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4 Tuesday, December 23, 1938 WAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MedfordTribunb - "Everyone in Southern Ore gun Ready The Mail Tribune" ' Published Daily except Saturday by - MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RCHL. Editor KERB GREY, Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR, . 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 Newsoaper Entered as second class matter at Met ford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION PATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 - Daily and Sunday 8 mos 8 00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv- . er. 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B.C. srZtfl'Zt NEWSrAfEl VIHpl PUBLISHERS VASSOCIATIOM" NATION A I EDITORIAL 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 Dec. 23, 1948 (Thursday) Santa arrives by train from the North Pole and passes out candy and oranges nearly 700 children. - -The traditional- alK school Christmas music urogram in the high school auditorium draws enthusiastic comment. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 23. 1938 (Friday) Lee and Bob Brown have gathered some 1,500 pounds of mistletoe in the Applegate district for shipment to Port land. From Arthur Perry"! "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Dear Kris Kringle: Make the fish In Rogue River "bite, whether or not they feel like, it." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1928 (Sunday) H. W. Conger, "genial coun ty coroner," protests having to pay a city parking ticket, but eventually relents and remits. Deadline for Ou tdoor Christmas Lighting contest fast approaches. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1918 (Monday) Flu masks are no longer required on the -street, but must still be dworn among people indoors and at' public gatherings. A reconstruction program gets underway here to provide jobs for returning servicemen What Y Your I.Q.? Nine or ten' correct it superior; even er eight is excellent; five oi is it good, v 1. Identify "The Perfect Fool" of stage, screen and ra dio. 2. Who was King of Spain when Columbus discovered America? 3. Galleon is "the name of a trade wind, unit of measure ment, or 15th century sailing vessel? 4. Where is the "Grand Na tional Steeplechase " run? 5. A nonprofessional fin ancial backer of theatrical ventures is called an a ? 6. On the top part of many compass scales, one will see depicted a rose, a fleur-de-lis, or a daisy? 7. A truffle is a table del icacy; true or false? 8. Complete the quotation: "New brooms " 9. What sort of serpent is said to have caused the death of Cleopatra? 10. Are there any movie stars who are unable to sign their names? Answers: 1. Ed Wynn. 2. Ferdinand V. 3. Sailing vessel. 4. Aintree. England. 5. Angel. 6. Fleur-de-lis. 7. True. 8. "sweep clean." 9. An asp. 10. Yes: Mickey Mouse etc. Dewey To Leave Hospital Today Palm Springs- Calif. (LTD Former New .York1 Gov. Thomas E. Dewey expected to leave the hospital today and return to New York. The two-time GOP presi dential candidate was visiting here Sunday when he was stricken with the flu and taken to Palm Springs Desert hc,sjjitsL An "M" on Roxy Ann? The Medford Hi-Times, the well-edited stu dent newspaper at Medford High school, pro poses that a big "M" should be erected on the slopes of Roxy Ann butte. The paper finds it "odd" that this idea has not been taken up seriously by anyone before, and adds, "There is very little that could hamper put ting an 'M' on- the mountain." It further bolsters the idea as follows: "Almost without exception, the schools in Wash ington, Idaho and Montana all have their school letter on the nearest available hill, and many of our Oregon rivals do too ... As a matter of pride, we ought not to be outdone by our rivals. With so many outstanding achievements to our credit in sports, music and other .. activities, it doesn't seem right to let neighboring towns, with less reason, identify themselves as though they had more to boast about than we do. So why not : - show our school spirit with an 'M for Roxy Ann?" WITH all due respect to the student editorial ing question. He asks "Why Not?" We ask, "Why?" What would be gained by putting a big "M" on the slopes of the lovely little-butte to the east? Would it really assist school spirit? Would it make Medford High's undoubted accomplish ments any greater? The editorial cites the fact that a lot of other schools do it. That's about the poorest reason we can think of. So what? Does Medford have to do something just because a bunch of other schools did so in the past? TXTE'D much prefer to see Medford High school write its records where it matters in scholarship, in athletic competition, in musical and forensic accomplishment, in the training of good citizens than in the artificiality of a con crete letter on the slope of a hill. Rather than follow the lead of less-gifted schools, we'd like to see Medford High school continue to exert its leadership where it counts, not in the realm of questionable or even phoney school spirit. Real "school spirit" can't be measured or per petuated except in the souls and hearts and brains of its students and alumni. E. A. Old and New Stars . Does it make any difference how old the stars are? Probably not, as a practical, everyday matter. But in the world of science which is the world created by mankind's inate curiosity and desire to. know the whys and wherefores of our uni verse it is a big and important question. For the question has implications which are fundamental to our entire concept of space and time. Are we living in a universe which was cre ated suddenly in some ancient explosion? Or are we living in a universe which is constantly being renewed in which Creation is a continuing thing? ASTRONOMERS, or le in the Scientific American says: "... Astronomers now agree that the sky Is popu lated by objects of all ages, from very ancient stars to those still in the process of birth." The process is still not too wTell understood, but basically it is suggested that vast clouds of hydrogen form the raw material for new stars, and that the process has been going on for bil lions of years, with the ancient "cold" stars be ing located nearer the center of the spiral galax ies, and the younger, hotter stare in the swirling arms. The life of a man is but a fleeting micro second in the formation of heavenly bodies, but somehow it is more satisfying, philosophically, to think of living in a universe which is itself grow ing, developing and changing, than in one which is static and dying. E. A. - Lying Figures "Figures don't lie, but liars figure," is an old saying which has a lot of truth to it the same as the similar one that "You can prove anything with statistics." For instance, the national debt is now about $28.3,000,000,000, or about 2 per cent higher than just after the end of World War II, in 1946. But, because of the growth of population, it is 17 per cent less on a per capita basis. Do we, then, have more debt or less? . The correct answer is "Both" more debt than the total twelve years ago, but less per person. ANOTHER example: Some forecasts place automobile production at 5.7 million units in 1959, which would be about the same as 1956 and a little more than 1954, both good years. But, on a population or per capita basis, the predicted 1959 output would be 6 per cent below the 1954 production. All of which proves little except that most things are relative, and that flat .statements of fact often have to-be fleshed out- with some "background" or added explanation before they give any true meaning. E. A. , . Cheer If it makes anybody feel any better, the days are going to start 'getting longer now. Monday was the first day of winter, and the "shortest day of .the. year J.' E. A. . . many of them, are now Up! Dennis the Menace MQM! OADfim is REALLYWWy 'bout A Million people eiNGiH SILENT NIGffTir Washington Report By William S. White London-Hugh Gaitskell has closed a civilized, highly de cent but quite decisive hand around the British Labor party. The party, in short, is firm ly in the grip of this leader '.of the British opposition -and all this is frnnrf npwc tn William S. f. T, . . , wmte the United States. Those who by Ameri can standards are Labor ex-tremists-specifically Aneurin Bevan are no longer able to raise much thunder on the left. The left-wing of the La bor party, of course, is not finished. But it has been driv en back to a more moderate position by the realities of British politics. Thus if the Labor party should oust the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the next elections, Gaitskell would come to power as a reasonable man, by our measurement. and not as any threat to the Western alliance. This correspondent recently estimated Prime Minister Macmillan to be an excellent politician. At the risk of seem ing now to be saying that everything here is simply peachy, it is necessary to re cord that Gaitskell, too, is a thoroughly grown-up, profes sional politician. H I S evaluation i s based - mainly upon conversations with detached people here. It is based in part upon a talk with Gaitskell himself, in his little office in one of the most beautifully shabby places in the world - the House of Com mons. 1 1 should b e emphasized, however, that what follows are purely personal impres sions and that all that is said here is solely upon the re sponsibility of this columnist and not upon Gaitskell's re sponsibility. What has occurred in the Labor party is much the same as what has happened in the Democratic party at h o m e. The moderates are in control. The old quasi - revolutionary spirit among labor has large ly died away because of the vast improvement in the lives of the ordinary people, much as that spirit has gone from the Democratic party since the Roosevelt-Truman era. Certainly, there are im portant differences between the Labor party here and the Democratic party. But having accepted these differences it may be fairly said that Gait skell in London is in a party position not too dissimilar Try and -By BENNETT CERF- "TITY POOR HUSBAND," sighed a well-upholstered house iVl wife. "Last night he lost his entire savings." "What are you going to do?" sympathized a friend. "Mv cresent intention," said the housewife, "is to invest half of it in a new mink coat and take a slenderizing course with the other half." Tve really got to do something about my snor ing," mourned a patient "It's gotten so loud that now I even wake myself." "Nothing to it," soothed the doctor. "Why don't you just sleep in another room?" An eager scanner of maps declares he's located these fascinating towns' right here in the TJ. S.A.: Noahs, Ark.; Near, Miss.; Fiveand, Tenn.; Dinah, Ho.; and Vhis, Ky. A staffer on a Dallas newspaper has revealed the true Identity of Santa Claus. As you probably have suspected, he's & millionaire Texan with a hobby. O 135. by enMtt Csri. Distributed by King restores SyilflirsH, .... from that of the untitled Democratic chieftain at home, Lyndon B. Johnson, the Sen ate majority leader. TN OTHER words, Gaitskell - is the man of responsibility in the opposition. He has got to run the railroad. And be cause he runs it in a practical way, he is under pressure from leftward colleagues very similar to that being applied to Senator Johnson from the equivalent Democratic quar ter. In neither case have these more liberal colleagues any chance or perhaps any real desire to throw out the mod erate leader. But neither lead er -Senator Johnson in Washington and Mr. Gaitskell in London - is wholly com fortable at suggestions from the left that he has become too soft with the opposition, Gaitskell is lightly philo sophic about these troubles, whereas Johnson is often bit terly and deeply wounded. There are other divergences, too. Perhaps the most impor tant is that in British politics. the boss is more truly the boss of the party than can be the boss at home. Indeed, this may explain why GaitskeU is more relaxed than Johnson when party associates angrily and vainly urge him on to fights with the Conservatives that would be very dramatic but also very foolish. TUT in deeper senses, the Gaitskell-Johnson equation is quite real. Each has been required by current history to draw back a little from pre viously more liberal views. Each understands that politi cal leaders must do more than engage in stirring and los ing - battles. And each - as different as they are in many ways symbolizes the whole story of the retreat on both shores of the Atlantic from the politics of protest of the 1930's. . uaitskell simply cannot be lieve that the trade unions in his party are always and auto matically right. Johnson must be aware that Franklin Roose velt and Harry Truman have departed, and that for good or ill we live in a new political world in which the quiet tone and the centrist policy are the facts of political life. As is true at home as be t w e e n the Republican and Democratic parties, the old vast gulf between Conserva tives and Liberals here has narrowed almost beyond be lief. Nearly everybody, reaUy, is in the center the Con servatives barely to the right of center and Labor barely to the left of center. (Copyright, 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Stop Me Administration's Policy on Labor Union Control Vague as 'Rules for Squat Tag' By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -UPD- The policy of the Eisenhower administra tion on big, rich and ambitious organized la bor, seems to be somewhat vague, lixe the ground rules for playing musical chairs or, maybe, squat tag. Between the adminis- vi. r WiUon urauuii s wuui policy and squat tag there is another resemblance all hands can get into the act at once. For example: Postmas ter General Arthur E. Sum merfield was in New York the other day speaking before an assembly of manufacturers about what he called the reck Matter of Fact QUEMOY AND BERLIN Paris - The Paris rally of the leaders of the West at least showed absolute agree- ISil ment on one point: that surrender at Berlin will amount in the end to sur render every where. The most cautious and provincial NATO part- Jostpb AIsod "ers were sure of this as Secretary of State Dulles himself. Nevertheless, the contrast was striking between the Western leaders' approach to the Berlin problem and the approach of Nikita Khrush chev. All Khrushchev's dec larations, notes, and cocktail hour menaces about Berlin can be boiled down to three simple propositions, as fol lows: First, free Berlin is a "can cer" on the body politic of the Saviet satellite empire, and the "cancer" must be cut out. Second, "nobody" (mean ing nobody In the West) is going to fight an H-bomb war for Berlin. Third, however, the Soviet Union is entirely ready to use its great military power in support of the East German government, if the West makes any attempt to break a Berlin blockade imposed by the Kremlin's Pankow pup pets. TiEHIND these three nrooosl I tions of Khrushchev, there is his knowledge that Berlin cannot be sustained by an other airlift, so the easy way out that was taken in 1948 is no longer open in 1958. If this is correct, and if Khrush chev's second and third pro positions are also correct, then Berlin is already a doomed city. In fact, if the Western leaders are not fuUy prepared to meet the terrible challenge that Khrushchev is threaten ing them with, it is their plain moral duty to tell the free Berliners to save themselves while they can. The leaders of the West are agreed, however, that sur render at Berlin will amount in the end to surrender every where. Hence, one may hope there will be no surrender, In these circumstances, the contrast between Khrush chev's discussion of the Berlin problem in naked military terms, and the failure of the Western leaders to discuss the problem in those terms is rather glaringly significant. F)R the West, if the easy way out is closed this time, the crucial point is obviously Khrushchev's second proposi tion. The Western allies do not have enough conventional military power to take on the Red Army, without being ready to use the strategic de terrent too. Therefore, if Ber lin is not to. be surrendered in the end, the West must be ready to fight an H-bomb war for Berlin. In this way, the Berlin cri sis somewnat resemDies we Quemoy crisis. For Quemoy, in the last analysis, was saved because the cold warriors of the Kremlin and the Forbid- AVAILABLE AT ALL STATE STORES Code No. 181 B ATERFIIL i if HAZIER KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY sl a nlc m-m m HflflOF Irinr 4. " OS. WAIElflU AMD IIIZIEI DISTillEIT COMPANY, tilDSTOWMj KENTUCKY less wage and political de mands of a few union leaders. Summerfield also discussed the problem of currency infla tion which began under FDR, continued with Harry S. Tru man and is being carried on, more slowly, under President Eisenhower. Summer field said one of the causes of in flation "is found in the de mands of union bosses the new monopolists for wage increases not warranted by productivity gains." Summer field continued: , Need For Legislation "To prevent the extension these inflationary wage in creases, we need legislation to restore democracy and respon sibility in our labor unions, to curb the present powers of the union dicators, and, no less necessary in the public inter- By Joseph AIsop den City were not ready to risk a big war to win Quemoy. Both sides in the Quemoy fighting in fact allowed their tactics and their decisions to be largely controlled by the strategic deterrent power of the other side. Respect for the Soviet strategic deterrent caused President Eisenhower to reverse all his "bigger bang for a buck" directives, and to forbid our forces to base their planning on the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The effect! of the American strategic de terrent on the Communists was even more striking. By continuing the Quemoy blockade, and by mobilizing more of their enormous mili tary resources, the Chinese Communists could surely have taken the Quemoy Islands in the end. But they could not do this without risking more intense and much wider fight ing. The Chinese Nationalists, for instance, would surely have used their airpower against mainland targets be fore they let Quemoy faU. ' IF THE fighting had been widened and intensified, in turn, no one could be sure where the process would end. Therefore the Chinese Com munists called off the attack. They did this not because they had been locally defeated, but because they feared, or be cause the Kremlin feared, the American strategic deterrent. There is one great differ ence, however, between the Quemoy crisis and the Berlin crisis. At Quemoy, there was room for a prolonged test of wiU in actual combat. The strange test, conducted with real weapons, went on for many weeks before Moscow andor Peiping were convinc ed that the will of the Chinese Nationalists and their Ameri can allies was too firm to be tampered with. At Berlin, in contrast, there is almost no room at all for this kind of prolonged test of will with real weapons. One .side cannot probe the other side's intentions with conventional arms without forcing an immediate decis ion, for or against the use of the weapons of total de struction. Any probing with conventional arms by either side wiU immediately engage the other side's prestige to the utmost. The side that backs down after such a probe will be universally considered to be the defeated side. In these circumstances, since Khrushchev so plainly conceives the Berlin problem in straight military terms, there is only one sane course to adopt. This is the course of using every means possi ble, in advance of any final test on the Berlin supply lines, to convince Khrushchev that he is altogether wrong! in his second proposition. If he can be made to believe that the West would rather fight a big war than surren der at Berlin, and if 'he is also offered a line of retreat into East -West negotiations, then there is every reason to hope that a disaster canbe avoided. But on the face of the facts as known at present, this is the only way to avoid disaster. (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. hi esse inzisi est, to redress the balance of power as between unions and managment. "The principle of anti-trust (the Sherman Act) should be applied ... to this labor-boss monopoly. America today teters on the precipice of a labor-bossed Congress. I think it is high time that the Ameri can people demand that the political activity of organized labor be brought within rea sonable bounds, and clearly governed by law." The question arises, for whom was Summerfield speaking and, further, will he take that bold stand when the cabinet shortly considers the labor sections of Eisenhower's message to the new Congress on the state of the nation? Another question: If Eisen hower's message rejects abso-lutely-which it surely will Summerfield's call for bare knuckled labor legislation, what will Summerfield do? Will the Postmaster General seize his hat, resign from the cabinet and return to Michi gan to see first hand how Democratic Gov. G. Mennen (Soapy) Williams and Walter P. Reuther are doing? 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 the aaper; in fact the contrary i; often the case. Preserving History To the Editor: Congratula tions to the Illinois Valley Federated Women's club. I hope their plans for restor ation of the Stith-Naucke house are fulfilled and sup ported not only by Josephine county but all southern Ore gon. Lessons of history are best taught by this third dim en sional method and are well patronized by the traveling public. Janice G. Houghton, Secretary Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation . Medford Sales Tax? Yes To the Editor: The working men have been paying taxes since the 13 states were or ganized and will as long as we have a government of these United State, the state of Ore gon, county of Jackson, and the city of Medford. As for the sales tax, if it will reduce property taxes 10 or 20 per cent, I am for it. . Mr. Lauren Seymour stat ed he lived in the Portland area for many years and had seen the Washington sales tax in action. Has he seen an Oregon sales tax in action? - Let's all do a little clear thinking and tax all the peo ple, not only those that are : being taxed. Yes, we have been paying property tax, county, city, fed eral, state, hidden, and other taxes. But if a sales tax will benefit the state and anil the taxpayers by taxing all the people, I say let's have a sales tax. R. H. Singler, 27 Rose ave., Medford. Doll Showing To the Editor: I wish to state my sincere thanks to the staff of the Medford Mail Tribune and KBOY radio sta tion for their wonderful co operation, for the part they had taken in letting the peo ple of Medford and other vicinities know about the Counsel With Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan - ; iff 1 Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOUY ST. Equal Cause Summerfield could leave now for equal cause. Labor Secretary James P. MitchelF challenged and repudiated the Postmaster General's labor, policy the moment it ap peared. Mitchell said Eiesen hower would make his own la bor policy. ... That is reasonable enough. But, after the President has made his policy, how will b keep his cabinet associates in line? Mitchell and Summer field are so far apart on la bor that one of them might as well be on the moon. Perhaps Eisenhower and Summerfield are less far apart although not likely. Eisen hower did say during the cam paign in California that cor rupt unions should be fumi gated. He did not repeat that line, however, when he cam paigned in New York tip toed through New York, as one reporter put it. Nelson A. Rockefeller, running then for governor, pointed up that omission when asked about the fumigation remark. Rocke feller said he would not have used the word. open house" showing my doll collection. I am very much pleased with the pictures, story and the ad in Sunday's paper, and thanks again tenfold. To the folks who were un able to see my doll coUection during the Christmas rush, and would like to see it, for their convenience I will con tinue to show them until New Year's. School children ar welcome and small children should be accompanied by an adult. If at any time you wish any information, don't hesi tate to call me at SPring 3-3433. Thanks again to eveiyon who took part in my "open house." It was greatly appre dated, and here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmaa and happy and prosperous New Year. Mrs. Flora Moore, 136 South Holly st, ; Medford. IT COSTS NO MORE "See Your Travel Agent" Airlines know we can help you have more fun. That' why thev say "See your Travel Agent first." Drop in today and talk over your next trip. See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TflAUEL SERUICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickers PHONE SP2-77 111 E. 8th QUITE A CARD! The same economy we use In planning your insurance cover age has prompted us to elimi nate our usual Christmas cards this year. You'll find our sin cere season greetings in the form of a glass card on our office window. ' It belongs to each of you with our best wishes. Bill Fish
