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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDtwTRIBUNB "I very body in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-23 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 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 Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord Oregon, under Act ot Marco j, iMi SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12X0 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year $3 SO. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year liS-00 Daily and Sunday One month 1-23 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Orriclal Paper of the City ot Medford Official Paper ot Jacksun County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF ClKtlUilua WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices In New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. 6t Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL lASSOCfATLQN ' O NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 23, 1946 (It was Thursday) State Senator Earl T. Newbry, Representative Frank J. Van Dyke and O. IL Bengtson, Re publican legislative candidates, will be the Democratic nominees from this county by virtue of write-in votes cast in last Fri day's primary nominating elec tion. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot' column: "Old Ore gon" has much "hidden football strength," a report . states, as practice ends. This has happened before. In the fall the "hidden football strength" is hidden so well the coach can't find it. 20 YEARS AGO May 23, 1936 (It was Sunday) According to Robert Knoll,' of Stuttgart, Germany, who stop ped in Medford Friday en route to Los Angeles, Germany under Hitler is destined to be a happy, prosperous and a peaceful na tion. , Four hundred children will ' take part in the annual spring music festival by the Medford el ementary schools Friday. SO YEARS AGO May 23, 1926 (It was. Sunday) Recently organized Medford Chamber of Commerce will "tell the world" of the city and south ern Oregon, according to Robert Boyl, secretary. The largest aggregation of mail planes ever assembled for one flight from San Diego to Seattle and return will stop over in Medford, according to plans now being made by the Pacific Air Transport company. 40 YEARS AGO May 23. 1916 (It was Tuesday) "With three precincts missing, the total Democratic vote for district attorney gives Borden 439, Kelly 384, and McCabe 32S. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Republican National Chair man Hall or Democratic Nation al Chairman Butler was booed at the 1956 annual meeting of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce? 2. Cancer of the breast in wo men is most apt to occur when they're young or between 30 and 45, or over 45? 3. A husband-and-wife team (Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich) won this year's Pulit zer price for poetry, history, bi ography, music, or drama? 4. The only state now repre sented in the U. S. Senate by a woman is Illinois, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania or Wyom ing? 5. The revenue stamp on a ; package of 20 cigarettes carries the picture of DeWitt Clinton, Simeon Fishback, Alexander Hamilton, or Gouverneur Mor ris? 6. The Eisenhower administra tion favors or opposes special 'housing aid for elderly persons? 7. Why are businessmen on loan to the government from private industry called W.O.C.'s? The answers: 1. Butler. 2. Over 45. 3. Drama ("The Diary of Anne Frank"). 4. Main (Mrs. Smith). 5. DeWiit Clinton. 6. Favors special aid. 7. They work WithOut Cornpensatln. 5 MAIL TRIBUNE The Urge to Exercise Is it just imagination, or is the general impression that heart attacks, high blood pressure and hyper tension are getting more frequent and disastrous correct? Or is it just that increasing attention to gloomy medical reports, to the rapid pace at which most peo ple live these days, and to the untimely illnesses of friends and contemporaries, tend to produce the idea that this sort of thing is on the upswing? THE .EVIDENCE appears to show that there is, in deed, an increase in the number of ailments which can be attributed to fast living, heavy worry ing, insufficient relaxation, and hard, but non-physical, work. Wives all over America, conscious of this trend, are nagging and bullying their husbands to take it easy, slow down, relaxv-and as a result building up the old man's tensions even more. As for the wives themselves, there is evidence to indicate that they, themselves, are not the least of the sufferers from worry and tension possibly about their husbands. Anyway, the recently-developed tran quilizing drugs are going like hotcakes, these days a substantial portion of them to the womenfolk. e , - DRIMITIVE man didn't have too many things to worry his head about, and as a result hyperten sion was at a minimum. Most of his big problems (ex cept for finding food, probably his worst continuing headache) could be solved by a simple formula : Fight or run. In the last century, worries hadn't built up much more of a head of steam, either, for transportation and communication were fairly leisurely sorts of things, and if something didn't get done today well, there was always tomorrow. Today, however, there is an insistent feeling of urgency, the nagging demand that things get done at once, now, today. And the problems faced can't be solved by the "fight or run" formula, either. Man poor guy has to think. DUT THE manifold pressures of today CAN be solved by a variation of the cave-man type of re action, according to researchers at the University of California.. They recommend at least three 20-minute or half hour periods of exercise each week. The theory is that emotional shocks and pressures can be alleviated by the same therapy the cave-man used. In his case he fought or ran ; in our case we play golf, dig in the gar den or run around the block., Wasnt' it Alexander Woolcott who said that whenever he got an urge to exercise he lay down until the awful feeling went away? Bad advice, the U of C men imply. Succumb to the urge to exercise if you've got enough energy left af ter fighting your tensions during the day. One commentator has a suggestion, though. "Each office,", he says, "each home, should have a tread mill." E. A. Mercy Flights Gets Around Newrs about Mercy Flights, Inc., really gets around. The non-profit air ambulance corporation, only one of its kind in the world, has been receiving in creasing national attention during the past year or so as editors begin to realize they've got an interesting subject. At one time or another, the organization has been the subject of stories in Mechanix Illustrated, the na tionwide network of the Associated Press, and in Fortnight. The most recent mention of it in an important me dium is in the current issue of Coronet magazine, which has a. three-page story on Mercy Flights and its found er, George Milligan. THE ARTICLE, entitled "Oregon's Wings of Mer cy" gives a brief history of the air ambulance service a history which has been a familiar one to readers of the Mail Tribune over the past six years. -More than that, however, the article is a tribute to George Milligan, without whom there would be no Mercy Flights. An irreverent friend of his, after reading the Cor onet article, greeted Milligan the other flay thus: "Hi, hero." George's reply was typical. "Drop dead," he said. E. A. Swimming If the sun-keeps shining the way it has been the last few days, it's going to be summer before we know it. And summer means swimming. The municipal pool in Hawthorne park will open on June 11 only about 2y2 weeks away. The creeks and rivers and lakes of Jackson county are beckoning already, for those hardy enough to brave their chill. e WHICH BRINGS to mind the fact that swimming " is a wonderful means of recreation healthy, fun, and, if the proper precautions are observed, safe. Don't swim immediately after eating, don't get over-tired, don't go alone, don't dive into water with which you're not familiar. And, on the positive side, know all about artificial respiration. It could save a life. K A. -- Wednesday, May 23, I95S Britain Serves Notice That Give Away1 Method To End By CHARLES MCANN United Press Correspondent Great Britain evidently has decided that the "give-away" method of dealing with its col onial possess ions has gone far enough. lS-W was made plain tion of policy in a declara Monday, in be half of the gov ernment, b y Foreign Secre t a r y Selwyn Charles McCann Lloyd. Briefly, it is that Britain in tends to hold such possessions as Cyprus, Aden and Singapore at any cost That means by force if necessary. Lloyd called them positions of strength. He said that to Brit ain, with its world-wide lines of communication, they are "vital to our strategic interests." Such other possessions as Gi- Chances for Alaskan, Hawaiian Statehood Seen Slim This Year Washington (CQ) Party platform writers should be spared one slight chore this year that of fashioning fresh pledges of statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. The old 1952 promises of immediate statehood" will do just as well, for neither Demo crats nor Republicans expect to redeem their pledges before Congress adjourns, according to a survey by Congressional Quarterly. Chairman Clair Engle (D- Calif.) of the House Interior. Committee told CQ it's up to the Senate to act first. Sources in the Senate Intierior Committee de clined to be quoted, but acknowl edged little or no interest in pushing through statehood bills during the current session. Alaska Makes Plans Meanwhile, Alaska is taking matters into its own hands. On April 24 the territory's voters not only endorsed a draft state constitution, but approved a plan to elect two Senators and one Representative next Oct. 9. If history repeats itself, these offi cials will arrive in Washington next January and demand in vain to be seated as Members of Congress. They will then launch a high-pressure campaign to push a ; statehood bill through both chambers. Almost 100 years have passed since a prospective state picked its Congressional delegation be fore being admitted to the Union. All told, six states-to-be have done so, the first being Tennes see in 1796. Others were Michi gan (1835). Iowa (1846). Califor nia (1849). Oregon . (1858) ana Kansas (1859). In all cases, the states were admitted within two years of the premature election. In May 1796, after the House had voted to admit Tennessee but the Senate had refused to concur, Senators-elect William Blount and William Cocke claimed their seats. But the Sen ate refused to recognize them and voted instead, 12 to 11, that they "be received as spectators, and that chairs be provided for that purpose. In January, 1950, California's delegation of two Senators and two Representatives arrived in Washington to press for state hood. Their presence, according to one history book, was "re garded by some of both sections, but especially by the South, as unwarranted, even impertinent. The state's admission was de layed until September, when angry debate over the slavery issue was ended by Henry Clay's famed Compromise of 1850. Oregon Eager In Oregon's case, according to one source, its two Senators and one Representative "diligently sought out and interviewed the members of both houses, and were eager to get their seats and to begin drawing their pay. Sen. Delazon Smith wrote a friend that "You may bet high on the admission of Oregon early in the session . . . The sergeant- at-arms of the Senate has had desks, chairs, etc. made for the Oregon Senators, and they will occupy them before the close of the tenth day of the session." Smith was destined to wait a little longer, as the session opened Dec. 6, 1858, and Presi dent Buchanan signed the admis sion bill Feb. 14, 1859. Territories are now represent ed in the House by non-voting Delegates. Alaska's E. L. Bart lett (D) and Hawaii's Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington (R) both acknowl edge strong continuing opposi tion to granting statehood to either or both of these non-contiguous territories. Southern Opposition Last year, the House voted 218-170 to recommit a Senate- passed bill admitting - both as states. Of the. 105 Democrats who; along with .113 Republi cans, voted to kill the measure, 90 represented southern states. Southern opposition is aimed chiefly at Hawaii, whose 1950 population of 50,000 persons was predominantly n o n - Caucasian. Natives of Japanese ' ancestry braltar, Malta and Hong Kong would be included in that cate gory. Lloyd's statement was made, after it was approved by the cabinet, at a Conservative party rally. The statement was aimed in the first place at the nationalist political leaders of some of Brit ain's smaller possessions. But it obviously was aimed also at "neutralists" like Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and at some foreign governments which would like to take over British territory. Greek Desires 1 Greece, for instance, wants Cyprus. The revolt on that is land is being conducted by Cy priots who demand the right of "self-determination." Under the self-determination, they would "unite" Cyprus with Greece. Spain wants Gibraltar. There are frequent insistent demands in the Spanish press, sometimes supported by the government, made up 37 per cent of the popu lation. Republicans contend that Alas ka is not ready for statehood. The territory is one-fifth as large as the entire United States and twice the size of Texas, but had an estimated 1955 civilian popu lation of only 168,000. Next January, however, Con gress will get an earful of Alas ka's claim to being the "Last Frontier," when the territory's three would-be members arrive to lobby through a statehood bill for one or both claimants. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ol the writer llthougb under certain circum stances the use ot a Den name or initial for publication is oermia lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for Dublica tion must not exceed 400 words He Smells a Mouse ' To the Editor: I recognize the right of an editor of a newspa per to support the candidate of his choice for public office and to utilize whatever influence the'paper has to help bring about the election of that candidate, but I believe the support should be given in an open and honest manner rather than by a pre tended impartial attitude while subtly supporting the favored candidate with preferential treatment calculated to stop just short of revealing the actual sup port being given; then revealing this support at the last moment when it would achieve the maxi mum .psychological effect and be immune to rebuttal. The instance to which I refer is of course the recent contest for the Republican nomination for the office of district attorney, and while, this sly and admitted ly clever action on the part of the Editor of the Medford Mail Tribune was probably instru mental in getting the candidate over the first hurdle, it may in the long run cost him votes be cause the voters will undoubted ly realize that the candidate must be of the same ilk as those who support him. J. A. McCalvy Route 2, Box 736, Central Point. Publicity Wanted To the Editor: A new Activity Ranch and School will begin a 14 week session commencing June 3, 1956. Ten Oregon certified teachers, each a specialist, will serve the remedial needs of chil dren in the 7-12 year age group, as well as the recreational needs of the child. Enrichment as to need is the theme. The many ac tivities available will include horsemanship, swimming, arts and crafts, dramatics, fishing, games, and piano instruction. The program is well coordinated and balanced. The faculty is out standing. Enrollment is restricted to 20 per weekly session. The cost for food and lodging is $47.50. For further information write to Ac tivity Ranch and School, Route 2 Box 694, Oregon City, Oregon; or phone Sunnyside 799. L. E. Surface Director Tells Appreciation To the Editor: I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the many voters of Jackson County who cast their vote for me for the office of district judge dur ing the recent election. I feel that the large vote which I received, notwithstanding the fact that I withdrew from the race shortly after filing, is an expression of confidence, which I deeply appreciate. . To those who so sincerely ex pressed their confidence in me, I wish to repeat that my with drawal from the race was due to circumstances beyond my con trol. O. H. Bengtson, - Medford, Ore.' " ' " that Britain give up "the rock" at the western entrance to the Mediterranean. ' , I Some of the Arab countries! have their eyes on Aden, at the junction of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and the sheikdoms over which Britain has extended protectorates for more than 100 years. Communist China would love to have Hong Kong. ; Lloyd spoke with special bit terness of the revolt in Cyprus. He said the rebels represented only a tiny fraction of the pop ulation. "Terrorism incited from Greece has taken the field," he said. The "dastardly crimes" of the extremists "must be met firmly with force," he asserted. Home Rule Programs All this does not mean that Britain is going back to the old fashioned system of. "colonial ism." . All over the commonwealth, it is going ahead with home rule programs. It has just agreed that Malay shall become a completely inde pendent unit within the com monwealth by August, 1957. It has formed a central Afri can federation including South ern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and is granting home rule to such territories as the gold coast in West Africa. It is in the process of forming a Caribbean federation which will include Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and the Windward and Leeward Islands. The new declaration of policy means simply that Britain is try ing to strengthen the common wealth under a progressive home rule policy, and does not mean to scuttle it. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Ho! Hum!. The 1956 primary election in Oregon has been pushed over in to the limbo of the past , What shall we talk about nowT rpHE TELETYPE, that indispen sable gadget of the commun ications industry, answers - that question this morning by discuss ing in considerable detail what it calls a Preview of the Future. Among other things, it de scribes what it calls the Lazy Su san house. It will be built around a circular living room. The floor of the - living room will RE VOLVE. All you will have to do is to sit in your easy chair and push buttons. One button will move you to the TV set. When you get tired of that (which can happen) another button will move you around to your five foot bookshelf. When you're fed up on reading, jab another but ton and you'll be spun around to the door of the dining room. And so on. I s'pose the final step wUl be a button that will whirl you to the door of your bedroom and activate a mechan ism in your chair that will hurl you into your downy couch. All you'll need then will be clothes that will unzipper themselves in your flight from the chair to the bed. ' THERE'S always a fly in the ointment. . WITHOUT EXERCISE, how will you ever get tired en ough to sleep? GETTING back to the dining room to the door of which you will be spun, by your Lazy Susan. What will be on the table when you get there? , rFHE TELETYPE answers that one. A new process freezes a batch of meat and then puts it in a vacuum chamber that takes out every drop of water. The stuff will then, when properly pack aged, keep for years at room temperature. All you'll need to do when you're whisked around to your place at the table is to pour boil ing water over the slab of dehy drated meat that will be on your plate and wolf it down. BUT Aeain Without EXERCISE, how will CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS BUS SYSTEM 5th and Front Phona 3-1853 Osraadl Principal Tension-Building Issues in Middle East Not Solved by Peace Mission By WILLIAM T. STONE Washington U. N. Secre tary General Hammarskjold's peace mission to the Middle East has afforded some relief from the tension that prevailed when he started negotiations with Is rael and the Arab states. How ever, reports of new, border in cidents emphasize the continuing instability of the Palestine area. When the . Security Council meets to receive Hammarsk jold's report, it will plainly need to ponder what can be done to promote a permanent settlement. The agreements obtained by the Secretary General amount in effect only to pledges to hon or pledges given in the armistice agreements in 1949 that ended the Palestine war. According to Hammarskjold, . however, the new cease-fires are an advance in that they constitute promises directly to the United Nations and recognize an obligation to observe basic principles of the Charter. StiU Unsolved The old tension-breeding questions of Arab refugees and Arab refusal to concede Israel's right to existence as a state re main unresolved. Whether the problem can be held to manage able proportions, and progress made toward some kind of real setUement, may depend in large degree on the willingness of the Soviet Union to work with oth- er nations to that end. It was the opening of Commu nist Czechoslovakia as a source of arms supply to Egypt last you ever be able to work up an appetite? THEN there are to be airplanes that wUl travel at 4,000 miles per hour. You can eat your breakfast and climb onto one of the things and go around the world and be back home in time to get to work along with the rest of the crew. AND SO ON ad infinitum. But, after a week-end spent in tabulating votes so that the people may know without delay just who got elected, what we newspaper people are yearn ing for is a gadget into which aU the ballots can be dumped and the final tally taken out all nicely typed on a sheet of paper some two and a half minutes after the polls close. HO! hum;' " That Ho Hum! is intended to simulate in type a YAWN of magnificent proportions. We newspaper people are still sleepy and how! Couples married less than one year buy 40 per cent of carpets sold in the U.S. My Sincere Appreciation! One of the most rewarding features of winning a Political Election Is the xperlence of confidence on the part of so many loyal friends and supporters. My Heartfelt gratitude to you all. L. G. "Shy" Northland or n PLAN CHICK THI VACATION SPOT TOU'O LIKI TO VISIT Salt Lake City Colorful Colorado Black Hills and Yellowstone - Chicago Texas and Gulf Coast New York Pacific Northwest Florida oe nm rot mi vacation rummm aids, 1. Chad tha vocotioa spot you ploa la UM. 2. rm eat eoopoa, iniag pane. Ptaosa priat ptointy. 3. Clip oat antira od end atoll todoy. AU ABOUT tAMIlY tATIS WHIM YOU HAM YOUt VACATION! year that helped to retire Arab animosity toward Israel and bring on the crisis that sent Hammarskjold to the Middle East. With arms available from sources outside the West, Prem ier Gamal Abdel Nasser felt en couraged to pursue his ambitions to unify the Arab world under Egypt's leadership. More signif icant, the Communist arms de liveries signalled the Kremlin's determination to make its influ ence felt in the Middle East Commitments Because that area Is of vital importance lo the western pow ers, they have entered into var ious committments to promote its security and protect their in terests there. By the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 the United States, Great Britain, and France agreed to "take action both within and outside the United Nations" to prevent any violation of the ar mistice lines between Israel and the neighboring Arab states. By a Protocol to the North At lantic Treaty in 1951 the mutual security guarantees of that in strument were extended to Greece and Turkey and the East ern Mediterranean. By the Baghdad Pact in 1955 Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Great Britain agreed to "cooper ate for their security and de fense." The v United States, though not a party to the alli ance, has joined two of its com mittees. This country, in addition, has directed military aid to the Mid dle East signatories of the Bagh dad Pact, and it maintains air bases in Saudi Arabia and North Africa. Presented By Egypt Iraq's participation In the western-oriented Baghdad Pact was resented by Egypt as a blow to Arab unity. Nasser first tried to frighten Iraq out of signing the treaty. Then, after obtaining Communist arms, he took steps to build a new Arab aUiance to replace the faltering Arab League. Egypt concluded mutual defense treaties in October 1955 with Syria and Saudi Arabia, and in April 1956 brought Ye men into the group. Efforts to add Jordan were less success ful. Egypt's plans to build Arab power received a setback last month, when Moscow drew back from apparent support of that venture. The Soviet freign min istry pledged backing of U. N. measures for "strengthening peace in the area of Palestine," Then Bulganin and Khrushchev, visiting London, joined the Brit ish government in declaring their "firm intention" to do ev erything possible to maintain peace in the Middle East. . YOUR VACATION i
