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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, January 31, 1958 . MEDFORiyTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RTJHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society 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: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15 00 '. Daily and Sunday 8 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 1 Sunday Only One year S4.20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle . Point. Jacksonville. Gold HiU. Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Riv- . er. Talent, and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 ; Daily and Sunday i mo. l.au Carrier and Dealers copy 10c f All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford ! Official Paper of Jackson County : United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION 'Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC.. Of ; fices in New York. Chict. :o, De- troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, ; Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. CTy NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL lASSOClhATlQN J W 3 Flight fo Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. Views on Recreation 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1948 (Friday) Gold Hill school patrons yesterday approved the school budget for the coming year at a special election. Medford Prop Nuts, local gas model airplane club, an nounces first meeting of year. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 31, 1938 (Monday) The open house and public Inspection scheduled today at the plant of the Ashland Daily Tidings postponed. From Arthur Perry's Smudge Pot column: "A chill wind blew over the valley yesterday. This is a good sign somebody has sheared his sheep." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 31, 1928 Spokesmen for the Ameri can Legion predict the con vention here Aug. 2, 3 and 4 will be southern Oregon's greatest event. From local and personal column: "The California Ore- eon Power company last week renewed its petition before the public service commis sion for permission to expand its oDerations to the Fort Klamath territory." Jan. 31, 1918 (Thursday) From local and personal column: "Banks of the city will probably take over the $20,000 refunding improve ment bonds of the city today or tomorrow after a favor able opinion from Attorney Gus Newbury on the bonds' legality." Miss Anne McCormick, dis trict home demonstration agent, says county council of women, made up of represent atives from every section of Jackson county, will meet to1 morrow. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Which bodies of water are connected by the Dardan elles? 2. Bible: In Christendom the books of the O. T. have usually been classified in 5, 13, or 21 books? 3. Is membership in the Knights of Columbus restrict ed to males? 4. In which State is Death Valley? 5. Which is the higher rank. Major General or Lieutenant General? 6. Which States of the U. S. have names beginning with A? 7. On a merry-go-round, the Inner ring of figures travel as fast as, slower than, or faster than the outer ring of figures? 8. Who was President of the TJ. S. between January and March 20, 1946? 9. Preceding what war was the famous "message to Garcia" sent? 10 Where are trip Har7 mountains? Answers: 1. Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmora. 2. Five. 3. Yes. 4. California. 5. Lieu- lenant General. 6. Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas. 7. Slower. 8. Harry S. Truman. 9. Spanish-American war. 10. North ern Germany. An excellent report, prepared recently by the Medford city manager's staff, is entitled "A Study of the Problems in the Development of a Comprehensive Recreation and Park' Program for Medford." Impressive title and all, it makes interesting reading. Starting with background of the city and the area, it delves into the nature of recreation (it means different things to different people, and includes just about every non-workaday activity) ; spells out why recreation is important (physical and mental health, character development, crime prevention, community solidarity, safety, econ omy, property values) ; questions whether recrea tion is a municipal function (and concludes that it is), and then goes on to outline a planfor recreational and park development in the city. THE first recommendation given at the end of the report, that of determining the group to start a preliminary study of local recreation resources and needs, has been followed. An advisory committee on parks and recreation has been appointed by the mayor and council. Some funds will be needed for it to do the job, and, with budget time fast approaching, that can be worked out with the budget committee. The committee is a large one, and broadly representative of the city. If its members are not, at the moment, fully aware of the importance of recreational facilities, and the growing need for them here, we predict they will soon become so. THE report goes on to recommend succeeding steps: Making an inventory of existing recreation facilities and services, including all public, semi public and private agencies, and a survey of recreation interests and desires. Analyzing such conditions as substandard housing, delinquency cases and street accidents, to reveal sections of the city where recreational needs are most urgent. .Then, on the basis of these studies, and on the city's master plan for development, deter mining the general scope of a recreation plan, also considering financial and other factors. Making provision for cooperation between city and schools in putting the plan into action. And, finally, enacting legislation to set up the program as a formal part of the city's organ ization, accompanied by a widespread cam paign to inform the public of its objectives and potentials. THIS sounds like a big job. And it is. uui id 10 jiuo ucjuuu una it o capauiiibiea, nor is it a wild-eyed dream, after which one might go galloping off in all directions. Jhe steps outlined here constitute a sensible and reasonable approach to a community recrea tion program specifically including the devel opment of additional park space before it is too late. If all goes well, we see no reason why these steps cannot be pretty well along by next fall, and near completion in about a year from now. We hope that this timetable is not too opti mistic, for we have long felt that such a develop ment is one of two or three things that Medford needs most to keep it the attractive city it is, and to make it better for the future. IN THIS we join with the M-T's sports editor, who, from a slightly different viewpoint, . and with other interests in mind, recently commented in his column as follows : Naming of the new advisory parks and recreational committee by Mayor John Snider and city councilmen is a step in the right direction toward an organized city recreation program which we've long wanted to see in Medford. It has been recognized that the widest awake, liveliest and most civic-spirited munici palities are those with community-sponsored recrea tional activities, particularly through the summer months, and with sports facilities which encourage athletic competitions blessed by the city administra tion though not necessarily backed by civic finances. Medford has had some summertime recreational activities under sponsorship of various agencies and groups but not a fully-rounded and coordinated pro gram under city paid supervision. Such direction, as we see it, is essential to a well-organized program which accomplishes its purpose. We can't predict what course the committee will .advise and the council will follow but it's certain to be a constructive one and an improvement over the present situation as well as marking Medford as a progressive city. To this we say a hearty amen.-E.A. 9 f-Jf 'I'M LBARtilS' HM EVERYTHING I KNOW." Babson Comments On Government Role 17 "v i Bol OS A bolo tie, we are told by our Western- oriented friends, is one of those gadgets, usually made of leather or plastic, which fits around the neck and is held there by a fastening or slide of some precious or semi-precious stone or metal. - - a . wt . t 11 11 1 1 1 mil Jenkins, over m ivlamatn ails, mums they're wonderful. He proposes that the man who invented it be honored witff a national holi day set aside in his memoiy, when "there would be dancing in the streets, might feats of eating and drinking in the parks, and general reverence expressed m memoiy of the man who did more to emancipate his fellows than anyone since Lincoln." If you hate neckties that bad, Bill, why not wear your shirt open? Why clutter things up with a misplaced shoe-string? E.A. By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. It is not my place to discuss poli tics in this column. Most of us are Repub licans or Dem ocrats accord' ing to where we live or how we w e r trained as chil- d r e n. This f means that the birth rate will largely be the Roger v. ''ndeciding f a e tor under a democracy. This further means that de mocracy, with everyone hav ing a vote irrespective of character or education in gov ernment, is crazy and cannot long continue. There must be a shakedown sometime and a return to the republic which Washington. Franklin, and Hamilton established in 1788 We have drifted far away from our original ideals. I am, however, allowed to discuss economics in this col umn. Let me start by. saying that no one knows what will be the effect on business and investments of the "un employment cushions" which have been devised to prevent another real depression. Some Unanswered Questions Will the insurance of bank deposits prevent a money panic when banKs Begin to fail? Will unemployment in surance give confidence to business and the stock mar ket when millions are idle and walking the streets? Can employers be forced to em ploy people at a loss? In short, will these laws which busi nessmen and investors are counting on really work? I am not disputing the abil ity of these new laws to do some good. They will relieve much suffering and encourage some consumer buying; but will they create confidence, or will they, instead, make busi ness more fearful? No one knows. These "pacifiers" have not yet been tried. No true business depression has oc curred since these "humani tarian" laws were enacted. My point this week is to em phasize that no one knows whether existing legislation will create confidence or in crease fear. Stock Market Margins Let us consider the recent reduction of stock market margins from 70 per cent to 50 per cent. This was done by Washington to make it easier to buy stocks; but stocks are very different from food. We buy food to eat; but we buy stocks to sell at a profit. Instead of increasing confi dence in stocks, this action by well-meaning Washington bu reaucrats has frightened in vestors, who fear that the real inside conditions may be worse than the public ex pected. Therefore, this act, at this tme, has done more harm than good. Now what will be the effect when the various other palliatives are put into force? They will relieve hun ger; but will they cause in vestors to buy stocks or auto mobiles? I don't know and no one else knows. What About Economic Laws Economic laws can be tem porarily ignored; but they cannot be long ignored. Eco nomic forces cannot be seen: but neither can electric forces be seen. Even now, no one knows what electricity is where it comes from, why it travels, or where it goes. Yet, we aU use electricity continu ally. Economic forces are just as powerful even though they cannot be seen. For Congress to try to ignore them is like legislating that "2 plus 2 must hereafter make 5. Almost every Congressman believes in his heart that the present regulation of farm prices is a mistake. They be lieve that Secretary Benson is basically right, but they dare not say so for fear of losing the farmers' vote. What the ultimate result will be, no one knows. Some say these artiffcial prices will finally end our present form of gov ernment. We dare not say so because neither I nor anyone else knows. Certainly we are skating on ice ot unnnown xnicKness One person whom l see is very bearish; another is opti? mistic. We are all toying with questions to which neither Congress nor the President knows the answers. Following the depression of the Thirties, Congress enacted many "cure alls" to relieve pain. These should work for a while in re lieving hunger, warding off failures, and performing other acts of mercy; but in most cases they may serve only as mustard plasters or aspirin when our people need a change of character, almost a religious conversion. Previous depressions were allowed to last until selfishness was re placed by unselfishness; until inefficiency was replaced by efficiency; and dishonesty by honesty. Now Congress plans to bring back prosperity without restoring these fun damentals of unselfishness, efficiency, and honesty. Can this safely be done? Scientific Education Washington apparently thinks that Science refers only to physics and chemistry. This is a great mistake: Eco nomics, sociology, and mer chandising are sciences of equal importance. Russia can give us some great surprises along these lines, far more important than "Sputniks." A nation progresses only by a Communications Letters to the Editor must bear 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 clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF Avoiding Effort is Natural To the Editor: I am always a bit dazed by Roger Babson's reports, but after reading his recent forecasts for '58, where he tries to tie Newton's law of action and reaction to the cycles of business activity, and the other recent article on the relationships of gravi ty, morals, and economics, I am completely bushed. I conclude that he is mak ing a somewhat hysterical effort to try to show that our American free enterprise system is tied to natural law. This smacks of the age-old custom, which men every where have followed, of try ing to. show that their par ticular methods enjoyed the blessings and sanctions of di vine providence. Only now it is not enough that we tell ourselves that we are being directed by the hand of God. We must have it (or at least Babson must) that we are but pawns under the pull of gravi ty. Having said this I must also say that I discern some glim merings of sense in Babson s rather unusual theory. As he says, we used to call it the "devil." Freud called it the "id." Others have called it "inertia," "original sin," "carnal nature," "laziness," "cussedness," etc. A rose by any other name would smell the same. But you don't have to live very long on this planet to learn that it takes sustained effort to accomplish anything worthwhile, and that avoiding effort is a very natural human tendency. E. Whealdon 804 Cedar st. Medford Demos7 Pressure for Greater Spending Seen as Surprising "Misjudgedent" To the Editor: Some 99 per cent of all "accidents" are due to poor judgment on some one's part. I believe a good word instead would be "Mis judgedent." L. B. Pierce, 516 West Jackson st., Medford In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The National Education As sociation expresses d i s a p pointment with President Eisenhower's billion dollar education program. It calls the program' inadequate and says that the President has greatly underestimated exist ing needs. It adds: "THE FEDERAL GOV ERNMENT SHOULD GIVE TOP CLASSROOM BUILD ING AND HIGHER SALAR IES FOR TEACHERS." By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington OP) The Democratic Party and its po litical allies are pressing President Ei senhower for more spend ing. This is r e m a r kable because the E i s e n hower a d m i n i stra- tion already has establish ed a new high Lyie c. wuson for spending the taxpayers' money. Pressure for spending is not limited to Democrats and such lef t-of-their-c enter political allies as New York's liberal party and spokesmen for or ganized labor. Republican members of the Congressional farm bloc, for example, have put on the pressure for more spending to support farm prices. Spending pressure from whatever source but, especial ly, from Democratic sources raises a question: How much spending is enough, or, more importantly, how much is too much? Back in the Truman years, the Democratic Party was in a position to fix spending levels and objectives to suit its idea of what was good for the country. That idea also is considerably influenced, re gardless of who runs the gov ernment, by considerations of what would be good for the party-in-power. Spent Liberally Barring a two-year lapse during the term of the 80th Congress, Democrats ran the White House and the legisla tive branch during the Tru man years. These Democratic managers of the nation and trustees of the people's wel fare were liberal spenders but not so liberal with the people's money as the Eisen hower administration has been. ' This, of course, was a con tradiction of all reasonable forecasts and for several rea sons. The Truman administra tion in its final years had an expensive war going and there had been presumed to be great economies in peace Moreover, government eco nomy had been basic in Re publican Party policy . over the years. The high costs of war and the relative economies of peace can be demonstrated in the history of any modern na tion. Basic party commitments to government economy do not, however, have the same staying power. Old timers will recall, the sarcastic ac counting to which candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt sum moned the Hoover administra tion in the presidential cam paign of 1932. For Promised Cut FDR promised that he could and would reduce govern? ment spending by 25 per cent. The Roosevelt economy effort continued not more than a couple of months after his in auguration on March 4, 1933. Thereafter government spend ing consistently exceeded all previous peacetime records. During the national defense uproar aroused by the Soviet Union's launching of Sput nik I, President Eisenhower pledged greater defense spend ing, notably toward a U.S. entry into outer space. He said much of the additional spending would be offset by elimination of whole cate gories of non-defense pro grams. It is not likely, however, that the taxpayer will get the benefit of thtse or any eco nomies. The new Eisenhower budget maintains a high level of home front as well as of defense spending. Budget Director Percival C. Brundage was before the Senate Finance Committee this week. Republican and Democratic members, alike, warned him that Congress will not accept cuts in home front spending. Not surprising, this being an election year. British Paper To Stress Importance Of Singapore Base well - balanced education you should GET OUT and give your place to someone who does. I N THIS land of the free and the home of the brave, everybody is entitled to his opinion. But Also Everybody is entitled to dis agree with opinions he re gards as unsound. I find it impossible to agree with the NEA's assertion that in the present emergency the gov ernment should give TOP PRIORITY to classroom building. - PERSONALLY, I have had a red-faced feeling for years that educated Europeans are better educated than educated Americans. There are many reasons, of course, why this might be. According to European the ories of long standing, educa tion is a privilege. The Eur opean idea is that if you don't want to take advantage of your opportunity to gain a BUT that is another ques tion. Let's set hack tn the National Education Associa tion's contention that at this critical moment in our history the federal government should give top priority to classroom building. In Europe, school buildings are good, but not fabulous. The realistic Europeans go on the theory that the learning that is gained in school is more important than the building in which the learn ing is gained. In the situation in which we presently find ourselves, I can't help agreeing with their theory. By HAROLD GUARD United Press Correspondent London (IP) The vital im portance of Singapore as a military base will be under lined in Britain's defense White Paper due to be pub lished next month. Coincident with the reor ganization of the command structure of British forces in the Middle East and Africa, the White Paper also will out line the adjustments made in Southeast Asia and the Far East. It is expected the White Paper will give details of the changes which already have taken place in the command structure at Singapore and the subsequent run-down of staff which Has entailed economies. At the same time, it will FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS Mr. Lipschitz had lunched at the same restaurant, and his order never varied: a plate of borscht and a package of soda crackers. The waiter never bothered even to ask what Mr. Lipschitz wanted; he put the soup and crackers in front of him, and not a word was spoken by either. Suddenly, one noon, Mr. Lipschitz called over the headwaiter and announced, "I want you to taste that borscht!" The headwaiter was nonplussed. "For years now we've served you that same borscht and never heard a peep out of you," he protested. "Neverthe less," insisted Mr. Lip schitz, "today I want you to taste it." The headwaiter shrugged his shoulders, leaned over to taste the borscht, then said. "But where's your soup spoon?" Mr. Lipschitz smiled triumphantly, lifted a finger, and said, "AH HAH!" Advice to ladies by Franklin Jones: "If the shoe fits, wear it and be different from all other women!" . ty 1958, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. balanced education, not by going off half-cocked on one line. What will the young physicists and chemists do if we enter upon a workable dis armament program? They will be "a dime a dozen." Were I a young man or woman today, I should be come an expert on the sub jects taught at Institutes of Business Administration. The graduates of such institutions will be in great demand as we approach disarmament. Al most every sane man in Wash ington will admit that the ulti mate choice is "Disarmament or Destruction." If World War III comes, all our schools may be laid low and their gradu ates killed! LET'S dig a little deeper into ' this subject. Assuming that something is wrong with our school system that it isn't all it should be if our children are to ge prop erly trained to face and solve the problems that will be theirs the trouble isn't necessarily ALL IN THE SCHOOLS. A WISE and thoughtful and realistic teacher friend said to me'the other day:, "If parents will send us properly disciplined students, WE WILL v. T U R N OUT ENOUGH COMPETENT SCI ENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO MEET OUR NATION'S NEEDS' This teacher friend added: "I heard a mother say the other day: 'I just can't do a thing with Johnny. I feel im mense relief when I get him off to school where it is the TEACHER'S job to handle him'." Sale of Used Cars Slated February 7 Portland The department of finance and administration, property control section, has announced a used motor ve hicle auction sale in the Port land area, Friday, Feb. 7. The public auction will be held at 12:30 p.m. on the premises of the Oregon Liquor Control commission, 9201 SE Mc Loughlin blvd., Portland. Among 54 vehicles being of fered to the public will be 36 passenger cars and 18 trucks ranging from 1948 to 1956 models. Bid formation sheets are available from the attendant at the site. All vehicles may be inspect ed at the Oregon Liquor Con trol commission, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 6, and from 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7 until sale time. I Appraisal Study Course Scheduled V Portland Two Real Estate appraisal case study courses are being offered by the Real Estate department of Oregon at the State Office building in Portland. Instructor for the course is David L Montonna, Cape Vin cent, N. Y. He is a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada and a senior member of the international society of residential appraisers. Mon tonna has lectured in more than 50 appraisal courses in 30 universities during the past few years. The course is limited to 120 licensed brokers and lasts three weeks. More informa tion and applications are avail able at the Real Estate de partment, 465 Ferry st., Salem. stress that Britain needs Sin gapore as a defense base now more than ever, mainly be cause of the gradual reduc tion of other bases all along the line stretching from Gi braltar to Hong Kong. This poses the question whether Britain can count firmly on Singapore after the colony achieves its internal self-government in the near future. Already some doubts have been expressed in the British press and by members of Par liament who recognize that as Britain loses some bases because of political pressure the importance of the politi cal climate in remaining bases increase. Office Apparently Confident The Colonial office appar ently is confident Singapore will be administered by a government which would not be disruptive. But responsible press reports from the island are less optimistic. Defense authorities here, who make no bones about their conviction that there is no substitute for Singapore as a base, are also looking at the political scene. They see the Malayan cam paign against the jungle ter rorists as slowly grinding to a finish. When this happens army headquarters in the Ma layan capital at Kuala Lum pur is to be shifted to Singa pore. They also want to see a be ginning made in the building of a commonwealth army can tonment near Malacca which was authorized under the de fense agreement with Malaya last year. According to the agree ment on self-government for Singapore, Britain retains ul timate authority in defense and foreign affairs but the British defense authorities; would like to feel more cer tain about this. L 1 SCHOOLS CLOSED Cave Junction Schools in the Illinois valley closed Wednesday due to early morn ing storm conditions. Strong winds and high water made bus runs inadvisable, accord ing to Illinois Valley High school Principal Vernon Lar son who checked roads be tween 7 and 8 a.m. SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF RESTORE BEAUTY 'to YOUR FLOORS WITH A RENTED SANDER Easy to Operate Low Rental Rates Clean and Dustless SPlCIALIiTt IN HOMiWAtiH 3 West 6th, St.,Medford THAT raises this question: What has become of the old - fashioned institution of DISCIPLINE IN THE HOME? l l TfcftUfiflrjA 1 l I Main St. , DAIRY-SMITH I Ge"" Have a bad day? Feel free to slap our attendant. i i i i i Announcement Eugene V. Meyerding, M.D. Announces the Removal of His Offices FROM the Medical Center Building to the MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING 832 E. Main (Suite 6) MEDFORD For the Practice of General Surgery; Effective Jan. 30, 1958 . PHONE SP 3-3248 4
