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NATIOSAW aDITOftlAl Af I ASSOCfATffc.il 0 1 J KJ 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 June 11. 1948 (Friday) Northwest Electric Light and Power association opened a section meeting for per sonnel directors and safety men at the Rogue Valley Country club Wednesday. YeMerday's thunderstorm, which brought Considerable rain and a little hil, raised to 10 the numbtg of such ' storms ttfls se48o. C?0 YE&ftft ZQ (JunU, Jtif (f olfF) Q 8iniicr.e t .h fiiscov- rj S fconfs found 0 u&Se A ftouM n Portland v. Tsttij ftaj iocl uthor- itia. SJrom Arthur Perry Ye 1 Qiu$t fot column: "The pSlii fjvtt in 1h9 nation is tfcr too iHii Ibr A num Q9 b Selle democrats 089 : 3g9 3f. Iff (Madftf) af fWftoS c(fj cooking will be mostrate this week during the liail Trib- ; une-Southern Oregon Gas company free cooking school. , From 11 and personal column: "Due to the fact that half-year auto, licenses will : be issued at the sheriff's of- fice in less than two weeks, ' tenjjporary auto license sales ' haVe dropd." 40 YEARS AGO June 11, 1918 (Tuesda) The superintendent of Jack son county will hold extm i inations for applicants for : state certificates in Jgskson: " ville startingQjune 26. ! The Phoenix schools, which close Friday, plan to mke this day one of patriotic dtm ; onstration. boi's fair sevn, v tf it lht Cfe six i3(go. 1. Which ilnt in th Pt : cific are intaftifef ftf the . IridonesiarS? 2,OVhich c i not breed ofcat: Wlts, Mn, Dalmatian, ertin? 3. During "ftiW JI flraftees who -rera lliri4t trt re -fused bf th Army; true or false? 9- In tit Country is Nor manffp? ElyseB? fy. ont5 famous vigeyfirg m. Jttrttl? 7. Oich it largest in are: contirnti V- S- Brazil, or AugIiC? o . CSSo f!Vl offict in Pres ident frumjft's cgbint for less than tferAt ?ays? 9. Selme laferlof as Swedii0 linger, fctress, or author? o 10. Correct th following sentence, 'She said she was going and fcit her sister." AnsweQ: 1. 9l Apublic o Indonesig. Dlmtin (dog). 3.Ols. A Frnc. 5. Paris, FzancO ( mi slrt). 6. Naboxh. W. IrasiL 0. ten 'neth C. Royall. etary of War. 9. Aul 1. "tk aii ri he waoiujf r is- ir." - . Speculations A favorite indoor sport among those inter ested in things political is speculating what might happen to congressional districts as the result of the next census. . Oregon, after 1960, may well be due for a fifth congressman. If the population justifies si$ch action, and Congress approves it, it will be upf to the legislature to carve out a fifth district from the four now existing. If it refuses to do this somewhat ticklish task, Oregon can elect a "Congressman at large," representing the entire state. THIS procedure is unsatisfactory, and presum ably the legislature of 1961 will undertake the job. Oregon's population at present is slightly more than 1,700,000, according to the state fcoard of census. The four districts are as follows : First Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Co lumbia, Lincoln, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wash ington and Yamhill counties, estimated popu lation about 494,380. Second , Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, rant, Harney, Hood gth, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Uma tilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler counties, estimated population about 255,610. Third Multnomah county, estimated pop ulation about 525,890. Fourth Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Linn counties, population about 451,320. ' FOLLOWING the 1950 census, the average population of a congressional district was about 346,000, so it can be seen that in creating a new district, it would have to come from west of the Cascade mountain range. The second dis trict is by 'far the largest in area, but has by far the smallest population. The problem now comes how to go about reapportioning: the western Oregon counties to provide a fifth district, equitable division of population ; Multnomah county million population all to argue that it ought to at another congressman. county with a representative m congress all to itself, other less-populous counties can be counted upon to object. TF the first and fourth with a population (at present) of just under a million, and then divided into three districts, it could result in roughly equal districts of a little over 300,000 or not quite enough to make an average-sized district. What the legislature might do, of course, is to take Multnomah countv and add it to one or more of the "bedroom Portland (Clackamas and Washington, for in stance), for a total of around 700,000 or more, and then divide this into two districts, possibly cutting Portland in half with a district line in the process. This would result in two districts with roughly average populations. That would result in a below-average popula tion for the first district. But this could be reme died by taking one of the northernmost counties from the fourth district (perhaps Linn),, and making it a part of the old first district, thus mak ing them roughly equal in population. . A LL this is speculation. rr. .Congress might decide not to add to the membership of the house of representatives (now 435). Or it might decide not to allow another congressman for Oregon, on the" basis of pop ulation.' Or the legislature might forego the deli cate task of reapportioning congressional dis tricts. As we said, at present it's only an interesting indoor sport, speculating. E. A. Hotter, Colder, Windier... Over in Bend, the Rotary club recently took out rain insurance,' to 'care for their costs if their annual stock show barbecue was rained out. Well,' it was rained out. The football field where it was to be held was drenched. But at the weather bureau, just outside of town,. only .48 of an inch was recorded. not enough to qualify for the insurance payment, which was dependent on the official reading. In southern Oregon, where late-afternoon thundershowers are far from unusual during the late spring and summer months, this phenomenon is familiar. Only the other day, the, family homestead was drenched by several showers during the day, while the weather bureau at the airport recorded only a "trace" of precipitation for the day. .This is one of the things which sometimes leads to a sneaking distrust of the prophecies and records of the honest and hard-working meteor ologists. Another, of course, is faulty memory. THE Register-Guard in Eugene, commenting on the situation says : "When extremes of weather are discussed it is al , ways hotter, colder, windier, rainer and much more miserable 'in our part of town' than it was officially." . - And the Same is tin p. nf ennrsp. nf rn'stnripal patterns of weather, with the current flood, or thunderstorms, or hot spell, the "worst in "mem- Which onlv Droves short. E. A. River, Jefferson, Klam- to create a reasonably with more than half a itself, could justifiably least have a share ol But, since it is the only ' ' districts we're combined, counties" surrounding that mpmnrv nsnallv ic " " Dennis the Menace 1 MIGHT B&BAK MY 'Whipping For Budget Bureau By Congressional Quarterly Washington (CQ) The Bureau of the Budget, a tiny federal agency with only 450 employees, is fast becoming the favorite whipping boy of Congress. ) Every other department in the sprawling federal govern ment must submit its spend ing requests to Congress through the Budget Bureau. Even when Congress appro priates the money, it cannot be spent before Budget re leases it. That's where the trouble comes. The Budget Bureau sometimes has held back funds which Congress appro priated or permitted money to be spentf or purposes other than those designated by Con gress. This is "defeating and frus trating the will of Congress," says. Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D-La.). The Budget Bureau has become a "Frankenstein," according to , Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.)l Senate Major ity Leader Lyndon B. John son (D Tex.) claims the Bu reau acts "like a czar or dic tator." Flood has introduced a bill to abolish the Budget Bureau, set up 37 years ago as a small division of the Treasury de partment. Other bills would strip Budget of its powers to freeze appropriations. Debt Ceiling Cited Budget Bureau officials say they must exercise this pow er to prevent federal expendi tures from breaking through the debt ceiling set by v Con gress. Deputy Budget Direc tor Robert E. Merriam told a Congressional committee re cently that if the mail had not been delivered "for only two days in December, 1957, just the loss of those receipts alone would have run us over the top. That's how close we were." The main question behind this conflict is whether an ap propriations bill passed by Congress is simple authority to soend money or a directive to do so. Congressmen who say it is a directive claim that the Budget Bureau, by mv pounding funds, is exercising policy-making power which only Congress has. For example, there have been several complaints re cently from" Army, Navy and Air Force scientists that the Budget Bureau .has held up funds which Congress appror priated for space and mili tary research. A Congressional Creation Congress itself created the Budget Bureau in 1921 to pre pare the annual federal budg et. In 1939, it became part of Try and -By BENNETT CERF- REP. BROOKS HAYS tells visited by an old friend, district. "Heard about Tom S ?" asked the friend. "He's decided to run against you." "I'm not surprised," snapped the congressman. "What would you expect from a liar and a crook?" "Jim J 's also going to throw his hat in the ring," continued the friend. "Another scoundrel!" fumed the congressman. "Aw," said the friend, "I'm only kidding. S . and J- are two of your best friends, and asked to be remembered to you." "What a foul trick you played!" chided the congressman. "You've made me say unkind things about two of the sweetest, most upright men I've ever met in my life." - X considerate father of Ave decided to buy a dog and picked out a dachshund so ail the kids could pet him at once! . C by Bnntt Crt Distributed by Kin Tttlwt Syndicate. LBQ OR SCmtllH'. Boy' Role the Executive Office of the President. It has acquired enormous power since its in ception. Besides apportioning appropriations to various fed eral agencies, it can freeze funds for a variety of reasons. But its duties are not lim ited to handling of federal funds. The Budget Bureau determines, whether proposed or pending legislation is in accordance with the Presi dent's program. Both before and after legislation goes to Congress, the bureau reconv mends Presidential action on it. Its powers have become so sweeping, according to Sen. Dennis Chavez (D-N.M.), that "it is common knowledge most government agencies are scared green of the Budg et Bureau." The bureau, which operates in the old State Department building on Pennsylvania ave. next to the White House, has been accused of holding up funds for everything from flood levees to military instal lations. This, to many Con gressmen, looks suspiciously like the exercise of the "item veto" a right not conferred on the President by the Con stitution. Held Responsible Some Congressmen hold the Budget Bureau directly resoonsible for the ' Presi dent's successive vetoes of the rivers and harbors bills in the past two Congresses. Johnson said the Democratic Congress was not going to "allow a political Budget di rector" to tell it what proj ects to "pick out for authori zation." The federal government has as much trouble as any one else with inflation and ex pensive new equipment, espe cially the soaring costs of mis siles and space projects. More and more it is up to the Budg et Bureau to say "no" to not absolutely - essential federal expenditures. As a result, one Budget official told Congres sional Quarterly, "nobody loves us." Many Congressmen agree; they don't. (Copyright 1958, Congres ' sional Quarterly Inc.) BELONGS IN SPACE Huntsville, Ala. (UPI) Army Ordnance Missile com mand received a, letter Tues day fromvMike Dirks, a sixth grader in Spokane, Wash., suggesting William Freeman as just the person to be put aboard the first manned sat ellite. "I am sure he is some one who belongs in space," the youngster wrote of Free man, who is his teacher. Stop Me about a congressman who was just down from their home Communications Letter to the Editor mutt bear the name end address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use ot a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily repre sent the views of the paper, in tact the contrary is often the case. Vacation Reminder To the Editor: Enclosed is a reminder from the Ameri can Humane association that vacation time can be a sad time for our animal depend ents. If you can use it, surely it will help serve the purpose of prevention . of suffering. There has already been a lo cal case of a locked car, all windQws closed, and a dog left to suffocate on one of the hottest days becoming so des perate he Isroke the window and was badly cut on the glass. We again wish to express our appreciation for the kind cooperation which you have shown .us in the past. Andrew Hawver, President Southern Oregon Humane Society 2910 Table Rock rd. Medford Editor's note: Excerpts from the reminder follow: During the summer months millions of owners of pets will go on vacation. From the standpoint of the pet, this can be a period of disaster. If a dog or cat is to go along with the family, get a health certificate from your veteri narian. Some states require this. Take along feeding and drinking dishes. Never leave1 an animal in the car unless the windows are partly open. Park the car in a shady spot. Do not feed too heavily and don't feed while riding. Exercise your dog three or four times a day. Hot weather can be made bearable if you see that shade and plenty of cool water is available. If you are leaving your pet while you are away, there are good and bad boarding ken nels. Check into whether the dog will have a clean run and good care. A cage in some kennel is not enough.' Leav ing the pet in your yard and relying on a neighbor to feed and water is shirking your responsibility. In most cases your pet will not get the care it should have. He's Very Much Alive To the Editor: My family has been receiving letters, of condolence regarding my de mise as reported in your pa per in connection with an article covering the celebra tion of the 50th anniversary of the graduating class of Medford High school in 1908. Your report of my decease is premature for I am very much alive, and well remem ber the high school days in Medford. I live in Spokane, Wash, (except in summer time, when I live on this beautiful lake). I do not expect to pass out for some years. The per manent status of the grave is too much for my restless dis position. Percy L. Cochran Lower Twin Lakes Rathdrum, Ida. P.S. If you ever see Fred Strang, Jane and Fred Snedi cor, or Miss Warner or Bill Curry or Ruth Merrick or Blanch Wood, ' or Fannie Whitman or Dr. Eh.rhart, tell them I will be down in Med ford for the 75th anniversary. Sees Whipping Post - To the Editor: When and if they ever catch the culprits responsible for the reservoir episode and the shooting of pedestrians and the beating of innocent fishermen, . it is my opinion that they should be put into the Marines where they would receive the disci pline needed and wouldn't have time for any shenani gans. I imagine that the worst they will get wiU be the beau tiful juvenile home where they can enjoy the luxuries that even some of the taxpay ers can't afford. ' The U.S. Armed Forces turn down boys who have a police record and I think a lot of these petty offenses are done with the idea of acquir ing a record so they won't be drafted. Instead, the cream of Amer ican young men are taken who in case of wap will be killed off, leaving a bunch of criminals to propagate the fu ture generations. No wonder America is decaying from the core. I would like to see the pub lic whipping post restored. Mrs. Ray Doran Rt. 2, Box 257 Central Point The Golden Gate bridge is about 8,949 feet in length; 4,000 feet between towers; and it rises an average of 746 feet above the waters of the bay and outlet to the Pacific Any Conference in Near Future To Be Among Western Leaders By CHARLES M. McCANN UPI Foreign News Analyst It looks as if any "summit" conferences held within the next few months will be those between the big four West ern allied lead ers. This prospect could change, of course, espe cially if Soviet Russia gave evidence that i. n . Charles M. , Mecann icaujr vj nego tiate cold war issues, includ ing the reunification of Ger many, at an East-West confer ence of heads of government. It is just possible also that French Premier Charles de Gaulle and Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev might meet either in Paris or Mos cow. But right now, the pnly summit conferences in sight are a series of meetings of United States, British, French and West German leaders with De Gaulle as the central figure. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said, in discus sing the diplomatic situation with -the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee last week, that it was highly unlikely that an East-West summit meeting would be held this year. t Dulles Caused Little Stir Dulles' statement got little attention at the time. It runs counter to the view strongly expressed in all allied capitals that a summit conference this fall is almost certain. But the Dulles statement undoubtedly was a considered one. And Dulles is in such a strong po- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I reckon we'll have to talk about France today for at this moment in history France is the most significant coun try in the world so far as we are concerned. If the French come through this present crisis with flying colors that is to say, if they RETAIN .THEIR LIBERTIES and get back on their financial feet . the future will be brighter FOR US. "CiROM that standpoint, the news as this is written isn't too good. Sharp fighting has broken out again in Al geria. The French army reports that Moslem (in this case Arab) rebels have attacked IN FORCE at two points in the past two days. The places where they attacked are sig nificant. The clashes came near the borders of Morocco and Tunis. If you'll glance at your map, you'll note that Moroc co lies on one side of Algeria and Tunisia borders on Al geria's other side. The signifi cance of that lies in the fact that both Morocco and Tuni sia have recently secured their independence from France. And In Western Algeria . Moslem turned against Mos lem today. Terrorists staged two street attacks on MOS LEMS SUSPECTED OF AID ING THE FRENCH. IT LOOKS like SOMEBODY is egging the Moslems (Arabs) on to throw the French out of Algeria. If that happens, there will be trouble. The French won't give up Algeria without a last ditch fight. If there is a last ditch fight over Algeria we'll have to choose sides. We'll have to decide whether to back the French or the Arabs who are rebeUing against the French. WHO is the culprit that is " doing the egging on? As to that, the French (in fluenced, doubtless, by a fab ulous lady named- Pompa dour) have a -cynical wise crack to explain such situa tions. They shrug their shoul ders and mutter "Cherchez la f emme," which in their tongue means "look for the woman." In this case, I think, they'd better change their wisecrack to "cherchez les Russes" LOOK FOR THE RUSSIANS IN THE WOODPILE. OH, MY ACHING BACK Nov 1 Yon can get the fast relief yon need from nagging backache, headache and Dnieaiar ache and paint that often eanM ' restless nights and mlserabl tired-out feelings. 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Incidentally, British-American relatons are closer .than they have been for a number of years. ' Soon after he returns home, Macmillan is most likely to go to Paris to see De Gaulle. This meeting, too, will be most important. Macmillan will report to De Gaulle the results of his talks with Eisen hower. He also will be able to sound out De Gaulle on for eign policy and seek his atti tude on various issues, includ ing the East-West summi con ference, allied relations with Russia generally, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation. German-French Meeting Likely Next is likely to be a meet ing, probably in Paris, be tween De Gaulle and West Eisenhower Program Recalls Spending Of Other Presidents By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Washington (UPI) There is serious talk here of an $80 million spending program by President Eisenhower in the next fiscal year. For the old timers around the capital there is bemu sing self-reproach in-the mere thought of such spend ing. They can Lyie c. Wilson rem emDer more accurately, they cannot forget their urgent anxieties back there in the middle 30s when Franklin D. Roosevelt was taking off on his widely debated spending spree. Those big deficit-financed New Deal peactirrre budgets bobbed around between $6 and $8 billion with the tax payers bellowing their an guish as the bite became in creasingly sever e. Neither FDR nor Harry S. Truman, who succeeded him had much sympathy for the taxpayer, especially the big. taxpayer. Leastwise, both presidents sturdily opposed tax cut ideas originating with Republicans in Congress. It was not until Dwight D. Eisenhower reached the White House that a president fell in with congressional plans to whack taxes. That was in 1954 when both House and Senate as well as the White House were Republi can. The bellows of the an guished taxpayers continue, however, and are not likely to subside. No Magic Formula However good President Eisenhower's intentions have been toward cutting govern ment spending and further substantially easing the bur den on U.S. taxpayers, good intentions have not achieved the magic formula. On the contrary, the first Republican elected president in 24 years has the distinction of being the greatest tax gatherer in U.S. history. FDR was a piker by com parison and the Eisenhower take by the end of this fiscal year (June 30) will exceed even that of Harry Truman who, himself, was a tax col lector of note. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce, com piled the startling figures some time ago after study of the budget program under which government currently is operating. ; The chamber reported that for the 156 years spanning 1 -jlflSJ&W The Better Service ' Only lady assistant in Ashland Organist and Soloist (No charge) C. M. Litwiller Mrs. Litwiller has been our constant and competent helpmate for nearly 23 years. 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If Eisenhower did visit Lon- don, with the congressional election out of the way, it seems not inconceivable that Eisenhower, " Macmillan, De Gaulle and Adenauer might hold a summit conference in preparation for a later one with Russia. the administrations of George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt the"totl tax take of the U.S. government was $244 billion. Truman in seven years and nine months as president collected $342 bil lion. By tl end of this fiscal year after five years and six months in office, the chamber estimated the Eisenhower tax take would be $373 billion. The New Champ Truman was the champ un til the Republicans took over. Eisenhower's record most likely will fall before the tax collecting efforts of the pres ident who succeeds him, be he Democrat or Republican. Eisenhower took office pub licly committed to haul gov ernment spending down to the $60 billion level and to keep it there. Eisenhower couldn't do it. The cold war policies of Niki ta S. 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