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History from tno files of Thi
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. Ii, 1953 (Sunday)
The cast end of Diamond Lake
Highway was closed by snow
this week end, probably for the
winter; the west end of the high
way was closed earlier in the
week.
Medford High School speakers
won several places at a speech
tournament at Pacific Univer
sity at Forest Grove Friday and
Saturday.
20 YEARS AGO
lice. 8. 1913 (Monday)
Mis. James L. Bradley, wife
of the commanding general at
Camp White, announces plans
for Christmas party for children
of men n the 96th Division.
I mm Arthur Perry "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
is a shorlnge of red ribbon for
lying Christmas packages, and
besides, a federal bureau an
nounces it is non-essential. The
red ribbon has probably gone
to war as a governmental red
tape."
30 YEARS AGO
Doc. 6, 1933 (Wednesday)
Bids opened in Portland on
flOH.OOO in National Recovery
Act highway projects in Juekson
and Josephine Counties.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. (I. 1923 (Thursday)
Men In Willow Springs School
District build addition to school
house to provide space for chil
dren's riding horses.
Public dance at Oriental Gar
dens to inaugurate Med ford
Christmas seal sale drive.
5o'EAitS AGO
Dec. 6. 1913 (Saturday)
C. 12. Whislcr, Medford, to
invite state Horticulture Society
to hold annual convention here.
Hud Anderson, Medford, rated
10 to 0 favorite in 20-round
match for Pacific coast welter
weight championship.
What's Your I.Q.7
Ning or len correct ii fuptrior;
even or tight Ii excellent; five or
ii it good.
1. The game of polo Is played
with a ball made from ivory,
cork, or wood?
2. Is the obverse side of a
coin the front or back of the
coin?
3. How many times does the
word "America" appear in the
stunas of "My Country 'tis of
thee"?
4. In what historical novel is
an exciting chariot race describ
ed?
5. Name the capital of North
Carolina.
6. What siwcies of bird can
fly backwards, and stand still
in midair?
7. Would you most likely ex
pect to meet a Pasha in Yugo
slavia, Egvpt, Indonesia, or in
Peru?
0. How many masts has
brig?
9. If some one gave you
stirrup cup, would you get a
hunting horn, a drink, or a
prize award?
to. If a kernel of corn is
planted two inches deep and
grows one-half the distance to
the surfiiro the first night and
one-half the remaining distance
each night, how long will it take
it to sprout:
Answeri: 1. Wood. I. Front.
.1. Not at all. 4. Hen llur. S.
Italeigh. 6. Hummingbird. T.
Egypt. 8. Two. 0. Drink. 10. II
sproutf the tint night.
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CpSw PUBLISHERS
VSJAMOCIATION
DECEMBER (, 1061
What About
One of our faithful correspondents writes
as follows:
To the Editor: In our desire to be tolerant of the other
fellow's beliefs and opinions, we have come to tolerate
the intolerable. We sacrifice American lives by the hun
dreds of thousands to put down Nazi tyranny, and still
permit the existence of an American Nazi Party.
Many people do not understand the meaning of the term
Americanism. It should be stressed more and more until
even the dimwits comprehend it.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 2292
White City, Ore.
These are sentiments with which it is easy
to concur.
But a question arises: What do we DO about
the Nazi Party, and the others who are a living
denial of everything good in the American tra
tion? THESE people, no matter what we may think
of their views, are American citizens. Do
we outlaw them? Take away their citiznship?
Deprive them of their freedom of speech?
What is Americanism, if it is not adher
ence to the Constitution and its guarantees of
freedom of speech and peaceable assembly?
We may disagree with them, despise them,
ostracize them. But as long as they do no more
than make nuisances of themselves, how can we
do more without violating the "Americanism"
enunciated in the Constitution and in our laws
and traditions?
"Error of opinion may be tolerated where
reason is left free to combat it," Jefferson wrote.
Even outrageous opinions. E. A.
Sky Hooks
The possibility of using helicopters in log
ging operations has been
some time, but it hasn t
yet.
It will be next year, if
a huge-and powerful helicopter, developed (at
least in part) with logging in mind, is now under
going tests for the Army, where it is carrying
tanks and other types of cargo.
Trial of the big machine for logging purposes
is tentatively scheduled for mid-1964, following
completion of the Army tests.
MEANWHILE, another type of "sky hook" is
ar't.iiiillv in lisp im nn nvnprimfmtul liucie
Chester R. Matheson, a Vancouver, B. C, for
estry engineer, recently demonstrated logging
techniques using gas-filled balloons. "News
print Facts," a trade
thus :
"The demonstration logging was done with conventional
main-line and haulback and a donkey-engine winch. But
instead of a spar tree or slccl spar as anchor for the line
which transports the logs, two helium-filled balloons sup
plied vertical lift. They remained 400 and But) feet, re
spectively, over the logs as they carried them a half-mile
down a hillside from stump to loading site."
Matheson pointed out that balloons can be
used to log a radius of
bOO feet possible with a
'PHE balloons themselves are similar to the
barrage balloons in use during the war. But
Matheson plans to commission a specialist turn
to develop a work-horse balloon, simple, strong,
and with good aerodynamic qualities, specific
ally for logging.
Ihe article gave no
logging, but pointed out
roads costing up to $50,000 per mile in moun
tainous country, the balloon, needing only a
simple road, or even none, could quickly pay
for itself.
In addition, balloons
and more-quickly-managed cables and chokers,
and logs suffer less damage since they swing
clear, and are not bumped over the ground as
with spar yarding.
Maybe, between the
copters, we'll have that
E. A.
Dr. Gitzen
The passing of Dr. G. A. Gitzen marks an
end to an era in Juekson County.
During the half-ecntury he practiced veter
inary medicine, many miles were traveled on
horseback or on foot. Fifty years ago, country
roads were only trails, and some places were
almost inaccessible, especially in winter.
But no call was ever
ity patients were numerous, for he had great
sympathy for all animals. In his devotion to
his chosen profession, it can truly be said, he
was a kind man. m. 1.
Neater and Nicer
Over in Ashland, the Dailv Tidings this week
came out in a new format and using a new print
ing process. This required not only new equip
ment, but an adjustment of long-held habits for
the staff.
In the first issue published with the new
process appeared this editor's note:
"If today's copy of this nrwspnprf looks neater, nicer,
and cleaner, It is because it was printed on our fabulous, ex
pensive new press which was christened with this issue.
"If today's copy of this newspaper does not look neater,
nicer and cleaner, it is because we do not yet really know
how to run our fabulous, expensive new press."
We're happy to report that it DID look neater,
nicer and cleaner.! Congratulations. -E, A.
Those Nazis?
under discussion for
actually been tried out
all oroes well. The S64,
publication, described it
2,(iU0 feet instead of the
spar tree.
cost estimates on balloon
that, with good logging
permit the use of lighter
balloons and the hell
fabled sky hook yet.
turned down. His char
U
MEDFORD
"It Is Later Than
rf ,rl
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J, Harris
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
THE VALUE OF MONEY
There is a kind of magic in the naming of a large sum of
money, a sort of incantation that hypnotizes people into taking
the name for the fact the way a child uses "a million dollars"
to express some infinite and unattainable sum at the rainbow's
end.
I thought of this while overhearing two women in the booth
next to me at lunch, who were talking about a television come
dienne recently signed to a ID-year contract for $1,000,000 by a
network. The women scemde to feel that this was a staggering
sum to receive.
It amounts (o SHKMIWI a year. If the performer receives
this as straight salary (and not as capital gain), she will
pay about half of it In Federal taxes, off the top.
Another in per cent will go to her agent. Her lawyers will
receive a substantial cut. Her personal manager must be paid
out of this, as well as her publicity man. And, in most cases,
comedians pay the writers of their material out of their own
income.
Out of the half remaining, then, she is lucky If she retains
a half of that. Her personal entourage will include a maid,
a hairdresser, a wardrobe supervisee Her living expenses,
simply In maintain theatrical standards in New York, will
be crushing.
At the end of the year, unless she is able to supplement
her income through personal appearances or other marginal
activities, she is quite likely to be broke. For she is being
paid In modem "paper" money, that sounds big in print, but
lacks the real substance out of which profits are made.
W 4
We are living in a paper economy. Salaries sound high, but
they arc illusory, and still based
ber from a quarter-century ago.
heightened living expenses, and the shrinking power of the dollar,
makes such figures almost meaningless, and always misleading.
A man making $200 a week 20 years ago would have been able
to accumulate more property and
enne making $1,000,000 for the next 10 years. Money has only rela
tive value, and no absolute value it is relative not only to time
and place, but also to the needs and activities of the persons who
cam it.
A country doctor earning even $8,000 a year today may be
relatively better off than an actress making 10 times as much
in llollywuod or Manhattan. Absolute figures in money have as
little significance as absolute temperatures (or 20 below zero in
dry skiing country, as everyone
15 above zero in ihe damp and
big number moves us all.
Mr. Johnson Will
Get Things Done
By Arthur Hoppe
WASHINGTON - It's very
reassuring to see how highly
everybody in Washington re
gards our new President. Mr.
Johnson. While they all had the
greatest love and respect for
Mr. Kennedy, they'll tell you,
Mr. Johnson is really going to
do much belter.
Because Mr. Johnson "knows
how to get things done." And
thai, in Washington, is the high- j
est possible tribute you can be
stow. .
For, as you know, getting
things done in Washington isn't '
easy. It takes cunning, strategy,
compromise, intrigue and de
vious plotting (o get an in- i
crease in your office's allotment
of postage slumps. And as,
everybody here spends all day
at their desks trying desperately
to get things done, they under-,
slandably have the greatest es-1
teem for anybody who can get !
things done.
So everybody here is saying
that while Mr. Kennedy had
, grace, brilliance, courage, w it
J and all Ihe other qualities of
great leadership, he "never did
I quite understand the way to get
; things done" in Washington.
For example, "He never real-,
ly understiml Ihe legislative
process. iMtr dul he quite
comprehend the depth of inter
departmental rivalries" i
Hut Mr. Johnson. Ah! "He
knows every nook and cranny ,
on Capitol Hill." "He knows
where every bone in this town
is buried." "He knows how to1
compromise when he has to "
"He knows how to knock heads
together when he must." i
"He knows how to wheedle"!
"He knows how to wheel and
deal"
"He knows how to gel things
done!" i
Personally, I don't ,2oubt it
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
You Think!"
on standards we dimly remem
The "bite" taken out by taxes,
more savings than the comedi
knows, is not nearly as cold as
windy city. Hut the magic of the
for a minute. I'm sure Mr
Johnson will get things done.
And it's very comforting. Of
course, at the moment there
seems to be some confusion as
to precisely what Mr. Johnson's
going to get done. But at least
everybody here has confidence
in him.
The Southerners say happily
that Mr. Johnson's going to be
"more realistic" on civil rights;
several Southern Democratic
Senators are even planning to
vote Democratic next year.
And the Negro leaders here
have announced they're backing
Mr. Johnson to the hilt. Be
cause "he knows how to get a
strong civil rights bill through
Congress."
The liberals are already rub
bing their hands. Because if
there's anybody who can get
.Medicare, federal aid to edu
cation and Ihe various welfare
programs passed, it's their Mr.
Johnson.
And the conservative business
interests are already toting up
their increased profits. Because,
as everybody knows. Mr. John
son is "more business-minded."
So just the knowledge that
Mr. Johnson knows how to get
thinks done has made every
body happy. Everybody in
Washington is sure he'll make
them a great leader. Which I'm
sure he will. Of course, after
listening to such talk for two
weeks, 1 can't help but hope
one small hope:
I hope he'll make a great
President for the rest of us.
too.
TO PAY HOMUiE
VATICAN CITY (UPD-Pone
Paul VI will join thousands of
Romans Sunday in paying hom
age to the 17K-(oot high statue
of the Virgin Mary in the down
town Spanish Plaia. 4
rVI
OREGON
Red China
Despite Mounting Economic Problem
Br
PHIL NEWSOM
UI'l Foreign News
Analyst
When, in 1959-60, the Russians
began cutting down on trade
with Red China, withdrew their
technicians and broke their
promise to help with nuclear
know-how, it was in a ruthless
campaign to force the Red Chi
nese back into the role of sub
...Communications...
tetters to tne tailor musr near rnc
h. .... of , n.n , initial (or
all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed j
400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact I
the contrary is often the case
Dental Labs
To the Editor: Mr. E. T. An
derson, I can asure you that I
was writing from my own exper
ience,, plus the experience of
others, in my letter of Nov. 3.
Mr. Anderson writes that tne
health problem was not in the
labs that were put out of busi
ness, but he implies that due to
improperly repaired dentures
one can contract cancer of the
mouth. When has it ever been
proven that improper repairs
are the sole cause of mouth can
cer rather than the improper
construction of the dentures in
the first place?
Since the state certified labs ten of. the multiple woes visit
do not advertise and they take ; ed upon the land of the free and
professional service only, how home of (he brave durj
could the denture wearer have a
choice of labs?
Does Mr. E. T. Anderson own
the Anderson dental lab in full
or in part? Mr. Anderson also
writes that there are a great
many people who hate to pay a
dentist. Wrong again, as most
anyone is willing to pay for
value received, but they do ob
ject to having to pay for some
thing of doubtful or no value.
Mr. Anderson had no quarrel
with the waiting time limit of
one to three days for your den
ture repairs. As to costs, he can
not quote but he insists there is
no office call charge. Just how
can he be sure that there is no
office call charge as he admits
that he cannot quote costs? He
surely knows what the Anderson
lab charges, that is if he is the
owner in part or in full.
One point that Mr. Anderson
wants to make is that any re
pair that is made on dentures is
almost sure to cause mouth can
cers if the repair is not made in
a stale certified lab. I still say
that the ADA is more concerned
with the question of who is going
to get the almighty dollar from
the denture wearers, rather than
the issue of health and welfare.
In my book Senate Bill 50 has
refined racketeering to the point
of respectability.
John R. Schumpf
Route 1. Box 312
Central Point, Ore.
Woc-Bcgoiie Day
To the Editor: We who write
Communications usually pass
something we think is worth
while, informative or otherwise,
to you and your readers.
Sometimes you or your read
ers answer cither to confirm or
to refute.
Here's a question which it is
J....l.tr..l ...01 . ....nowlor, na,
essarv either to confirm refute
discount or answer
discount, or answer, we me 11
ClTn'r' rV vo w'hTis3"!,
.... .. ..j -
L a , ,u
ashamed of others of us Amen -
cans because every holiday sea
son all of us hear the sorrow
fully distasteful, disturbing, dis
concerting, disheartening, and
distracting news that hundreds
S n a6 m" r" wl"7er-
manentlv maimed on our effee -
tivelv marked and nerfeel hieh -
-
ways.'
Ask our patrolmen or our
sidusucKins uie wnys a o u
wherefores. Then, with the re -
"Whatever Oswald own reason were he (icurrd vou'd be
blamrd lor Ihe assassination if he got away with it. You
tnrouragrd him lo pilliChc trigger!" -
Maintains
servient satellite
Simultaneously, the "great
leap forward" proclaimed by
Red Chinese leader Mao Tse
tung and the massive com
munes set up as the last step
toward the communization of
more than 700 million Chinese
began showing positive signs of
failure.
Compounding the Chinese dif-Hy
ficulties were natural disasters
broueht on bv drought and i
flood.
The Western look upon the
closed society of Red China is
at best a keyhole view.
But the picture as seen from
such vantage points along the
Chinese perimeter as Hong Kong
name ana aaaress or rne writer, airnougn unoer .. .,,.........
nublieation i. nerrnissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the tight to edit I
ports in hand, reflect that all
our advertising mediums par
don me, all but the minority
who nobly use their God-given
and responsible consciences
advertise enticingly especially
for the holidays the "sparkling
red wines like grandma used to
make"; the beers "made from
water drawn from subterranean
wells"; the whiskeys, rums, vod
kas, or what have yous, "made
for men of distinction." manv
of wnom are lne very ones who
become extinct during the holi
day seasons!
And "what shall I more say,
for the time would fail me to
all seasons by the most cruel
traffic allowed existence in
America, and advertised in glow
ing and inviting terms by most
all conceivable mediums! Just
here allow me to tell you of a
most fitting illustrative cartoon
which fell under my eyes lately.
A large whiskey barrel filled
with soil, and labelled "T h e
Liquor Business" grew a tree
bearing luxurious leaves among
which were a good yield of large
sized fruit. Each one was la
belled with its respective quali
fication. Here is the list of the
fruit; Crime, lawlessness, vice,
shame, disgrace, unhappiness,
insanity, wrecked homes, pover-
ity, sickness, inefficiency, acci
dents, dcalh. and sorrow! At
the foot of the illustrative tree
were scriptural words, "A cor- system. Now tne people ot J ab
rupt tree cannot bring forth good I sonville can start calling the
fruit," plumbers to clean out their plug-
llnrrnr nf hnrrnrsl Alas fr
this our woc-begone day, Mr.
Editor and every reader! Amer
ica has the liquor traffic bold,
brazen, daring, and unrestrain
ed! H. R. Bulman
Route 4, Bo:. JlfiA
Medford
The W hole Truth
To the Editor: Your editorial, j
'Lies: Black and White" (MT;
1127), struck a responsive
chord, reminding me of an
amusing albeit thought-provokingmovie
that I once saw,
entitled "Nothing But The
Truth," in which a friend bet
the "hero" $10,000 that he
wouldn't be able to tell the
truth for 24 hours running. As
I recall, the hero won but at j went for equipment. 1u're a lut ot testing. The test-
what a price! I Tracking posts to watch rocket in8 cal1 for a lot 1, a, t'a-
His woes began when, as a flights were being built; Cape!Tncir manufacture will neces
salesman, he "gummed up" a Canaveral. Jupiter. Gold Rock ! sari,v fil" largely into !hr hands
deal bv admitting to a prosuec- Creek. F.lnuthera Rahama is. ; of HUGE concerns.
tlv Purchas"r that the trans -
was on the P1""1? side:
, , .. ... , ...
i calli"B "Pon his girlfriend, she
ifl,sl)avc( a oaiuv nai inai sne
1 had proudly fashioned and ask-
L,, .!,. ', tK.s. mv .., is
,,, , A J ,
preuy; uc 1 mu 10 respond!
with
vou!"
No
it looks terrible or,
lost his girl-friend!
He
Then on and 011 he went the
rninainin!, iifiurN ills nu Li p
How 'of, we 'seeT h g or
Ui, " v u A vr Sk!
! ' ' ' h"n Vi 'n (inH
- .'
i ourselves neglecting to tell ALL j
the truth! How well-defined:!
irum is iriia 10 you ann
'THAT to me"! I remember the
Defiant Attitude
and Tokyo was a somber one
noteworthy chiefly for the de
termination of Red China's
angry leaders to convert their
backward nation into a world
power regardless of cost to the
Chinese people.
Red China's National People's
Congress is a rubber stamp
body which has met intrequent
as Red China's problems
have multiplied. But it draws
together in Peking more than
1.003 delegates from the far
reaches of China, Chinese as
well as such minorities as
Mongols, the Kazakhs and the
Uighurs.
And it sets the party line.
This year's meeting, just con
day, years ago, when I entered
, L.h. I 'nitPhin tourna -
a horseshoe - pitching tourna
ment. That evening, feeling a
bit downcast because I hadn't
won it, I sat ready when my
daughter, in her early teens,
blithely announced, "Cheer up,
Daddy! One member of our
family won something today."
"How was that?" I asked.
"I CAME IN SECOND in a
swimming race at the university
pool!"
I congratulated her and went
on with my reading. After a
while, I casually inquired, "How
many were in the race?"
"Just two!" she replied, in
nocently. Then, together realiz
ing the implications of the state
ment, we had a good laugh.
She then explained the cir
cumstances: None of the girls
at the university would compete
attains! thp rivnoniyprf rhamninn
in a certain event she was
considered "just too good." But,
in order to make it official and
enable the champion to get the
prize, the girls had prevailed
upon my daughter to race
against the older girl as a sort
of "sacrificial goat." The
scheme had nearly back - fired:
The youngster won the plaudits
of the spectators by staging a
close finish!
George M. Babcock
Route 2, Box 63-B
Jacksonville, Ore.
o e 1
Progress
To the Editor: Jacksonville
1 has about completed their sewer
i ul' """
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Not In Vain
To the Editor: I want to
thank you for the fine publica
tion on page 2D of Sunday's
M.M.T. Nov. 24. Such a full,
first-hand article by M. Smith.
I do not believe President
Kennedy ever had many
enemies in his life, though some
believed that he spent money
too freely. Judging by the cost
of living for even small families,
1 am sure a government the
size of this could not be operated
on a shoestring. As for nuclear
suending. that began back in I
I 1945 when the guided missile !
drnnn was Hpvolnnin0 a n H I
.hundreds of thousands nf Hollars
'land, and if I remember rightly
-San Salvador. Others were be-
,:,, Vm
nedy was in command of , ni
hnui in ih No, n- .oC
jllred wnen the boat was ram
J"'"i wneii me do was iam
nuu y a jap aesiroyer.
Latcr he bccame . Unitcd
states Congressman from Mas -
sa.husetts
sachusetts
1 ,oue our President hasn't
nnr Prnsidoni hasn't
.1 i . ... I .1.:-
r MieK LVf
' othe.r belle(s. and Pe0Ple
"om coumne .
rean r. apacsma
RFD 1 Box 11
Rogue River. Ore
Mme. Nhu Blasts
U.S. on Policy
ROME (UPI) - Mme. Ngo
Dinh Nhu, with a parting blast
at the United States, left for
Pn,-is Thr.H, lb .... - f.t-
of exile with her four nhildron
ct.,in .
v r . , T h Z, "l"
Nam took the life o her hus -
band and her brother-in-law.
PnvsinW an ninh filon, ...
i !,,t,. . ..!. " ",l
to Italy last month
, She said she won d pray that
i those now responsible (or U.S.
policy never think it wise
their catastrophic innocence or ccss of $233 million.
cand:d malignity to be loyal
! and faithful only with gang- VOT only has ii made pns
i sters." ; ' sible the purchase of homes
i In a written "press confer- and farms by Oregon veterans.
1 encc" statement where Mme. Bv the use of sound htisimvs
Nhu both asked and answered judgment, it has been able m
the questions she said "my accumulate earnincs of appmv
personal radar has sent out . imatcly $11 million,
ather favorable signals" about Its accumulated earnings will
President Johnson. make it possible for the Depart-
She said Johnson would sue-1 ment of Veterans Affairs to ad
coed in Viet Nam "if he non- vance Ihe money to clear the
est ly puts back as I think he Boardman area ot previous ohli
will do the U.S.A. in the gallons which comes in erv
stiaicht and loyal line of its 'handy at a time when Oregon's
idealist and moral traditfcns." , treasury is pretty much e.lvw .
cluded, ended upon a note both
triumphant and defiant. The
final communique said:
"We have overcome the econ
omic difficulties caused by three
successive years of serious nat
ural calamities and by the per
fidious action on those who un
ilaterally tore up agreements
and withdrew experts."
It could not rightfully be
called, as some did, a declara
tion of independence from Rus
sia, for the line between N'ikita
Khrushchev and Mao Tse-tung
had been drawn long ago.
But it was a declaration that
the Soviet pressure tactics had
failed.
The communique also said
that Red China's debt to Rus
sia would be paid by the end of
1965 and that last year had seen
increases both in industrial and
agricultural production.
. - .-, j
. AS usual specilic tlgures neie J
lacking. ?;
It has been estimated that
nea cnina s grain narvesi mis
7ear ,w' b 6a.ter,'han ,jasl :
ibu' s"" short ' the ltio million.
metric tons produced in 1957. V
Since Red China's population
has increased more than 75 mil-'
lion since then, widespread hun
ger still may be forecast for the ;
Chinese people despite huge,
purchases of grain from Canada;.'.'
and Australia. j
Soviet Russia's aid to Red.
China in the iatter's first nino-.
years has been estimated at
more than $2.5 billion, a further,
measure of the sacrifices dev.
manded if such massive aid .
truly is to be rapaid by the end
of l'JIS. For Western considera
tion there is this:
Frictions between the Soviet '
Union and Red China now seem
certain to increase, with the ..
possibility of border clashes m
j contested regions not to be dis--
v-uuiuvvi.
Red China's internal strains1
and her quarrel with Russia are.
forcing her to project a setter;
image toward the West, cxclud-.
ing the United States. f
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Well, it looks like the Board
man deal, which has consumed
a large share of Ihe lime of (lie
special session of the Oregon
legislature, has finally been
closed so far as Ihe stale of
Oregon is concerned.
It has been approved by both
houses of the legislature and
became a law when ii wa.-i
signed by Governor Hatfield.
WHAT is the Bnardman deal?
It provides lon.oon acres
up along the navigable Colum
bia river, east of the mountains,
which will be leased to the Boe
ing C o m p a n y which, it is
hoped, will tes,t and perhaps
BUILD space age equipment
there.
Presumably, it is possible
that supersonic planes might
also be tested and perhaps
built there. Planes that will
travel faster than Ihe speed of
sound are already on the draw
ing boards.
They appear certain In come
into use.
DOTH space equipment
and
1 ' supersonic passenger and
I freight planes are going to re-
Oregon has the necessary
SPACE, both for testing and for
the large manufacturing opera-
be Icd for.
iu
The Boeing Company is one of
the world's largest concerns en
gaged in the designing and
la".U
1 mem
manulacluring ot such equip-
nn
! (
,i .. .... . ,
1 Cm, T
an 0''" site for the possible
production of this tpe of equip-
I ment that calls for vast invest -1
ment of capital, vast areas of
space and vast numbers (even
tually) of highly pa;d em
ployees. It is true, of course, that
nothing may. come of it all. But
ii you never roll the dice, you II
never win a pot.
INCIDENTALLY
The ruckus over the Roard-
1 "'"
man deal and how it was to be
i finanred i' Oregon decided lo
u,c uuame.vMiM.' operations ni
operations
Oregon's State Deparlt
, Veterans' Affairs.
t ment of
""v" '" ' " ivmimi,
Hai-lr in MHZ .1 U I 1
money lo Oregon ex-service
mcn l0 b . farms and
now has ou,slanring abou(
27.m such loans. The value of
m.ihpso innC ,c .. ...