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FOTJH MEDFORD (OREGON) 5 MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, July 4. 1957 "Kvenron in Southern Oregoo Reaas The Mad Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MZDFOKD PRINTING CO 27-28 North Fir St Phone 2-CM1 ROBERT W RL'HL Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Biuiness Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teiejrraph Editor RICHARD JEWETt Soorti Editor OUVE S 'I ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERiCKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aj second clasa matter at Mediord Oregon under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Dally and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moe 4-25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Med ford Aahtand Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shadv Cove Rome River. Talent end on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1.50 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy Ail Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OP" AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANT. INC Offices In New York Chicago. de trott San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louie Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL tOlTORlAi AS$ocrieN I J TiJTUWW.ir.1HM PUtMSHf t ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 0 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 4. 1947 (Friday) Representatives of organiza tlons interested in child welfare connected with operation of the Jackson county juvenile depart ment will meet with Circuit Judge H'. K. Hanna to consider appointing a county juvenile of ficer. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Explana tions of the mysterious flying discs" continue to be advanced, but all lack plausibility. They might be due to a June groom throwing away his bride's waf fles. 20 YEARS AGO July 4. 1937 (Sunday) Plana hplne made to rebuild the Medford Domestic Laundry. 30 North Riverside ave., de stroyed by fire recently. Earl York elected chef de gare for southern Oregon voiture 165 40 et 8. 30 YEARS AGO July 4. 1927 (Monday) County jail will function at Jacksonville until new city jail is completed this fall, when the county jail will be established femnnrnrilv in the citv hall. On location along the Rogue river, the E.R.L. Production com- nsnv nf which "Pinto" Colvig a local boy is a member, shot several hundred feet of film yes terday. 40 YEARS AGO July 4. 1917 (Wednesday) Eugene Amann appointed to city police force to replace Of ficer William Crawford, who re cently resigned. From Local and Personal col umn: Col. A. C. Howlett, Eagle Point hotel proprietor and Mail Tribune correspondent, leaves for vacation in Portland. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nlns or tn correct Is superior; even or dsht Is oxcsllent: flvs or six Is lood 1. Was the first public library in Rhode Island established in 1647, 1747, or 1847? 2. In which European country did currency inflation reach greatest proportions after World War I? 3. Bible: -Then He took unto Him the twelve .... behold we go up to Jerusalem." Supply the missing words. 4. Is gold weighed by avoirdu pois or troy scale? 5. In Japan, what was the Kempei Tai? 6. Jan Sibelius is a noted com poser of what nationality? . 7. From the bark of what tree is quinine derived? 8. What docs the word Rex mean? 9. Is the adjective or past tense of born "borned" or ' borne"? 10. "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! I'm half crazy all for the love of you! It won! be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage," finish the verse. Answers: 1. 1747. In Newport. 2. Germany. 3. "and said unto ihem." 4. Troy. S. Military po lice. 6. Finnish. 7. Cinchona tree. 8. King. 9. No. Born. 10. "But you'll look sweet upon the seat, of a bicycle built for iwo." We Like Trees (or) Congratulations $ Manufacturers Trust Company It has long been part of our credo that a city is far, far better off if it has tree-lined streets than if those streets are blank and bare. Trees and other greenery seem to satisfy an aboriginal, arboreal urge in many people, including us. And it hurts to see them come down in the name of "progress." But is it progress? Is it necessary to destroy natural beauty so that the gods of commerce and in dustry and traffic flow should be appeased; We think not. And some of the most experienced and expert of city planners, and those perceptive merchants who realize that the mood of a customer may often influence a sale, agree with us. MEW YORK CITY is now in the throes of a tree. planting spree, replacing along its hot streets the cool greenery which has been missing for long years. The New Yorker magazine, that most sophisticated chronicler of the provincialities of Manhattan, says: "Walking about the streets these fine summer days and nights, we're delighted by the host of new trees we see leaping up, as if with so many cheerful hellos, from our great gray wastes of pavement; we've worked it out as a rule of thumb that one small, rustling tree lends charm to one hun dred linear feet of sullen concrete. Moreover, the rate of tree-planting here is growing along with the trees. A grate ful bird has told us that in Manhattan in 1951 two hundred and sixteen privately sponsored shade trees were set out; last year the number was five hundred and sixteen . . . "On Fifth Avenue alone, there are now seven hundred and seventy-two trees. The final two in that sum stands for a couple of whopping plane trees recently tucked into pockets of good earth at the northeast corner of Fifty-seventh street. The planter was the Manufacturers Trust Com pany, which has it in mind to plant trees in front of as many of its hundred and twelve branches as possible. The branch at Forty-third and Fifth, not content with three sizable trees on the sidewalk, has a grove of smaller ones on its roof. ... If the other banks in our neighborhood follow the lead of the Manufacturers Trust and we think they should this part of town will wind up looking as bosky as a na tional park. We'll let you know when the first 'Deer Cross ing' sign is posted." 1E wish, rather wistfully to be sure, and without " much hope, that the First National Bank of Port- and, whose great, blank, brick flank meets our eye as we gaze from our window, could see its way clear to adorn its parking lot with replacements for the trees which used to stand there. Or, if our financial neighbor would follow the lead of the Manufacturers Trust Company, and plant trees on its roof, we would lead the hosannas. We don't know, though. Maybe Medford is still too small .to learn from New York the fact that it is easier to keep trees and shrubs than it is to tear holes in asphalt and concrete to plant them. Maybe Med ford is still too small to care that some of the most famous streets in the world, like the Champs Elysees and Unter den Linden and Pennsylvania Avenue and Pall Mall, owe much of their character and beauty to trees. E.A. Hopeful Experiment The Medford school distnet has taken a step which is more important than at first might be recoemzed. We refer to the recent adoption of a teacher pay plan in which competence, or "merit," is one of the factors in determining how much a teacher may earn. It is on a three-year trial basis; is flexible and adjustable, and was drawn up with the full knowledge more, with the cooperation of the teachers. TTHIS was done in recognition of the fact that while there has been increasing pressure from outside the profession for a "merit" plan, there have also been many failures in places where it has been tried. Maladministration, and the lack of those factors named above, are believed by many to be the reasons for the failures. Reasons supporting a competency factor in a pay plan, however, are compelling. It is not right, it is not simple justice, that ona teacher who does a con scientious but plodding job should receive the same salary as another who has the touch of genius and the will to work necessary to inspire his charges, to give them the incentives and curiosity and breadthv and vision to live a full life. I TNDER the new plan here (which is one of the first, if not the first, in the state set up in this manner), competency is only one of several factors used in determining rates of pay. The others remain pay levels elsewhere, devels of education1 and experience, and length of service. This is as it should be. If it works out as hoped, and we see no reason why it shouldn't, it will do much to strengthen the attractiveness of teaching as a potential profession, when high-caliber, confident young people know they will have an opportunity to earn according to their abilities without being held back by arbitrary and restrictive limitations. It will tend to lend dignity to the high office of teacher. And this,' as one commentator said recently, will make everyone happier "including the teacher, taxpayer, parent, and the child." It is an experiment we hope and expect to succeed. E.A. Fireworks Show If you're planning to go to the fireworks show at the high school stadium tonight good. If you're not going, you'll miss something. For if it is anywhere near as spectacular and exciting as it was last year (and the YMCA sponsors say it will be better) it is worth the time of all kids of whatever age. E.A. 'IT'S JUST FILLED WITH NOTHlN', MR. iVllSOMj Matter of Fact By Stewart Alsop IKE: ON TOP AGAIN Washington Sometimes some thing does not happen which is a good deal mor.e significant than what does happen. Only a few weeks ago, there seemed a real' danger that President Eis enhower would become a lame duck Presi dent, no long- stewau aisod er in control of his party or his situation. That has not happened, and the fact that it has not happened is a lot more meaningful than many events that have made big head lines. Obviously, the President is not going to get everything he want ed from this session of Congress, not by a long chalk. Equally ob vious, the revolt in the Repub lican party against the Eisen hower leadership has not ended the muttering in the cloak rooms continues. Even so, there has been a sudden improvement in the President's position which almost merits the adjective miraculous." There are many reasons for the change, like the fact that the Supreme Court has deflected to itself much of the anti-Eisen hower wrath of the conserva tives. But in large part the change goes back to two key decisions taken some weeks ago in the White House. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Financial note: The federal government com pleted its formal estimates the other day for the upcoming fis cal (business) year. The figures weren't quite all in, but the tally is expected to show a surplus of approximately a billion and a half dollars. That is to say: It is hoped that we will spend about a billion, five hundred million dollars LESS than we will take in. pOOD? " I suppose it is. It is certain ly better than spending Wz bil lion dollars MORE than we take in. Whatever we spend ABOVE what we take in has to be added to the national debt, which stands now at about 275 billion dollars. Assuming that our popu lations 170 million, that means a per capita (per person) debt of around $1,900. In other words, if you are the breadwinner for a family of four your share of the national debt is about $7,500. QUESTION: What shall we do with the billion and a half surplus if it turns out to be that much? Shall we spend it on nice things we'd like to have the government do for us? Put it this way: Each billion the government spends means about six dollars to you as an individual. So a bil lion ana a naif would mean about $9 to you assuming that the government spent in on something you want and could use. As one individual, I'd rather have my $9 spent to reduce the national debt. I'm so old-fashion ed as to believe that debts should be paid as rapidly as possible instead of being permitted to run on and on indefinitely. HERE'S a thought: Tn mnst nf n a ViilHnn nnA half dollars looks like a lot of money. But if we paid SI, 500, 000,000 on our national debt every year it would take us 180 years to get it. all paid off! ANOTHER thought: Interest on nnr nrpspnt debt is costing the taxpayers about seven billion dollars a year. If we let the national debt run on unpaid for 180 years (the length of time it would take us to pay it off at the rate of Hi billion dollars a year) we would have paid out in interest at the end of the 180 years a total of 1260 BILLION DOLLARS. THE result of one of these deci sions has been "operation but- terup," as it is sometimes called on Capitol Hill. When the Presi dent began his belated fight to save his program, he decided to couple an appeal to the voters with a carefully staged campaign to woo the Congressional Re publicans. This campaign, car ried out with the precise plan ning of a military maneuver, has been remarkably successful Before "operation butter-up began, the prevailing mood among Capitol Hill Republicans and not only the conservatives was one of frustration and dis- gruntleroent. Oddly enough, the President's great electoral vic tory contributed to this mood it was an altogether too con vincing demonstration that he did not need the Republican party to win. Thus many Re publicans had a gnawing feeling of being unwanted and unloved, They felt cut off from the White House as indeed they were, That White House crowd, the mutterings went, were down right "contemptuous" of the Re publicans in Congress. This feel ing, very real and wide-spread fed the first of the great revolt against the Eisenhower program MOW all is changed. Even the ' most obscure Republican Congressmen have enjoyed the delicious pleasure of exchanging jokes and opinions with the President over bacon and eggs. A good many have received notes from the President, suit able for framing, and even tele phone calls to congratulate them for a vote or a speech. This exercise in Presidential charm has been reflected in the recent marked stiffening of Re publican support for the Presi dent on such issues as defense and foreign aid. But "operation butter-up" is only part of the story. Another part is the White House decision to go all out to attract the minority vote back to the Republican party, making civil rights a key party issue. This operation has also been carefully planned, right down to the picture of the President with the friends of his colored valet. The intense White House pres sure which resulted in a party line House vote defeating the key jury trial amendment was part of the operation. So was the Nixon-Knowland . collabor ation which assures the civil rights bill reaching the Senate floor. The Republican leaders, even the most conservative, are now jubilant at the prospect one of them, at a private party cele brating the House defeat of the jury trial amendment, called it "the most politically significant vote of the 85th Congress." If the bill is defeated by a fili buster, they reason, the Demo crats will be blamed, and if it passes the Republicans will get the credit. T HAS been obvious for years, of course, that the Republicans had an opportunity to split the Democrats and attract minority votes by making civil rights a key party issue. Until this 'year, they have held back for fear of breaking up the old conservative coalition. But this year it sud denly became obvious that, with the country in a conservative mood and Dwight Eisenhower in the White House, the Republi cans no longer needed the con servative Democrats to prevent "radical experiments. As a re sult, to quote the comment of one House Republican leader, "we Republicans have got smart at last." The Republicans have also "got smart" in other ways, nota bly on farm legislation, in re gard to which the big city Northern Democrats and the agrarian Southerners are also badly split. Altogether, rightly or wrongly, the Republicans sud denly feei a lot happier about the political prospects for 1958, and this in turn explains in part why "operation butter-up" has been so successful. But the sud den turn for the better in the President's position on party leadership and in the prospects for his program also suggests how great the power of the Presidency is when the Presi- Power Shift Reveals Dramatic, Continuing Struggle in Kremlin By DONALD J. GONZALES United Press Correspondent Washington OP! Nikita Khrushchev, crafty Soviet politi cian backed by strong Red Army support, has won a dramatic and important battle in the Kremlin power struggle that is far from ended, officials here said today. Experts forecast a continuing period of Soviet internal power plays that could bring a single dictator into supreme power perhaps Khrushchev himself. The much ballyhooed Kremlin claim to collective leadership seemed all but wrecked by Khrushchev's ouster of three old Stalinists V. M. Molotov, Georgi Malenkov and Lazar Kaganovich. The experts doubted the Krem lin shakeup would bring about any important foreign policy consequences for the United States. But they believed it might signal a somewhat more lenient Soviet policy toward the restive satellite brood. In a special statement Issued Wednesday night the State De partment said the Kremlin snms disclosed the serious na ture of disagreements among Soviet leaders over a number of basic problems. It said these in cluded government organization, agriculture, heavy industry, con sumer goods and satellite affairs. Stresses and Strains The department said it has "long been known that the Sov iet system operates under stresses and strains." "Arbitrary and abrupt dismis sals without public discussion of the issues are also characteristic of the system," department press officer Lincoln white said. "We are naturally following these developments closely for the effect they may have on White said the "serious nature of the divergence of views" was Soviet basic policy." clearly shown by the number and importance of the persons dismissed or shifted. Senate Democratic whip Mike Mansfield (Mont.), a member of the Foreign Relations commit tee, termed the action on "indi cation of weaknesses now begin ning to afflict" Communist lead ers both in Russia and its satel lites. He expressed hope the West can take advantage of the weaknesses to "bring about a further decrease of power" in the Soviet Union. Possible Diversion Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.), senior ' Republican and former chairman of the committee, said the move "may be nothing but a diversion to get the minds of the Russian people off other prob lems." He said it is possible the deposed Soviet leaders may later be returned to power. Of primary interest here was the loss of power by Stalin's sup porters; the apparent large in crease in Khrushchev's power; and the rise of Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Soviet defense minister. to full membership on Russia's ruling Presidium. Zhukov was Identified with the anti-Stalin wing of the party because of his remote assignments following World War II, which lasted until Stalin died. The best evidence of Khrush chev's power, .officials said, was the fact that he moved against three of the outstanding Stalin ist supporters and thrashed them soundly. He undoubtedly struck a bargain with Zhukov, who has the army's strength behind him to make the big deal stick, ex perts figured. Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann Editorial Comment ROUTE TO THE SEA The Medford Mail Tribune is quite sympathetic with the de mand for a road from "Winne- mucca to the Sea." The States man had noted the demand in the interior, and how a booster meeting brought the road on pa per as far as Klamath Falls. The M-T gets the road across the Cas cades via Lake of the Woods and Eagle Point to the Rogue River basin, but then, says the M-T: "From Medford it is less clear which way the route should log ically lead. Geography is quite uncoopera tive in getting from Medford or Grants Pass to the ocean. The mountain mass in Josephine and Curry counties gives no easy pass or opening. If and when a good highway connection is made between the Rogue River valley and the Curry County coast it will be a great boon to the coast of Southwest Oregon and provide an escape for resi dents of the interior who want to get down to the seacoast. Oregon Statesman. Salem. dent decides to exert it. At any rate, the President is clearly on top of the situation again, as he clearly was not only a few weeks ago. Copyright 1957. New York Herald Tribune Inc. Walter Lippmann UNREADINESS AND INDECISION There is a remarkable resem blance between Gen. Eisen hower's handling of the disarm ament negoti ations and his handling of the bud set. In both .PINKrl cases, that is to i(Tl launched n nrn- f I posal and em barked on .a course, nui having made up his mind about just where he wished to go- The deliberation, the weigh ing of alternatives, the hard work of making a firm decision, would in an orderly and rational conduct of government have pre ceded the presentation of the budget and the sending of Mr. Stassen to London to negotiate with Mr. Zorin. But in the case of the budget, it took nearly two months be fore it was reasonably clear whether the Chief Executive was for or against the executive budget. Only after much confu sion and controversy did the President begin to make -clear where he stood. In the case of disarmament, it has now tran spired that he started the diplo matic exchanges with no real agreement within his own of ficial family, with no adequate understanding with our allies, and with his own mind still fluid. During the past few weeks, with Mr. Stassen abroad in London to speak for him, the President has acted the part, not of a states man who has a policy but of a puzzled man who is thinking out loud. TTO DOUBT the problems of ' disarmament are 'extraordin arily complicated. Tliey are fraught with uncertainty and with risk, and there is an awful responsibility on one who, like the President, must make the final decisions. But there is no reason why he had to enter into the negotia tions; why he had to send Mr. Stassen to face Mr. Zorin, until he knew for certain whether he was in favor of reaching the kind of agreement that might con ceivably be possible. He should have waited until he was ready. There was no use talking with the Russians if the President himself had not yet thought through his policy, no use if high' officials in Washington were convinced that they must nullify what Mr. Stassen was supposed to do. agreement. Mr. Gromyko is wrong in say ing, as he did last week,' that the United States is using the dis armament talks as a "screen con cealing its striving to continue and intensify the arms race." The truth is that the United States is not really using the dis armament talks at all because the President and his adminis tration have a policy to which some are opposed, and about which the rest are not convinced. Unless the President can find some way to clarify and then to make firm the American posi tion, we shall find ourselves either with a treaty that the President does not really want, or with one that the Senate will reject. In either event, we shall bring down upon ourselves the onus of blocking the path to a limitation of armaments. T HAVE heard it said that this will not happen because if and when Mr. Stassen really starts to negotiate about the de tails with Mr. ZoAn, he will find the Soviet Union is quite un willing to reach a good agree ment about inspection and con trol. That may well be true if the negotiations are genuine. But if we remain in our present position, where the probabilities are against the ratification of a disarmament agreement, the So viet Union can go very far in its offers without running the risk of having to make good on them. We had better assume that the Russians do want an agreement, and that they are prepared to pay a considerable, though not an enormous, price for it. We had better assume, too, that we shaU have ourselves to clear up the confusion in our own position, and that we must not count upon the unreasonableness of the Russians to save us from the con sequences of our uncertainty and indecision. (c) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. IN THE field of diplomacy, this has been like committing un prepared troops to a great battle, while the generals have not yet arranged for their supplies or ceased to argue with one another about the objectives of the bat tle." This is the way to demoral ize an army, and during the past week there has been a very con siderable demoralization in Washington. The greatest doubt has been raised as to whether the President wants an agreement, or whether he could now per suade the Senate to ratify an MUTUAL, Inc. Notice of 67ffc Consecutive Dmdend, The Board - of Directors of Investors Mutual has declared a quarterly divi dend of nine centt per share payable on July H 1957, to shareholders of record as of June 27, 1957. James W. Ambler. SP 2-8918 E. John Rossi, SP 3-4764 Paul J. Selby SP 2-2233 Don't Say "Hello" Say - - - "FILTER FLO" "We warmly pay tribute to the men who sooner or later are called on to serve every family. 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