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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDv&TRIBUNE "I very body In Southern Oregon xieaas in wiu in Dun Published Daily Except Saturday by 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertiaine Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager utiu ft i ,i jh. Managing bailor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN Telegraph Editor KltKAKU JKWt l r Sports fcdltOC OLIVE ST ARC HER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Cooy 10c. Daily and Sunday On year f 12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday only one year sj.su. By Carrier In Advance Med ford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.23 Carrier and Dealers oo per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford orrielal Paper or jsckiow county United Pn Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WKST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. Bx,. NATIONAL EDITORIAL. ASOCTLN .'.in NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. SO and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 16. 1946 (It was Thursday) First cutting of alfalfa under way in some valley sections, re ports indicate a light crop, ac cording to county agent. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The over alls the teenage clique are wear ing are "jeans" they would have the general public know, and refer to them as such. ' -20 YEARS AGO May 16. 1936 (It was Saturday) Dr. Alfred Cookman, natural ist and lecturer for CCC, arrives in Medford to address boy and girl scouts of the district. The seventh annual Medford Mail Tribune trapshooting tour nament, sponsored by Medford Gun club, will be held Sunday, May 24. r ' . 30 YEARS AGO May 16. 1926 There will be no drop in tire prices because of the general strike in England, according to C. L. Wolff, of the Armory serv ice station.. An innovation in broadcasting was staged in Medford last night when Warner brothers picture studios portable station sent out a local program over the air. ' 40 YEARS AGO May 16, 1916 (It was Tuesday) Women of Medford of all class es will meet at the public library Wednesday. The Medford Printing com pany turns over to the county clerk about 39,000 official and sample ballots. WhaJ's the Answer? Can You Gel 4 of th 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Ree 1. About one million, many more than one million, or many fewer than one million Ameri cans are severe chronic alco holics? 2. To serve on the U.S. Su preme Court a man must have had previous experience as a judge; right or wrong? 3. Brittany is or isn't part of Great Britain? 4. Jim Thorpe, great U.S. all around athlete of the past, was of Negro, Italian, Mexican, In dian, Spanish or Anglo-Saxon blood? 5. Defense Secretary Wilson says that the U.S. is now build ing more big H-bomb carrying planes than Russia, or Russia is building more, or is it 50-50? 6. Xenophobia is hatred of foreigners, cats, Jews, Catholics, narrow spaces, crowds, or women? 7. Which two present U.S. Senators were once major-party nominees for Vice President? The answers: 1. About one million. 2. Wrong. 3. Isn't; it's part of France. 4. Indian. 5. Says Russia is building more now. 6. Hatred of foreigners. 7. Sens. Sparkman (Ala.) and Bricker (O). " Average number" of cars in" a U. S. railway freight train dur ing 1954 was 65, setting a new high record. MAIL TRIBUNE Pears vs. People? We find the reasoning of four members of the city planning commission rather difficult to fathom. The commission is appointed by the city, to make studies for the future growth and well-being of the city. Monday night a ma jority of the commission voted to recommend to the city council that it, in turn, rec ommend to the highway commission that a 300-foot-wide gash be sliced through the middle of an old es tablished residential distnct, and a growing business district. The minority resisted, because the highway com mission has given inadequate information on which to base a decision (particularly regarding a possible west side route), and because taking a big slice out of the city would damage forever its chance for orderly, at tractive growth. CIFTY-EIGHT homes would be removed by a 150- foot right of way, as first proposed. The 300-foot gash probably would double this figure. If the nation al average of 3.4 persons per home applied here, that means more than 340 persons would be dispossessed. Possibly two or three thousand more would be in the area affected by the inevitable noise and dislocation of the freeway. . . We have said it before and say it again some people will be hurt no matter where it goes. But the fewer the people, and the we say. The decision between routes seems to boil down Shortages Literate people, today a crucial shortage of teachers. The lack has been widely publicized, and attempts are being made to in duce more able young people to enter the teaching profession. The same situation applies to the number of peo ple entering engineering as a career.. We have seen well-documented statements which show that, the U.S. is falling, behind Kussi& in the production of trained engineers. We know, both from from the statistics available, that the supply of well qualified and experienced newspaper reporters is be low the demand for them. To a lesser extentperhaps, the same situation ap plies to the'-supply of doctors, dentists, nurses, technicians. M1 AYBE, we conclude, there is a shortage of people. Actually, that's not in the light of the rapidly rising population. There are two reasons why total population is in creasing bv leaps and bounds. The first is the rapid surge in the birth-rate in the is a longer life expectancy. ' ' " . So the two jnajor influences tending to increase the number of people are at opposite ends of the life span, and the supply of workers has not increased much if at all: Additionally, the people now arriving at the productive age are the babies of the low-birth rate depression years. There just aren't enough of them to fill the demand. . WHAT will happen when the youngsters who are now crowding' the schools, the . product of the high-birth rate postwar years, reach maturity and be come available for employment in the fields where they are now so badly needed? :. Will there be more of them than can be absorbed? Will there be widespread unemployment? Will automation the use of machines to do many things now done by humans cause widespread tech nological unemployment to coincide with an increas ed labor supply? , The bulk of the economists don't think so. THEY.BELIEVE, to the contrary, that the shortage of trained, workers in many fields will continue, even with a greater supply. ' There are several reasons for this belief. .; Probably the most significant is the almost explos ive rise in the standard of living.-People want more things. This demand creates an, expanded industrial plant, which in turn calls for more and more work ers. The experience of the past single generation, dur ing which refrigerators, washing machines, dishwash ers, deep freezers, air conditioning and a dozen other appliances have become commonplace, is an example of this. ; ; ' f The technological advances which have created these staples of -a high standard of living is another reason for their optimism. There is no reason to think that technology will be any less productive in the foreseeable future than it has been in the past three decades. '. . . " : - .'' ; ':" ' ' . - i . 1 CTILL ANOTHER reason is the population increase itself. More people means a need f onmore things. A fourth reason is that there are some jobs which no machine, however automated, can perform. No machine yet devised can take out an appendix, or de sign a bridge, or write "a news story;-or give a patient an alcohol rub. People,' in short, are not yet obsolete ; not even obsolescent '; - ; The cycle which we have described is known as "an expanding economy, ;'and, with perhaps some minor variations, seems to.be pretty much inevitable bar ring, of course, a major war or some other dislocation which cannot be predicted. ". .' What happens when the economy ceases to ex pand is a different question and one which a glance in the crystal ball does-not answer. But that, in light of wyhat we know of the coming years, seems at worst a long way off. E.-A.'- - Wednesday, May 16, 1958 smaller the hurt, the better, the in-town and out-town to Pears vs. People. E.A. are fully aware that there is . . - ' personal experience and as absurd as it may sound past 10 years. The other Visit of Indonesian Leader Poses Problem in Diplomacy By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The visit of President Sukarno of Indonesia to the United States has the makings of a big head ache for the State r Depart ment. It is unlike ly that the visit of Broth er Sukarno, as I n d o n esians call him, will result in . any impo r t ant Charles McCann agreements. Nor is it likely to change the trend in the South Asia area. This trend,, in which Indonesia is a leader, is toward "neutral ism." But two countries whose friendship is valuable to the United States will be watching every development during Suk arno's visit with close attention and with suspicion. These two countries are the Netherlands and Australia. The Netherlands is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization. A small one, it is true, but an important one. Australia is allied with the United States in the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. It also In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Political note from Britain: It is getting close to the zero hour for British Prime Minister Eden in the house of commons, In a couple of hours (from the time the dispatch was written in London) opposition Laborites will open their attack on his handling of the so-called "frog man" episode. FIRST In simple language, he's a skin diver. That is to say, he goes about the business of diving without cumbersome equipment, which includes special suits, air hoses and air compressors. So He can go' about his diving job QUICKLY, and if he's lucky he can find out what he wants to know' without anyone knowing what he s up to. T'HIS particular skin diver is a retired naval officer, holding ing the rank of commander in the British navy. That 'leads to the conclusion that his mission as a rather important one and he did his diving job in the im mediate vicinity of a Russian warship that had carried Russia's top leaders to Britain for their recent visit. . . . ; - Something went wrong, : and the Russians found out about it, They accuse him of spying! Ima gine that. The Russians have spies all over the world. If the British had sent a warship car rying high British officials to a Russian port, the water around the place where it was anchored would have been full of Russian spies frogmen and otherwise. Everyone knows that. "PUT, as previously stated, sompthinff went wrnnff The skindiving British naval com mander (his name is Lionel Crabbe) disappeared. It is pre sumed that he may have perish ed. J For some reason which pre sumably has to do with what we call diplomacy Eden can't come clean and tell the whole story, including whether or not the skindiver is dead.: THAT'S the story in a nutshell. The point of it is that the British Labor party, which is out of power and wants to get back in, is putting Prime Minister Eden in the pan and frying him to a crisp in the hope of bring ing out something that will dis credit him and his Conservative party in the eyes of the British people. '-.'-. To keep the record straight, it should be added that if the situ ation was reversed the British Conservative party might do the same thing in the case of a La- borite prime minister. Such is the institution of poli tics in a democracy. . '. ALONG the same line,, New York's Gov.-. Averell Harri man', in a keynote speech to the Wyoming democratic conven tion in Cody, describes President Eisenhower as a buck-passer and Vice-President Nixon as a '' vic ious slanderer." . . i , He added: "Candidate x Eisenhower ; has got to take full responsibility for Nixon andalliis works" ... HIS PURPOSE, of course, is to destroy confidence in the REPUBLICAN leaders of our country so that the people may be induced . to throw the Repub licans OUT and put the Demo crats back IN.' If we are to be completely candid, we must admit that if the situation was . reversed the Re publicans would not be above using the same tactics. The point I'd like to make is that discred iting the ins so that the outs' can GET IN is regarded as orthodox and accepted political strategy in democracies. But it is TERRIBLE states manship. r -.cuf (I is allied with this country direct ly in the United States-Australia-New Zealand defense treaty which was signed in San Fran cisco on Sept. 1, 1951. It happens that at this time relations between Indonesia and jthe Netherlands, from which it won its independence in- 1949, are exceedingly bad. Indonesia has broken its last political ties with the Netherlands. One Reason One reason among several for these bad relations is the claim of Indonesia to Nether lands New Guinea, covering an area of 151,000 square miles. - Australia possesses the re maining 159,000 square miles of New Guinea, the world's second largest island. It owns part out right and holds the rest under a United Nations trusteeship. The Netherlands refuses to give up its part of New Guinea. Australia refuses to entertain the idea that Netherlands New Guinea become part of Indo nesia. In fact, it is very prob able that if it came to a show down, Australia would fight to keep Indonesia out. When Secretary of State John Stevenson is Choice Of DemoCongressmen Washington (CQ) Adlai E. Stevenson is the solid choice of Democratic Senators and Rep resentatives for the party's Pres idential nomination. The Senators and Representa tives, voting anonymously, made their selections in a poll con ducted by Congressional Quar terly of the 280 Members of Congress who are Democrats. Sixty-four voted for Steven son. Second place in the poll went to Sen. Stuart Symington, (Mo.), with 15 votes. Third place is shared ,by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) and Sen. Estes Kefauver (Tenn.), with sev en votes each. Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio finished fourth with five votes, one ballot ahead of New York's Gov.: Averell Harriman. Run Behind . . Strung out behind the front runners were: Gov. G. Mennen Williams (Mich.), and Sen. Rob ert S. -Kerr (Okla.), with two votes, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.), former President Harry S. Truman, Sen. Richard B. Rus sell (Ga.), and Rep. John W. Mc Cormack (Mass.), with one vote each. There are 280 Democrats in Congress 49 in the Senate, 231 in the House. Congressional Quarterly mailed each of these Democrats a form letter asking them to signify their choice for the ' Presidential nomination, They were, asked to designate their geographical . region, but were not required to sign the questionnaire, and few did One hundred and thirteen re sponded, representing a 40 per cent answer to the poll. Stevenson's support was 57 per cent of the total vote cast and 23 per cent of the total Dem ocratic congressional delegation Symington's share represented 13 cer cent of those who an swered. Johnson and Kefauver had 6 per cent of the total vote cast. Strength in South The bulk of Stevenson's strength came from the South, where 23 of 45 Senators and Representatives who responded voted for the former Illinois governor. He was just as strong in the West and Southwest where 18 of 26 responses fav ored his candidacy. In the North and East Stevenson received 15 of 26 - votes cast. He received 8 out of 11 cast by Midwest Dem ocratic Senators and Represen tatives. Symington and Johnson both showed support in -the South, with the Missourian receiving eight votes and Johnson five. Governor Lausche was next in line in southern baUoting with four votes. Neither Johnson nor Lausche showed any strength outside the South. - Sen.' Kefauver's .biggest sup port came from the West where he received three votes.1 He re ceived single ballots from the North, East, South and Midwest. Governor Harriman's ' four votes were cast by Congressmen from the North and East.' He failed to receive even secondary mention outside that area. Some ballots indicated a second choice, most of these for Symington, al though these were not tabulated. Response Varies The response by geographical area also was interesting. Twen- i ty-six of the, 31 West and Southwest Senators and Repre sentatives responded, or 84 per cent. Next best was the North and East where 26 of 65 Demo crats replied, 40 per cent Forty- five of the South's 135 Senators and Representatives, or 33 per cent, made a choice. For FINE WORKMANSHIP Call GRAHAM'S CABINET SHOP Built-lns anrf Csbincts a Specialty KEN GRAHAM 824 Vx No. Riverside, Ph. 2-4171 Foster Dulles visited Indonesia last March he commented on the similarity between the early days of the United States and the present status of Indonesia in their development from col onial status. No Harm Intended Dulles undoubtedly intended it to be simply a diplomatically meaningless compliment But it roused the greatest an ger in the Netherlands. And it did not go over well in Aus tralia. Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Ma. H. Luns said in Parliament: "The government is shocked and disappointed that Mr. Dulles has created the impression that the United States government approves the actions of the In donesian government against the Netherlands . . ." - . Hence it looks as if Dulles and President Eisenhower will have to walk a diplomatic tight rope in any statements they may make to Sukarno. Anything that could possibly be interpreted as siding with Indonesia against the Netherlands, or in favor of In donesia's ambitions, , certainly will be interpreted that way. ' Only 22 per cent of the Mid west's 49 Democratis answered the poll, the lowest figure in percentage terms. Five Con gressmen did not signify a geo graphical breakdown. (Copyright 1956, ongressional Quarterly) Harriman Hits At Administration Policy on Power Spokane (U.R) Gov. Av erell Harriman, a "non-active' candidate for the Democratic presidential , nomination, today resumed a very active political tour of the power conscious Pa cific Northwest. The New York governor was to speak today at Pullman, Wash., and Idaho Falls, Ida., be fore moving on Thursday to' Salt Lake City and Reno. ' : Harriman hit hard at the ad ministration's power policy in a speech here .Tuesday night char ging the Republicans "have giv en away Heirs Canyon." : 'President Eisenhower talks of prosperity but for many of our people this is a cruel myth," he said. "The farmer is having hard times and small business is growing weaker or being forced to quit. v"We Democrats want business to prosper, large and small, but prosperity is not healthy if it is not shared by all groups among our people." Harriman said the "new type" Eisenhower money policy puts another sqyeeze on small busin ess. "The giant corporations have adequate resources whereas the small businessmen and farmers who need the credit are having difficulty getting it," he said "So are home buyers and even school districts at a time when we need more homes and more schools." Harriman made a plea for a new vision" in developing the nation's resources. Earlier at Butte, Mont., Har- rjman charged the Eisenhower administration with 'lack of ef fort.". He said Mr. Eisenhower and the GOP have ignored "one of the great emerging problems of our society the need to make possible more productive and fuller and richer life for the aging." He charged President Eisen hower had "made it clear" that the "nefarious right to work laws" to "injure labor unions have his blessing." v . . Falling Humidity May Close Logging Salem (U.R) Falling hu midity may close down some log ging areas in the fir belt of west ern Oregon, the State Forestry Department -said today. Forestry officials said logging operations must cease when the humidity falls to 30. Yesterday -humidity dropped to 31 in the Salem and Santiam canyon areas , and it was expect ed to help -send the humidity down near Detroit despite snow which is still on the ground, for esters said, - ' - Dr. Ralph S. Anderson -CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Has Opened Offices At 100 MADISON PLACE Between Queen Ann and Jackson Street BY APPOINTMENT ONLYI PHONE 2-5997 Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with view to clarification and condensation. not exceed 400 words. Expresses Thanks To the Editor: I wish at this time to publicly thank all those people who worked and cooper ated on . the mosquito control program. The Medford Mail Tribune helped launch the campaign and a great number of people worked very hard on it. When the people petitioned the county court, Shy Morthland investigated the situation and worked very hard to develop the control program we now have. He was very cooperative, al though he was not personally bothered by mosquitos. The per sonal interest work and investi gation into mosquito control, taken by Shy Morthland should prove his integrity in his office for the good of the people In Jackson county. , : j . Furthermore the results of his work with Dr. Merkel speak for themselves. The control pro gram is very effective. The sit uation before hand was indeed, a serious one. It takes a good man to remedy a situation, not just talk about it, and that's why "Shy" did. Thanks again, Mrs. Wayne Gottfried, 1020 Mt. Pitt ave., Medford, Ore. Oregon Myrtle To the Editor:' I wish to take issue with Mr. Eugene L. Parker on his letter about the Oregon Myrtlewood trees. I am an Ore- gonian of 65 years continuous residence and I have seen Myrtlewood trees in different parts of Oregon and some in California, but I wish to inform Mr. Parker that I lived for 10 years in Douglas county, Oregon, in KoseDurg, and in the sur rounding farming country, along the banks of the South Umpqua river between Oakland and Roseburg there are a great num ber of Myrtle trees. On South Deer creek, six miles east of Roseburg, they grow in great abundance along the creek banks. So I believe that Mr. Parker is mistaken in calling it a Cal ifornia tree. And beside, it has to my many years of reading about our ' Myrtle trees been common knowledge that they grow only in the Holy Land and in Oregon and California. They may be more like bushes in the Holy Land, as that is an old land , with worn-out soil, where as here, our soil Is comparative ly new compared to the old country overseas. For as long as I can remember (and I have a good memory for things in the past) our Myrtle tree has always been called Ore gon Myrtle. E. M. F. A subscriber for 31 years He Wonders . io the iditor: After seeing picture of checks for special in vestigation on TV, I wonder if it would be too much for an ex planation from the District At torney? . I don't mind paying for what is necessary, but I do object to unnecessary expense. I would think, as a taxpayer, that I am entitled to an explanation and am wondering why all the sec recy about the matter since the TV show. I wonder why the Dis trict Attorney hasn't explained the matter. R...H. Southard, Route 2, Box 569, Central Point Ore. Editorial Comment NUNLEY FOR D.A. Primary contests for several county offices merit careful at tention of Jackson county voters when they go to the polls this Friday. On the Republican ticket, in cumbent District Attorney Wal ter Nunley is opposed for the nomination by George W. Rode. Both are Medford attorneys and Mr. Nunley is completing his first term as district attorney. Four years ago .this news paper in the GOP primary, sup ported Paul Haviland, then the incumbent district attorney. Mr. Nunley won the GOP nomina tion and was elected at the gen eral election. While Mr. Nunley has made some mistakes during his tenure, they have been mistakes of sin cerity and he has, in general, administered his office well. He has been co-operative with other county officials and the county court in legal services. His rec ord during the four years is such that he deserves the Republi can nomination. Ashland Tid ings. Letters submitted for publication must 100th Anniversary To the Editor: The 100th an niversary of Brunswick, Ga., as a chartered city will be cele brated Aug. 13th to 18th. By means of this communica tion, it is our hope to locate for mer citizens of this community now residing in other sections of the country that we may extend to them a personal invitation to come back to us during that per iod, renew old acquaintances, and have a whale of a good time. If you can find it convenient to publish this request in your "Letters from Readers" columns we will appreciate it very much. Communications should be ad dressed to the Brunswick-Glynn County Centennial Celebration, Box 574, Brunswick, Ga. W. G. Bishop, Executive Director, Centennial Celebration. Likes Senator Morse To the Editor: Friday, May 18, Is the day for getting real men and women in omce to take care of all Oregon's peo ple's business. We . should try and get the ones that get in the job, not for the easy money that is there, but to do something for the people at home. There is honor to be placed in a job like that besides knowing how to do the job. Morse as I think has a good record, and as I have been vot ing for close to 60 years 55 years here on the coast I do not think Oregon or any other of the three states have sent a better man for the job than Senator Morse, a man that knows law as a teacher of law, and above all a man that is one after my own heart, that holds to a principle. That is why some of that dirty bunch in Washington, D.C., did not like him, and some here in Oregon even trying to use all manner of things to get him out. So if the people here in Ore gon know what is good for them, they better vote for " ?e. -1 have never seen the r jut I have tried to learn all . could about him and the good he has done. There is plenty to be said about men we send to Washing ton, D.C. It is a good thing they can't steal the earth, or it would have been moved long ago. William Ross Sharp, 26 Portland ave., Medford, Ore. BIDS CALLED Portland (U.R) The Port land District, corps of engineers, has called for bids on two dredg ing projects, one in Coos Bay and the other in Depoe Creek and Yaquina River. UNLIMITED, UNMARKED FUNDS LEAD TO WASTE! At the beginning of the 1955- 56 fiscal year, the Jackson County Budget showed hun dreds of thousands of dollars, YOUR TAX DOLLARS, lying In so-called "Sinking Funds" funds established for NO PRE DETERMINED NEED - FUNDS WHICH CAN BE SPENT WITH OUT THE VOTERS' CONSENTI Fundsl' of this kind can only breed the philosophy of SPEND SPEND . . . SPEND . . . WASTE . WASTE . . . WASTE! If I am elected, I pledge every citizen of Jackson County ECONOMY EFFICIENCY, and INTEGRITY in office! MELVIN LATTIE 3 JS? 3 - Republican, for Jackson County COMMISSIONER See Melvin Laftie on KBES-TV ' , tonight . , n at 5:30 and 11:00 ... . Pi. Pol. Adv.