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o F0U1 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Morula?. March 25, 1957 MEDfWffl&TRIBUNE "Everyone m Read The ftoutbern Orefoo tlall Tribuna" Published OatlT Except Saturday br MEDFORD PRINTING CO 21-29 North fir St Phone I-SI41 ROBERT W RUHL Editor ITER B GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Mnaer ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS Cltj Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorte Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER SocletT Editor PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Ind e pendent Newspaper Entered aj second claas matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advanca Per Coot 10c. Dally and Sunday One year f 15 00 Daily and Sunday Six monthi 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa 4.25 Sunday Only One rear 1450 By Carrier In Advanca Medford Ashland Centra) Point Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold Mil Phoenix. Shady Cove Rome River Talent and oa motor routes Dally and Sunday One year S18 0O Dally and Sunday One month 1-30 Carrier and Dealer 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advanca Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WXJT-HOLIDAY COMPANY tNC Offices In New York Chicago, de trolt San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland tit Loula Atlanta Vancouver B C N A T I Ots A '. 101 A L O CI A w w. - ' - , ..... i jiii nil TOIlAi ICN L1 NEWSPAPER pubiishers association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Historv from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 25. 1947 (Tuesday) Fir flight of the Southwest Airways between Los Angeles and Medford will be made April 1, according to Postmaster Frank DeSouza. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: K. Jona than, the Ed Watson boy, is busy installing his first set of teeth. While the work is going on, he is not full of raptures. 20 YEARS AGO March 25. 1937 (Thurdiay) Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland will speak at next week's Rotary club meeting. Dwight L. Houghton elected president of the Southern Ore gon banker's association. 30 YEARS AGO March 25. 1927 (Friday) A shipment of fir trees foi reforestation in the Imnaha .dis trict of Crater Lake national park arrives from government nursery at Wind River, wasn. University of Oregon sym phony performs at Hunt's Cra- terian theater. 40 YEARS AGO March 25. 1917 (Sunday) Reduction of freight rate fram San Francisco to Klamath Falls and other southern Ore gon points is delayed due to re straining order issued by Fed eral Judge Frank Ruskin of San Francisco. Movement is started in city schools by Mrs. Alan Brackin reed to forn clubs to work with local branch of American So ciety for Relief of French War "-Orphans. What's Ywr I.Q.? Nina or ten correct la superior) Sev an r.t elrht Is excellent: five as six ta good. 1. Martini cocktails are made with bourbon whiskey, ry whiskey, or gin? 2. The British pound sterling contains 20, 25 or 30 shillings 3. Bible: Which people "built for Pharaoh treasure cities. Fit hom and Raamses T 4. The total number of bones in the human foot is 16, 26 or 36? 5. Name the smallest British colony. 6. Was "Uneas" the "last of the Mohicans" or "the Pathfind er"? 7. The frock coat was given what name in honor of the prince consort of Queen Vic toria? 8. The movement of Mexican Jumping beans is a characteristic of the bean itself, or due to the movement of a larva within the pod? 9. Who wrote "Abandon hope all ye who enter here"? Answers: 1. Gin; 2. Twenty The Israelites, ("Children of Is rael"); 4. Twanty-iix: 5. Gibral tar (2 sq. miles); 6. Last of th Mohicans"; 7. Prince Albert; 8, Movement of larva within tha pod; 9. Dante. SENTENCED Portland 0J.PJ Thomas Rishworth. 50, former television official here. Saturday was sent enced to three years in federal prison for sending obscene let ters through the man. What Is "Delinquency ? The report given by Police Chief Charles Champ lin last week to the effect that nearly half of all ma jor crimes committed in Medford are by juveniles is a shocking one. But we'd better keep it in perspective. The fact is that this series of robberies, burglar ies, rapes, thefts, and so on, is done by a TINY MIN ORITY of our young people. The "problem of juvenile delinquency" is a real one, all right, but it is a problem involving only a frac tion of the young people of the community. TIHEN we recognize this, and the related fact that " the majority of young people are decent, re spectable and well behaved, then we can come face to face with the unsavoiy conclusion that, percentage wise, more crimes are committed by young people than by those in any other age group. Why? We doubt that there is any single answer. There are, rather, a number of contributing factors. Urban living, in our increasingly communal lives, throws groups of young people into closer contact than ever before in histoiy. This can lead to the develop ment of "gangs" or a sort of "mob spirit," which if not directed in proper channels can mean trouble. e HTHE automobile is another factor, and a big one. They are almost universal, now, and permit a mo bility unprecedented in histoiy. The overall tenor of society has changed in the last 40 years. Partly this is the result of two world wars, a great depression, an economic "boom," and an unsettling "cold war," which changed patterns of living and thinking; changed habits of behavior; changed the future outlook both for individuals and for nations. Time magazine's "new normalcy" notwithstand ing, it is not a set and stable society in which we live these days. It is a society in flux ; a civilization grow ing and changing from day to day. Whether this is good or bad we don't know, but we do know that it has an unsettling effect on everyone and perhaps most of all on young people who find no unchanging patterns into which they can fit easily and securely. THROUGHOUT histoiy young people have been wig occivciOf me uirjaiucio, tile lucciiiais auu lug rebels. No generation has been without qualms about its own younger generation." Ours is no exception Older people have made their adjustments, have adapted to the world as it is. The youngsters are still m the process. Most of them do so successfully. It is those who have not, or cannot, make the adjustment that cause the trouble. And, as in everything else, external factors make it more difficult for some than for others. Things like broken homes; lack of parental interest, care or af- ection ; lack of constructive suggestions in answer to the age-old complaint "I don't have anything to DO" these are contributors to lack of security. And so, by golly, is a lack of discipline. By discipline we mean not only a parent s con trol, but a youngster's control over himself. THESE are some of the factors involved. Who's to no one, which isn t quite true, or by saying "every one, which isn t quite true either. (Have you sat in a movie theater recently when a lot of young people are attending? We did last week, and were astounded at the lack of courtesy and consideration, and the downright thoughtlessness and rudeness exhibited by many of the kids.We wondered if their parents were aware of the disgraceful way their sons and daughters act when free from control. And we wondered how many know the theater management has been forced to hire an off-duty police of ficer to patrol the aisles just to keep order.) The situation with which we are confronted, wre are convinced, is not one where the "younger gener ation is going to the dogs. But it is a serious reflection on a rather large too large percentage of families, and of the youngsters themselves. It may even be, as Uuet Lhampnn rather gloomily remarked, that there is a breakdown in the American home." and tha many parents expect teachers, police officers and ministers to rear their children. . Those that care about this problem care deeply, But it is among those that couldn't care less that the problem itself lies. E.A. More Involved in Cutting Budget Than Chopping Appropriations By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Correspondent Washington (U.PJ While Congress flails away at Presi dent Eisenhower's budget, the treasury will wait until mid summer of 1957 to estimate and until July of 1958 to report what was accomplished. To achieve real budget cuts, much more is involved than con gressional votes reducing appro priation bills below administra tion requests. When Mr. Eisenhower submit ted his budget in January the $71.8 billion total was only an estimate of what the government will spend in the fiscal year starting next July 1'. At the same time he asked Congress to vote $73.3 billion in actual new appropriations. Carryover Money Congressional attention is io- cused on the new appropriations HUMPHREY TRIUMPHANT Washington Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey seems likely to have his way in the end, as is his custom. In other words, the national prog ram to emerge from the current session of Con- cTroce Will "Ti'i nrnhahlv he iMIa -faiJ much more a stewait aisop Humphrey program than an Eisenhower program. In the struggle within the Eis enhower Administration which preceded the President's budget message, Humphrey of course fought and bled to hold down and cut back the budget. But his power J . the administration is not quite what it was, and in bills. But some of the money spent in the new fiscal year will come from funds Congress voted in previous years; some will come from the new appropria tions; and some of the money in the new appropriation bills will be spent in later years. Some of the whittling done by Congress on the appropriation bills will save money, some will not. When the lawmakers add up the reductions they have voted, they include some "cuts" which do not save the treasury a dime. For example the House has passed one ' appropriation biU trimming almost $150 million from the budget request for vet erans' pensions and compensa tion. This is not a budget cut, but an expression of hope that the administration overestimat ed what it will need. A Flexible Law How much money is spent for Matter Of FaCt By Stewart Alsop 7 J2 4& he this purpose is fixed by a law which Congress has shown no signs of changing. If the admin istration estimate turns out to be right, Congress will dutifully restore whatever is needed in a "supplemental" appropriation. Many in Congress agree that Mr. Eisenhower's budget is too big. But there is much less agreement about where and how much to cut. Some think the defense budget is too big and some think it should be bigger. Others have the same conflict ing views about reclamation and power projects. As of now it seems a sure thing that a majority in Con gress will vote to trim the ad ministration's $4.4 billion for eign aid program. But Congress will not know how much its action will reduce actual spend ing in the coming fiscal year. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Let's talk for a moment today about SPEED. This thought is prompted by the achievement of a navy Sky Warrior jet bomber that made the round trip yesterday from Los Angeles to New York and back in nine and a half hours. THAT is to say: If vnn had a Skv Warrior jet bomber at your command, you could leave the Pacific Coast after a reasonably early breakfast, have a leisurely lunch in New York . or Washington with friends or business asso cites or prospective customers and be back home on the Coast in time to get to bed at least as early as if you had merely gone out for dinner and a show. PRETTY speedy? Wait! You haven't heard anything yet. CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKEN BACKER, board chairman of Eastern Airlines and one of America's great air heroes, told the Philadelphia Rotary club yesterday that as far as jet travel is concerned continued engine improvement wiU mean that eventually transport planes will fly across America in an hour and across the AUantic in two hours. What that means is that if you were willing to set the alarm and get up as early as you would if you were going duck hunting you could fly to London and have lunch at Claridge's or the Ritz or the Savoy and be back home and ready for the hay as early as if you had just gone out for a night on the town. this preliminary struggle suffered a partial defeat. For example, the requested fiscal 1958 defense budget was up somewhat more than $2 bil lion over the sum requested for the current year. This is a lot' less than the $6 billion increase which Gen. Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff, said last year would be necessary to main tain current Air Fcrce strength. Even so, it is certainly more than Humphrey wanted to spend for defense. It is too early to make any precise predictions about the de fense budget which will even tually emerge from Congress. But for the best guess of the best guessers is that defense, which was increased by $900 million by the Senate last year, will be cut back this year by between one and two billion. This is close to what Humphrey wanted in the first place. a A GAIN, it is no secret that Humphrey is less than an enthusiast for foreign aid. He was no doubt disappointed when the Fairless committee, which was largely his creation, failed to propose cutting the liver and lights out of the program. But again, Humphrey seems likely to have his way ir the end. Current estimates on Capitol Hill are that foreign aid will be reduced by between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. Or take the Eisenhower-spon sored program for Federal aid to schools, with a price tag of just under a half billion dollars in the Eisenhower budget. The school aid bill is probably the most important item in the Eis enhower program of "new Re publicanism. A few weeks ago, it looked as though the school bill would pass rather easily, if the civil rights hurdle could be overcome. Now, there is an increasing tendency in both parties to shy away from the bill. The present prospect is that it will pass only if the Pres ident himself is prepared to make a real fight for it. If the bill does not pass it is exceedingly unlikely that George Humphrey, who is hard ly an evangelical "modern Re publican," will shed tears for it Nor will he weep very bitterly if the costly farm program, an other "modern Republican" item, is cut back sharply, as al so seems possible. Trees Why do people like trees? They do even those who don't make much fuss about it. Almost every residential yard in town has one or two, to break the bleakness of man-made build ings, to give shade and color and greenery. People appreciate parks, where branching trees add so much, ihey like the tunnel-like arches which trees provide for a few of our streets, and which at this time of year are just beginning to come alive. This may account for the quiet and generally fa vorable acceptance of the recently-passed city ordi nance which will encourage the orderly and cooper ative planting of trees, and which will serve to en hance the beauty of our city. a THE project's most ardent and vocal supporter f ore- sees the day when long, sweeping vistas of color will grace the residential parts of town; when fore sight will make possible a unity and symmetry in adornment for some streets, and a blending and con trast for others. The measure is practical (it provides for pro tection of mundane but essential facilities), but it is also idealistic, asking for voluntary cooperation from homeowners who are going to plant trees to insure their plans will conform to an over-all grand design for beauty E.A. pAPTAIN RICK ENBACKER went on to tell the Philadel phia Rotarians that he's predict ing speedy, large-scale travel BETWEEN PLANETS within 50 years. He said these space ships (powered by atomic energy) will carry two thousand passengers at speeds of about 5,000 miles per hour. They will have un limited range, he added, and will be partially self-sustaining planets in themselves. 1 ! ! ! 1 T ET'S get on with the tale. J Dr. Walter Dornberger, German-born expert now living and doing his experting in the United States, says in New Or leans that he can take us to the moon and back IN TEN YEARS All he needs, he says, twenty billion dollars. The 20 billions would cover the cost of the launching satellite platform the spaceship, special landing craft and the cost of designs, navigational aids, training and research. WHERE will the 20 billions " come from? I think I know. They'll come out of the tax payers' pockets for there's no where else for that much money to come from. rpHAT leads to a chillin thought: Will any of us, after paying his taxes, have enough left to buy a ticket to go on one of these J tabuious excursions? I N SHORT, something rather close to the budget Humphrey warted in the first place seems likely to emerge. The main reas on is the pressure on Congress, the most intense in years, to cut spending. The man chiefly re sponsible for generating the pressure is, of course, George Humphrey. Humphrey's famous "curl your hair" press conference, in which he attacked the Administration budget head-on, was the real kick-off for the cut-spending campaign. The campaign, push ed by the Chamber of Com merce and similar organizations, has flooded Congressional offices knee-deep in mail. While the pressure to cut much heavier than ever, more over, the defense of the Presi dent's budget is dishwater-weak Ordinarily, an Administration defends its budget with all the ferocity of a mother protecting a favorite child. But this Admin istration is acting toward its budget more like a mother who leaves an unwanted child on strange doorstep. a T is hardly surprising that the defense of the budget is weak since the i-resiaent nimseu, commenting on Humphrey' statement, seemed to agree with him. In the circumstances, the Republicans feel no obligation to defend, the Eisenhower budget, and neither, naturally enough. do the Democrats. Altogether, it is a queer situa tion, and a tribute to the power and pertinacity of George M Humphrey, a man accustomed to getting his way. If Hum phrey's getting his way means wrecking or watering down the whole Eisenhower program, the defense, foreign aid, and do mestic fields, no one seems to care very mucfi, not even Presi dent Eisenhower. Copyright 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. From Washington Nadler Advances To $128,000 on TV New York (U.R) Teddy Nadler, a $70 a week Army stock clerk, defeated a University of Illinois professor and brought is television quiz show win nings to $128,000 Sunday night Nadler, who had a mortgage on his home when he became a quiz show contestant 10 weeks ago, won $32,000 by beating Dr. Austin Ranney on the subject of the Civil Wur. He also added $8,000 to $88.000 . in winnings from previous appearances by tieing Mrs. Lowell Thomas Jr., daughter-m-law oft he news commentator on the subject of geography. Nadler, from St. Louis, is now third highest quiz show money earner. Leonard Ross, 11, Tu- Junga, Calif., won $164,000 and 31-year-old "ollege instructor, Charles Van Doren, won $129,- 000. In another contest, Polish-born Count Alexander Lukawiecki, Long Beach, Calif., tied at $4,000 in the "hot reds ' category witn Mrs. Caroline Hebb, Locust Valley. N. Y.. the challenger. Both will return next Sunday for the $8,000 question. By Roscoe Drummond THE STILL EXPLOSIVE MIDDLE EAST Washington The candid judgment in Washington is that the Middle East crisis is going to become more explosive, not less, during the coming weeks. Most U.S. officials take an in creasingly gloomy view of Egyptian President Nasser's un cooperative, even "provocative," attitude since the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Thus far President Nasser has done nothing to improve the climate for peace since the United Nations and the United States rescued him from the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion. Cairo has "announced" that it will continue to deny the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping, which means that Egypt asserts the right to use the restored canal as an instrument of na tional politics. That would be a clear repudiation of the "six principles" for the operation of the Suez unanimously approved by the U.N. Security Council and accepted by the Egyptian government. General Nasser appears to be persistently .and successfully elbowing the United Nations forces out of the Gaza Strip from which so many harassing raids were launched against the Israeli frontier. . Although the U.N. General Assembly approved the function of the U.N. Expeditionary Force "to help maintain quiet during and after" the withdrawal of Israeli troops. General Nasser is doing everything he can to un dercut the U.N. either as a means of helping to administer Gaza or to guard the border. Either Nasser will prevail or the U.N. will prevail and that is the nufj of it right now. TT is true that one Israeli freighter has sailed down the Gulf of Aqaba to the Red Sea undisturbed by either Egypt ot Saudi Arabia in using its "right of innocent passage" through in ternational waters. But it is too soon to consider even this issue settled. Cairo continues to talk about barring Israeli ships from plying the waters through which they must pass to reach the Israeli port of U.P. Correspondents Forecast Headlines United Press correspond ents around the world look ahead at the news that will make the headlines. Feelers You can expect Soviet Rus sian feelers at any time for a 'summit" meeting with Presi dent Eisenhower and Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan. London diplomatic sources say Premier Nikolai A'. Bulganin and Com munist Party leader Nikita 5. Khrushchev would like to ar range one as a follow-up to the Eisenhower-Macmillan talks in Bermuda. There's very little chance the President would agree unless he knew the Rus sians really had something to offer. Mr. B. and Mr. fi. wouia settle for a Big Four foreign ministers conference. That one might come off if the current London disarmament negotia tions go well. Meat-Axe Some liberal Democrats tear the economy drive in Congress will get out of hand. They say 11 migiu iiwuuw ble" slash in foreign aid and block school construction and other welfare projects the ad ministration seeks. At the same time, the Democrats are maneu vering to fix blame on the White Threat Charged To Teamster Man Seattle U.R) Police today were investigating a complaint that a Teamsters Union em nlovee made a threatening tele- " - C TT phone call to ine nome ra ard Sylvester, wno xesuiieu icai Thursday before the Senate Rackets committee. Sylvester, a Seattle real estate dealer and public relations man, sairt his wife received an anony mous call Thursday night alter he had appeared before the com mittee. "Never mind who's calling," Mrs. Sylvester quoted the caller as saying. "I just want to tell Howard he'll be sorry he ever testified and I'll get even with him some day." Mrs. Sylvester contended she recognized the man's voice. However, she didn't report the incident to police until after her husband returned home Satur day. Sylvester said he had given police the name of the suspect and challenged him to take a lie detector test. Sylvester said he had handled real estate deals for Teamsters President Dave Beck and Thurs day told the Senate committee the teamsters wanted to domi nate a campaign against a right to work measure defeated in this state during the last general election. He asserted the union owed him $10,000 for his work in the campaign. House for any "meat-axe" cuts. They will say the President fail ed to comply with the House resolution asking him to tell Congress where the budget should be trimmed. Surge Information in Western Euror pean capitals indicates a surge of anti-Semitic feeling in Poland. It comes not from the govern ment or the Communist Party leadership, but from both Red "Stalinist" elements and Polish ultra-nationalists out in the grass roots. Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka is reported to be worried over it and to be doing all he can to discourage it. But it continues, reports say. Refinement This year's atomic tests in Nevada are expected to start in mid-May and to go on through the summer. A dozen or more shots are scheduled all small compared to the H-bomb. Pur pose of the new tests is to refine atomic warheads for field weap ons, anti-aircraft missiles, and other tactical uses. Newsmen and civil defense officials will be permitted to witness 'some shots. Bottling Don't' look for early House of Representatives action on civil rights. True, the House Ju diciary Committee has approved a bill much like that the admin istration requested. But it still must be cleared to the floor by the Rules Committee. Chairman of this committee is Democratic Rep. Howard W. Smith, a leader in the southern drive to bottle up the bill. Elath. It may soon be more than talk because Egyptian troops are now reported to be moving tor ward Sharm el Sheikh where installations survey the Gulf of Aqaba. President Nasser justifies these anti-Israel practices with the assertion that Israel "must not be rewarded for aggression.' This is an empty justification. If the basis for discrimina tion against Israeli ships in the use of the Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba is the recent invasion, then there was no basis for such discrimination before the in vasion. Of course, Israel should not be "rewarded for aggression," but it is not "reward" for Israel to receive the fair and impartial treatment which she, in right, deserved to receive and the denial of which helped to bring on the invasion. The United Nations Assembly has overwhelmingly condemned both the Israeli invasion and Egypt's discriminations against Israel. Now that Israel has obeyed the U.N. resolution, are we to accept the fantastic Egyptian "contention that Egypt does not need to cease its provocations on the ground that to do so would "reward" Israel? ALL of these are the reasons why the hardest tests in the Middle East still lie ahead for - the United Nations and the United States. For years the U.N. "resolved against" but did nothing to stop the Egyptian provocations against Israel. Will it act effect ively if these provocations are, in fact, resumed? We shouldn't overlook the fact that the U.N. did not get Israel out of Egypt. It was the U.S. which persuaded Israel to with draw after we assured Premier Ben-Gurion that we would act ively and energetically work to realize the "assumptions" on which she was withdrawing; freedom for Israeli shipping, freedom from the Gaza raids. In many ways Israel is today resting her safety and perhaps even her survival upon the good faith and good offices of the United States. If Mr. Nasser con tinues in his present course, the U.S., by itself and through the U.N. will be called upon to prove that these "assurances" are strong, not weak. The peace and stability of the entire Middle East will be at stake. Copyright 1957 New York Herald Tribune Ine. MISS IN MOTOR Detroit (U.R) With Lois Winterberg it's a case of the course before the car. On com pleting a high school course in driver mechanics, Miss Winter berg said: "Now that I know what makes cars run, I think I'll learn to drive one." Top Men Ask Prayer Cabinet meetings are always opened with prayer. Since be coming President, Mr. Eisenhow er has missed church attend ance but few times. Many Sen a t o r s at tend Devotion al Breakfasts. "Church mem bership does not save you."' Only Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour counts. Good works are out so far as being saved has to do. When you accept Christ as having died for your sins, the Holy Spirit quickens you to do the work that pleases God. 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