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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 20. 1947 (Tueiday)
The Trust Companies associa
tion will sponsor a state-wide
will drafting contest for young
lawyers, according to Eugene
Thorndike and Allan Perry, lo
cal managers of the First Nation
al and U.S. National banks.
From A rthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A Cali
fornian has been w'ed at the age
of 98. It can never be said he
did not put up a struggle.
20 YEARS AGO
May 20, 1937 (Thursday)
City council calls special elec
tion on $50,000 bond issue to
finance repair and reconstruc
of Medford streets.
Work is completed on the new
CCC building erected at the fair
grounds to replace the structure
destroyed by fire a few weeks
ago.
30 YEARS AGO
May 20. 1927 (Friday)
Charles Lindbergh reported
near Nova Scotia after taking i
off from New York on non-stop
flight to Paris in "Spirit of St.
Louis."
Large crowd attends May
Festival at Medford public
library. ,
40 YEARS AGO
May 20. 1917 (Sunday)
Girls' Glee club of Univer
sity of Oregon presents show at
Natatorium.
From Local and Personal col
umn: William Vawter will sing
a solo at a reception next week
in Eugene.
Whai's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. The first railroad in Vir
ginia, in 1831, was used to
transport coal, general merchan
dise, or passengers?
2. An invidous remark is most
likely to provoke laughter, ill
will or good-will?
3. Bible: Which king supplied
ships and seamen for Solomon's
navy on the voyage . to the
"land of Ophir"?
4. What is the normal temper
ature of the human body?
5. '"Queen Elizabeth" and
"Queen Mary" are vessels oper
ated by which steamship conip
any? 6. Name the last country to
declare war against Japan dur
ing World War II.
7. At birth, are an infant's
arms or legs longer?
8. Frankenstein was the name
of the monster or its creator?
9. "Each" means one of two
or more. Does "both" mean the
same?
10. "Here's to good old Boston
The home of the bean and the
cod. Where the Lowells speak
only to Cabots, And the Cabots
speak only to" whom?
Answers: 1. Coal.- 2. Ill-will.
3. Hiram, king of Tyre. 4. 98.6
degrees. 5. Cunard White Star
Limited. 6. Soviet Union. 7.
Arms. 8. Its creator. 9. No. Two
considered together. 10. "God."
Mayflower Becalmed
In Middle Atlantic
London IW The latest re
port from the Mayflower II said
the replica of the Pilgrims' ship
was still almost becalmed in the
middle of the- Atlantic on her
voyage to the United States, ra
dio monitors reported today.
The message, sent Sunday by
Capt. Alan Villiers, said the
Mayflower had covered only 30
miles in the previous 24 hours
and was making only two knots.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Face the
We have read with great interest the arguments
presented for and against the Berrydale annexation
proposal. Most of them appeared in a series of
articles in this newspaper yesterday.
A careful reading of them would, we believe,
bear out our strong impression that the opponents'
arguments, are based on little but an aversion to the
costs of a badly needed sewer project, and an emo
tional appeal to turn it down ; and that the arguments
of the supporters of annexation are based on facts.
Some of these facts are unpleasant. But they are
facts, nevertheless, gathered from official sources and
not refuted by anyone.
V
AS we see it, the facts are these:
1. The present sanitary conditions in the Berry
dale district are a menace to the health of the people
not only those in the immediate area, but their
neighbors, too. Raw, untreated sewage runs in the
creeks and ditches, and stands on the surface of the
fields. Not only health is endangered, but property
values, too, are reflecting the objectionable condition.
Something MUST be done, and soon.
2. The number of possible solutions is limited,
and annexation to, the city appears to be the only one
which gives any-hope of solving the problem in any
foreseeable period of time, at a cost that can be borne
without hardship.
3. Taxes and assessments following annexation
will, of course, increase. But they will not increase
as much as some residents fear they will. In the long
run, the benefits received will far overshadow the
relatively modest increase in costs.
THE opponents to annexation make -much of vague
hopes for some other solution. These do not stand
the test of scrutiny.
For instance, the city will NOT offer sewage fa
cilities to the area until and unless it annexes. The
reasons for this policy have been set forth in detail.
Legislation ir the present session of the legisla
ture offers no solution.
One bill, which- would provide for a tax differ
ential for annexed areas, would not help, because
it requires city approval before a differential would
be allowed, and because it applies largely to unde
veloped areas. As it is, annexation from the city's
standpoint is now at a "break-even" point, and the
city could afford no such differential. In addition,
the constitutionality of the measure is being chal
lenged.
Another bill, to permit the formation of service
districts, would not apply here (and it is doubtful
it will pass the legislature anyway.)
TTHE proposal for a "sewer lagoon" on a 10-acre
site, with the "algae-cleaned effluent" dumped
into the Rogue river is an insult to the intelligence
of the people of the area. Such a muck-filled sewer
pond, located" in a highly populated area, is unthink
able. And what would the people downstream along
the Rogue, to say nothing of the state sanitary au
thority, have to say about it?
Incorporation of the area as a new, separate city,
could, of course, be done. But that would mean more
months 'or years of haggling, the long process of
elections and organization, the hiring of city em
ployees, the bonding for sewer purposes. All this
would take time too much time and would cost
far more than annexation, in the long run.
This proposal, and the simple, unthinking sug-'
gestion that "we'll build it ourselves," don't take
into consideration that the principal in fact, the
only reason that annexation is being requested is
that the area does not have the bonding capacity to
do the job.
THE cries for "fair play" and against "dictatorship"
which have been voiced by those opposing the
annexation would be laughable if they were not so
misleading.
The supporters of annexation are honestly and
Sincerely trying to do what they feel to be imperative
for the good of their community, and have tried to
convince, with factual arguments, their neighbors that
they are right. They hope a majority will agree that
annexation is the best and at present the only
solution.
If the majority -does not agree, the alternatives
are unpleasant. In the words of Dr. Harold Erickson,
state health officer:
". . . Either the State Board of Health through the state
sanitary authority, or the Jackson county health officer,
could under existing circumstances certify to the Jackson
county court that an emergency exists in the area requiring
that immediate action be taken to protect public health.
The county court could then proceed according to law to
install the required facilities at the expense of the property
owners."
THAT this would happen is probable, for an im-
mediate health hazard to the entire Medford
Central Point area does exist in the Berrydale district.
The costs of such a procedure, done without the
technical and financial resources of the city to help,
would be excessive far above the costs under an
nexation. ,
We "can't avoid the feeling that those who are
sincerely opposing annexation under these circum
stances are simply failing to face facts facts which
point inescapably to annexation as the only reason
able way to solve a serious problem without undue
hardship to anyone E.A.
Republican Central Committee Slates Meet
The Jackson Countv Tfpnnhli-
can Central committee will meet
at 8 pjn. Monday, May 27, in the
Medford High school cafeteria.
State Sen. Phil Lowery is ten
tatively scheduled to be speaker
at the meeting.
Monday, May 20, 1957
Facts
All nrpcinct committee men
and women are invited to attend
and are asked to bring block
workers and interested friends,
according to Mrs. Frank Bash,
chairman. Refreshments will be
served.
' filFF LOST HS.SO ti?LL
'TIL We CAN Btiy A DOG
Matter of Fact
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL
CRISIS?
Baltimore County, Maryland
The big meeting hall in the
new, ugly CIO office building
in Baltim ore
county is divid-
ed in two by
a high beaver
board parti
tion. On the
b e a v erboard
there are tack
ed, not union
n o t i ces, but
childish
Stewait Alsop scrawls, color
ed pictures of Maryland's birds
and beasts, patriotic mottoes,
and the like. And on either side
of the partition you will find,
not embattled workers, but 30
odd healthy looking, surprising
ly well-behaved children.
Those children in the union
hall are. what the President's
school aid plan, the most im
portant and most disputed item
in his domestic program, is aU
about. In an attempt to get a
first hand look at the much ad
vertised school crisis, this re
porter has just toured this coun
ty and neighboring Ann Arun
del county, talking to teachers
and school officials and peering
into classrooms.
In a suburban area like this
one, the reasons for the schopl
crisis are easily visible to the
naked eye, in the rows of small
new houses stretching out like
a vast tent city. We Americans
have reproduced like rabbits
since the war, and at the same
time we have been moving out
of the big cities into the su
burbs as though we were fleeing
a plague.
AS a result, the two counties
T irieitcrl lilro similar subur
ban areas all over the United
States, have tripled their school
population in ' one decade. De
spite a lot of new school build
ing, there just are not enough
classrooms to go round, and
classes have had to be held in
churches, or union halls, or any
available space at all.
The question posed by the
President's plan is this: Should
the government provide funds to
build schools, so -that the chil
dren in the CIO building can
move into a regular classroom?
Editorial
Comment
ENTER. THE FOREIGN CAR
Traditionally indifferent to
learning foreign languages
Americans are' now getting in
struction in a variety of foreign
names: Heikel, Porsche, Fiat,
Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar. Already
they are quite familiar with
Volkswagen. Fact is, 16 foreign
manufacturers of motorcars are
tapping the American market
with cars of small dimensions
and low gas consumption.
U. S. manufacturers have held
to the large sizes in their auto
production, convinced that Amer
icans want a standard-size car.
In fact, the prevailing trend has
been toward making cars longer
and wider. Their conclusion has
been that Americans unable or
unwilling to pay the price for
a new Ford, Chevrolet or Ply
mouth would buy used cars rath
er than go 'to the junior-size
models. Recalling the fate of the
Bantam, the Austin and the
Willys one can hardly dispute
that conclusion.
On the other hand American
motors is finding a good market
for its Rambler .. model, and
these small foreign cars keep
rolling in in increasing numbers.
Studebaker-Packard is now turn
ing out a smaller car. Maybe
the so-called "independents" will
find this a profitable niche for
themselves, but they have to
face the increasing competition
of the foreign-made midgets.
Oregon Statesman, Salem.
Washington (IP) The United
States may ask for an extension
of the 10-day recess in east-west
disarmament talks if more time
is needed to develop proposals,
including an Artie aerial inspec-
! tion zones, administration of
ificials said Saturday.
W- J1
HAVE TO WEAR THAT
ONE
By Stewart Alsop
'The National Education Associa
tion, which designated the two
Maryland counties I visited as
typical of the problem, believes
that is should. I felt on my ex
pedition inclined to agree. But
now I wonder.
I asked the bright, middle
aged lady teacher in the union
hall how she was getting on
here. "Why, it's just fine," she
said, "it's nice and quiet away
from the main school, and there
is plenty of room for the chil
dren." Another teacher who
might have been her twin, who
was holding classes in a neigh
boring Baptist church, gave the
same reply, word for word.
AND this suggests one impres
sion I brought back from my
brief expedition. The school
crisis is serious, and it could
become a lot more so. It causes
a lot of inconvenience and some
times bad trouble. But it is not
quite as desperate a crisis as it
has sometimes been painted.
In some classrooms, the chil
dren are pretty crowded, but
the classrooms do not -resemble
the black hole of Calcutta. In a
few schools, a 'two-shift system
has had to be adopted. This sys
tem is. obviously unsatisfactory,
and it has made it necessary to
cut such extras as music, art, and
sometimes remedial reading. But
the children are still going to
school and getting taught.
Of course, the children in that
union hall ought sooner or later
to move into a regular classroom.
But is it really the business of
the Federal government to see
that they do?
If the Federal government
does move in, the Federal gov
ernment will stay in, despite the
President's fond hopes. The plan
will not be temporary, because
the problem caused by the popu
lation explosion in the suburbs
is not temporary.
TO be sure, communities like
Baltimore county and Ann
Arundel county, which have
been hit by the population ex
plosion, cannot do the job alone.
Like similar school districts all
over the country, both counties
are on the verge of exhausting
their credit. The Federal govern
ment could -no doubt do a useful
job in underwriting the credit
of such communities. But there
is a lot of difference between
bolstering the credit of the hard
hit areas and moving in with
Federal funds to build school
houses.
Theodore R. McKeldin, Repub
lican Governor of Maryland, has
just vetoed a tobacco tax ear
marked to increase teachers' sal
aries, and the state's share of
school expenses has been going
down proportionately instead of
up. If the Federal government
moves in, no formula on earth
can prevent state and local gov
te fmm slnuehins of a
bigger and bigger share of their
school load on the .national gov
ernment. And surely there is something
to be said for the notion that the
citizens of Maryland, or any
other state, should be financially
responsible for the education of
their children. There, at least,
were the impressions this re
porter brought back from an ad
mittedly superficial first-hand
look at the school problem. And
there was one more impression
that the teachers and officials
I met, all admirable people, were
a little too much interested in
the buildings the children were
taught in, and not enough in
what they were taught.
Copyright 1957. New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
DEATH DRAWS THE CROWD
GEO. N. TAYLOR
Christ was set to die that day and so
they crowded out from Jerusalem to see
what He would do for Himself. He had said
that He was God's Son and by healing the
sick and raising the dead, He had proved
it. Now let Him save Himself. At the place
of death, Christ's cross was set between
those of two criminals. The one pleads
"Jesus remember me when you come into
your kingdom." Jesus answered "This
day thou shalt be with me in paradise."
And you? Have you also trusted Christ
every step of the way? Adv.
Perhaps lkes Honeymoon With
Business Never Was True Love7
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington OB There's a
Tommy Manville touch to Presi
dent Eisenhower's second term
h o n e y m oon
with big busi
ness. Perhaps
it never really
was true love.
, Big business,
m a n e u vered
by some smart
politicians such
as Thomas E.
Dewey of New
Lyle C. Wilson york put up
the brains, the money and the
arguments to nominate and
elect Eisenhower in 1952.
They yearned for a friend in
the White House after long
years of Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Harry S. Truman. They got
their friend 'in. Now many of
the President's former support
ers believe he has stabbed them
in the back with big spending
and high tax policies.
Congress Also Responsible
Anyone who knows a lick
about government is aware that
Congress, equally with the Pres
ident, is responsible for the high
rate of government expenditures
now proposed, and for high
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
' President Eisenhower says in
Washington:
"If we weaken ourselves mili
tarily in order to cut taxes now,
it could be the most costly mis
take in our national life."
I HAVE an idea his mind is run
ning back to the summer of
1945, when we began to tear
down precipitately the greatest
military machine the world had
ever known. The war is over, we
said to ourselves then. The world
has been made safe for democ
racy. So let's get our boys home
and out of uniform and back into
their jobs and their schools.
It was a terrible mistake.
Russia knew THEN what she
was going to do if she could
get away with it. So, while we
were tearing down our military
machine, Russia was expanding
and strengthening hers.
The cold war followed.
Throughout all the beginnings of
the cold war, we were militarily
Weak when we needed to be in
vincibly strong.
We all know what has hap
pened as a result.
BUT
Our clearly recognized need
stronger than we have ever need
ed to be before is no good rea
son why we shouldn't seek to cut
the cost of operating our fabu
lously extravagant federal gov
ernment. In deed, the obvious fact that
we need to keep invincibly
strong militarily is the best of all
reasons why we should eliminate
all possible waste in the opera
tion of our government.
I SUPPOSE there are people
around here old enough to re
member coal and wood stoves.
If so, they'll recall that one first
put in the coal or wood and then
took out the ashes..Coal or wood
fired power plants are few and
far between in these parts, but
there too the process is to put in
the coal or wood and afterwards
It may surprise you to learn
that atomic power plants, which
are the last word in modern life,
follow the same routine.
There's a man back on the At
lantic coast who makes a good
living as a disposer of atomic
"ashes." Plants and laboratories
around the nation ship then
atomic wastes to him. A close
check is kept on the operation.
The interstate commerce com
mission has set up strict rules on
shipping the "hot stuff." The dis
poser operates under a license
from the atomic energy commis
sion. The atomic waste is sent to
him in special steel barrels with
a thick cement shield for added
protection. After the waste ma
terial arrives at his place of busi
ness it is loaded aboard a speci
all constructed ship, taken to a
secret spot in the ocean and
dumped. The location of the
dumping ground is a TOP secret,
known only to the atomic ener
gy officials.
WHAT of the future?
Will the stuff poison all the
oceans with radioactive mate
rial? Scientists figure the procedure
is safe. They say it will take
about A THOUSAND YEARS
for water at the deep levels of
the sea to rise to the surface.
So don't worry about it until
the year 2957.
taxes. Businessmen do not know
much about government, how
ever, nor do most voters. So
Eisenhower is getting all the
discredit for the proposed budg
et for fiscal 1958. It isn't fair,
but it is a political fact "with
which the administration must
reckon.
The symptoms of business dis
enchantment with Eisenhower
were evident recently at the
Hot Springs Va., meeting of the
Commerce Department's Busi
ness Advisory council. More
graphically, a top drawer Gen
eral Motors official recently
rebuked Eisenhower.
W. H. Doerfner is general
manager of GM's Steering Gear
division. A fortnight ago he
wrote to the President protest
ing "your unsound monetary
policies and your New Deal in
spired international WPA."
Chamber Also Miffed
Anti-Big Government
Lobby Top Spenders
Washington (CQ) A lobby
ing machine designed by a Con
gressman to overhaul the Fed
eral Government reports spend
ing more money than any .other
organization so far this year.
The lobby is called the Cam
paign for the 48 States and was
organized by Rep. Ralph W.
Gwinn of New York, a self
styled conservative Republican.
It reported spending $81,922 in
the first quarter of 1957 to in
fluence legislation, nearly twice
as much as any of the other 187
organizations that filed first
quarter lobby spending reports
with Congress.
All told, the 188 organizations
that filed by the' April 10 dead
line reported spending $921,832
as of March 31. This compares
with the 199 organizations that
reported spending $1,087,404 in
the first quarter of 1956. In
1956, only eight groups reported
spending as much as $80,000 for
the entire year.
The Campaign for the 48
states, which claims "5,000
plus" members, is pressuring
Congress through the state legis
latures instead of through the
usual Washington lobby corps.
It is urging states to pass resolu
tions asking Congress to adopt
five constitutional amendments
to reduce Federal taxing and
spending, revise the electoral
college system, simplify con
stitutional amendment ma
chinery and limit the force of in
ternational treaties.
Appeal to Stales
Gwinn, the campaign's archi
tect, describes the movement as
"an out and out appeal to the
states to reassert and clarify the
limitations on the power of Con
gress to tax and spend and bor
row. It's an over-all appeal to
take government out of busi
ness." Chairman of the Campaign
for the 48 States is Robert B.
Snowden, a former cotton farm
er who works out of the organi
zation's headquarters in Mem
phis, Tenn. Snowden said most
of the $81,922 was spent on pro
ducing television films illustrat
ing the need for the constitu
tional amendments. They were
shown in 40 cities, he said.
Snowden said his organization
registered under the Federal
Regulation of Lobbying Act this
year "just to be on the safe side."
The Act requires lobbies to file
reports every quarter showing
how much was spent and for
what purpose. It also stipulates
that those who contribute $500
or more to the lobby must be
named on the filing form.
Gwinn said he organized the
Campaign in 1954 after deciding
"Congress would not be able to
reverse this trend toward So
cialism for the simple reason
that once you're launched into
socialized food, housing and
pover the Government becomes
committed to give special bene
fits to some groups." He said the
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administration, one of the multi-billion
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priming projects associated with
FDR's New Deal.
The United States Chamber
ot Commerce, which loved Eis
enhower in 1952, and 1956,
doesn't love him any more. The
chamber tagged the President
the other day as the biggest tax
collector of all time, so far.
Eisenhower's is an eye -popping
spending record for an ad
ministration which won office
on an economy platform. There's
nothing new about that, of
course. Only the old timers here
recall that FDR campaigned in
1932 on an economy platform.
He promised to trim government
costs by 25 per cent and he
stuck to it for a month or so
after taking office whereafter
he, as. has Eisenhower, began
spending other people's money
at a big rate. ,
only way Senators or Repre
sentatives can resist pressure
groups is through constitutional
restrictions on their power to
legislate.
The end result of the Cam
paign's course would be the
e 1 i m i n a t ion of "illegitimate
lobbying" according to Gwinn,
because the government could
not supply the money sought. He
cited the U.S. Office of Educa
tions effort to get a federal aid
to education bill passed as il
legitimate lobbying. "Our gov
ernment is the biggest lobby, v
the biggest spender and one of
the worst of all in the world,"
Gwinn said.
He said the common denomi
nator for members of the Cam
paign for the 48 States is "in
terest in the limited constitu
tional functions of Government
as against the unlimited socialist
concept of Government." He pre
dicted the five amendments
pushed by the Campaign would
be adopted within five or six
years.
Next to the Campaign in
lobby, spending, according to
reports surveyed by Congres
sional Quarterly, was the As
sociation of American Railroads.
The Association reported spend
ing $42,148 in the first quarter
o; 1957, slightly less than the
$46,402 it reported spending in
the first quarter of 1956.
. The reported expenditures of
4he other six top spenders: AFL
CIO $30,531; American Legion
$28,936; American Farm Bureau
VaAtmtinr COR Old- Cmifknn
1 yiHjdlU WVSUbit;iU
States Industrial Council (2,000
business and industrial firms in
the 16 southern states from
Texas to Maryland) $25,692;
U.S. Savings and Loan League
(4,300 savings and loan associa
tions) $23,100; National Farmers
Union $22,465.
Copyright 1957.
Congressional Quarterly)
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