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o o FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everyone in Southern Oregoo Heads The Mail Tribune" Publlahea Danj ixr.nl Saturday by MEDfORD PRINTING CO North Fir St Phone 2-6141 RflRFRT U7 D T 'III W HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM BuaineM Manager ERIC AIXEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor BARRY CHIPMA.N feleeraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society editor DALE ER1CKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aeeond elaas matter at Medfard Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy lOe. Daily and Sunday One year S15 00 Daily and Sunday Six monthi 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa 4.25 Sunday Only On year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Marffonl Aahland Central Point Eaele Point Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. cnaoy cove Roirue River. Talent and on motor route: Daily and Sunday On year (18 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1-30 t-arner and Dealer 10c per cony All Term Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford ""-"u riper or Jacaion county Unlted Presa Full Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Uf CIHCULATION Arivm4 D ...... -J .7T WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Office in New York Chicago, de troit. San Franciaco. Loa Angelea Seattle Portland 6t Louie Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL iOITOIIA a$$ocFai2n Utiiiirimnina NEWSPAPf t PUBUSHEt ASSOCIATION 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 Aug. 7. 1947 (Thursday) Dudley Field Malone, assist ant secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, arrives in Medford for vacation and argues that earlier U.S. recognition of Soviet Republican would have benefited world fjeace. From. Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The valley cucumber crop is coming along fine. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1937 (Sunday) Jewelry valued at several hundred dollars stolen from the borne of Mrs. Mike Hunter of Ashland. From local and personal col umn: Payton Hawes, president of the McKesson Pacific Drug company arrived late Thursday. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 7, 1927 (Sunday) Day to day travel to Crater lake during July-'sets a new registration record. S. S. Smith of the ftjedford Mail Tribune is elected regional vice president of the Oregon State Editorial association. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1917 (Tuesday) "I want every American who enlists to realize that he is fight ing for humanity," returned World War I veteran tells Med ford people. Movies to be taken of Med ford's company seven drilling. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct 1 nrperlor; even or eight is excellent; five or is la good. 1. In 1802 there were 200 newspapers published in the U.S. Of these were there 17, 27, or 37 dailies? 2. Is tie Amazon river in Af rica, South America, Europe or Asia? 3. Bible: Was the first record ed census of the Hebrews taken before, during, or after the Exodus? 4. What do English troops mean when they demand "ship for blighty"? 5. Do adult moths eat holes in woolen goods? 6. Is the tortoise, elephant, or eagle reputed to hat e the long est life span? 7. In addition to Its use as a disinfectant, what is the other principal use of hydrogen perox ide? 8. What is another name for hydrophobia? 9 Is it proper to use the term "elegant" in the sense of mean ing excellent or fastidious? 10. Marriage is the Keeley cure for love's what? Helen Rowland. Answers: 1. Seventeen. 2. South America. 3. After. 4. A ship to take them home. 5. No. 6. Tortoise, (same are reputed to live for 200 to 300 years or more). 7. Bleaching agent. 8. Ra bies. 9. Fastidious. 10. "intoxi cation." (Keeley cure: an earSer treatment for alcoholism). Russia Raises Question On Open Skies Scheme London W The Soviei Union asked Tuesday why the western disarmament plan for . - open skies did not include Amer ican and NATO bases in North Africa, the Near East, Turkey and Pakistan. The question was the first of ficial Russian reaction to the plan advanced last week at the five-power disarmament confer ence by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. MAIL TRIBUNE Heroism and Clothing Over at Bend the other day an 18-year-old girl, visiting in the town, saw a boy who had fallen into the Deschutes river, and who obviously was near drown ing. Without hesitation, she plunged, fully-clothed, into the river, swam to him, and managed to keep his head above water enough so that he survived the or deal. Quick-responding police officers pulled them both out. 9 The Bend Bulletin nominates the girl for a hero ine's award. We second definitely did risk her own life without hesitation to save the life of another. And but for the officers, both probably would have drowned. " X7E have no wish to detract from her heroic action, T but one or two experiences with near-drownings indicate that -early training in swimming and life saving, which insists that clothes are dangerous in the water, are important in such a situation. In the Army, troops bound overseas were in many instances given training in water survival. The first lesson was to rid one's self of clothes, "particularly shoes, immediately. If this is done, a swimmer has a chance of staying afloat. But if weighted down by shoes, or hampered by soaking clothing, the chances are greatly reduced. I TNTHINKING valor is w thoughtful valor, where precautions are taken to give one the best chance of success, is better. If someone is in danger of drowning, and it's up to you to do what you can to rescue him, look for a boat first; then for other means of rescue, and as a last resort, swim. The extra seconds are worth it if they ir crease the chances of saving a life. And, if you must swim, give yourself a chance. This is no time to worry about modesty. Take off your shoes and outer garments. Your chances of sav ing the victim, and surviving yourself, are far, far better if you do. E.A. Big Ball One of nature's most spectacular celestial phe nomena, a huge fireball racing through the. night, caught the eye of many Oregonians and Calif ornians last Thursday, about 8 :30 or 8 :32 p.m. It was seen as far south as San Francisco, far east as Lovelock, Nev., far north as Seattle, and far west as Astoria. Attempts to plot its course are being made by the American Meteor Society, and its chief "meteor spot ter" for this area, Phil Brogan, associate editor of the Bend Bulletin. DROGAN, one of the notable amateur sky-watchers in the western states, estimated its speed was possibly as much as 72,000 miles per hour. It must have been brilliant, indeed, for many observers, scat tered throughout the four-state area, thought it fell "jus.t over the fence," and some San Franciscans were convinced it plunged into the ocean. Brogan, through the assembly of reports as to ele vation, direction travelled, brilliance, and so on, from many points, will be able to pin-point its probable course with a fairly high degree of accuracy. According to the varied reports, the meteor ex ploded or disintegrated before it hit the ground. A METEOR is a hunk of mineral (rock or metal or a combination) which may once have been part of a shattered planet, or a bit of a comet, and which is caught by earth's gravity. As it hits the atmosphere at tremendous speed, the friction with the air heats it to incandescence, and it streaks across the sky as a flaming ball of light. Small ones can glow brightly, but the larger ones can make the stars themselves seem dim. The popular name "shooting" or "falling" star is a misnomer, of course, for stars are actually suns. (A few of the visible "stars" are really planets.) Most meteors never reach the ground through the 60-odd miles of heat-creating atmosphere, but burn out or explode as the white-hot outer surface reacts with the cold-as-space interior. But occasionally a large one or a slow-moving one does make it, and strikes the surface of the earth. These are known as meteorites, and some of them have been of tremen dous size, and have. created huge craters, such as the one near Winslow, Ariz., or those in remote Siberia and Canada. AN OUTFIT calling itself the Aerial Phenomena Research Group, of 5108 Findlay st., Seattle, ."a non-profit organization whose purpose is to investi gate and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena," has asked for reports on last Thursday's fireball. Their letter says: "The aerial phenomenon . . . was 'explained away' as being a meteor. It is a scientific fact that no meteor re mains in sight for more than five seconds. The phenomenon seen over your area remained in view far beyond that time period and moved with intelligent control." We don't know where the gentlemen got their "sciitif ic facts," but we still go along with the meteor theoiy. Charles Anthony Federer Jr., of the Harvard Observatory, writing in the World Book Encylopedia, says the light of meteors "may last barely a second as they sweep across the sky in a great arc, or they may leave shining trails that last for several minutes." f)UR astronomical columinist, Fay Bentley, in last Sunday's paper pointed out that this week-end will be the annual visitation of the Perseid metors, which are small remnants of a wTom-out comet. And Brogan adds that last wreek's visitor from space was not a Perseid, but was "a lone wolf wander er of the sun's big family." E.A. . v Wednesday, August 7, 1957 the nomination, for the girl an admirable thing. But of Fire 'THAT LAST ROAST YOU SOLD Today and By Walter MR. GLUCK'S QUIZ TEST Mr. Maxwell Gluck, our new and unfortunate Ambassador to Ceylon, is the victim of a certain blindness in high quarters. It is the notion that to have been a success in business is to have the quality and the necessary experience for being a suc cess in public Walter Lippmann life. Indeed, there is if anything a prejudice against those who make a career in politics and in government affairs. There is lit tle sympathy with those who re gard government as a calling, and as an art that has to be learned. So the President took it for granted that Mr. Gluck would be a competent Ambassador in a sensitive post in a critical region of the world. Why did he take this for granted? Because, said the President at his press confer ence, Mr. Gluck was recom mended by "a number of people I respect." If the people who recommended him were aware that Mr. Gluck was a big cam paign contributor, they had the tact to refrain from mentioning such a sordid consideration to the President. What then did they tell the President about Mr. Gluck? They told him that they had examined Mr. Gluck's busmess career, and that it was successful, that they had studied the F.B.I, reports, -which were good. That was enugh to qualify Mr. uiuck. For it could be as sumed that he would learn about Ceylon, with which he was not yet "thoroughly familiar," as he had learned how to run his stores and how to breed horses m Kentucky. VyHY, then, did Sen. Ful bright's little quiz test pro duce such an UDroar? Because it revealed so sharply that Mr. Uluck, however estimable as a person and however successful in business, - had never taken any interest, not any interest, in the affairs of South Asia where he is to be a principal represen tative of the United States. When he was asked who is the Prime Minister of India India being the nearest neiehhnr of Ceylon Mr. Gluck said he Knew who he was but could not pronounce the name. This was the crucial Question and answer. and the result was a complete giveaway. For while the Prime Minister of India has the eiven name of Jawaharlal, which is in deed difficult to pronounce, he is known to all of literate mankind as Nehru. AS NEHRU, he is as well known as ChurchiU, Stalin, oi Eisenhower. As it is impos sible to suppose that Mr. Gluck had never heard the name of Nehru pronounced, the presump tion is that he did not know that Nehru is the Prime Minis ter of India. If anyone thinks that tms is not significant, let him imagine how he would feel if Nehru appointed as Indian Ambassador to Mexico or to Cuba one who said he could not "pronounce" the fairly difficult name of Eisenhower. Such a man would not be re garded as a good prospect to play a useful par4, in the affairs of the North American contin ent. For awhile he could no doubt be "briefed" even to knowing President Eisenhower's middle name what he would really need in order to qualify would be to be born again with an interest in public affairs and with a capacity to realize that the world is round. EMBARRASSING as it all is to Mr. Gluck, to the President, to the Foreign Service officers who labor in South Asia, to the Ceylonese, and to Americans concerned for the dignity of their country, there is something to be learned from it. The case throws a sharp ligh on the prob lem of the appointment of non professionals to embassies. It demonstrates a basic rule, that the burden of proof is on f t y' k eSLaaAJJ 8-7 C US WAS ALL BURNT!' Tomorrow Lippmann the President when he goes out side the career service. What the President has to prove is that his appointee, though he is not a professional diplomat, though he is not familiar with the country to which he is going, is a man of demonstrated ability in public life. It is not enough that he has made money, that there are no black marks against him in the F.B.I. reports, and that he has been certified by the Republican National Committee. He is to occupy a very public place in the affairs of the world, and he should already have dis tinction himself in public life. THIS is not too austere a stand ard. Many of our non-career Ambassadors would qualify readily enough under it for ex ample, in the big posts, Mr. Whitney in London, Mr. Bruce in Bonn, Mrs. Luce and Mr. Zel lerbach in Rome, Mr. Bowles, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Bunker in New Delhi. The common qualifi cation of all of them is that, while they have not had a ca reer in the Foreign Service, some considerable part of their careers has been spent with distinction in public service. Always, however, an appoint ment outside the career service should be regarded as the excep tion which has to be justified by the special quality and the proved distinction of the candi date. Furthermore, it ought to be an unwritten rule that at least one of the major West European embassies including now and then the highly honori fic embassy at the Court of St. James' should always be filled by a career officer. For it should never he said that the highest and most desired posts are closed to the members of the Foreign Service. (Copyright 1957 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) irl Boosts TV Quiz Winnings To $16,000 New York (IB Eighteen-year-old atom expert Joyce My ron boosted her television quiz show earnings to $16,000 Tues day night on "The $64,000 Ques tion." . Miss Myron, of North Bergen, N.J., a sophomore at Drexel In stitute of Technology, correctly answered a three-part question on the "Carbon Cycle." She will return next week to decide whether to try for $32,000. Amateur tennis star Herb Flam of Los Angeles won $4,000 when he correctly answered a three-part question in the "Big Business" category. He will be eligible to try for $8,000 next Tuesday. ilia Wheat Harvest Nearly Over Pendleton (IPI Wheat har vest in Umatilla county, which ranks eighth in the nation, was about 80 per cent complete to day. - Both wheat and barley fields are continuing high with reports as high as 60 bushels per acre. Quality has been reportedly generally good in both wheat and barley. Prices have been running about 24 cents per bushel above loan price, and wheat has been selling very good in the past two weeks. Storage is good with wheat moving out . by both barge and rail at a constant rate. WAR VETERAN DIES Washington TO Vice Adm. Henry V. Butler, 83, a veteran of both World Wars, the Spanish-American War and the Phil ippine Insurrection, died Tues day. COMMANDER DIES New York (IP) Brig. Gen. Ralph C. Tobin, 67, retired com mander of the famed 7th Regi ment of New York from 1930 until the end of World War U, died Monday. Congress Must Decide Rights Compromise is By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Correspondent Washington (IPI Congress, which is used to making all-or-nothing choices on civil rights legislation must decide this year whether to choose compro mise instead. Some of the a d v o c ates of strong legisla tion are begin ning to say it would be bet ter to pass no bill than to Raymond Lahr take what they can get from the Senate this year. Until now civil rights bills have never been handled in a cli mate of compromise. Heretofore almost all members of Congress took it for granted Southern Democrats could and would kill any measure by filibuster in the Senate. Debates for Record The debates were mostly for the record. Supporters of the leg islation showed little more in terest in compromise than did the Southerners. At one time the battle was over bills to abolish state poll taxes by federal law. Compro misers raised constitutional ques tions and asked why the goal should not be sought through constitutional amendment. All out backers of the bill objected and settled for nothing. The poll tax survives in five Southern states. Later the issue was drawn over bills to create a National Fair Employment Practices Com mission (FEPC) to discourage dis crimination against Negro " job holders and applicants. Compro mise proposals to set up a media tion agency to deal with the problem never were taken seri ously by either side. No bill was ever passed. Took Compromise Soundings The compromisers sometimes Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words Suggests 'Test Run' To the Editor: Maybe a fair way to really see what there is to this subdivision bill and get down to brass tacks quick, would be a "test run" by con cocting plausible examples such as, for instance: (1) Jones has home in coun try on ten acres, and he wants to sell or offer a piece of it, con sisting of one acre. (2) Farmer Smith has 80 acre place, and wants to sell or offer out of it a half dozen small home sites, maybe one to five acres each. (3) Brown has 160 acres land in country, wants to cut it up into 20 or 25 pieces, for small home plots, where the buyer can, if he desires, build his own house and have cow, chickens, garden, etc. The idea is to keep it cheap, nothing fancy, for the small guy. Brown wants to sell these plots gradually over a period of years. (4) etc., etc. Now what I have in mind by "test run" is to prepare in full complete detail the papers, maps, bonds, EVERYTHING for mal and legal style, for each typical example chosen, as an ex hibit of what the guy has to do, and how he does it, and what it will cost him, for surveyor, for engineer, for lawyer, etc. Fairly estimate an average reasonable fee for the legal advice, the sur veying, the actual production of the maps, and all other papers, for each type of case. Publish these exhibits to show what the thing requires and compels and point out penalties for noncompliance. Finally, emphasize that after Jones does it, the Planners can still refuse permission. , Who will make up the exhib its on test run? You, the news paper might do it, or you might suggest or urge the Planning Commission to do it. The idea would be to make it clear what this thing is that is proposed. Thomas G. Staley Rt. 1, Box 196 Eagle Point, Ore. Religion for Shut-Ins To the Editor: I read a few days ago an article from the Ministerial association about the fallacy or uselessness of religious radio broadcasts. Quote, "No one listens to them except those who could go to church if they would." I beg to differ with their hon orable statement. I personally know of shut-ins and cripples one a personal friend who was joyfuUy converted through hear ing a God-inspired message on radio. It is a shame you take this attitude toward These won derful messages of hope we hear on radio from time to time. Why not be a missionary at home and help support instead of tearing down this wonderful work. Mary S. Morgan, 618 East Ninth st., Medford, Ore. asked why it was better to setUe for nothing than to decide in advance that a watered-down bill was not even worth a trial. Even Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), leader of the Southern bloc opposed to all civil rights bills, took compromise soundings m 1949. He was reported to have been rebuffed both by President Truman and some of his fellow Southerners. In the Day's News By FRANK Most of the business and econ omic news these days concerns the male sez. . Let's talk for a moment today about women in business specifically women in the banking business. Up until World War 2, women didn't have much of a place in the banking world. But that is changing. Recent figures com piled by the department of com merce show that 48 per cent of ALL the persons employed in the nation's banks are women. The Industrial National Bank of Miami Florida has been a pioneer in this trend. As of now, it is 80 per cent staffed by wom en, with many of them holding Editorial Comment THAT EGG-HEAD VOTED 'NO Pity Maxwell H. Gluck, Ohio businessman and horsebreeder. and soon to be United States ambassador to Ceylon. Pity Mr. Gluck, for of all the diplomatic appointments in the second ad ministration of Dwight D. Eis enhower, it was Mr. Gluck s that drew the most publicity for its political implications. Part of the trouble might be Mr. Gluck's fault. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Re lations committee, which held hearings on his confirmation, the ambassador-elect made a ra ther poor showing. Sen. William Fulbright, Ar kansas Democrat and a bit of an egg-head in that he thinks for eign diplomatic posts should not be passed out as political re wards apparently expected a poor showing from Mr. Gluck and poured on embarrassing questions. It turned out that the Ohio horsebreeder didn't know the name of the prime minister of the country to which he wanted to be ambassador, and, said he couldn't offhand pronounce the name of the prime minister of India, Ceylon's important neigh bor. He said he knew the Indian leader's name, he thought, but couldn't pronounce it. (The prime minister of India is Nehru and of Ceylon is Bandaranaike), Fulbright continued his quer ies. He brought out that Mr. Gluck's contributions to Repub lican coffers were $10,000 in 1952 and $30,000 in 1956. He asked the witness if he didn't think this entitled him to a bet ter overseas post than Ceylon. He pointed out that the ambas sadorship to Belgium was pur chased for only $11000. Mr. Gluck allowed as how he didn't feel slighted. Guys like this Fulbright should be barred from asking questions if they don't have any more appreciation for domestic politics and international rela tions than he showed in his in quisition of Mr. Gluck. But then, it probably figures as to Sen ator Fulbright. What more could you expect from an ex-college professor and father of the Ful bright international scholarship system? Luckily, others on the For eign Relations committee have more appreciation for political necessities. They know that both parties have parceled out diplo matic rewards for campaign checks since time immemorial. They don't go along with this high-sounding theory that we should be represented abroad by experts in diplomacy and in the areas where ambassadors are sta tioned. All other senators on the com mittee voted for. Mr. Gluck's confirmation, thus almost as suring that he will get to Cey lon. Fulbright? That egg-head, voted "no." Cooi Bay Times. CAREFUL ATTENTION to the individual dictates of every faith, the modern facili ties of Litwiller's Mt. View Chapel and Funeral Home, and rates kept consistently low, are some of the reasons C. M. Urwiller so many prefer to call MU 5-4541 in time of need! Weddings by Appointment LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chape' Hwy 66 at Normal Office 88 N Main ASHLAND We Never Clou if Civil Feasible This year the Senate has watered down the administration bill, passed by the House, until it deals largely with protection of voting rights. It also has at tached a controversial jury trial amendment. However the House reacts to these changes the eventual choice will probably be between no bill and one close to the Sen ate version. JENKINS key jobs. It has two women vice presidents. TT-m-m-m-m-m-m. If that trend " continues, the nation's joke makers may be up a tree for raw material about the woman who can't balance her check book. Already the cartoonists are in danger of losing an old stand-by the woman driver who bashes her fenders every time she goes out and smashes through the back end of the garage every times he comes in. National Safety Council sta tistics indicate more clearly every year that women drivers are SAFER than men drivers. THAT, of course, brings up another thought. Maybe wom en should go in for politics. They might do a better lob tnan the men have done. There are times when one can't help thinking they cbuldn't do worse. THERE'S a ruckus on in the house of representatives over whether to cut in half the pres ent 20 per cent tax on food and drink in night clubs. Musicians and entertainers are for it because, they say, the tax has thrown a lot of their people out of work. The treasury is against it, pointing out that the bill would cut the nation's tax income by 21 million dollars a year. VyHAT of us ordinary tax ' payers who have to dig deeper and deeper every year? Well, if the spenders who like to splurge in night cubs don't pay that 21 million dollars THE REST OF US WILL HAVE TO. That's about the long and the short of it. BACK to the women. A New York hair stylisC dealing out beauty type to the reporters, says a new-type hair do can help wipe away frowning eyebrows. A special treatment of the frontal exposure, he con fides, "de-emphasizes the frown and restores the natural look of the eyebrows." TT'S a good idea, to be sure,' for everybody loves a smller and nobody loves a frowner. But here's a better idea: Change the mental habits that result in a frowning outlook on life. Good Reading for the Whole Family News. ' - Facts Family Features The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St, Boston 15, Moss. Send your newspaper for the time eflecked. Enclosed find my cheek or money order. I year $18 6 months $9 Q 3 months J4.50 Address "Zona Ttota ri)-i , -v I, . 3a. U - -v A r-artV A Mrs. Lltwlller "It is better to know us and not need us. than to need u and not know us." 4
