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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 2. 1947 (Wednesday)
Work has been started on dis
mantling two buildings at Camp
White recently purchased by th-e
Medford Girl Scouts.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Stockmen
report the grass was never green
er, with no shortage of cows te
eat it.
20 YEARS AGO
April 2. 1937 (Friday)
Spatz Brothers, prominent er
chardists, announce the pur
chase of the Sgobel asd Day
packing plant on Seutti Fir st.
Postal receipts far tfee first
quarter of 1937 tetal $23,872.
27, as compared with $22,014.22
in 1396, according te SsstoRa'Sitor
Frank DeSouza.
30 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1927 (Saturday)
Southern Oregon Bfctrk-i esw
vention of Knights eif Pythias
held in Ashland is iG$ie'e& sris
cessful. The Jacksonville Fs1, 5ik&
has been published f tfcs pas4
50 years, ceased im exist witJa
yesterday's issue, accsT ito
W. T. Bray, publisher.
40 YEARS AGO
April 2. 191? (Men4y)
Physical training ste
departments of Medfwrd pafeJie
schools will hold a pregracs f
music, drills, folk games aEid
exercises at the Page measss
April 20.
J. E. Larson, extension flj-
cialist at Oregon Agricultural
college, will speak in Medfeed
this week.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior; gasm
en er eight Is excellent; s
six Is good.
1. Hamilton and Stone applied
the first particular kind of ra4i
isotope to a clinical problem; i
what way was it unique?
2. What are capons?
3. Bible: Sepphoris and Ti!8s7
ias, a few miles north of Naaa?
eth, were on the Lake of (3 e.
4. Liverwort is a sausage,
plant or disease of the liver?
5. Have any two identical
snowflakes ever been found?
6. What Japanese war crim
inal has been called "Tiger
Malaya"?
7. Is Canada a member of the
Pan-American Union?
8. Which state is nicknamsd
"Lone Star State"?
9. Corporal (adj.) means bod
ily (as bodily punishment). Spell
a similar word meaning bodily
(physical), the opposite of spir
itual? 10. Wrote David Tuvill In
1638. "Honesty is the best"
what?
Answers: 1. It wai man-made
by them. 2. Costraled roosters.
3. Galilee. 4. Plant. 5. No. 6.
Tohoyuki Yamashila. 7. No. 8.
Texas. 9. Corporeal. 10. "pol
icy." HE'S NO SINNER
New York a'U.R) The Appel
late division of State Supreme
court ruled Monday that Dar
win Deen, 36, did not violate the
Sabbath law when he painted
his mother-in-law'i Louse on
Sunday.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Advice to Mayor Schrunk
As the "Portland mess" continues to be tried in
the newspapers we might as well put in our two-bits-worth.
S we give the following unsolicited advice to
Mayr Terry Schrunk of Portland, to-wit :
f OU, Mr. Schrunk, above everyone else, knew the
- facts m this case. You KNOW whether the charge
of taking a $500 bribe, for. example, was true or false.,
a faet or a "frame-up."
If yoa know it was tke f&nme then why put year
self a.ad t&e s&&& to wamQ8$ wMg, a
trial?
Would & ei& teistef la? pm, Ml -SB fisailLi,
if you wo'uM simply eMofsg, 5i4! Ite'&ss? $ggl$
the isaerey of the &wfc?
PROM all aecouflte yw vzm-&- rfiteMsIs tr&
good. You obvio-udy Lave mmtf fc-yal friigimidta,
what your punis-hm-e-nt would he is sthg tw tlg
courts to deckle, but it fe re-asona-a-bk l ggswmie id
would fog loss witJiewfc ftgM ftsa fsitlt Eai-J g
guilty rtraiei.
CO WHY e4 "fum-up' mi. gt ft tw wikf
You are eoasnparaiively young, t-h.rg wrg fri
ably estimating eireumi-tanees, tW k Fas-m t
believe that after as-rvisg yo-ur ter-m ol prnkhme-nl,
there would hm maay o your I'rknek ?,fw m4 wriS
ing to help you.
As stated this sdrie is gratuitous an& a &q
sumption you A-1E guifty i charged in. & .pi-mi. pwj
indictment.
If you are NOT, a-iid yo-u ang m wfeo
KNOWS then your eomr is plain ; fight fcke cfearge
until the cows coime home, and every fadr-aidd and
right-thinkinf citizen in the state, &h eQMvieedi l
this truth, will help yo.
TT IS UP to you. You know tk f &etg 'lueitey ifam
- one ela can know the-m.
Why not plot your eourag el SiCiieoH wr, Ssa fsswral
ance with them? l.W.l.
No Chang
It is interesting to note that former Govme
Elmo Smith has purchased the Cronise intereit iia t-h
Albany Democrat-Herald. This impresses us m, in
most appropriate and harmonious consumation.
In fact we doubt that any readers of the Albany
paper, not apprised of the
ever suspect it.
Our former Governor might change the nam t
Albany-REPUBLICAN-Herald, for he sees red when
ever he sees "Democrat" spelled with a capital "D,"
but probably he will do nothing even about that, for
the present.
And in all other directions he will, it may be as
sumed, operate the Democrat-Herald as it has been
operated under its former management, for many
years.
That is, it will b eientially a business operat-io-ia
with more emphasis on the "profit and lous" kprt
E&ent than on the news aiad editorial.
"THIS is no mm.
- A majority of newspapers in th country, fts.fr
tkulaiiy in Oregon, follow the same procedure. They
mail the "G.O.P." fla,f to their masthead in some
eases even padlock it and throw away the key then
go on from there, more concerned with what comes
iato the office than what g oes out from the sanctum
"sanctorum."
And they, have a point. For unless the former
keeps out of the red the latter can't keep going at all.
The only point we wish to make is that some news
f&pers overdo it. And under its new ownership the
Albany paper will, in opinion, continue to be aie
tiem. K.W.R.
'Think it Through"
ii4'T off ri the lemws I sevwal sew
poli-tdesl coEnmntatoir-s recently. Most the-m have
di'eflly egapk$aae4 tk s-g'-n-feswesF hm&jmm
k ve?.
Vki& m fi4eu3tsi &m f eenrlei Mitkdi
"Tiiiak it ThroHgfe" hj ee-rta-in S. W. Muit&n. We
know nothing abwl Islutton except k esm't fee thm
kea4 of the well kuwia S-t-Mk-ltroke-r &m sAstse fei
itials are "E. M."
lut he iam, wr-K $tvm ih New Ten4 st-c
ehange poiiat-of-view.
jlere is a sampk, qwfe :
Last fall I read ttoat Mie.Fy A. Wal-!ase vas g.seag sJ
fi? Ktr. Eisesbe-wer. Tfeis sit-rae'k rae as stra-S'ffe.
Wbe.a F.D.K. diteked Caiet-us Jia&k Ga-naer f-sr Hien-y im.
1948, it ea.vw.esl ssjimy .essieerats severe pai-ia. B-ut fe&Ssise
Kenry evea &t era Frniklii's nerves, so mmefo tfe-aot
ke vsf-ais ditched is-r Tn3.5aa.s1 ia 1944.
Wfeen Truraan Faia sat Feeieetion ia '48, Hen-ry raa wita
t.We waging cewbey, Glera Taylo.r of Idaho, on a "Pfot
p?e.ssive" platforsa, writtea cai-efly by the leftwing pref'es.
ser, Rexfiord Guy Tugwell. Hr-mry thought that Harry w.as
to ceaservative.
Sa whea Henry raid fee wa-s supporting Ike, I saoid:
"Glory be! The mans Fe5rsaed! Welcome home, Henry!"
You remember Heary's fasaous speech in 1942 -whea be
told of telling Madame Litviaev, "the object of this war is
to make sure that everybedy ia tfee world has tfee jafivileg.e
of drinking a quart ef Milk every day."
Henry soon denied that he wa,s serious about putting
such a heavy burden oa our cows, but he did insist that
T.V.A.'s and such like should be built all over the globe and
that "the world is ONE family with ONE future."
On January 21st last, in Washington, D.C., a very im
portant official said: "We accept our own deep involvement
in the destiny of men everywhere . . . high will be its cost."
Neighbor, it sounded like Henry. But it wasn't
Tuesday, April 2, 1957
1 Alfa
change in owners-hip, will
Soviet Russia Showing Concern
Over Guided Missle Situation
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Soviet Russia seems to be ser
iously alarmed over the guided
missiles situation.
It is now clear that Russia's
warnings to Norway and Den
mark against
establish in g
atomic -weapons
bases on
their terri'tor.y
are part of ia
pattern.
It is quite
probable that a
Simi'laF &a.rn
$n e .m.a v, to
mJ 'Seat Suo q Q
;QharIevMcCan
iesi Germany. aSn'M
iFnancei.
iBr.es ide'n-t i'e-ift&F &
Pr.tmie MmHsvCejF Jfer-silid' $$aea&
to &Mimme4i M-aipeh 2i, a
thfe ewd' f- tfeitr eiB.fFe'Hise m
'ie'r-Hief , feat fee VRited Stat
Mriea'l'd wi-aik-e "sejrt'ai'n giMiiie. ffliJ?
s)ite-sJ" aiv-ailaifeite i Birit-aiiia.
Iwead'y Ia jE-e)r.miany
Btoit ews be-iape t'kasS, ft fe
it Biiited Sitates 'trsip.s iia e-
a.teFHie waTfee-ad's.
Use latest seattdai:
a Friday Presite(t Si
ifoessr-eF, seeikiiiiig a-eu.pie mi d'ajas
eif eoniBpara-tJ-ve pe4'a.x.atfea frra
tte griiKid f Ms aimi'tt-edly grkkiV
isiig jfe, feie-adied si-u-t forawa Wa-sfa-iosi.g-tora
fey ar fm tows fsairisa mof
e-ttysfewg.
ome?eeVug&e stosiig mug loke
Fei.dien-t's ea.v (4 r i e m by 9
a&E-pe-J siervkag mom) Mt i w,? to
T sai-ks ia a SS-mite aaisne. Ke-wsi-ssi&a
feUswkkg !a.kia isi $sm it-!iiiss?
ut
SIoE:t,ga.iiKiei? e e a js fiSIaoj-f-fe'Hid)
polke e-a5 es-it ia
&r-mt mi tfei&sa aad naafc them
sCib w disnsi Mipk ui.n ti-1 ttoe-y
seiaek&d- tisig StaH'tigiSiRsaef eusi'tgr
&ad t-litey weipe f'Wi0-wg t'tee
'P-Fe's-idemt. Tle wiiee Fapiiied tfeia.t
t'key d-idia't aPe wttm tke 3ae-S;-Ra.ie.iii
we-re fellei-wiiiiig.
A Few-sara t'fe.&B a'stoeSi:
""Why d'0i't 5aa siiswsf imsSt fee
Fjresid.ent?"
The psliee Fetpilaied:
"'Beca-u-s.e toe's g fesjif iss
.gsirafd's with h.isn."
jli AT'ER m, te &e&8B&m a-sfeed
s JTesident lisenliis wer's
mews seere-taory Sames 1-I.a.gier-ty
afeowt the ;iaeid'&nt and toe re
fused eo'tfimeat. They q,ue-ried the
Katieaal Sa-fety eQBeil ia Chis
a:g9 and ttoe KatiMal Safety
C.UH'Ciil refused eemm&nt.
They jumped Caiptain Dayhff
i the Motgomery 6u-nty ipoliiee
a-bout it, wanting to kmow if M.r.
Eisenhower is expected to ontey
ttee speed laws,. Baytoofif r&plied:
"Th.e Fpe.s-idieiB4 is- higgm than
I am.
The memimtem&eak t IffeF-y-liand
s4a4e .plic.e, ia aw-er to
a si'inila? gur-y, ssei: "14 tfee
-Fes(te5i!ii iaEo?s t 'Sjgissifl, ke gaia
ih." S0 MUCH iter fiie ewaaaf.
poli-tieians to& k itp.
OREGON'S De-m-.epat eaater
Neufeerge.F e r i t i e ised the
speedia.g up the Presdde'B-tia.l
car and called it "evident dis
regard of the speed laws ad
elemental public safety."
Arizona's Republi&an gieM-tor
Barry Goldwater went a little
farther and said the trip was
"too fast for anybody." Be sug
gested that if President Eisen
hower gets i.a a hurry toe stould
take to the air, vsteee tfe-ee is
less traffic."
5TTHAT are the fae-te in fim asss??
I wouldn't btw.
ut
Aft&r t'toe prty ar-ri'V'e.d Pje
P-residen't's farm, tfee Mt
g.omery eoumty peti-se efei-ef gall
ed Hp news seeeefesFr Ma.g&Fty to
tel'l- ham that .the President's
d' t i v e v "did Eth.iFiig wr-amig."
'Miagep'ty, de:elin.in.g to go into
$ etai'l, merely e-xipiairaie-d that
"sometimes the sec-Fe-t se-rvfee
wnts to M.GWK WMB &m&
PEN1F FAST."
jFT SOUKEg Mtee a, tesuipr-sit -Sii a
toape't.
Aaywa-y, fet's etese a e ia-&i'd:e.n-t
with tw-e Fa-fehes? ms' e 1 1
k-roe.w.n iu&tatiBE.
1. "CaesaF's wife ia b s t e
ajfeewe saspici'Sia."
2. '"Le-t hipa wto is s-it'tos:i!st sia
sa'sit the firs-t stoaie."
pEKSON ALLY, I dswb-t if Fres-
ideal Eiseai-wer wuld K-se
Ms hig.h position ju-st to ride
rough-shot over tfe.e speed la-w-s.
I HOPE these newsmen and
S-enatar Neuberger a-nd Senator
Goldwater HAVE NEVER HIT
IT UP OVER THE SPEED LIMIT
WHEN NOBODY WAS LOOKING.
iiii tMil f IT I B&SSt
h Ito Dap Hews
FRA.N-K JiE'N'KI'NS
QUITE true, it was President Dwight D Eisen
hower. That is only one sample of the rising po
litical tide emanating from the ranks of the right
wing of the GOP, against their once sacrosanct leader.
The Hutton service is brief, well written, and to
the point, from the NY STOCK EXCHANGE point of
view. '
We just don't happen to like that point-of-view
enough to pay for it. R.W.R. ,
Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin
sent a letter to Norwegian Pre
mier Einar Gerhardsen on March
21 warning him that Norway
would face catastrophic attack
by H-bombs if it continued to let
its territory be "utilized by ceE
tain big power aggFessive circles
to set up military bases against
the Soviet Union."
Bulganin seat a similar wara
ing to Premier H. . Hansen f
Denmark last Friday.
It will be noted that Bu'lgandin's
warning to Norway was serot
teree days before the Bermuda
annoynGeme-at that guided mds
si'Ies w.o.udg' fee mtg$& &?9&S$&e to
B'Fita'in'.
''Ftttd'tctsf' AT 'P?gn
igjU'l'ga'B'in-, 'h-siwe'v-e-F, meeMmeSi
tfeait &mriem tfoaps. eqiu-iip.p.ed
wi't'h atoiie we.aipons w.e'Fe to fee
site'tioned' in wornam'" t
sntpies awd t'togst ttoe new West
eFFHfl.a ariiny ad ethe? Jvewrfeh
Attenittc Tpea'ty isirees wepe to
fee SiMipjpiWied wH'h ateraae weajp.-
'h'i sitote-Biiien't apparently Vias
tskie F&suJit ia part ef a es-s lio-a-k
wfe-ieh NAT gua't-fcnaipitiiG'S tried te
eve-r viip.
-a Ma'FCh 14', Ak Mapsfoal t-toe
Earl .f B'an4oira, eii!iii.and.in.g tfee
S.ad Allied Tactical Air Force
in Germany, a-nnouaieed that his
feaii.fee-rs would fee equipped witta
fesetdteai- ateaai-e weaponis stoo-a.
Matter ol Fact
Vim B-WLLES WHiITE PAP'E
Vastiiagto-n it is not tfee usu
aJl fonetoia of a pjs.iitic-a.1 pepoirt-
to review books, but ecasieN
a.llj- a book
e m e s akung
which is also
important
niews. Such a
book is "JohM
Foster D'ulles:
A Bk)igra.pihy"
by John Eo-b-iasoa
B-eal of
"Timie" Mago-
Slt-W..lt Alsop zone.
f toe book is news for two F&a
sss. First it eontains a fascin-at-iiaig
aeeo'Unt f what had previ
ously been .nly rumored or su-s-peeted-
a ealculated decision by
ge&FetaFy Dulle-s to force a
stoo-wdo-wa ia the Middle East,
f fee aeeou-nt ef this startling epi
sdie is uadoubted-ly based on in
terviews with Dulles himself.
!8ecnd, the book will no doubt
have important international re-pereu-ssio'n-s,
since it not only
Oipeoas all the old half-healed
wound's eaused by the Suez cri
sis, but also po-urs great d-ollops
if salt ia them. ' r
Ttoe Beal bock is thus likely
to eause as much BproaF as the
aeeO'TOit based on interview with
E).ulles of the Dulles "brink of
war" th-nory, by anctheF "TkoBie"
FE-aa, J-aes Shep-ley.
jjfST MIS iatroiuetism Beal, shile
4 farnaally absolving D-ulles of
rsapoiH'sibility f'er the book,
satos that "it benefits from per-s:oa-l
iiBterviews wit-h him which
piFO-vidied ia-sigh't ia-t his official
gistisia, wtokh I t-toak him."
E;&p:eaitedly B e a 1 dieserib&s
.u'l'le-s' viejys with an authority
w-h-ieh . aeuid only have ceme
f'Fom sueh . "personal inter
views." The book will certainly
ke regarded, therefore, as a kind
of pe-r-sonal Dulles White Paper
on his Middle East policies; un
official but authentic.
. 'Bea.1 Gonfiden-tly de-scribes the
ma'a-ner of Dulles' withdrawal ef
the American offer of aid to
Egypt in building the Aswan
Dam as a ealculated slap ia the
faee for Egypt's President Nas
seF, . eensciously designed to
bring on 3 show-down. The B;eal
account should be read in full,
s-inee it is an authoritative re
port of oae of the most amazing
e-xercises in diplomacy in recent
history. But the following ex
eerpts give the gist:
Fo.r Dulles, a moment of cold
war climax had come. It was
necessary to sail Russia's hand
in the game of economic compe
tition, it was necessary to make
the demonstration en a grand
scale. Nasser- combined the r-ight
tmin.g the right geography and
ttoe right OFde-r of magnitude far
a- truly major gambit in the Gold
war. Why did Dulles turn do-w-n
Nasser so brutally, without a
e-hanee to , save face? Siace the
issue involved more than sply
d:enyig Nasser money for a
dam, a polite and concealed re
buff would fail to make the
Fea-lly important point. It had to
fee fsrthright, carrying Ms own-built-in
moral for neutrals in a
way that the ormolu of applied
propaganda would not cheapen."
F SHORT, Dulles withdrew
the American offer as insult
ingly as possible, not in a mo
ment of temporary aberation, as
many thought at the time, but
because he planned it that way.
Real's version of the Dulles
West German spokesmen fol
lowed up next day with a state
ment that American troops in
Germany were equipped with
atomic warheads. -This really
was no secret, but the fact never
had feeea announced officially.
Both United States and British
headquarters in Germany were
apenly displeased a.t the state
ments of LoFd Bandon and the
West ermaa spokesmen, and
tried to sht ofi discussion of
them.
The Russians s.eena to foresee
a time, however far ia the future,
when gided missiles and other
atomic weapons wilsl be stored
Feady fo.F use Tt&X only in West
er-m-any and Britain but in Nor
way, enmairk and ether coun
tries which belong to the North
Atlam-tic Treaty Organization.
Certainly, the Russians have
s.H3-e Fea-soa to worry. But there
is n-o need for them to worry
seriously unless they foresee the
poss-ifeility that Russia itself
Might start World War III. Such
a war might be started deliber
ately, a.s a matter of Communist
asggressive policy. Or it might
be started by the sort of tragic
fe-luniders that involved Adolf
Hitler in a world war which he
did not plan.
Hitler just overstepped a
clearly marked line. So might
By SUewor-t Alsop
!ecisioa to force a showdown
parallels almost word for word
the version of the decision pre
viously offered by still another
"Time-Life" man and Dulles ad
mirer, former Presidential ad
viser C. D. Jackson.
When the Jackson version of
the Dulles decision was made
public, it was widely assumed
that it was in fact the Dulles
version. Now there can be no
reasonable doubt of it an expe
rienced reporter like Beal could
not conceivably describe the
Secretary of State's reasoning
and motivation in such authori
tative detail simply by guess
work. Beal makes it clear, xnoreover,
that Dulles was aware of the
dangers invo'ved in forcing a
showdown- 'As a calculated risk
the decision was on a grand
scale, comparable in the sphere
of diplomacy to the calculated
risks of war taken in Korea and
Formosa. But his experience at
sailing in diplomatic waters con
vinced him that the breeze
would be better if he took a new
and independent tack."
rpHE chapters which follow,
-- which also clearly benefit
from "insight into his official
action," are designed to prove
that the Dulles decision to force
a showdown was a brilliantly
successful diplomatic coup. This
proves a trifle difficult, even for
so able an advocate as Beal,
since it is uncomfortably obvious
that the Middle Eastern "breeze"
h-a-s not been better, but a great
deal worse since Dulles forced
his showdown.
The difficulty is overcome by
the simple device of blaming ev
erything that has gone wrong on
our Allies while die Dulles pol
icy was "moral," and "consistent
and purposeful," our Allies' poli
cies were both stupid and dis
honest. This theory of the crisis,
which deserves further examina
tion, will be studied with pained
attention abroad, in view of the
authority with which the author
clearly speaks..
Copyright 1957, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
Macmillan Appears To
Have Quelled Revolt
London (U.R) Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan appeared
today to have quelled a Conserv
ative party revolt over his al
leged "subservience" to the
U-n-it-ed States.
Right wing critics in his own
party, if not the Laborite oppo
sition, apparently were molli
fied Tjy the Prime Minister's
spe-ech Monday in defense of his
actions in the Bermuda confer- :
ence with President Eisnnower.
Both the Tory backbenchers
and the opposition Labor party 1
had accused him of bowing to j
American" pressure on such vital ;
issues as Cyprus and the Middle j
East. I
Some 126 rebellious Tories got j
together after the speech and !
withdrew an anti-American res- j
olution they introduced last No-;
vember after American pressure
forced Britain to withdraw from j
Egypt. . ' !
"The Premier's speech satis- j
fied us that things are not that
bad," one of the Tory group said. '
Line of Automobiles
Stalled by Sleeper , j
Nagatuck, Conn. (U.R) Po-1
lice who investigated a mile- j
long line 01 nonKing auimoDues
found Samuel A. Perry, 32, in
the first car. He had halted for a
stop sign and fallen asleep.
Texas Election Today
Could Swing Control
Of Senate to GOP
By PRESTON McGRAW
United Prest Correspondent
Dallas, Tex. 0J.R) A lone Re
publican faced a horde of 18
Democrats today in a Te"xa;s spe
cial election that could swing
the precarious balance of power
in the United States senate.
A total of 20 candidates
sought the post.
If bad weather prevails today,
a vote as slim as 600,000 may
decide whether Republicans or
Democrats run the Senate. The
winner will fill the position held
by interim appointee William
Blakely of Dallas. Blakely filled
in for Price Daniel, who became
governor in January. There are
21 months remaining in the
term. ,
Bad Weather Threatens
At present, Democrats fill 49
seats in the Senate. If a' Republi
can wins today, it will even the
balance at 48-48 and give Vice
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
the tie breaking vote.
Robert Johnson, general man
ager of the Texas Electibn
Board, hoped for about 800,000
less than half the eligible vot
ers in Texas, to go to the polls
today between 8 a.m. (EST) and
8 p.m.
However, the turnout may be
cut by thunderstorms, which are
predicted for most of the state
today, and snow in the upper
Communications
Security Cards For Youth
To the Editor: What a perfect
ly grand lift it is to read of a
schoolboy Like the one over Sams
Valley way, coming to the de
fense of the teacher, the one who
had corrected him, while par
ents of other children were try
ing to have the teacher fired for
trying to bring their children
into- some sort of school disci
pline. It takes a high degree of
courage for a student to come
out in defiance of the popular
trend of criticising school-heads,
blaming them for trouble in cor
rective methods they the parents
should be doing. It is much the
same with the police who have
great difficulty in laying hands
on young scamps up to deviltry,
catching them red-handed. Then,
what is the payoff? All too often,
the parents, instead of digging
at the reason of their children
getting into trouble, berate the
officer for dragging their young
sters into such shame. Even
though the kids confess their
guilt, the parents will have no
part of it, that the poor dears
were likely third-degreed into it.
This kind of thing came to me
some years ago in the Oak Grove
district south of Portland when
away on a field trip, some boys
swiped new building lumber at
our home, rutting it into short
lengths for their nearby den-
cave. Well, this could 'be under
stood, but not the boys refusal
to bring it back and denying
tfiey ever got it . at my place,
even when the ring-leader's fath
er was shown identical markings
between that in: the cave and at
oi'- place. No, his boy was "not
guilty and that was that.
So, what is the answer? In
Switzerland, author i t i e s are
making a test run in a city, bar
ring all children under 18 years
of age from the movies to see
what effect if any this has on the
rising tide of youth-crime there.
Seems like an improvement on
this would be something- in
which students, like the one over
Sams Valley way, could feel a
pride of accomplishment. A
something similar to the social
security card we grown-ups must
carry. It could be a "youth se
curity" card in a cellophane pro
tector, with attached safety pin
the youngster's mother could
pin to his under clothing in front
where it could be flipped to view
to gain entrance to movies, soft
drink youth gathering places or
any selling youth literature. The
displaying of such cards could
carry a discount to movies and
Counsel With . . .
Mr. insurance Fred Brennan
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone 2-4940
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOUY St.
Panhandle. It is the tornado sea
son in Texas, and thunderstorms
frequently herald twisters.
Johnson estimated the eligible
vote in Texas at 1,980,830.
Democrats fear their vote may
be split so many ways the minor
ity Republican vote will slip in
ahead of them. .
Hutcheson Faces 'Field'
Thad Hutcheson, a 41-year-old
Houston lawyer, is the Republi
can candidate. He has been en
dorsed by President Eisenhower
and Nixon as well as the state
Republican organization.
H. J. Antoine Sr., a real estate
man from Bastrop, is also run
ning as a Republican, but the
state committee disowned him
and he apparently has made no
campaign.
Five Democrats are widely
known through previous races.
They aire Congressman-at-Large
Martin Dies of Lufkin, Ralph
Yarborough, an Austin attomev;
State Sen. Searcy Bracewell ;sf
Houston; Agriculture Commis
sioner John White and former"'
state Supreme -Court Justice
James P. Hart. ;
Dies is regarded as the lead
ing candidate of conservative
Democrats. Yarborough, three
times an unsuccessful but strong
candidate for governor, is con
sidered the liberal wing leader."
The state Democratic committee
has not endorsed any candidate.
such like, a special fund making
up the difference to such operas
tors. When found guilty of
wrong-doing, the school principal
or police could pick up the card
for a week or two. A clean
youth-security card could be of
much pride to the holder, also
parents.
F. J. Clifford
1211 West Main st. :
' Medford, Ore.
Criticizes Water Dept.
To the Editor: I agree with
E.R.R. in your editorial column,
telling the taxpayer to wake up.
They should wake long enough
to take a look at their water de
partment, and I believe they will
stay awake.
We had enough water to sup
ply Medford and 50,000 men sta
tioned at Camp White. After
Camp White was gone, the water
department had sold so much
water, that we had to be put on
watering hours, although the
charter which gives them the
right to sell excess water also
says the city has prior right.
At the request of the water
department and with the prom
ise, our water rates would not be
raised, we voted for another res
ervoir and the water department
continued to sell more and more
water.
This water was sold at a high
er rate than th;j citizens of Med
ford were paying,, but this reve
nue did not benefit the taxpayers
of Medford at all even though it "
is a Municipal water department.
When Medford citizens have
received no benefit from aU the
water sold why should we now
pay more because the water de
partment is cutting the water
rate of a portion of these people?
This raise will amount to $S
per year for every ' family in
Medford. This will add up to
quite a sum. This water fund is
kept separate. Not one thin dime
is used, to help carry the burden
of the heavy city expense. ;
Any properly managed water
system should be able to show
(after 30 years) a good profit as
well as improve the department.
How can the, water depart-'
ment raise cur water rates, after
they told us they would not be
raised if we voted for the res
ervoir which we did! If we had
not voted to provide this extra
reservoir there would not have
been so much water for them to
sell.
Cleo Canoose -55
Ross Court v
Medford, Ore.
Insurance cost,
Is low indeed,
But if you doubt it,
Better plan,
To ask the man,
Whose home burned,
Without it. .
J"i.,.m m.,..a, )'M '. 1
Bill Fish