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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) UNI "Zveryone la Southern Oregon tieaos i ne mil in Dune Published Daily Except Saturday by MZOFORO PRINTING CO 17-29 North Fir Si Phone 2-4141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorts Editor OUVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Dally and Sunday One year f 15.00 Dally and Sunday Six months 8.00 Dally and Sunday Three mas 4-25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold HiU Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes'. Daily and Sunday One vear f 18 00 Dally and Sunday One month ISO Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms casn in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices In New York Chicago, de- trolt San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL (OITOIIAi. mnniM'..'.i.Tn NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 28, 1947 (Monday) Sightseers from 16 states and four cars containing Canadian tourists visit Crater Lake. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The young est Dock Gitzen boy popped forth with the facial adornment of a House of David shortstop. 20 YEARS AGO April 28. 1937 (Wednesday), The Bagley Canning company in Ashland will be one of many Oregon canneries increasing wage levels for the 1937 season, according to Ralph E. Koozer, manager. Ray Fiellin, experienced lum berman, estimator and cabinet designer, becomes a member of the Wood Lumber company staff. 30 YEARS AGO April 28, 1927 (Thursday) C. E. (Pop) Gates, state high way commission member and Medford business man, speaks at forum of Klamath Falls Cham ber of Commerce. Parent Teacher's association cf Jacksonville will observe Bet ter Homes Week tomorrow. 40 YEARS AGO April 28, 1917 (Saturday) The record price of the season, so far as is known, for Newtown apples is $2.53 a box, according to growers. From Local and Personal col umn: Frank M. Leland, former manager of the Deep Gravel mines, resigns as manager of the Balaklala and Trinity Cop per companies. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is snperlor; av ail cr eight is excellent; five or six Is good. 1. Charleston, S.C., 1816: First steamboat arrives: from Sa vannah, or New Orleans? 2. The narwhal is a crustacean, cetacean, or archnid? 3. Bible: Was the locale of the parable of "the fig tree and all the tress" at Mount of Olives or Gennesaret? 4. Nam the author of "Rob inson Crusoe". S. Is an eft a newt, small salamander, or small lizard? 6. Name the smallest breed of dog. 7. For whom was Pittsburgh named? 8. A shavetail is a carpenter, taxidermist, or Second Lieuten ant? 9. What is the correct pro nunciation of "tulle"? 10. "The repentance of a hyp ocrite is itself" what? Answers: 1. Savannah. 2. Cet acean. 3. Mount of Olives. 4. Daniel DeFoe. 5. All three. 6 Mexican chihuahua. 7. The elder William Pitt, the Great states man. 8. Second Lieutenant. 9 "Tool." 10. "Hypocrisy; Wm, Haxlilt. Former Ashland Man On Television Show . Ashland A former Ashland resident, Edgar Buchanan Jr., played the part of a train con ductor in the "Climax" televi sion show presentation, "Ava lanche" Thursday night. Buchanan, 52 years old, was a dentist in Portland and later at Eugene before entering thea ter work. He is a veteran of oth er television shows and films and often appears in character role parts in western and oth er types of productions. He is a first cousin of Mrs. J. A. Richey, Medford. i r. MAIL TRIBUNE "Do We We have been asked to doctrine in the Mid-East and "Modern Republicanism." Like the negro asked to appreciate the compliment, In fact as far as No. 1 SOMEone in authority WOULD explain it In this field, indeed, King of Siam who was so Just what does the Eisenhower doctrine mean? We can only guess, to-wit: AS THIS is written things are extremely tense in the Mid-East, even such a conservative paper as the Oregonian fearing it may result in war. We don't share this reason, namely: It has been officially pointed out that while the "doctrine" does pledge the United States to resist Soviet aggression in that area of the world, such in sistence will only be supplied upon the INVITATION of the victim. A S WE see it that is what "escape clause." For if Russia should decide to take over Jordan or any other Mid-East country we feel sure the victim would be under a new and communist government, graved or otherwise, could It would, in other words, be what diplomats like to call a "fait accompli" all over before anyone would have an opportunity or cable any letters. If this interpretation is it is then why fear war vention by the U.S.A. is concerned? If there is armed aggression, we feel sure all ob jectives will have been reached before Uncle Sam could possibly receive any The "Old Bunco Game" How long will it take for the American people to realize they are being Not being the "seventh can't say for sure. But with the political would not predict an awakening in the very near future. , . The tide still seems to be running the other way. "What is good for General Motors is good for the country" still seems to be a popular theme-song in the country at large. The corn may not be as "high as an elephant's eye," but the old G.OJP. pachyderm is in clover, and there seems no immediate probability of kicking him out, and putting him on the radically restricted diet and confinement that he deserves. LJOWEVER, sooner or later, we are confident this 11 WILL happen, and when it does the poor old weather-beaten and ponderous "jumbo" will, we an ticipate, get a beating he will, true to his reputation in the area of memory, never forget. Why is this our belief? Because we believe the American people as a whole, regardless of the party label, don't like to be "took," and when they realize they have been, they will go to the polls and make certain it won't happen soon again. HOW are the people being "took?" AA7all Am Q wro4- wtnt-. nrmTn nnw4-iMM ...?4l. 4-1 "cu ii a gicaii many w tiy o, ouai Ling wiui LUC original tidelands oil "give away." There was no law against it, at least the law was changed to make the highway robbery legally WITHIN it. Nevertheless from the standpoint of the public welfare versus private profit conservation versus exploitation that is what it was, "highway robbery" adding up to mil lions and billions of dollars. A ND then there came the "Hells Canyon" issue where the same public welfare versus inflated private profit principle was involved. Thanks to Republican control of the Federal Power Commission, the Idaho Power company was given the "brass-ring," started to construct "three small dams" on the Snake river, and the old pachy derm executed a war-dance over this great victory of rugged individualism over "creeping socialism" for .the lasting benefit of the long suffering Ameri can taxpayers, etc., etc. D EMEMBER the argument? Why make the taxpayers of the country pungle up millions for PUBLIC power when the Idaho Power company would do the same job and it would cost the taxpayers NOTHING. That "listened well." But as was remarked in this department at the time, nothing was said about how much power would be produced, or what' the charge would be to the con sumer by a company which now holds the inter mountain record for high rates. No that argument was swept away by the siren song of "no cost to the taxpayers and no increase of the public debt." The fact that public power is self-liquidating as a loan to be repaid and not a debt, was also lost in the shuffle. DUT,nov what do we see? " The Idaho Power company is a powerful and prosperous corporation, and should, like the equally prosperous oil companies, be paying large income taxes into the U.S. treasury as provided by law. But will they? Not if the Republican administra tion can help it and the administration can and has. Sunday, April 28, 1957 Fight? Ji "explain" the Eisenhower cash a 20 dollar bill, we but it can't be done. is concerned, we do wish we feel a kinship for the pestered by "puzzlements." anxiety for only one chief has often been called an before any invitation, en be received. to shout, much less write correct and we believe as far as any armed inter invitation. R.W.R. "TOOK?" son of a seventh son" we climate now prevailing we J I Saturday vaoel - I Sr'V- Iff 7&U SHOULD GO AT NIGHT SOMETIME, BVBRYBOP Jl5T Matter of Fact Amman, Jordan, April 24 j The first engagement between the forces loyal to King Hus sein and Jor dan's pro-Egyptians and their Communist al lies was neith er bloody nor impressive, at least here in Amman. But the battle now is joined. This reporter is' still MJ Joseph AJsop very far from sure whether any thing is presently intended be yond a severe test of nerves. If the young King holds to his originally announced decision to proclaim martial law if need be, the present atmosphere suggests that the opposition will fold up its tents and steal silently away. But when passions are 'run ning so high, and orators busily inflaming street crowds are in turn inflamed by the crowds response, no one can be sure of future, develppmcnt, particular ly since the man who will make the final decision for the oppo sition is not here in Jordan, but in the President's office in Cairo. Equally, the Khalidi Cabinet has not yet resigned as these words are written. But it would since have collapsed like an um brella without any spokes, if it had not been stiffened by the young King's ardent resolution. All depends on this boy, who might in America be a light weight quarterback on a junior varsity football team, but in Jordan has to call the signals for his country's future. . fTTHE King's new-found resolu- tion stiffened, one suspects, by last week's bitter disclosure of the treachery of his closest fr'end has evidently come as a sharp surprise to the pro-Egyp- xians and their Left-wing col iaborators. That is the lesson one must draw, at .any rate, from last night's background of today's events. Early in the evening, repre sentatives of all parties belong ing to the ' so-called National Steering Committee met in the drab National Socialist party headquarters to hear the King's and the government's response to the resolutions adopted by the National Steering Committee at its Nablus meeting. The resolu tions added up to a demand that the King quietly cut his own throat with a blunt knife after handing over Jordan to the pro- Kgyptians, fellow-travelers and Communists. But after talking with emis saries of the Khalidi Cabinet, the Steering Committee group actually decided that they would .shortly -gain their objectives. In the early evening, therefore, P0R the Idaho Power company will now be allowed to write off as "depreciation for tax purposes," from 60 per cent to 65 per cent of construction costs, which will add up to approximately a $300,000,000 gain to Idaho Power and equal loss to Uncle Sam in tax collections, which is of course, a loss to the Ameri can taxpayars, for what should be received but isn't, will have to be made up by them. DUT no one is going to jail for that tax "evasion," for that, is not only "within the law" but it is in perfect harmony with the basic G.O.P. doctrine that this country is essentially a "Big Business Country" and that what benefits General Motors or any other big business in powrer, oil, or what have you benefits the country, and the people as a whole. - A LONG the same line several of the most powerful " and prosperous oil companies in the country, will pay no income taxes this year, or only a fraction of what they should pay, thanks to special favors granted by the present administration through the "depletion allowance" eadeet. This "evasion" is based upon the false assumption that the average life of a producing well is approximately three years. . i SO ONCE again "it is nice to work if you can get it." And the Grand Old Party HAS it. But as indicated above, we believe the "day of reckoning" is bound to come eventually, and it may well be not as far off, as the skipper of this depart ment now fears. R.W.R. '' By Joseph Alsop they canceled their previously given orders for a demonstra tion today. Then, at the palace, the King informed the Prime Minister that he could resign if he chose, but that the watchword was still no surrender." And as the Pvime Minister departed, the King sent for the Arab Legion's new and loyal high command to make his plans for controlling the situation. ITHEN this news reached the " Stperintf Cnmmittpp crrnnn o i ' he orders for demonstrations were again sent out. It was by now "after midnight, which per haps in part explains the quite bloodless and relatively unim pressive character ot todays performance. Organization of the demon- jtiations was at least efficient. In the boys' school near that matchlessly bleak hotel, the Am man Club, for example, the 15, 16 and 17-year-olds began to assemble at 8:45 a.m., with their leader, one of the teachers, or ganizing them like an anxious sheep dog. At a little after 9 o'clock, the first group of demonstrators as sembled in the Salt Road and began clapping their hands and shouting rhyming slogans in the best Agitprop" manner. The schoolboys rapidly join- ed them: and from the Salt Road and other assembly points, the. hard core of about 600 demon-) strators converged on the square in front of the post office. Here a few policemen were waiting. Stones were thrown. The police abandoned the unequal struggle. Two or three policemen even tllowed themselves to be cap tured and borne, like trophies, on demonstrators' shoulders. Aft er a half-hour of slogan shout ing, the demonstrators marched on the market area around the Great Mosque. Here there were some speeches and a great deal more slogan shouting; and here the demon strating crowd was swelled by new, unorganized recruits to about 1,200 persons. By a little before 11 a.m., it was time to march back" up the Salt Road again on the Premier's residence. HALF-WAY there, in front of the Amman Club, there was a pause to hear a speech from n balcony by a toadlike, bespec tacled man whose main theme was the shining loyalty of the "King-betrayer," Maj. Gen Ali Abu Nuwar. The young people, who composed most of the crowd, seemed to eat it up. The last scene was in front of the handsome, sober stone building which houses the Cabi net offices. Essentially, it was more of the same. Various Baath i.t, and other Left wing speakers 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 rsserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. ' Replies to Attack To the Editor: I have just sent following wire to editor of Post Standard newspaper, Syracuse, New. York, in reply to bitter at tack made upon Sen. Richard Neuberger and myself in Syra cuse speech: "Understand that Ernest W. Swigert, President of National Association of Manufacturers, spoke in Syracuse recently and made his usual bitter and falsi fying attack on Sen. Richard Neuberger and myself. The com ments reported in press, on Ore gon election, are an insult to intelligence of voters of Oregon. Swigert's reactionary anti-labor and anti-social record are well known in Oregon and his politi cal and economic philosophy was once again repudiated by the voters of Oregon in the 1956 election. His irresponsible tirades against labor would seem to in dicate that he doesn't like it because workers also vote. What Swigert does not seem to leal ize is that an overwhelming ma jority of America's businessmen and business women, particu larly small business people, do not share his reactionary politi cal and economic philosophy. Likewise, farm groups, conserva tion groups, teacher and other professional groups, and con sumer groups generally, plus millions of liberal-minded Re publicans, as well as Democrats, in the nation, realize that Swi gert's political and economic pro posals are not in the best inter ests of the general welfare of the American people." Sen. Wayne Morse, Washington, D.C. Juveniles Versus Police To the Editor: And thank you, Comrade Unger, for expressing the sentiments of many of us who are unable to state them so well. It" certainly is about time some voiced the interests of those who have raised chil dren with due respect for the law and the rights of others. Your letter in the Mail-Tribune of April 23 regarding juveniles states the case so well that it is hardly necessary for me to add anything thereto. The plain fact is that for every juvenile de linquent, there is at least one parental delinquent, and not un til those parents are made re sponsible for the acts of their children will the ever increasing rate of juvenile delinquency be stopped. But unfortunately this is easier said tnan- done, ,ior in order to. do so, one has to combat a nation wide organiza tion, that even those teachers who dare to antagonize it either change their tactics and play along with it or they don't play at all. Medford, I am pleased to say, has a chief of police who under stands the basic cause of this lawless tendency on the part of so many of the youth of the present time, and his force is in hearty sympathy with his views. But unless those of us who believe in making our children obey their parents and show proper respect for the law, their elders, and all property rights, he and the Medford police will not get very far, for- they will face a very noisy and per sistent opposition. Those who be lieve that the schools and the other agencies of government should take over their obliga tions are in the majority and said all the obvious things about the new "American imperial ism," the essential importance of their own return to public office, and the vital need to have Gen. Nuwar back in command the Arab Legion. The demon strators clapped and shouted their "slogans in the intervals when the speakers ran out of oratory. No one so much as jostled the Arab Legionnaires lined up with truncheons and ..basketshields in front of the government office building. The demonstrators did not even look fierce, except when the photographers told them to. And it was all over a little before lunch time. "OUT although the Amman ' demonstrations ended quiet ly, much more massive demon strations are reported to have occurred in the pro-Egyptian Left-wing strongholds of the west bank of the Jordan. Troops and tanks still ring Amman, holding the heights around the city; and they still ring the westr bank towns, too. And -the force on the King's side confronts real Xorce on the other side. Among the pro-Egypt and Left wing leaders and organizers there are many who are venal and corrupt. But among the young people, whom they are able to whip up into such storms of emotion, there is no venality. There is sincere, if misguided conviction. Furthermore, arms have been smuggled from Syria and arms have been sold notably by Maj Gen. Ali Hayari to the support ers of the Left-wing parties. So the comparative tea party we had today may turn into something very different tomor row. The test of nerves, if this is all it is, is by no means fin ished yet. . Copyright 1957, . New York Herald Tribune Inc. never fail to voice their views. Only by standing firm and sup porting our law enforcement agencies, when they apprehend and punish the lawless, and re moving them when they don't, can we ever hope to accomplish anything. Perhaps an organiza tion dedicated to that purpose and no other, might help some. Otto H. Staron, 615 Oakdale dr., Medford, Ore. Aski Aid for the Deaf To the Editor: As Honorary Chairman of the forthcoming National Hearing Week, May 5 to 11, 1 feel a great responsibility to be more than a mere figure head. Something of the magni tude of my assignment came to me when I learned that over fif teen million Americans suffer from some type of hearing loss. However, the real challenge to me is the shattering news that in this vast hard of hearing group are three million children! It is therefore in their behalf, that I am directing my energies during National Hearing Week, in the hope that through the col umns of your paper and other media, we may alert the families and friends of these hard of hear ing youngsters. We want to tell them of the three-fold program of The American Hearing Soci ety, "sponsor of National Hearing Week, and point out the hope for the prevention of deafness, the need for the conservation of what hearing is still intact, and the rehabilitation possibilities for those whose hearing cannot be -ostored. I speak therefore for the one- American-in-ten who is hearing handicapped, and particularly for those three million little chil dren who face a lifetime of sil ence in a sound-filled world. Whatever you can do to help give them a chance at happier, healthier, more productive lives will be greatly appreciated by all of us concerned with this campaign. Thank you for bringing this letter to the attention of your mr xy readers. By placing it in the Letter Box column of your paper you will be making a gen erous contribution to a great na tional program. Walt Disney, Hollywood, Calif. A Hornets Nest To the Editor: It seems I iiave, unwittingly, stirred up a hornets' nest. - I assure both Mr.' Gabler and Mr. Hurst that they have my sympathy if they have been abused or misused by the police and other authorities of Med ford, or Jackson county. I hope they have misunderstood or have exaggerated things, or are just 'trying me out.' I had rather It should be the latter. Let me tell you that I have not been overlooked by the law enforcement departments. I, too, violated the law, and I, too, paid the penalty exacted by the law. For that I hold no resentment. I was guilty, as charged, so why should I be angry at the law? The law officers were only carry ing out the duties assigned them I was used with civility throughout the whole matter There was no cause for anger. Every organization has one or more 'black sheep,' even to the churches. . There are' NO excep tions. Or,' at least, I have never found one in all my 78 years. On the whole, I have found the Medford police of high moral character, civil, and firm in the performance of their duties. More, you cannot ask for any one. If either or both of you have been keeping track of events as pertaining to juveniles you are aware of the fact that delin quency has been increasing with wild fire speed. If permitted to run its course we shall soon have a nation of juvenile out laws. Some one MUST do some thing to check this course. If. not checked in some man ner then, with the adult crim inals, we shall all be outlaws. Is it coming to that? If the par ents do not, and the law is not to be permitted to do so, then what can be done? And who is to do the job? There must be control from somewhere. What do you propose? Have you some thing constructive to offer? I, for one, will be glad to have some kind of a plan come forth. One that carries some hope of correcting the trend now on. But, for Heaven's sake leave the Psychologist and the psy chiatrist out of it. Most of them are not so long out of school and have had no practical ex perience in such matters. Espe cially as they may not have had any parental responsibilities. Let no one get me wrong. I feel deeply for the poor ju veniles. After all, they are our future officers for good or bad. Let us hope it will be for good. As an old educational instruc tor I am deeply interested in the welfare of all youngsters. May they come through with fly ing colors. The Bible says: "As the twig is inclined the tree will grow." The same is true of the child. Let the child be taught that the other fellow has God given rights, too, and they should be respected. Not only to his prop erty but to bis life and family POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Yesterday was th pear blos som festival, and a nice on It was, too, with the sua shining, the shoppers shopping, the kids kidding, the police polic ing, and so on. Only one thing wrong. No pear blossoms. '. The week following Easter we received a plaintive missive from the Camp White Veterans" domiciliary to the effect that, while the domiciliary feeds the members well, there was one thing missing from the Easter Sunday menus there. Easter eggs. We offer you on guess as to the political inclinations of , the woman who acquired, by roundabout means, a mala cat the other day, and has named it John Foster Dulles becauso, . ij travels widely, yowls loudly, and doesn't seem to accomplish much of anything. It has a mate, incidentally, named Ca tastrophe, and the lady reports the two always seem on the brink of war. Up until recenUy, we'd been enamored of the name of one of the country roads, which was known as Sticky lane. The name was graphic, descriptive and un- t usual, and so seemed to fill all 1 the requirements for a satisfac tory nomenclatural appellation. Perhaps it was just too apt, for the county court changed the name the other day at the be hest of the residents of the area. It is now McLoughlin drive. Since it has nothing whatsoever to do with Dr. John McLoughlin, it probably wiU . . . er . . . stick. This reminds us of a public school in Coos county which was named after the area in which it was located. Blossom Gulch School, that's what they caued it. Some people tried to change it, but the people who lived there would have nothing to do with that. Blossom Gulch it was and Blossom Gulch it remains. So there. . . We saw the comet again Fri day night. It's now between 20 and 30 million miles away, and rushing off into outer; space at a great rata. One as tronomer was quoted in the Oregonian to the effect that it had lost about naif its ' tail while circling the sun, but it didn't look -that way to the naked eye. The dim streak of Stardust is plainly visible except-when obscured by haie. clouds or city lights.1 . i , . - - - - -" Daylight saving time " start ing "in about onethird of the states won't bother most people too much around here, except that some of their radio and tel evision programs ' will be com ing at a different time. But the advent w of fast time causes a headache for a lot of people, in cluding radio and TV schedule makers, the men who have-to work out bus, train and plane schedules, and such like. ; .' At the newspaper the biggest effect it has is to cause us to set almost all of the radio and TV schedule logs over again, all week long. e The change in telephone numbers, which took .place last "night, is another thing which won't bother most peo ple too much. Theyll get used to the new prefixes right ' away, probably. But consider the newspaper employees in charge of the classified ad de partment. They had to go through all the ads which have been running and change the old telephone numbers to the new ones. At a minimum, this involves checking each one'in a new telephone book, and at worst, in those cases where a phone number only is listed, calling that number, getting the name, looking it up in the new book, and then changing the number. Siskiyou County Budget Increases Yreka The 1957-58 Siski you county budget totals $4, 797,286, an increase of $10,289 over the current budget. Although capital outlay ex penditures decreased, there were provisions for many salary in creases for county employees. Employees will receive $129,041 more under the new budget than they did last year. Capital outlay expeditures dropped $154,452 under the to tal for 1956-57. Estimated cap ital outlay expenditures for 1957-58 will be $323,474. Maintenance and operations appropriations were increased $25,700 for an estimated total of $2,848,356 for the coming fis cal year. welfare. That teaching is strictly up to the parent and no one else. But he cannot do the job from a beer hall while his children cry in a locked auto. This has happened right here in Medford. Think it over. ' Again I sign the name my father wore in honor and I hope I am following in his footsteps. Adios. Andy L. Unger, - 634 Pennsylvania ve.,' Medford, Ore.