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History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 29. 1947 (Tuesday)
Emergency methods are used
today to deliver first class mail
and Portland papers to Medford
after the southbound Southern
Pacific passenger train stalled
at Tolo.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Spring has
finally arrived. All three doors
of the postoffice were as wide
open as Reno yesterday.
20 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1937 (Thursday)
The Rogue River Sugar Pine
company, under construction in
Central Point, will be. ready for
operation by May 15, according
to Chauncy Florey, operator.
Due to continual rainfall and
melting snow in the hills, minor
streams and creeks in Jackson
county will remain too high for
good fishing this week end.
30 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1927 (Friday)
Jacksonville county seat club
petitions Oregon Supreme court
to demand election be held in
county for removal of county
seat to Medford.
The Boy Scouts are preparing
for their field day May 7 at the
Jackson county fairgrounds.
40 YEARS AGO
April 29. 1917 (Sunday)
J. W. Dressier is appointed su
perintendent of the food cam
paign in the cultivation of the
vacant lots in Medford.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Roy Elliott, member of the
fire department, has just pur
chased a new Ford car.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev
en er eight Is excellent: five er
six Is good.
1. Was the first asylum for
the blind in the U. S. established
in Boston, Mass., Anderson,
S.C., or Lock Kaven, Pa.?
2. Which city in Soviet Russia
was formerly known as St. Pet
ersburg and Petrograd?
3. Bible: Mordecai, uncle of
Esther, was a linguist: true or
false?
4. Male whales are called
bucks, bulls, or rams? a
5. A fascinator is a head cov
ering, vehicles, or food.
6. "Tommies" was the famil
iar nickname for privates in
which Army?
7. Name the author of "Oh,
East is East and West is West,
and never the twain shall meet."
8. Poi, the native dish of Ha
waii, is made from pineapples,
taro, or coconuts? .
9. When "ng" is followed by
"th" such as in "strengthen"
may the sound of "k" be used,
as "strengk-then"?
10. "An idler is a watch that
wants both hands: As useless
when it goes as when it" does
what?
Answers: 1. Boston, Mass.
(1829); 2. Leningrad: 3. True; 4.
Bulls; 5. Head covering; 6. Brit
ish; 7. Rudyard Kipling; 8. Taro;
9. Yes; 10. "Stands."
MAIL TRIBUNE
Sad, Funny
Ordinarily we find nothing funny in the stories
coming out of the American south regarding segrega
tion, and the Negroes' attempts to obtain economic,
political and social justice for themselves.
But we could not repress a wry grin when reading
about the spot a group of Virginians got into when
they made plans for a dinner party to honor other na
tives of the state who had made names for themselves
in their careers.
TNNOCENTLY, they went through the pages of
"Who's Who" to glean a list of distinguished Vir
ginians. Then they sent out invitations to themen and
women on the list.
. Imagine their horror when four, of them turned out
to be Negroes.
The resulting foo-raw and confusion were sort of
pathetic, in a way. Attempts were made to withdraw
the invitations to those "distinguished Virginians"
who happened to be Negroes. And, when one or two
of the recipients indicated they thought they might
attend anyway, on the ground that an invitation is an
invitation, the dinner sponsors were thrown into an
agonizing dilemma of their own making.
THE moral of this sadly funny little tale is, we think,
that people are people some good and some bad,
some intelligent and some stupid, some accomplished
and some untalented.
The day is coming when we, as human beings, will
learn the only valid way we can judge other human
beings is through their worth as people, and not by
the way they part their hair, the kind of clothes they
wear, or the degree of pigmentation of their' skin.
E.A.
s
Boys' Forest Camps
Out in the middle of a magnificent Douglas fir for
est last summer, an old-timer asked why it wouldn't be
a good idea to revive the old Civilian Conservation
Corps, to get young' men out of the crowded cities of
the east, and into God's great outdoors.
Similar suggestions have been made from time to
time, particularly, by those who know the therapeutic
and inspirational values one can find only under the
tall evergreen trees.
(The CCC, for those who have forgotten or never
knew, was an emergency work program for young
men, established by executive order in 1933 and by
congressional action in 1937, to provide employment
and vocational training for. young men who lacked
jobs and were in need. In
defense work, and in 1942 Congress voted to end the
program the following year, rejecting proposals that it
be given permanent status.) f
e e e e
MOW, it is interesting to learn, a proposal of this na-
ture has been made, in Congress in the form of a
senate report, which would set up a nation-wide sys
tem of forestry camps for the rehabilitation of youths
in trouble. x .
Whether it will be approved or not, this year, is
problematical. But at the same time, 10 of the 48 states
have adopted forestry programs for young people
(Oregon among them), and five other states are con
sidering such programs. The states' programs originat
ed in Los Angeles, where an abandoned CCC camp
was used for boys who worked for the state forestry
department, earning a small daily wage. A second
camp was opened later, and soon the program was
state-wide, and since has spread to other states.
IN OREGON the program is for youngsters at Mac-
Laren School for Boys. A forestry camp for 25 of
them operates "year-ardund near Seaside, providing
rugged, outdoor work. A temporary forestry camp
program was initiated last summer for an additional
35 boys. ,
A forest work project embracing a maximum of
60 boys is not a large one, but looks like a step in the
right direction. If it proves as successful as many think
it will be, it undoubtedly will be expanded in years to
come.
THE current congressional proposal is not new. Oth-
er bills of varying types have been introduced in
recent years, by such men as Sen. Arthur Watkins of
Utah, who would have the federal government build
and operate forestry camps for boys in the national
forests, and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, whose
proposal was for not less than 30 federal forestry
camps; operated in cooperation with the states, each
to accommodate up to 200 boys who would be paid
?60 a month.
Senator Kefauver, in introducing his bill last year,
declared that' "more than 100,000 children are con
fined in common jail s each year." His proposal would
have many of them enter a "coordinated program for
the restoration, improvement, development, mainte
nance, and utilization of the national parks."
THE administration has had some doubts about the
proposals.
The department of justice has indicated it thought
the major responsibility should lie with the states,
rather than the federal government, and the depart
ment of labor has suggested more explicit guarantees
against possible exploitation of the young campers.
These objections may be valid. But the record com
piled by the thousands of young men who are "grad
uates" of the CCC of the 30s is one of which the nation
can be proud. Many of them went on to become solid,
responsible and worth-while citizens. Some of these
undoubtedly would not have done so had it not been
for the training and opportunities afforded by their
experiences in the forests and the mountains. E.A..
Monday, April 29, 1957
Little Tale
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U.P. Correspondents
Forecast Future News
United Pren correspondents
around the world look ahead
at the news that will make the
headlines.
New Look
Washington insiders report
that a "new look" United States
military program will get un
der way soon. It will mean more
emphasis on missiles and simi
lar weapons. Possibilitie: A cut
in Army strength by one or two
divisions and a 300,000-man cut
in the armed forces over the
rexf three or four years.
Bad News
Paris expects the French tax
payer to get some bad news to
night when Premier Guy Mollet
makes a nation-wide broadcast
on the financial situation. The
government is trying to, find
ways of slashing expenditures by
Communications
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sible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters witb
an eye to clarification and conden
sation. Letters 'submitted for pub
lication must not exceed 400 words
Slate School Bill Praised
To the Editor: As chairman of
the Senate and House Education
Committees respectively, we
strongly commend the stand of
Governor Robert D. Halmes in
his effort to increase the basic
school fund. We are of the opin
ion that the primary' impaGt of
this increase, which will reduce
property taxes by the am'ount of
the increase recommended by
the Governor, is not widely
recognized. The increase of 38
million dollars as recommend
ed by the Governor will act as
direct property tax relief
throughout the state.. This relief
will be greatest in those areas
where sehool costs are the great
est burden upon the local prop
erty tax payers.
It is clearly the intent of the
legislature, as stated by the
House Committee, to return
these property tax off-set funds
to the various school- districts
within thi six per Tent limita
tion of the local school budgets.
Senator Monroe Sweetland
Chairman Senate Education
Committee.
Representative Joe Rogers,
Chairman House of Repre-
. sentatives Education Com
mittee. Dogs Are Delinquent
To the Editor: I would like
to say a few words to the own
ers of the poisoned dogs. Yes,
something should be done about
it. It is very cruel to cause a
dog to suff er that kind of death,
but don't you dog owners real
ize you are to blame for the per
son or persons doing this to be
come so exasperated to the point
of being desperate by over
turned garbage cans, torn-up
flowers and gardens and nasty
messes on their lawns?
Also, what about the cats?
Why should a dog have the run
of the whole town when they
won't allow a cat to sit on it's
own doorstep. The cat has to
stay up a tree or on top of the
house to keep the dogs from
killing it. Cats -rid the town of
rats and mice while dogs in
town are like delinquent chil
dren that have nothing to do
but get into trouble. Don't you
know that your baby would not
be safe in it's crib because of
rats if we didn't have cats?
Now, dog owners, don't you
think you would be kinder to
your dog if you kept it home
where it belongs and net at the
neighbors where it is not want
ed? Certainly this is the only
answer to the poisoned-dog
problem. Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you.
Lastly, I would like to say that
I don't have either a dog or a
cat.
Mrs. W. (Name on file)
Medford.
Garden of the Gods
To the Editor: It is now 60
years since I traveled the road
along Annie creek and viewed
the beautiful sight on our way
to Crater Lake in 1897. Along
about 718 million dollars in
order to reduce a threatened 3
billion dollar deficit in the 1957
budget. Mollet may announce in
creased taxes on higher incomes,
higher corporation taxes, and
higher sales taxes on such "lux
ury" items as television and ra
dio sets.
Fading
Propects for congressional ac
tion on a civil rights bill are fad
ing fast. Southern opponents are
lighting a grim delaying action.
Now they- have come up with a
new, tough argument they
charge that' the administration
bill would take away the right
to jury trial in many civil rights
cases.
Blow-Up
Dont be surprised if there is
an anti-British blow-up soon on
Malta, the tiny Mediterranean
island which was a vital bastion
in World War II. It won't be
aimed against British rule. Mal
ta wants to be incorporated into
the United Kingdom, like North
ern Ireland. It would be repre
sented in Parliament. The Brit
ish government is agreeable to
that. But Maltese Prime Minis
ter Dom Mintoff demands that
all Maltese get the same social
ized medicine, unemployment
and other social benefits that the
Britons do. That would cost a
lot of money.
New Entrant
Tom Flynn, head of the East
ern Conference of Teamsters, is
being named as a new possibil
ity to succeed embattled Dave
Beck as president of the na
tion's largest union. Washington
hears that union secretary-treas
urer John English and James R
Hoffa, who was regarded as
Beck's crown prince until his in
dictment for bribery, feel Flynn
would be acceptable in the Wo
1 post.
Angling
Soviet Russia is angling for
an invitation to one of its top
leaders to visit ChanceUor Kon-
rad Adenauer. .The Russians say
it would be nice if a top-ranking
man went to Bonn to sign the
Russo-German trade agreement
which is to be negotiated some
time in May. The real reason:
they are worried over the pros
pect that the West German army
will get tactical atomic weapons
and they fear that the Western
Allies may back Adenauer in a
new drive for German unifica
tion. Emergency Orders '.
Police in Tokyo and other big
Japanese cities are being put
under emergency order to guard
against riots m May Day demon
strations Wednesday. The big
slogan of the demonstrators will
be "no more nuclear tests,'
with special reference to the
tests Britain is to hold in the
Pacific soon. Tokyo demonstra
tors plan to march past the Brit
ish Embassy.
our way we noticed a sign
nailed to a tree which read:
"Garden of the -Gods." We rode
our horses close enough to the
bluff so we could see over a
precipice probably 50 to 75 feet
below in the creek bottom and
sides of the banks were covered
with a heavy growth of small
trees, bushes, Oregon grape and
various kinds of wild shrubbery,
all- colors were different and
most beautiful. Color of the
grass, rocks, ground, water, and
water falls, formed such a beau
tiful sight. I thought the name
Garden , of the Gods, truly
worthy,- doubtless it was one
of Oregon's beauty spots in
1897.
Frank S. Brandon,
211 N. Ivy,
Medford.
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Belief Growing Russia
Better Relations With
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Belief is growing in world
capitals that Soviet Russia is
seeking better relations with
the West em
Allies.
It has ap
peared in re
cent weeks the
Russian lead
ers themselves
were not quite
sure where
they were
heading.
Charles McCano They and
their propaganda agencies have
alternated threats to many
western countries with bids for
"peaceful coexistence."
The conflicting pronounce-
Matter of Fact
A BOY. A KING NOW A MAN
Amman, Jordan, April 25
I served you as a child and now
I serve you as a man."
The voice, astonishingly deep
and rich for so young a man,
gave the sonorous Arabic words
an extra emphasis. It was by no
means the most important pas
sage of King Hussein's broad
cast of his people. But to this
reporter, the
sentence some
how seemed
the best clew
to the recent
events in this
tormented lit
tle kingdom.
Two dramas,
one exterior
and one inter-
Josepn Aisop lor, have been
unfolding here in Jordan on the
same stage and with the same
players. In the judgement of the
world, which is no doubt, cor
rect, the really important drama
is the struggle between the King
and his" supporters 'and Jordan's
powerful pro-Egyptian faction,
with aU its agent networks, pur
chased politicians and Commu
nist allies.
.This public drama has now
reached its moment of climax
with the King's declaration . of
martial law. In the breathing
space thus gained, he must de
cisively break the power of his
enemies. Or they will end by
breaking him, not now, perhaps,
but quite surely in the futuer.
IT IS A GRIM gamble he has
taken, for there is no doubt
about it; for many different trag
ic reasons, the King's enemies
enjoy strong popular support.
But to this reporter, the inter
ior drama of the King himself
seems really more absorbing
than the exterior drama, on
which the Middle Eastern future
quite probably depends.
And the best summary of the
interior drama of King Hussein
is certainly the sentence from
his broadcast quoted above.
In truth he was a child, or at
least hardly more than a child,
when he came back from school
in England to reign in Jordan
at the age of 17. The British, who
were then the real rulers of this
country, treated him as a child.
Glubb Pasha (Sir John Bagot
Glubb), the founder and com
mander of the Arab Legion,
dealt with Hussein as a self-assured
elderly1 guardian might
deal with an amiable, but sadly
light-hearted young ward.
The British gravely underes
timated both Hussein and the ug
ly ferments working beneath
this country's surface. The result
was' first the fearful crisis of the
Baghdad pact riots, and second
and inevitably, the King's sud
den angry dismissal of Glubb
Pasha himself. As the boy King
who had broken Britain's grip
on Jordan, Hussein was for a
while the hero ' of Egypt and
Egypt s friends.
"RUT AN independent Jordan
was no more wanted by the
Egyptians than it had been wan
ted by the British. An Egyptian
grip was to replace the British
grip. That was the design.
The main instrument of this
Egyptian' design was not any of
Jordan's pro-Egyptian or Left
wing Nationalists politicians,
either. The main instrument was
the 21-year-old King's closest
friend, the youthful officer
whom he had promoted over the
heads of so many others to com
mand all the Arab Legion, Maj.
Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar.
The Egyptian design moved
forward to completion by rapid
stages, "with General Nuwar al
ways at the King's side, reassur
ing, promising, soothing, protest
ing his own undying loyalty
while he sought to subvert the
Arab Legion's loyalty to the
King.
The denouement was slow in
coming. Repeatedly, those who
were still loyal to him warned
the King of General Nuwar's
true intentions. Until the final
ments were reminiscent of the
horsemen who galloped off in
all directions.
But there are increasing indi-
! cations that the threats stemmed
from anxiety and .that a desire
for lessened diplomatic tension
is the real aim of the Soviet
government.
If this proves correct, the first
evidence may come in the form
of some important concessions
to Allied views in the current
United Nations disarmament
conference in London.
Summit Conference Suggested
Concessions in the disarma
ment negotiations certainly
would improve the diplomatic
atmosphere.
It is being suggested that the
Russian leaders are really aim-
By Joseph Alsop
moment, Hussein would not be
lieve the warnings. And then the
terrible moment came when the
King's eyes were opened and
General Nuwar stood revealed
for what he was.
EVEN today, no one is quite
certain just how bitter that
revelation was. It is certain that
the King was at least to be re
duced to an impotent puppet in
a Jordan wholly controled from
Cairo. But it is now reported
that there were some among the
conspirators who planned to re
move Hussein altogether from
the scene, by the simple Orien
tal method of assassination. At
any rate, the mere discovery
that the most trusted and most
favored had been wholly unde
serving of either trust or favor,
must in itself have been bitter
enough.
The most curious feature of
the last ten amazing days has
been the failure of the Egyptians
and their allies in Jordan to real
ize the inevitable effect f such
a discovery as King Hussein
made. They had always disre
garded him, thinking him a light
minded young man, just as the
British did. And now they could
not believe that the iron had en
tered into his soul and character
and will. Only yesterday, the
Baattust (Arab Resurrection par
ty) politicians with whom I talk
ed after the morning demonstra
tion were light-heartedly ridicul
ing the suggestion that King
Hussein was capable of forceful
independent action to control
his country.
rTHE MERE sight of Hussein
- that afternoon- was enough
to prove how wrong the Baathist
leaders were. In his paper-white
face, the dark eyes seemed pre
ternaturally large. The slight
frame, normally springy and
erect, was slumped under the
heaviness of fatigue. But he
talked confidently, in the man
ner of a man who has learned
not only bitter truths about the
world he lives in, but has learn
ed also reassuring truths about
his own capacities.
Without this transformation
of King Hussein from boy into
man, without this interior drama
that the King has lived through,
the great public drama in Jor
dan could never have reached
Newsman's Arrest Is
Protested in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland U.R)
Two foreign press groups in
Switzerland Saturday protested
the arrest by Swiss authorities of
Associated Press Correspondent
Michael Goldsmith as a "grave
attack on the principle of free
dom of information."
Goldsmith was arrested in
Berne and sentenced to 24 hours
in jail for refusing to reveal the
sources of a news story to a
judge investigating an espionage
case.
EAR CHEWED OFF
Vale Formoso, Portugal U.PJ
Manuel Marcelino sued his
brother Adelino for $17.50 when
Adelino chewed off Manuel's
right ear during a family argu
ment, court authorities reported
today.
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Allies
ing at a Big Four "summit con
ference" in which President Eis
enhower would meet Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai A. Bulganin, Com
munist party leader Nikita S.
Khrushchev, Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan and French
Premier Guy Mollet.
The last "summit conference,"
held in Geneva, Switzerland, in
1955, gave brief promise of East-
West cooperation. But when the
foreign ministers of the four
powers met in Geneva the fol
lowing November the promise
was not materialized. , The for
eign ministers were unable to
agree on a single important is
sue. Since then Allied leaders have
shied away from the idea of an
other meeting of heads of eov-
ernment. They believe it would
provide merely a soundinc
board for Russian propaganda.
Allied leaders have said that
if the Russians want another
conference, they must eive some
proof in advance that they are
ready xo ao business.
Belief that the Russians mav
be ready to do business was
strengthened by an 8,000-word
letter which Buleanin sent te
Macmillan on April 20.
Bulganin Letter Friendly
Bulganin's letter contained a
detailed statement of Russia's
views on world issues the Mid
dle East, disarmament, rival .
military alliances, collective se
curity, East-West trade.
Its tone was most friendly. At'
the end, Bulganin spoke of the
"great importance" Soviet lead
ers attach to "the maintenance
of personal contacts with Brit
ish statesmen." -
This was taken as an implied
invitation to Macmillan to visit
Moscow. London dispatches now
say there is a chance Macmillan '
will go.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles is to meet British
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd
and other North Atlantic Treaty,
Organization foreign ministers
in Bonn, the West German capi
tal, on Thursday. Macmillan, is.
to visit West German Chancel-,
lor Konrad Adenauer in Bonn
on May 7. . .
It is possible that as the result '
of these meetings Macmillan
might visit Moscow. This could
lead, if all went well, to a sum
mit conference this summer.
its present stage. What the out
come may be, none can fartell,
for the King has ventured every-.
thing on a quick turn en for-
tune's wheel. But at any .rate,
one can now be sure, that he will .'
not falter or fall into indecision .
or seek to shirk the necessities"
of the gamble he has made.
(c) 1957 New York .'.
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