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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
. 10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5, 1950 (Thursday)
President Truman said this
country has no intention of
using its armed forces to pro
tect Formosa from Commu
nist advances.
Mrs. Kenneth Pickens, Med
ford housewife, wins sweep
stakes prizes on Betty Crocker
'radio quiz program.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5, 1940 (Friday)
Three bears in Crater Lake
National Park refuse to hiber
nate this year; park rangers
are puzzled.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
- Smudge Pot" column: "In
1937 according to a Believe It
or Not item, it was so hot
near Spokane, Wash., corn
popped on the cob. This is
nothing. Once upon a time
here, it was so hot, an entire
field of corn started popping.
The farmer thought he was in
a snowstorm and nearly froze
to death."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5. 1930 (Sunday)
Jimmy Allen, local high
school basketball star, sells
story to magazine and builds
home near Modoc orchard.
Prohibition will overshadow
tariffs as top issue in coming
congressional session.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5, 1920 (Tuesday)
Losses from fire in Med
ford last year amounted to less
than $5,000, the lowest in his
tory. National Grange favors no
strike clause in new railroad
. bill.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5. 1910 (Wednesday)
Medford's rail freight ship
ments were higher than those
of any other city between
Sacramento and Portland last
year.
Mysterious syndicate is
rapidly acquiring options on
land in Sams Valley. Over
15,000 acres under bond so
far in $lVfe million deal.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Of which Western state
is Carson City the capital?
2. What organization is
represented by the initials
WCTU?
3. Is Mexico geographically
a part of North America, or
of South America?
4. What Nazi leader defect
ed into Scotland in May 1941?
5. Is a thick glass, or a
thin glass, more likely to be
cracked by a hot liquid?
6- Every cabinet officer
gets a Federal allowance to
have his portrait painted; true
or false?
7. Which city in Scotland
has the largest population?
8. Identical twins' are al
ways of the same sex; true or
false?
9. What is the primary
function of the red blood
corpuscles?
' ,10. la what European city
is Piccadilly Circus?
Answers: 1. Nevada. 2. Wo
men's Christian Temperance
Union. 3. North America. 4.
Rudolph Hess. 5. Thick. 6.
True. 7. Glasgow. . True. 9.
T6 transmit oxygen. 10. Lon
don, England.
Political Speculation
A man we know a loyal Democrat, by the
way said to us the other day:
"I'm disappointed that Rockefeller quit the race.
I was ready to vote for him. He would have made a
great president."
We, too, were disappointed that New York's
governor felt it was impossible to devote the
necessary time to the campaign time away from
h;s full-time duties as governor of the nation's
most populous state.
But his withdrawal made a lot of sense. His
statement announcing his withdrawal, with its
implied criticisms of Nixon and even of the Ei
senhower administration, made sense, too.
THE deck was stacked against "Rocky" this
imoi- na -pn i do tVio T?ornVHfaTi Tinmi'nQti'nti 10
concerned.
The "pros" the politicians who govern the
party machineiy were too much committed to
Richard Milhous Nixon to allow an "open" con
vention next July.
And for some reason we find difficult to un
derstand, Rockefeller's fresh vigor, his determin
ation and drive, and his look-ahead ideas as to
what this country needs must have if it is to
go forward, failed to strike sparks with rank-and-file
voters.
CO, BARRING some totally unforeseen reversal
of the trends of the moment, Nixon will be the
Republican candidate this fall.
If the present mood of the country continues
until November a mood of slumbrous and large
ly unthinking content Nixon may well be the
next president of the United States.
Any Democrat nominated (with one possible
exception) would find it
come Nixon's undisputed popularity with voters
who have come to feel that this is, after all, the
best of all possible worlds, and that there's no
need to rock the boat.
Nixon might not inherit all of the Eisenhower
aura. But no other candidate would inherit any
of it, and Richard (That's my boy!) Nixon would
certainly benefit from it
A ND what of Rockefeller?
"He is still a relatively
as a successful governor
diminish his reputation.
And, perhaps most important, his withdrawal
ij i 11 Til 1 i j 1
statement specmcaiiy reserved tne ngnt to ais
cuss issues within the framework of the Republic'
an party issues which haven't raised, much
smoke, despite their burning importance to Amer
ica's future.
He can be expected
States' secondary place in space exploration; its
dangerously weak defense position; the needs
of education, of capital
of economic justice for the elderly, of the protec
tion of our diminishing natural resources.
THESE are issues with which America must
rvmci fr nrvirvD r -f o rl a inf a canrYr ! nee of o f no
Eisenhower has had his moments of greatness
particularly since he started being president in
fact as well as name, after Sherman Adams and
John Foster Dulles were no longer around.
The President has been the Great Accommo
dator, an almost symbolic figure, whose dedica
tion to peace is unquestionable, but whose leader
ship in attacking the hard problems of world
order and national progress has been confined
to platitudes and generalities.
IF, EVEN on the sidelines, Rockefeller can stim
A ulate an intelligent and constructive debate on
such vital issues, his withdrawal will have been
an important political fact for America's future.
Meanwhile, the attrition among Democratic
candidates will continue,' as the half-dozen or so
avowed or unavowed would-be presidents con
tinue their quest for the nomination.
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that,
once again, the Democrats will turn to Adlai
Stevenson the one man in their party whose
stature is undiminished, even by two defeats,
who has the brains and the depth to fill the
office, and who will not suffer from the inevit
able political infighting preceding the conven
tion. E.A.
Belton as Treasurer
Gov. Mark Hatfield's appointment of Howard
C. Belton as state treasurer, succeeding Sig Unan
der, was a "natural" and a good appointment.
Belton, an essentially conservative man, will
be a meticulous fiscal officer, aided by a highly
competent staff of leng experience.
His other role as treasurer that of member
ship on the board of control and the other boards
on which the treasurer serves will actually be
more significant, as far as policy is concerned.
.
DELTON is a man of sensibility, and his finan
cial conservatism will not blind him to the
needs of the institutions under the boards' juris
diction. He is also a man of rock-like integrity and
honor, with long and valuable experience in state
government, both in the legislature and in the
executive department where he served brief lv
from time to time as acting governor, while presi
dent oi tne senate.
Whether he will be
himself this election remains to be seen, but
whether or not he does, in the meantime the state
can be confident the office is in erood hands.
E.A.
an uphill fight to over
to a large extent.
young man. A full term
of New York cannot
to discuss the United
investment for the future,
a "candidate to succeed
. . -
Dennis the
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Hey, Margaret.' Did ya see m
Communications
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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
paper; in fact the contrary ii often
Pet Abandonment
To the Editor: The last
session of the state legisla
ture passed an amendment to
the law .relating to the aban
donment of animals to include
specifically cats and dogs, and
increased the penalties for
this crime. It is now possible,
upon conviction, to be fined
up to $500 and be jailed for
a period up to 30 days.
Within the past four days
the Southern Oregon Humane
society has investigated two
local cases of abandonment of
dogs and reported them to the
district attorney's office.
In Central Point, on Satur
day, Dec. 26, 1959, a family
moved and left a toy collie
female dog about one year
old. A neighbor had been
feeding the dog for one whole
week, until it was reported
to the Humane Society on
Saturday morning, Jan. 2,
1960.
The other case concerned a
male collie and shepherd dog
about one year old that had
been abandoned on the Jack
sonville highway, Medford,
when another family moved
on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1959.
This case was reported to the
Humane Society on Friday,
Jan. 1, 1960.
Unfortunately, in both
these cases, the guilty par
ties have moved out of the
state, but the district attor
ney has been requested to
prosecute either or both if
they should return to Oregon.
There can be no excuse for
this kind of treatment to dogs
and cats in this county, with
all the facilities available to
people who can no longer
take care of their pets or have
unwanted animals. Just to de
liberately abandon them to
starve or freeze to death in
this weather is cruelty be
yond words.
Assistance or information
is available from the South
ern Oregon Humane Society
at 2902 Table Rock Road or
by calling NOrmandy 4-2406,
and we will make an investi
gation of all reports of cruelty
or abandonment of animals;
William O. Herring,
Humane Officer
Southern Oregon
Humane Society,
2902 Table Rock rd.,
. Medford.
Questions
To the Editor: Many statis
tics are supplied via the news
papers and other sources, but
some things I believe the
average citizen is never in
formed about, or '.'seldom, if
ever," a few of which I sub
mit. Is our rather sudden inter
est in outer space prompted
by a real human or national
need, or a sort of excuse for
many political and other sel
fish acts?
What are the amounts of
cash donated annually for re
search for cures, aids to, and
other things in connection
with each of the greater
plagues to our health, TB,
polio, arthritis, heart, cancer,
muscular distrophy, and
others?
Who distributes these
funds?
What are the administrative
costs?
Just what capable institu
tions are employed? What are
the names of the recognized
scientists working on these
various research efforts? ;
Educators and others have
advised our young people to
take courses that will qualify
them for a spot somewhere in
connection with space re
search and kindred efforts.
Why are some not advised
to study economics, that some
real scientific progress along
that line might be effected
while there is yet time?
Why not remind the great
minds to be that in" govern
ment, and economics, we are
struggling along with two
Menace
turn a MA&esAuiT t
the case.
forms, that have changed but
little since our first record of
history, and except for chang
es in names and some slight
variations remain unchanged?
Why not admit the fact
that the last half of the 1800's
was truly the inventive age
the age of scientific discov
ery, that since then little, al
most no new, basic discover
ies have been made.
Are qualified business minds
called upon to administer the
business, or the financial ma
nipulations of our various
units of government, ' educa
tion, etc?
Another question, is not
our present method of settling
labor disputes rather inade
quate and can not science offer
something better?
Why are organized groups
within our government not re
quired to submit reasons for,
and show the need for, any
acts against other groups or
individuals, or our society as
a whole, before taking actions
such as strikes, boycotts, shut
outs, price hikes, etc?
We have submitted some
complicated questions, and
there are many more.
However, a few answers to
the more simple questions and
those less involved would
help.
J. D. Bowdish
1016 Reddy st.
Medford
Freedom and Non-Freedom
To the Editor: Readers of
The Mail Tribune take note of
interesting news, editorials,
and communications. In an
editorial on Thanksgiving Day
we were refreshed by the in
sertion of Lincoln's 1863
Thanksg i vi n g Proclamation,
and grateful for the Editor's
words respecting "Thanks
Due Today."
We owe gratitude to our
friend for reminding us of the
thanks we owe to God. The
great Psalmist said, "Oh, give
thanks unto the Lord, for He
is good." Yes, we owe thanks,
and . thanksgiving includes
thanksliving also.
This reminds us of a remon
strant protest we felt when
we read a second editorial on
Dec. 10. The title of this was,
"Religious Freedom. W e
quote some of the editor's
words: "In America, every
one is free to practice his re
ligion as he sees f it-or to prac
tice none at all." Then he
gave quite a list of beliefs,
and concluded with these
words, "as well as agnostics
and atheists." "This diversity
is a splendid ining-ii some
what confusing."
Splendid agnostics, atheists,
and non-practitioners! A con
fusing diversity for sure,
"but," said the editor, "This
diversity is a splendid things."
Non-practitioners and their
mal-practices are named in
some detail in God's word.
Briefly, 1st Timothy 1", 9 and
10, "-lawless, disobedient, ungodly-unholy,
profane, mur
derers, - manslayers, whore
mongers, them that defile
themselves with mankind,
menstealers, liars, perjured
persons." For more see Ro
mans 1. 28-32. Revelation 21.8
tells their future, "The fear
ful, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, whoremo n g e r s,
sorcerers, idolaters, and ali
Jiars shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone which is
the second death."
Again the editor, "Nearly
half our people - the largest
single group have no church
affiliation, some by ' default
(neglect or failure),-some by
choice."
The Bible calls this great
company lost. "If our gospel
be hid, it is hid to them that
are lost." "Without God and
without hope in the world."
Every issue of every daily re
lates the crooked doings and
Matter of Fact
By Joseph AIsop
NIXON ANALYSIS
Washington - Now that
Vice President Nixon has an
unchallenged strangle - hold
on the Repub
lican presi
dential nomi
nation, he is
going through
the mbtions
that are nat
ural in his
happy posi
tion. He is saving
Joseph alsop that he wants
his running mate on the Re
publican ticket to be freely
chosen by an "open conven
tion." He is sueeestinff that
aspirants to the Republican
vice presidential nomination
might even do well to enter
state primaries - God save the
mark!
In short, he is doing every
thing he can to relieve the
tedium of a Republican race
that was won before it even
started, by stirring up interest
in the face for second place.
In fact, however, it can be
stated with some confidence
that Nixon has already pretty
well decided how the race for
second place ought to come
out. And since the Republi
can convention will be rather
less "open" than the Black
Hole of Calcutta, Nixon's
views will surely prevail.
TTNLESS Nixon changes his
'-''mind in the interval, the
decision about the Republi
can's party's next vice presi
dential nominee will really be
made at the Democratic con
vention. If the Democrats do
not nominate Sen. John F.
Kennedy o f Massachusetts,
the Republicans will be gently
guided to choose Secretary of
Labor James Mitchell for sec
ond man on their ticket. But
if Kennedy wins the Demo
cratic nomination, the indi
cated Republican choice will
be an Eastern protestant of
the generally liberal type,
such as Ambassador to the
United Nations Henry Cabot
Lodge. '
The reasoning behind this
strategy is quite simple. If the
Roman Catholic, Kennedy, is
the Democratic presidential
nominee, it will be no use
trying to compete for the
Catholic vote by giving anoth
er Roman Catholic, Mitchell,
the Republican vice presiden
tial nomination. It would be
clumsy. It would be down
right damaging.
BUT if Kennedy is rejected
by the Democrats, the
whole picture will be trans
formed. Nixon himself, as he
is well aware, is already very
strong with the Catholic vot
ing groups. The rejection of
Kennedy by the Democrats
will make it easier to maxi
mize this strength of Nixon's.
The choice of Mitchell will
admirably-serve this purpose,
and it will suit Nixon in other
ways too. For Mitchell is a
Nixon friend and ally of long
standing, and, being a New
Jersey man, he will also bal
ance the ticket geographic
ally. This approach of the Vice
President's to the problem of
his running mate is of special
interest at the moment, just
after Senator Kennedy's won
derfully unsurprising an
nouncement of his candidacy.
Nixon, the shrewdest political
mind in the Republican party,
clearly considers that the Ken
nedy candidacy puts the
Democratic party in an agon
izing box.
The Democrats will be re
leased from this box if Ken
nedy fails in the primaries
and falls behind in the polls.
In that case of course all bets
will be off. But suppose Ken
nedy goes to Los Angeles as
the front-running Democratic
candidate, with enough dele
gates to give him.- the best
chance of nomination in nor
mal circumstances.
In that case, any coalition
against Kennedy will unavoid
ably be driven to emphasize
the danger of nominating a
Catholic for the presidency.
There will be some justice in
this, too, for the nomination
of Kennedy will doubtless
cost the Democrats some Pro
testant votes.
BUT suppose the coalition
against. Kennedy is suc
cessful, in its warnings about
the mal-practices of the agnos
tics, atheists, the non-practi
tioners, and unfortunately
some professed practitioners
(church members). Quite obvi
ously this diversity is confus
ing, but not splendid.
But, '"In America everyone
is free to-practice none (re
ligion) at all." This, however,
is not - the ireedom uod
planned, nor that which our
Pilgrim fathers prized. "They
have left unstained what
there they found, Freedom to
worship; God.'' .; ; ,
What a contrast to practic
ing no religion at all!
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford.
I XI-
European
Has Disadvantages To Unity
T duti lirivcnu i . , . ..... ... , .
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
One of the pressing prob
lems left unsolved by the re
cent Western summit confer
ence in Paris
was the dan
g e r o u s eco
nomic division
d e v e 1 o ping
bet ween Eu
rope's "inner
six" and "out
er seven."
Aside from
the nations di-
Newsnm recxiy involv
ed, the conflict also repre
sents a basically different ap
proach to a United States of
Europe as advocated by the
United States of America on
the one hand and Great Brit
ain on the other.
Both the "inner six" and
the "outer seven" are trade
groups, set up to knock down
tariff barriers within each
group, while retaining trade
barriers against each other.
" In the "inner six" are West
Germany. France, Italy, Bel
gium, Holland Luxembourg,
with a total population of 170
million.
In the "outer seven" are
Great Britain, Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark, Switzerland,
Austria and Portugal, with
a population of 90 million.
While each is a trade group,
the "inner six" actually goes
much further than trade. Its
members see it as the begin
ning of a program which will
link Europe politically.
Has U.S. Support
It has had the firm support
of the United States on the
theory that a united Europe
would greatly strengthen the
defensive capabilities of the
North Atlantic Treaty Alli
ance (NATO).
That it. also might divide
Europe had not been foreseen.
The division ' arises from
the fact that the common mar
ket of the inner six also re
quires the surrender of a cer
tain amount of sovereignty.
This, Britain especially, was
unwilling to do. The British
believe that economic and po
litical matters should remain
separate.
- Seeing itself thereby shut
out from the common market
and fearing the effects on
its own trade, Britain there
fore hastily set up the "outer
seven."
Hence, the economic war de
veloping among the very na
tions upon which the United
States must depend for its
allies.
Aside from the effects on
Europe, the two economic
blocs also have an adverse
effect on other economies, no
tably those of the United
States and Canada.
Plan Paris Meeting
The U.S. presently exports
more to the inner six than
does any member of the outer
seven. But it must do so now
at a disadvantage as com
pared to any member of the
trading group
In an effort to bridge the
gap between the inner six
and outer seven, European
economic ministers and ex
perts, plus representatives of
the United States and Canada
will meet in Paris the middle
of this month.
As of now, it appears the
bridge will be a difficult one
to construct because of the
political nature of the inner
six organization and Britain's
unalterable opposition to it.
A possibility under discus
sion is a recommendation that
work be started on a world
wide reduction of tariffs ap
plicable to all nations, regard
less of organization or bound
ary lines.
WET PARKING SPACE
Tampa, Fla. - (UPD - Alfred
Hammel, 47, told police Mon
day he couldn't find his car
which he had parked Sunday
night. Officers investigated
and found Hammel had driv
en off a bridge into the Hills
borough river, turned off the
ignition and lights, opened
the door and floated to the
surface. He was charged with
drunken and careless driving.
Protestant votes lost. What
then will happen to the mass
ive Catholic vote? The Cath
olic voters, once so solidly
Democratic, have long been
drifting further and further
toward the Republicans. The
drift is likely to become a
landslide, if Kennedy is re
fused the nomination just be
cause he is a Catholic. And
the landslide will be assured,
if the Republicans also give a
Catholic second place on their
ticket.
That, quite obviously is the
Vice President's analysis. It
is formidably realistic, and so
is the plan that has been de
rived from this analysis. Both
analysis and plan can be ex
pected, to receive prayerful
consideration, during the com
ing months, from Democratic
leaders in the big industrial
states, where the Catholic
vote is so largely concen
trated. (c) 1960. New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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Economic
Such a plan might be sup -
ported in principle by the the U.S. trade balance re
United States but would be I mains unfavorable.
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
NIXON IN CHARGE
Washington-Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon has now be
come the operating head of
the Republi
can party, and
as such he is
moving coolly
to take charge
of its affairs
as tactfully as
possible.
Presi dent
Eisenhower is
not only in his
last months in
William S.
White
office. He has also, in fact if
not in form, turned party di
rection over to his now un
challenged Republican heir,
Mr. Nixon.
The first task of Nixon's
new status, a task on which
he is already engaged, is this:
to repair the real if not easily
measurable damage to party
morale resulting from the
forced retirement of Gov. Nel
son Rockefeller of New York
as his one potential rival for
the Presidential nomination.
Nixon leaves nothine to
chance, and never deludes
himself. His instinct is to err
in only one way in reckoning
danger or latent danger. He
will always overestimate, if
this is the alternative to the
peril of underestimating. He
knows there is a clear risk
that the cry of "'ssism" will
go up against him. Rockefel
ler's bitter comment - that
those who "will control" the
GOP convention told him
plainly not to contest for the
nomination - has seen to that.
rpHE WORD "controllers," as
applied to the Republican
leaders about the country, is
only a thin shade removed
from the blunter word "boss
es." And. Nixon, in common
with the whole of the regular
Republican organization, well
remembers that it was in part
the exploitation of the cry of
"bossism" against the Demo
crats that enabled Rockefel
ler to defeat a sitting Demo
cratic New York governor in
1958, Averell Harriman.
The Vice-President and his
advisers are practical men.
They know nothing much can
be done to cancel out Rocke
feller's complaint. The lead
ers did tell him they would
not tolerate the disunity of a
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE, author John Marquard's son, then
17, was allowed use of the family car. Marquard worried
all night that in the midst of the general jubilation an acci
dent might occur. Sure
enough, shortly after -midnight,
the doctor in -his
home town called up.
"Your father's just run -Into
a telephone pole," he
reported. "He's ra t h e r .
banged up, but he'll be .
okay in a few days.".
"Maybe," mused Mar-,
quard as he hung up the
receiver, "I've been
worrying about the
wrong generation all the
time!"
'.-'
An unruly youngster,
banished to his bedroom without supper, broke some kind of rec- ,
ord by ending a sentence with five prepositions. His father had re- 1
lented to the extent of a glass of milk and some cookies, and also i
placed on the tray a copy of Bulf inch's "Mythology." The kid's
swift reaction to the book was, "Why are you bringing me that
book I never want to be read to out of up for?"
I960, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
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convention fight. Thatvis a
matter of ineradicable history
and is also the plain truth.
But it is felt that something
can be done to prevent an ex
pansion of the incident into an
important Democratic weap
on. And something can be
done, too, on a connected
problem: the possibility that
Mr. Nixon's early lock-up of
the nomination might reduce
public interest in the GOP
convention to near the point
of zero.
The Vice-President's initial
steps have had all this in
mind. First, his comment on
Rockefeller's withdrawal was
restrained - and highly com
plimentary to the Governor.
Second, he has refused to
show any exultation or even
to concede that he himself is
now as good as nominated.
A ND, more importantly, the
Nixon people have let it be
known that Mr. Nixon is con
sidering leaving it to the Re
publican convention to select
the 1960 Vice - Presidential
nominee - within limits. The
purpose of this strategy is per
fectly clear. Nixon knows that
the whole tradition of politics
allows any Presidential nomi
nee to have the last and the
only important word on who
will be his running mate.
The present circumstances,
however, make it unwise for
him even to indicate an inten
tion of availing himself of his
privilege. There is the neces
sity to avoid any suggestion of
additional "bossism" that can
be avoided. And there is the
necessity not to close up the
whole show in advance by
identifying the man who is
going to get the Vice-Presidential
nomination.
Nixon all the same does
not literally mean that the
convention will be free to
choose his running mate.
What he means to accomplish
is this: to avoid totally fore
closing the second place andj
to allow the convention a freei(
choice subject to a very im-:
portant qualifications. 1
It will be a"free choice" sc
long as the name is one on
those on a list of acceptable
which Nixon will carry to the1
convention. .
(Copyright, I960, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
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