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Newspaper Page TextTOXm MEDFORD (OREGON) MkdfordTribunb "Kveryon to Soutfiem Oregon Reads Trie MauiTmune FJbEjhed Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 Nortfa Fir St Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Bustneu Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Edito HARRY CHTPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEW ETT S porta Editor OUVE STARCHXR Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Inde pendent Newapa per Entered aa second clam matter at Uediord Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mail In Advance: Per Coot 10c. Dally and SundayOn year tl5 00 uaiiy ana sunaay am montns a uu Daily and Sunday Three moa 4.25 Sunday Only Unt year 4-20 By Carrier In Advance Med ford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Dally and SundayOn year SIS 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1-50 umer and Dealers ioc per copy All Terms Cah tn Advance Official Paper of the City of Med ford OfllcUl Paper of Jackson Conaty ynlted Prejts Full Leased Wire MESH3ER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York Chicago, de troit San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL E D I T 0 R I A i ASSOCrATN Wmnnni'H'ini X ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 60 yeari ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1947 (Thursday) . The 18th convention of the Oregon State Building and Con struction Trade council will be held Saturday, according to W. C. Crary, of electricians union. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The weath er continues rough. Some want to blame it on the legislature, and others on President Truman. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 23 1937 (Saturday) G. C. Briggs elected Grand Eruption by Crater club to fill vacancy left by Bill Bolger. Chester Fitch elected presi dent of the Fruitgrowers League, succeeding Ray C. Ward. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1927 (Sunday) ; ernment is the ideal system for j any city Councilman A. C. Hub bard, finance committee chair man, says. o A. dinner concert by McPher ion's store will be the feature program tonight on KMED, the Mail Tribune and W. J. Virgin broadcasting station. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1917 (Tuesday) Withdrawal of outposts of General Pershing's force In Mexico ordered by the War De partment with approval of Presi dent Wilson. From Local and Personal col umn: Miss Callie Vogeli will give music lessons in Medford Saturdays. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nino er tn corract l superior: wr en or 1:M U exciUenU live or six li food. ' 1. In 1768 Philadelphia, Pa., according to a census, contained 4,474 houses; true or false? 2. Who authored the "Theory of Relativity"? 3. Does the "Theory of Rela tivity" treat with the same sub ject matter as Darwin's writing? 4. Is the following in the Old or New Testament: "Even Moses shewed at the bush when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham"? 5. A person eligible to serve as a member of the House of Representatives must be at least 21, 25, or 29 years old? 6. Is Sardinia larger than OSicily? ' 7. Is cadmium a chemical or vegetable element? 8. Is Georgetown University actually in the city of Washing ton, DC? 9. Is it correct to use another negative with the word "no' ? 10. Is "Ye have- fallen from grace" correctly attributed to the Bible? Answers: 1. True. 2. Albert Einstein. 3. No. 4. New Testa ment. 5. 25. 6. Ns. 7. Chemical. 8. Yes. 9. No. IB. Yes. Board of Education OKs Admission Plan Portland (U.R) The State Board of Higher Education yes terday formally adopted a plan to curb admissions to Oregon's state-supported college and uni versity. The plan will start in the fall of 1958. In effect, the plan will limit freshmen enrollment to students who acquired a C or 2 high school grade average or meet an equivalent entrance requirement through other channels. MAIL TRIBUNE Parking Commission Mayor John Snider has asked Councilman Fred Robinson to prepare a summary of what has (and has not) been done in an attempt to solve the lack of parking space in the downtown area. Of itself this compilation will solve nothing, of course, but it is a step in the right direction. More downtown parking space is greatly needed. A review of the situation seems a logical thing to prepare be fore further attempts at a remedy are made. As noted here before, Medford is far from alone in this situation; it is, in fact, one of the most uni versal of municipal headaches throughout the grow ing west, these days. . J7UGENE, Corvallis, Albany, Pendleton, Medford these are the Oregon cities where the problem is worst, where attempts have been made to work out a solution, and, where these attempts have 'largely failed, so far. In a recent editorial, the editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times listed some things that city needs. Prominently mentioned was off-street parking, as follows : "This problem is not going to solve Itself nor will It go away by ignoring it. The merchants and the city must get together and thrash out the responsibility for obtaining sites as they become available. There are good arguments for each to buy and maintain the lots but nothing will be done unless it is determined which is going to do the job. The longer this action is delayed the worse the problem will become and the harder to solve." THAT could as easily have been written about Medford, were it not for the fact that the voters of this city decided by a slim majority (349 votes out of 9,385 cast) that the responsibility did not lie with the city. It is entirely possible that this majority decision would be reversed in a later election, possibly follow ing a more complete job of explanation of the pro posed program. In 'other cities voters have found that adequate parking is a legitimate function and responsibility of city government. There are several reasons they have found this to be true. One is that with private operation of parking lots trfere is no real opportunity for a bal anced, over-all program to insure proper distribution of the lots. Another is that there is no guarantee of permanency; particularly if a lot owner is offered a price for it which would afford him a better profit than continued parking use. Then he would be under no obligation to continue. A third, and related, rea son is that private enterprise is under no obligation to provide this service when and where needed. In many instances, the philosophy is: "Let George do it" George being the city government, of course. ""THE parking, proposal which failed in Medford was the outgrowth of several years of study by various volunteer groups and a committee of the city council. It was felt that an equitable program had been outlined, one which would be gladly ac cepted by voters. Since it was not, however, it might be well to see how another city is going about it. In Albany, too, there was a long study conducted, this one by a Chamber of Commerce committee. As a result, the city council passed an ordinance calling for appointment of a city parking commission, . to operate on an advisory basis. It was appointed in December, and held its first meeting last week,'electing officers, considering vari ous proposals looking toward the easing of down town congestion. 'J'HE Albany Democrat-Herald commented: "Albany's new parking commission gave us a happy surprise this week. At the group's first meeting there was none of the lost motion so often seen. In such groups. There was no fussing around with parliamentary rules or with setting up elaborate subcommittees and the like. The group just went to work, showing deep perception of the business at hand. . There also was the realization that the commis sion must be concerned with more than downtown area. Downtown is the area that hurts now, but developments elsewhere need planning Another good sign came when an " early motion to meet once a month was knocked down in favor of twice a month. And before the meeting ended special meeting had been set in addition to take up the ordinance proposed earlier by the planning and zoning commission. It would require new structures in some zones and of certain size and type to supply parking areas ade quate to .expected traffic resulting from the business in question. This idea must be resolved soon, and' so should all other parking matters, if Albany is to hold its shoppers." If nothing else, the Albany plan of naming a parking commission will have the effect of calling public attention to the various ways and means of improving the parking situation. This in itself will be a step forward, for as we see it, only through public acceptance of some public plan will the sit uation be made tolerable, in Albany," Medford or anywhere else. A ND finally, let us return to Corvallis, to hear the suggestion of the editor there, as follows: "It seems to us the first step which might logically be taken would be the appointment of a joint council-merchants committee. . . This committee could Study various plans used in other communities (there are hundreds of them) and then make recommendations ... as to what should be done. They should come up with a majority agreeing on whether lots should be city-owned, merchant owned or a comoinaton of both. They may also be able to agree on how the lots should be financed." This is what Medford did, once. Perhaps it had better be done again, preferably as an official agency or commission, since we apparently have to start once more from scratch. E.A. Wednesday. January 23. 1957 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 conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 worda. "Unemployed" is Answered To the Editor: Oridinarily I do not pay any attention to complaining letters, however, I feel that I want to answer "Un employed's" letter of last Sun day regarding the "Hungarian Invasion". I know the employer, who was humanitarian and Christian enough to offer one far less fortunate a chance to a new life. The "employer" has laid off not one employee to help this man, but is making a place for him, while operating at a loss to himself. If one "employ er" can find it in his heart to help a man re-build his life, free of Communism, can the rest of us be less generous with our thoughts? The "Hungarian gyp sy" is a fine young Catholic boy, not a "good Presbyterian". I know, for I am the "Employer's" wife, Mrs. J. L. DeArmond 16 North Groveland Medford, Ore. Urges Policy Chang To the Editor: I wonder how many people in the city of Med ford are aware of and approve the present policy of the city of ficials whereby they will not al low a community, desperately in need of sanitation services, to alleviate an unhealthy and de grading condition unless the community is annexed to the city? Regardless of how large Med ford becomes there will always be communities near the city limits unless the treatment is such that they will either not lo cate close by or will move to a more friendly city. There are many reasons why people select a home outside of the city lim its. I'm sure you can think of several. People in those communities are in a sense, Medford, at least their mail is so addressed and they take part in many of the city activities. Business men within the city are only too hap py to serve them and the public utility companies furnish them the required services. Matter of fact, when you look at them real close, it's kinda hard to distin guish them from city people. Why not be a good neighbor? Contact your city councilman and tell him to do the decent thing and allow an outside area that is in dire need of sanitation to hook up to the city sewer line that runs close by. . These communities are not asking for a free ride. They are willing, and in most cases able, to pay their own way. As a mat ter of fact, most of them helped to pay for the sewer plant which was given to the city by the fed eral government when Camp White folded. It's kinda rough to be made to beg for a service of this kind and still not be able to receive it at this level when at a much higher governmental level all of us give, in the form of taxes, to eliminate conditions of this na ture anywhere else in the world. City officials set the policy can you have them change it or is it unchangeable? William Doernbach 143 Mace rd., Berrydale area Benson Questions Livestock Proposals Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son today questioned whether the government should support proposals which would reduce the livestock population on Western ranges while encurag ing producers to increase the supply of wool -through increas ing the number of sheep. Benson said the drought, the poor condition of the range in certain areas, and the relatively high livestock population have led to a variety of proposals for what is called "deferred graz ing." These proposals would pro vide an opportunity for ranchers on a voluntary basis to set aside part of their range land and re frain from grazing these lands for a specilied period. A pay ment, based on the carrying ca pacity of the range, would be made for acres so set aside. Holmes Says State Not Getting Share Washington (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes of Oregon claimed yesterday the administra tion was discriminating against Oregon in allocation of federal funds for forest highways. Holmes said such funds are distributed under a formula de signed to give equal considera tion to acreage and the value of the forests of each state. "Ore gon," he said "is scheduled to receive during the fiscal year less than 13 per cent of the total federal allotment despite the fact the state accounts for nearly 36 per cent of the value of tim ber cut from all national forests." Holmes blamed "the admin istration and its assistant secre tary of agriculture, E. L. Peter son, who have done nothing to assure that current values are considered ..." 'Informal Little War' in Arabia Complicated by Oil, Jealousy By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Great Britain and the king dom of Yemen are fighting an informal little war at the south western tip of the Arabian s a peninsula. Britain ac- VI cuge Yemen 3? s oi engaging in SI v. ffW .- II raids on the If,--.; I frontier of the British colony of Aden, one of the key naval bases of the world. Charles BAcCans Yeman accuses Britain of at tacking its territory with Brit ish troops and war planes. Yemen appealed to the United States on Jan. 12 to intervene against the alleged British aggression.- , The British - Yeman fighting has been going on at 'intervals for years. The "battles" usually engage Humphrey, Ike Seen 'Incompatible1 in Views on Spending By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Incom patible is a word which means incapable of harmonious com- hi na tion It seems mat uc- compati ble may be the word for Pres ident E i s e n hower and his strongest cab i n e t officer. Treasury Sec retary George Lyle c. Wilson H. Humphrey. Political Washington was somewhat shaken last week when Treasury Boss Humphrey publicly . expressed misgivings about Mr. Eisenhower's new budget. It is a big spending bud get in the New Deal tradition, a peacetime record breaker. The President's inaugural ad dress this week put in new light Humphrey's protest against ad ministration spending plans. Humphrey evidently was protest ing not merely against the spend ing program for the next fiscal year but against the basic policy theme of the inaugural address. Simple Theme That theme was simply this: The potentialities of modern war are such that the United States no longer dares count the cost of "building a peace with justice in a world where moral law pre vails." Implicit in Mr. Eisenhower's impressive sentences was the promise of more big spending over the years and high rates of taxation. The key sentence in the President's address was a warning that war must now be regarded as suicide. Literally that. "We have been warned," he said, "by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself." Humphrey must have been aware last week of this forth coming basic statement of long range administration policy. Aware or not, he told newsmen assembled for briefing on the budget that this "terrific" gov ernment spending "should promptly be stopped." Warns of Depression Humphrey coupled this with a warning that taxes must be re duced and, if they were not: "I Cripps Granddaughter Missing in Hungary London (U.R) A grand daughter of a former British chancellor of the exchequer was reported missing in Hungary to day. The family of 19-year-old Judy Cripps said she was due to return last week end from Budapest where she had gone to do refugee work with three college companions. The girl is the granddaugh ter of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, who was chancellor of the exchequer in the postwar Labor government. Her father, John Cripps, editor of the mag azine "The Countryman," ask ed the Foreign Office to make inquiries. Three Seek Dismissal Of Vice Indictments Portland (U.R) Three per sons indicted by the summer long grand Jury probe into al leged vice in Portland started new efforts yesterday to have an indictment against them dis missed. District Attorney William Langley, along with Thomas E. Maloney and Joseph P. Mc Laughlin, both of Seattle, were represented in court. The three contend that they have "new ev idence" that an indictment joint ly charging them with conspiracy to commit a felony was improp erly drawn. aatriiieeliaalefe anywhere from a dozen or two men to a couple of hundred on each side. - But behind the fighting is the competition for oil, Russian in trigue, and an attempt by Arab nationalists to throw the British out of their positions in the Ara bian peninsula. The peninsula does not look very big on the map. But it cov ers about 1.35 million square miles nearly half the size of the continental United States. " Saudi Arabia occupies about four-fifths of it. The remainder includes Aden, Yemen and a tan gle of "sheikdoms," some of them with immensely rich oil re sources under British protection. Yemen made it known recent ly that it had started to get arms from Czechoslovakia through the Soviet Russian government. Britain accuses Saudi Arabia of aiding the Yemen tribesmen who are engaging in frontier fighting. There seems to be no doubt predict that you will have a de pression that will curl your hair." Those are hard, if slangy, words. They conflict directly, fundamentally and actively with what appears to be the funda mentals of Mr. Eisenhower's overall second term policy. Humphrey generally has been regarded as the strong man in the cabinet. It is evident now that other voices are more per suasive than his. It is not likely that the President Eisenhower of four years ago or, even two years ago, would have ignored the budget recommendations of his secretary of Treasury. Climate Never Better For Lobby Law Change Washington (CO) The climate never was better for revision of the law regulating lobbyists. That forecast comes from two Senators who have conducted ex tensive studies of the lobby law Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) of the special Senate committee investigating lobby ing and John F. Kennedy, form er chairman of the Senate sub committee that handles lobby legislation. Chairman William L. Dawson (D-Ill.) of the House Government Operations Committee and its subcommittee, that has jurisdic tion over lobby bills, told Con gressional Quarterly he knows of no organized opposition to re vising the law on the House side. McClellan attributes the fa vorable opposition to revising the law on the House side. McClellan attributes the fa vorable climate for revision to the storm that broke last year when Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) revealed he had been offered a $2,500 campaign contribution by an, oil company interested in passage of the natural gas bill. Case's disclosure led to the formation of McClellan's special committee. It was scheduled originally to conclude its study by Jan. 31, but has asked for more time to hold additional hearings before preparing its recommendations. Public!! Activities Purpose of the 1946 lobby law, passed without much fanfare as part of the Legislative Reorgani zation' Act, is not to restrict lobbying but to put it in a gold fish bowl. It requires "any per son who shall engage himself for consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence the pass age or defeat of any legislation" to register his name, address, how much money, he gets and spends, who he works for and what he's interested in with the House and Senate. Ten years of operating the Act, according to most of those who have studied it closely, has revealed basic weakness. The biggest one, says Kennedy, is that nobody does anything with the registration 'and spending forms after they are filed with Congress. The forms sit in files in the clerk's offices. No one is re sponsible for making sure they have been filled out properly nor for telling an interested party whether or not he should register. The biggest revision to be sought this year will be as signing administering and en forcing responsibilities to some Congressional committee or' agency. No Withdrawal A new law also must provide for registrations to be with drawn. As . things now stand, once a person registers he is permanently carried on the rolls as a lobbyist. There is no pro vision for him. to withdraw his registration, or to renew it. Other revisions will be aimed at the regulations for reporting spending and receipts of lobby ists. The Act says everyone who gets $10 or mora from a lobby that both the Soviet government and President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of Egypt are stirring up the tribesmen Russia in' pursuit of its new campaign of penetration in the Middle East and Nasser as part of his general anti-British campaign. Sporadic fighting along the Yemen -Aden border has been due in the past to the fact that the frontier never has been firmly fixed. But it increased in its signifi cance because of the discovery of undeveloped oil deposits in the Yemen-Aden border region. Enter Oil This brings oil into the pic ture. The United States and Brit ain exploits most of the great oil deposits on the Arabian penin sula. Competition in the oil in dustry is about as tough as that in any industry in the world. Oil men don't talk. But rivalry for the newly discovered Yemen Aden deposits is likely to play its part in the situation as it de velops in coming months and years. " Kink Saud of Saudi Arabia, who has a lot of oil but wouldn't mind having more, is likely to take up the Yemen-Aden situa tion with President Eisenhower when he arrives in Washington Jan. 30 for a state visit. Yemen would like to take over the entire British colony of Aden, to which it claims it is en titled. Britain has no intention of giving up Aden. Aside from possible oil developments, Aden now has an important oil refin ery. In addition it is of great strategic importance as a naval base. It lies at the southwest tip of Arabia, where the Red sea and the Arabian sea meet. It thus commands the southern ap proaches to the Suez canal. With Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States in volved or potentially involved in the Yemen-Aden situation, a lot more is likely to be heard of it. ist must be listed by the lobbyist on the spending form; the names of persons contributing $500 or more to the lobbyist also must be included. Kennedy has tried to raise the spending minimum to $50 and lower the contribu tion figure to $100. Currently, organizations can evade listing contributors by soliciting for amounts just under $500. Attempts to clarify the lan guage in the Act also appear certain. The law says the regu lations apply to those whose "principal purpose" is to influ ence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of legisla tion. The National association of Manufacturers told the Justice Department in 1947 that the Act did not apply to the NAM be cause its "principal purpose was not to influence legislation. The Justice Department dis agreed; the result was a court suit filed in 1948 by the NAM to test the applicability and con stitutionality of the law. A low er court ruled key sections of the Act unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court in 1952 threw out the decision on a technical ity without ruling on the con stitution question. Found Constitutional On June 7, 1954, the Supreme Court in another case did de clare the law constitutional. Ken nedy and several others conclud ed that the Court ruled oflt regu lation of such indirect lobbying as publishing pamphlets to mould public opinion by defining lobby ing in its decision as "direct communication with Members of Congress on pending or pro posed federal legislation." The challenge facing the law makers is how to regulate lobby ing without violating the First Amendment to the Constitution which" guarantees the right "to petition the government for a redress of grievances." As a special House committee in 1950 put it: "No attempt should be made to prohibit pres sure group activities. Congress From Far and Near.. LtrwHItr't art called to serve in ever widening area, covering all bor ders of Jackson county, throughout the past 22 yean! C. M. Litwiller The exceptionally moderate prices of course are a factor in this steady growth. And the attention given to all personal problems, the care and comfort of Mrs. Litwiller for lady clients, are also most appreciated! And night or day, these services are available to all. A call in need, will convince you! , Litwiller FUNERAL HOME Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal -Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS As this is written. President Eisenhower has just delivered his second inaugural address. The tone of it was set by his pledge to dedicate his second term to "building peace with justice and thwarting interna tional communism and the pow er it controls." He continued: "The designs of that pow er (International communism) though dark in purpose, ara clear in practice. It strives to seal forever the fate of those it has enslaved. It strives to break the ties that united the free. And it strives to capture to exploit for its own great power all forces of change In the world." THEN 1 Having identified interna tional communism (headed by Russia) as the dragon that must be slain before mankind can live in peace and freedom, he added, his jaw jutting as he uttered the words: "AMERICA is called upon to meet the price of peace. ... To counter the threat of those who seek to rule by force, we must pay the costs of our own needed military strength and HELP TO BUILD THE SECURITY OF OTHERS. "Accordingly, our nation Is pledged to honor, and to strive to fortify, the authority of the United Nations." WHY is America committed to " th taslr nf cavinff thp world from the darkness and the slavery of International commu nism? The answer is simple: Only America is strong enough to do the job. WHY should we do It? Again the answer is sim ple :j America can't live as an Is land of peace and happiness and plenty in a world dominated by the foul and heartless principles ol international communism. Although hs didn't use thosa words. President Eisenhower left no doubt that he believes that to be a fact. IN CLOSING, let's cite a brief bit of communications history: The first telegraphed news of a Presidential inauguration was sent in 1845 when a running ac count of James Polk's swearing in was transmitted from Wash ington to Baltimore. The first address to be recorded by mo tion picture was William Mc Kinley's in 1897. The first to be carried by radio was Warren Harding's in 1921. The first transmitted by television " was President Truman's in 1949. PRESIDENT Elsenhower's in augural address this morning was HEARD AND SEEN BY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. There are times when we can't help wondering wheth er the fantastic completeness of modern communications Is good or bad. In this case, it Is ALL GOOD because our fabulous modern communications system enables a great man and a great leader to appeal to all the world. If all the good people in the world can be appealed to, they may be able to head off the wicked machinations of the BAD people. 'Missing' Hungarian Celebrating Birthday Portland U.R) A Hungar ian "freedom fighter" who came to Portland two weeks ago and was the object of a police hunt turned up yesterday afternoon after "celebrating his birthday." Earlier in the day U. S. Im migration officials had joined police in the search for Ferenc Jakab, 23, who was reported last seen Monday morning. v Jakab returned to his home yesterday, surprised by the com motion he had created and said he had gone merely "to celebrate his birthday." and the people can evaluate group pressures properly provid ed they know the identity and financial participation of those who support such operations." (Copyright 1957, Congressional Quarterly) fist Mrs. litwiller r.V ft 1 i "It Is better to know ut and not need in, than to need us and not know us."