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Newspaper Page TextFOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) "Every boly in Southern Oregon Ream The Mall Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday bj MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 No-th Fir St Phone 2-:l onnrDT U7 DTTWT FH itnr HERB GiiEY Advertising Manager CERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor P.ICHABD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entaed as second class matter at Mediord Oregon, under Act of March z. mm SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ey Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 112.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 50 Daily and Sunday Three mo -50 Sunday Only On year 3-50. 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 113.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 6c per copy All terms Lam in flnvm Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF C1HCULAUUJ AOverusinK i .c ij ' t. ........ - 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 Iassochtion I y J O lO' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson County Historv from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and tO years ago. X0 YEARS AGO July 13. 194S (It was Saturday) Price of haircuts at union barber shops in Medford will go up to $1, according to Hubert DeHaas. secretary of the local barber's union. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Work is quite plentiful in the valley. The usual number are able to lay down beside it. 20 YEARS AGO July 13, 1936 (It was Monday) Fears for the safety of Dan Davis, miner, whose dog was found in a drift of the abandoned TiMiln minp near Gold Hill. were allayed yesterday when Eli Davis, father of Dan, reported he was in Bend. John Norris of Jacksonville will conduct installation of of ficers of Medford' lodge 83, IOOF. 30 YEARS AGO July 13, 1928 (It was Tuesday) Representatives of branches of photographic profession in Ore gon meet in Medford. The D.O.O.K. band under the direction of F. Wilson Waite will give a band concert in the city park. 40 YEARS AGO July 13. 1916 (It was Thursday) Little danger of an infantile paralysis epidemic gaining a foothold in the west, according to F. G. Thayer, city health of ficer. From Local and Personal col umn: J. T. C. Vance left this morning for Yreka. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Former President Hoover at the 1952 Republican convention came out for Eisenhower or Taft, or "expressed no preference? 2. The Salk anti-polio vaccine is prepared from live or dead virus? 3. The Septuagint version of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin or Egyptian? 4. About (a) 50, (b) 35, (c) 20 or (d) less than 10 per cent of all U.S. high school students are taking Latin? 5. An ancestor of British Prime Minister Eden was once royal governor of which U.S. state when a colony? 6. More than half of all auto thefts are committed by young sters under 18; right or wrong? 7. A law school graduate gets an LL.D. degree; right or wrong? The answers: 1. Came out for Taft. 2. Dead virus. 3. Greek. 4. Less than 10 per cent. 5. Mary land. 6. Right. 7. Wrong; ha gets an LL.B. RAPS VAMPIRE CHARGES Bogota, Colombia U.PJ The Bogota Medical college has de manded an official investigation of press and radio reports that a provincial doctor is a "vam pire," it was reported Thursday. The newspapers in Bucaraman ga an the national radio net work are "injuries to the medi cal profession." -- - MAIL TRIBUKE Polio Jackson county has had only one case of polio so far this ye.ar. That's good. The worst of the polio year, however, lies ahead. It could well start with the current hot weather. That's bad. But there are ample supplies of anti-polio vaccine available this summer, and even this late in the year the shots provide a considerable measure of protec tion against the disease. That's good. THE JACKSON county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is urging par ents of young people up to 19 years of age to see that they are provided with this protection. Only, about half of those eligible in the county have so far received their shots. The vaccine is safe, it has proven to be effective, the cost is relatively small when measured against the future of a child's health. We join with the March of Dimes people in urging that they be given this impor tant measure si protection before it's too late. E. A. Use the Wastebasket From time to time newspapers in Oregon includ ing this one have voiced mild complaints about the volume of "junk" mail which has flooded mailboxes in recent years. The flow was slowed somewhat by Congress last year when it cut off some mass-mailing privileges. But the volume is still large. And a considerable portion of it is from out-of-state insurance companies attempting to sell their policies. INVARIABLY, we've consigned their offerings to the wastebasket, simply because our insurance dealings are with local, reputable firms whose agents we know and respect. Now we .find we have the blessing of the state in surance commissioner in this attitude. In a recent bul letin, Commissioner Robert B. Taylor warned that the purchaser of a policy from an unauthorized company "does not have the protection to which he is entitled under the Oregon insurance laws ..." He adds that most "mail order" insurance com panies use this method for two reasons : (1) to escape paying Oregon taxes, and (2) to avoid the financial responsibility placed upon licensed companies for the protection of the policyholder. TAYLOR SAYS: Should a claim under one of these policies be disputed, the policyholder would be forced to go to the courts of the state in which the company is domiciled for recourse, as such companies have no legal status in Oregon courts, and this would be an expensive procedure for the claimant. We shall continue to make free use of the waste basket. E. A. M.D.s' Public Relations Physicians are slowly coming to the realization that one of their biggest problems is public relations. A number of local medical societies have taken long strides toward creating an atmosphere of under standing between members of the profession and their patients understanding of medical problems, of the economics of medical care, of preventive medicine, and a long, list of other areas in which misunderstand ing has created doubt and distrust. COME DOCTORS we know about have signs in their offices inviting the patient to ask frank questions about fees in advance of treatment. This, a small item in itself, is a long step toward creating a good rela tionship. Another step again, in itself a small one could carry this even further. At its meeting next December, the American Medical Association will consider adopting a condensation of its code of ethics, which at present runs to 48 sections in booklet form. - - THE PROPOSED condensation seems to us to be a " model of clarity, and, whether adopted by the AMA or not, could well serve as an ideal for indi vidual physicians. It is designed for printing and post ing in doctors' officers. It is short, so we reprint it in full : The prime objective of the medical profession is to. ren der service to humanity. Doctors should try to increase their own knowledge and share it with others. Doctors should not base practices on "an exclusive dogma or sectarian system" nor associate with those who do. Doctors must expose unethical conduct of other doctors. Except in an emergency, doctors may choose their pa- tients, but may not neglect them once chosen. They should not permit anything to interfere with their independent medical judgment. They should limit their professional income to medical services. They should seek consultation on difficult cases. They should maintain confidences of the patient. They should participate in any community activity that has the objective of improving the health and welfare of the people. E. A. Neuberger Hails Water Rights Bill - Washington (U.R) U.S. Senator Richard L. Neuberger hailed the Senate Interior Com mittee's approval Thursday of the Barrett state water rights bill and Neuberger's amendment, "as a great although pre liminary victory." The Neuberger amendment would have the effect of su spending construction of Pelton dam on the Deschutes river. Barrett's bill requires federal agencies to follow state laws in acquisition of water rights and use of water in the 17 western states. ' Taken behind' closed doors, Friday, July 13, 19SS Vaccine the vote was 8-to-2 for Neu berger's amendment. The bill, by Senator Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming, was intro duced after tha Supreme Court held in an Oregon case that a federal power commission li cense for Pelton dam on the Des chutes river was valid despite unfavorable action by a state agency. ; ' The bill would have the effect of canceling that license and any others issued by the FPC for projects on intrastate, non navigable streams where the state involved had registered dis approvaL ... Congressional Study Of Foreign Affairs Said Taking Initiative Washington (CQ) Congress has seized the initiative from the Eisenhower administration in launching an "agonizing reap praisal" of foreign aid. That, at least, is the net result of three months of jockeying be tween Capitol Hill and the White House. The climax came late in June when Senate Demo crats voted down a Republican move to set up a Hoover-type presidential commission to make the foreign aid study. As matters stand, both the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs commit tees plan extensive reviews of foreign aid policies and opera tions. The Senate committee study, which the Senate is ex pected to endorse, promises to Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Why A Political Question? To the Editor: If a Hells Can yon high dam is a national eco nomic resource isn't it just as much so for political believers of one party or no party as another? If it might prevent another Vanport or similar dis aster, and loss of millions of acres of top soil in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, as hap pened in 1948, wouldn't it bene fit everyone, regardless of poli tical affiliation? From scientific expert infor mation given by the Reclama tion Eureau, upon whose exami nation and recommendation the Congress voted favorably on the Upper Colorado River project. both House and Senate Interior Committees reported favorably on the Hells Canyon bill. ine citizens committee on Natural Resources, headed by Ira N. Gabrielson, one of Ameri ca's best informed natural re sources conservationists today, favors the Hells Canyon high dam, as also do most of Ameri ca's informed .conservation groups. A few days ago the Wisconsin Farmers Union urged its state Congressional delegation to vote for the Hells Canyon high dam as cheap power in the NW could easily make a difference of $6 a ton on super triple phos phate, and Wisconsin farmers use thousands of tons each year." Only one group of the many peo ple to be benefited. Allowing honest essential pub lic interest projects to become selfish political arguments sure ly is not good for America, and may reduce valuable public ser vants to special interest puppets. From the Mansfield, Ohio, News Journal: "If politics, the art of government, is left to the dis honest, our government will be eaten away by rottenness, and be replaced by some regime which does not represent the people, such as communism." Let's have what is best for the most people for the longest time. John E. Gribble 139 Kenwood ave., Medford, Ore. Right To Criticize To the Editor: Attention, Mr. Hall, of Jacksonville. You 're plied' to my article of recent date which appeared in the Tribune. . Somewhat venomous, was it not? I -am not a Sherlock Holmes, nor am I a detective. However, I gather you are a Democrat. So am I. But, first and foremost, I am an American and a good and faithful one. I reserve to myself a right, God Given and affirmed by the U.S. Constitution and laws en acted under it, to criticize any official paid by public funds levied upon the taxpayers, of which I am one, no matter what office he may hold. And I feel I am right in so criticizing. Did you ever wear the uni form of the armed forces? I do not believe so. But I did, and so did all three of my brothers, my two sons, my father, my grandfather, my great grandfather, and many of my other male relatives. I wenf through the Spanish War, and am proud of that fact. I shall continue to criticize whenever I feel the criticism is deserved, for that is the bnly way to relieve an undesirable public servant of that type. We have too many faulty ser vants in public office now and they should be eliminated as soon as possible, regardless of an individual's ideas. We have some trying to hold on to their political plums right here in this tax-ridden state and do not for get Ihit fact. I shall, in time, have some what to say about them and will name names at that time. I was not a soldier for nothing. I kept my eyes open. Andrew L. Unger 634 Pennsylanvia Ave. Medford, Ore. - have the greater impact, since the committee is asking , for $300,000 to pay for the survey, to be completed by Feb. 15, 1957. , It is still possible the admin istration may move on its own to set up an advisory committee. But reports from within the ad ministration suggest that such a step is not likely to be taken before the November election. Political Overtones In any event, it is apparent that the political overtones of this year's foreign aid debate helped to frustrate efforts to bring about a joint legislative executive reappraisal. The Republican administra tion, hard put to defend its $4.9 billion foreign aid program for the coming year, and likewise faced with the job of campaign ing on its foreign policy "suc cesses," has been reluctant to acknowledge the need for any top-to-bottom review of the en tire foreign aid field. Democrats, for their part, suf fer no such inhibitions. More ba sic, however, is the fact that prominent Senators and Repre sentatives of both parties are in creasingly critical of the admin istration's approach to foreign aid. Most prominent of these is Sen. Walter F. George (D.-Ga.) chairman of the Foreign Rela tions committee, who is retiring from the Senate this year. It was George who in April first proposed a sweeping study of foreign aid. President Eisenhower and Sec reary of State John Foster Dul les voiced cautious approval. but made no great effort to win George to the idea of a joint study. On June 20, the Foreign Relations committee decided, by a 13-2 vote, that a thorough going legislative study of for eign aid, independent of the ex ecutive branch, is necessary for an accurate evaluation of for eign aid at this time." Detailed Study Just how thoroughgoing this study is intended to be is indi cated by the language of the authorizing resolution. It calls for "exhaustive" efforts to find out how foreign aid "serves, can be made to serve, or does not serve, the national interest On June 21, the House For eign-Affairs committee followed suit and resolved to examine and reappraise . . . the objec tives, methods and results of foreign aid programs. Chairman James P. Richards (D.-S.C.) who is also retiring from Congress this year, led the move in his committee to cut more than $1 billion from the President's 1957 program. Over the years, some Demo crats as well as Republicans have opposed foreign aid as "pouring money down a rat hole." But the majority of Sena tors anri Representatives, while quick to criticize evidence of poor administration or waste, have supported both economic and military aid programs as es sential features of Western de fense This year, however, the policy questions are more penetrating, more widespread. Now that Tito and Moscow have buried the hatchet, why should we aid Yu goslavia? The U.S. has given Nehru's India $500 million, but he seems more friendly to the Soviets who have given India little or nothing. If the U.S. can't "buy" the neutral nations, what is the point of aiding them? Much Discussion These and other questions have provoked a great deal of discussion about foreign aid out side Congress as well. Gov, Christian A. Herter (RMass.) who as a GOP Representative helped the late Sen. Arthur Van denberg (R.-Mich.) win support lor the Marshall Plan in the 80th Congress, said recenUy: "We should focus our econom ic aid and technical assistance programs on the sole object of building economic strength We should not demand any quid pro quo for our assistance; we should not threaten to terminate it on slight provocation; and we should not limit our aid to the countries which do riot receive it from the Soviet. We should abandon, moreover, the attitude that any nation not with us is against us . . ." George F. Kennan, former Ambassador to Moscow, has urged a "new approach" to for eign aid based on economic real ities rather than a misplaced sense of "moral obligation" to the world's have-nots. In short, a reappraisal of for eign aid is already under way, without benefit of the adminis tration. And the shape of pro grams to come may well rest with the forthcoming Senate and House studies. (Copyright 1956, Congressional Quarterly) PREHISTORIC SKELETON Luanda, Portuguese West Africa (U.R) Scientists today studied the petrified bones of a prehistoric mammal believed to have existed 3,000,000 years ago. The bones and several stone age tools and marine fossils were un covered by erosion in a crevice near Cacuaco. Poles' Economic Troubles Top 'Good News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet. The Good 1. The Polish Communist gov ernment started a big shake-up in its economic leadership as the result of the workers' riots which broke out in Poznan on Successful Discussed by Babson By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. Many people are disturbed over the way the stock market has acted d u r i n a the past few weeks. In short, the In dustrial Aver ages dropped from a high of 521 to a low of 469. Those, however, who have read this Roger w. Babion column during the past months are not sur prised. Losses in the stock market are due primarily to selfishness. This applies to even the "conser vative investor," so called. He tries to get a higher rate of re turn than his investment de serves, or else he tries to avoid paying income taxes by buying second-grade revenue bonds is sued by "authorities" of turn pikes or of small communities, mostly in the South. Unless the investor supplies something along with his money, he is headed for trouble. This is not a criticism of small towns and cities. I much prefer "full obligation" bonds of such small communities to the bonds of big cities. These latter usually both suffer from poor government and also would be vulnerable in case of World War III. "Bigness" is no more a good measure of a com munity's credit than of a man's character. There also are good revenue bonds: but I like to buy them after the electric, gas, or water plant has been in stalled, or after the pike has been built. Can't Cheat Natural Laws Statistics show that the nation is increasing its wealth only about 3V4 per cent a year. In order for an investor to get safe ly more than 4 per cent he must render some real service. In ad dition, let me add that the small cities are growing more healthi ly than the big cities. I have no ticed that most of the sensible graduates from college this June have insisted upon taking jobs in smaller cities. Such places are having the soundest growth, are the best in which to bring up a family, and should be the safest in case of World War III. The Bible tells us that the fruits we got out of life equal only what we put into it. Surely, in the .long run, we reap only what we sow. Action and Re action applies not only to me chanics, chemistry, and all the Congressional Quiz (Copyright. 1956 Congressional Quarterly) Q Ex-President Harry S. Tru man used a famous quotation the other day to illustrate his own feelings: "If nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I wUl not serve." Who originally said it? (a) Andrew Jackson; (b) Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; (c) John Marshal; (d) Robert A. Taft. A Gen. Sherman is credit ed with the statement in a telegram to the chairman of the Democratic national con vention of 1864. George B. Mc Clellan was later nominated io oppose i Abraham Lincoln that year. Q The pattern for the mod ern nominating convention was set by a litUe-known third party called the Anti-Mason Party. When was the first nominating convention held? (a) 1787; (b) 1831; (c) 1856; (d) 1914. A (b) 1831, in Baltimore. The National Republicans and the Democrats soon followed this first national convention with gatherings of their own. Q What is the greatest num ber of ballots ever required to nominate a Presidential candi date at a national convention? (a) 29; (b) 60; (c) 103; (d) 201. A (c) 103, at the Demo cratic convention of 1S24. John W. Davis was nominated after a deadlock between Al fred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo. The GOP record was 36 ballots in 1880 io nominate James A. Garfield. Fastest Way Known to Relieve Acid Indigestion rrivtd fry xttntfr tttf ONLY IW A ROLL 1 fwr? 1 Writer Declares June 28. Julius Tokarski, minis ter for the automobile and trac tor industry, was dismissed. The shake-up was ordered when the Reds were compelled to admit that bad living conditions were responsible for the riots. Indi cations increased that economic reforms might be necessary in other Communist-ruled areas to prevent similar outbreaks. 2. Prime Minister Anthony Investing physical sciences, but to char acter building as well. All na tural laws apply to successful investing as well as to success ful living. Money can tempor arily be secured through beg ging, stealing, or speculating; but usually such money is lost, or the so-called owner dies of a heart attack. Very seldom does such money do the children and grandchildren much good. Too Much Education? I believe in education; we probably cannot get too much of the right kind. This especial ly applies to atomic engineering and business administration. Education as it is passed out to day by high schools and colleges will never help the graduate to build up an estate and keep it. The honest and successful way to create a -fortune is by rend ering service. To do so requires that you and I store up cash dur ing these boom times so. as to help the nation when it again "goes through the wringer." But should we expect a college pro fessor who has not done success ful investing for himself to teach it to others? Those of us who will then have the cash to buy, build, and invest, during the next period of depression, will render great service. For this service we will be richly rewarded. The sav ings which we are holding today to invest then should be multi plied two or three times in a short period. If educators would give more attention to character building and economic laws, and arouse in sufficient students a desire for service, I forecast that unemployment could be eliminated and we would have a much happier world. (These opinions of Roger W. Babson are published in this paper every Friday.) HEY: Vacationer be sure you're set for " Fun ahead? Don't forget . KODAK FILM e All types, all sizes, available here Seems like everything we do is more fun when a camera goes along with the crowd. And there's nothing like pictures to help you recapture those pleasant moments for re-enjoyment through the years. If there's fun coming up, stop in for the Kodak Film you'll need. Then see us again for fast, expert finishing when your pictures are taken. 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Premier Guy Mollet won authorization from the French National Assembly to negotiate for a six-nation atomic energy treaty. There had been strong opposition to the measure by nationalists. But Mollet won by a vote of 342 to 183. The treaty is part of the big movement to ward economic cooperation by Western European countries. Mollet's victory was the latest in a series which gave hope for a period of French political sta bility. The Bad 1. Japanese Premier Ichiro Ha- toyama's government was weak ened by an election for 127 mem bers of the 250-seat upper house of Parliament. The Socialists, who oppose United States' Far Eastern policies and are against Japanese rearmament, made sub stantial gains. The leftist gains meant that Hatoyama would be unable to get through Parlia ment legislation which would permit him to amend the Con stitution and legalize full re armament. 2. Tension increased in Pales tine as the result of incidents on the Israeli border, Gen. E. L. M. Burns, chief of the United Na tions truce supervisory commis sion, said Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion had threaten ed, during a conference with him, to take "appropriate action" against Jordan for alleged bor der violations. Burns said - he interpreted this to mean that Israel might make a retaliatory attack. Similar attacks previous ly had brought fear of a renewal on a full scale of the Palestine war. , 3. A slump in the motor indus try intensified Britain's troubled economic situation. Organized labor blamed the Eden govern ment for an increasingly criti cal threat of inflation and unem ployment. There were threats of strikes not only in the motor in dustry but in the steel industry. 3 pictures! CAMERAS PHOTOGRAPHS J A 120 East Main St.