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Medford and Jackson .County
History from the filer of TWe
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18. 1948 (Saturday)
Southern Oregon college in
ducts more than 200 freshmen
today.
The Oregon Medical society
convention ends today.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18. 1938 (Sunday)
Lester L. Lewis, govern
ment hunter, trapped a huge
timber wolf on Red moun
tain, the first in .Jackson
county in several years.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Fall
overcoats showed up in dis
play windows last week, and
the mercury promptly soared
to 99 and 100. Popcorn wag
ons have also started winter
operations."
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18. 1928 (Tuesday)
A local Red Cross drive has
begun to aid hurricane vic
tims, in Florida, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin islands.
Medford Business college
. opens fall term.
. 40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 18. 1918 (Wednesday)
People in Medford and
Jacksonville are up in arms
against S. S. Bullis' proposal
to halt operations of the rail
road between the two cities.
The Jackson county Red
Cross chapter has been desig
nated a collection center to
receive fruit pits and nut
shells which are used in the
manufacture of gas masks.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; fire or
six is good.
1. What is a drone airplane?
. 2. The names of eight States
of the U.S. begin with the
letter M; name them.
3. In which country was
gunpowder invented?
4. On what river is Stalin
grad? 3. Who wrote: "Oh, East is
East and West is West, and
never the twain shall meet"?
6. Into which ocean does
India extend?
7. What was the real name
of Stonewall Jackson?
8. Polio is an abbreviated
name for what disease?
9. The Audubon Society was
organized for what purpose?
10. Van Dyck was a por
trait painter, genre, or histor
ical painter?
Answers: 1.. One flown by
radio control. 2. Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Maryland. Missis
sippi, Missouri, Minnesota.
Montana, Michigan- 3. China.
4. Volga. 5. Rudyard Kipling.
6. Indian Ocean. 7. Thomas
Jonathan. 8. Poliomyelitis. 9.
Protection of bird life. 10. Por
trait painter.
Nixon Will Speak
In Portland Oct.' 3
Portland (IJPD Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon will
speak at a $49.50 plate din
ner at the Masonic Ballroom
here Friday Oct. 3.
Alan Green, Jr., chairman
of the Multnomah County Re
publican Central Committee,
said the balcony of the ball
room will be reserved for
high school and college stu
dents who will hear the vice
president but not have to pay
for the dinner.
Generalist vs. Specialist
"The world is so full of a number of things
I'm sure we should. all be as happy as kings."
So goes the old rhyme.
It IS full of things so many things it is im
possible to keeD un with them. No man. sadlv
can pretend any more to
all thje signiticant happenings in the world.
All he can do is straggle to keep abreast, if
i l n j j. i x. j . i
ne cares at au ; or w jusc
till 1 1
up with tnose in wnicn
ed.
pHOUGHTS of this nature are constantly in
the back of the mind of a conscientious news
paperman, for it is his job to try to bring as much
of the world to his readers as he can.
It is impossible to do the entire job. The best
that can. be done in the field of daily newspaper-
dom is to skim the cream off the top of the
news, hoping and trying
the most significant, the
most immediate that is
publication.
To complicate the job, the interests of more
of his readers are broadening.
THERE was a day and not too long ago, eith
er when a daily newspaper which chron
icled the political happenings of the day, the
accidents, and some of
tivities of mankind, could be said to have been
doing its job. Today that
Today people are interested in art, in science,
in the humanities. They want to know the whys
and wherefores of the news, as well as the whats,
wheres and whens.
This is all to the good. It bespeaks a more
literate and more thoughtful readership and citi
zenry.
But it complicates the
paper tries to be, all things to all men.
It makes it, in fact, an impossible job.
COME papers come closer to it than others. A
few of the really
and the Christian Science Monitor, which is in
a class by itself, devote much space to drama, art,
music, literature, science, education, government,
religion, sports, travel,
ing, business and finance, movies and television
virtually eveiy facet
" A smaller newspaper
this although it strives for a balanced coverage
of the important news in each field. But even
the big ones do not cover the field completely.
Nor can the "general" news magazines, even with
more time to select, condense and interpret.
As a result a host.
each of these subjects,
can newspapers or news
i
IN THE field of "general" news .alone, there is
a wide diversity of
Take, for example, the front page of last
night's Mail Tribune alone. There were stories
from Taipeh, Formosa, St. Louis, Mo., balem, ban
Francisco, United Nations, N.Y., Washington,
Portland, Jackson Lake, Wyo., Klamath Falls,
Detroit, Little Rock, Ark., and Atlantic City,
N.J., as well as 10 stories which originated in
Jackson county.
They dealt with such far-separated subjects
as the possibility of a U.N. seat for Red China,
to the agreement to end a strike by Ford Motor
Company workers, to a badly-needed new car
pet for the mayor's office in the city hall.
-
IT IS fun, and a challenge, to sift through the
thousands upon thousands of words . which
flow into a newspaper office each day, to weigh
and eliminate, to write and inquire, to check and
confirm, to report and discuss.
. But in today's world the "number of things"
have grown to such staggering proportions, it is
a task and a challenge which is never complete
ly fulfilled, nor can it ever be.
The "complete man" of the Renaissance the
expert in all fields of human knowledge is an.
impossibility. The scientist, the artist, oftentimes
the writer, is bound up and limited by his own
specialty, his own compartment of knowledge, in
which he may be an expert. But he is only an
outsider, a "layman," to the other specialists.
yHUS the problem of communication is compli-
cated.
1 Sometimes the nuclear physicist cannot talk
to the biologist except in general terms, despite
the fact that both are classified as scientists. The
artists sometimes fails to communicate with the
businessman and in the case of the abstract ex
pressionist, with the classicist.
Where, then, is the "generalist" as opposed to
the "specialist"? Where is the "universal man"
in whose ken the world's knowledge lies?
at
DERHAPS there never again can be such a uni-
versal person. But it appears to us to be the
job of the educated person, who is aware that the
world of ideas is fully as important, perhaps
more so, than the physical world, to make an
attempt to be a "generalist."
It can't be done fully and effectively, any
more than a "small town" paper can hope to
bring to its readers the full and exciting story of
what is going on in the world.
But the intelligent .layman can hope to skim
the cream, to keep at least a nodding acquaint
ance with the world, just as the smallest daily
paper contrives to bring to its readers what it
conceives to be the most important, significant,
immediate and interesting news each day.
Both tasks may be impossible. But, we repeat,
it's fun trying. E.A.
be fully informed about
go amp ana iry w Keep
."
ne is particularly interest
to make sure that it is
most interesting, the
obtained and selected for
the more spectacular ac
is not enough.
job of being, as a news
big metropolitan papers,
homemakmg and cook
of human endeavor.
cannot hope to equal
of magazines deal with
far more completely than
magazines.
subject matter.
Dennis the Menace
But if i oion't interrupt i'o
never set to sayawwag."
Matter of Fact
CHIANG SPEAKS OUT
Taipet, Formosa Sept. 15
Chiang Kai-shek today con
demned as "no solution" the
mrll .Cr' convoy sys
tem by which
the American
command here
hopes against
hope to break
the blockade
of Quemoy.
The Presi
dent - General
issimo prom-
icpH in Vi na-
Jnwnh ilknn
tient. But he added firmly
that if the blockade contin
ued, he would soon be forced
to order his air force to at
tack the Chinese Communist
artillery positions that are
now keeping the Quemoy
beaches under heavy fire.
Whether or no this strangest
war enters this new and much
more inflamed stage, will ap
parently depend upon the
first results of the Warsaw
talks.' The American policy
makers plan to seek an in
formal cease-fire at Warsaw.
If obtained, a cease-fire will
automatically... lift the artil
lery blockade of Quemoy.
The U. S. government has
therefore begged the President-Generalissimo
to wait
and see what happens when
the Warsaw talks begin.
While Chiang Kai-shek ex
pressed the sharpest distaste
for the Warsaw talks them
selves, he said he was willing
to wait because he "under
stood how important it was
for President Eisenhower to
prove to the world that he
was sparing no effort to pre
serve the peace." On the other
hand, Chiang Indicated " that
he could not wait very long.
YOUR people and ours are
working closely together
to improve the convoy sys
tem," he said. "The Americ
ans want to help us, and I am
grateful. But it is no solu
tion. You cannot supply 130,-
000 soldiers and civilians by
improving the convoy sys
tem, when all supplies have
to be landed on open beaches
under heavy fire. That is the
present problem at Quemoy:
"There's only one real so
lution to the problem to at
tack it at the source. It's hap
pened before. The last time
the Communists attempted a
really big artillery attack on
Quemoy was Sept. 3, 1954.
When we retaliated by at
tacking the Communist gun
positions with our .planes, ar
tillery attack on Quemoy was
stopped at once.
"In my opinion, the same
thing will happen again. Cer
tainly we are going to have
to do the same thing again if
the blockade continues. I can
not leave 130,000 of my peo
ple blockaded as they now
are, without using all my re
sources to retaliate and to
break the blockade."
THUS the President-General-.!
issimo confirmed his wide
ly suspected intention to take
the crucial step which almost
all the Chinese leaders wish
to take at once. The Com
munist air force has been im
mensely strengthened since-
1954. The American command
here does not agree that Na
tionalist air attacks on main
land targets will produce the
same result as in 1954. An
immediately widened and per
haps uncontainable war is the
result now forecast.
Yet one got the impression
that Chiang Kai-shek would
be hard to hold much longer.
He received me at one of his
unpretentious country re
treats, where he goes from
time to time to make his de
cisions in peace. Curiously
enough, he seemed younger
than he did on the last such
occasion, after the evacuation
of the Tachen Islands. Then
he looked ill, old and defeat
ed. Today, he was all firm
ness and serenity; the fine
head was finely born; the
slender figure was graceful
and erect: and ones- first
By Joseph Alsop
thought was, "How kind the
years have been to him!
The President - Generalis
simo's apparent serenity hard
ly arose from complete satis
faction with recent American
policy-maneuvers. When he
was asked about the mounting
and increasingly bitter criti
cism in the Chinese press of
the ineffectual convoy sys
tem and other American ac
tions, he replied shortly,
"Facts are facts." He then
added that he did not join
the criticism, ,because he un
derstood the difficulties of
President Eisenhower's posi
tion better than most people
here.
TN THIS matter of just what
to say about President Eis
enhower, indeed, the Presi
dent - Generalissimo seemed
much at ease than in the more
grave matter of what to do
about the Quemoy blockade.
It was evident that he had
been much disturbed by the
slight hint in the President's
speech of some sort of deal
with the Communists concern
ing the offshore islands and
by the subsequent interpre
tations of this hint in the
American press.
'.'I have read President Eis
enhower's speech," he said,
"Its spirit is firm. It takes a
clear and definite stand. I
cannot find in it any implica
tion of neutralization of or
demilitarization of Quemoy
and the Matsus. More than
once, indeed, the President
stated that he would not be
a party to any arrangement
which might prejudice the in
terests of his allv This should
leave no room for doubt.
"As to the resumption of
talks at Warsaw, it is a loss,
Yet I feel that the United
States, . with due regard for
its position, is only trying to
find a peaceful settlement.
This desire deserves under
standing, instead of opposi
tion or objection."
Again, the President-Gen
eralissimo said that anyone
who suspected President Eis
enhower of desiring neutraliz
ation or demilitarization of
Quemoy and the Matsus was
guilty of "misinterpretation
in fact, malicious conjecture
This is not only slanderous of
the President but also an in
sult to Chinese territorial sov
ereignty."
THERE were other such
strong assertions that the
American government cannot
possibly be thinking about
what several Washington cor
respondents have said the
government is thinking about.
They were no doubt intended
to serve warning, in a polite
way, that any attempt to
make a deal about the islands
in Warsaw will meet with
the most ferocious and de
termined opposition here.
Yet in the. context of the
local military situation, this
warning was. distinctly less
important than Chiang Kai-
shek's simpler military warn
ing of forthcoming air action
to break the Quemoy block
ade if the blockade is not soon
lifted.
"We can't. sit idly by and
let the Communists enforce
a tight blockade of Quemoy,"
he said. "We can't abandon
our people on the islands. For
the time being, we are exer
cising great self-restraint. We
have not attacked their gun
positions, supply lines and
coastal bases. But when and
if the critical moment comes,
we'll have no choice except
to exercise our 'right of self-
defense. And I firmly believe
that once we retaliate in force
in this manner, then the Com
munists will back down as
they did before."
(c) 1958 New York Herald
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From Red Cross
To the Editor: On behalf of
the Board.of Directors and the
membership of the American
Red Cross, we wish to thank
you very much for all the
help you and your staff gave
us in putting out our annual
report.
Your cooperation and pa
tience are much appreciated,
and we have received many
favorable comments on the
newspaper report.
(Mrs.) Helen A. Wilson
-' Executive Secretary
Jackson County Chapter
American Red Cross
Duncan's Reply
To the Editor: I have writ
ten the enclosed letter to the
indicated officials of the Re
publican party. You may con
sider it worthy of publication
in your communications col
umn. Robert B. Duncan
. State Representative
Medford
Mrs. Lester Adams, Chairman
Jackson County Republican -Womens
Club
Mr. Don Stathos, Chairman
Jackson County Republican
Central Committee '
Dear Mrs. Adams and
Mr. Stathos:
I have read with interest
the account in Tuesday's Mail
Tribune of the recent meeting
at which apparently my rec
ord as a legislator was the
main topic ' of discussion. I
am flattered to receive such
attention, and agree that any
candidate for reelection must
and should run on the record
which he has made. I am more
than willing to run on mine
as it is and not as it was said
to be at ybur meeting.
I assume that your group
is seeking accurate informa
tion on which the members
can decide which of the candi
dates will make the best rep
resentatives, and not seeking
merely to defeat an incumbent
at any price, simply because
he does not bear your party
label. In the interests of fair
ness, both to myself and to
your members, I ask that I be
permitted tQ- review my rec
ord before your women's club
at their next meeting, and
that comparable press cover
age be provided. .
Your favorable considera
tion of this request and early
reply will be appreciated.
Robert B. Duncan
Speaking Course
To the Editor: Men who
can think straight, speak
fearlessly and listen analyti
cally are needed as leaders
in every phase of life.
The Jackson Toastmasters
club, seeking to . aid in the
development of men for serv
ice to the nation and to their
own communities, takes pleas
ure in announcing a special
course in public speaking, to
start Sept. 29 and continue
for four weeks.
This is a short, comprehen
sive course on the fundamen
tals of speech,' designed to
give quick help to the inex
perienced speaker and to as
sist the man who has had
some training and experience
in speech. The instruction
will be given by members of
the club, who will base their
teaching on practical experi
ence, reinforced by careful
study.
The club meets at Dad's
Hideaway restaurant on Mon
day morning at 6:30 a.m. You
will find in the meeting a
group of representative men
of the community who will
welcome you as a fellow stu
dent. You will not be em
barrassed by being called
upon to speak before you are
ready, but you will have a
chance to talk when you
wish. Your participation as
a speaker will depend upon
your own wishes.
The cost of the course is
only the price of the break
fast. If further information is
desired, call Harold Soballe
at SPring 2-9126.
Jack V. Cummings,
Administrative
Vice President for
Jackson Toastmasters
Volunteers Bureau
, To the Editor: Why doesn't
some organization, group, or
individual with the welfare
of the community at heart,
set up a volunteers bureau
for Medford and Jackson
County?
Every meeting of every or
ganization I have attended in
recent days has stated an urg
ent need for volunteers to per
form various needed duties
and services. Without much
doubt, considering the num
ber of retired persons and the
number of newcomers in this
general area, the volunteers
exist but what is desperately
needed is a clearing house
where those willing to donate
time, and their individual ca
pacities and preferences for
work can be matched with the
existing needs.
Seems to me some group
like the Junior Service League
might undertake such a pro
ject and possibly either the
C. of C. or the Red Cross
might be willing to provide
office space.
How about a little editorial
izing on this vital subject? .
Grace N. Pearson,
' Route 2, Box 50,
Jacksonville.
Recreation Takes Work
To the Editor: It seems
everyone has forgotten or left
behind the problem of recrea
tion for the youngsters.
Mr. Bunn hit very close to
home. I'm sure he'll be glad
to learn that we have no such
problem here in Central
Point-there's Girl Scouts and
Boys, F.F.A., 4-H and church
organizations.
The fact that there are not
enough people to go around
for the children who want
to attend the first makes no
difference - our children are
much too busy with all these
things, right through the sum
mer, that they just wouldn't
care to have a swimming pool
or adjoining recreational
building. As for a skating rink
-how you do jest! Of course,
someone has bought land and
asked for annexation for po
lice, fire protection, which
was promptly turned down
by our city council.
There are not enough
mothers, fathers and others
who care about getting to
gether to start such a project
and ask for and get volunteer
help and labor.
People turned out to build
.a new gun club and other
communities have come to
gether and provided such fa
cilities, but, of course they
cared.
How about you, Mr. Bunn,
are you and others interested
enough to work at it or are
you going to let "George" do
it too? It will take willing,
hard-headed and soft hearted,
interested people to put it
over here, since we don't need
it and besides all the other
reasons I was given, the ex
tended school year will take
care of it. Now, I don't know
when that's going to be-but
it was interesting to find that
the P.T.A. just could not, un
der their rules, start or even
participate in such a project.
How many in Central Point
want this?
Let me know or your club,
lodge-what a project for vet
erans' club, Lions, just any!!
It can be done and many
are interested so far, just
voices in the wilderness. I
understand if one gets enough
voices together it can become
a choir.
Mrs. J. W. Stevens,
P.O. Box 966
Central Point.
That Registration Hassle
(Editor's note: The follow
ing is another in a series of
letters exchanged in recent
weeks between the chairmen
of the Democratic and Re
publican parties in Jackson
county, which have been
published as a matter of gen
eral public interest).
Mr. Don Stathos
220 South Central ave.
Medford
Dear Don:
In reply to your published
letter to me, our entire regis
tration team, as well as the
general public, are quite dis
appointed by your apparent
attitude on registration. We
had anticipated, especially be
cause you so claimed in a
front page story, that you
would put on a registration
drive this fall. It was your
object, according to your press
release, to reach every un
registered voter in Jackson
county by Oct. 4. i
To date, there has been no -
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass, FUNERAL DIRECTORS
DAY OR NIGHT PHONE SP 2-8030
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
LEADERSHIP AND
LITTLE ROCK
During the oral arguments
before the Supreme Court
several of the Justices put
searching but
friendly ques
t i o n s to Mr.
Richard C.
Butler, who
appeared as
attorney for
the Little
Rock School
Board. In
waiter these ques
LippmuD tions and in
Mr. Butler's answers we have
for the first time an official
definition of the real issue
posed by Gov. Fatibus. "This
conflict," said Mr. Butler,
"has resolved itself, as we
see it as a School Board, into
a head-on collision between
the Federal and state govern
ments." The conflict is not, as
the President has usually de
fined it, a collision between
mobs and the lawful authori
ties. There is no hope of re
solving the conflict unless the
real issue is correctly de
fined. The questioning which de
fined the issue was begun by
Mr. Justice Harlan. He said
that he had no reservations
about the good faith of the
School Board. He pointed out
that the School Board had in
augurated "a plan of integra
tion." He then asked Mr. But
ler whether the conflict had
not arisen by "the action of
the state . . . designed to frus
trate the good faith of the
School Board." Mr. Butler
agreed, saying that the School
Board which is "an arm of the
state government," has been
"ordered to do one thing by
one court, and by its employ
er .. . the state of Arkansas,
is ordered to do something
else."
Later on in the questions
by Mr. Justice Frankfurter
it came out, with Mr. Butler
agreeing, that the people of
Little Rock would have ac
quiesced in the School Board's
plan of integration, had the
authority of the state, mean
ing Gov. Faubus, not incited
and led the movement of re
sistance and defiance.
A YEAR ago, had Mr. Eis
enhower understood the
real issue, he would have
challenged the use by Gov.
appreciable activity on your
part. Could it be that Repub
lican service to the public is
limited to "lip service"?
On the tax issue, also men
tioned in your letter, you in
dicate dissatisfaction with
Oregon's tax program. Let
me point out that Governor
Holmes is the first Democrat
ic Governor in 20 years, and
the program you attack is a
result of 20 years of Republi
canism. Governor Holmes has
made one substantial change
-he has, with the help of a
Democratic House and in
spite of certain Republican
senators, lowered taxes an
average 20 per cent from the
1955 (Republican) level. He
is the first Governor with
the courage to call a special
session of the Legislature to
dispose of a surplus via a tax
cut, and this in spite of Re
publican politicians who first
criticized the idea as "im
prudent" arid then attempted
to embarrass the administra
tion in the special session
itself.
Not only do we need Bob
Holmes for another four
years, but a Democratic
House and Senate as well.
But for now-how about
your "massive" registration
drive?
Jim Redden, Chairman,
Democratic Party of
Jackson County - .
' 4. "
"We cannot tell the precise moment
when friendship is formed. As in filling
a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop
which makes it run over. So in a series of .
kindnesses there is at last one which
makes the heart run over."
' James Boswell.
m
Faubus of 'the Arkansas Na
tional Guard to prevent the
School Board from observing
the law. This act of defiance,:
backed by armed force, was
the real offense of Gov. Fau
bus distinguishing it from
all the other forms of resist
ance practiced in the South
ern states. '
rpHE country will , await
with great interest the full
opinion of the court. But, as
things stand now, there is
deep reason for thinking that
the national government is
not doing its full duty. An
honest and law-abiding School
Board in Little Rock is pre
vented by the Governor of
Arkansas from admitting a
few Negro children to a high
school. The Federal courts
say that these children should
be admitted. But the Federal
government does nothing as
the school year begins to
overcome the resistance of
the Governor, the Legislature,
and a majority of the white
voters? In despair, the School
Board asked for a breathing
spell, which is denied by the
Supreme Court. This leaves
the School Board under ob
ligations to admit the Negro
children and also under the
irresistible power of the state
government which forbids
their admission.
As Federal troops cannot
be used to open and operate
the schools that the Governor
has closed, the Federal gov
ernment is left with an unat
tractive prospect of law suits
to get the Supreme Court to
declare unconstitutional the
laws just recently enacted by
the Arkansas Legislature.
What makes this so unattrac
tive is that, having defied the
Supreme Court on the orig
inal issue, there is no Teason
to hope that Arkansas will
not also defy it on a subsidiary
decision.
THE fundamental vice of
the situation is that the
problem of enforcement, of
overcoming the resistance of
the Southern states, is not one
which can be handled success
fully by judicial decrees ad
dressed to local authorities.
The problem of the enforce
ment of a law requiring a"
great social change belongs
not to the courts alone but
to the legislative and execu
tive branches of. the govern
ment as well.
It is not possible for the
courts to direct and to pre
side over the negotiations
and the planning which are
necessary if the basic decree
is to be translated into con
crete action in the Southern
states. Integration, being a
Federal principle, is a Fed
eral responsibility, which can
not be left to the Federal
courts alone. The issue posed
by the defiance of Gov. Fau
bus is a challenge to Presi
dent Eisenhower, and as he
cannot crush the defiance
with force, he must negotiate
for a workable compromise.
That ought not to be im
possible. For there are inte
grated schools in Arkansas,
and in principle Arkansas is
not one of the states which
is opposed to integration as
such. At the same time, the
integration which was actu
ally proposed by the Little
Rock School Board, of some
nine Negro children among
2,000 whites, was merely . a
token integration. There is,
therefore, room to negotiate,
and what is lacking is serious
and resourceful leadership.
Copyright 1958. New York
Herald Tribune Inc. .
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