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FOUR MEDFORD (REGON1 MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, May 17. 1956 MedfordUTbibune "Xvery body tn BouUiern Ores; on Heads me mil inDune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-gll ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager -GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor . HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION" RATES Br Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sundav Onlv One vear $3.50. Ef flamir In Advance Mediord. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Biver. Talent atnri nn motor routes! Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford omclal Paper oi jscsson t-oumy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Arivrtiln? Rnrsentative: 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 IassocCatlon faHJIIMIg' NEWSPAPEK. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10.' 20, 80 and tO years ago. . 10 YEARS AGO May 17. 1946 (It was Friday) The 20-30 club of Medford re gained its charter and -former rating In the national organiza tion of 20-30 clubs at a dinner and ceremony May 11, held at the Holland hotel. From Arthur Perreys Ye Smudge Pot column: Leon Offen bacher, the Applegate tiller, towned yes. He was looking for a mowing machine nut, and rain. 20 YEARS AGO May 17, 1938 (It was Sunday) One hundred and thirty-five pounds of fish were taken in five hours yesterday by Bill Fillinger, and Dick Green, Mail Tribune pressmen. Why Such a Rush? . "We can understand why many Democrats wish to be delegates to the Chicago convention. For that involves an interesting trip across the country and an exciting dramatic session. But why a record-breaking number should wish to be given a badge and a hard wooden-seat at the Cow Palace south of San Francisco for the Republican con clave is a mystery. . It must be mainly San Francisco its proximity (in spite of the SP!) and its charm. One might add its fine invigorating climate but for the fact that Aug ust is the worst month in the year, as far as the Golden Gate is concerned, and usually cold, windy and forbidding. AS FAR AS excitement goes the GOP conclave! meeting of U. S. Steel Board of Directors. Everything has been arranged and the program cut and dried. We doubt if there is much of a fight even over civil rights and the farm problem. It is dif ferent with the Democrats. If they have nothing to fight about they manufacture something and stage a good one. Nothing like that for the Grand Old Party. They like peace,' prosperity and platitudes and that's all they are going to get this year. VET THERE ARE 45 GOP applicants for 12. posi- tions at the Cow Palace. And each one would like a "kind word" from the Mail Tribune. Sorry, but it can't be done ! We never heard of most of these people and with a few exceptions, only know the local aspirants. More over, no real issue is involved. Who the delegates are to these conventions makes practically no difference to the country or the party, but only to the individuals concerned. Our only suggestion, therefore, would be that if any member of our list printed below is known to be allergic to boredom and inclined to fall asleep in the midst of ham acting and synthetic political noise and fury they be eliminated. For it would be poor advertising for Oregon to have any delegate from this state peacefully snoring, particularly while the organ played the "Star Spangled Banner." The always-alert press gallery would undoubtedly spot him or her and broadcast the item. However, as remarked above, we. have had many requests, and in the interest of time-saving in marking the ballots, here goes, to-wit: We recommend of the desired training and capabilities, could not be secured or if secured, could not be retained. By bringing salaries up to the standard level, a well-balanced and efficient staff of . county law en forcement has been secured, and exists today. It would, as we see it, be extremely unwise as well as costly to the taxpayers, to change horses in the middle of the stream, and thus fail to profit by four years of .experience, and the steady improvement in this department that has been made. R. W. R. Purely Preferential Because of many requests for information we are concluding the primary campaign by expressing the following M.T. preferences for nominations in both parties: REPUBLICAN: " NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN: John Merrifield U. S. SENATOR: Phil Hitchcock GOVERNOR: Elmo Smith SECRETARY OF STATE: Mark Hatfield . DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Walter Nunley DEMOCRATIC: . NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN: C. Gerald Davidson U. S. SENATOR: Wayne Morse GOVERNOR: Robert Holmes FOR PRESIDENT: (write-in) Stevenson COUNTY ASSESSOR: Andrew Hawver Incidents Serve As Reminders That Spies are Still Operating NON-PARTISAN: FOR SUPREME COURT: Hall S. Lusk DISTRICT JUDGE: Rawles Moore R.W.R. Communications Letter! 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 a view to clarification and condensation, not exceed 400 words. REPUBLICAN, DELEGATES-AT-LARGE : Wm. M. McAllister Robert A. Elliott Earl T. Newbry Katherine Coney Corbett Elmo Smith' , J. C. Talbot Rudie Wilhelm, Jr. Philip Bladine Jess Gard James S. Lonergan John Noon celebrated his 98th birthday at the county farm yesterday. DISTRICT DELEGATES: Robert R., Dickey. Rodney Keating DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES-AT-LARGE : Monroe Sweetland Joseph J. Carson, Jr. Alfred H. Corbett Dexter Fairbank Edith Green Wm. Grenfel, Jr. Wm. L. Joslin Richard L. Neuberger 30 YEARS AGO May 17, 1926 (It was Monday) The Wednesday surprise bar gains of the Medford merchants become more popular from month to month, imports say. A telegram was received here this morning from W. H. Gore, chairman of the western Oregon counties' citizens' delegation. 40 YEARS AGO May 17. 1916 (It was Wednesday) Dr. J. M. Keene, councilman from the Second Ward, and crowing roosters were the head line acts at the regular mid month meeting of the city coun cil Tuesday night. The grand jury is today com piling its report on the county offices and their management. TWO-WAY NAME Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) The pastor of Lindsay Memorial Pres byterian church . here . says he's name is Dr. Harold Gordon Harold. . DISTRICT DELEGATES : Alex Hamilton, Jr. Joseph N. Barneit R. W.R What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 19SS. Editorial Research Report 1. Still in school are a much larger percentage of all 16 and 17-year-olds from urban than from rural areas, or a much larger percentage from rural areas, or about the same from each? 2. Thomas E. Dewey clinched the Republican presidential nom ination in 1943 when in the Oregon primary' he beat Taft, Stassen, Bricker or Vandenberg? 3. The Preakness race, sec ond part cf the Triple Crown, is run in Baltimore, elsewhere in Maryland, New Jersey, a New England state or Kentucky? 4. New York grants divorce on more grounds than most oth er state do; right or wrong? 5. Davy Crockett was once or never a member of the U.S. Congress? 6. Most epilsepsy can or can't now be controlled by drugs and chemicals? 7. Tennessee Williams, out standing U. S. dramatist of to day, was born in Tennessee; right or wrong? The ' answers: 1. About the same from each. 2. Staisen. 3. Baltimore. 4. Wrong. 5. Was once. 6. Can. 7. Wrong. , Keep Nunley On The Job Apparently there are some voters in the county who have interpreted our lailure to conduct a cam paign in favor of District Attorney Walter Nunley, as we did four years ago to disappointment in him and his record. This is not true. Four vears aero we entered the primary and car ried on a vigorous campaign in favor of Nunley, be cause we regarded the issue involved as extremely im portant. As we viewed the field this year no issue of equal importance seemed in the picture. So we fol lowed our long established custom oi leaving tne se lection of candidates bv the two parties up to the members themselves and reserving our selection of those best fitted for their jobs until the November election. OOWEVER, in view of this misinterpretation. which has been helped along, no doubt, by Nun- ley's enemies, it is only fair to him to state that we think our present District Attorney has done a good job, deserves renomination and reelection and we be lieve that is exactly what will happen. Nunley, we grant, was a bit green when he took over, and he made some regrettable mistakes but one thing he didn't do, he didn't repeat them, and he is today, we think, far better qualified to carry on the important duties of his office efficiently and properly than he was four years ago. THE CHARGE has been made that he has been ex travagant and by increasing expenses of admin istration inordinately has increased taxes. This has been good campaign material, no doubt, for the people of the county at this time are particu larly tax-conscious. But it is no more true than the, misinterpretation regarding the Mail Tribune's attitude. The increased expenses of this department were ordered by the County Court, and not bv Nunlev. and primarily for one reason namely: THE OFFICE of District Attorney is very important to the .County Court in its proper administration of county affairs, and while Mr. Nunley cooperated at all times with the court, the latter soon found that to have the desired efficiency it was necessarv to ma- i;il.i i . ',,1 ,. . ,S district attorney m person at tenalJy increase the salaries of the entire staff or men public meetings in Granges and No Grounds for Suspicion To the Editor: I was one of the ministers the District At torney invited to sit in on the reading of a report made by Pri vate Investigator Walter Jeffries. The report was read aloud to the group: in fact, I did a good share of the reading. I had two private interviews with Mr. Jeffries; I read through his credentials and dozens of letters of recommendations. Mr. Jeffries is not an imaginary char acter, or a man of low morals or motives. : We were Invited to hear the report and to meet Mr. Jeffries with, the plain understanding that his work was confidential. This arises from the very nature of the investigation. It was a survey, a kind of re connoitering, to discover where if any corrouption, dope ped dling, and gambling were car ried on. The investigation and report were not the gathering of evidence to prosecute in court. There is "a vast difference be tween evidence to prosecute, and information for further' in vestigation. The court is the place to use evidence for prose cution. General information is not evidence for prosecution, and neither is it the kind of ma terial to be broadcast. In the very act of spreading it, the report loses its value. It is my opinion that nothing more than curiosity can be served by releasing the report. Great in jury could follow to persons in volved but not guilty of crime that could be prosecuted. Clergymen were invited pre cisely because, on the one hand they are concerned about the moral tenor of the community, and on the other hand, because they are not involved in either prosecution of criminals or law enforcement. : I have written to assure my fellow-citizens that we have not been fleeced or hood-winked. Whether or not any citizen or official thinks an investigation ought to have been made is a matter for private opinion. I believe that a general is wise who- sends out scouting parties to discover the points of enemy concentration. The investigation was author ized by the County Court and the Citizens Budget Committee. It was made by a reputable pri vate investigator, a report was made, and the monies were spent by authorized authorities. Curiosity may thrive on secrecy. So can suspicion. There may be grounds for curiosity. There may be grounds for debate about the need for or wisdom of the investigation. But there are no grounds for suspicions about the handling of the investigation. The Rev. Kenneth F. Korby, 17 Vancouver ave., Medford, Ore. i- Letters submitted for publication must other places to answer these charges, while there was ample time to present both sides to the public fully and fairly. The chal lenge and charges are still unanswered. Mr. Krotz further states that the district attorney has had no private practice while in office. The . district attorney admitted, at a League of Women Voters meeting of May 4th and in a ra dio address of May 16th, that he is, and has been carrying on a private practice. George W. Rode, Republican Candidate for District Attorney. About DA's Office- To the Editor: The district at torney's committeeman, Dan Krotz II,' has accused me in this column of using smear and prop aganda. For the past month I have been charging the district attorney with specific acts of In competency and waste in office, giving dates, circumstances, and amounts of money. Many of these charges were made when the district attorney was present, not five feet from me. The district attorney had full opportunity to expose them, if they really were smear and propaganda. He did not do so, and still has not done so, be cause the charges are simply a factual recital of the sorry pub lic record that the district attor ney himself has made. I repeatedly challenged the district attorney In person at (Editor's note: Dan Krotz let ter stated: "We wanted full time defense of the law when we elected Walter Nunley to his first term of office. It would be a long step backward if we return to the low budgets, as proposed by Mr. Rode, and force our dis trict attorney to accept - private practice to give him a livable in come. We do not want a condi tion where a fat fee in private practice might spell ' immunity to prosecution for violations of the law." Nunley has made no secret of the fact he has had a limited private practice, most of it conducted during non-office hours.) Praise for DA i To the Editor; During the past 3V& years I have had numerous occasions to work with your present district attorney, Walter D. Nunley. In my capacity as a consulting psychiatrist it has been necessary for me to discuss numerous criminal cases which have been handled by his of fice, and to make examinations and reports of persons convicted of sex crimes, as required by Oregon law. In addition, Mr, Nunley has sought my advice on many other criminal matters, though he was not required by law to do so, but was motivated only by a genuine desire to do what was best for 'the indivi duals concerned. Based upon a rather close as sociation with Mr. Nvthley in these matters, it is my opinion that he probably has more in sight and understanding of hu man conduct and the reasons and motives therefor than any lay person outside of my own pro fession that I have known. This is indeed an asset to your dis trict attorney, and of great value to the people of this commun ity. Mr. Nunley's extreme Interest in his work is only a little short of dedication, and his honesty and Integrity are in my opinion unassailable. I For whatever it Is worth, I wish the people of Jackson coun ty to have my opinion concern- ing the matter at this time. . John Waterman, M.D., Consulting Psychiatrist, - Child Guidance Clinic. By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Britain's frogman incident and the mystery of the Berlin wire tap tunnel are reminders that the spy busi ness is flour ishing as usual. Nobody has admitted that a British Intel ligence agency sent frogman Lionel Crabb to snoop around the Soviet Charles McCann cruiser OrdZ- honidikze while the Kremlin's Mr. B. and Mr. K. were visiting Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Nor has it been admitted that an American or British agency built the tunnel under East Ber lin to listen in on Red German and Russian army telephone conversations. It is pretty certain, however, that Crabb was not just out for exercise when he went swim ming in the chill waters of Portsmouth harbor where the Ordzhonikidze lay at anchor. It seems unlikely that the Communists dug the tunnel, starting from the United States Army radar station in West Berlin, and filled it with Ameri can and British electronic equip ment, In any event, both Incidents point up the fact that espionage is a two-way business and that it is an essential one in both the military and diplomatic fields. Cloak and Dagger Some spies are cloak and dag ger operatives. They risk impri sonment or death to get secret information in foreign countries or to get information in their own countries for foreign gov ernments. Some do their work' in their offices in the embassies of their countries in foreign capitals. Some maintain their headquar ters in offices which purport to serve industrial or business in terests These men may get some information from cloak and dagger men they employ. But they get most of it from a host of readily available sources. In the United States, for instance, agents of foreign governments can get what is supposed to be secret informa tion by reading the newspapers, the trade publications, scientific publications of all kinds and the service journals of the Army, Navy and Air Force. These men piece together, bit by bit, the things they read un til they fall Into a pattern. This pattern may give them the news of some big development in nu clear energy research, in the production of a new type of military plane and the details of a new gun or tank. Spy in a Sense Every military, naval and air attache in every embassy is a spy in a sense. It is their job to get information about the armed forces of the countries to which they are assigned. We frequent ly read of a Russian attache be ing caught in espionage. One reason seems to be that a lot of them are not too careful and not too clever. ' The spy business dates back centuries before Christ. But Oli-! ver CromweU and ' Cardinal Richelieu were the creators of organized espionage. That was In the 17th century. In czarist times in Russia, the chief of the revolutionary ter rorist organization was for years an agent of the Okhrana, the se cret police. He directed the as sassination of some of the high est czarist officials with the Okhrana's knowledge. In both world wars, the Brit ish Secret Service managed to maintain agents on the German general staff. In all, the spy business is a big one in peace as well as in war. say he has probably tried three times as many cases during his term as were tried In the term before his He has lost a few cases to some pretty experienced lawyers, but his batting average is good and I think most peace officers are glad to have him to carry the ball when their cases come to court. It has been an uphill drag all the way, but Walt Nunley has done a job that some people didn't think he could do when he took over the district at torney's office in 1953, and I think he had won the respect of many people who opposed his election in 1952. DeArmond Leigh Ashland, Ore. Favors Rode To the Editor: I know George Rode as a fine ci''-.en. His edu cation and intercc in civic af fairs fits him for the office of District Attorney, of Jackson county and I wish to endorse him in this office. Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Old Stage Rd., . . Medford, Ore. Opposed to Morihland To the Editor: The work and responsibilites of a county com missioner, are great and - impor tant. I have sat on boards and commissions with both Mr. Lat- tie and his opponent. I feel that Mel Lattie is much better fitted to fill the position of county com missioner than the other candi date. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Old Stage Rd, Medford, Ore.',. Has Won Respect To the Editor: I was a deputy sheriff in the Jackson County Sheriffs office for VA years, under the present sheriff. During the last year of that time Walt Nunley was district attorney. Walt's interest in law enforce ment, his insistence that people under arrest be treated fairly, and his kindness and courtesy to the families of criminals are well known to aU policemen in this country, and to a lot of other people too. When a police report is laid on his desk, he is just as quick to tell you that you don't have a case as he is to say you have. What's more, he will take the time to explain why, which is a big help to an officer or citizen. . Walt can keep his temper in situations where most people would blow their tops. I would Figures Cited To the Editor: Mr. Lattie is continuing to use incorrect fig ures in an attempt to mislead the voters of Jackson county. The figures presented below, which have been expanded over a period of years, are summar ized in the following manner: Payments to and for: " General Contrac tors for new county buildings $405,721.91 Architects fees Plumbing and heat ing contractor .... Electrical contrac- N e w equipment and installation of system County Tax Collector New equipment County Assessor- Equipment in other County depart ments, c o s t of moving depart ments, cost of im proving old . of fices, etc. 28,998.68 27,742.52 35,541.15 .15,249.28 23,199.97 9,021.48 were amazed to see the number in attendance, indicative of the public interest in their recom mendation to the city council and the State Highway Commis sion on the location of the much debated freeway. There was a great deal of dis cussion on the two proposed routes. Many reasons were brought out against the tfirough city route, mostly to do with trie damage it would do to the city. On the other hand quite a few reasons were brought to light opposing the outer route, mostly to do with the damage which would be done to several weal thy individuals. Many questions were asked and the members of the Board were often forced to answer, We aren t informed on the point." An informal vote was taken among the citizens pres ent. Approximately 60 voted against the city route, half a dozen seemed opposed to the Hillcrest route. After further discussion the Board announced the business was left. to the public of Jackson county that at April 30, 1956 there was on hand in the court house building and improvement fund the amount of $154,241.55. Mr. Lattie states that this amount should be $159,088.22. If Mr. Lattie will check warrant num ber 220, he will find that the warrant was issued in April and not cashed at April 30, 1956 so, while Mr. Lattie's figures are correct, he has not given con sideration to the normal bank account reconciliation necessary at the end of each month. The Treasurer's cash at the end of any month is never the same as the fund balance for the simple reason that there are al ways checks in transit which have not yet been presented to the Treasurer of Jackson County for payment. As stated in Mr. Lattie's letter of May 15, we are the auditors for the taxpayers of Jackson County which, of course, include Mr. Lattie, and in our work for Jackson county we follow the concerning this subject principles and tenets of munic- closed and most neonle ipal accounting as required by thinking the only possible action the Secretary of State of Ore- the Board could take would be gon. i ' to become more informed. How- George E. Stacy ever, there must have been a Certified Public Accountant I few who remained, possible the Medford, Ore. half dozen, for it was announced Tuesday that the Board had taken a vote and decided to rec ommend the through-city route to the city council. Now, if you are one of the Voices Disgust To the Editor: On May 14 the City Planning Commission of Medford held a meeting for the purpose of discussing the pro- man rfnnt know wht i. posed freeway route in the volI hfld hetter ,Ind vicinity of Medford. The meet- f Vn., r tn find vonr. ing was well publicized and well LelV livi m , democracy that attended by opponents of both operates much uke ', dictator- the proposed Hillcrest route. Considerable expression of opin ion was advanced by those on both sides and after the Com mission had heard all of those who indicated a desire to speak, the Chairman announced that action on the part of the Com mission would be postponed since the Highway Commission had supplied inadequate infor mation and either route would Mrs. J. C. Langston 114 Tripp st. Medford, Ore. Democrat for Nunley To the Editor: I am a regis tered Democrat, but I am for Walter Nunley. Walter is not only a prosecu tor, but an advisor as well, and if you have a problem you can so definitely hurt so many peo- K in to Walter's office and sit pie. down and talk to him, and will advise you as to the proper thing to do. I know, because I have $545,474.59 Where, in the above figures, is there a $10,000 tax waste? L. G. (Shy) Morthland . Candidate for County Commissioner Stacy Replies To the Editor: This is a reply to the letter of May 15 of Mr. Melvin J. Lattie. In Mr. Lattie's letter he states "Is it possible that the auditor does not know what the accurate condition of ' the finances of Jackson County are" and "It is possible that this is a statement "wholly without foundation purely to influence the voters of Jackson county by mislead ing them?" . The statement to which Mr. Lattie refers is our certification Portland (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. . Thornton said yesterday that no starting time has been decided for the grand jury investigation of al leged vice in Multnomah coun ty. Relying upon these recommen dations by the chairman of the Commission, most of those in at- had that experience, tendance at the hearing went e. j. Hookins Sr.. nome. Alter tne room naa Rt. 1, Box 9-C, cleared oi nearly all of the op- Jacksonville. Ore. punenis or. tne wrenessee route, opened the subject and passed NO Starting lime Set a resolution giving their quali- n MuhnnmnU Pmna a i i . 41 I 1 Street project. ' The factual and dispassionate account of the proceedings does not attempt to express my dis gust at such -obviously under handed tactics. The people of Medford and the City Council of Medford should vigorously re ject any recommendations from a Planning Commission that re fuses to exercise its responsibil ities in open meeting, and de liberately misleads a substantial segment of those adversely af fected in order that they might cast their vote after the oppon ents of the Genessee route had been informed that they might go home because the Commis sion did not intend to take any further action at this tune. Dick House 15 Corning Court Medford, Ore. Find Out What Goes On To the Editor: At the meeting of the Medford Planning Board Monday night there was a fine, example of democracy at work. The members of the Board Dr. E .0. Jacobson Naturopathic and Chiropractic Physician Announces the Opening of Offices . 827 West -Jackson Near MeAndrews Road Phone 3-2989 VOTING IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS : 7 J ",' 4 ," ..() "4 9sjsssW- ' le" -v - WWss Yea Vet May It IT'S . LEE 17IMETII for Justice of the Peace Pd. Pol. Adv. Wilmeth Committee
