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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDv-JTRIBUNE "Everyone in Southern Oregon Read The Mail Tribune" Published Dailv Fxrrpt Saturday by MEDFOKD PRINTING CO. 27-23 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RL'HL. Editor HERB CREY Advertising Manaeer GERALD LATHAM. Buaines Manager ERIC ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An In depend? nt News p a per Entered u second class matter at Medlord. Oregon, under Act oi March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES tfy Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10e. Daily and Sundav One year $15 00 Daily nd Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moa. 4.25 Sundav Only One year $4.20. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. 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FLIGHT O Time 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1946 (Thursday) A fat stock auction tonight preceded by the presentation of awards at 7 p.m. and a parade will conclude the 1946 Jackson county 4-H club livstock show at county fairgrounds. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1936 (Saturday) Forest and brush fires were raging in a half circle about Rogue valley last night with fire fighters from a half dozen CCC camps battling to check the flames. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudg Pot column: The National Safety council reports a trend away from the "postwar auto ac cident spree" among drivers. It sure doesn't look like it on a Saturday night. Over 200 parents and teachers entertained by Junior high school Parent-Teacher associa tion at a reception and program. 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1926 (Sunday) Several hundrd southern Ore gon people witness Fordson trac tor demonstration sponsored by C. E. Gates Auto company at the John Gore farm. 40 YEAR SAGO Sept. 26. 191S (Tuesday) A challenge to debate political Issues throught the county has been issued by E. E. Kelley and P. J. Neff to the Republican county committee. A large number of ladies gather at St. Mary's academy to tew under the direrction of Mrs. James Murphy. 80 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1906 (Wednesday) Miss Irene Brown, assisted by Mrs. Helen Brown, Miss Grace Brown. Mr. Isaacs, the popular baritone, heard at the opera bouse. The opening dance held In George Daley's new hall in Eagle Point was a success. What's the Answer? Can Tou Get 4 of the 7 Copr. 193 Editorial Research Report 1. If Eisenhower and Nixon lose in 1956 all the states that gave them less than 55 per cent of their votes in 1952, they would still be re-elected; right wrong? 2. The N.Y. Stock Exchange is for or against investment clubs of friends or co-workers each contributing a small sum month ly to buy securities? 3. Atomic bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities in World War II. One was Hiroshima Which was the other? 4. Wayne Morse is running for re-election to the Senate as a Democrat, Republican, oi Independent, from California Wisconsin. Washington, Colorado or Oregon? 5. Auto tags of which state carry the legend Americas Dairy land? 6 When the Taft-Hartley act was enacted in 1947 both branch es of Congress were Republican, both were Democratic, or one was Republican and the other Democraiic? 7. Omaha Beach is in Neb raska, Hawaii, Long Island, N.Y, western France or Florida? The answers: 1. Right. 2. Is for them. 3. Nagasaki. 4. As Democrat from Oregon. 5. Wis consin. 6. Both were Republican. 7. Western France. v71 MAIL TRIBUNE Who's "Who," Adlai Stevenson inquired the other day, "who is Elvis Presley?" He was quickly told by Estes Kefauver, of Ten nessee, that Elvis is a fine young Tennessee lad. That may be; that may be. To us, however, Elvis is the symbol of "Rock 'n' Roll," a noise much heard these days which its adherents believe is music, Lord help them. I ET us make it crystal clear at this point, however, that this acid reaction to "Rock 'n' Roll" is strictly a matter of personal opinion and preference, and is not based on any obscure sort of moral judgment. Some people like liver and eggplant; we can't stand them. But their right to like liver or eggplant or "Rock V Roll" or Elvis Presley is unchallenged. We don't question their motives; we just disagree with their tastes. (At home the disagreement results in jangled nerves when the sub-teen floods the house with such noise, and the adults self-admitted "squares" turn up the radio or flee in disorder.) ...'. "D 0CK V Roll," we firmly believe, sooner or later will go the way of bop and the Charleston and the Turkey Trot, probably leaving no greater impact than did they. It is a fad, a passing fancy, made up of. elements of social pressure, rhythm and the eternal youthful desire for "something new." Is it "dangerous," as some prissy individuals would have us believe? Not, we think, in itself. It is only dangerous when lack of training, discipline and supervision leave young people vulnerable to a com bination of exciting noise, sometimes illegally-obtain ed alcohol, and the natural auto-stimulation and rebel lion of adolescence. Estes Kefauver may be right about Elvis. We just don't happen to like the noise he makes. E. A. Matter of Conscience A letter which appeared on this page yesterday served to remind us that we to comment favorably on a proposal to require certain standards of humanity in the butchering of animals. 1 he slaugnter of meat us unconsciously put out of ing, say, a tender and juicy our enjoyment to have in of death of the beast which fXX the other hand, most don't want to know is done. Each of us pretty slaughtering, and then tries it is done quickly, painlessly Generally speaking, this is not true. There are ex ceptions, but most of the big packing companies use methods of slaughtering which would keep most peo pie awake nights, if they were aware of them. We shall refrain from describing them, but point out that they do not provide for quick or painless death for the animals or birds being killed. Compared to these methods, the quick merciful indeed. E can, of course, go along blithely ignoring the " problem, as if it didn't concern us. But the prob lem remains, and we suspect most people deplore it or would if they became acquainted with the facts. It is not enough to say, either, that it is a problem for the packing companies, for all but a few of them have declined to do anything to change their methods, despite repeated requests which don t like the thought of needless pain. The only other solution, it appears, is federal legis- lation to require that different and equally efficient methods of slaughter be adopted. It's a matter of conscience : the elimination of needlessly cruel meth ods of providing us with the meat we eat. E. A. Be Prepared to Vote The biennial voters information bulletin, publish ed by the League of Women Voters, is now available This little paper cannot it is about the only source we know where impartial, non-partisan information on both state measures and state candidates is available. The sheets are available for 10 cents at the head' quarters of both political Esquire building, Republicans in the Leverette build' ing), and at the First National bank. They are recommended wishes to be familiar with the election issues. THERE are seven measures this year on the state bal- lot mercifully fewer than usual. Several of the seven are of considerable import ance. Two of them are tax measures. One is a "per renial," having to do with closure of coastal streams to commercial fishing. Two have to do with salaries : one to raise the pay of legislators from $600 to $1,200 per year; the other to "legalize" the salaries paid top state officials. Another would call for setting up qual ifications for coroners and county surveyors. The sev enth would permit state agencies to receive gifts of stocks and bonds. IJXDER the "Oregon system" the voters themselves have the final say in matters of legislation, and it is a considerable responsibility. Some of these mea sures have far-reaching implications and importance. Decisions on them should not be made "by guess or by gosh" at the last moment The League paper is the best source of good background information on them. E.A. Wednesday. September 28, I9S8 Elvis? have long been planning animals is a thing most of our minds when we re eat steak. It would not add to mind the physical processes becomes our food. people do not know and the processes by which this much accepts the fact of to forget it, assuming that and mercifully. bullet of a deer hunter is to do so from organizations be praised too highly, for parties (Democrats in the reading for anyone who Further Liberalization Evidenced by Trials in By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Three trials which are to start in Poland Thursday are likely to take a step further in the trend tow ard liberalized rule rule in Rus sia's most im p o rtant satel lite. s- M 1 wenty-three - " - O . three simulta n e o u s trials. Charles M. Mctmn w j t h murcjer, assault, attacks on official build ings and theft of arms. The trials stem from the big riots which broke out June 28 in the indus trial city of Poznan. But none of the strikers in the factory where the riots started will be among the de fendants. The Communist government has abandoned its original alle gation that the strike and the r Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of pen name or initial tor publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation, not exceed 400 words. From a Lady To the Editor: As you are so adamant in condemnation of the politician as opposed to the statesman; I'm curious to know how you explain your favor for Stevenson. The clown went around for weeks in his previous campaign with holes in the soles of his shoes in an effort to appear humble, hard-working and un prosperous to the "little people," as we seem to be so patronizing ly termed these days. It was such an obvious gesture as to be an insult to the intelligence of any thinking persons. If most of the South despise desegregation, in order to keep the solid South "solid" Mr. Ste venson comes out for anti-desegregation. If most of the farmers seem to be unhappy with flexible price supports; Mr. Stevenson comes out for 90 per cent price supports. If Mr. Stevenson's divorce had not clouded the picture and there could have been any de gree of certainty about pulling the Catholic vote en masse; then Mr. Kennedy instead of Kefau ver most surely would have been promoted for the vice presi dency. What is this if not the rank est kind of vote-getting politics? By rank, I mean it stinks. By contrast, we should note that our President remained steadfast in his loyalty to Nixon though whole states like Cali fornia withdrew their support. Only a man of principle will do that. There is no comparison be tween the man in office and the pretender who aspires for it. To question which of these is the statesman would be the ultimate in obtuseness. Mrs. Elizabeth Miller , Trail, Ore. From a Gentleman To the Editor: It was the great Frenchman Voltaire who report edly said, "I totally disagree with what you say but I will fight to'the death for your right to say it." Now that is a lot of going, but surely in the right direction. It has iong been my firm belief that our tolerance for others' point of view has been a decid ing factor in the long and diffi cult road to progress and our high standard of living. And it is also my firm belief that our privilege in having our letters to the editor published has been a high contributing factor to a better way of life. No doubt there are some who will take issue with this reason ing of mine, which they let me know in writing, word of mouth and by phone. But thanks be. there are others who let me know by the same means how much they enjoy it, which en courages me to keep on, trying to do my part, for we never know where and when it will help. A pioneer school teacher of Jacksonville has been filing ed itorials of the Mail Tribune, all the RWRs, for nigh 40 years. Just the other day she told me that when she feels depressed and out of faith with things, she goes to her M-T editorial file to get cheered up and re orientated. Now some of the M-T editorial critics will chomp when they read this. But they can have her name and address if sufficiently interested. It does take considerable cour age to have one's ideas publish ed and signed. But that submerg ed, lost-in-the-fog feeling when denied such privilege is terribly depressing, inviting the wrath of those who disagree is the chance one must take. But such is life, with which we must abide. Things being what they are, the tail goes with the hide. F. J. Clifford, 1211 West Main st. Medford, Ore. resultant riots were fomented by foreign agents. Had Legitimate Grievances It has been admitted official ly that the strikers had legiti mate grievances intolerable living conditions and bureau cratic misrule. Dispatches indicate that every attempt will be made to show that the defendants are mem bers of an anti-Communist un derground organization or com mon criminals. It may be taken for' granted that most if not all of the de fendants will be convicted. The sentences imposed on them may give a further indica tion of the extent to which the Polish government intends to loosen its tight grip on the lives of the Polish people. Fifty-Three Killed Fifty - three persons were killed, including soldiers and policemen and more than 300 wounded in the riots. As things have turned out. Letters submitted for publication must The High Executioner To the Editor: If ever there was a politician that earned the title of Lord- High Executioner for his record of public power decapitations, it is Douglas Mc Kay. He first fell on the neck of Hell's Canyon May 5, 1953. The executioner did his job well, for with this one blow started the chain of events that to this date seems to have snuffed into oblivion the hopes of ever com pletely harnessing the power and thoroughly developing the irrigation and conservation po tentialities of this great master work that nature has given to all the people in this country. Next, all loans were frozen to the Rural Electrification Co Ops and the fiscal 1954 budget contained practically nothing for the REA, so the guillotine drop ped once more and the future of the rural power users rolled away. The reason for this fiscal repression was for the purpose of studying to determine whether funds were needed. Quite simi lar to the profound undertaking of research if babies need milk! It was only too clear that if our REA Co-Ops were to be partners they were expected to be quiet deathly quiet. From his Department of In terior, Mr. McKay was heard to say that "For two decades the Federal Government has over emphasized the development of hydroelectric resources." "The department's recently - adopted power policy is directed toward deemphasis." A few years ago the University of Chicago de cided to deemphasize football. It abolished its team! In 1935 one farm out of ten had electricity. Today as a re sult of Federal hydroelectric plants such as TV A, BPA and the Rural Electrification Admin istration, nine farms out of ten have electricity. I see no cause for deemphasis of such progress, which unlike a familiar com mercial, is not one of this na tion's most important products but one of its necessary pro ducts. Justice, humanity and in tegrity are this country's para mount yield and they are facets of our national personality that eventually rid us of the Lord High Executioners when they happen to get in our public of fices. Ken Corliss, 1564 Myers lane, Medford, Ore. Morse Will Win Again) To the Editor: Nixon does not like Morse. Well, Morse does not like Nixon. The admiration (?) is mutual. In 1954 Nixon did not like Richard Neuberger, but the Oregon voters did. In the election of 1950 Morse was running for his second term as senator. The Republicans that didn't like his record put up a candidate, Dave Hoover, to beat him. They charged that Morse favored labor. Well, la bor voted for Morse, and he beat Hoover 2 to 1. Hoover ran sup ported by the Republican press and a big slush fund. In this election Morse will win again. Charles W. Sherman, Kerby, Ore. KHRUSHCHEV AT BALLET Belgrade (U.R) Soviet Com munist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev, who is visiting Yu goslavia in a "private capacity," attended the ballet Tuesday night with Marshal Tito. SAVE AT OK MARKET SAVE TIME! SAVE STEPS! SAVE MONEY! Seen Poland the Poznan riots were more important than much those which broke out in Communist ruled East Germany and Czech oslovakia in June, 1953. They have led to a govern ment shake-up, a curb on the interference of the Communist party with ordinary Poles. promises of better living condi tions and even a revival of at least mild opposition rights in Parliament. At the moment, a fight is un der way between two factions of the Communist party offi cially, the United Polish Work ers party on the extent to which liberalization shall be carried. Premier Joe Cyrankiewicz and Communist party First Sec retary Josef Ochab lead one fac tion, which favors radical liber alization. Leading the other fac tion is Lt. Gen. Kazimierz Wita zewski, chief of the army's prop aganda section. This faction wants to stop the liberalization program, partly because the pro gram necessarily involves a loos ening of Poland's dependence on Russia. There seems little chance that the . anti - liberalization - faction will win out. The government's admission that the Poznan strikes were justified by living conditions can hardly be repu diated. Further, to stop the measures the government is taking to improve living condi tions and to give Parliament at least a semblance of authority would be to risk further trouble. The Poznan workers who struck on June 28 really seem to have started something. Smith Will Head Education Group Salem (U.R) Edgar W. Smith of Portland will serve as chairman of a joint committee on private and public higher edu cation in Oregon, Gov. Elmo Smith said today. The appointment was recom mended by Dr. Charles Arm strong, president of Pacific Uni versity and chairman Sf the Oregon Association of Independ ent colleges, and Chancellor John R. Richards of the state system of higher education. The joint committee is design ed to maintain liaison between private and public higher edu cation. Other members named by the governor are President How ard Kenna, University of Port- Ian; President Morgan Odell, Lewis and Clark college; Arm strong; President A. L. Strand, Oregon State college; President John F. Cramer, Portland State college; and President R. E. Lieu allen, Oregon College of Educa tion. Smith is a former president of the State Board of Higher Edu cation. Oregon Hospital Building Increases Portland (U.R) The State Board of Health said today that more than 531,510,000 worth of hospitals and related institutions have been built or approved for construction in Oregon since passage of the Hill-Burton act in 1947. The federal aid program which provides one dollar of tax funds for every two dollars of local money for approved projects, has already resulted in construc tion of $20,698,584 worth of hos pitals, $501,313 of public health facilities, $1,339,145 of nursing homes, and 53,285,693 of diag nostic and treatment centers. Another $5,685,585 worth of construction in Oregon was auth orized last week by the board bringing the grand total during the nine-year period to $31,510 320. Five-Man Highway Commission Talked Salem (U.R) The Legislative Interim Highway Committee h s advocated increasing the state's three-man highway commission to five men. The committee said that five men could better represent the various interests in the highway program. It added that with a federally - sparked increase in construction, the job might be too difficult for three men. Only dissenter among the six committee members was State Sen. Charles W. Binger, La Grande, who said the three-man commission was doing a good job and would handle the extra work. un MARKET 1202 North Rircrsirfa OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT fir r I In The Day's Vice Presidential Candidate Kefauver has been having a lot to say recently about what he calls the "new" Nixon. After listening to his campaigning in Oregon during the past few days, I think we might profitably de vote some thoughtful considera tion to the NEW Kefauver that is looming -on the political hori zon. When this tail, personable young Tennesseean first came into the public eye several years ago, he looked like a comer. His conduct of the senate committee investigation into the crime sit uation was admirable. He gave every appearance of hewing to the line and letting the chips fall where they might. His excellent record as chair man of this famous investigat ing committee launched him as a Presidential candidate, and in his campaign for the Democratic nomination four years ago he increased his stature. His views appeared to be sound. He looked then like Pres idential timber. BUT something has happened to hire. In Oregon he has been talking like a dfmagogue of the purest water. TjK)R example: Up in Springfield the other day in the geographic center of Oregon's fir lumber industry he painted a picture of gloom. There is growing unemploy ment in the plywood and lum ber industry," he said, "and also in the building trades. I am in formed that 4,300 fewer workers are employed In lumber and log- lng than in the same period last year in Oregon." He added: "I am also informed that there have been some months this year when new starts in-housing con struction in Portland and SeatUe have been 50 per cent below last year. WHAT is the cause of all this ffripf and trnnhle? There isn't enough mortgage money. And why isn't there enough mortgage money? According to Kefauver, it': all perfectly simple. It's due to the HARD MONEY policy of the wicked Eisenhower admin istration, which refuses to start the printing presses and man ufacture money enough to buy all the moitgages that are of fered for sale. It's just that simple. T'M REASONABLY sure that - Kefauver knows better than that. At least, as a member of the senate of the United States, he OUGHT to know better than that. He ought to know that the reason money is tight is that Protestant Leaders To Discuss Problems Washington (U.R) Leaders of 30 major Protestant denomi nations meet here today to dis cuss common religious problems ranging from the spiritual needs of the U. S. armed forces to re lations with Christian churches behind the Iron Curtain. The occasion was the regular quarterly business meeting of the governing board of the Na tional CouncU of Churches. The 250-member board represents 144,000 local congregations with a total of 36,719,000 members. The board, which is U. S. Prot estantism's nearest approach to a top policy-making body, will remain in session today and Thursday. Hurricane Flossy Heads for Atlantic Raleigh, N. C. (U.R) A band of squalls bearing the name of Flossy spread across the Caro lina plains toward the Atlantic today, leaving 15 dead and threats of floods behind. Flossy lost her hurricane punch in lower Alabama and Georgia but dumped up to six inches of rain over a 250-mile expanse. While rivers in south Missis sippi, extreme northwest Flori da, Alabama and Georgia rose slowly with flaUand runoffs weathermen warned of possible flash floods from streams along the storm's north flank in the Carolinas up-country. 8 Exposure Roll... IMi i'iipwi wmmmm i-wBa-wi sf i j amii mi i I PENNYVISE 323 E. Main News By Frank Jenkins people aren't saving up enough of it. Money for investment is a good deal like water in a semi arid country. If you let too much of it get away from you and run away to the sea you won't have enough left to irrigate expand ing areas of irrigable land. The only way the people of semi arid regions can have enough water to grow crops with is to SAVE IT UP behind dams. It works the same way with money. If money is to be avail able in the form of loans (a mortgage is a loan) somebody must save it up. There isn't any other way to get it. KNOW that's hard to under stand. You look at a paper dollar and common gumption tells you that it is cheap and easy to make. So Quite naturally The thought occurs to you that if the government would just start the printing presses and print vast amounts of money and pass it out to the people EVERYBODY COULD HAVE EVERYTHING HE WANTS. THAT idea, when expounded by an able demagogue, is intri guing. It was intriguing back in the 1890s when it was expound ed by William Jennings Bryan, who demanded free and unlimit ed coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to one. His thesis was that free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to one would make money grow on trees so that everybody could go and pick it off and live happy ever afterwards. It is intrigu- ing when in another form it is that it WON'T WORK. The rea son it won't work is that man wasn't intended to earn his liv ing by picking money off trees. There is no such thing as some thing for nothing. Man must WORK for what he gets. Estes Kefauver knows that as well as anybody and when he goes around telling people that the way to have all the mort gage money we want so that we can build all the houses we want without having to bother with such foolishness as SAV ING MONEY UP he is Just be ing a demagogue. If he didn t know better tt wouldn't be so bad. I'm sure he DOES know better. You've never heard portables sound so BIG! SENSATIONALLY LOW PKICEDI CONVINIINT TERMS The MELODY MASTER High Fidelity Phonograph 6" plus 4" high fidelity speakers push-pull oudio amplifier compensated volume, continu ously variable treble controls precision automatic multi-speed intermix record changer. Beauti ful, lightweight, sturdy. Also available with super-selective AM radio $99.50. M acjnairox higtfidmy phonographs PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest Music Store 111 North Central Phone 2-5702 $OQ50
