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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDvTEIBUNE "Everybody tn Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 un-n-CDT U7 UJ'VTT FHitnr HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHTPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act ot March 3. 1B ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 12 0 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.30 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year 3-30-By Carrier In Advance Mediord. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point, . . r- Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 15 00 Dally and Sunday One month Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms casn in aavan" Official Paper of the City of Mediord Official Paper of Jackson County " UniteiTPress Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF C1HCULA1IU.1 WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL jASOCfATQN 0" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight p' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and iO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 6. 1946 (It was Saturday) Floyd K. Dover, president of Jackson county Miners associa tion, announces Western Mining council convention in Medford June 13-15. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The warm bright sunshine filled many pis catorial enthusiasts with the de sire to go fishing yesterday aft ernoon on April 20, the official opening day. It also caused many to wish they were driving the new auto they haven't got. 20 YEAR AGO April 6. 1936 (It was Monday) , Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz of Portland to speak at Jackson County Chamber of Commerce banquet, President B. E. Harper announces. John R. Tomlin announces start of construction of one-story concrete store building on East Sixth st. near Bartlett. 30 YEARS AGO April 6. 1926 at was Tuesday) Medford auto show and style review to start at armory to morrow. : Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company completes plans and specifications for new build ing at corner of Bartlett and Fifth sts. 40 YEARS AGO April 6. 1916 fit was Thursday) Rnspnbere brothers Import carload of California sheep to improve herd in valley. Paul and Edward Janney nirnhau interest of W. C. Alia way in Jackson County Ab stract company. WhaS's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1933. Editorial Research Report 1. More auto deaths come in the heavy daytime traffic or in the lighter night traffic, or is it about 50-50? 2 The Democrats hold their national convention earlier or later than the Republicans this v&ar. or at the same time? 3. One two. three, four or five minutes of advertising on a 30- minute program in mid-evening is sanctioned by the Radio-TV T-irnarleasters code? 4. Sen. Estes Kefauver pre- Wirts he'll run a good second to Stevenson the California pri maries, or even with him, or .;n Koat film' 5. The widow of a worker whn was covered by social se curity does or doesn't get an annuity at 65 higher than xne one a retired worker gets for Vie urlfp flVPf 65? Since the present Republican party was founded in xoot, ua it the Democratic party won more presidential elections, or has it been 50-su: 7 Which U.S. president of this century had the middle name of Gamaliel? The Answers: 1. More in the liohter nioht traffic, 2. Demo crats earlier. 3. Three minutes for 30. 4. Predicts he'll beat him. 5. Does. 6. Republicans have won five more. 7. warren G Harding. Use Tribune Want Ads New Things What does the phrase "a rising standard of liv ing" mean to the average family? Basically, it means more mechanisms to do more things for more people, rather than having people do them for themselves. Within the last generation we have seen it oper ate. For example, at first drivers had to shift gears the hard way; then it was made easier by improved gearboxes, then it was virtually eliminated. The re sult: Less effort required in driving a car. fTHER developments in automobiles show the same trend. With newer cars it is no longer nec essary to roll down the window to signal for a turn ; a simple flick of a lever does it for us. Windshields can be washed as we drive merrily along. In the home, the housewife no longer has to wash her clothes by hand, rubbing them on a corrugated metal board. Nor does she even have to lift the sop ping clothes in and out of the water between washing and rinsing. It's automated. And a few combined washer-dryers are on the market, so that clothes don't even have to be touched between the time they are dumped in, dirty, and removed, clean and dry. THESE ARE ONLY samples. There are more to come. Whether or not this is a good thing for hu mankind and its collective soul is something for the philosophers to puzzle over. The fact is that we ordi nary, somewhat lazy humans go for these labor-saving aides and comforts like ants to honey. It's a rapid process, too, this change. Within the memory of those Eddie Durling calls "young old-timers," home life, highway life, business life, all have changed. Less work is done with the muscles today, more with the aid of mechanisms and gadgets. More can be accomplished with the same amount of effort. """HANGING TIMES," a magazine devoted to prog- ress and the family budget, looks ahead in its current issue to describe some of the gadgets which will be on the market soon this year. Autos without carburetors, light bulbs which will burn for 12,000 hours, germ-killing air conditioners, drawer-type freezers, "heatless" ovens, miniature auto radios, non-polish auto paints these are now about ready, the magazine declares. Coming soon are dishwashers which will clean, dry and sterilize dishes without the use of water. How? With ultrasonic vibrations. There are big changes in food preservation and packaging on the way, making use of atomic radiation. Gadgets oper ated by power from the sun are not far away. THESE ADD UP to more comfort, less effort, more icuuic, gicaiici uii v ciiicniwC, iui muse wnu nave the cash to buy them. And while we pass to tion of whether this is all nazara me guess mat me answer to mis, as to so many other questions involving human integrity or deca dence, can be given only in terms of the individual, and his attitudes and resources and abilities. m E. A. Fluoridation Moratorium The Great Debate on fluoridation has waxed hot and furious in the communications column of this pa per for nearly three months now. We suspect most people have their minds pretty well made up as to the pros and cons on the subject. In the past week or two, it has seemed to us, the controversy has taken on the aspect of a broken rec ord, repeating the same things over and over and over and over. The tenor of some of the letters has also become more and more acid, and one or two of them have skirted dangerously close to irresponsible attacks on the character and moral integrity of indi viduals. 0 TT NOW APPEARS evident that, unless something A unforseen occurs, the issue' will not come to a vote of the people before the November general election. Many readers (and at least one newspaperman) shrink from the thought of reading pro and con let ters on fluoridation eveiy day from now to Novem ber. Add up these factors and we arrive at a decision : A moratorium on letters to the editor of this news paper concerning the proposal to add fluorides to the city water supply as a public dental health meas ure. This moratorium becomes effective today. THIS DOES NOT mean, certainly, that the subject will not be referred to again, because the ban on printing these letters will be lifted if there appears good reason to do so a change in the present situ ation, for instance, or for additional public debate prior to an election. Whatever action is taken regarding the measure will be duly recorded in the news columns. The mor atorium applies only to "Communications." Meanwhile, the people in favor and the people against can get ready for the battle, if and when it comes. . The position of this newspaper has, we hope, been made clear. Further research on the subject is plan ned. If and when the battle of the letter-writers is re joined, we hope, perhaps naively, that it can be con ducted on a fairly high plane, without name-calling. E. A. Vancouver Man Killed As Train Hits Auto Vancouver, Wash. CU.R) Paul B. Toomey of Vancouver was killed yesterday when a south bound Great Northern passen ger train struck his car. Toomey's body was found 117 feet from the point of impact. Toomey was an employee of the SP&S railroad office in j Vancouver. Friday. April 6. 1956 the philosophers the ques basically good or bad. we'll Sandy River Smelt Believed Wising Up Troutdale (U.R) The smelt in the Sandy appear to be wising up. The fish were reported run ning in large numbers again about 8 p.m. yesterday after many disappointed dippers had packed their nets and left for home. Daylight fishing also was slack -Wednesday. More Hopeful Disarmament Air Tods Good News of Past Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The wook's good and bad news on the international balance saeet: i'ae Good 1. a new and more hopeful at mospnere aeveiupeu in me uvc power aisarnictiiuit negotiations in jionaou. xne uniieu'otates, uanaua, Ureal .on tain anu ranee, on one side, auu soviet rtUSala. on ule oiner, seenieu &ei un togeuier, uowever siovvy, on uaon ior a workable pian to reauce armaments, naioiu aiassen, uniiea ouiies cmei ueie 6die, uomntea a new wait ueaiy coiuoinmg tne oest xea iure ox pians utner ueiegates nau mtrouuoeu. uour Anurei a. taromyiso, cmei soviet aeiegate, snoweu unusual interest in it. .mere still was wiae cavergence between the Western allies and Russia. But there seemed reason to believe that at last a basis might be established for serious negotiations. 2. The Communist world showed increasing confusion over the Kremlin's debunking of Josef Stalin. It was logical to assume that the world-wide Com munist subversion campaign would be correspondingly slowed up. Pravda, the Communist party newspaper organ complained that some Reds were using the debunking to make "slanderous fabrications and anti-party state ments." .That meant that there was danger the campaign was getting out of hand. 3. Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef of Morocco conferred in Madrid with Spanish Generalis simo Francisco Franco on an in dependence treaty for Spanish Morocco. Prospects for agree ment seemed good. If the nego tiations succeed, Franco intends to make a vigorous attempt to use his long friendship with the Arabs in combatting Communism all over Nerth Africa. The Bad 1. The seventh anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic defense alliance came at an un happy moment. Iceland, a charter member pi the North At lantic Treaty Organization, wants American troops to get out. France is denuding its part of the NATO forces to combat the rebels in Algeria. To make things worse, a West German news paper quoted Allied supreme commander Gen. Alfred M Gruenther as saying that his forces cannot at this time de fend West Germany against a possible Russian attack. This would imply the abandonment Automation Coming Slowly; Babson Discusses Problems By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. We see much in the news today re garding "Automation," which is the scientific nam -fnr ailto- ' t; matic factories. I kh 1 want 311 in- veatuia w how I feel re garding such developments. The automa tic factory is nW coming, but Roger W. Babson will come slow ly, for several reasons: (1) It awaits more consolidations. (2) It requires large capital ex penditure. (3) It applies only to standard goods which can be used in great quantities, and can not now be used for a product which has various styles and sizes. The oil industry used auto mation successfully; but the bak ing, candy, textile, and many other industries could also do so if they could raise the capital and secure the volume necessary for a profitable change-over. Investors should realize that it is foolish to invest in obsolete concerns. Many corporations listed on the N.Y. Stock Ex change are now earning good money, but have obsolete plants. They could not stand up, in com petition, with this new automatic development. The sooner these stocks are sold, the better. Please, however, do not write me for the names of these concerns. Your investment advisor or local bank should be able to give you this information. I believe that investors have much more to fear from automation than has labor. Reasons For Automation Automation is absolutely necessary if we are to continue to raise the American standard of living. It is also necessary for our national security. A recent article in Life magazine, March 5, shows how the Russians are educating their youth for auto mation. Most important of all, the automatic factory is in the best interest of aU groups customers, suppliers, share own ers, the public, and employees. Although labor leaders have not openly opposed automation, they are using it in an appeal for shorter hours and higher wages. Temporarily, when a fac tory changes over to automatic operation, it will throw some people out of employment, but the most intelligent workers will still be needed to watch the ma chines and keep them in order. In other words, the automatic 1 I WAT w?-" 4f 1 8 i of the Netherlands as well as West Germany. Gruenther was misquoted, of course. But both West Germany and the Nether lands showed alarm and resent ment. They demanded that Gruenther clarify his strategic plans. 2. The Greek demand that Britain give the East Mediter ranean island of Cyprus "self determination" further compli cated Allied relations. That would mean that Greece would get the island. British-Greek re lations deteriorated steadily. Re lations between Greece and Tur key, which fears for its Turk ish minority in Cyprus, also got In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The other day the voters of Eugene went to the polls at a municipal election and by a small but sufficient majority de clared they would rather keep the upper reaches of the Mc Kenzie river as a scenic and recreational asset than to permit their power resources to be de veloped to feed the needs of in dustrial development. HERE is where the voters of Eugene came into the pic ture: Power development in these upper reaches of the McKenzie was proposed by the Eugene Water and Electric Board, which needs more power to meet the needs of a growing industrial economy. It prefers to develop its own power in its own area to buying power from Bonne ville and thus getting itself un der the thumb of Big Govern ment. It asked for a municipal bond issue' to develop the power it presently needs. The site chosen was in the source region of the McKenzie, including Clear Lake. The voters of the city turned down the bond issue, thus ren dering their verdict that they'd rather keep the McKenzie as it is thaa to have its full power potential developed even by their own municipal electric utility. rpHE Eugene Register - Guard, - which opposed the power project, prints an interesting edi torial headed by this question: How MUCH Do We Love the McKenzie? Do we love it enough, the newspaper asks in substance, TO GET OUT AND ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND CLEAN IT UP? factory will upgrade labor and encourage efficiency and quality. Encourages Industries Many present women workers should return to their homes and devote their time to bringing up their families. Many of the young men workers should go back to school and become more effi cient. More of the older workers should be retired under proper pensions. These and other changes should take 'up any slack in the labor market. Auto mation as a part of our national security program may result in increasing "piece-work wages" and killing any idea of the CIO that all employees in a depart ment should have the same wage. There is a little company in Washington known as Invention, Inc. It studies new inventions by keeping three full-time experts in the Patent Office reading new patents. This company keeps manufacturers informed as to new machines which may com pete with their present ma chinery. I am astonished at the new developments now on draw ing boards and in test tubes. Looking back over the past 50 years, we have seen great new industries such as automobiles, electrical appliances, radio and television being torn and prospering. These Patent Office studies indicate that the next 50 years will see even greater changes and more new indus tries. These should bring a great er opportunity for labor in the year ahead. The Cost of Food Efficient employees have nothing to fear from automation. The inefficient, as, my friend H. L. Pratt teaches, should go back to school and learn how to be come efficient. This especially applies to those in the food in dustry. During the past few years, the cost of our food has in creased unnecessarily, notwith standing the good work done by the super-markets. In 1949, the average reader paid about $950 a year to his favorite supermarket. Since then, these same purchases have increased in price about 11 per cent. The farmer has constantly been getting less during this pe riod and the supermarkets have been benefiting from "self-service." The increased cost must be due to certain services rendered between the time the farmer sells the food and the time you buy it at the supermarket. It looks to me as if the food busi ness is in immediate serious need of automation. ' worse. All three countries are members of the North Atlantic Alliance. 3. The Palestine situation re mained dangerous. There were differences in policy between the United States and Britain over the course to be pursued in event of an Arab-Israel war. This sit uation was complicated by French anger over Arab aid to rebels in French North Africa. There was one favorable devel opment. The U. N. decided to send Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to the Middle East in an attempt to work out a peace agreement between Israel and the Arab states. The whole area, it adds, is "somewhat run down." Trash litters it. The bottom of crystal clear Clear Lake whose magic transparency is one of its out standing attractions is coated with beer cans tossed out of boats by fishermen and sight seers. THE problem, the R-G says, is this: "While EWEB (Eugene Water and Electric Board) lost the elec tion, the attractive power sites remain. We have no guarantee that some other agency, not con trolled by Eugene voters, might not some day put in a power dam in the Clear Lake area. "What better expression of sentiment could be uttered than to have the friends of the Mc Kenzie band together into Sun day work parties to clean it up? . . . Use of the area (for rec reation) and volunteer work there will count tremendously toward 'saving the McKenzie' another day. It's a case of actions speaking louder than, words. "Anybody want to grab a hazel hoe?" npHE editorial concludes: -1- "All together, regardless of race, religion, political party or previous condition of servitude, those of us who love the Mc Kenzie could clean up after a generation of campers and sing: "The empty beer can "Much depresses "Us, who love our "Wildernesses." TT IS a timely suggestion. A Oregon, at long last, is feel ing the stirrings of a new and exciting industrial movement that will yank us out of the lethargy of the past and bring us up even with our more in dustrially progressive neighbors to the north and the south. Here at its beginning, this new movement SCARES us. We wonder if the march of industry will destroy our NATURAL beauties. I think not. New Eng land is highly industrialized. But New England is LOVELY. New England is about all the proof we need that natural beauties can be RETAINED along with the great advantages to be derived from an industrial economy that promotes higher standards of living. Old England is another example that beauty and utility can go along hand in hand. But we're still scared. The vote in Eugene proves it. T'M SURE, though, that before we complain too loudly about the destruction by industry of our scenic and recreational beauties we'd better QUIT DE STROYING THEM OURSELVES by indiscriminate litter-scattering, beer can tossing, etc. How often have you stopped at some enticing wide spot on a mountain road, beside a charm ing stream, for a moment of priceless relaxation in the lap of nature, ONLY TO FIND THE PLACE BEFOULED WITH THE LITTER AND THE OFFAL OF HUMAN CARELESSNESS? Too often, I'm afraid. Congressional Quiz (Copyright, 1956 Congressional Quarterly) Q Guess how often Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ap pears before committees? ' A More than three times a month, on the average, according to President Eisenhower. The President recently said Dulles had given testimony 125 times in three years of office. isssissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssisssssssssssss 231 EAST SIXTH ST. : PORK SALT FRESH SIDE SLAB SAUSAGE PORK PORK BACON 29B. 1LB.29lB.29lB. Communications letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a oen name or initial for publication is Dermis rible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for oublica tion must not exceed 400 words Blood Opportunity To the Editor: The recent suc cessful visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile unit to this com munity was made possible only because of the wholehearted co operation of our people. It is with a great deal of pride, there fore, that I take advantage of this opportunity to thank those selfless and generous citizens who gave blood during that time. The Red Cross blood program is, by all means, a community opportunity in which every able bodied adult can participate. It is an opportunity through which we can assure lif esaving blood is available in hospitals when needed by our friends and neigh bors, i In addition to being a commu1 nity opportunity, the blood pro gram is also a community re sponsibility. As citizens we can't afford not to support this proj ect, which has the backing of local medical and hospital au thorities. The lives of our fami lies, our friends, even ourselves, may depend on our support. With all humility, then, may I say I am pleased to belong to a community which accepts its responsibilities so freely. At the same time I would urge those who gave blood during the past visit as well as those who were unable to donate blood to continue their support of this vital program by giving their time, effort and money, as well as their blood. We are hoping for a similar success when the Bloodmobile visits Medford, Tuesday, April 10, and Ashland Wednesday, April 11, at the Elks temples. Mrs. J. W. Burba, Chairman Blood Program committee, Jackson County Chapter, American National Red Cross. About Mining To the Editor: Southwest Ore gon has ample pure mountain water, fresh air and mountain scenery, yet the mineral re sources are more or less dor mant for lack of being developed for ' one reason or another. Per haps cheaper, transportation should be encouraged for a sea port on Curry county coast, as all of the southwest Oregon counties are considered as being in a mineralized zone. ... . .. The small mine owners' most economical method of extracting valuable mineral ..from the var ious ores is a process right at the mine as the ore comes out of the mine, according to late scientific sources, thereby reduc ing expenses right from the ground to market. Necessity is often the creator of invention when the time is right. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st, Apt. 1, Medford, Ore. Bedbugs, Anyone? To the Editor: Some time back I wrote you about the bedbug situation in your area, Jackson ville at one time being the loca tion and habitat of this particu lar bug. I saw a story in the Oregonian recently in which there is a gen eral appeal for specimens of this bug by a professor at the Uni versity of Oklahoma. .Now, I note the good profes sor says that improved insect extermination has reduced the number of these bugs through out the nation. It may be that the professor has never heard of the simple and easy-to-get exter minator used in Jackson county from early times, namely, just common salt. I was wondering if you peo ple still had a goodly supply of these bugs, possibly in some of the outlying districts and could send some to the University's department of zoology? I have been searching this area for. some time and never have been able to find any of the bugs. Of course, this is a dry climate," to tally unlike the moister climate of southern Oregon which fav ors these bugs. I might call attention to one statement made by the profes sor. He says, and I quote: "No scientist ever pinned anything on bedbugs." Evidently he nev er spent a night in Jacksonville when the bugs were numerous and guests at the hotel - had to keep the lights burning all night to scare the insects from com- Demos Frustrated OverAnti-Monopoly Success by Barnes Washington (CQ) Election-minded Democrats, itching to corner and slay the dragon Monopoly, are frustrated. Th reason: a Republican St. George seems to be capturing the beast and the' credit. For three years, GOP dragon fanciers no less than Democratic trust-busters have been baffled by the vigor with which Stanley N. Barnes has discharged his duties as assistant attorney gen eral in charge of the Antitrust division. Few Democrats took seriously the GOP's 1952 platform pledge to "relentlessly protect our free enterprise system against mono polistic and unfair trade prac tices." That was before April 1, 1953, when President Eisen hower picked Barnes, a Califor nia judge recommended by Vice President Richard M. Nixon and then Gov. Earl Warren, as the man to redeem the pledge. The precise extent to which Barnes has succeeded remains in controversy. Anti-trust is a high ly complex field, and the en- forcement officer's decisions al ways are open to technical dis pute. Smashing Success Politically, however, Barnes has won a smashing success. By earning the personal confidence of wary Democrats and the policy backing of his Admini stration superiors, he has disarm ed potential critics and effective ly removed antitrust from the po litical arena. Two facts point up Barnes' unusual personal status. Nomi nated recently for a circuit ' judgeship, Barnes was cleared without dissent by the Senate Judiciary committee. Chairman James O. Eastland (D-Miss.), who reportedly is sitting on the similar but nine-month-old nomi nation of Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff because of the latter's role in pressing for the outlawing of segregation, made no issue of the fact that Barnes signed two anti-segregation briefs for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Second fact is that the Admini stration, having sought and re ceived Senate confirmation of Barnes' judgeship, now plans to keep around until Congress goes home. St. George, having cowed the beastly dragon, is obviously the man to fend off hopeful Democratic knights. .' b ; (Copyright 1956. ? Congressional Quarterly) ' Boy Scouts Troop 41 Boy Scout Troop 41 of Griffin Creek will hold a bottle drive Saturday, April 7. All persons who have bottles but are not contacted at that time please call 3-1149 or 3-1382. ing out and operating on said guests.- Of course, I know the Oklahoma variety may be quite different from the Oregon fam ily. My only interest in helping the Oklahoma professor is my long acquaintance with these bugs, which has been a sort of a hobby with me, just like bul bous blue grass was a sort of hobby years ago with one of your prominent farmers. I am also daily reminded of my for mer home, Ashland, as we have here one of your former well known citizens, Larry Barnes, our Chevrolet dealer. I still have a share of stock in the Ashland Golf club, too. Ned Harlan, Partner, Riley's Store for Men Boise, Ida. 10 OFF FOR 10 DAYS! NEW ROCKET OLDSMOBILES SALE ENDS SAT., APR. 7 BUY NOW & SAVEI Darrell Miller Co. 415 Se. Riverside Phone 2-6209 Evenings 3-5504 2-8420 2-6929
