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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
FLIGHT O' TIME Std Hed
10 YEARS AGO
May 9. 1946
(It was Thursday)
Total registration in Jackson
county for the May 17 primary
election is 17,559, according to
the county clerk's office.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The farm
ers all advocate rain. They won't
get it until they make a noise
like a mowing machine in a hay
field.
20 YEARS AGO
May 9. 193 -
(It was Saturday) :.-..'.
In addition to the United Air
liners flying regular schedules,
eight plans refueled at Medford
airport Friday.
Sa!e Of the J. J. Steiger resi
dence at 122 Oregon Terrace at
the end of Queen Anne ave, to
J. E. Houston, announced.
30 YEARS AGO ''.-.' -May
9.' 1926
(It was Sunday) '
Marjorie L. Allison ' of the
Lone Pine school wins essay con
test among the rural schools of
Jackson county.
According to the state - tax
commission figures, Jackson
county will pay $1,663,883.81 in
taxes in 1925.
40 YEARS AGO ... .
May 9, 1316 V
(It . was Tuesday)
r First reports of damage
frost Sunday are. believed
have been exaggerated. '
Senator Albert B. Cummings
will speak at the Nat Friday.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7? '
Cepr. 1953. Editorial Research Revert
'1. About two-thirds, one-half.
one-third, or less than one-third
of cars put out so far in 1956 are
painted black? '
2. Rhodes Scholars go to study
at Oxford University, England,
only from the U.S. or from other
countries as well?
3. Winter wheat in most areas
is planted in the winter, or har
vested in the winter, or both, or
neither?
4. Eisenhower was chosen by
1952 Republican convention as
presidential nominee on first,
third, or a later ballot?
5. Which one of these Red
leaders of the past is now of
ficially denounced in Russia:
Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Rykov,
Stalin?
6. Nearest U.S. large city to
Europe is Boston, Mass., Provi
dence, R.I., New York, N.Y.,
Norfolk, Va., or Miami, Fla.?
A "ghost writer" is or isn't
one who writes ghost stories?
The Answers: 1. Less than one
third. 2. From other countries as
well. 3. Neither (planted in fall,
harvested in summer). 4. On first
ballot. 5. Stalin. 6. Boston. 7.
Isn't: he writes -what somebody
else uses as his own.
West German Youths
Fleeing To Escape Army
Berlin (U.PJ East German
Communist leaders said today
increasing numbers of West Ger
man youths are fleeing to East
Germany to escape conscription
in West Germany.-
No specific numbers were
given in the report which ap
peared in the Communist Party
newspaper Neues Deutschland.
MAIL TRIBUNE
School
The budaret for School
come 549-C) is published
Tribune in full detail.
It merits the attention
everv parent of a school-age
For a buderet, as has
a plan, reduced to dollars
tion of the school district Duaget win give some iaea
as to how the district operates, a bit about its philos
ophy of education, and considerable about how much
things cost these days.
THE BUDGET totals $1,992,437.11. That is a lot
of money. It is about $200,000 more than will have
been spent during the current fiscal year.
But, partly because of
ly because of increased valuation, taxes will, increase
less than the total increase in the budget, and will go
up only about .2 mills, one
creases m any major school district m the state.
Still, it IS an increase. Why?
THE LARGEST single increase listed in .the budget
is in the costs of instruction. This was $1,101,-
308.02 this year, and is proposed to be $1,228,477.17
next year. The increase accounts for more than half
m ,-. n - k in 1- l " a1
or the overall increase. Ana
result of more money being
ing new ones to the staff,
of those now employed.
This is net dene as a
will toward the teaching profession. It is done because
the economic facts of life dictate higher salaries for
teachers if they are to be
the school system. There ;
tacners particularly gooa
ford district must be able to
As for the new teachers, the reason for them is
fairly well obvious to anyone who has been following
the population figures. There are more children. More
children require more teachers. Q.E.D.
A NOTHER considerable
. improvement section
$103,360 this year to $163,530 next year. Most of it is
for additions and alterations to existing buildings,
other than routine repairs, and for purchase of a new
school site and the improvement of existing sites.
' The reason for this increase is precisely the same
as for the added teachers
tem. " :' ;.:" ":
School Superintendent Leonard Mayfield reports
that for each child added to the system, sooner or la
ter about $1,000 must.be spent for capital improve
ments. While this is flexible to a certain extent, when
increases are small, it cannot be put off indefinitely.
. And, from the 4;332 children in school during the
school year of 1954-55, the,i6tal is expected to grow
to about 5,100 by the start of the 1956-57. school year.
THE ABOVE covers only the highlights of the bud-
get. A detailed study will repay the voter and
taxpayer concerned over how his money is going to
be. spent. He will find -that some items, such as those
described, have gonef up by considerable amounts.
Others have increased only slightly. A few have gone
down.
; Some voters, will disagree with certain phases of
the educational program. But it must be remembered
that the program is designed to meet the needs of all
children, insofar ;'as this can be accomplished within
reasonable limitations.
; One man may say that band instruction is unim
portant, but that physical education should receive
more emphasis. Another would advocate more atten
tion to practical, vocational subects, while still an
other would maintain that the college preparatory
subjects should be broadened'. V -
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"yITH INTERESTS and skills and biases as varied
as they are, it would be impossible to gain unan
imity on what is important and what is unimportant.
What the budgeters must -do is to come as close as
possible to satisfying each, with the probable result
that no one will be FULLY satisfied.
That is the way things work in a system where
the final authority rests with the voters.
It seems to us, in looking over the school budget
this year, that a considerable measure of success has
been achieved in presenting ' a program which is
broad enough to cover the needs of everyone pretty
well, without undue emphasis on any one segment.' .
We believe it is a good budget, all in all, and mer
its the support of the voters to whom it will be submit
ted in an election June 1. E. A; . , . :;
Still Hated
A year and a half ago Oregonians decided the
state should operate on Pacific Standard Time during
the summer months. With this decision we have no
particular quarrel, although an extra hour of daylight
in the evening (and one less in the early morning)
would have suited us fine, personally.
- What irritated us at the time, and still does, were
some of the arguments used against Daylight "Sav
ing" Time.
TESTIS A "misnomer," in. the first place. Nothing lis
"saved." It's simply a matter of adjusting clocks.
And.no "time" is "God's time", or "nature's time"
or "sun time." Division of the day into hours and min
utes is purely the work of humankind,-, and discus
sions should be based firmly on that fact. .Perhaps
DST would be more acceptable if it were called, more
correctly, "Adjusted Summer Hours."
But no matter what it was named it still presum
ably would be hated by many, particularly farmers,
operators of drive-in theaters and mothers of-small
children. E.A. '
Wednesday, Mar 8; 1958
Budget
District 49 (soon to be
elsewhere in today's Mail
of every taxpayer and
child.
been said, is a program and
and cents. A careful inspec-
r. -
-increased income and part
of the smallest millage in
tne Diggest portion is me
spent tor teachers add
and increasing the salaries
benevolent gesture of good
attracted and retained by
is, fierce, competition for
teacners ana tne mea
meet the competition.
increase is in the capital
of the budget. It goes from
more children in the sys
' . .'
Territories
'Rankle, Churchill is Reminded
By CHARES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Winston Churchill, Britain's
grand old man, is being greeted
in West Germany today by signs
like "Churchill, Go Home."
Churchill arrives in Germany
this afternoon to receive tomor
row, in the , ancient city of
Aachen, a prize for promoting
European unity.
The signs are a reminder to
Churchill, and t? the world, that
Germany wants back the terri
tory which was handed over to
Polish and Russian : occupation
at the Potsdam conference in
1945.'
This issue is one that is sel
dom mentioned among the many
problems that have arisen out
of World War II.
But it is one which the big
Rails, Gas, Trucks
Top Lobby Spending
During 1st
Washington (CQ) Rail
road and trucking' lobbies, war
ring over the nation's transpor
tation policy, dominate the in
creased first quarter lobby
spending report for 1956.
The Association of American
Railroads representing 196
railroads in the United States,
Canada : and Mexico tops the
spenders with reported outlays
of $46,402.59 for the: first three
months of 1956. , ?
In third place is the American
Trucking associations national
representative of 50 truck asso
ciations with reported spend
ing of $35,907.15.
Second place went to the
Joint Committee of Consumers
and Producers of Natural Gas
which reported spending $37,
686. Its spending is a reflection
of the tremendous struggle
waged in passage of the now
vetoed natural gas bill.
Total Over Million
Congressional Quarterly's sur
vey of official reports to Con
gress shows 199 lobby groups
spent $1,087,404 during the first
three months of 1956. This com
pares to $899,392 reported spent
by 162 reporting organizations
in the first quarter of 1955. .
With one exception all groups
that reported spending more
thari $20,000 through March 30
increased their expenditures
Fund Control Gives
House Its Influence
On Foreign Policy
Washington, D. C The Ad
ministration is working just as
hard on the House as on the
Senate to get the Administration
foreign-aid program through
Congress pretty much unscath
ed. After all, not only does the
House . have equal power with
the upper house in enacting any
foreign-aid appropriations bill,
but also the bUl must originate
in the House. -"
Until perhaps 30 or 35 years
ago, the House was usually
eclipsed by the Senate in work
ing out foreign policy with an
Administration. The Senate
alone passed on treaties, and
foreign policy was apt to be im
bedded in treaties.
Power of the Purse
Today, however, any major
foreign policy item . needs con
siderable funds to implement it,
and when it comes to funds the
House in effect says to itself,
"Ah, hah!" For instance, the
U. S. may have entered NATO
by means of a treaty ratified in
the Senate, but without the
funds voted by both branches
of Congress, the NATO project
would have necessarily been
abandoned long ago.
Last Feb. 20 Chairman James
P. Richards (D-S.C.) complained
strongly that the House Foreign
Affairs committee had been ig
nored by the State Department
in deciding - to let a shipment
of tanks go to Saudi Arabia.
Thereupon Secretary, Dulles at
his press conference eight days
later assured the group that, he
was always as available to con
sultation with it as with the
Senate Foreign Relations com
mittee.
In 1945 the House voted for
constitutional amendment to
give it- -equal power witn tne
Senate in ratifying treaties. The
proposal died in the Senate (nat-
uraUy). Among those in favor
of it was Secretary of State Dean
G. Acheson. Editorial Research
Reports. .
Dr. Ralph S. Anderson
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Lost to Germany
powers have got to face some
day. Poland and Russia regard
the territory as ' permantly
theirs. Germany never wUl
agree.
Churchill's visit is the first
he has made to Germany since
the Potsdam conference.
The "Churchill. Go Home"
J "r-l i,;n -kt lirnjf
signs have been- painted on pub
lic buildings in Aachen, faster
than the police can erase them,
by supporters of what is called
officially the Association of Ger
man Expellees.
The association represents
about 10 million Germans who
were expelled from the' territory
east of the Oder and Neisse riv
ers which was turned over to
Poland and Russia pending a
final peace treaty.. -
Quarter
sharply compared to . the first
three months of 1955. The only
top spender with a decline was
the AFlrCIO,. which, reported
$39,025 in spending, .compared
to a combined total of $69,331
for the same period in 1955,
when the AFL and CIO were
functioning separately. : The
merged AFL-CIQ attributed its
decrease to' "stepped-up" . effi
ciencey of operation."
The increase in spending of
the . railroad group. and . the
truckers signifies the stepup .in
interest in legislative matters in
presidential year lawmaking.
For the first three months of
1955, the AAR reported spend
ing only $13,175.58. The truck
ers reported spending only $2,
288.21 in the first three months
of 1955.. .
Report Hikes Activity
But that was before the Pres
idential Advisory . Committee on
Transport . Policy and Organiza
tion April 18, 1955, recommend
ed fewer controls on the trans
portation-industry.- Neil J. -Curry,
president of the ATA, said
the report if carried out, "would
ultimately -destroy . effective
competition." . AAR President
William T. Faricy termed the
report- ''distinctly encouraging."
In April; 1956,- 33 registered
lobbyists were employed' by 25
railroad organizations. : Of the
lobbyistssix -were employed by
the AAR,- -one' by - a regional
group,. 20 by .19 1 state railroad
groups, and six by four railroad
companies. : ATA has seven reg
istered lobbyists; others work
for its member groups.
The stepup in railroad lobby
ing . activity occurred in 1955
and 1956, with a substantial por
tion of it: occurring- after-the
transport report was made pub
lic. The issue of controls is the
hub of the argument in the back
stage maneuvering. --of - -. AAR
backs legislation to carry out
the intent of the report.
The truckers, meanwhile, -have
been- supporting actively the
highway expansion bill. - Al
though approved by the House
April 27, the bill still must pass
the Senate. And the truckers are
trying to prevent any "undue"
increases in their highwayruser
taxes.
-. The. American , Farm Bureau
federation, which shored up the
Eisenhower administration op
position" to the recently vetoed
farm, bill,, . reported . spending
$30,121 in the first three months
to finish fifth behind the AFL
CIO. Another reflection of the
farm .furor was the eighth place
status of the National Farmers
union, which reported disburs
ing $27,598,09 while supporting
the Democratic drive to restore
90 per cent of parity price sup
ports for basic .farm commodi
ties. ...-.
Colorado Group Sixth
. Sixth place among the lobby
spenders is occupied by the
Colorado River association, a
California . . organization .that
spent $29,942.51 in a vain effort
to prevent passage of the Colo
rado river storage project. The
group reported spending $6,
810.42 in 1955. - .
The Southern States- Indus
trial council, a perennial top-10
spender, finished seventh with
a reported outlay of $28,593.12,
compared to $25,259.35 for the
first -quarter of 1955.
The Industrial council, organ
ized in 1933, claims to represent
about 2,000 businesses and in
dustries in 16 southern states.
The council says it seeks to "restore-
and preserve" the Ameri
can free enterprise system.-.
(Copyright, 1956,
; Congressional Quarterly) '
These "expellees" number
about one in five of the popula
tion of West. Germany. They
have their own little bloc of
seats in Parliament.
In their demand that the lost
territory be given back, they
are .supported not only by West
Germans but by nearly aU of
the 18.5 million Germans who
live in the Russian-occupied
zone.
Tomorrow, the expellees in
tend to hold a mourning service
while Churchill is being given
his prize. They have asked
townspeople, to fly flags at half
staff. -
The award to "Churchill is the
Karl (or Charlemagne) Prize,
awarded annually to a man who
has helped promote European
unity.
. It is . named for Charlemagne,
the . great emperor whose tomb
according to tradition lies un
der the dome of Aachen Cath
edral. The ."expellees" have nothing
against Churchill himself. They
admire him for his world war
leadership even though he was
their enemy. But they blame him
for his part in the Potsdam con
ference. They say that he has
helped divide, not. unite Europe.
Hence they say that Churchill
has no right to the Charlemagne
Prize.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's
government has tried to mini
mize the protests. But Aden
auer and all his. fellow leaders
will insist, when the time comes,
that Germany must get back its
lost territory.
. The issue will become, a big
one whenever the unification of
Germany is taken up finally,
Now the talk is merely of unify
ing the Western and Eastern
parts of the country. But to Ger
mans, there wiU be -no unifica
tion until they -get back those
47,000 square miles of territory
which - Red-ruled Poland occu
pies not to mention the East
Prussian territory which Po
land and Russia hold between
them.
It is highly probable, too, if
not certain, that some day, in
one way or another,- Germany
will get back- most of it. .-
PGE Violating
Oregon Water Law,
Thornton Declares
Salem U.R) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said to
day that Portland General Elec
tric Company ' was violating
water laws of Oregon In' con
structing Pelton dam on the De
schutes river. ' '
Gov. Elmo Smith had asked
Thornton to rule on the legality
of construction in view of the
United States Supreme Court
Pelton dani decision.
Under Jurisdiction
The attorney general reiter
ated his view that PGE had sub
mitted itself to the jurisdiction
of the hydroelectric commission
of Oregon and Oregon water
law by making applications for
a preliminary permit ana li
cense. "These applications were de
nied by the Oregon Hydroelec
tric Commission and' Portland
General Electric sought a review
of the proceedings in the Circuit
Court of Marion county, which
review is now pending on ap
peal before the Oregon Supreme
Court,-" the opinion stated.
"It must be conceded that the
law is now well settled by the
Supreme Court of the United
States in the Pelton and first
Iowa cases that the securing of a
state permit is not a- condition
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Haircuts and Work
To the Editor: It was good
reading, showing as it did free
dom of the press and editorial
willingness to print as is, a re
cent news release of our con
gressmen huddled up in cloak
room and corridor, huddles. It
concerned the upping of hair
cuts from 50 cents , to 75 cents'.
Our Washington, D.C., lawmak
ers seemed quite irked about it,
though they, could still, .get' a
35 cent haircut, by taking a
short walk to another building.
Somehow or other, this just
don't seem to fit in . with the
$1.25 (or is it $1.50) they charge
here, it's been so long since be
ing in one of the modernized af
fairs, where the barbers can be
seen in the waiting chairs. It's
not too great a strain on one's
memory to hark back to the days
of the 35 cent and 50 cent hair
cut when the customers waited
in the chairs, perusing the old
Police Gazette or . listening to a
foursome in attempt at some,
harmony singing.
But what aroused my think
ing was that if our representa
tives at Washington can eat in
the restaurants there: at prices,
comparable to that in the barber-shop,
it -would seem they
could get by on the $6,000 to
$12,000 or more per year salary
and other fringe benefits they
receivei It may be rash specula
tion, but if there was just a
chance for me to serve a term
there at the benefits mentioned,
then there could be a real re
tirement for me to the' easy
chair, tall drink close at hand
and feet up on a rest cushion,
so often pictured but rather sil
ly, for when one is used to work,
it must be continued to a degree
till life is done, if one is to con
tinue in health and some pride
of accomplishment, for the
mere recounting what one has
done soon loses its flavor.
But it might be suggested to
our congressmen that the new
electric clippers in the deft
hands of wife, mother, or some
other, can make the-male quite
presentable in strolling - down
the avenue. - . r
F. J. Clifford, ' -"
1211 West Main st., '
Medford, Ore.
'No Give Away?'
To the Editor: Our editor, in
his zeal to pin the "give away"
charge on Mr. McKay, seems to
have overlooked a. statement at
the beginning of the Harper's
article on give aways. This state
ment: "To investigate let alone
prove or disprove these charg
es is a job beyond the scope of
one article," tends to make the
article of slightly less - conse
quence than our editor would
have-us believe. - - :
In reading the portion of the
article covered by Sunday's edi
torial, one finds no mention of
any extenuating circumstances
behind these "give aways" no
reason, except the implication
that "Big Business" was the pol-
precedent to the granting of a
license under the federal power
act," the opinion continued.
"The granting of the federal
license does not override effect
ive state law, and it is judicially
recognized .that - the federal li
censee assumes the risk of com
pliance."
Thornton told the governor:
Until otherwise decided by the
Supreme Court of Oregon I must
advise you that the Portland
General Electric Company is
violating the water laws of the
state of Oregon by constructing
the hydroelectric project at the
Pelton site on the Deschutes
river. -
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department. ' ...
Perhaps we should ask a few
.questions before' accepting' the
Harper's article as an r "over
whelming and unanswerable in
dictment of the McKay adminis
tration." (1) What adverse effect will
exploration for oil have on wild
life in the refuges? To what ex
tent will discovery of addition
al oil reserves balance these ef
fects? , . .... ' . .
(2) What was the end result
of the Senate sub-committee in
vestigation of the Al Sarena
case? " .
(3) What are the terms of the
fifty-year option granted Inter
national Nickle Co.? Would de
velopment of a large nickle and
copper deposit justify this lease?
(4) Much- has been written
and said on both sides of the
Hells Canyon controversy. If the
author had talked to advocates
of private power development
instead of Senators Morse and
Neuberger, it might not be class
ed as a give away.
(5) Is $35,000,000 the current
valuation of the synthetic fuel
plant? Wa it sold by open bid?
(6) What effect has the abro
gation of the "wheeling" 'regula
tion had on "preference" groups?
What were the ten recommenda
tions by Herman Kruse?
John O. .Rector,
, 214 West Jackson st.
Medford, Ore.
Thanks Ex-Customers '
To the Editor: PerhaDs I
should title this "Medford Wom
en" as that is mostly what it is
about.
Seven years ago I started the
Curb Service Bakery route here
in Medford, and was owner and
operator of same until May 1.
this year.
Quite naturally my business
was mostly with the . Medford
housewife. And I want to say
here and now that they are the
finest group of customers that
any man ever had in any ' busi
ness. Now in saying this I do not
wish to omit the very fine men
customers that I had too. Though .
they were in the minority,- the
quality was the same. ' ''
Now a word about my exper
ience. During my seven years
as operator of the Curb Service
Bakery route I did many things
that one might not connect with
a bakery route service. To men
tion some of them: There was the
time I helped a very fine old gen
tleman plane off a door to make
it fit; I. fixed leaky.; faucet;; I
have held the baby' while the
mother took a minute to tend to
other urgent business;' I took
l8dies to get a pass key - when
they, were locked out of their
apartment.
One mother was locked out of
her apartment with two , .small
children inside, but we made a
dash for a key and all was well.
I have also delivered messages
and carried packages, all - of
which I considered in the line of
duty, to try to give good service
to .a very wonderful group of
good honest customers. May I
emphasize the word honest. In
seven years I was not "beat out,"
if I may use the expression, of
ten cents by these fine Medford
people.
: It has been a great pleasure
and a "wonderful experience and
now that I am going into the
real estate business, I want to
say I have thoroughly enjoyed
it. . ;-
May I now submit this small
bit of thanks to my many cus
tomers.
Marty Barnett,
, 608 Stewart ave. 1 .
Medford, Ore.
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TILL 9
6th Phone 2-5168
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