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MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. f Monoay, may J, io MedfordTribune "Zveryone in Southern tiegoa Reads The Mail Tribune Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertising Managei GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC ALLEN. JR Managing Editor E.tRL 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 ol March 3. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Py Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. riailv and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Dailv and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sundav Only One year $450 By Carrier In Advance Med ford 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. 1.30 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County TJnited Press Fulk 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. NEWSPAFEt PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASgoc3.N 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 May 5. 1948 (Wednesday) The city-wide drive by Medford service clubs to raise $2,500 to send the Medford High school band to the Port land Rose Festival starts. A fear has been expressed that acceptance of bureau of reclamation proposals for de velopment of the Rogue river basin would mean establish ment of a "Rogue River Val ley Authority." 20 YEARS AGO May 5. 1938 (Thursday) The 1937 pear crop of the Rogue valley has practically all been shipped and the stor age plants will be empty by May 20. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The meadow larks as they are called can be heard vocaliz ing more on residential lawns than in the meadows." 30 YEARS AGO May 5. 1928 (Saturday) x County health parade and exercises at high school re corded on movie film through the courtesy of the California Oregon Power company. . From local and personal column: "A large run of Chi nook salmon have entered the mouth of the Rogue river and are now on their way up the river." 40 YEARS AGO May 5. 1918 (Monday) From local and personal column: "California - grown strawberries are now being sold in the city at 20 cents a quart." Because of early dry weath er several forest fires have occurred already in this vicin ity from burning brush or slashings. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Name the three formerly indeoendent Baltic states that were incorporated into the Soviet Union. 2. Bible: In what manner did Judas Iscariot commit sui cide? 3. What is the capital of New Zealand? 4. Does one set or sit in a chair? 5. In which state is the an nual Belmont stakes run? 6. Who was president of France when the razis ob tained Fench surrender? 7. Where is the United States gold depository? 8. In which of Browning's work is there a priest Capo nacchi? 9. The name Toplady is as sociated with what hymn? 10. Four states of the U.S. have names that begin with the letter W'; can you name them? Answers: 1. Estonia, Lai ria, Lithuania. 2. He hanged himself. 3. Wellington. 4. Sits. 5. New Yo.k. 6. Albert Le ferun. 7. Ft. Knox, Ky. 8. "The Ttina and the Book." 9. "Rock of Ages." 10. Washington, w - s t Virginia, Wisconsin, 'Wyoming. Planning and Freedom We have preached so long and so hard and so frequently in these columns in favor of adequate and intelligent city and county planning that we tend to get a bit weary of the subject, sometimes. But we cannot get over the feeling that it is an absolute "must" if our area is to grow sensibly and attractively. Therefore, we are glad to bring up the matter once again, in the form of a quotation from Al bert M. Cole, housing and home finance agency administrator, who spoke recently in Florida. He said: "We seem to be on the way at the moment to cre ating a septic tank suburban civilization a maze of septic tank suburbias. We are doing this because we are now repeating at least in principle, the mistakes we permitted in our cities and which we are spending billions of dollars to correct. "What is happening is, of course, a part of a great transformation call it explosion that is taking place in our living patterns. "Because our cities grew planlessly and in many cases were unfit to handle our automobile life, people have been beating it out to the country. At least it was the countryside. But it isn't any more. "The green fields and the old swimming pond have been replaced by hot dog stands, filling stations, superhighways, highway intersections, airports, out door movies, indoor skating rinks and shopping cen ters. "These things have their place, but usually they are in the wrong place. "There isn't a plan, or what plans there are aren't being implemented in relation to the whole. "So a few years from now we will be faced with demands for the expenditure of millions of more dol lars to straighten out the mess. "The blunt truth is that without effective plan ning most human enterprises go bankrupt. A few years ago I warned the cities they would go bankrupt if they didn't set about gearing themselves to the 20th century. That observation made sense. "The time has now come to extend the warning on , a large scale for the simple reason that cities have now becomes areas or regions." . . "THOSE people who object to planning and zon ing, and to the reasonable restrictions which go with them, say they object because it limits their freedom. Their freedom to do what? To deprive others of the freedom from slums, sub-standard con struction, or a junk-yard next to a residential areas? Society, after all, is organized largely on the basis of "thou shalt not" commandments, which are designed to protect both majorities and mi norities. The fewer such -commandments, the freer the society. But some of them are necessary for the greater good of all. And among them are the "thou shalt nots" of planning and zoning legislation, made necessary for mutual protection during a period of growth and change. E.A. Beyond Sensibility The five principal senses fsidit. hearine-. touch, smell and taste) are marvelous devices, en abling us to keen in contact with the world. With out them we would be lumps. Ana tnose who have been deprived of one or more can testify that each contributes mightly to one's perception and enjoyment. Marvelously designed tell us the whole story ( of our environment. They merely enable us to sample the broad spectrum of physical events, leaving as mysteries the great er DuiK ol nature s phenomena. "WTSIBLE light, for instance, is only a tiny seg ment of the spectrum of radiation, which ranges from long radio waves to ultra violet rays, and includes x-rays, gamma rays and others which cannot be sensed by humans, but which are undeniably realities. Hearing, likewise, covers only a part of the range of sonic vibrations. There are whistles which are too high for the human ear to hear, but which can be heard by animals. The bat makes use of ultra-sonic vibrations as a major "instrument" of flight, much as Navy vessels use sonar to measure the depth of the ocean or de tect other ships. Some sounds are too low on the scale to be heard. Touch is an imperfect sense. Actually, in gen eral usage, it also includes other senses (of heat and cold, pain, balance, and so on) which are variations of the sensing mechanism. Touch is most sensitive on the tongue and lips. The fingertips are fairly sensitive, but there are some soft materials (the fur of some animals, for instance) which are so fine and soft that they cannot be felt. MERVES sensitive to touch are so far-spaced on the human back that it actually is impossible to tell whether it is one or two small objects if they are placed on the back within an inch or so of each other. Smell and taste are highly specialized senses, taste residing only on the tongue, and not work ing unless there is moisture to partially dissolve the object tasted; smell only in the olifactory nerves of the nose. They are intimately con nected, and "taste" often is really the impression given by an odor. With senses so imperfect and so limited (and yet so well-adapted to our needs), it is little won der that we, as individuals, are totally unaware of the mysteries of nature which lie beyond our sensibility, and which have only been discovered by instruments within the past 100 or so years. E.A. nothing but insentient as thev are. thev do not Dennis the Kill jajff - 'I WANNA SEE HER. TALK TUB McCann Traces Russian Pattern Of Conquest Since World War 1 1 By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Soviet Russia's policy mystifies leaders of free coun tries. The Soviet government has been clamor ing since last December for a summit con f e r e n ce on cold war issues. But it is irapo sing such restric t i o n s on pre parations for the confer ence that some - officials in Washington doubt that it really wants one.' The Soviet government clamors for disarmament. But it refuses to agree to any sys tem of control that would pre vent its cheating. One thing about Russian long-range policy is deadly clear: The whole Communist philosophy is pointed toward world domination, by peace ful penetration or by con quest, by fair means or foul. The fact that the Soviet Union is a dictatorship gives its leaders the greatest flexi bility in charting their tactical moves. They need not be con sistent. Consistent Pattern But the course of events since the end of woria war II show that Soviet policy has followed a consistent pattern up to now. - (1) Against a weak coun try, Russia will resort to mili tary aggression. (2) Confronted by an equal or superior force, it can be curbed. (3) At the. moment, Soviet policy consist of splitting the countries which are allied against Communist aggression and to gain influence in un committed countries by econo mic penetration and political subversion. Russian aggression aims have been set back four times since the end of the war either by the United States alone or by the leading partners of the Western Alliance. . Russian, British and Ameri can troops occupied Iran dur ing the war. After the war, the British and American forces withdrew. Russia re mained in occupation of northern Iran. It set up a pup pet rebel government there, and demanded that Iran grant it autonomy. Its motive was to grab the rich, undeveloped northern oil fields. Iran ap pealed to the U.N. By means of walkouts and vetoes, Rus sia did all it could to obstruct action. But the pressure proved too great. Russia grudingly moved out. Communists precipitated a civil war in Greece after Ger man and Italian troops with drew. Russia, with Yugoslavia then a loyal satellite as its instrument did all it could to help the rebels. On March 12, 1947, President Truman proclaimed the Truman Doc trine. It was to help Greece and Turkey resist Communist dornination. Truman asked, and Congress appropriated, $400 mililon in military and economic aid. The implication of. the doctrine was that the extent of American aid was not limited to money. The rebel guerrilla movement died on the vine. Force in Berlin In 1948, Russia made a de termined attempt to force the United States, Britain and France out of their sectors of Berlin' The city is isolated, with a belt of 110 miles be tween it and West Germany. Russia blockaded the city, re fusing to permit the passage of supplies to it. The United States accepted the challenge. It organized an "air lift" of supplies that made history. In 18 months, American and Brit Charles M. McCann Menace LBG OFF A CHAIR' ish planes flew 2,343,315 tons of supplies to the city. Russia called offthe blockade. After the war Korea was partitioned at the 38th Parallel with Russia in the northern zone and the United States in the southern zone. The United States later with drew its troops. Russia also withdrew after organizing a Washington Report By William S. White SECOND-TIER PRO Washington The legend of the able and unselfish second-tier man who "really runs the gov ernment" for the very top people is an old favorite. Regrettably, it is almost as full of moon shine as it is of amiability. Long Wash- Willam S.White ience suggests that the great majority of second-tier men are just that usually ex pendable without vast damage to the public interest. Nevertheless, once in a while an official turns up who lends more than a trace of truth to what is only a hardy cliche. Such a man is now leaving the Eisenhower Ad ministration. He is Maxwell M. Rabb. Rabb is secretary to the Cabinet the first such official in history in a post that was set up at his own suggestion. He is also associate counsel to President Eisenhower. Less officially, he has been the President's chief adviser on "minority group problems" civil rights and the like. Now he has resigned, effective in mid-May, to enter a New York law firm. PARENTHETICALLY, Rabb himself has long been in a tiny minority. He is a mem ber, along with Press Secre tary Jim Haggerty of that min ute group in the White House that really knows something about practical politics. Rabb came in, as an ex Senate staff man, in those brave old days of "the busi nessman's government" when knowledge in politics was held suspect by the new cru saders. In their eyes, Senator Robert A. Taft's great handi cap was his tactless and un ashamed pursuit of what had been his lifelong profession politics. Rabb, a professional politi cian, too, discreetly bore and played down his dangerous competence. And from his position of anonymity he served with great effective ness. Many will argue that the Eisenhower Administration's accomplishments could be ade quately reported without using up a great deal of paper. In any case, at least two solid achievements seemr to this observer to stand out. m m m . POR ONE thing, the Eisen " hower Cabinet has been run without the prolonged, and thus destructive,- in-fighting that has wounded many other Cabinets. Score this to Rabb. His sys tem of Cabinet briefings and Cabinet responsibility for ac tion will be seen as a genuine contribution to p o 1 i t i c al science. Secondly, the White House itself if not always the rest of the Administration has handled the harsh complica tions of the racial crisis with restraint and common sense. And on these infinitely tricky matters the watchword at the j Matter of Fact THE STAFF HORROR Washington The Presi dent himself has now de scribed one of the main causes of his administration's cur ious inability to take rapid and decisive action on great and urgent matters. "I do not b e 1 i e v e," he said at his press confer ence, "that any individu al .. . can do the best job by just sitting at a desk and putting his Joseph Alsop face in a bunch of papers." "Actually, the job when you come right down to it, when you think of the interlocking staffs and associates that have to take and analyze all the details of every question that comes to the Presidency, he ought to be trying to keep his mind free of inconsequential details ... so that he can make clearer and better judgments." Communist N o r th Korean army. On June 25, 1950, the Communists invaded South Korea. It looked like a walk over. With U.N. support, the United States moved in troops from Japan and the United States and fought a war that many have called a stalemate. (To be continued tomorrow) White House has usually been, "Give it to Max." It is here, most of all, that being a good politician has paid off for Max Rabb. He has fought the Southern civil rights opposition with de votion and skill but with out bitterness or passion. He has supported the civil rights pressure groups where he has thought them wise; he has told them off where he has thought them wrong. ALWAYS, of course, he has battled the anti-civil rights pressure groups. But even these he has treated as though they had a right to a point of view. He encouraged the Presi dent in refusing to take that form of "leadership" 'which so many urged upon him the calling of a White House con ference on civil, rights that would have given an incom parable sounding board to every thin-lipped extremist on uoth sides. In a word, Rabb always de clined to treat civil rights as though it were civil war. He was unwilling, of course, to dignify, suggestions that the Supreme Court was uncon stitutional, or perhaps un American, in its anti-segregation policy. Equally, however, he was unwilling to act as though the thing to do was to send dive bombers to Ala bama and Arkansas. This position he took not as a do-gooder but because he knew that good politics - which is usually decent poli tics demanded a solution and not mere screaming. He was a professional doing a job, and all the other pro fessionals Democrat and Republican, right, left and center appreciated him. (Copyright. 1958. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Bird In Hand Now Worth $100 Malibu, Calif. (IP) A bird in the hand a falcon to be exact was worth $100 yesterday to William R. Lasky, 35-year-old son of the late film producer, Jesse Lasky. Municipal Judge Charles H. Woodmansee handed down the fine after Lasky pleaded guilty to possessing the hunt ing birds without a' license. A spokesman for the State Fish and Game Commission said possession of the birds for falconry is legal only if the owners obtain a $15 li cense each year. East Main St. DAIRY REWARD Wanted: The St. Bernard that walked off with our flea circus. By Joseph Alsop THROUGH the t a rig led thicket of Eisenhower syn tax,' one can dimly discern the fearful shape of the Eisen hower staff system. This vast machine has been developed to relieve the President of the burden of "inconsequential detail" and the bother of "put ting his face in a bunch of papers." In these respects, it certainly works to perfection. But consider its effect on America's policy and posture, and you cannot conclude that the famous staff system works very well, if indeed it can be said to work at all. At this moment, for example, there are a whole series of moves the American govern ment could make, in order to capture the initiative in the miserable maneuvering to wards a summit meeting. The simplest would be a one-sentence letter from the Presi dent, declaring his readiness to discuss disarmament at the summit, anywhere and on any terms, within two weeks after the Soviets have gven solid proof of their willingness to accept serious inspection and control of disarmament. That would be a real block-buster. Because of the staff system, however, no such letter can be written, and pre-summit ini tiatives must always be left to the Soviets. You cannot "re capture the initiative," as Sec retary of State Dulles once boasted he had done, if you do not know your own mind. And the plain and awful truth is that even today, the Ameri can government does not know its own mind on dis armament. ""VUR positions have not " been firmed yet," is the official way of putting it. With out giving any positive guid ance about the "positions" he would like to have outlined, the President has turned the whole gigantic complex ques tion over to a gaggle of high officials Secretary Dulles, Admiral Strauss, Secretary of Defense McElroy, and Dr. Kil- lian are the chief interested parties. The high officials have in turn passed on the poisoned chalice to subordinate offic ials, who of course fully re flect the bitter disagreements of their chiefs. In meeting af ter meeting, "the areas of dis agreement are being pinned down" in reams of highly clas sified documents. But no de cisions are being taken except on the issue of suspension of nuclear tests. And on this is sue, John Foster Dulles has contemptuously by-passed the staff system. He has made his own decision in favor of even tual test-suspension. And he is boldly preparing to imple ment it. Very little gets done, in truth, except under the abso lutely irresistible pressure of events, or when a single mem ber of the Cabinet simply forges ahead on his own. Even the Defense Reorganization Bill, universally described as "the President's own baby," does not really constitute an exception to the rule. IN THIS CASE, the President merely indicated he wanted a plan of defense reorganiza tion which would eliminate the evil influences of inter service rivalries. His Secre tary of Defense was brand new at his job. The President had spent all his pre-political working life in the War and Defense Department. But when" Neil McElroy and his working group headed by Charles Coolidge tackled the problem of defense reorgani zation, they received no detail ed specifications of any sort from the White House. As a result, the defense reorganiza tion plan is really a McElroy Coolidge baby, and not the President's baby in any nor mal sense of the phrase. In this case, the result was good. But in the vast majority of cases, the result is some thing close to paralysis. Ours is a Presidential government. It puts an appalling burden on the occupant of the White House. But this kind of gov ernment does not and cannot function when the man in the White House delegates nine tenths of the vital process of decision-making to a Rube Goldberg machine called a staff system. (c) 1958 New York Tribune Inc. L - SMITH at Genessee Rising Farm Price Level Indicates Benson Victory By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) The pos sibility that Secretary of Ag riculture Ezra Taft Benson is becoming moderately accept- a b 1 e in the f a rn belt seems incred ible, although it may be true and, even, reasonable. There is some evidence in support of it, not the Lyie c Wilson least of which is that the well-informed sec retary, himself, believes it to be true. A United Press lead on the first farm price report for April revealed why Benson believes he is emerging from the farmers' doghouse and, moreover, why the secretary is planning this year to take an active part in the Republi can congressional campaign. The U.P. lead went like this: "Farm prices bounded up ward in April, bringing im provement in farmers' pur chasing power for the sixth consecutive month. "The Agriculture depart ment reported that farm pro duction costs kept pace with prices received, rising to a new all-time high for the sev enth consecutive month. The parity ratio the relationship between prices received and prices paid remained at 87 Der cent, the same as in March." Praises Foreign Press Citations Los Angeles (IP) Dag Hammarskjold, secretary gen eral of ' the United Nations, Saturday praised the creation of the giennial Foreign Press Awards for foreign journal ists assigned to this country. In a letter to UCLA Chan cellor Raymond B. Allen Hammarskjold said the UCLA sponsored program helped to further international under standing by adding encour agement and recognition to news writers. The awards program, who also has received the approval of the California State As sembly, will honor foreign journalists at a banquet at the Beverly Hills hotel May 14. FRANK PERL iPx Why,flm: fef . A Asking Your f Support iijoy id MY REASONS ARE: 1. I am for keeping the dignity of the Funeral Profession. 2. I would cooperate 100 with the District Attorney, all Law Enforcement Officers, our Pathologist and the Medical Profession for any cases coming under juris diction of the Coroner's Office. All inquests and autopsies are authorized and ordered by the district attorney. 3. I am Qualified, Open Minded and Enthusiastic for filling this Responsible Office. I will work for the combined interests of the Five Mortuaries in Jackson County. 4. 5. I feel that after Sixteen years of , a One Firm Monopoly locally, it is time for a change. 6. I thank you for being a VOTE 29X FOR Frank Perl For Coroner Committee C M. Litwiller, Frank Morgan, Harold Snodgrass Co-Chairmen Paid Political Adv. Frank Perl. Better Than Other Groups " The Wall Street Journal found this to be editorially in teresting and commented: - There are a number of groups in the population that aren't doing as well as a year ago, but one of the largest groups of all is doing quite a bit better the farmers." The Journal calculates that farm prices as of last April 15 were about 10 per cent above April, 1957, while farm costs rose only 3 per cent in the same period. Politicians Doubt Whether Republican politi cians will be persuaded by the new Benson look remains to be seen. Republicans must contest this year's election against Democrats who would rely more on the taxpayers to hike farm prices. Some Re publicans have been demand ing that Benson be fired. They passed the word . to the White House that Benson must go if Republican candi dates are to have a reasonable chance to win. President Eis enhower has supported Ben son consistently with a deter mination which has dismayed the congressional politicos. They have acknowledged that Benson's departure would not much, if any, change ad ministration farm policies. What they want is to get rid of the man, regardless of future policies, on the theory that the farmers just don't like him, mistrust him and believe that Benson's sympa thies lie elsewhere. Improving changes in net farm income, however, may change all of that. Benson be lieves that it will do so. Remember Mom . Sunday, May 11 . -l nso your MOTHER'S AY CARDS from our complete selection 217 East Main Medford for County Coroner Fair Minded Voter. FRANK PERL Perl Funeral Home, Medford, Ore. OMtig JO
