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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDvJtTRIBUNE "Everyone in Southern Oregon Read The Mall Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2 -CHI ROBERT W RL'HL, Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manarer GERALD LATHAM. Businesa Manager ERIC ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICK SON. Clrc ulatlon Mgr. An IndependentNewipaper Entered a second claw matter at Medford Oregon, under Act of March 3, 18f7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8-00 Daily and Sunday Three moa. 4.25 Sunday Only Onm year $420. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aihland. Central Poult. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18.00 gaily and Sunday One month 1.30 wrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cashtn Advance 6ff trial apr of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, de trolt, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver. B C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL 5S1 hc5T6N 'jffft' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 10, 1946 (Thursday) Because local districts in Ore gon have about reached the end of the rope and since more state responsibility is desired, the basic school support bill should be passed, according to City School Superintendent E. H. Hedrick. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Many deer hunters have returned home with the bacon." (Branch Creek Notes.) It's a good trick. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 10, 1936 (Saturday) All Royal Arch Masons in southern Oregon urged to at tend a joint district meeting in the Masonic temple at Ashland. The community chest cam paign in Medford will get under way at 8 a.m. tomorrow. SO YEARS AGO Oct. 10, 1926 (Sunday) The Medford Auto company, Buick Agency, is located in new display room on North River side ave. The Jackson County Pioneer association holds 50th annual reunion, the golden jubilee, in historic Masonic hall at Jackson ville. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 10. 1916 (Tuesday) Porter J. Ncff and E. E. Kelly open campaign in Rogue River last night in a discussion of the national issues. From Local and Personal col umn: Norman Normile has re turned from Alaska where he spent the summer working. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 10. 1906 (Wednesday) A meeting of the Commercial Club was held last night; there was a large attendance. Last season J. W. Perkins of Medford beat the world's record in the returns received from a car of Cornice pears shipped from Medford to the New York market. What's the Answer? Can Tou Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1953 Editorial Research Report 1. Have the voters picked a President of one party and a Senate and House of the other at the same election in the last 100 years? 2. Average prices on the 1957 Fords are about S25, S50, $75, or $100 higher than comparable prices on the 1956 s, or about the same? 3. Most Negro church mem bers in the U. S. are either Bap tists or Methodists; right or wrong? 4. More babies are born in the U. S. in hospitals or in private homes, or is it about 50-50? 5. Has any President or Vice President of the U. S. ever re signed? 6. John L. Lewis's salarv from the United Mine Workers is S20,- 000, $35,000, $50,000, $75,000 or $100,000 a year? 7. What was the firmer name of the large city in Europe now called Istanbul? The answers: 1. No. 2. About $75 higher on average. 3. Right. 4. More in hospitals. 5. Yes. Vice President Calhoun in 1832 to enter the Senate. 6. $50,000 in salary. 7. Constantinople. MAIL TRIBUNE Teen Age What do teen age boys think about? Girls? Undoubtedly. Schoolwork? Probably. Sports? Of course. But what do tfley think about such things as their future, their education, what they want to do, what they want to be like? What, in other words, are their serious thoughts the thoughts which often are covered up by day-today activities, and obscured by teen age lingo, and what amounts almost to a convention which often limits conversation to trivia? TT is always difficult to generalize, and too often, in this subject, there is no sound basis for any con clusions. But one recent study offers some interesting clues to the apparent fact that teen age boys do, indeed, have some serious moments, and have a healthy con cern for matters of importance. The study, conducted on a cooperative basis for the Boy Scouts of America, consisted of private inter views with more than a thousand boys aged 14 to 16, in all types, of schools, in 64 communities throughout the country. The boys were selected to constitute a true "probability sample" that is, a real cross-section of all kinds of boys. A majority had a healthy concern for the future. Three-quarters of them had given much thought to their future education ; two thirds of them had ser iously considered their future occupation. These were the major serious concerns, ranking far above the third and fourth place subjects, which were problems of military life (22 per cent) and marriage and family life (18 per cent). Nearly half of them discussed matters extending beyond the period following high school when asked what things they thought they'd have to decide within the next few years. yHEN asked what they felt is important and use- ful, the majority of the boys by-passed mention of such obvious things as grades, awards and athletic prowess. Two thirds of them, replied that they, felt most important and useful when they had an oppor tunity to do those things that were adult-like. Only one out of 20 named leading athletic figures as the ones they would most like to resemble. A quar ter of them named their fathers, and another substan tial number named other family figures. Organizations play a big role m the life of the average boy. About two thirds of them belonged to some organization or another. A FEW other sidelights were brought out by the sur vey. One of them was confirmation of the popular impression that the age at dating has decreased. year-olds now have dates week, and more than half But the boys were divided in their opinions as to whether or not girls should organized activities outsde cent liked the idea of a per cent did not. The other 21 per cent expressed no strong feelings one way or the other. While they were divided on having girls m the group, the boys were almost unanimous in desiring adult leadership (although they wanted a hand in se lecting the leaders) . ""THE picture which emerges from these figures is far different from the one mis-drawn too easily from the stories of juvenile delinquency we sometimes let stand in the place of an objective look at today's teen agers. This picture which shows the vast majority of young people as responsible, wholesome and construc tive members of society is, we believe, the true picture. This is borne out, too, by the fact that nearly half of them had jobs during the school year, and nearly three quarters worked during the summer. This is not a picture of irresponsible, loafing, or "flaming" youth, just waiting to get into trouble. It s a heartening picture of young but thoughtful citizens of the future. E.A. Music We have been requested to call attention editor ially to the fact that tickets for the Civic Music assoc iation are available this week only. While we prefer to take our music in recorded form most of the time (no necktie, slouched in an easy-chair, with slippers and pipe), we concede noth ing can quite take the place of "live" music performed by outstanding artists. ' THE association provides about the only way such music, of absolutely A-l caliber, can be brought to a town the size of Medford. Tickets are sold only for the season as a whole, thus guaranteeing in ad vance what the year's income will be. On this basis, the board can select the most outstanding performers the budget will allow. The rock 'n' roll crowd ested. But if you re serious about good music, the CMA offers you your best chance to hear it alive. E.A. FRANCF GETS DESTROYER Tc-j'.jn, France iU.PJ The U. S. Navy hands over the' 1-700-ton destroyer Le Normand to France today. It is the 31st war ship built under the offshore construction scheme. Wednesday. October 10. 1956 Boys which boys and girls start About one-fifth of the 14- on an average of once a of the 16-year-olds do. participate in some of the of school. Some 37 per coeducational club, but 42 - Alive probably won't be inter CRASH KILLS 19 Maracaibo, Venezuela U.PJ Authorities confirmed today that 19 persons were killed and 31 injured in a bus accident Tuesday, the worst highway crash in Venezuelan history. Nehru's Ambivalent Attitude Toward Communism Emphasized By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The strange policy of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru of Indian toward Communism is about to be reemphasized. It was an nounced Tues day that Neh ru, the No. 1 "neutralist" of East Asia, will be host to Chi n e s e Commu nist Premier Charles m. Hictann Cnou En.lai at the end of this month. There is no doubt that Nehru and Chou will be able to agree on a num ber of world problems, includ ing the evils of Western "colo nialism." But Nehru at present is mak ing a series of speeches in which he loses no opportunity to de nounce India's own Communists. He has said that Indian Com munists are reactionary and that they do not believe in peace or democracy. Hits Communist Philosophy At the same time, Nehru has taken a couple of free cracks at Communist philosophy in gen eral. He said in a speech Monday, that Karl Marx, the founder of Communism, was a great philos opher. But Marx, he said, wrote about conditions that existed 150 years ago. Next day Nehru followed up by saying that Communism started as a revolutionary gospel but that it had become more and more rigid and that it sometimes was divorced from reality. Nehru never happens to men tion the fact that the aim of Communism is still world domi nation and that Communist China is rapidly building up its influence ail around him. First the Chinese Reds moved in and took over Tibet, Nehru's neighbor to the north, with which India for years had main tained the closest relations. Invade Burma Within the last few weeks, Chinese Communist troops have invaded the northern part of Burma, India's neighbor on the East. Last month the mountain king dom of Nepal, a buffer between India and Tibet, has entered into an important treaty of friend ""-' f afOTy-l Matter of Fact IKE'S SLIPPERY COAT-TAILS Louisville, Ky. Just how solid and dependable are Presi dent Eisenhower's famous coat- tails? To put the question another way, is Pres i d e n t E i s enhower's undoubted per sonal popular ity always an asset to Repub licans who are running on the same ticket Stewart Alsop with him? The question is prompted by the case of ex-Ambassador to India John Sherman Cooper, one of the two Republi can candidates for the Senate here. Cooper is something of a phenomenon in Kentucky, which normally Democratic by so wide a margin that running on the Republican ticket is a labor of Sisyphus. But Cooper has twice made the grade, serving two short terms in the Senate with real distinction. To see how he does it, this reporter caught up with Cooper at the small hill town of Mt. Olivet, in northeastern Ken tucky, and accompanied him to the pleasant little river city of Maysville. At Mt. Olivet, Cooper made a brief speech on the side walk, and then went "visiting" around the town, shaking hands with a sort of shy but casual friendliness. In Maysville, he made a longer speech in the packed town hall. COOPER is no spell-binder. He loves statistics, and his speech was full of facts about tobacco production and Ohio River traffic. Yet it was a very effective speech all the time, and when Cooper at the end made a simple statement of his political philosophy "All the people are equal and all the people are free in our country he got a Dig hand from the segregation-con scious audience. 'John Sherman really means what he says," one old man re marked afterwards. Cooper's greatest political asset, in short, is much like Eisenhowers an ability, which cannot be learn ed, to project earnestness and sincerity. . Yet partly because they are liked for the same reasons, Cooper is almost as much in com petition with Eisenhower as he is with his Democratic opponent., Gov. Lawrence Wetherby. This conclusion is based on a long and arduous day of ringing door bells and interviewing voters in Louisville. By the end of the day, two facts stuck out a mile. IN THE first place, the Demo crats, who are confidently placing Kentucky in Adlai E. Stevenson's column, may be ship with Red China. Nepalese Prime Minister Tank Prasad Acharya is at present on a one month visit in Red China. Until quite recently India had been the dominating influence in Nepal. Things like this seem not to worry Nehru. They certainly would worry any statesman who thought along orthodox lines. Nehru a Realist Whether Nehru has any pri vate thoughts on the situation, whether his warm friendship with Red China is partly defen sive, nobody but he knows. But he is a political realist, not a dreamer, and it would not be surprising if he sometimes had Candidate States Humanist Attitude Toward Politics Man is good. That humanist view colors my politics. Given a fair chance, man can solve his own problems. That means reasonable opportunity to educa tion, work, play, love, individual religious views, physical well being, financial security and right of privacy. Life is primarily a personal responsibility, but the climate for good life is increased or lessened by politicians. Legislation can oppress the weak ( a sales tax); overburden all to benefit a few (a veterans' bonus); destroy citizens' control of government (ballot title No. 1); provide new educational op portunities (Portland State Col lege act); enlighten young and old (educational television); and control the degree of participa tion in political affairs (election laws). These and countless other acts of legislators effect man kind's fair chance. Politicians by ambition, spec ial interest control, greed, lazi ness and incapacity defeat the object of government, mess up society. Or by hard work, open minds and humanistic approach they give the good .in men a chance to express itself. Such leadership is badly needed. Perhaps such views are un popular in Marion County? I would rather hold them, how ever, than any public office. I have come by them through 42 years of full life, 11 years in varied law practice, three years Navy duty, (two years overseas), seven years college, 17 years as a small-town farm youngster; as Stewart Alsop counting their chickens prema turely. At least in Louisville, (though perhaps not in Ken tucky's farm areas) the Presi dent's popularity appears un diminished. Indeed, the day's polling produced almost exactly the same slim majority for Eis- hower as he actually received in Louisville in 1952. But the second fact that stuck out a mile was that John Sher man Cooper, who ran ahead of Eisenhower in Louisville in 1952 (as he did in the state) was run ning sharply behind him by a margin of more than 15 per cent. An this was was largely for a special and peculiar reason. A heavy majority of voters in Louisville, as in Kentucky as a whole, are Democrats. Almost all the Democrats who said they were going to vote for Eisen hower also liked and admired Cooper "he's a very good man," they would say. But they were going to vote for Wetherby all the same. When you talked to them, the main reason became clear, in the special circumstances of 1952, almost all these Eisenhow er Democrats also voted for Cooper. But many of them obvi ously feel that to do so again would jeopardize their amateur standing as Democrats. m THE situation is further com plicated by the fact that Ken tucky's second Republican Sena torial candidate, Thruston Mor ton, is also well liked in his native Louisville. Thus all three Republican candidates are in sharp competition with eacn other for the votes of the Demo cratic ticket-splitters. And the President, as head of the ticket, naturally gets the best of the bargain. As always, there are other complicating local factors. Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler, a Dem ocrat, is cordially hated in Louisville, and he is in an open feud with Wetherby. The feud is a great Wetherby asset in Louisville, since most anti Chandler voters see a Wetherby vote as the best way of punish ing Chandler. But local factors aside, the comDetition here among the Republican candidates for Dem ocratic votes has real national significance. After all, the Dem ocratic Party is the majority party in the nation. Thus in many areas, local Republican candidates are competing with the President for the votes of Democratic ticket-splitters. This competition is certainly one ex planation for the surprising slipperiness of the President's coat-tails, already demonstrated, for example, in states as far apart as Maine and Washington. For President Eisenhower, after all, is a formidable competitor. 195S, New York Herald Tribune Inc. misgivings. It is possible that he feels In dia is too big a dose for any ag gressor to swallow. India's own Communists are a pretty feeble lot. They claim a party membership of only about 70,000 in a country of about 380 million. But as in other non Communist countries, like Italy and France, the Reds poll a vote in some areas entirely out of proportion to their card-carrying strength. That is one reason for Nehru's attacks on them. He may feel that the way things are going in East Asia, his own Communists might one day become dangerous. a Republican leader now Dem ocrat, as a Methodist now Uni tarian, a Junior First Citizen, Willamette Alumni president; through proverty, mistakes, suc cess, sweat and tears. Senator Duff advised me: "We must say exactly what we think." I agree. Politics is char acterized by false pity, lip ser vice to ideals, cynical hypocrisy and as a result we all suffer. If elected, I would fool no one, work hard and fight against the greed of special interests, for policies giving each Ore gonian a fair chance. (Steve Anderson, Salem, candidate for the legislature, from Marion county, quoted in "Politics on Parade" column in Oregon Statesman, Salem.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Egypt rejects the British- French proposal for interna tional control of the canal. Her foreign minister, Mahmoud Fa- wzi, suggests instead that a negotiating body be established to seek a settlement of the dis pute. This, he said, would estab lish a system of co-operation be tween Egypt (through whose territory the canal runs) and the USERS of the canal. He added that there are basic principles on which there is no disagreement at all. His speech, for the most part, was mild and conciliatory. LET'S keep this fact in mind: THE SUEZ CANAL ISN'T IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO US TO GO TO WAR FOR. So let's keep on negotiating. SECRETARY of the Treasury & Humphrey, who has to find the money to run the country with, says in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club that the Democrats propose the EASY WAY of tax-cutting and deficit spending. He adds: "That would destroy prosper ity." TIE USES big words which, of course, the professional economists can understand. Let's see if we can simplify it a. little for the benefit of the rest of us. What he means is this: If you worked less and earned less (thus reducing your income)- And at the same time went on SPENDING MORE (thus in creasing your expenses) And made up the difference by BORROWING AT THE BANK Where would you come out? YOU know where you'd come ni.t You'd come out at the little end of the horn. BUSINESS note: An Amprinan husinpsfi man (the secretary-manager of the Detroit chamber of commerce) told New Zealanders that their country will attract bigger dollar investments if there is a firm government policy on repatria tion of dividends earned in New Zealand by overseas capital. He added that in such an event their country would gain more dollars than it would lose and industrial development would be accelerated. rpHOSE, too, are big word. Let's -- see if we can boil them down. Suppose Oregon had said to Johns-Manville (who will be the first large-scale users of hitherto useless jackpme): You can t TAKE OUT OF OREGON any profits you earn here." What would JM have done? The answer is simple: J-M would have said. "OK. We'll locate our plant SOME WHERE ELSE." That, in simple words, is what the Detroiter was telling the New Zealanders, who say to foreign investors that they can't take their profits out of the coun try. , FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE SHOP TODAY! and Save Money Editorial Comment WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE TO SAY President Eisenhower in a re cent press conference made a statement which in these days of intense controversy over the farm problem, inflation and foreign policy will receive little attention. To quote the Associated Press, Pres. Eisenhower said he "does not regard as entirely wise the constitutional amendment that bars a third presidential term." It is not expected that this question will become an issue in the presidential campaign, but Eisenhower's statement offers some food for thought on two questions first, whether the two-term limitation is wise, and, second, whether the method of amending the federal Constitu tion is as good as it might .be. We do not intend at this time to go into all the merits of the limitation but merely to note that there are serious questions as to its wisdom. For example, the limitation seriously affects the influence of the executive in his second term. The politicians know he can't run again, so they take over. Also there is a point that the limitation, instead of breaking up political machines, merely shifts power from the candidate for or against whom the people vote, to the political boss on whom there is no limitation and for whom the people can't vote. Aside from merits of this par ticular amendment is the issue of the way this and other amend ments have been added to our Constitution. The amendment was proposed by congress and approved by the legislatures of three fourths of the states. How many are there who can say whether Ore gon was one of the states which approved and if so, when and how this approval was given? The fact is that Oregon was the sixth state to ratify and that ratification was given by the legislature in 1947. There was no fanfare. Probably most people did not realize that the proposal was before the legislature. Certainly, when they voted for state senators and represen tatives in the fall of 1946, the question of how those legislators would vote on the amendment was not an issue. It was the four terms of Pres. Roosevelt which provided the impetus for the two-term limita tion. Oregon's legislature voted for the limitation, yet the people of Oregon cast a majority of their ballots for Roosevelt every time he ran. The question is not whether four terms are right or wrong but whether the people of Oregon had any say in the matter or even knew that the Constitution, greatest bulwark of our freedom, was being amended. George' Washington in his farewell address advised resist ance to "the spirit of innovation" upon the principles of the Con stitution, "however specious the pretexts." Certainly the resistance of which Washington spoke is not fostered by a system under which the people have very little to say. Oregon Journal, Portland. TV NO SUBSTITUTE FOR STUMP Walter Lippmann says of the national campaign that we are having, "not a great debate, but a great inspection." He draws this conclusion on the indication that the television political pro grams are not proving very ef fective. What the voters are in terested in, thinks this Washing ton reporter, is to see the candi dates and "size them up." That explains why Nixon is kept on the go, why Stevenson and Ke fauver are wearing themselves ragged flitting from spot to spot, and why Eisenhower is pressed to make more campaign trips. One reason for the failure of TV is that people have become accustomed to look to it for en tertainment. The political man agers try to set up a show when a candidate is appearing on tel evision, but he can't compete as an attraction with Edward Sulli van, Steve Allen, the $64,000 Question or Elvis Presley. Vot ing for President is one privil ege the American people cherish (though many fail to vote) and they are eager to see in person and to hear those who aspire to this high office. Personal warmth which FDR had in great measure and which Herbert Hoover lacked, is a potent factor in the winning of votes, and that is con veyed best in personal appear ance before the crowds. Another reason for TV's fall down may be that people still feel fed up with pplitics on TV as a result of the orgy of the national conventions- Anyhow, it seems that the TV studio and screen haven't displaced the stump. Oregon Statesman, Sa lem. OK MARKET 1202 North RKrersid OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT at 1 r A Communications Letters to the Editor must beer the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mai Tribune reserves the right to edit ail letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words They Are Strong For Morse To the Editor: We are two U. S. citizens who have no vote because we live in the District of Columbia. Thus, we are gov erned by those who are elected to Congress by our fellow citi zens out in the states. We would like to thank the people of Ore gon for having sent us Wayne Morse, whom we consider the finest man in the Senate, and Richard Neuberger, who is a close second. The noted cartoonist, Herb- lock, recently depicted Wayne Morse fighting for his political life against the Republican ele phant, who is trying to knock him out with a bag of money. Wayne Morse's record proves that he is concerned with the welfare of all the people, not just a few, and that he will vote for what he believes right. whether it is popular or not. If men like this can be thrown out of Congress because their oppo nents have more big money at their disposal, we ought to tremble for the future of de mocracy. v Naturally, it is our opinion that the Oregon electorate is the most enlightened in the Union. Therefore, we have real hope that no amount of money can prevent the re-election of the most courageous man in the Senate Wayne Morse. (Miss) Janice Holland Miriam Holmes 3508 Morrison St. N.W. Washington 15, D.C. What Is A Man Worth? . To the Editor: What is a man worth? That was the question that was asked of the Ministerial As sociation on KMED on Sunday evening, Oct. 7. If I had been the person asking the question 1 would have found myself stiU wondering at the close of the program; because it seemed to me there were too many ifs; for instance, if he did this, or if he did that, etc. I feel like the ques tion should be answered so there is no doubt in anyone's mind as to "What is a Man Worth." In regard to the worth of man in the sight of God, "man" is God's creation and was made in His likeness and was redeemed with His blood, so "man" is in finitely precious to God. Now, in regard to man's worth in the sight of other men, inasmuch as man was created in the likeness of God and His Spirit was infused into man he should be just as precious to man as he is to God. If every time we walk down the street we see "God" in every person we meet, we will realize more clearly man's worth. It is true that in some men the Spirit of God is very dormant but It is there, so he is just as precious to God as the one who does things. It is necessary for a man to do good and love God to enter the kingdom of heaven, but that wasn't the question; it was, "What is a man worth?" I hope there will be no doubt now as to man's worth in either the sight of God or in the sight of man. Mrs. William Carrillon 214 Fluhrer Bldg. Medford, Ore. You've never heard portables sound so BIG! CONVENIENT TERMS The RAMBLER Portable phonograph or radio phonograph is lightweight, easy to carry. Super-selective AM radio. Multi-speed turntable with universal record spindle large 8" Mognavox speaker for su perior tone quality. Complete with rodio. only $49.50. M, PORUCKER PIANO HOUSE Southern Oregon's Oldest end Finest Music Store 111 No. Central Phone 2-5702 ! SENSATIONALLY LOW PKICIDI $3950
