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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.
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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
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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.
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