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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Ireryono In Southern Oregon Read The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUKU. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERAU3 LATHAM Business Manager ERIC Al J.F.N JR. Managing Editor IARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OUVE ST ARC HER Societv Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year 115 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three mos 4.25 Sunday Only One vear $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue River. 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From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Fewer ducks and geese were killed this season than last, official reports show. Also, fewer hunters were 0 wounded for flying too low. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 7. 1937 (Sunday) Instructions regarding regis tration in voluntary unemploy ment census to be conducted throughout the nation from Nov. 16 to 0 were issued by the chairman of the Medford citizens committee. Every member of the Apple gate CCC camp who has not yet graduated from the eighth grade in school will be given an op portunity to obtain an eighth grade certificate through co operation of the county school superintendent's office. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 7. 1927 (Monday) q Character costumes, wheels and other paraphernalia to be used in the Frontier Days Celebration arrive here. ; fciclement weather hinders success of corner-stone laying ceremonies of new Zion Luth eran church on West Fourth st. near Oakdale ave. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1917 (Wednesday) Ninety-two tracts of land on the Klamath Indian reservation will be sold at public auction at the Klamath agency Nov. 22. Medford and Rogue river valley gaven boost by Col. Frank P. Holland of Dallas. Tex, in the Nov. 3 issue of "Farm and Ranch" magazine. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent; five or six is good. 1. How many of the six New England States can you name? 2. Does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch In the right or left hand? 3. Bible: Are the lives and teachings of Jesus' Disciples con tained in the four Gospels? 4. Whose horsemen were known as "The Ironsides"? 5. On which Gulf is the Eston ian port of Parnu? 6. Is pasque a kind of helmet, name of a flower, or people? 7. Does the Chief Justice of the U.S. vote only in case of a (Jie in the Supreme Court? 8. Was Korea a part of China when it was incorporated in the Japanese Empire? 9. Is "quarrel" a synonym of argue, or debate? 10. Fill in the missing words to Poe's "The Raven": Once . . ., while I pondered, weak and weary." Answers 1. Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachu setts. Rhode Island and Connec ticut. 2. Right hand. 3. Yes. 4. Oliver Cromwell's. 5. The Gulf of Riga. 6. Flower. 7. No. (he participates in all decisions as do the other Justices). 8. No. it was an independent nation. 9. No. 10. "upon a midnight dreary." MAIL TRIUN The "TV" Hassle Not since the fluoridation issue, has a local ques tion caused such wide spread feeling as the issue of "KBES-TV" the Medford one and only television station. Some of the communications in this paper were in favor of or at least defended the local station. More of them took the opposite side, and usually in more vigorous language. "liELL, we refuse to take part in the hassle on one side or the other, but we would like to clear up a few misconceptions that the controversy has brought into clearer focus. Number one is the impression that when errors appear in the "TV" programs printed in this paper and the radio programs also the Mail Tribune is the guilty party. This impression, we regret to say, has been furthered by the practice at "KBES-TV" and some of the radio stations namely, to use the "M.T." as an "out" for their own mistakes. TTO prove the point, it is only necessary to explain the programming system. The Mail Tribune has nothing to do with the "TV" or radio programs except to print them as the STATIONS hand them in each day, revised by THEM to date. This space is given free-of-charge as a public service. It represents in space and composition, many hundreds of dollars. We are not complaining about that. We are glad to do it. But we do complain when a station ANY station refuses to accept responsibility for its own errors and glibly repeats its accepted formula when a com plaint is made, i.e. that "the newspaper did done it." VWE hope that calling attention to this practice at " this time will end it. And we would further request that in the future when ANY station tries to "alibi" for an error in its program, by "passing the buck" to the Mail Tribune, the complainant kindly phone any member of this paper's staff and request a check on same. Typographical errors in a newspaper are always possible, but snafuing factually ANY program that has been correct when handed in, just isn't. So, boys and girls of the television and radio audience, kindly bear this in mind, when program ming errors in radio or "TV" are discovered in this paper, it might be advisable to call the paper FIRST. R.W.R. Some Comments on "TV" There is another reason we do not care to take sides in this "T.V." debate we haven't to date agreed with either side the extremists at least. We don't believe the "T.V." service given except as noted above is below the average in places of this size. Nor do we believe, as some of its defenders have maintained, that it is far superior to the national aver age. During the year we have looked at "TV" from coast to coast, in towns smaller than Medford, and towns larger some much lager, including our largest cities from Greater Manhattan through Chicago to Denver and San Francisco. A S a result certain things, we believe, are obvious, to-wit: The larger the city, the more the "TV" stations, and consequently the greater public satisfaction, be cause of the far greater area of choice. In a metropolis the "TV" fan who doesn't like grand opera or the symphony, can turn to sports or news. The sports fan who doesn't like wrestling or football can turn to box-fights or ice-hockey. The viewers who like "quiz" programs and are fed up on "horse opera" can get the cream of the quiz crop by just turning the knob from one channel to an other, out of the dozen or so, available. rF course, such an area of diverse selection is im- possible in a community of this size. Moreover, with so many people with so many different tastes in the world a single station can't please all of them and can't fail to displease, at one time or another, some of them. TTHERE is another factor in "TV" enjoyment. That is the TV machine. There are exceptions, of course, BUT by and large, the bigger the machine the better the picture and the reception. And while, as was so painfully demonstrated last Saturday in the Michigan-Iowa football game, me chanical difficulties sometimes-completely spoil the show, such complete breakdowns fortunately are the exception not the rule. And sometimes the trouble is rn the "set," and neither the station nor the telephone company are to blame. CO it goes. In the "anti-communications" we noted that one member of the audience complained about sports too much of them particularly over the week end. Well, we know at least a hundred law-abiding local citizens most of them males who turn on their "T.V." sets SOLELY for sports football, baseball, prizefights "hoss" races, pro-tennis and what have you? It might be an exaggeration to say that if sports were eliminated the "TV" audience would drop here 50 per cent, but that it would drop terrifically there is no doubt, and, in all likelihood, catastrophically. Which only shows, from another angle, how IM- Thursday, November 7, 1957 l Matter of Fact THE MEANING OF SPUTNIK II Washington In the virtually unanimous opinion of the ex perts, Sputnik II proves beyond serious question that the West ern world is in deadly danger. This is the unpleasant truth which lies be hind all the reassuring offi cial protesta tions that the Soviet satel lites have "no military impli cations." The military implications of rt l -T-T- r. 11 Stewait Alson sputniK 11 iail into two categories. The first category concerns the meaning of Sputnik II in terms of the long range ballistic missiles. The second category concerns the military meaning of Sputnik II itself. Even before the boasts from Moscow of a "new power source" experts in this country were speculating, in the wake of Sput nik II, about the possibility that the Soviets had discovered an entirely new rocket fuel. There seemed no other logical explana tion of the Soviet success in launching into orbit a satellite weighing half a ton. "With the stuff we've got," one expert said, "we just wouldn't know how to do it. 'Either they've got a new fuel," another said, "or they've developed a rocket motor with a thrust of a million pounds. I don't know which would be worse." Whether or not the So viets have developed a new fuel, Sputnik II unquestionably means that Nikita Khrushchev's boast last Sunday, that the Soviets al ready have "intercontinental rockets" capable of "delivering hydrogen bomb warheads to any point in the globe" must be taken entirely seriously. So must his boast that the Ameri can "military bases in Europe, Africa and Asia" have "long since" been subject to missile attack. OEFORE Sputnik II, it was the consensus of those best able to judge that the Soviets would not have a fully operational in termediate ballistic missile sys tem until about the end of 1958, and that they were not yet pro d u c i n g operational interconti nental missiles capable of hit ting targets in this country. Now the concensus is that the Sovi ets must already have an IRBM system capable of threatening our forward Strategic Air Force bases; and that they must have operational ICBMs already in production. The purpose of the Soviet missiles, as Khrushchev have made entirely clear, is to neu tralize the Strategic Air Com mand. Since SAC is the heart of the free world's strength, the "military implications" of Sput nik II are grim enough in this category. But there is a growing body of belief that the Soviet satellites may have enormous military meaning in themselves. As reported in February, 1956, in this space, this country is working on a reconnaissance satellite, capable of detecting important military movements and concentrations anywhere in the world. But "Project Big Brother," as the reconnaissance satellite program has been in formally dubbed, is still in the blueprint stage. .This is largely because the missile art in this POSSIBLE it is for any single station to please ALL the people ALL the time. We feel certain the man agers of "KBES-TV" are too smart to try it. X7HICH brings us to our final point, which has oeen " mentioned before, namely, why we favor "pay TV" in Medford as we would for any other one station town. We see no need for it in the larger cities, where there are so many channels available every normal, reasonable taste can be satisfied. But where the range of selection is necessarily limited, and can" be extended materially and im proved by the payment of a comparatively small fee ; we regard the inclusion of such a system, as increas ing the value of television in the realm not only of public entertainment but in the area of its already valuable public service. R.W.R. By Stewart Alsop country has not yet reached the stage where the necessarily heavy equipment for an effec tive reconnaissance satellite could be launched into orbit. BUT the half - ton weight of Sputnik II would be amply sufficient to carry the equip ment for an effective spy satel lite. So it must also be assumed that the Soviets have, or soon will have, effective reconnais sance satellites, and this alone has immensely important mili tary implications. Yet what has scared some of the expef ts more than anything else is the hint that the Soviets may be able to bring down the unfortunate dog in Sputnik II, still alive, at a pre-designated spot. If the Soviets actually suc ceed in doing so, a great collec tive shiver will go through the whole scientific and intelligence community. For it is now possible to pack into a few hundred pounds of weight a thermonuclear weapon with a province - destroying punch. For technical reasons in volving the problems of atmo spheric re-entry and accurate guidance and control, it had al ways been assumed among American experts that a satellite which would be itself a weapon. capable of carrying and' deliver ing a thermonuclear weapon, was virtually impossible of achievement. There is no known active project to achieve such a weapon-satellite going forward in this country. VET if a dog in a sealed space -- capsule can be successfully re-entered at a chosen place, why not a bomb? And if one such weapon-satellite can be launch ed, why not dozens, to form above the whole world a uni versal sword of Damocles, con trolled from Moscow. This is, of course, a nightmare, but it is a nightmare which will take on a certain color of reality if the little dog on Sputnik II ever again treads the earth. But even if that never happens, the danger to the West, of which Sputnik II serves as a symbol, is deadly enough. Surely, in the circumstances, the time has come for truth-telling, and fact-facing, and an end to official compla cency. (c) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Holmes Signs Bill To Provide Expenses Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes Wednesday signed the first piece of approved legisla tion of the special session. It provided pay and expenses for senators and representatives. The governor put his signa ture to the measure-appropriating $75,000 for payment of sala ries and mileage of the senators, representatives, officers clerks and stenographers, and for the general and contingent expenses of the session. "That's one down and two to go," the governor said, reiterat ing his hope that both Houses would approve a reasonable in come tax relief measure and a bill to increase basic school sup port, and then adjourn. The early route of the "Cali fornia Trail" is now known as highway U.S. 40 from Nevada to California. 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 tor 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 Sputnik To the Editor: There's a Sput nik in the sky far away, we will have one, you and I, some sweet day. The air force has the rock et, the navy has the fuel, but the army and old Ike, they're still riding on a mule! There's a Sputnik in the sky far away, we don't have one you and I, not today. John Dulles read the papers, called a confer ence right away, "It 'appears' they have a Sputnik, and I don't know what to say." There's a Sputnik in the sky far away, congress will "investi gate" today. They will thump the tubs and bluster, this will make political hay, and if the gas could all be captured, it would send one all the way! Pete Logan, Dark Hollow rd. Medford, Ore. It Would Please Zhukov To the Editor: Recently you reported the' State Department release on Gen. Zhukov's remov al. It referred to "the recently expressed desire of Mr. Khrush chev to entrust Marshal Zhukov" with a mission of high trust and confidence to the United States." Who refused to receive Zhu kov? Is he still President Eisen hower's former comrade-in-arms? Why not invite him now? Alfred Kohlberg, 1 West 37th St., New York, City, N.Y. A Question for Copco To the Editor: My husband, who is in the United States Army, was transferred here to Medford two years ago. When we went down to get our liffhts turned on, we were told that we would have to put down a $20 deposit because we were in the army. That was okay with us until we found out that the rest of the people in the service had not had to put down a deposit. We asked why. We were given no reason. We were supposed to get our deposit back at the end of a year. Well, it's been two years. And because of some made up technicality they said we couldn't have the deposit back. What's a person to do? Like everything else in Medford, there's only one power company. You either get your lights from them or not at all. Mrs. John Potter, 716 Grant St., Medford, Ore. A Plug For TV To the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to thank the networks, the stations and the sponsors for brinsine us so much wonderful entertainment over the past two years, as that is as long as we have had our TV. My husband is retired now, and he didn't think he would like TV, but I bought one any way, and am I glad. He seems to enjoy it as much as I. He never cared for movies, so he rarely ever went to one, and I think he has more good enter tainment than he ever did in his life before. He especially likes the fights, wrestling and horse races. I know that it takes lots of monev. and manpower to run a TV sta tion, and I do appreciate it. I think it is wonderful, something I never expected to see in mv life - time. My how glad I am, I lived so long. Thanks again to everyone. Fern Tndrus, 391 South Mountain ave. Ashland, Ore. Oregon Farm Bureau Convention Under Way Eugene (IP) The 26th annual convention of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation opened here Wednesday with about 500 de legates expected. The conven tion runs through Saturday. LIFE EVERLASTING I am standing upen the seashore; a ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength and I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to ming(i with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There! She's gone." Gone where? Cone from my sight that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her and just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There! She's gone there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "There she comes!" .... ..... And that is dying. If you would like a copy of the above, suitable for framing, just et us know! Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS Today and By Walter LITTLE ROCK AGAIN. Twice during his press confer ence last week, the President was asked questions on the sub ject of integra tion and civil rights. The , first question had to do with Little Rock and the second with his appointments, which have not yet been made, to the Civil vfcalter Lippmao Rights Commission. This is the Commission that was authorized by Congress in the bill passed at the end of August. The President said that in Lit tle Rock the situation "seems to improve daily" and "I most devoutly hope and pray that we soon can be confident enough of the situation that we can remove all Federal forces." In his com ments on the Civil Rights Com mission there was no suggestion that in his mind there will be any close connection between the Commission, when it is ap pointed, and the policy of the Federal government in dealing with a situation like that in Little Rock. This indicates, T hope wrong ly, that the President and the Administration are not at work trying to form an orderly na tional policy but are improvis ing as one aspect or another of the enormous problem forces it self upon their attention. How, for example, is he going to know that he should be confi dent that he can remove all Fed eral forces from Arkansas? One would suppose that he would look to the Civil Rights Commis sion, if it had been set up in operation, to advise him. It can perhaps be argued that on a narrow construction of the law, the Commission is not sup posed to have the responsibility and duty of advising the Presi dent and the Department of Jus tice in specific situations like that at Little Rock. On the other hand, the President can, if I read the law correctly, take a broad view of it and especially cf that part which says that the commis sion shall "appraise the laws and policies of the Federal gov ernment with respect to equal protection of the laws under the Constitution." TF IT IS not to be the Commis- sion which advises him in a situation like Little Rock, who is it to be? Is it to be the Depart ment of Justice or is it to be some anonymous assistant on the White House staff? The President must begin to feel by this time that, while Gov, Fau bus had put down a challenge which had to be met, the Admin istration's role in the whole af fair was not wisely conceived and well planned. For example, only confusion was produced by his meeting with Gov Faubus at Newport, and never since then has the President succeeded in making the country understand precise ly what was the issue namely, the order the Governor gave to the Arkansas National Guard which required Federal inter vention. Moreover, the character of the intervention was surely unnecessarily clumsy and pro vocative. Was it necessary to send the crack troops of the air- born division with their bayo nets fixed, or would it have been wiser to deputize Federal Marshals, or even to send a de tachment of military police car-! rying policemen's clubs? These catch-as-catch-can meth ods will not do! in handling so grave and so explosive a prob lem. The President needs a con tinuing body of advisors, whose main business in life is to plan the role to be played by the Federal government in the field of civil rights. Surely, it is with in the terms of the law that the new Civil Rights Commission DAY OR NIGHT .c. PHONE Tomorrow Lippmann j should be used as a policy-f orm- uig organ of the Federal govern ment in the field of civil rights. TWO months have passed since enacted, and during these two months we have had Little Rock and all its consequences and implications. But there is as yet no Commission. We know that the President has been find ing it difficult to get acceptances) from the men he has wanted to appoint. Judging' by what he sai3 (Hjt his press conference last we, I wonder whether a good J&tQ of his difficulty in finding men does not come from his own contradictory ideas about what what kind of men he is loqfc-) ing for. He wants "peopi or thoughtful mien and type whoi reputation is that of being (g ju dicial turn of mind, watching these things and deciding what to do." He wants also to "have represented on the Commission all types of thinking." He wants "to get a spectrum of American opinion on this matter." TS IT any wonder that it has -- been hard for him to appoint a Commission? On the one hand, he wants men of a judicial turn of mind. On the other hand he wants "all types of thinking." He wants a Commission which on the subject of civil rights is as judicial as, let us say, Adlai Stevenson, and he wants also toO have represented the thinking of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Sen. Byrd of Vir ginia and of Gov. Griffin of Georgia. These contradictions come from a hope, which is quite vain, that he can set up a Commission which pleases everybody. He should be looking for a CommisQ sion which is capable of formu lating a coherent national policy . What he needs is a clear-headect and resolute Commission which vill translate into orderly poli cies for the guidance of the Ad ministration what is now a chaos of law suits and court orders. (Copyright 1957 New York Herald Tribune) NEW FAIRY TALE FUA! v Three dimension magic make? 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