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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 17. 1957 "Everyone in Southern Oregon Read Th Mail TrHhun" Published DeUy Exceot saturdaT b7 7-28 North fir St Phone 2-14I ROBERT W BUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manaler GERALD LATHAM Buiineu Manager ERIC AOEN JR. Managina Editor EARL H ADAMS Cltr Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorta Editor OUVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mar. An Independent Newspaper Entered a aecond clan matter at Mediord Oregon under Act I March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c Dally and Sunday One year f 15 00 Dally and Sunday Six montha 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa 4-23 Sunday Only One year $4-20 By Carrier In Advance Med ford Ashland Centra) Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Romie River. Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday One year S18 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1-30 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Term Cath in Advance Official Paper of th City of Medford j?jliclal Paper of Jackson County Unlted Press Full Leaied Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago, de. trolt. San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C Editorial Correspondence . . . NATIONAl EDITOtlAi I imiinifHTm O4 NEWS PA Pit PUBLISH! II ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Denver, Colo., July 15 Denver Is feeling its oats. In other words it is enjoying a boom. Over half a century ago it had another boom. It was very dif ferent from this one. The old one was a wild-west frontier affair. Miners from Cripple Creek and cattlemen from Buffalo Bill's ranch danced in the streets, and some of them waltzed right into the down town bastille. , It was rough and ready, after sunset it was pretty hard to de termine where the red-light district ended and the Brown Palace bar began. Very sedate in comparison now. It is a sort of bankers' holi day, with Wall Street trimmings and Madison Avenue overtones. New bank buildings, patterned after the Chase National and its early colonial interiors, are springing up, new department stores led by Daniels & Fisher, new coliseums, skating rinks and swimming pools with restaurants, so dark you need a flashlight to read the menu, with trout streams and "live" trout in between. a This boom is being financed largely by New York banks and the new skyscrapers designed largely in glass and chrome by New York architects. New York real estate promoters also have a hand in the deal, as do a small group of Texas multi-millionaires oil barons it is needless to say. Well once more it is nice work if you can get it. And Denver has it. However, having seen the boom of the 19th century collapse we are not as sold on this one as everyone else including our in laws seem to be. It is probably nothing but replaying of our favorite role of "Old Scrooge." Everyone assures us it is going to be different this time, such depressions as devastated the Rocky Mountain area in the 70's and early in the Twentieth century cannot happen this time. This isn't due to the reforms of the FDR era what blas phemy! but solely to General "Ike," Boies Penrose, and the GOP. 10 YSARS AGO July 17, 1947 (Thursday) In observance of the first flights of the new West Coast Airlines, Inc., several southern Oregon residents take courtesy flights today. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The UN will conduct a survey of the needs of Europe. Fewer Rus sians would be nice. Well they may be right from a selfish standpoint we hope they are. But after enjoying a seeing-Colorado tour, from the bustling and towering business district, through the golf and coun try clubs, taking in the "Red Rocks" amphitheatre, and Buffalo Bill s grave, we, for no particular reason, have our fingers crossed It is fine making hay while inflation shines, but as we see it there is sooner or later an end or at least a sober pause in everything Such booms are no exception. Escaping from a shopping tour to check on D&RG reserva tions we ran into the "Fabulous Windsor hotel," which is much externally the same as it was when we stopped there back in th "gold rush" days. The tile floor "lobby" had not changed nor the silver dollar room, the Cattleman s room, or the bars. Tabor or "Bonanza." For some reason the bars were not running it was a Monday morning but an "ancient mariner was operating be hind the registration desk, and a rather snappy looking telephone girl was enjoying what looked like an iced "coke" and probably was. The special feature today is not the copious "free lunch" but the Western Buffet in the Cattleman s room where for $1.50 one can get "all you can eat" with two exclamation points (!) Judging by some of the guests in the lobby and others loung ing on benches in the neighborhood, there was little chance of the hotel being bothered by an excess of patronage. At least not until the bars opened. A pamphlet was handed us with the following somewhat hyper bolic conclusion, quote: "Come back to enjoy the delectable buf fet refreshing drinks fine entertainment. For the charm of the Windsor reaches out to every stranger within its doors, captivat ing him with its richness of a famous tradition of "FINE LIVING." The glowing appeal would have moved us more no doubt had we been a stranger, but we had stopped at the Windsor over fifty years ago. The bars did not close then even on Monday morning! R.W.R Highway Speeds, Highway Deaths As the 1957 summer vacation season gets under way, the legal limits on highway speeds have been increased in some states including Kansas, Maine Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina. The usua! increase is five miles an hour. And usually the limit is higher for daytime than for night driving andor trw HuriHorl than trr twn-lanp hicrhwnvs T. . 1 IT lain TV. 1 Forest Ranger Dee Wright THE ' hope is that by raising speed limits to make will be eneaced for some time J (knm mm-s i-atlictir mni-o rlvivora will nVimr thorn in assembling and packing new lookout houses to the various chosen high points in this dis trict. An alumni farewell party will be given Monday night for men goung into the service. ' rtey. Tommy1. You am' Billy an' joey m' Margaret . w Berry wwta hotoog? 'Modern1 Means Used In Influencing Laws 20 YEARS AGO July 17, 1937 (Saturday) O Russia now compared to the Czars' regime will be explained today by Michael Billester, na tive born Russian, in illustrated lectures here. The trimming of all tree limbs to a height of 10 feet from street level is requested by Fred W. Seheffel, city superintendent. 30 YEARS AGO July 17. 1927 (Sunday) The pear crop at this time is estimated at 1,700 cars which is 80 per cent of last years' ton nage; good prices in sight. Plans are under way for a recreation night at the South ern Oregon Normal school in Ashland; community suig included. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior: seven or etrht Is excellent; five or six Is good. 1. Does the "Creed of Pope Pius IV" (1564) contain 10, 12 or 14 obligations? 2. Which great U. S. ocean liner bore the name U.S.S. West Point as tlfr Navy's largest trans port in World War II? 3. Bible: Did the names of Abraham's forefathers emerge from cities in NW, NE, SW, or SE Mesopotamia? 4. Penology is the study of penmanslop, prison manage ment, or pensions? 5. A hassock is a type of hos iery, a mantled garment, an up holstered footstool, or a grassy mound? $. On the average, do men or women Jive longer? 7. Is one who is an expert in dactyolofy most likely to be a deafnute? (S. Ino prohibition days, the Volstead act defined intoxicat ing beverages to be of what alco holic content? 9. The Red Cross needs blood in the worst way. Is it correct to use in the worst way : 10. "Come you back, you Brit ish soldier: Come you back to Mandalay!" Kipling. What kind of a "girl" tugged at the heart of the "Tommy"? Answers: 1. Twelve. 2. S.S. America. 3. NW Mesopotamia. 4. Prison management. 5. Uphol stered footstool. 6. Women. 7. Yes. (Dactyology is the art of communicating ideas by signs made with the fingers.) 8. One half of one per cent or more. 9. "Badly" is belter. 10. "Burma." ART DIRECTOR DIES Shelter sland. N. Y. IW Louis Biedermann. 83. former art di rector of King Feature Syndicate and a one time newspaper artist and illustrator, died Tuesday. them more realistic, more drivers will obey them than obey limits felt to be unnaturally or unneces sarily low. Many a fatal accident occurs when a driver takes reckless chances to pass a car he thinks is just poking along. Most traffic experts agree that auto accidents de crease when the authorities really crack down on speeders, but hard. That has been the experience for instance, in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Platts- burgh, N. Y., and in Pennsylvania, Washington and Connecticut. OOWEVER, it should be noted that the tough treat ment meted out to speeders in Connecticut was only part of an over-all state safety highway program The program was adequately staffed and well fi nanced, had all-out support from the Governor, and was backed to the hut by a strong state police orgam zation. When a state police force is notoriously inade quate, motorists are the more prone to make their own speed laws for themselves as they hurtle over the highways. 1 he experts hold that one state police man should be around for every 50 miles of roads outside of cities, as against the present national aver age of one eveiy 150 miles. Roads are being patrolled by unmarked instead of marked police cars in an increasing number of states. b.K.K Nixon To Take Part In Graham Crusade New York W Vice President i ing date of Graham's New York Richard M. Nixon will take part Crusade, which began May 15, in Billy Graham's mammoth but the evangelist hinted very Yankee Stadium rally Saturday. the United Press learned today. An authoritative source said that Nixon will sit on the plat form during Graham's sermon in the 67.000-seat home of the New York Yankees. He is expected to address the anticipated capacity crowd briefly before the sermon. Nixon told Graham when the evangelist was in Washington early in May that he would like to attend one of the New York Crusade meetings. Graham later wrote Nixon making the invita tion official, and it was accepted. The vice presdent will fly to New York from Washington late Saturday afternoon. The Yankee Stadium rally is still regarded as the official clos- broadly today that the crusade may be extended beyond Saturday. Chambers Reappointed To Hospital Board Salem OP) Re-appointment of Robert N. Chambers, business manager of the Portland Osteo pathic hospital, to the advisory council to the State Board of Health on hospital licensing was announced late Tuesday by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. The five-member council makes recommendations to the board on licensing, inspection and regulations of hospitals and advises it on administration policy matters. Washington (CQ) Lobby ing has gone modern. And Mr. Average Voter, who always has had the final say at the ballot box and never has been shy about writing his Con gressman, is the ultimate wea pon in this modern lobbying warfare. The wide recognition of Mr. Average Voter's power had made the old style lobbyist ob solete. The portrait of a fast talking, cigar-chomping charac ter pushing a Congressman in a corner long enough to buy his vote has been scrapped. In his stead have come fluent lawyers, ex-Representatives and flannel-suited public relations men. They still use the face-to- face approach with Members of Congress, but their impact is directly proportional to the number of Mr. Average Voters they speak for. With standing membership or ganizations such as the AFL-CIO, Clothespin Manufacturers of America, National Grange, Na tional Small Business Men's as sociation or Wine Institute the membership is fixed. So is the legislative interest. As a result, the Congressman, "both in his face-to-face talks and in the mail he receives regarding any of those organizations' interests can evaluate the depth of the drive. And the views of these organizations and their oppon ents help him make an accurate judgment. Through their lobby ing he learns both sides of the issue in detail. Mass Drive But modern lobbying has gone beyond the standard weapons of identifiable membership rolls. It has developed into a mass re cruiting drive for "volunteer" fighters. And if done right, Mr. Average Voter volunteers with out really knowing he has been asked to do so. The technical name for this new strategy is indirect lobby ing The recruiting posters are in the form of newspaper and magazine ads, radio and televis ion spot announcements, litera ture through the mail by the ton, bright "fact" slips in with monthly bills, speeches at the civic clubs, free movies for the Young People's Church group, and a friendly call on an editor or other opinion molder by someone passionate about this complicated natural gas bill, or Federal aid for schools, or taxes or foreign aid. If the recruiting posters are designed right, Mr. Average Voter will volunteer by writing his Congressman about a pend ing bill. He has been given a specially tailored set of facts on an issue and has .. come to the obvious conclusion. He then passes on that conclusion to his Congressman. It may be a plea to end the raw deal the natural gar industry is getting by vot ing for the pending bill. Or it may be a plea to vote against Federal aid for schools, or for reduced taxes on railroads or for less foreign aid. Congressmen in Dark The Congressman at the re ceiving end has no way of know ing whether the letter is a sin cere conviction or a planted one ven -if the letter is written on the back of a paper bag. Take the natural gas bill to exempt independent producers from Federal regulation. In that fight, the gas and oil industry collected nearly S2 million from its ranks for this very type of opinion molding, or "education campaign. The proponents of the bill formed themselves into the Natural Gas and Oil Resources committee. NGORC spent $1.7 million in ts education drive to win over Mr Average Voter to the de- irability of the natural gas bill. It sent out about five million pieces of literature, fanned out I industry executives across the country to mold public op inion, paid a public relations firm S85.160 to plan overall strategy all to recruit Mr. Average Voter. Yet NGORC did t register as a lobby on the round it was aducating, not lob bying. Right now, the only lobby regulations are in the 1946 Fed eral Regulation of Lobbying Act. It is so vague that it can be evaded and doesn't even at tempt to cover indirect lobby ing New Bill The proposed McClellan bill, belore the Government Opera tions committee, would apply to anybody who asked more than 1,000 persons to write their Congressman or who offered to pay for more than 25 such com- Ancient Institution of Crown May Return in Spain, Portugal By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The ancient institution of mon archy may be headed toward a comeback in both Spain and Portugal. In Spain, G e neralissimo Francisco Franco has fin ally made offi cial his inten tion to put a Bourbon king on the throne Charles McCann when he either retires from office or dies. And in Portugal, Premier An- munications. It also would re quire anybody who spent more tnan $50,000 a year on an "edu cation" campaign to tell the Fed eral Government where the money came from and where it went. Also, anybody who receiv ed $300 or more to testify on a lending bill before Congress, even though lobbying was not his regular work, would have to file lobbying spending reports. Ihe special lobby committee. which made a 15-month investi gation, already has decided mod ern lobbying demands an all-inclusive law. The preamble to the bill that the special commit tee recommended says: Congress finds . . . that the preservation and maintenance of the integrity of the legislative process requires the identifica tion in certain instances of per sons and groups who seek to influence the passage or defeat of legislation by appealing to the Congress directly, or by arti ficial stimulation of the public intended to produce direct com munications with the Congress. ' (Copyright 1957. Congres sional Quarterly) Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer, although under certain circumstances the use ot peh 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. - ' On New School Bill To the Editor: Recent news paper stories, have indicated that the Oregon State Grange is plan ning on circulating petitions to refer House Bill 163 (the school re-organization bill) to a vote of the people at the general elec tion in November 1958. You may be asked as to the advisabil ity of signing such petitions. It is hoped that you will advise in quirers to become familiar with the provisions of the bill before signing such petitions. The suc cessful filing of this petition will postpone the effective date of this most important legislation for over a year. It will be recalled that one of the most important conclu sions of the White House Con ference, and preceding and follow-up county and state confer ences, was that the administra tion of our schools should be organized into unified districts of grades one through twelve. In seeking additional state funds for the relief of property taxes from the legislature, the legislators have repeatedly told us to "get your house in order This act will be the first step in accomplishing this objective and could result in- a better educa tional program f or our small schools. The representatives of the Grange appeared at legislative committee hearings and objected to the voting procedure in the bill as originally presented. The house passed it by an over whelming vote without changing that section. The senate educa tion committee made a sincere attempt to amend this controver sial section to the satisfaction of all parties, so the enactment would not be delayed by a ref erendum. To the best of my knowledge no representative of the Grange appeared before the senate committee in opposition to the amendments or the bill as finally adopted. This bill is one of the most important education acts passed by the legislature and time is of the essence in putting it in effect. It is hoped that everyone will at least have a full under standing of it before they sign the referral petition. A brief summary of the re-organization act is enclosed. Evelyn Nye 816 West 10th st., Medford, Ore. be held throughout the county. After these hearings a final plan will be adopted and submitted to the State Board of Education for approval. 3. After the approved plan is returned, the proposition will be submitted to the voters of each proposed Administrative Dis trict. If the majority of the votes cast favor the new district, it is thus established, except if a ma jority of voters in any elemen tary district petition for an elec tion in the elementary district and vote against becoming a part of the unified district, the ele mentary district so voting will be omitted from the unified dis trict. 4. After a successful vote the new administrative district will De organized under the same statutes that now apply to first class districts, except that seven directors will be elected from zones within which they live. 5. The greatest advantage of the act is that it causes a study to be made of the present dis trict organization to determine if any changes are necessary and desirable. All processes are democratic and a determined elementary district does not need to go along with the majority, onio de Oliveira Salazar has caused considerable speculation by saying in a speech: "The day might come when the monarchist solution might be the national solution." The situation in both Spain and Portugal is a reminder that a lot of people believe that some countries which now are repub lics, in addition to Spain and Portugal, might be better off if they were ruled by constitution al monarchs. Franco's Intentions Specific It has long been pretty certain that Franco planned to restore the monarchy in his country. In fact as far back as 1947, Franco promulgated a law which de clared Spain to be monarchy and empowered him to name a king. But Franco has never pinned himself down as specifically as he did Monday,-when Luis Car rero Blanco, cabinet minister in charge of his office, told Parlia ment: "When the generalissimo is not with us, the destinies of Spain will be directed by a mon archy." It is generally taken for grant ed that Franco's candidate for the throne is 19-year-old Prince Juan Carlos. Juan Carlos is the son of Don Juan, the actual heir to the throne as the son of the late King Alfonso XIII. Alfonso was overthrown in 1931. Juan Still In Running United Press dispatches from Madrid say that Juan has not been entirely erased from the picture. But it looks as if Juan Carlos is the man. He is being given a big build-up. Franco has ing. He has just completed a two- year course in the Spanish mili tary academy, and has been com missioned a second lieutenant in the army. In the fall, he will start a two-year course in the naval academy. In Portugal, 49-year-old Dam Duarte Nuno is the candidate for the throne if the monarchy is restored. He is a kinsman, in the Braganza family, of the King Manuel, who was overthrown in 1910. A revived monarchy in either Spain or Portugal would be a constitutional one, in which the sovereign was ruler by title and parliament ruler in fact. That system has worked out pretty well in countries like Great Britain, Holland, Denmark, Nor way and Sweden. Move To Destroy Kinsey Material New York Ml The federal government sought permission Tuesday night to destroy a col lection of 'obscene and immoral" photographs, books and statu ettes consigned to the sex re search institute once headed by the late Dr. Alfred Kinsey. The move was opposed in federal court by Mrs. Harriet F. Pilpel, attorney for the Insti tute of Sex Research Inc., at In diana University. Mrs. Pilpel said the 31 photo graphs, an album of Chinese paintings and a number of statu ettes and books were "essential to the job the institute is doing." The government seized the taken responsibility for his train- collection in 1951 and 1952. Gobbledygook in Civil Rights Bill Pointed Out by Correspondent Editor's note: The summary of the re-organization act follows: 1. The county school superin tendent will call a convention of all schoolboard members. (The majority of the delegates to this convention will be from second and third class districts.) This cpnvention will elect nine mem bers and five alternate members to a counfy committee. The coun ty school superintendent will be the" ex-officio secretary of the committee. 2. The county committee with the assistance of the state de partment of education will draw a plan for the organization of the county into logical administr tive districts for grades one through twelve. Such plans will consider valuations, student pop ulation, community centers, pres ent and future buildings etc. After the preliminary plan is drawn up, public hearings will Musk Deer To the Editor: Remaining neutral in current discussion as to permits to hunt does, may the writer remind debators another mammal, the Himalayan musk deer, has even more troubles. The lovable little Ghurkas, World War I trench-wire cut ters, who were our coolies on that "trail toward Tibet", hunt musk deer for meat, also money, Natural musk bulks large in hill- ioik tamily budgets. Hence the London Society, of wnich writer is member, and which globally watches all trends toward extinction, is concerned about musk deer. One comfort, synthetic chemistry is making progress as it did with rubber. Those who would catch the spirit of Himalayan travel of the spinning prayer wheels, the "unclean wives of many hus bands", the monkeys in the de odars, the heaven - climbing" glaciers, should dust off the Kipling and reread, and ever reread! And remember, air travel lands one there in days where formerly months were consumed by slow freighters elephant travel, finally dandy- wallah coolies. We have saved the Everglades' Keydeer. We expect to save Asia's muskdeer. C. M. Goethe Seventh and J sts. Sacramento 14, Calif. THEATER MAN DIES New York (OT Raymond V. Wemple, 54, financial vice president of the United Artists Theater Circuit, Inc., and asso ciated companies, died Tuesday. Stops Heart Gas 3 Times Faster As snsrtnt lint, blstk Ult oontslslsf Ms fsotost-octini nodlclno knows, it taking Mm country by itora. Thio utmoui Bolf-sno tsbiet lor sold inditoitios. fai, hesrtburn. snd tour tomicb oontoinn no barsifnl drugs. Uxativoa. sopiris or trsnsullircrt. Conines Itborttory totti prove BolLssitib lots soutrsliroatlmet so stuck ftomscb acidity is oso Mfsuto at many lending dliortivotsblott. Got Boll-ass today lor fsnuot knows relict. Us J. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington HP! It would be a fair question to ask Atty, Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr., who in his depart ment drafted the administra tion's civil rights bill and also, the names of any outsid ers who helped on the job. With the au thors identi I.rle c. Wilson lied, It would be reasonable to ask them about the legislative gobbledygook in Part III of the bill. Part III au thorizes the use of the land and naval forces of the United States and the militia to enforce civil rights for Negroes in southern communities, About all that is known of the authorship of the bill is that it was drafted in the Department of Justice or, at least, was made available to the House and the Senate by that department. In tentionally or not, the bill's au thors chose a tricky and devious method of empowering the Presi dent to use troops in the South to enforce such rights as inte grated schools. Troops Provision Buried It would be fair to ask the bill's authors whether they sought to bury out of sight the provision for the use of troops. Their method was roundabout but effective. Back there in Re construction days, roughly 1866 to 1877, Congress imposed some heavy-handed legislation on the South and backed it up with the armed forces of the United States. One of those Reconstruction bills with a legislative history spanning from July 31, 1861, to April 20, 1871, is identified now in the United States Code as Act No. 1985. Part III of the civil rights bill pending now before the Senate actually s an amend ment of that Reconstructon Act I No. 1985. This act, In turn, depends for its enforcement on still another Reconstruction force bill now identified as Act No. 1993, en acted first in 1866 and amended in 1871. How About Voting? It would be fair to question the authors about another in teresting point. Why was this great enforcement power by land and sea forces provided for the miscellany of civil rights and not provided to enforce the greatest right of all the right to vote? The Senate by-passed Its Judi ciary Committee in bringing the civil rights bill to the floor. If the bill had been referred to that committee, Sen. Richard B. Ru& sell (D-Ga.) probably would have sought the presence of the bill's authors as witnesses. And such questions as are suggested here undoubtedly would have been asked. Russell doesn't like any part of the bill. He especially objects to what he regards as deceit and double talk in Its presentation. "The purpose of this bill," he told the Senate, "was to tie this whole proposition into a law au thorizing the use of troops to in tegrate southern schools and not for the purpose of assuring the right of any citizen of this coun try to vote." Another fair question to tne authors and assistant authors would be: Was that the pur pose? Feeling LOW? A Place To Go BUT ... NO MONEY? We" Have the Aniwer! ' BORROW THE American Way LOANS S25 to $1,500 AUTO SALARY FURNITURE ' For Any Worthwhile Purpose PAYMENTS TO FIT YOUR BUDGET! AMERICAN Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. MAIN MEDFORD C. M. Litwiller A Major Event One of the three major events m most everyone's life is mar riage. 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