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10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22. 1347 (Saturday)
Confirmation is received that
Southwest Airway's will extend
lis feeder airline system to Med
ford from its prent northern
California terminal points of
Redding) and Eur$a,
From Arthur "Perry'i Ye
Smudge Pot column: There Is
considerable 'demand the legis
lature adjourn sine quit, instead
of the usual sii die.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22. 1937 (8ooay)
Less than 1,000 of estimated
2,900 Qfog owner in Jackson
county hae procured 1937 dog
licenses, according to county
clerk.
Organization of a club for en
listed men of ompany A, 186th
lnfary of the Oregon National
Guard is announced.
80 YRS AG?)
Feb. 22. 1927 ("Pueaday)
The railroad embargo situa
tion in the Medford district,
caused by the food, is slowly
lifting and through tralfic may
be started before midnight.
County Commissioner Victor
Bursell etSimos damage to
roads at not less than 1100,000.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22, 1917 (YnurUay)
America's big White Star liner
Celtic hits mine near, Liverpool
and is tow&l back to that port.
From Local and Personal col'
umn: Mayor C. E. Gates leaves
for Prtland where he will at
tendto business matters.
What's Toir I.Q.?
Mn or ten qprrert li superior; ser
en or eight I excellent; liva w
six is good.
1. The first American school
in Minnesota was established at
St. Paul in 1847; true or false?
2. The popular name of Massa
. chusetts is "B S "?
3. Bible: Were the ancient He
brews a thoughtful, meditative,
race, or an aggressive people?
4. Singapore fell to the Jap
anese on Feb. 15, in 1940, 1942
or 1943?"
5. In 0which book is the
"Slough of Despond" described?
6. Was Admiral Halsey or
Kimitz the chiW of the U. S.
Pacific naval fqrem at the time
cf the Japese surrender?
1 7. At which pariod of the day
:are the simplest weddings usual
ly held?
' " 8. Horseradish sauce is fre
quently used ith beef cooked
in what style?
9. Arr "some way" and "some
ways" ctr.ectly written as one
or two words?
10. "A little murder now and
then, A littc bit of burglariz
i&A, Owon't arn the haye of
feflow-men K much as be
ing P-
Answers: . Tirae; t. Bay State;
3. Thoughtl. ssediiaiive;
1942. SuBg's "Pilgrim's
Progress": . fiaaitz: 7. Morn
ing; 8. Boil3: words;
10. Patroniziaf.
Unsmiling Han D'sj
In Florida at Age 56
St. Petersburg. Fla. vU.RI
Kay Hartsell. whose deadpan,
unsmiling face made him famous
as an actor and stunt perform
er died here Thursday. He was
Hartsell called himself the
"mechanical man" and for years
successfully defied anyone to
make him smile. He acted in nu
merous movie shorts and was on
the cast of the show "Hellza
poppin" for eight years.
4 -ASSOCIATION
MAIL TRIBUNE
Salem
Although today is the
of the state legislature, it
with any clarity whether it can be classed as a sue
cessful session, or as a "bust."
Veteran newsmen, legislators and state officials
in Salem are fairly unanimtfus in their judgment that
the session has gotten off to one of the slowest starts
in many years. There are a number of reasons lor this.
One reason is a general lack of experience of many
members, who require several weeks to "leam the
ropes" of legislative procedures, and the intricacies
of the system of committees, where most of the 1m
portant decisions are made.
Another, though perhaps less important reason, is
the partisanship more in evidence this year than at any
session since the lSoOs.
.
TT IS a fact, however, that in the House, now con
A trolled by the Democrats there is less partisan
haggling than m the benate, which is split 15-15. lhe
Democrats know they can win on party issues in the
House, and the Republicans realize it is of little use
to fret about it.
But even in the Senate, the divisions have been
strictly on party lines in only a few instances.
The parties hold caucuses frequently to plan
strategy in party matters, and 'while partisanship
doesn't boil to the surface on many matters, the fact
of the potential division is always present:
The change in administration, too, has brought
many other changes in the Capitol and the state of
fice buildings, although this has been largely limited
to the top administrative positions, leaving the career
civil servants in their jobs.
DEN DAY, former state Senator and rancher from
Jackson county, is now completing his final year
in law school at Willamette university. After years of
f arming and ranching in' the Sams Valley area, and
several sessions in the legislature, Day decided to
take the added schooling necessary for a law degree.
He is scheduled to graduate in June, .take the
state bar examination during the summer and, if suc
cessful, will return to Medford in the fall to open his
law office.
During this session he has been retained by the
state organization of court reporters to do some lob
bying for them. They want tighter formal standards
for court reporters, and are asking the legislature to
make the standards and examinations official.
AXITH the introduction of two railroad regulation
bills this week by two Jackson county legislators,
the railroad lobby can be expected to step up its
activity.
The lobby is headed by Harold Turner, dean of
the legislative lobbyists, who is highly respected and
largely responsible tor its potent influence. It is not
a flamboyant lobby, but it is highly effective.
Turner, who has said that this will be his last year
in Salem to represent the
liked personally by most legislators who know him
and he knows almost all of them. He is an affable and
gregarious individual, but his power does not stem
from that fact. It derives from the local agents of the
five railroads he serves.
Say a bill calls for legislation which could hurt
the railroads. The call will go out through the organi
zation to every city in Oregon in which there is a rail
road office. The local men, almost always liked and
respected in their own communities, start working
among their friends and business associates, who in
turn then will let the legislators from their own dis
tricts hear from them in support of the railroads.
Faced with this home-town reaction, which can
and sometimes does amount to a deluge of mail on a
single issue, it is a strong-minded legislator indeed
who can continue in his support of the measure
unless there is a stronger countervailing force.
For, after all, legislators feel bound in most cases
to do what their constituents want. And if all the evi
dence available points in one direction, that is the
direction they are most likely to follow.
CPEAKING of lobbyists, there are more of them at
this session than there are legislators. Many of
them serve a highly useful function, in providing ex
pert and detailed information in their fields.
One of the most respected this year is Lester
Adams of Jackson county, manager of the Oregon
Milk Producers. He uses no high-pressure tactics, sel
dom if ever even offers to buy a dinner for a legis
lator, but is always available to provide facts and
figures on the dairy industry.
In common with other members of the so-called
"third house" of the legislature, one of Adams most
important functions is to "bird dog" bills that is to
check measures which could have a bearing on the
milk producers, and to keep them informed.
"IIITH the hundreds of bills on all imaginable sub-
jects, all of which are potential laws, the lobby
ists constitute a highly effective means of making it
possible for people with interests to protect to know
what is going on, and how it will affect them.
It is one way in which citizens can exercise their
constitutional right to petition their government, and
to make their own voices heard.
An unofficial count of lobbyists at this session,
taken when the legislature convened, showed 98 of
them, compared to the 90 members of the two houses.
There probably are a few more than this who stay in
Salem much of the time. And of course there are hun
dreds of people who come to Salem once or twice
during a session to confer with members on one or
more bills in which they have a special interest.
As private citizens, they probably could not be
classed formally as lobbyists, but they are certainly
engaged in lobbying activity. E.A.
Frldy. February 22, 1937
Report
40th day of the 1957 session
13 still too early to foresee
interests of the railroads, is
American Communists
Just Might Be Near
Break With Moscow
ByJIOSE DRUMMOND
Washington It w o u 1 d be
shortsighted as well as inaccur
ate to say that the Communist
party in the United States can
never free itself from Moscow
control.
It could and "maybe it will.
I wouldn't accept the Commu
nist party's own say-so that the
event has already taken place.
We'll know when and if the
Communist party quits being the
tool of the Soviet Union. It will
take more than vague words in
a vague resolution to prove it.
There, is, of course, every rea
son to welcome, as the lesser of
two evils, the nationalist trend
which some Communist parties
are taking, a trend away from
total Kremlin subservience. Tito
started it and Titoism became
so strong that Moscow has had
to pretend that it likes it. Na
tionalist Communism has won
out in Poland. It almost carried
Hungary totally outside the
Soviet orbit until the Kremlin
pulled the iron reins up short.
There are visible stirring in the
Communist parties throughout
western Europe for some inde
pendence of Soviet dictation.
In New Role?
And now some perhaps
most of the leaders of the
Communist Party in the United
States say they are for the same
thing and at their recent na
tional convention in -New York
they passed a resolution which
their press officer (reporters
were not allowed to cover the
proceedings at first hand) inter
preted as meaning that they
were "freeing themselves from
the Moscow party line."
Are they really? Or are they
only appearing to do so because
it seems momentarily prudent?
No political party in this coun
try which puts loyalty to a for
eign power ahead of loyalty to
the United States, which is con
trolled by and is willingly the
instrument of a foreign govern
ment and whose leaders find ex
cuses to condone the Soviet re
pression of the brave Hungarians
who dare fight for their free
dom no such political party
can expect to win credentials
with the American people.
This is why Robert S. Bird,
the sagacious New York Herald
Tribune correspondent- covering
the Red meeting in New York,
wrote:
"As matters now stand,
(Communist) Party policy-makers
may or may not follow the
Moscow line as they choose. One
effect of the switch from tradi
tional enslavement to Moscow
dictates will be to give the party
an unaccustomed freedom of
maneuver in shifting to new posi
tions to meeting changing situa
tions in this country. The party
hope is that it will help in end
ing its present isolation on the
American scene, and its low
prestige where it formerly had
strength."
Not Broken
The American Communists
have not broken with their Mos
cow idols but have only "re
solved" that they might do so.
How precise was the resolve?
Well, you can decide. The Ameri
can Communists who said they
wanted to be independent of
Moscow iavored a resolution
which stated that the Commu
nist Party in the United States
"interprets and applies the prin
ciples" of Marx, Engels and
Lenin, and those who said they
Have A
This. Sunday (February
as Heart Sunday, the day on which our neighbors
will call at our homes to receive our contributions to
the 1957 Heart Fund campaign of the Oregon Heart
Association. .
These Heart Sunday volunteers are generously
contributing their time and energy to assist in the
efforts of the Oregon Heart Association to combat
the heart diseases in our community. These volunteers
are dedicated citizens who merit the admiration and
heartfelt thanks of all of us. We all profit from their
efforts.
But we can and should do more than admire their
devotion. We should, first of all, greet our heart vol
unteers warmly and make them welcome when they
ring our doorbells this Sunday afternoon, probably
between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. Secondly, when
they hand us our heart Fund contribution envelopes,
we should give wholeheartedly in recognition not only
of their efforts but of the benefits to the entire com
munity that our contributions will help make possible.
17 ACH of us must decide individually how much that
Jl contribution should be. Remember that the dis
eases of the heart and circulation are the leading
health menace in Oregon and the nation ; that there
are serious gaps in our knowledge about the heart
diseases; and that leading cardiologists believe that,
with intensified research, the heart problem can
eventually be brought under control... It should be
pointed out that during the coming year, the Oregon
Heart Association's over-all contribution to research
will total approximately $81,000 . . . and much of this
fine work is being done at 6ur own University of Ore
gon Medical School.
In making our decision, let us remember to give
generously not only for our own hearts, but for all
the hearts we love. O.H.A.
wanfprl in hp ripnenrient nn Mf
cow wanted to substitute the.
words creatively applies of
"interprets and applies." There
it is. The phrase "interprets"
won out and all the anti-in-terpret
Communist leaders were
put back on the Party executive
committee.
This distinction may some
time prove to be full of dif
ference.. "Deviationist" is a rough epi
thet in the Communist vocabu
lary. Perhaps the majority of
American Communists is assert
ing its right to be deviationist
if it wished. But it remains to
be seen whether this is a pru
dent tactic.
The Crooked Line
The judgment of the Sub
versive Activities Control Board
that the Communist Party is in
fact a "Soviet tool" rests upon
a long record of acts, not on
words along. When Russia at
tacked and annexed part of tiny
Finland, the American Commu
nists thought it was dandy. They
hated Hitler one month and
loved him the next after
Stalin made his deal with Hitler.
When the Nazis attacked Po
land and France and Britain,
this was an "imperialist" war.
But when the Nazis attacked the
Soviet Union, then to the Ameri
can Communists it was time to
resist not before.
I wouldn't want to deter the
American Communists from go
ing Titoist but I suggest we wait
to find out whether they really
are.
Copyright 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Editorial
Comment
HUSH FOR THE
DEAD RADICALS
Mrs. Charlotte Rush of Den
ver, Colo., is a bulwark of the
dead-radical-worshipping Daugh
ters of the American Revolution.
For 11 years now she has of
ficiated at a yawning little Lin
coln Day ceremony at the Colo
rado Industrial School for Boys,
wherein the good gray DAR pre
sents a new flag to the little
boys sitting out naughtiness in
the cooler. It is a high point of
the year for Mrs. Rush and her
sister 100 per cent Americans,
but not for those who are forced
forgone reason or another to at
tend, as this writer once was. .
But Mrs. Rush's glory her
patriotic fulfillment is no
more.
This year she put her foot in
it with a comment that she never
nllnwprl ' "a Mexican bov" to
carry Old Glory during the fes
tivities. Her comment reached
print through the auspices of an
uncouth newspaper reporter,
probably a son of immigrants.
All something broke loose.
The nrpss rlplueed indignation.
The governor banned the DAR
from all state ceremonies, lhe
Colorado House of Representa
tives memorialized against Mrs.
Rush. (The Mexican vote is po
tent m Colorado).
All of which prompted apol
oeies from Mrs. Rush and the
Denver chapter of the Daugh
ters. But why apologize, ladies?
If that s the way you leel wny
be sorry about saying it out
loud?
Worshippers of ancestors must
Heart
24) has been designated
Israeli Impasse, New European
Customs Union, Top Weeks News
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international
balance sheet:
The grave situation brought
about by Israel's refusal to with
draw its invasion forces from
two Egyptian
areas reached
its climax in
the United Na
tions. The U.N. Gen
eral Assembly
was ready t o
consider "sanc
tions" against
Israel if it per
sisted in its re
Charles McCann
fusal. Six West-
era European nations aereed to
form a historic union for coop
eration which is intended to pro
vide a common market, without
tariff barriers, for 160 million
people.
A delegation of economic ex
perts from Poland arrived in
the United States to seek Amer
ican credits of $100 to $150 mil
lion needed to strengthen the
"independent" Communist re
gime of Wladyslaw Gomulka.
The negotiations were the first
of major importance which the
United States has entered for
years with any Communist
country but Yugoslavia, which
like Poland had broken awav
from Russian domination.
Israel
Israel had defied demands bv
the U.N., and personal appeals
by President Eisenhower to
Prime Minister David Ben-Gur-
ion, that it evacuate the Gaza
and Aqaba Gulf Coast areas
which it seized when it invaded
Egypt last Oct. 29.
Israel demanded that, as the
price of withdrawal, it be given
guarantees: (1) That . means
would be provided to prevent
guerilla raids on Israel from the
Gaza area on the Egyptian fron
tier; (2) That its ships would be
given the right of free passage
through the Aqaba Gulf, com-
Communications
Use "SP" for Freeway
To the Editor: I have read
with regret the decision of the
State Highway commission to
make the Hawthorne Park route
the future super - liighway
through Medford. This plan is
most costly, will require many
homes to be condemned, destroy
the natural beauty of the city
park, and will prove costly be
yond reason with all the access
es, overpasses, underpasses,
bridges and what have you.
The Highway commission has
overlooked the most feasible
route through the valley, and in
view of these circumstances I
propose the following route.
First of all, be it established that
the Southern Pacific (friendless
to Southern Oregon) has served
its usefullness in all capacities
They have eliminated their hor
rible excuses for passenger ser
vice. They have reduced our
freight schedule to an ice-age ex
cuse for shippers. It recently
took five days for a car of lum
ber to come from Grants Pass.
They lost a car recenUy for the
same shipper between Medford
and Eugene and found it seven
days later out in the boondocks
somewhere.' Also they have tied
up traffic with these petty street
repairs. You still get the jolt of
your life crossing the tracks at
Main street. Cars have been
lined up for blocks because they
usually decide to do their anU-
quated switching during our
busiest rush hours. In short they
serve no good, create everything
from heart trouble to ulcers and
are a menace to say the least.
Sure, they have a team-track for
loading in the city, but this is
also outmoded and outdated.
They spend millions in Eugene,
Klamath Falls, and Portland
with modernization schemes but
they forget about the Siskiyou
route entirely.
Now they could route the
rusty rails along the western
part of the valley or tear them
up entirely. We get fast service
by the trucking lines; the bus
lines will haul small packages
for only a .82 minimum charge
from Portland, and our airlines
can handle the rest. Car load
shipments could originate north
of here and south of here. Why,
out at White City, they have a
switching railroad that puts the
Espee to shame.
Here is my proposal. Get the
SP out of town. Then pave the
tracks over or sell them for
scrap iron. A community bon
fire out of the rotten ties would
start off a victory celebration.
Then pave the whole thing solid
and you have the basis for the
sensible, logical, suitable super
highway straight through the
center of the city. Think of it.
No bridges. No curves. No other
problems. What progress!!
Please be advised that this
plan listed above has been giv
en several hours of painstaking
study and thought. Saye the
Park. Save those homes. Spare
the orchards. Out with horse and
buggy railroading.
Howard R. Brooks,
PO Box 828, Medford.
not bow before the tides, you
know, even if it does deny you
the patriotic fulfillment of pre
senting a flag each year to 100
per cent white Caucasion Amer
ican reform school kids.
Cooi Bay Times.
manded by Egyptian shore bat
teries, to its port of Elath.
President Eisenhower said in
an earnestly-delivered television
and radio speech to the Ameri
can people Wednesday night,
that unless Israel gave in "the
U. N. has no choice but to exert
pressure" against it.
The U. N. assembly was called
to meet this afternoon to decide
whether to exert the pressure
possibly in the form of penal
ties which might cripple Israel's
economy.
Customs Union
The prime ministers of France,
West Germany, Italy, The Neth
erlands, Belgium and Luxem
bourg agreed to enter a customs
union which would provide a
tariff-free common market for
their countries.
The plan, fulfillment of a
dream of statesmen for many
years, was calculated eventually
to result in a virtual merger of
their economies.
Under the agreement, the six
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although
under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication
is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words.
Needless Extravagance
' To the Editor: I read some
time ago that our president be
lieves, and has maintained for
the umteenth time that an in
come tax cut would be "unwise
at this time." He has stated that
"prosperity is up to the people."
And yet no matter how we wage
earners work to provide our
families with the necessities of
life, our government relieves us
of nearly one fifth of our earn
ings before we even see it!
And if our government con
tinues as in the past taxes must
surely go even higher to keep
abreast of federal spending.
If it is unwise to give our own
people enough of their own earn
ings to enable them to buy those
things our generation has be
come accustomed to taking for
granted as necessities, then it is
also unwise to take from us in
order to give even greater sums
to foreign countries, and for the
purpose of such unnecessary
things as $25,000 retirements for
ex-presidents, and office help
furnished the jest of his days.
Also, adding thousands to our
vice president's already' huge tax
free expense accounts so that he
might travel around this coun
try getting set for the next elec
tion. There is also a small mat
ter of a "more private" home in
Washington for our president.
Where is it going to end? I
thought our government was try
ing to reduce the budget?
In case you didn't know, "We
the people" will have to pay for
this sort of nonsense. No won
der our taxes are the highest
ever in peace time, and with no
relief seen in the immediate fu
ture. In fact there never will be
unless We, you and I, write to
our congressmen asking them to
put a halt to all such unneces
sary extravagance. Our country
certainly cannot afford it.
S. J. Dodge,
504 Austin st.
Medford, Ore.
The Indeipeniable Man
To the Editor: In these tumul
tuous times, when nations are
sppkinir suDerioritv. races seek
ing supremacy, religious organi
zations claiming to be tne oniy
way," political parties continu
ous! v bickering over who is
right, social climbers who have
lnst their sociability to the com
mon man, and individuals who
are suf ferine from a superiority
complex, the following poem by
an unknown author is a "thought
seed," that would do well to
11 Mparts, regardless of
race, color, creed, political par
ty, or social standing.
Sometime, when you're feel
ing important,
Sometime, when your ego's in
bloom
Sometime, when you take it
for granted
That you're the best man in
the room;
Sometime, when you think
that your going
Would leave an unfillable
hole.
Just follow this simple direc
tion And see how it humbles your
soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with
water,
Put your hand in it up to the
wrist.
Take it out and the hole that's
remaining '
Is a measure of how you'll be
missed.
You may splash all you wish
as you enter,
You may stir up the water
. galore,
But stop it and just in a
minute.
It looks much the same as be
fore. .
Now the moral of this little
lesson
Is to do the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself, but re
member
There is no indispensable man.
Mrs. Helga Mitchell
Rt. 1, Box 7B
Jacksonville, Ore.
countries also will pool atomic
energy resources for peaceful
purposes.
Poland
Poland succeeded last fall,
under the skillfull guidance of
Communist chieftain Gomulka,
in breaking away from Russian
domination. But its position was
still precarious. Gomulka had
succeeded in overcoming the re
sistance of those Polish Reds who
opposed the breakaway. But Po
land's economic weakness re
mained an acute danger, in that
it might lead to fatal popular
discontent.
The United States, after long
consideration, decided that it
was justified in aiding Poland
and thus strengthening the
breach in Russia's satellite em
pire. There was every indication
that the Polish delegation which
arrived in the United States
Thursday would go home with a
promise of substantial and eco
nomic aid.
From the Engineers
To the Editor: We wish to ex
press our appreciation of the at
tention you gave to National
Engineer's Week in your Sun
day, Feb. 17, edition, under the
by-line of Elliot Carlson.
It was an excellent article and
exactly what we had in mind
when we asked your coopera
tion. James K. Hoey,
President
Rogue Valley Section
Professional Engineers
of Oregon,
56 Quince st.,
Medford, Ore.
They Need Help
To the Editor: We, parents
and friends of the retarded, are
grateful to you for printing the
fine article: Association of Re
tarded Children Lists. Program
in your Thursday, Feb. 14, issue.
It was the best Valentine you
could have given to us.
Living with a beloved son that
is limited by retardation is' a
frustrating and sad condition. It
creates a longing in the heart,
a prayer in the silence of the
night that some blessed day
these children, too, will receive
help according to their limited
ability. Not "pinch penny" help,
but help gladly given by a truly
enlightened community.
Thank you, Medford Mail
Tribune, for helping folks un
derstand our problem. The
House Bills, 371, 385, 115, and
Senate Joint Resolution No. 6,
need the support of every coun
ty in Oregon if they are to pass.
Your own Senator Phil Low
ery is putting his shoulder to
the wheel of this mighty prob
lem. We are grateful and we
will help all we can.
Thank you, Medford Mail
Tribune.
Mrs. Neil Hachenberg,
Secretary, Friends of
Retarded Children
519 SE "H" St.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
From a "Mended Heart"
To the Editor: A president had
polio, and a March of Dimes re
search program ($957 collected
per victim annually) has licked
polio. Another president has had
heart disease. When the monies
collected for heart research can
be advanced from $1.20 annual
ly per victim, as now, to $957,
perhaps we can lick heart dis
ease too.
The money someone gave for
research in heart disease and
heart surgery saved the life of
the writer when he was at the.,
point of death. I therefore want
to aid the drive of heart organi
zations to raise money for heart
research. Some 100,000 persons
in the United States today have
had heart surgery; and the ma
jority of these feel similarly ob
ligated, especially the 2,000 such
persons united in a nationwide
organization' called "Mended
Hearts."
Wives should understand that
the conquest of heart disease
will reduce their chance of pre
mature widowhood. Also, the
better able a wife is to take care
of her husband's heart, the bet
ter able he will be to take care
of her and the longer.
About 10,000,000 persons in
this country currently have
heart disease in some form (1
out of 16), including 500,000
children of school age. In 1955,
diseases of the heart and circu
lation were responsible for 53
per cent of all deaths at all ages.
Of those who died, 29 per cent
were under 65.
Because of research in heart
disease, a famous president who
had a heart attack also made a
dramatic return to the living.
Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing
if, in his name, Americans ral
lied to support the Heart Fund?!
Any reader who wishes to help
by becoming a doorbell ringer
should address the Heart Fund,
care Postmaster, his own com
munity. George Lawton, Ph.D.y
7 West 96th st., '
New York City.