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Los Anaelea Seattle Portland St Lmnm Atlanta Vancouver B C A.TI0MAL IDITOIlAi NIWIPtMl IOC1ATION Flight o' Time Mlf ard an Jackson County Hiitarj from the files of The Mull tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 fan ago. 10 AGO Jua 3S, 1847 (Wadnesday) Medioxd League of Women Voter decides that "world con trol" i only salvation from funic energy and atomic bomb Trma Arthur Perry's Ve Smudge Pot column: A new cast iron rrmster weather vane atop a rural barn awaits the opening of th CbiBa pheasant season with ler and trepidation. Its predecessor was shot so full of hole bf th huatsrs, unable to find a bird Or "No Hunting sign as targets, it could no long er tell the direction of the breezes with any sccuricy. 20 YEARS AGO Jun 25. 1937 (Friday) Forest service says there is good fishing expected in upper Rogue river as winter snows vanish. Bike pa-fade to be held here tomorrow to honor the "return of bicycling to a place among the favorite American sports." o 30 YEARS AGO June 25. 1927 (Saturday) State commander, and high officials of the American Legion visit the valley for the day. Over 50 crates of berries sold at the public market this morn inffmake it one of the busiest mornings all season. o - 40 YEARS AGO June 25. 1917 (Monday) Herbert NiMn, state highway engineer, and R. C. Johnson, roads editor of Oregon Journal, stop in Medford on 1,100 mile Qtrip inspecting Oregon roads. From the Local and Personal column: The Pendleton Roundup delegation of 20 men and women rough riders, occupying a special tourist car, passed thru the city this morning en route to Ash land where they will participate in the big roundup doings of July 3. 4, and 5. On the same train were their 0 horaes oc cupying an express car. What's Ywr I.Q.T Nln or tn corrfrt n mpfrlor; even or rlcht Is excellent: live or lx Is (ood. 1. Was Tallahassee. Fla., firs; visited by De Leon, De Soto or the slave-raider Miruelo? 2. In what European country is the city of Konitsa? 3. Bible: Did Saul slay the high priest Abiathur or Abi melech? 4. The Indian population in the U. S. is steadily increasing, or decreasing? 5. The human olfactory organ controls the sense of touch, hear ing, or smell? 7. A herpetologist would study reptiles, herbs, or swing music? 8. Are drone bees hatched from unfertilized' eggs? 9. Is it incorrect to spell re gard "reguard"? 10. "The Old Lady of Thread needle Street in Danger" was the title of a caricature, May 22, 1797, by J. Gilray. Did he intro duce the nickname? Atnwers: 1. Da Soto. 2. Greece. Aoiathur. 4. Increasing, due largely to health education and medical care. 5. Sense of smell. 6. "Among the three girls ..." 7. Reptiles. 8. Yes. 9. Yes. 10. No. W. C. Corbett did. February. 1797. mail tribune Walk Together; Talk Together John Hansen, the young Dane who has spent the past school year as a "member of the family" of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Christensen of Medford, will be re turning home soon. From what we have been able to learn of John and his activities and friends here, his stay has been a resounding success from his standpoint, that of the Christensens, the high school, and his new friends. This makes it a success for the American Field Service, which is responsible for his visit. THE AFS, we were surprised to leam, is the same American Field Service which sent volunteer am bulance drivei-s to France during World War I and later in World War II. It has since broadened its ideas of service and international friendship into the sponsorship of these visits by young Europeans. An exchange program recently was worked out, for young Americans to go period of time. This is the plan under which this sum mer Dave Frohnmayer of Medford is going to Europe, to live with a family there-. In the fall, another AFS exchange student will arrive in Medford to live for the school year. XkTE believe the value and importance of these in- ternational visits can hardly be overemphasized. We wish they cpuld be expanded time and time again, for they provide what is probably one of the most effective means of international understanding. The simple fact of finding out that there are "other" ways of life, and that they have their own benefits and advantages, is important. But there are other benefits, and they are lasting ones. We suspect that the John Hansens and the Dave Frohnmayers of this year and the years to come never will allow themselves to fall into the pro vincial type of thinking which makes for suspicion and misunderstanding. THE American Field Service operates with a mini mum of staff and a minimum of income out of a small office in New York. Its funds come from do nations many of them from organizations. It maintains certain standards as to language and background to pick youngsters who will benefit most from their year abroad. It has standardized the cost of an exchange visit at $650 which is the average so that no host community will be penalized by hav ing to pay more for a student from a greater distance. In the case of John Hansen, the cost was sub scribed by the Medford Rotary club, with funds raised by its annual suit sale. The money goes for transportation, some incidentals, and a small allow ance for the student. The rest of the cost living ex penses, school and so on is provided by the host family, which is carefully screened before being picked for the privilege. THE AFS committee here Ul 11U LCI ICHIO, CWLliVJUg,!! LI1C1 C IS 11 V XU11HCH relationship between the two. It is hoped the pro gram can be broadened in coming years, and support from the community at large wrould be welcome. We can think of few projects more worthy of en thusiastic help. President Eisenhower has declared that, if it is carried far enough, it would be "an effec tive agent in combatting and will help eliminate the misunderstandings that promote conflict." One author writing quotes an ancient Sanskrit Walk together, talk together, 0 ye peoples of the earth ; then and only then shall ye have peace." E.A. Winnemucca to the Sea Klamath Falls was host to a meeting of the Winnemuc-ca-to-the-Sea Association. This organization wants to locate and have constructed a highway from Winnemucca, Nevada to the sea, via Klamath Falls. The KF Herald and News, reporting the discussion, says the routing between the two cities is uncertain whether via Alturas. Cal., or Lakeview, Ore. No reference is made to the route from Klamath to the Pacific. Maybe when those dried-out Nevadans see Upper Klamath Lake they will be satisfied with that terminus. The Winnemucca routing reminds us of a favorite story of the late Gov. Earl Snell. how when a native out in the high desert was asked the route to Winnemucca, he got so confused in giving directions he finally told the inquirer, "You can't get to Winnemucca from here." In reverse, it's pretty hard to get from Winnemucca to the sea. Oregon Statesman, Salem A ROAD such as that mentioned above would be " of benefit to the entire area through quicker, easier and more pleasant transportation east and west. Too long our emphasis has been on north-south routes. As to the route from Klamath Falls west, logically it will follow the newly-authorized line through Lake of the Woods, Fish Lake, McAllister Soda Springs, and Eagle Point. This road, which is low-standard but usable now, will be improved until it is superior to the twisty Green Springs route. From Medford, it is less clear which way the route should logically lead. THE people of Cave Junction are strongly in favor of a cut-off which would link the Oregon Caves road and the roads in the Applegate above Williams and Provolt, thence through Jacksonville to Medford. Only a few miles separate these paved roads, and a car can make it now, in dry weather. The Illinois Valley boosters also want to see California dig a tunnel under Oregon mountain, to eliminate the five miles or so of curving grade on Highway 199. There is additional talk, however, particularly in the Grants Pass area, of a new road across the coast range some people favoring Gold Beach as the out let, others Brookings. Which will be the final choice is still far from certain, but the day is coming when the dream of ".Winnemucca To the Sea" will come time. E.A. Tuesday. June 25. 1957 the other way for a shorter happens to be composed totalitarian propaganda about the AFS program saying, which admonishes : ' I've got plugs im My rw AH' NOTHN' TO PLUG VM'' . Congress Eyes Plan To Inventory U.Ss Recreational Needs Washington (CQ) This June. National Recreation Month, finds Congress taking a big step toward preserving the wide open spaces for play. The step is a nationwide in ventary of the existing and po tential outdoor recreation areas open to the public. Legislation to let a special recreation commis sion make the inventory is on its way through Congress. The Senate Interior and Insu lar Affairs Committee has agreed to send the legislation to the floor for a vote. Hearings already have been held on the House side. Chairman Gracie Pfost (D-Idaho) of the Public Lands Subcommit tee said the measure will get sent to the House floor if her Subcom mittee can find time to meet on it. The depth of proponents and dearth of opponents is expected to assure easy passage in both the Senate and House once the bill comes up for a vote. The pending measure would Communications Letters to th Editor must bear the name nd address ot the writer, although under certain circumstances the use ot a pen name or initial tor publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Utilities and Taxes To the Editor: Indications are that some Oregonians still be lieve people can support them selves by 'taking in each others washings.' In a letter of opposition to my views for public power in Ore gon, I am advised that the writer is 'happy to have a private utility company in Jackson County finding that these utili ties are nice people to have around for their tax-paying ability.' Certainly a private util ity would necessarily pay taxes with funds received from sub scribers to their services, and un doubtedly those taxes are vitally important and necessary to assist in the support by welfare of the many many people idle because of lack of employment brought about by the discouraging of in dustry due to the extremely high rates charged by that very priv ate jtility The cat chasing it's own tail or taking in each other's washings Oregon stands near the top as to taxation of residents and cer tainly each tax dollar is neces sary to the support of the many who cannot find employment ex cept during summer months. Sev eral hundred plywood mills, al uminum smelters, p r o c essing plants etc., would undoubtedly alleviate this situation, but there will be no such industry until water and power is made avail able to interested business at a rate which will allow them to compete with other markets in other areas. It is charged that to fight for public power is to be a non conformist. I am one non-conformist of the category which up holds peoples in lands where dic tatorship threatens the kind of non-comformist who will die upon their feet rather than live upon their knees. To sit in Ore gon and do absolutely nothing to assist her to her feet and to al low a state welfare to support one's family with taxes paid by a monoply such as private utili ties and say thank heavens they DO pay taxes this is the kind of conformist I shall never be nor will any American citizen who possesses an ounce of cour age and foresight to the future welfare of their children who will become adults in the same bad conditions as do now exist in the state of Oregon unless a few non-conformists do some thing to change those conditions. Mrs. Virginia Card 1154 Viola ave. Glendale, Calif. Sirontium-90 To the Editor: How much long er can the United States afford to ignore the very real danger of Strontium-90? , Can we, in the face of mount establish a 15-member National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission composed of eight Congressmen and seven private citizens. There would be four Democrats and four Repub licans representing the House and Senate. An executive secretary and his staff in Washington would carry on the day-to-day work of the Commission. Their assignment, to be completed by Dec. 31, 1959, would be to inventory outdoor recreation areas and recommend how the Nation can meet the public recreation needs of 1976 and of 2000. The Commission could ask Federal agencies to declare certain lands temporari ly closed to private development as its inventory progressed. It would then be up to the govern ment involved local, state or Federal to decide whether .to acquire the land the Commission recommended for public recre ation. Cost of the inventory is esti- ing international concern, put forth such weak arguments as the danger level of atomic fall out is not anywhere near the saturation point and that Russia would blow us off the face of the earth if we were to stop our test ing? How long can we hide behind this theory when our eminent men of science and authorities in military strategy all agree that man must find a new way to settle his disputes for even now mankind is threatened by the existing level of Strontium-90? As for communism and her pre sumed action, one can almost be assured that Communist peo ple like ourself want to live. By destroying the United States with H-bombs she can be almost as sured of the eventual death of her own people. Russia does not desire an end to the world, she wishes to promote her ideology. Scientists in Britain contend that in some areas the concentra tion of fallout has already reach ed the danger point and the Fed eration of American Scientists agree. Strontium-90 does not just go away. . . it stays around for something like 75 years. You and I and every living person now contain within our systems Stro-tium-90. Can anything be worth the havoc that more H-bomb testing will bring? What great good wiU the Christmas Island tests do for man that will compensate for the 1,000 cases of leukemia that will result around the world? What wonderful thing will it accomp lish that will make up for the 20,000 f e e b le-minded children that will be born? What about the 10,000 cases of bone cancer of which your child may very well be one? These are the facts as present ed by leading nuclear physicists of the world These are the facts as expressed by the men who gave birth to the bomb and now wish they had not. These men are not alarm ists, they are Nobel prize winners. In the light of this overwhelm ing knowledge what right has any nation to split hairs over a system of inspection? Those fam iliar with the new existing mon itoring system say that it is com pletely adequate to detect all ex plosions of one megaton size or larger. The one question above all others must be the bomb and what to do about it, anything else is secondary. There is little need to concern ourself 'with the problem of education if there are no children to educate or they are born incapable of learn ing. Strontium-90 is here to stay . , .but are we? Shirley Hodson 2135 Reclamation Klamath Falls, Ore. Italian Cabinet Crisis Gets Worse; Confusion Clouds View By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Italy's cabinet crisis is getting worse instead of better as it enters its eighth week. It seems i n c r easingly likely that a special parlia mentary elec tion, one year ahead of sched ule, will be n e c essary to end the tangle. It seems likely also that soon er or later a Charles McCano showdown will be necessary on the constitutional powers of President Giovanni Gronchi. Gronchi's insistence on trying to play the part of a "strong man" in politics instead of act ing as a figurehead, as he is sup posed to do, has played a big part in the political confusion. Socialists Desert Him Premier Antonio Segni re signed on May 6 after the tiny Republican Party and then the larger right wing Socialist Party deserted his Christian Demo crats and thus broke up the gov ernment coalition. Adone Zoli, another Christian Democrat, formed a cabinet on May 20. Zoli confined his cabinet to Christian Democrats, hoping to run the government with the support of other moderate par ties. Zoli managed to get a vote cf confidence in the Chamber of Deputies for his cabinet. Bu there was a miscount of votes. When the count was checked, it developed that he got his ma jority only because the extreme right wing "Neo-Fascists" voted mated at S1.5 million. The Rec reation Commission could pay states and private agencies to help it. Proponents of the bill include such Government agencies as the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service and such pri vate organizations as the Izaak Walton League of America, Na tional Wildlife Federation, Out board Boating Club of America and the Wilderness Society. The only argument heard against the inventory so far has been the U. S. Chamber of Commerce view that the Government already has authority to . conduct a survey and therefore does not need new legislation. 'Now or Never' Those groups pushing for the measure say reserving land for the public is a "now or never proposition. They point to miles of honky-tonk boardwalk where sand dunes used to be; to the swelling numbers of people visit ing existing public play areas and to the stampede of . bulldoz ers overrunning the few remain ing primitive areas. Statistics presented during the hearings on the legislation dem onstrated the increasing popular ity of exisiting public outdoor recreation facilities and the di minishing amount of seashore open to the public. The U.S. Forest Service said 53 million persons visited the national forests in 1956, three times as many as in 1946. The Forest Service predicted 66 mil lion would use the forests in 1962 and 82 million in 1968. Visitors to national parks have increased from about 9 mil lion in 1946 to 20 million in 1956, an increase of 123 per cent. Olympic National Park in Washington, for one, experienc ed a 598 per cent increase in vis itors over the ten-year period. As for seashore open to the public, a National Park Service survey completed in 1955 show ed that only 240 miles, or 6.5 per cent, of the 3,700-mile shoreline line along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts was open to the public. It recommended Federal acquisi tion of additional shoreline be fore private developers take over all suitable areas. Its 1955 recommendations gave "highest priority" to the acquisi tion for public use of about 300 miles of seashore land in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas. The National Park Serv ice currently is making a simi lar survey of the Pacific coast. Threatening undeveloped sea shore land along the Atlantic coast, proponents of the bill argue, is the long-range predic tion that eventually a giant city will extend from Boston to Nor folk. The rush for seashore prop erty already is on, the argument goes, so the longer the Govern ment waits the more expensive the land it wants for public use will be. The National Park Service sur-: vey cited an area it recommend ed for acquisition in 1935 for S9.000 a mile. Twenty years later, the Park Service report said, the same land cost $110,000 a mile. (Copyright 1957, Congressional Quarterly) DISCOURAGING TURNOUT London OP) Henry C. Wright, independent candidate in North Dorset for Parliament, conceded today that his political rally Monday night may have been a flop. The only ones who showed up were Wright, three reporters and the caretaker of the hall. for him. I Zoli refused to accept a man date which depended on extrem ist support. He resigned on June 10. j Refutes Resignation President Gronchi called in man after man in a vain attempt to get a successor. Finally. Gronchi announced last Satur day that he refused to accept Zoli's resignation and told him to carry on. Zoli went before the Chamber of Deputies today to make a new start. It was forecast that the chamber would let him re main in office for a while at Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop IS THIS THEIR ANSWER? I Paris As these words are written, it seems highly prob able that the Soviet submarines which have been present ed to Egypt are on their .vay out of the Medite r r a n ean into the Red Sea. What is worse, it also seems highly probable that Joseph AIsod those same Soviet submarines flying Egyptian flags will be used in an attempt to create a new Middle Eastern crisis of the gravest sort. Certainly they can be used in this manner. And we must at least assume that the Soviets and Egyptians will not resist the temptation of a major coup until the contrary is prov en. All the gains in the dangerous Middle Eastern situation in the last months may now be at stake, in fact. The reasons why this is the case are relatively simple. TN THE first place, the only prize that Israel received for the shattering defeat of the Egyptian Army was the free navigation of the Gulf of Aqaba. This narrow waterway leads from the Red Sea, where the Soviet submarines should soon be cruising, up to the Port of Elath, which is the southern doorway to Israel. In the desperate negotiations after the Suez attack. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flat ly promised the Israelis to sup port them on free navigation in the Aqaba Gulf. The Egyptian government also promised Sec retary Dulles not to make an issue of the matter, although the Gulf had always previously been closed by the Egyptians and Saudi Arabians, who joint ly hold the narrow entrance. In these circumstances, if the Soviet submarines are used to halt ships bound through the Aqaba Gulf to Elath, it will be immensely difficult and perhaps even imoossible to prevent the Israelis from renewing their at tack on Egypt. They will consid er the provocation very great. They will think the United States is bound by Dulles to sup port them. And they will be con fident, as well they may be from past experience, of defeating Nasser's armies in the kind of way that will expose the essen tial hollowness of the Nasser regime for good and all. TF THAT were "the whole story, - the reasons for concern would not be too great. But in fact, by stopping navigation of the Gulf of Aqaba, Nasser will auto matically re-gild his tarnished prestige as the unique hero of the Arab world. Even the Iraqi government, whose enemy Nasser has always been, will be forced to fly to his support. The Saudi Arabian, Jordanian and Lebanese govern ments, whose rejection of Nas ser's leadership has been the great development of recent months, will be forced to re verse their courses instantan eously, also rallying to Nasser Counsel With . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan ' ' Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP-2-4940 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOllY ST. least. But his Christian Demo crats hold only 260 seats in the 590-seat chamber. Thus he is at the mercy of other parties. The whole tangle stems really from the multi-party political system which has weakened a number of European countries for years and which made pos sible the rise of Benito Musso lini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany. Some Italian political leaders are talking now of the possi bility of forming two strong parties by merging various groups. But it appears to be merely talk. in the strongest manner possi ble. If it comes to war between Israel and Egypt, all these gov ernments may be expected to fight on Egypt's side. Worse still, Secretary Dulles will be squarely caught between two fires. Will he break his promise about the Gulf of Aqaba to the Israelis, in order to pre serve his new relationship with Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon? Or will he keep his promise to Israel, and so lose all gains in the Middle East about which the State Depart ment's propagandists have re cently been boasting with such smug complacency? Only Secre tary Dulles can answer these piercingly sharp questions. m m m rNE could be absolutely posi " tive of the future need to answer these questions, if it were not for one thing. It is a very great risk for Nasser to provoke an Israeli attack. It seems hard to believe that he would run such a risk, even after being given such fine new toys as the Soviet submarines, without very solid guarantees of military protection. Those guar antees can only come from the Kremlin, and giving such guar antees is a considerable risk for the Soviets. All the same, this is a breath less moment. The fact that Kis selev, the Soviet ambassador in Cairo, is now in Moscow for consultations, has an ominous look about it. So does the pass age through the Dardanelles into the Mediterranean of elements cf the Soviet surface fleet. The aspect of affairs will be still more ominous, if thf-, imports prove correct that these Soviet naval vessels will be used to give moral support to Nasser's Syrian Viceroy, Lieutenant Colo nel Abdel Hamid Serraj, in a left-wing coup d'etat at Damas cus. Quite aside from these cur rent signs, moreover, there is the underlying situation. Nasso) is like a surfboarft rider who cannot swim. If he loses? his wave, he is done for. After his recent severe setbacks in, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon, Nasser is in grave danger of los ing his wave. With all its in herent risks, using the $ov'et. submarines to block the Gulf of Aqaba is an almost suftfire device for Nasser to regain his wave again. C0 : CHANGING the image, Nas- ser and the brand of Arab nationalism that he represents are like a dagger which the Kremlin hopes to stab straight into the exposed belly of the Western Alliance. But if Nasser's Arab leadership is successfully challenged as it has reecntly been challenged the dagger will be broken. The Kremlin's whole brilliantly conceived Mid dle Eastern attack on vSe'West will be rather decisively frus trated. Hence both Nasser and the Kremlin have strong motives for risk taking. There is not a shred of hard intelligence in Paris that they will follow the course herein outlined, but anyone who weighs the broad pattern must certainly feel lively concern, (c) 1957. New York Herald Tribune Inc. The only place To pass on curves As all good drivers know In every case The only place Is at a Bathing Beauty Show Bill Fish