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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, MIOFORO, ORL 4 Thursday, My 1, 1958 MEDFORDtfJ&gkTRIBUNE "Iveryone tn Southern 'Brecon Reads The Mail Tribune' Published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir St Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HTRB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERTC ALLEN. JR Managing Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation MgT An IndeDendent NnmuTtfr Zntered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Maii In Advance: Copy lOe. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily an.i Sunday 3 mos. 425 Sunday Only One year $450 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 City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press FuU 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. rV, NEWSPAPER .sssB ESS . PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL lAsTodiTrQN 37 -U W 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 Mar 1. 1948 (Sunday) , Medford may have its first woman school director in many years if the candidacy of Mrs. Stephen Nye is suc cessful at the June 21 elec tion. City officials receive no word on the possible transfer of the Camp White sewage disposal plant to Medford." 2G YEARS AGO May 1, 1938 (Sunday) Oregon's major problem is to find an enlarged market for commodities produced within the state, Carl C. Don- augh, Democratic primary candidate for the United States senate, says. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The new Main Stem crossing is now open to traffic with the conventional hump in the middle." 30 YEARS AGO May 1, 1928 (Tuesday) Construction of Medford's latest fruit packing ware house to start next week by American Fruit Growers, Inc., on South Fir st. between Ninth "and Tenth sts. Installation of a new fire hydrant on the corner of Ce'n trai ave. ana sixth st. was being completed today. 40 YEARS AGO May 1. 1918 (Wednesday) From local and personal column: "Mayor Gates will be one of the speakers at the Soldiers' auxiliary entertain ment and dance to be held at Ashland on Thursday night Miss Anne McCormick has received a lot of new govern ment bulletins containing rec ipes for wheatless breads What's Your I.Q.7 Nina er ten correct H superior; seven or eight is excellent; five of six is good. 1. Who was Booker T. Washington? 2. Bible: Who was. taken to heaven in a fiery chariot? 3. Complete the following: "A word to the wise " 4. The characteristic of suckling the young is common to which kinds of creatures? 5. In what country did the battle of St. Lo occur in World War II? 6. Which President of the U.S. had a wife of the Roman Catholic faith? 7. Name the capital of Pennsylvania. 8. Was Jack London an English or an American author? 9. Name the English Prime Minister. 10. Which city of South America has the largest popu lation? Answers: 1. Noted Negro educator. 2. Elias. 3. "is suffi cient." 4. The mammalia. 5. France. 6. John Tyler. 7. Har risburg. 8. American. S. Har old McMillan. 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Time May Six years ago the undersigned wrote an edi tonal condemning the We declared it was a magazine of opinion, opinion. A. few years later lisher, spoke before the Oregon Publishers Assocation and defended his policy of coloring the news on the general ground, a magazine should be a definite influence for good in the country. THE Mail Tribune periodical claiming to should adopt the same i.e. maintain the objectivity and accuracy of its news columns inviolate, and devote its in terpretation of the news exclusively to its editorial department. It was not expected notice of this comment daily and Time, of course, didn't. In fact during the past six years if there has been any notice able criticism of Time on press, it has escaped the DUT now suddenly the Following its long-established custom of slanting its news to conform to its political dis likes and preiudices Time printed a week or ten days ago a sneaky and sneering article concerning the "National Committee for a sane nuclear poli cy". By innuendo and technique of "guilt by association" Time tried to make out this Committee was playing "Russia's game," was led by Dr. Linus Pauling "a long time supporter of Communist this smear it charged the careful to time its protests CAN atomic test, but never before a RUSSIAN.- (How the" committee could time its appeals according to the Russian schedule when that schedule is never announced, is not clear). pHIS time, however, this brand of "Fifth Ave nue McCarthyism" did not go unnoticed. :The well - edited and enlightened "Pendleton East Oregonian" promptly blasted the Luce weekly in part as follows: According to Time, if you are opposed to the test ing of big nuclear weapons, if you fear that the fall out will be harmful to citizens in its path and, per haps, to children yet unborn, you must discard that -thinking immediately because the Communists also are asking that testing of nuclear weapons be discon tinued. If, knowing that this is what the Communists want, you persist in your opposition to weapon test ting then there can be no other conclusion, according . to Time, than that you are a Communist sympathizer. It's bnital. And it's amazing that Time has been doing it for so long under the guise of being a news magazine, and getting away with it. Time is a journal of opinion, not a reporter of the news. And there isn't - any propaganda trick that its editors haven't mastered. I 00 PER CENT CORRECT! Next in line came another excellent and en lightened publication. whose editor Norman Cousins happens to be a member of the "National Committee for a sane nuclear policy." The reply to this "Time" attack by Editor Cousins is too long to reprint but a portion should be enough to make Time's face slightly red if it has any epidermal sensitivity leit. In explanation the "Review first points out that -Time has stressed for many years the great importance of "America people getting the facts, informed. But now in violates every principle championed. IT SEEMS the Saturday - Review and "Time" once occupied the same quarters and were buddies, so to speak, in the publishing business over a third of a centuiy concludes, quote: We are going to continue our subscribtion to Time, betting that the men we knew almost thirty-five years ago are still basically devoted to the sovereignty of accurate reporting and fair play, We still believe they are big enough to admit to a serious mistake, particu larly as it concerns the reputation of men who are as eager as the editors of Time to serve the cause of free dom and a better world. It IS important to know. Especially is it important to know the difference between hard facts and sly innuendoes, between information and defamation. N.C. CUFFERING from no such nostalgic bond we would not share Editor Cousins' extremely conciliatory and kindly rebuke, for we have noted this sort of news-slanting oration ever since the presidential campaign of 1952, and from time to time have commented upon it. It is what was called great many years ago. It W. R. Hearst brand was around the start of the centuiy in fact in readability and literary style Time is tops but from the standpoint of jour nalistic ethics it is essentially the same technique. Ine Review points officials have, because of ice, declared a boycott from their school libraries. Well, like the Saturday Review, we are against boycotts of ANY reasons, but we do believe If Time continues its be long before it will suddenly awaken to the fact it has killed the goose that, for so many years, iaia tne goiaen eggs Run Out news magazine "lime not a news magazine bu and an extremely slanted Henry Luce, Time pub disputed the accuracy of be a NEWS magazine policy as a newspaper. and its own opinions, Time would take any by a non - metropolitan this ground in the U.S. writer s attention. picture has changed the notorious McCarthy fronts and to clincn committee was always lust before an AMEKI "The Saturday Review" KNOWING" that is the being well and correctly this smear article Time it has so persistently ago, the magazine then distortation and deteri "yellow journalism" a is not so crude as the out that certain school this discreditable prac- on Time and barred it kind for innumerable this: present policy, it won't I xc. v v .K. Dennis the Menace 1 j i 1, I WAS WW IN Oi: TRINIDAD! ' UAVIN' THERE tmSNZ VERSAD! 1 WAS BORN IM a Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a Den 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 printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the oaper; in fact the contrary is often Deplores Apathy To the Editor: In your edi torial of April 23, you made the statement that people of Jackson cqunty looked upon the choice of county coroner with confusion and apathy, The responsibilities of county coroner surely should be taken very seriously. It seems to me that to consider this office with apathy is complete ly without good reasoning. To those who through misfor tune, must call on the county coroner, the sincere under standing and personal atten tion m a time of deep sorrow and utter helplessness, is very important indeed. No one can be sure that just such a mis fortune may or may not arise in one s own family. I believe that if the office were under the jurisdiction of Frank Perl, he would give to it his personal attention and thoughtful consideration that means so much when his services would be needed. In addition to your statement that Frank Perl is a man with ability and honesty, I would add that he would give to the coroner's office the .time and efficiency that such a respon sible office would require. Mrs. Arthur McMillin, 661 "J" St., Medford. Doris Wilson No. 1 Speaks To the Editor: I would like to oblige Mr. James Collins who wants to know about the background and qualifications for judgeship of Mr. Walter D. Nunley Jr. Mr. Nunley is admitted to practice law in Montana and Oregon. He served in the armed forces from May, 1941 to November, 1945, three years of that in the Pacific Theater. As District Attorney in Jackson county, Mr. Nun ley successfully disposed of 72 per cent of the cases filed. He also demonstrated that he is an extremely capable trial lawyer. Some of the State's cases won are those of Jen sen, Billy Junior Nunn, Tex White all murder, Ambuhl narcotics, and many others. Except for the cases inherited by him when he took office only one of his cases was lost on appeal to the Supreme Court. Dr. John Waterman, the psychiatrist who helped start our Child Guidance Clinic has said that Mr. Nunley has a greater understanding of peo ple's behavior and motivation than any person he has ever met outside his own profes sion. Incidentally, I am the Doris Wilson who is going to vote for Mr. Nunley. Mrs. Dwight Wilson Jr. Route 1, Box 462, Medford. Church Editor Praised To the Editor: We wish to extend our heartiest congratu lations to the Medford Mail Tribune for the recognition it received a few days ago for its outstanding coverage of re ligious news in the Medford area. From our position here at the state headquarters of our denomination, as well as from the local pastor and congre gation, we wish to say that we have appreciated so very much the objective way your church editor has handled her religious news. We recognize that her splendid achievement could not have been made without the cooperation of the entire Medford Mail Tribune staff. .. W. D. Blehm, Oregon Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, 605 SE 39th ave., Portland. exceed 400 words. The letters the case DAR Objects To the Editor: Crater Lake chapter . Daughters of the American Revolution gave me their unanimous approval, as the press chairman, to protest the unpleasant publicity in your paper of last week as re ported bx A. Robert Smith and the cartoon by Herblock. We do not' resent construc tive criticism; as such, but we do resent the - vulgar person alities and ridicule to which the individual members and our National Society was sub jected. - Crater Lake chapter has given nearly 40 years of serv ice to many patriotic endeav ors in the community, state and nation. The organization gives history and good citizen awards and have worked to instill the highest ideals in the youth of our nation. The chapter also has been instrumental in helping ap proximately 600 persons to become enlightened citizens and at no time have we ever ridiculed their personal opin ions. Crater Lake chapter has reaffirmed our faith and be liefs m the council of churches, that cooperation be tween the different denomina tions has been instrumental in the increase in Christian liv ing. We also believe in the United Nations and its aims, and it seems to be our only hope for a free world. Other subjects discussed by riobert smith in his dispatch had political overtones and as a patriotic organization we avoid political issues. These we leave to the individual and we do not hold them up to ridicule should they differ with us. Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, 308 North Ivy st., Medford. (Editor's note: Was the Na tional DAR "avoiding politi cal issues" when it resolved to withdraw from the United Nations and kick it out of America; to repeal the feder al income tax; to end foreign aid; to repeal the reciprocal trade act; to tighten up immi gration barriers; to consider ending diplomatic relations with Russia; to curb the pow er of the U.S. Supreme Court, and to oppose "the political, economic and socialistic one world activities of the Nation? al Council of Churches of Christ in America..."?) Are Veterans Forgotten? To the Editor: We're alwavs hearing something over tele vision about cleaning up the highways and what it costs. But they never hesitate about the money they send over seas. At least it does put men to work, and I wouldn't call that a loss of money. Another thing, what about the homeless people here in America, not counting the World War I Veterans? A lot of them haven't even got a place to sleep, let alone a family to go to. Why not make ' room at Camp White for a hospital and enlarge the home with more beds for these unfortunate Veterans? They say there is a long waiting list and they must wait their East Main St. DAIRY - HELP WANTED Small woman cannon ball to be shot from cap pistol in our small circus of fun Today fir Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann DISENGAGEMENT When we read about the re currence of the dispute be tween Tito and the Kremlin, and about the tension be tween Gomul ka and the Kremlin, w e are least like ly to go wrong I believe, if we think of a p e n d ulum Walter Lippriann which swings in one direc tion and then in the other, but only for a certain distance each way. That is to say, Yugoslavia and Poland will not and cannot be brought under the complete domina tion of Moscow; on the other hand, they are not likely to break away completely from Moscow. For us, in shaping our pol icy, the critical fact in this re lationship is that under pres ent conditions Poland and Yugoslavia would not, even if they could, break away com pletely from the Soviet Union. For they are "the captives" not only of the Red Army but of the fear of a reunited Ger many armed with nuclear weapons and backed by the United States. Their real attitude, barring an explosion of the Hungarian type, is to think of the West as a protector against Russia and of Russia as the protector against Germany. They want as much national indepen dence- from the Kremlin as they can achieve within a guarantee by Russia that Ger many will not be able to domi nate Eastern Europe. Welfare Group Approves Budget Portland tTPJ The State Welfare Commission has ap proved a 1958-59 fiscal budget of $35,682,00 which may not be enough if the unemploy ment situation does not im prove, members of the Com mission were told. Miss Jeanne Jewett, admin istrator, said the amount would be enough only if there was a drop in the demands on general assistance funds and meMical funds. She said it might be neces sary to go to the State Emer gency Board for more funds. The commission said county welfare officials should be warned there might be extra financial demands if this were done. turn. Why make them wait? Let's do something about it now. I am a Veteran's widow and if my husband were alive, I'm sure he nor I would want him to live like that, I'm afraid I'd turn over in my grave if I thought he was. . "Lest We Forget," or, best we forget that seems to fit better. What's wrong with the people of America, have you forgotten these Veterans who went" to war for us to save, our country and make Amer ica free. So why not help them now, when they need it, and not wait until it's too late. Then they talk about clean ing up the slums. I think a little cleaning up in Medford would help a . lot too, from some parts of it that I have seen. All one hears is what is being done for the rich peo ple, why not do something for th-! poor people for a change? If I were rich I would gladly give to help these vet erans and homeless people, but I'm not, so I'll just tag along with them, hoping for the best. Another peeve of mine Is, always thought it was against the law to sell liquor to anyone who already naa too much to drink. But it's being done and I think it's a dirtv shame. It seems tney take all the Veterans have to offer, regardless of what it is, but no one seems to want to give help. That's what war does to them, and no family to care for them. Who are we to iudee. these men are sick. Do we know what's In their minds? Perhaps it's because they think they are amongst the forgotten ones of yester year. Mrs. W.J.M., (Name on file) , Medford. L SMITH I Genessee h IE) OUR propaganda and our policy can be effective only as they take account of the basic fact that Poland and Yugoslavia at least. the other satellites perhaps less so must unavoidably react be tween the Russians on the one side, the Germans and the Americans on the other. For us to preach liberation and to ignore this underlying reality is either insincere and dema gogic, or it is ignorantly to play with fire. As things are now, the last thing that any sane man wants to see is an open rebellion in Eastern Eu rope. For the rebellion would be crushed by the Soviets be cause the rebellion could not be supported by NATO with out precipitating World War III. What then can we do? We can do nothing, which is what we are doing now, letting events take their course, and losing gradually .what influ ence we possess. Or we can put our minds on the problems of forming a policy designed to achieve mutual guarantees, replacing the competitive guarantees, between NATO and the Warsaw Alliance. These problems are very dif ficult. But if we cannot solve them just now, the least we can do is not to make them more insoluble. They will be come more insoluble if we re ject out of hana, if we refuse to discuss, the Polish proposal, known as 'the Rapacki Plan for nuclear disarmament in the two Germanies, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. TT is evident enough, of course, that were we to ac cept nuclear disarmament in this area it would mean the withdrawal of the British and American armies from West Germany and of the Red Army from East Germany and East Europe. For the day has pass ed when ground forces armed only with conventional wea pons can operate in a major theater: We shall have, there fore, to face the basic question of whether we could accept or must oppose a policy of mili tary disengagement on the European continent. My own view is that we should in our thinking, though not yet in our concrete policy, adopt the principle of disen gagement. We should, that is to say, make it known that as and when a mutual security system can be worked out be tween East and West, we shall be in favor of the withdrawal in phases over a period of years of the non-European forces from the continent of Europe. This would mark a great change in our European policies. But it would be, I believe, a change for the bet ter in that if it were done effectively and magnanimous ly it would restore to the Western allies the political initiative. I DO NOT mean to say that we should propose disen gagement because we have reason to think that theRus sians will find it awkward to oppose it. A better and more respectable reason for pro posing disengagement is that the time is bound to come when the foreign armies must leave the soil of Europe. We do not have to be stupid and soft in negotiation, but I would like to see us identify ourselves with the future, and to stand again as we have done in our better days with those who have the courage to hope and to believe. It cannot be that the best we can offer Europe and the world is that the foreign armies of occupation which arrived during World War II will stay on forever, armed with more deadly weapons. (C) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Vote for One -Get All Three! Complete freedom of choice of the mortuary desired to handle the funeral services of all "coroner cases". fj A system of fairness for all five mortuaries in Jackson county to share equally, in both the responsibilities and the benefits of the Coroner's office. A change from the present monopoly of one funeral home having held the Coroner's office for 16 of the past 18 years. . - If you believe in only one of the above principles for the operation of the Coroner's office VOTE FOR FRANK PERL and get all three benefits! t Paid Adv. by Chapel Mortuary 'i Across from the Courthouse ' Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS Matter of Fact NON-POLICY-MAKING Washington Behind the seen :s, an intensely serious debate about our future course 3 in the Middle East is now go ing on among fCI policy - mak- jjf--M ers. It may seem rainer rem,ote, but in - reality it is about as re in o t e as a Joseph Aisop xime-Domb un der the bed. So the issues are worth examining. Two main issues are being debated. The first is whether to encourage Camille Chau moun in his intention to seek amendment of the Lebanese constitution, so that he can secure another term as Presi dent, of the Lebanon. The second Issue is how far to go on the new State Department line of making friends again with Egypt's Gamal Abdul Nasser. The two issues can both be summed up in a single ques tion: "Whose side are we on?" For Nasser is Chaumoun's un relenting enemy, precisely be cause the Lebanese President is a stout friend of the West. Thus encouraging Chaumoun to try for another term in evitably means renewed con flict with Nasser. TlTAKING polite and friend-"-My noises to Nasser, by the same token, inevitably im pairs Chaumoun's chance for re-election. In fact, grave damage has already been done in Beirut by the noises the State Department has made in the last week, about unfreez ing the Egyptian funds now blocked in the United States as soon as Nasser makes a settlement with the former stockholders of the Suez Canal Company. The thing does not end there, either. The new jink in American policy, towards greater amiability to Nasser, has also greatly upset the other Middle Eastern leaders who are under constant at tack by Nasser because they are friends of the West. King Hussein in Jordan, old Nuri Pasha in Iraq, are both in tensely disturbed. Again, the outcome in Leb anon is being watched with anxious attention, not just in Jordan and Iraq, but also in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. In all these places, Camille Chaumoun is frankly regard ed as a test case. Justly or unjustly, the United States will surely be blamed for de serting Chaumoun if the Lab- 7 rS xZL IS Delight your family - - get ' - . .r. your new '58 car! Medford dealers are offering some real fine deals now! Keep Medford's Economy Rolling . . YOU AUTO BUY HOW! By Joseph Aisop anese constitution it not suc cessfully amended, and Chau moun therefore fails to secure another term. Every other pro-Western leader in the whole area will thereupon be gin asking himself when hii turn will come to be deserted in the same manner. TFORSE still, the replace " ment of Chaumoun by a more neutral and therefore less controversial candidate can lead on quite directly to a new challenge to King Hus sein in Jordan. Jordan's be leaguered pro - Westerners watched with horrified , at tention while Nasser's furious attack forced King Hussein's; "elder brother," King Saud of Saudi Arabia, to hand over most of his authority to Saudi Arabia's crown Prince FaisaL The pattern of defeat for a stout friend of the West, and Lhis replacement by a neutral. was clearly set in the Saudi Arabian crisis. Let the same pattern be repeated in the Lebanon. Then the time will be ripe in Jordan for Hussein to fall victim to Nasser's pres-. sure. After that it will be' about time to give up the life-and-death game for the Mid dle East. Such are the stakes in the present behind-the-scenes de bate in Washington. Unfortun ately, a good many officials of the Dulles State Department do not consider the stakes being played for. They only consider the ease of play. f-BVIOUSLY, it is much easier and pleasanter to have outwardly amiable rela tions with such a formidable figure as Gamal Abdul Nas ser. Obviously, it will be much easier and pleasanter if there is no violent crisis in Lebanon and there will surely be a very violent crisis, if Camille Chaumoun adheres to his in tention to seek another term as President. But avoiding unpleasant ness is not policy-making. There are, indeed, only two possible Middle Eastern pol icies now open to the Ameri can government. Either we stick by the West's Middle Eastern friends, treat their enemies as our enemies, and accept the unpleasantness this course will produce. Or we pay the unpleasantly enorm ous price of making a funda mental adjustment in the Western attitude toward the new Arab nationalism that Nasser represents. We cannot have it both ways, as we are trying to do. (Copyright 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc.) A SWING at these DEALS!