FOTJH MEDFORD (OREGON)
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Thursday, July 4. 1957
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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
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