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Newspaper Page TextFOTJRMEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 3. 1957 Tver-yon in Soutriern Oregon Hetdi Tlx Mali Inbnnt" Pubiisnea Dii ExceDt Saturday by XI -2S Norm rir St Phone 2-fllal ROBERT W BtTUl rt,,. HERB GREY Advertuint Managar GERALD LATHAM Buainess Manager ' ERIC ALLEN JR Manacinx Editor EARL H ADAMS Cit Editor ; HARRY CHIPMA.N Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorta Editor OUVE STARCHER Society Editor . PALE ERICKSON ClrculaUon Met. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act of March 3. 1837 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year (13 00 Dally and SundavSix montha ft GO Dally and Sunday Three mos 4-23 Sunday Only One rear M-20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold H1U Phoenix - Shady Cove Roaue River. Talent nd on motor routes- Daily and Sunday One year (18 00 isauv ana aunaay one cnontn 1 -3D Carrier and Dealera 10c per copy Ail Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford glflclal Paper of Jacxaop County Unlted Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATION AdvrHln Dnt.t.M WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In Sew York Chicago, da. trolt. San Kranciaco. Lot Angelea Seattle Portlanl St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NATION A . E D I T 0 1 1 A S I I ATocSVi"Zn T- bmiiiwu'im rjja' NNIWSf A fit X5-'ASSOCiATION Editorial Correspondence New York, N.Y. It may be an ill wind that blow( no one good. But It is hard to find any good that the wind blowing in New York for two days has done. Although the Weather Man says it is only indirectly related to Hurricane Audrey which devas tated parts of Louisiana, it has resulted here in many deaths by drowning and thousands of dollars in property destruction and damage. More than that, it defeated Alice Bauer In the Women' "Open" at Mamaroneck and forced the "Mayflower" to be towed by a tug from Newport. We don't know whether it was a factor in the disqualification of Mrs. Pung and Betty Jamieson the former the real winner or not, but as far as press reports go there has been no other explanation. All that we have seen at least is the statement that these two fine and experienced golfers put down "5's" for the 4th hole when they got bogey sixes and were thus automatically thrown out. It is hard to believe this was done intentionally, but it would seem in order for some explanation to be made. Alice Bauer is not as slight as she used to be, but she is still a lightweight and that 30-mile gale forced her to take an 87 and a 79, which gave a 4-round total of 311, and 7th place, which strangely enough, put her in a tie with her younger sister Marlene So it goes when the wind blows. We hear the usually happy Bauer family did not feel very happy last night, including baby Heidi. 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 ' July 3, 1947 (Thursday) Medford Radio corporation is : favored by the Federal Com' ; munications commission as the : purchaser of Medford R a d i " station KMED. From Arthur Perry's Ye ; Smudge pot column: Watermel- ; ons from the south are quite ; plentiful and luscious. The local ; crop is expected to be ripe to : steal in about 60 days. 20 YEARS AGO July 3, 1937 (Saturday) William A. Gales, co-proprie-I tor of Groceteria markets, re- .' turns to Medford from Boston after attending convention of Na- tional Retail Grocers association Medford Savings and Loan as- , sociation shows gam of $75,604 ; in assets during the first six ; months of 1937. 30 YEARS AGO July 3. 1927 (Sunday) Crater Lake National park lodge and the road to the park opens today, according to R. W. Price, vice president of the Crat er Lake National park company Medford post office receipts show increase of $8,916.22 for the past fiscal year over amount of 1926, according to Postmaster William J. Warner. 40 YEARS AGO July 3. 1917 (Tuesday) Alfred L. Parkhurst. in charge of the Crater Lake lodge con cession, reports that early July vehicles can be driven within two miles of the lodge. From Local and Personal col umn: Turner A. Fifer, assistant cashier of the Jackson county bank, leaves for A s h 1 and to watch roundup celebration. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct la superior; seven or eight U exceUent: five or alx Is good 1. In 1775" Congress voted a ' line of posts be established from i Maine to Georgia: Who was ap- pointed Postmaster? 2. In what bock is the Slough . of Despond decribed? 3. Bible: Name the "Judge" . who agreed to sacrifice the first person he met if he won a vie tory. 4. Who was Robin Hood's Fa- : ther confessor? 5. Hair mattresses are stuffed with what kind of hair? 6. Which bird was portrayed on the ensign of Napoleon Bon aparte's armies? 7. The rays of whirh color of the spectrum has the longest wave lengtn ; 8. The calls of the tobacco auc tioneers are known as c s? 9. Broach. (1) certain kinds Of pointed tools; (2) to tap a con tainer (cask etc.) to draw the liquor: (3) to introduce a topic for conversation. Has "brooch" anything in common with 1, 2, or 3? 10. "Tho' father an' mither an' a' should gae mad. O whistle an' I'll come to ye, my lad." Burns. In this protestation of love, what does "a' ' mean? Answers: 1. Benjamin Frank lin. 2. "Pilgrim's Progress. 3. J p h than. 4. Friar Tuck. 5. Cattle or horse hair. 6. Eagle. 7. Red. 8. Chants. 9. Yes. All have identical p I o n unciation. 10. "AIL" TO VOTE AGAIN Memphis, Tenn HP Luther Lee, who said he "missed" regis tering to vote in the last two presidential elections because of illness, is back on the perma nent registration rolls. Lee is 98 years old. Ever since we arrived here we have been asked "Have you seen 'Around the World in 80 Days?' To our answer in the negative the usual rejoinder has been "Don't miss it, it is really fabulous." If it has failed to win any of the Oscars and important movie awards, we can't recall them at the moment. So because of the wind, and outdoor activities losing their appeal, we finally raised enough cash to secure a ticket, and now we can make an affidavit that we have seen it over three hours of it. Well, our guess is "fabulous" is the proper word. Never have we seen such gorgeous color, such amazing screen reproduction, such stunning scenery foreign and domestic, and better and more vivid orchestration. And we would advise anyone who can get a ticket not to miss it for as a cinema spectacle it is really great. But we would not advise anyone to see it twice, and our guess is no one over the age of 10 would care to. It would take more than those eight wild hosses on that lurching stage coach to get your correspondent into the Tivol:. again perfect as the Broad way theatre is for such a colorful and stupendous production. a a What's wrong with it? Well in the first place it is too long 3 hours and 15 minutes is too long for any movie, particularly when the party from Hoboken in front decides- to eat lunch with pickles and sugar cookies before the show starts. Then again every mildewed cliche the cinema has even known from the days of Mack Sennett for ward, is revived, from the wild Indian attack to the over-hill pur suit by U.S. cavalry with the "Stars and Stripes Flying." They even have the Charley Chaplin imitator (from Mexico) burned at the stake and leading a bull fight in Spain or was it Algeria well, wherever it was it was particularly the second part pure unadulterated HAM good ham we grant, Dut on our slice at least neither pickle nor mustard to make it easy or pleasure able to swallow. As for the romance somewhat begrudgingly played by an austere David Niven and a new "find," Miss Shirley MacLaine, this was to your correspondent far more amusing than the Mexi can Charley Chaplin. Miss MacLaine plays the part of an East Indian princess about to be a victim of suttee (being burned alive with her deceased spouse); the fire is approaching -her prostrate form when the last minute rescue is made, the assembled rela tives and spectators fly in confusion, and David and Shirley are constant and presumably quite platonic companions for the rest of the eventful journey, until David reaches his somewhat depressing pre-Victorian mansion in Mayfair, thinks (mistakenly) he has lost his wager made 79 days before, and being deeply touched by this financial collapse the Princess asks David if he won't please lead her to the altar so their relationship may be more intimate and also more legal. David showed no signs of pleasure or surprise, but the accepted clinch followed, and no doubt Mike Todd, the producer, thought the implication would be clear to all children in the audience that like the prince and princess in the fairy tale, they lived happily thereafter. And speaking of the children it is essentially a children's play. About half of those present were children and while we failed to see any babes-in-arms there was a decidedly Babes in Toyland" atmosphere. In short it was another P. T. Barnum epic another Great est Show on Earth," it cost millions but will make many more millions, and Mike Todd not only has a new and beautiful wife, but a new record as one of Hollywood's biggest and most suc cessful gamblers. There is one incidental consolation for the undersigned. His grandchildren don't take the MT as yet, and only a couple of them could read it if they did. So the undersigned is saved the pain and humiliation of being voted just another "Old Scrooge" by a MAJORITY of the family's "third generation." R.W.R. Truman and His Papers Former President Harry S. Truman on Saturday formally will turn over to the Government the library in his home town of Independence, Mo., bearing his name and housing millions of his public and semi- public papers. Many Americans will use the occasion to re-assess, if only subconsciously, the Missounan as President. Truman was widely suspected of having; lost his political intuition when he came out. for Gov. Avereli Harriman of New York instead of Adlai E. Steven son for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination However, when Stevenson won two fewer states and 15 fewer electoral votes against Eisenhower than in 19o2, there was some feeling that perhaps the 33rd resident had retained his acumen, after all. I7HEN Truman was elected President in 1948 he east. But the figures indicate that perhaps he wouldn't have won except for multitudes of anti-Tru man voters failing to vote because of over-confidence that their votes weren't needed. George Washington set the precedent of a chief executive taking his ofticial papers with him on leav ing office. Those of John and John Quincv Adams were sealed by a deed of trust until 1955, when they were made available for editing and publishing. Most papers lett by President brant were lost or destroyed. DAPERS of Lincoln were made public by the Library of Congress in 1947, on instructions of his son, Robert T. Lincoln, who had burned others. Most of those of Franklin D. Roosevelt were thrown open for research in 1950 at Hyde Park, with the others to be released periodically as world and national conditions change and as persons die who are mentioned or involved. E.R.R. '" OU-Ott '. ITtS EfTHEP OR HE RJUSO SCWETHN" I L BUNTED ( Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of 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. Minister Indignant " To the Editor: I am the min ister of the Church of Christ in Phoenix and I would like share with you an experience which I had yesterday morning To say the least this incident stirred my righteous indignation to a very high degree. As my family and I drove up to the church building we noticed a great amount of litter on the church lawn and parking area When we were close enough to identify this litter; we were startled to learn it was predom inantly beer bottles and bee cans. To be exact there were 21 beer cans and bottles. The Phoenix Festival had been held the day before across the street at the Community club and realized that this trash was part of the result of the Festi val. I wonder what is America coming to? Are some people so degraded that they have no re spect for church property? When church building is erected it is my understanding that it is to be used for the Christian training of a community. Have these people who performed such a low act forgotten this basic fact? A church building is symbol of righteousness and constant reminder of Jesus Christ our Saviour. These peo ple have brought reproach on the name of Christ. By their actions they have demonstrated their lack of love and respec for God. Are we in America supposed to tolerate such unrighteous ness? I don't believe so! I for one will not tolerate such acts! It is high time that we rise up against such practices. America has no right to be called Christian nation if we toler ate such things. I close by saying that I pray that tnese people win come to know their need for God. In stead of spurning the love of God, may they accept it. May they never be guilty of such acts again. Dean Pense, Minister, Church of Christ, PO Box 446, Phoenix, Ore. Poison Sprays To the Editor: It's a difficult thing to present the unpopular viewpoint, to fight the avenue of least resistance. Air pollution is today becoming a menace to mankind. Everywhere people are sick from ingestion of poison sprays and insecticides which authorities say "are not harm ful. Last year over 3 billion pounds of these chemical sprays were dumped over our farm lands and timbered areas, and more are planned for this year, unless the people do something about it. The Thompson Chemical Corp oration of Los Angeles, did some thing about this. They have with drawn entirely from the manu facture and distribution of ag riculture insecticides; and here are excerpts from a statement is sued by the president, William Thompson: "A 12 year study has convinced us that currently used broad spectrum insecticides applied to agriclutural crops give only temporary control at best, but are probably danger ous and uneconomic in the long run. . . The imbalance of fauna population will surely result in the uninhibited development of the insect pest, once the predator-parasite balance has been up set. The ingestion of insecticide residues by humans and other warm blooded animals is a prob lem of serious nature." There is much evidence to show that these poisons are only making the problem worse, since they are not selective, but kill everything in their path, since they are cumulative to the hu man body. Much credit should be given to a man who puts hu man values above monetary gain. Following the damage done in Montana to fish and wildlife caused by the promiscuous spray ing of these insecticides, Con gressman Lee Metcalf became in terested in these insecticides and chemicals and has introduced a bill (HR 783) in congress which would authorize "a continuing study of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides upon fish and wildlife, to determine the chem ical tolerance without killing or injuring them." This is a fine bill and everyone should write his congressmen and senators to support this bill. J. Verne Shangle 1445 Kings Highway Medford, Ore. - Disarmament Negotiations at Critical Stage; Limit Is Seen By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The London disarmament ne gotiations appear to have reach ed the critical stage. Harold Stas sen, chief Un ited States del egate, and his Canadian, British and French col leagues are of- fering Russia a S CAriftG nf ni-n. 3 posals which rharies McCano inciuae a sus pension ot nuclear weapons tests It is indicated that the pro posals represent the limit to which the Allied countries are prepared to go in search of an agreement. Ri,, " J A,- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Good Neighbor to the Editor: We in our neighborhood' are going to miss the smiling face and the pleas ant disposition of a young man who has been our good neighbor for nearly a year. Foreign ex change student John Hansen has gone home to Denmark. But from what we know of John, the house across the street will always be home to him, too. Having no children of our own we've always been able to sit back and enjoy the neighbor hood kids with none of the worry that quite naturally accompanies parenthood. We've watched with profound interest the relation ship that developed, not only between John and his family pro tem, but the natural and spontaneous friendships that blossomed between him and his schoolmates, the people in the neighborhood, and throughout the city. John, it sems to us, is a fine ambassador for his country, and the American Field Service to be highly commended for its work in promoting good rela tions between the countries of the world. Since children must be taught to hate, perhaps their natural ability to like their fel low man, to accept him on his own merits without regard fir color, race, or creed, we Ameri can citizens might do well to place our public (or foreign) re lations more in their hands. Cer tainly John Hansen, a youth of seventeen, by his very natural ness, honesty and charm, has proven what one average young ster can do to promote good will between the peoples of different nations. We should add, too, that John was most fortunate in sharing a year of his life with a family like the H. D. Christensens. Vera, Chris, and their three fine youngsters absorbed John into their family as easily and naturally as only an unselfish, tolerant, 'and well-adjusted fam ily can. We have a feeling John will not soon forget his year in America, and that the impres sions he carries with him back to Copenhagen will raise the stock of Americans quite con siderably among the peoples with whom he will come in con tact in the years to come. We say Godspeed to John, and a hearty and sincere thank you to the American Field Ser vice and the Medford Rotarians for the privilege and pleasures we've enjoyed in knowing him as a good neighbor. Mrs. C. Ivan Burton 26 Richmond Ave. Medford, Oregon I suppose that on this third of July of the year 1957, well. into the latter half of the fabulous Twentieth Century, the minds of most of us are occupied with plans for spending the holiday weekend. There is nothing wrong with that. Holidays are wonderful things especially here in the United States of America, where everybody is free to do as he pleases within the limits of the rights of others and where near ly everybody has the wherewith al for a holiday of sorts. But I think it would do us no harm to pause for a moment and reflect on how it came about that we are so fortunate. TT CAME about because a little band of dedicated men, suf fering from the injustices in flicted upon them by a foreign overlord, had the courage to de clare that the 13 little colonies they represented would submit no longer to these injustices and henceforth would be indepen dent and free to run their own affairs as they saw fit. And - Because the people of these 13 little colonies had FAITH in these leaders and were ready to follow them to freedom or to death. TTERE is a point of the utmost importance: These leaders back in 1776 WEREN'T SEEKING PERSON AL POWER. They were fighting for a cause A cause THEY BE LIEVED IN. The Declaration of Independence wasn't a party platform. It was a declaration of the' rights of man. One of history's most inspir ing lessons is that when people have able and devoted and un selfish leaders there is almost NOTHING they can't accomp lish. One of history's saddest les sons is that when leaders are more' concerned with POWER than with welfare of the people the people suffer. F THERE is anything wrong with the United States of America today nearly two cen turies after the adoption of the Declaration Independence it is that our political parties, which provide the vehicle for leader ship, are perhaps more interest ed in WINNING ELECTIONS than in providing for the people the kind of government the peo ple yearn for and ought to have. M SURE it would be a good thing if every American sat down, on every Fourth of July and read the Declaration of In dependence in its entirety. At the very least, we should all read this paragraph: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are en dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights. Gov ernments are instituted among Men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." That is one of the great ut terances of all time. It set Amer ica upon the path it has fol lowed to become the world's greatest nation, providing for its people the satisfactions they have achieved. ! Hence, it seems to be ud to the Soviet government to ac cept the proposals substantially as they are if it really desires to join in a historic "first step" toward to broad disarmament treaty. For the first time, the Soviet government has shown a dispos ition to make concessions that would guarantee the Allied countries against its evasion of any armaments limitation agree ment. Agree To Inspection Notably, Russia has swung around to the idea of accepting a system of inspection to guar antee fulfillment. This is a de parture from the Russian tradi tion of secrecy which the Com munists inherited from the Czarist regime. In recent weeks, however, the United States has brown much more cautious about its own position. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has contributed to caution in Washington. On May 19, Radford said to correspondents in Washington that he didn't like the way things were going. Doesn't Trust Russians "We .can not trust the Rus sians on this or on anything," Radford said. "The Communists have broken their word with every country with which they ever had an agreement." President Eisenhower said at a press conference on May 22, however, that "something just has to be done" to start disarm ament. He agreed with Radford that it was necessary to be cau tious in dealing with a govern ment that "has a history of breaking treaties." But he said that the United States must not be "recalcitrant" or "picayun ish" in negotiations. American caution was further increased when on June 24 three leading scientists told Eis enhower that the United States could not make a hydrogen bomb that was nearly free of radioactive fallout. They urged further development of nuclear weapons. This would mean fur ther tests. Civil Rights Bill Six Months Old; Voting Rights Principal Issue Bv LYI.E C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IB It is sfx months now since President Ei senhower sent to Congress a four point prog ram to compel south ern states to accord cer tain civil rights to Ne groes. The four points were these: Establish a Atomic-Age Thief Sought by Rome Police Rome (IP Police looked for Rome's first atomic-age thief to day. French Atomic Energy Com mittee officials reported that a metal disc containing a small amount of uranium was stolen from their stand at Italy's nu clear and electronics exhibition here. Heartburn? Always carry fast-acting Toms fori top-speed relief from acid indiges-j itioQ. No water needed. No waitings LOaVIOgoJoT y FOE THt TUMMT DON'T stop there. If, in these busy days, you can't spare the time to peruse the whole document, skip to this final sen tence of the immortal Declara tion that started us of on our career: "And for the support of this Declaration vith a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Pro we mutually pledge to each other our LIVES OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR.' They MEANT BUSINESS those Founding Fathers of ours, Don't Say "Hello" 5a "FILTER-FLO" l.yle c. Wllion bi-partisan commisison to inves tigate civil rights violations and to make recommendations. Create a civil rights divi sion in the Justice Department. Provide "new laws to aid in the enforcement of civil rights." Permit the federal govern ment to act in civil courts to impose civil rights by injunc tion. Russell Flays Press Point four would permit pun ishment without trial by jury of persons who obstructed civil rights for Negroes as defined by law and the Constitution. This is the point most actively assailed by southern. Democrats in Con gress and it is the point in which compromise might finally be had. The administration bill is likely at this session to be amended to provide for jury trials or tcr die in Senate fili buster. A similar bill sponsored by Eisenhower died last year in Congress. The issues have been widely debated but not yet to the extent to which they would be explored if the Senate fili buster developed. Sen. Richard B. Russell (D- Ga.), Tuesday accused Ameri can newspaper and radio-tele vision media of "abuse of the constitutional guarantee of free dom of the press" through a 'campaign of deception" about the real objectives of the pend ing civil rights proposal. Russell said the bill had come along behind a smoke screen of propaganda that it was mainly a bill to insure Negro voting rights, whereas its real pur pose was to give the federal gov ernment unprecedented power to force white and Negro chil dren to attend school together. The Eisenhower bill unques tionably is intended to arm the Justice Department with power to speed through the courts the racial integration of the south ern school system. It appears to be no less directed, however, to bring to the polls those south ern Negroes who do not or can not vote. Eye On Polls It is racial integration in the schools which fires the South to angry protest. A general move ment of Negroes to the southern polling places on election day, however, would reshape the southern way of life about as much and as rapidly as the mix ing of white and Negro children in the school and, perhaps, reshape things too in the North and West. Several factors, including poll taxes, tend to reduce the Negro vote. Conservative southern politicians who win compara tively safe seats in the House or Senate remain a long time. Their power multiplies with the accumulating years until they achieve committee chairman shipsjnd enormous authority to help or hinder legislation in their field. The southern conservative bloc in Congress somewhat balances the comparatively radi cal northern Democrats. Con servative southern Democrats and conservative northern Re publicans have been combining for years to oppose and some times to defeat the left wing ele ments of both parties. It is a fair assumption that the con servative southern politician will begin to disappear from Congress if and when the south ern Negro vote is cast. Thereafter, the conservative voice in Congress will have just about the force and volume of a piccolo section in a 531- man brass band. ALL IN THE EAR V What you see m this girl't ear is Sonotone's new hear ing aid complete. ' IT'S WORN ENTIRELY IN THE EAR - no cord, no extra "button." Weighs only half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide i completely.' On ' men, this amazing hearing aid is barely noticeable from any angle. COM IN, PHONE O VVdlTt. f (ff DtMONSTkATION-NO OfUGANON S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 C. M. 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