vices. I
must report to you that I
quit one, one quit me but I
still smoke."
.
Sid Caesar visited a college for bopsters and rock 'a' rollers and
noticed that their mascot was a mouse. "I guess," says Caesar,
"that's what those cats demanded."
C 135!. by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate,
Dr. Orval Eaton, O.D.
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ning Nixon soon against
Rockefeller and perhaps
against others. That" s where
the stop-Nixon men expect to
get their muscle. That's how
they expect to weaken Nixon's
hold on the party's political
pros, the local politicians,
state chairmen and such the
people who comprise Nixon's
great political strength as of
today.
S. Whit
tney must avoid walking out-
or being driven out by a nomi
nee so advanced on civil rights
that they could not support
him and survive at home.
STEVENSON is authentical
ly moderate more lib
eral than Senator Lyndon
Johnson of Texas but far less
so than is the urban Eastern
section of his party. All but
the irreconcilable Southern
ers, it is now reckoned, could
take Adlai." From the view
point of the Northerners, he is
at least acceptable to all
save those who wish to pun
ish the South beyond the call
of duty.
It is, moreover, extremely
mlikely that the South can
have anything remotely re
sembling a free convention
choice. It must make the most
tolerable bargain it can. Thus,
Stevenson looks better and
better to all those Southerners
who realize that they must
somehow accommodate them
selves to school integration.
They know he would en
force integration; but they
think he would do so with
compassion and understand
ing In issues so passionate,
how a man does a thing is al
most as important as what he
does.
Stevenson, in this way, is
still close to the moderate
Southerners, who are in genu
ine agony between Old South
pressures and the weight of
present realities.
rIE estimate of some able
and reasonably disinterest
ed Democratic professionals is
this: Senator John F. Kennedy
of Massachusetts will go into
the convention the front-runner,
but is likely to fade fast
if he does not make it -on the
first ballot. Senator Johnson
will hold a great power,
though probably not the pow
er to obtain the nomination
for himself, even if he seeks it.
Senator Stuart Symington
of Missouri will be formid
able. If Kennedy fails and the
pendulum then swings be
tween Johnson and Syming
ton it is likely finally to point
clearly to neither, but rather
to Stevenson.
But if the ticket were
Johnson for President and
Kennedy for Vice President,
Stevenson would be tapped
ahead of time for Secretary of
State, along with Symington
for Secretary of Defense. And
Stevenson probably would be
in the same position even
though the convention result
ed in the selection of an ad
vanced liberal ticket. Thus, he
is unlikely in any case really
to lose.
(Copyright 19 58. by United
Feature Sydicale, Inc.)
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