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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 29. 1958 MEDFORDsgTRIBU?,-E "Everyone in Southern Oregon "cam ine xviaii iriDune -Published Daily except Saturday by " 33 North Fir St. Vh. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W. RCHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ;ERIC ALLEN. JR Managing Editor -HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor DtlCHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor -OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor , DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent NewsoaDer Entered as second class matter at r Medford Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Codv 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $13.00 - Daily and Sunday 6 mo. 8.00 - Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 .. Sunday Only One year $4.20 -By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill, .Phoenix, bhady cove, Kogue Kiv er. Talent, and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Z Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford uinciai fapgr or jacxson county iTUnited PressFull Leased Wire" MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO., INC.. Of Z fices in New York, Chicago, De- troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, At- lanta. Vancouver. B. C. NEWSPAPER V PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASOCfTlgN 3& Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. "Dimes " Still Needed Over the years, the March of Dimes . has received as much popular support and enthusiasm as any fund-raising effort and very likely more. This has resulted from two things: 1. It has attracted top-flight young men and women in both executive and subsidiaiy positions in the fund-raising effort, and, 2. The nature of the illness to be fought is dramatic, highly publicized, and greatly feared.' IT WAS these things which brought in the funds which paid for the research which developed the Salk vaccine, which, in turn, if widely enough used, gives promise of wiping out polio. Already it has reduced the incidence drastically. Last year, for instance, only two confirmed cases of polio were reported in the county, both of them people from outside the county. This compares to more than a dozen during the worst year some time ago. This reduction is proof that the difficult the "near impossible" can be done if sufficient sup port is given. Communications Letters . to the Editor must tx-ir the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to MaHfinatiriTi anil jtnnA.n:. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed ou words. 'ZbeCAus watzz 'wa-ma'. soy.AiHT THAT SCWfs WAYTO TALK?" "10 YEARS AGO Van. 29. 1948 (Thursday) - State ReD. Frank J. Van Dvke. Medford attorney, a strong candidate for speaker -et the house, files his declar ation of candidacy for reelec tion on the Republican ticket. - Entries being received for the Old Time Fiddlers con test, a feature of the Disabled :American Veterans carnival in the armory Saturday. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 29. 1938 (Friday) Southern Oregon picnickers who visit Medford's Prescott park on Roxy Anne next summer will find many im provements as a result of the ;work now being carried on i7 the CCC men of Company 468. : From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "A spanking new car was spank ed by a phone pole last eve ning." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 29. 1928 (Sunday) The annual Lincoln day jbanquet at Hotel Medford on Teb. 13 will be the occasion for a get together of the Uni versity of Oregon alumni. Z From local and personal column: "The county unit, following considerable work along this line last week, will jcontinue to immunize chil dren of school age against .'diphtheria this week." local Mar- 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 29. 1918 (Tuesday) - Mark N. Tisdale, tanker, and James W, "yin, a well-known local capi talist, are learning to knit Sweaters, and expect soon to J5e able to reel 'em off for the l)oys at the front. r All German aliens of Med 7ord above- 14 years old should get their photos taken for registration, according to 4he chief of police. I What's Your I.Q.? -"Nine or ten correct is superior; Ueven or eight is excellent; five or Uix is good. 1. Do all of the planets re- ryolve around the sun in the .same direction? 2. Bible: The English Bible aised by Roman Catholics is Inown as the "D . ,, . ." Bible? - 3. Name the capital of the Bahamas. Z. 4. What is the English trans lation of the word "Sverige"? - 5. Proverb: "The pen is than the what? 6. Name the headpiece Svorn by horses in their stalls. 7. Can a person touch a red liot iron and not be burned? 8. Estonia, Latvia and Lith uania are constituent "repub lics" in what federation? " 9. The aboriginal American Indian custom was to bury chiefs in a standing, sitting, 'or prone posture? Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Douay. 3. Nassau. 4. Sweden. 5. The pen is mightier than the sword." 6. Haller. 7. Yes. But only for a moment, with a wet finger. 8. Union of So cialist Soviet Republics. 9. Sitting posture. NATURALLY! : Washington (IP) Brig. Gen. Homer A. Boushey of the Air Force says Dr. Edward Tel ler, "father" of the H-bomb, was asked recently what he expected would be found on the moon. "Russians," Teller replied. WHAT, then, is the excuse for continuing the In answering that, it is necessary to realize that half of the money raised is retained on the local level for treatment of patients, not only when they first contract the illness, but also for continuing treatment,' for rehabilitation, for braces, wheelchairs, crutches, and so on, to enable them to continue worthwhile lives as pro ductive citizens. This need must still be met, and will be nec essary as long as any one-time victims of polio are still around. This will be a long time. In , our view, then, the need for contributions to the March of Dimes, while perhaps not as urgent as it was a few years ago, is still an imperative one. TTHIS feeling pervades the March of Dimes organization, which this year is working with undiminished energy to raise the money needed to cany on the patient-care program, as well as continuing research, which is still seeking for better, surer and more efficient means of com batting the disease, and which has branched ou' into other phases of virology, for the ultimate benefit of mankind. The drive for funds this year, perhaps under standably, is lagging in comparison to those in prior years. Funds raised by the "special events" which have long been enthusiastically conducted to aid the drive, have so far brought in about half as much as they did in previous years. TTHIS has not diminished the enthusiastic work of some of the young people, particularly, who haveentered into the "Teens Against Polio" campaign and others with exuberance. (So much exuberance, incidentally, that it may have led them to errors in judgment, such as the "roadblocks" set up recently. In this, the drive loses its purely voluntary character and takes on an element of coercion, which, if not checked, could damage the drive and its acceptance in the future.) But the shoe-shine projects, the wheel-barrow .races, the car-washing, the dances, the Christmas tree collection and burning all these add spice and interest to the drive, and are to be commended. It is to be hoped that the drive will pick up sharply this week, to the end that the polio foun dation's needs can be met. E.A. Matter of Fact ey Stewart Alsop Stupidents The other day we relayed a question of the traffic safety division of the state department of motor vehicles, which wanted a new name for a traffic accident. The division claimed that "accident" is a misnomer, for most such incidents are caused by faulty driving. We've received three suggestions, all from Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Knutson, of 615 North Colum bus ave., in this city. They suggest "causident," "carelessadent," and "stupident." Any others? E.A. Puppies "Will you please write'on editorial about Christ mas puppies? The fact is that they are not toys, but require much the same care as human babies, especial ly in the cold damp weather. They are susceptible to colds which could become pneumonia, or if under nourished could easily be distemper victims. Sure, they are lots of trouble, but if given half a chance, will repay you many times over in love, loyalty and . protection." The above note, written shortly after Christ mas, somehow became mislaid in the mountain of papers on the editorial desk. But its message is just as valid now as it was when written maybe more so, now that the novelty of newness has worn off the Christmas pets. E.A. HOUSES OF GLASS Washington As far as their record is concerned, both par ties live in glass houses of parti cularly fragile sort "Nev ertheless to judge by re cent oratory by Presidential Aid Sherman Adams and Jothers, the air ufekSBis enins to be r I m o Stewart Alsoo stones auriug this campaign year. And good many of fhe stones in the Democratic rockpile are clearly marked with the name of Dwight D. Eisenhower. It will be interesting to see whether, and in what diree tion, these stones will be whirled. Until a few months ago, it was almost universal ly agreed among Democrats that there was "no mileage in the defense issue," because of the President's military repu tion. Since the Sputniks the President's reputation for infallibility in defense has been shaken if not shattered And especially since the bit terly partisan speech by Sher man Adams, the temptation among the Democrats to take out after the President him self is getting to be an itch which almost has to be scratched. Consider, for example, the heavy rock imbedded in the testimony which occurred few days ago in an executive session of Lyndon Johnson's Preparedness Subcommittee Sen. Stuart Symington of Mis souri was interrogating Thom as Lanphier, Vice President of the Convair company, which makes the Atlas ICBM. 9 QJYMINGTON: "Mr. Lanph- ipr. l think . . . the so- called ballistic missile was started in 1946 and cancelled in 1947 when the Army Air Corps was part of the Army , . is that correct?" Lanphier: "Y e s, sir. We checked the record before we came and it was July of 1947." Symington: "At which time, think the record should show that the Chief of Staff of the Army was Gen. Eisen hower . . ." The fact that Gen. Eisen hower happened to be Chief of Staff vhen the first Atlas contract was cancelled by the Army is insubstantial stuff, as Symington himself implied la ter in the testimony. Yet the kind of partisan rewriting of history in which Adams and other Republican orators have recently indulged has been largely made up of just such insubstantial stuff. Not entirely, to be sure. For however cocky and con descending ex-P resident Harry Truman may be dur ing his morning walks, he cannot get away from one fact, which is very much on the record. He appointed Louis Johnson as Secretary of Defense, and in the pre-Kor-ean War period Johnson un questionably cut new weapons research to ribbons. It "Burns Her Up" To the Editor: It just burns me up to hear those guys on TV, Channel 5, say "Write 'em and invite 'em to Oregon." If I were to write any of my friends an invitation I surely would want them to spend the time with me, not. in a hotel or motel, and if there was any employment here they wouldn't have to beg people to come .here. But I'm sure if all of us people were to invite people, we would all be standing in the soup-line soon, for there's nothing to work at. If there were jobs for us all, we could do something like that, but not now. The mills are all down mostly, and how could we feed extra people on what little we all get? The packing houses only use a few people and get by without paying overtime. It's all straight time. The cannery pays over time so why can t the packing U.S. Eyes Campaign Against Persistent UN Use of Veto By CHARLES M. MeCANN lot of smaller countries in the United Press Correspondent 82-member UN dislike the The United States is devel- idea that any one country oping a new campaign against shall be able to block action. Russia's persistent use of its Amendment Necessary veto power in One obstacle to a legal re- the United striction of the veto power is Nations. that an amendment of the P r e s ident charter would be necessary. BUT there is another fact plant pay too? 1 have worked whirh i ic irr v, at both places and I know. on the record. Johnson's dis astrous budgets were devised with the advice and consulta tion of the then Gen. Eisen hower. To protect himself, Johnson used to speak osten tatiously of his first two budg ets as "Ike One," and "Ike Two." . As for the more recent past, the testimony before the John son Committee provides the There should be some furni ture factories or garment plants here so we all could work. We would love to have our friends come here. B. P., (Name on file) Medford. Traffic Hazard To the Editor: Understand there will be a state traffic Democrats with a veritable representative in Medford E i s enhower, in his letter of Jan. 12 to Soviet Pre mier N i kolai A. Bulganin, n o i n ted out Cnarles M. . -d; Mccann that Russia had resorted to the veto 82 Passage of the amendment undoubtedly would cause Russia to withdraw complete ly from the UN. That would cause no pain to a lot of people. But what the United States is trying to do is to put pressure on Rus sia to agree to some restric- times to block UN Security tion. rock - quarry, if throwing of stones on the defense issue starts in earnest. Take, for ex ample, the executive session testimony of Allen Dulles, chief of the Central Intelli gence Agency, a brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and an impeccable Re publican soon, and hoDe he will not overlook the worst traffic condition in the state of Ore gon, referring to the intersec tion of route 62 and 99 for south bound traffic on both routes. Cars going south on 62 do not have any protection what ever if the driver wishes to Dulles' testimony was both get into the right hand lane honest and accurate, and for on sa 10 mrn rignt onto Mc that very reason it added copi- Andrews or any other street ouslv to the Demnrrats' rnrk- There have been many acci pile. For Dulles testified, in ?ems at tnls intersection and it seems that there has never been any action taken to cor rect this condition. - If the traffic department wishes to help safe driving they will investigate this con dition and install two traffic fused to listen to what they lights and help prevent more did not want to hear. accidents at this place. THE Republicans, of course, "If8- that is"!ed I . . . ' ' ed in Medford is a ennd liva -- ha vp a rnrkni Ip fcn Tn itcp . . . . i . 1 J.J.. p iih that wniil tho T TNT wvw vv wvuiu li . tuv. w xl effect, that the Eisenhower ad ministration in the pre-Sput nik era paid little or no at tention to his hard intelli gence of Soviet missile prog ress. The President and his ad visers, in short, simply re- .council action. "I propose that we should make it the policy of our two governments, at least, not to use veto power to prevent the Security council from propos ing methods for the pacific settlement of disputes," the president said. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States chief delegate, fol lowed this up in the UN. Lodge proposed to the UN "interim committee," which operates when the General Assembly is not in session, that the veto power be dropped on questions relating to the peaceful settlement of disputes and on votes taken to decide whether an issue in the Security council is to be regarded as a question of pro cedure or of substance. In the Security council, a question of procedure con cerns the technical manner in which a dispute shall be han dled say, referred to a com mittee for consideration. Sub stance concerns the issue it self and the question of spe cific council action on it. Five Powers Have Veto There is also another diffi culty concerning legal restric tion. The United States never has used its veto power. It has not needed to. But had it not been given the veto right in the charter, it is certain that the Senate would have re fused to approve American entry to the UN. That is what happened when the old League of Na tions was organized after World War I. The League covenant, corresponding to the UN charter, bound mem bers to defend each other against aggression. President Woodrow Wilson refused to accept reservations demand ed by Senate Republicans. Hence the Senate refused by six votes to give the neces sary two-thirds vote of appro val. It broke Wilson and, with the U.S. a non-member, it eventually broke the league. Railroads in Real Trouble, But Little Relief in Prospect By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) Those nu merous individuals who would like to substitute for the Ameri ican way of life a father- knows -best system of state social ism should find consider able comfort in the plight of the nation's Lyie c. wiison railroads. The railroads are in trou ble. The trouble is so serious- Fivp nowpr h9v tho ot and deeply imbedded in the rieht in the council thr """y as Slve me s"ua TTnitprf Rtntps nrt -Rritair. tion the color of a national France. China and Russia' calamity. They are permanent members Railroad troubles are as bad of the council. The six other ana Prooaoiy as dangerous as seats rotate among the rest of are the trouble afflicting the UN members. American farmers. They are Technically the vtn w- as urgent and just about as . - 1 j i J er is restricted to matters nf oseiy reiaiea 10 national ae- substance that is. to real ac- lense as are the troubles the tion by the council and does United states is having with not aDDlv in matters nf nrn- "s sateiiue-iauncnmg rocKets cedure. railway managers were Russia has managed to Pet as numerous as farmers, there around this restriction by woula nere in congress a first denying that a question powernouse rauroaa dioc cap is one of procedure, and then abIe of and determined to di- vetoing action when the sub- yert great chunks of the tax- stantive staee is rear-hoH payers money to the relief Lodge, in his nroDOsal Fri- 01 tne carriers, me compan- day, moved largely to get the son is a eood one because veto question formally before what afflicts the railroads is . i 2 A. .1 X 1 J. t : - 41. 1 .ln 1 XT T j TVT-J. 1 T- v" n -VllUl CtllU. ";u.f.- vi TA e,xresi- bring them to the attention of r t 1 ai c "luldrdI: the proper authorities. Then ty leader Adlai Stevenson and these conditions would be vendue couci j-ijiiuuii ouiiii- taken fare r,T son are vulnerable on the de fense issue Stevenson in 1956 bought the no mileage in defense" idea, which may have been the better part of political val or, but which certainly did not contribute to any elevat ing "democratic dialogue." As for Johnson, his voting record on defense has been good. But he is obviously open to the charge that he only summoned his Preparedness Subcommit- Melvin F. Allen, Trail, Ore. just about what afflicts the Russia bovr.ntts all meet- American farmer ings of the Interim committee. costs and low income. holding that the UN charter Had Liltle HPe high does not authorize it. But the question of restrict ing use of the veto is arising with increasing frequency. A German Negotiator Sets Russian Talks By PETER WEBB United Press Correspondent Bonn, Germany (IP) Chan- tee to make a serious inquiry celJor Konrad Adenauer's spe- into preparedness after the ?ial eny. Ambassador Rolf issue had been dramatized by ahr flies to Moscow Thurs- the Sputniks y resume iraae taiKS Wim AlWether' with one nr two the Soviets that may develop exceptions, it is hard to see "" s""""' r a sum how anyone is going to make mlt conference. " any political hay out of a Lahr, one of West Ger- name-calling, rock - throwing many's ablest negotiators, is contest on the defense issue, regarded here as Adenauer's Perhaps for that very reason, ace-in-the-hole in sounding out that sort of contest will be the Soviets on summit talks, avoided, as both President Foreign ministry officials Eisenhower and Senate Lead- said Lahr had no specific in er Johnson devoutly wish. Ob- structions to discuss a summit viously defense will be an is- conference but was prepared sue, and ought to be an issue, to listen to anything the So- since it is the hardest proD- viets might have to say. lem- Neaotiations Not Letter the country faces. But the Adenauer recently called kind of sleazy rewriting of on the Soviets to stop writing history which politicians like ktters abQut negotiations, and get down to discussing them Sherman Adams and Demo cratic Chairman Paul Butler through dipiomatic channels only 'do both parties and the country the maximum of harm. (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF SOME AMATEUR hunters were out to bag their first wild elephant. "How," they asked the native guide, "will we know when the elephant is within range?" "Don't shoot," fid vised the guide, "till you detect a faint odor of pea nuts on its breath." An insurance salesman who had a run of miserable luck finally persuaded a secretary to summon her boss to the , phone. "I don't suppose you're in the market for more life insurance?" began the sales man. "Why, yes," replied the prospect. "How large a policy would you' suggest?" "Exc-c-use me, sir," stam med the salesman. "I must h-h-ave the w-w-rong number!" "My angel," cooed a young man, 'when I recall that tomorrow Is your birthday, and that one year ago we had not yet met "Never mind all that," interrupted his loved one. "Don't let's talk about our past. Let's talk about my present." 1958, by BenoeU Cerf. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Lahr's opposite number in the trade talks will be Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vla viet high commissioner in dimir Semyenov, former So- East Germany and one of Russia's top experts on Eu ropean affairs. Diplomatic sources said Lahr would be available for any contacts once the Soviets accepted Western proposals to prepare a summit confer ence through diplomatic talks. They said that his presence would be particularly valu able following the declaration by U. S. presidential press secretary James Hagerty that the United States was ready to attend a summit conference if agreement on an agenda Twenty four presidents of United States railroads recent ly were in Washington to at tract Congressional attention to the industry's distress sig nals. They came without much hope and probably left with less. The railroads are stuck with a popular conception that goes back toward and beyond the turn of the cen- could be reached previously, tury that the roads are a They said Lahr had the best filthy-rich monopoly and hog- pipeline into the Kremlin for gish for profit, to boot. The such talks, especially as the airplane, buses, trucks and Soviets were obviously un- privately-owned willing to discuss the agenda at foreign ministers level. A foreign office spokesman emphasized, however, that West Germany would not go HAVE THE PUBLIC it alone, in such talks but ANY RIGHTS? would work only in close co- Last November, comment- operauon wim her western jng on developments in the allies. Portland Traction company's There is little doubt though interurban hassle, The Jour- inat Adenauer has once again nai said the main question is iaKen tne lead among Eu- whether a company subject ropean nations in pressing the to the public utility commis- ouvicus io Degiu serious aiKs. Sion can do as it pleases iis recent letter to boviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin called for an end to polemic correspondence, and a return to diplomatic negotiations. Lahr's mission to Moscow may well provide the answer as to whether the Soviets are automobiles outer space. have vastly changed the transportation industry in 50. years. Today's railroads are about as monopolistic as deep dish apple pie. Railroad presidents who as sembled here to testify before a Senate interstate commerce subcommittee c o m p 1 a ined, that nonetheless, their carriers are taxed, regulated and be deviled like true monopolies. They complained, especially, that, whereas the railroads must provide their own fa cilities, such as stations and rights of way, and must pay taxes for the privilege of do ing so, their chief competi tors do not. Advantages Outlined Buses and trucks, they argued, use the public high ways, comparatively tax-free. Airplanes take off and land on airports usually publicly provided and owned and, be tween stops, are guided by publicly installed flight bea cons. Barge lines on the na tional waterways enjoy simi lar advantages. Ahead of the industry the railroad presidents foresaw either new federal regulatory and nev general tax policies or bankruptcy and, ultimate ly, resort to the socialistic de vice of government owner ship and operation. James M. Symes, president of the Pennsylvania Rail road, was one of the subcom mittee witnesses. He said: "In short, an essential in dustry and source of employ ment that should be advanc ing with the economy and the defense set-up is drifting back- wards. It cannot drift much further backwards without going around on the social istic mudflats of government ownership." The railroads are getting little attention and Jess sym pathy for their problem al though it seems to be as basic to the national welfare as the problem of the American farmers or the problem of Editorial Comment By its unannounced halting of all passenger service the traction company apparently is out to prove that it can. The issue here is not wheth er rulings of the public utili ties commissioner to date are rieht nr wrong. These can and ready to back their words arp being tested in the courts. with deeds. The issue is the sinmle and basic one of whether the pub lic, which is represented by the commissioner, has any rights at all. In view of the Democratic Chairman Dave ',, iuic iM Epps today announced the ap- sem academic Actions of pointment of W Gordon Allen the Portland Traction com- Salem Man Named To Demo Finance Group m m - i i lcii lo a i. an. xii view vi niv ?Z,??J long history of public utility of Salem to the position of chairman of the Democratic Sate Finance Committee. pany, have taken it out of that category. And we ought to find out immediately whether our public utility laws mean what we have as sumed they mean or are so much verbiage. The attitude of the com pany apparently is that pub lic utility laws are wonderful so long as they protect a monopoly on a very lucrative freight service but are a mere nuisance when they allow rul ing contrary to wishes of the company. Howard Morgan, public public utilities commissioner. has complained in the past that our laws are less than adequate. Now the question seems to be whether we have any law at all. Perhaps the time has come for a thorough reexamination of our public utility code. Cer tainly the high-handed action of the traction company sug gests the public does not have the protection to which it is entitled. Oregon Journal. Portland Lists Second Traffic Death of Year Portland OP) The coroner's office today listed the death last week of John F. Churchill, 83, as Port land's second traffic fatality of 1958. Churchill was struck by a car Jan. 5. East Main St. DAIRY-SMITH at Genestea Ice Cream is a health food . . . We are in the ice cream business for our health. C. M. 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