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r 4 Wednesday, April 30, 1958 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MedfordsWtribune "Everyone in Southern 'Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 83 North Fir St Ph. SP.2-141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertising ManageT GERAJLD 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. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Py Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Daily and Sunday 6 raos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 425 Sunday Only One year $420 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1 50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of CtCy 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. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION A I EDITORIAL 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 April 30, 1948 (Friday) Fred and Dewey Van Cur ler announce plans to pur chase Ashland mine from Gwin S. Butler estate and be gin regular gold mining opera tions. Raymond Schindler, consid ered one of the world's great est detectives, described his operations to members of the Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club. 20 YEARS AGO April 30. 1938 (Sunday) Voluntary agreement of miners to suspend operations over the week end to help sport fishing brought a state ment of appreciation yester day from the chairman of the chamber of commerce fish and game committee. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "A cir cus will be here May 11 and the young'uns have started behaving accordingly. 30 YEARS AGO April 30, 1928 (Sunday) Whether or not Medford wants a bus system may be presented' to the people; the city council has asked ior a franchise. Last year of the cost of pro duction study of pears will be gin next mon h at the Oregon experiment station. 40 YEARS AGO April 30. 1918 (Tuesday) L. K. Baldwin, assistant farm help specialist of the department of agriculture, in Medford looking over the farm labor situation, which he says is better than in most nlares." From local and personal col umn: "The Cyril Maude The atrical company which plays the comedy-drama "Grumpy at the Paee tonight, will ar rive at 6:06 p.m. from Marys- ville, Calif." What's Ycur I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five of six is good. 1. A writing in cipher is called a c m? 2. Bible: Who followed Saul as King of Israel? 3. At which French naval base was the French fleet scuttled during World War II? 4. James E. Oglethorpe was the founder of which of the American Colonies? 5. In which State is Mt. Whitney? 6. The 1950 census of popu lation showed which five U.S. cities to be the largest? 7. Where is the Isle of Man? 8. Is "the bends' 'a disease caused by working in high or low atmospheric pressure? 9. The Romance languages are derived from what com mon language? 10. Which is the plural form: alumni, or alumnus? Answers: 1. Cryptogram. 2. David. 3. Toulon. 4. Georgia. 5. California. 6. New York. Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit. 7. Irish Sea. 8. High pressure. 9. Latin. 10. Alumni. j Meet Your Candidates On Monday, this newspaper concluded a series of editorials in which were discussed the offices up for election in the May primary, the qualifications necessary for the jobs, and a word or two about each of the candidates. With 33 candidates seeking election, there was no space in which to describe the candidates in detail, or to do more than give a slight indi cation of their personalities or background. And no newspaper account, however graphic, no TV talk, however wrell-rehearsed, can substi tute for a personal inspection of a candidate, for the chance to ask him questions about himself to see him "in the flesh." COR this reason, we are glad to suggest to all voters who may be puzzled about one or more of the candidates that they attend one of the many affairs being held these days at which the candi dates are appearing. One of the best of these .has always been the "Meet Your Candidates" program staged by the Medford League of Women Voters. This year, it will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thurs day, May 1, (tomorrow) in the Hedrick Junior high school "Cafetorium." Invitations have been sent to all candidates to appear, speak briefly on their own behalf, and answer questions. It is a chance which no interested voter should pass up if he or she can avoid it. E.A. P.S. About Judges While the primary is a "nominating", elec tion, it is somewhat different in effect on non partisan offices than in the party races. Judges run as non-partisans, thus they cannot -obtain a party nomination. In the race for Position No. 3, circuit judge, Edward Kelly vs. Walter May 16 will appear unopposed on the November ballot, thus virtually assuring his election. The withdrawal of. other circuit judge race, in the same situation, between James Main and Robert Dames. So, in effect if not in name, the May 16 elec tion will be deciding, rather than simply nominat ing, in the judgeship races. E.A. Confidence is the Secret The auto dealers in Medford tomorrow are starting a campaign to potential customers in this area. They have every justification in so doing, and are operating on a sound economic principle, which the economists call "self -justifying expec tations. The fancy phrase merely means that when people expect bad times, this expectation in itself will tend to prevent them from buying, and ac tually result in bad times. On the other hand, when people expect good times, and better in comes, their confidence in the economy helps to build good times. MOW no one can deny that there have been segments of the economy in Jackson county which have been hard-hit over the past 10 or 12 months. Everyone knows it, and it is a fact. But what the auto dealers are setting out to do is show that not all people are suffering, or even hurt, by the downturn which we have ex perienced. They point out that a number of busi nesses had better years in 1957 than ever before; that a majority of the wage-earners kept working throughout the fall and winter; that there are signs that the "recession" is on the wane, and that a great future, economically and otherwise, awaits this region, this state, and the west. , THERE is evidence to support this contention. Take, for example, the market page of one of the Portland newspapers one day recently. Here are some of the headlines on that page : "Retailers Do Better, Week's Retail Sales on Upside"; "Permits Up in Oregon, March Scores Sharp Advance"; "Corporate Bonds Up"; " Beef Tags Stronger"; "Life Policies Gain in 1957"; "Mills Trim Inventories"; "Oregon Fifth in Loan Totals"; "Mortgage Loans Total Climbs." Some of these are of more significance than others. The one about building permits often a good indication of business, not only at present but in the future indicated that permits issued during March were 34 per cent more in value than those issued during March a year ago. Of the total of $13,028,497, the sum of $5,846,533 was for new residences, $5,096,874 was for new non residential construction, and additions, altera tions and repairs 'totaled $2,085,090. . LL these things, of course, are only straws in the wind. But they that the worst (which while it was bad for some, wasn't bad at all for others) is over, and that things should pick up from here on. If the auto dealers are successful m convinc ing people of these things, they will have won a major skirmish in the battle against recession. Oregon is bound to grow. The Centennial next year will focus the eyes of Population should climb, make their homes here. And wThen people realize this, and purchase the things they need and can afford now, they will bring economic revival sooner than it would come otherwise. E.A. " . . , Nunley, the winner on Manville Heisel from the Position No. 1, will result build the confidence of do serve as indications the nation on the state. new industries should Dennis the Menace fM SURE GETTIN'A SHAPE OH'MEl Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the oaper; in fact the contrary is often the cas Favors Pay TV To the Editor: It is with astonishment I read a com' munication in this column condemning the city council for making a wider choice of television programs available to those who wish to pay for it. I myself was delighted to hear that a wider variety of entertainment was to be made possible for residents of this area. . No matter how good, or how varied, the offerings of one station are, they, can hardly be calculated to please all viewers at all times. Tastes differ; that is why even a single theater owner often op erates two theaters in the same" town, as in Medford. It is why some ice-cream retail ers offer as many as 29 vari ous flavors on the same day Surely no one who is satis fied with the programs of a single channel will be re quired to subscribe for the extra service offered. My principal dismay in reading the communication in question, however, was due to its unfair criticism of City Manager Robert Duff. Appar ently Mr. Unger has not the pleasure of Mr. Duff's ac quaintance. Those who have that privilege know him to be a sincere, effective offi cial whose very last concern is drawing his salary. His first is public service. That a deplorable situation exists in regard to sewage sanitation in some ' areas of our community is unfortun ately true. I have not yet made an effort to learn why that situation has not been corrected. It may be because of insufficient resources in our city treasury; it may be because some residents of the area have not fallen in line with an improvement project. Perhaps our editor can en lighten us. Helen Webster, . 940 Vi Whitman ave., Medford. Take Your Pick To the Editor: Since my let ter printed April 15 in this column has seemingly raised much . controversy on every subject except what I said, let me restate it. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ is coming back to earth to take His children home and judge the world, and particularly the nation Israel. If His children are to escape that judgment, they must be taken home before it starts. Ezekiel 38 says it will start with a move by Russia (Gog and Magog) on Israel. That move is building up right now. Nasser is in Moscow, as self-appointed head of the Arabs, trying to beat down op position at home and lead a real Arab union. Khrushchev is committed to help him get it. He has promised to "drive Israel into the sea." A move to do that will force other Arab nations to join. It could come at any time. It probably will come this summer. Mr. Krauss in Gold Hill does not believe this. That is his privilege. I believe the event itself will be ample evi dence as to the truth or false hood of the Bible. If Jesus does not return, Mr. Krauss is right. I, and all others who believe the Bible, are fools. The Communists are right, and we can look forward to living under them within five years. I don't need a Bible to make that statement. Events of the past 10 years prove it. They almost 'have the U. S. right now. Either the Bible is right or they are. Take your pick. We won't have long to wait. Parker Bailey, 542VS 'A' St., Ashland, Ore. Opposes Hatfield To the Editor: The Republi can party was once conserva tive, which is to say, opposed to all' the deadly plans of the Reds, such as big bureaucracy, big national debt, big budgets, big taxation, and the big squandering policies ' that are rushing us to destruction. But in the last few years, ruinous radicals have stolen into the party seats of power attempting to make it a left wing, second Democrat Party so we would have no chance but to vote for the same So cialist program in both parties that is tearing down the Re public. And the most dangerous of these radicals in both parties have come mostly from uni versity faculties, such as Sen ators Morse, Hubert Humph rey, Paul Douglas, Frank Gra ham, Pepper, Fullbright, etc., and other such politicians as Stassen, Milton Eisenhower, etc. Of course, not all edu cators are such dangerous characters, but when the sub versive elements find such radicals as thev can usp on college faculties, they pick tnem up and groom them ior high political offices. Today, one of our candi dates for Republican nomina tion for Governor comes from a university faculty, is label ed a "liberal" by the Oregon Journal and by others who have watched his course, and was reported in the Commun ist Peoples World of August 17, 1957, in an address to a labor convention at Klamath Falls as follows: "Secretary of State Mark Hatfield ... hit anti-labor laws such as 'Right To Work,' declaring that they would be a stranglehold on the continued economic prog ress of our country." In view of our disastrous ex perience with former edu cator, Senator Morse, can we afford to take any chances on Hatfield in so immensely vital an office as Governor when there is a genuine conserva tive, the able and experienced Warren Gill also running for the nomination? Charles R. Weede, 1720 S.E. 39th ave., Portland 15, Ore. Youth and Motherhood To the Editor: "It is better to light one little candle than curse the darkness" is the motto of the Christoper Move ment, an organization founded several years ago by a Catho lic priest by the name of Father James Keller of New York, for the purpose of help ing to bring peace to the world. We could at least attempt to light a candle and disperse the darkness by merely stating honest facts about Medford mothers, who are doing their utmost in rearing honorable future adult citizens. Even ones who are working moth ers, devote every spare mo ment for the welfare of their children, even to the extent of joining in their play. This is not hearsay but every day observation. It certainly can't be an overstatement to say the strain of motherhood in 1958 must be terrific. As to the rumors about courtesy becoming defunct, the darkness of that statement could be dispersed by taking note of every day services courteously . extended to us. Mailmen carry letters to the post office for us, newsboys taking many steps to make it easy to reach our newspaper, sanitary service men opening and hooking gates, orders over phone to stores also proves courtesy prevails and is in a healthy condition, as does get ting information from weather station, and information con cerning radio and TV and last , In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS The United States Chamber of Commerce is meeting this week in Washington. Among other things, it is considering the idea of tax reduction be cause high taxes are a tre mendous burden on business At the same time, it has to consider the probability of greatly increased defense and anti-recession spending. If we cut taxes and at the same time spend more money, it will mean bigger deficits and more inflation. CENATOR BENNETT of Utah described this situa tion pretty accurately at a breakfast meeting of the U.S Chamber. He cited senate tes timony by government offi cials that heavy federal spend ing will probably produce a deficit of from 10 to 12 billion dollars in the remainder of this fiscal year and the whole of the next fiscal year. He then added: "Additional spending PLUS A TAX CUT could DOUBLE this deficit figure, bringing it to 20 to 24 BILLION DOL LARS." That would send inflation kiting upward like a rocket TF YOU are an average citi A zen, this business of taxing less and at the same time spending more doesn't make much sense to you. You're probably amazed that your congressman or your senators should even consider it. But you must remember that your congressman and your senators spend most of their time in Washington. For that treason, they live and work in an atmosphere of complete unreality a lotus land in which VOTES are food and drink and air to breathe, and nothing else really counts You'd better WRITE to them. Your letters will, help to bring some REALITY into their lives. ITHAT to write? " Write what you BE LIEVE. If you really believe in tax ing more and spending less, you should say so. But if as seems more probable you can see nothing but grief and trouble for the future of your country in such a weird pro cedure you should write and tell your congressman and senators so. 11HOM shall you write to? " ' If vnn live on the Ore gon side, your senators are Wayne L. Morse and Richard L. Neuberger. Your congress man is Charles O. Porter. If you live on the California side, your senators are Wil liam F. Knowland and Thom as H. Kuchel. Your congress man (in our part of Far North ern California) is Clair Engle. HOW to address them? -The Washington office address of senators is Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The Washington office address of members of the house of representatives (that is, congressmen) is House Of fice Building, Washington, D.C. That's all the address you need. Seized Egyptian Funds To Be Released Soon Washington HP) Some $30 million in Egyptian funds frozen in the United States when Egypt seized the Suez Canal in July, 1956, will be ordered released within a few days, informed sources said Tuesday. The sources said the U. S. action automatically would follow signing of an agree ment to compensate the stock holders of the old Suez Canal Company. Representatives of Egypt and the company were said to be near agreement in Rome. Stritch's Progress Declared Excellent Rome (IP) Samuel Card inal Stritch, looking "far bet ter than he did several days ago," entered the second day of post - operation recupera tion' today. The prelate re ceived a restricted number of visitors Tuesday and doctors described his progress as "ex cellent." but not least newspapers printing all sorts of letters where the people speak. There is another erroneous idea about the young discrim inating against age. Some of us have yet to find it that way. At least some young women abhor gossip and interference in personal affairs of others. The younger women I know set their standards high and live up to them. The drifting apart, and lack of interest in others is another complaint. We've always been told there is a reason behind everything, and also that we get what we deserve. Anyway old sol is in a good mood and spring is in bloom. The rest is up to us, don't you think? Emma Lou Carpenter, 811 Sherman st., Medford. Persistent Reports Indicate Khruschev Meeting Opposition By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev may be having trouble with the "Stalinists" in So- viet Russia's ruling Com munist party. There are incr easingly persistent re ports that dis sension in the party Presid ium, the top ranking pol Charles M. McCann icy- making group, and in the larger Cen tral committee, may explain some recent developments. These include the new Kremlin feud with President Tito of Yugoslavia, the tight ening of Communist rule in Poland and the renewed at Knowland Seeking Top Conservative Leadership Label By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) Sen. Wil liam F. Knowland's effort in the Senate to effect a labor bill of rights is going about a s predicted; which, means that t h e am bitious young man f r o m California has been stopped cold. " Ten to. 14 i.vi. c. winon Republicans joined Senate Democrats in stopping Knowland. So Know- land lost the Senate Daiue hut he may not have lost the war. He is an experienced legislator, the Republican leader of the Senate. Know land could not have had any real expectation that' his la hor nroriosals would be adopted. The senator had a sound reason, however, for making in the Senate a move wnicn was foredoomed to fail. That sound reason probably was this: to obtain identity as the top conservative spokesman for the Republican party That post has been either vacant or skimped since the death of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Where the conserva tive leadership of the Repub lican party should have been there has been a vacuum. Few even aspired to the re sponsibility, being aware of the slight reward it gained for Taft.- - - The Outcasts To be a conservative Re publican leader has been like what it was at one time to be a Catholic Democrat the party most likely would look elsewhere for its presidential nominee. The closest thing to a political orphan in the United States todoy probably is the voter who belongs to the conservative element of the Republican party or of any party. There are a great many such orphans, one-third . or more of them in the Southern states where tradition usually forbids the functioning of a two-party system. ' At last count, there were nearly 16 million hard core Republican conservatives in the states outside the South: That count was taken in 1932 when Herbert Hoover polled 15,761,841 -votes in losing to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Alf M. Landon, the 1936 Republican presidential nom inee, might also be called a conservative. He polled 16, 679,583.. After 1936, the Re publicans looked elsewhere, so far in 1940 as to nominate Wendell L. Willkie who bare ly could qualify at the time as a member of the Republi can party. Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York was next up, twice. They all lost Hoover and Landon, the conservatives; Willkie, the maverick; and Dewey, who was Michigan born but sadly out of touch with the Republican heart land. Then along-. came Dwight D. Eisenhower, with no political background, who had voted as an independent before he licked Taft for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination. Charm and Glamour Eisenhower brought charm and glamour to the Republi can presidential ticket, but fie was no great shakes at reconstituting a political party which had been having its ears beaten off over the More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here is a pleasant way to overcome loose plate discomfort. FASTEETH, an Improved powder, sprinkled on upper and lower plates holds them firmer so that they feel more com fortable. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. It's alkaline (non acid ) . Does not sour. Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). Get FAS TEETH today at any drug counter tacks in Russia itself on for mer Premier Georgi M. Mai- enkov and former Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molo- tov. Some experts on Soviet af fairs attribute pressure of the "Stalinists" on Khrushchev to all three situations Khrushchev has now made himself premier as well as chief secretary of the Rus sian Communist party. In Direct Control Thus he is in direct control of both governmental and party affairs. Ostensibly he wields the power which Josef Stalin once held. The leader of the remain ing "Stalinists," who favor old-fashioned harsh dictator ship, is supposed to be Mik hail A. Suslov. Suslov is a leading member of the Presid- years. Two enormous presi dential election triumphs were not enough to put the Republican party in control of Congress and to keep- it there. Knowland is shooting now for the governorship of Cali fornia and later, for the con servative leadership of the Republican party as its presi dential nominee. It is report ed now that the whole struc ture of the Republican party has been enlivened by Eisen hower's bare-knuckle offer to slug it put with the Demo cratic Congress for passage of his armed services reform bill. So would some aggressive conservative leadership from the governor of California if he is elected electrify the millions of Republican polit ical orphans. Company Develops Local Subdivision An assumed business name "Hillcrest Heights company" has been filed for a subdivi sion now being developed at the east city limits of Med ford, is was announced today. Partners - in the company aare Donald Herried real es tate man; Donald Root and Robert Root of Myron Root and company fruit packing house. Herried said the company has been in operation for some, time! Filing the name was merely a formality . he said. . Present unit being devel oped Unit No. 1 contains 30 acres. The development will be restricted to single family residences. Regulations estab lished by the company spec ify that all houses must be designed by. an architect or at least be approved by one. Final approval of plot and house plans is made by the company. Each house must conform to the lot on which it is built. Adequate view by each house is assured by con trolling the number of trees to be planted Herried said. Roads are now being put in and should be finished by this summer he said. Two Are Accepted to Oregon Medical School Portland Thomas A. Gail and Curtis R. Holzgang Med ford, have been accepted for admission to the University of Oregon medical school, Portland and will begin their studies fall term, 1958. Gail, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Budd W. Gail 1596 Bid die rd., attended Medford High school and took pre- medical training at Willam ette university. Holzgang, son of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Holzgang, also a graduate of Medford High school, and at tended the University of Oregon. Concerning CORONER , We are FOR the Rotation Plan and Freedom of Families for choice of their own funeral director. We are AGAINST the present coroner's Funeral Director's Firm holding Office for 16 out of the last 18 years. Vote 29X Frank Perl C. M. Litwiller G. W. Drew Chapel Mortuary. Paid Political Adv. by . . LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND - iff -'ly C. M. Litwiller ium and a secretary of the Central committee from which the smaller presidium is chosen. It is supposed also that both Molotov and Malenkov still have powerful support in the Central committee, although Molotov has been relegated to the post of ambassador to Outer Mongolia and Malen kov manages a power plant in Kazakhstan in central Asia. Stalinists Goad Khrushchev It is reported that the "Sta linists" goaded Khrushchev into the most recent attempt to get President Tito back into the Kremlin fold. The Stalinists also are sup posed to be responsible for the pressure on Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland. Gomulka won par tial independence from the Kremlin dictatorship as the result of the 1956 revolt. But the Stalinists never have be come reconciled to that. Pravda, the newspaper of the Communist party, opened a new attack on Molotov, Malenkov, Lazar M Kagano vich and Dmitri T. Shepilov, the four chief "anti-party" men in mid-April. Khrushchev, it develops, at tacked these "anti-party" men himself in a speech in Kiev last Saturday. Apparently he did so to strengthen his own position against the Stalinists. Nixon Arrives In Argentina Buenos Aires (IP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon arrived here today to attend the May Day inauguration of President Arturo Frondizi, winner of Argentina's first completely free election in more than 30 years. Nixon flew in from Uru guay, first official stop on his 18-day tour of Latin America. Before leaving Uruguay, Nixon told a press conference that the people of the United States "look with great hopes at the new Argentine adminis tration and trust that democ racy and freedom will find a climate in which they can grow." Nixon and Samuel Waugh, president of the U.S. Export Import bank, assured the Uru guayans that their chances of qualifying for an American loan are "most favorable." No amount was mentioned. The Vice President said Uruguayan leaders assured him they are confident that the Swift Packing Company's pending suit against Uruguay, vhich ' took over the Swift plant in Montevideo Friday, can be "settled amicably." You Ought To Buy Now! FOR READY See Us Today A DfVISIOfI Of PACIFIC PVMMCC PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central Ph. SP 3-5308 Dick Ham, Manager Mrs. Litwiller