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4 Tuesday, September 23, 195S I LI A II TDIBIIUC urncn mbe I ; MEDFORDtSWrWBUNI "Everyone In Southern Oregon Read The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-8141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR Managing Editor KARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women' Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. Daily and Sundayl year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mo. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $420. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point, Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c All Terms Cash In Advance bffieial Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full 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. 07 NEWSPAPEt .SSft . PUBLISHEIS - "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOC!rAtlN U KJ j jifyi J J IslUlilb 1111 I J M llHlill-llihl 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 Sept. 23. 1948 (Thursday) Wet weather this week has slowed or halted picking and packing operations at various local orchards. Gold Hill residents are to vote in November on a char ter amendment to re-designate the riverside recreation area near the bridge as a city park. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 23, 1938 (Friday) The Community Chest of Medford, Inc., opens head quarters at 125 East Main st. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The young lady who tried last week to starve out a cold failed owing to the cold not getting hungry." SO YEARS AGO Sept. 23, 1928 (Sunday) Helen Lesie, young British journalist and author, is visit ing Jackson county this week in search of local color. Klamath Falls' first model home, opened yesterday, fea tures a Medford woman's in terior decoration. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 23, 1918 (Monday) Several thousand people gathered to see the German war relics in box cars which passed through town and were on exhibit for lVfc hours. The proposed Big Butte project of the Medford Irriga tion district appears feasible, according to a consulting en gineer's report- ' What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five 01 she is good. 1. Name the U.S. Battle ship aboard which the Japan ese signed the surrender docu ments in Tokyo Bay at the close of W.W.II. 2. There are eight states .whose names begin with the letter "N"; can you name them all? 3. Which river in the U.S. .is sometimes referred to as 'the "Father of Waters?" 4. A person suffering from ! herpetophobia would fear . "snake eyes" on the dice, rep tiles, or snake plants? 5. An erudite person is a irude, learned, or uneducated, . individual? 6. Hoop snakes actually i curve themselves into hoops, taking the tail into the mouth and rolling along; true or false? . 7. Complete the Biblical quotation, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle ." , 8. What is the modern birthstone for September? 9. The first diplomat to represent the U.S. aboard was John A da m s, Benjamin Franklin, or John Jay? Name the author who wrote "Rip Van Winkle," and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Answers: U.S.S. Missouri. 2. Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey. New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota. 3. The Mississippi. 4. Reptiles, 5. A learned individual. 6 False. 7. "than for a rich man Jo enter into the kingdom of God." 8. .Sapphire. 9. Ben jamin Franklin. 10. Wash ingion Irving. "The "Pill To Prevent Pregnancy Said 100 Per Cent Effective" was a headline in this newspaper last week. The same story received coverage in other papers usually on the inside pages, which may well be where it belongs, at least until the "pill" is more fully tested. But if the claims for it prove correct if, in deed, it is 100 per cent effective in preventing pregnancy, and if it is as harmless as it appears, and if it can be brought down in cost if these things are true, the story' was one of major im portance. CCIENTISTS the world over who have studied the problem are agreed that human popula tion growth is one of the three or four most urgent threats facing the future peace and welfare of the human race. Some of them believe it is the No. 1 threat. The fact is that in some parts of the world India and China, notably population growth has outstripped the increase in food sources. And the growth of population in others, if unchecked, can lead only to famine and human suffering and their resultant desperate unrest. (In addition to the human factors, this is bound to increase the appeal of communism in these sensitive areas.) THE problem has never uuiiiui mcLiiy j ten o nao uttu uuiic auuuv it. India has attempted to increase her food pro duction, and has been somewhat successful, but not enough to keep up with the population. . India, Japan and Red China have, as a result, started population control plans rwhich is syn onymous with birth control. Other nations of the world have become con cerned, but in many cases religious or other moral scruples have prevented them from undertaking any effective programs. "The Pill," as such a hypothetical pregnancy control tablet has come to be called in laborator ies which have searched for it, promises to change all this. ' IF IT IS effective and cheap, it will provide a r relatively foolproof means of holding down population growth to manageable proportions.' But there is one additional significant thing about this type of control, and that is that it ap parently will by-pass religious objections. ' Dr. John Rock, the clinical professor emeritus of gynecology at Harvard University medical school, who announced the development, is him self a Roman Catholic the church which has had the greatest influence against "artificial" methods of birth control. He said, because of the nature of the chemical reactions involved, it does not come under the church's ban on contraceptives, and that the church has no objection to its use for this purpose. THE Roman Catholic church has, indeed, shown an iiivi tacuig tuiivcia uiu equalling jiujju- lations, and has sought for an answer which does not violate its own doctrines relative to the cre ation of new souls. These convergent lines the increased aware ness of the problem on the part of the govern ments most intimately involved at present, the in creased awareness of the problem by officials of the Catholic church, which exerts moral influence throughout the world, and the development of an answer (still experimental, but highly promising) these things give hope can be made in the solution of the ancient Mal- thusian riddle. - ' - IN THE western world Thomas Robert Malthus' teaching that population always outstrips food production, unless there are. certain "con trols" such as war, plague or f amine may have become outdated. But it is still very much in effect throughout Asia, much of Africa, and in parts- of South America. If "the pill" changes that, it will be a momen tous change, having implications in every phase of human endeavor. E.A. Litter at the Table Litter bags are useful things. Thanks to a local insurance agency, we now have one in our car a that hangs from the dashboard and find that it curbs the urge to toss naper and other "junk" out the window of the car. Ihe state, too encourages this campaign against "litter-bugs," by placing large barrels, painted green and marked for the disposal of lit ter, at prominent places MOW we have a suggestion let the restaurants 1 join the act. Most of them provide and matches, but it remains an unsolved problem what to do with the cellophane ends of cigarette packages, with used paper matchbooks, with paper wrappers for sugar lumps or for packaged loose sugar, with the cellophane wrappers of crackers, with used paper napkins, with empty milk cartons, with used covers and with all the menta which no one quite do with at a restaurant A "litter" container this momentous problem. 99 these areas, and in some been precisely ignored, that substantial progress small plastic container along the highways. ash trays for cigarettes straws and their paper other disposable impede seems to know what to table or counter. at each place would solve Pill E.A. Dennis the fbw coMBMyfoco isAums so iw slipped?' Matter of Fact "YES. MY DARLING DAUGHTER" . With the U.S. Seventh Fleet It is wonderfully comfort ing, to escape from the dank tangle of American policy in Taipei to the splendor and the power' of the strongest naval force that is now afloat. No matter how often you have seen it, the spectacle of a great -Iospb Alsnn. American fleet at sea is al ways breathtaking. The big grey warships, steaming for ward in their rigid formation that extends to the horizon, are at . once menacing and beautiful. Each launching of the huge carriers' fighters and bombers with the roar and steam of the catapults, is a moment of truth, even for the onlooker. Each swift home coming, with the sharp surge and check of the arresting wire, stirs the most, sluggish heart. THEN too, beyond the im mediate spectacle there is more, much more; for . the Seventh Fleet has a vast pano ply of other carriers and cruisers and lesser fighting ships and complex supporting forces that cover, the whole Western Pacific. And at every level,, from the grimy, bril-liant-shirted deck crews of the great "Midway ,!" to the wise, tough Adm. Wallace M. Beak ley aboard his missile-cruiser flagship, "Helena," the men of this fleet are ready for any task their government may give them. But it is just this point that the comfort of this superb spectacle begins to seep away. Thus far, in fact, the task the U.S. government has given the Seventh Fleet resembles the mother's injunction to her darling daughter: "Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water." It is not the water the Seventh Fleet has been asked to avoid, naturally. It is doing any of those things which might con ceivably accomplish the Sev enth Fleet's alleged mission to defend . Formosa's offshore islands. The result is a sense of frustration and aimless ness. THE Seventh Fleet and its leaders ' are not angrily hankering for a nuclear show down. Under the "bigger bang for a buck" systehi of defense planning, the fleet has been made heavily dependent on nuclear weapons. Yet the talk in the wardrooms and staff messes runs on the ways to break the artillery blockade of Quemoy without using nu clear ; weapons, and the con census is that the job can be done. All the fleet asks is a Try and -By BENNETT CERF- TOHN CAMERON SWAYZE tells about a time when he was J engaged to address a ladies' luncheon club on the subject of Chinese history and philosophy. He did his best, then asked the chairwoman, "Why did you ask me to make China my subject?" "We wanted the talk to be appropriate," was the explanation. "We are now going to serve a chow meia luncheon." ! At recess time on Mon day at school, young Wal ter's chum asked, "Was that girl's party on Saturday as good as you expected it to be?" "Was it!," echoed young Walter. "Boy, I ain't hungry jet.p A Bloomsbury bounder robbed a London bank recently In broad daylight Scotlatd Yard broadcast this description of him: 'The missing man is reputed to be about six feet tall and three thousand pounds short." 1358, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Menace By Joseph AIsop decision in Washington, either to do the job the President and Secretary Dulles have promised to do, or to end the empty charade of infirm firm ness and impotent power. The time should be soon when that decision must be taken, for the converging fac tors that will force a decision are very plainly visible, even out here in the wide blue of the sunlight Pacific. The word has just reached the fleet, of Peking's flat, public rejection of the informal cease-fire that would lift the Quemoy block ade. The only slender chance for a cease-fire was to everything possible to impress Peking with American force and res olution at the outset. Instead, for instance, Admiral Beakley got a Washington warning not to be "provocative," because he went into the first Quemoy convoy with a couple of cruisers and enough other force to make the convoy look unlike a tea party. So the chance for a cease-fire, if it ever existed, was thrown away. , IF THERE is to be no cease fire, then the Warsaw talks are meaningless, and there is nothing left that can put off the evil day except, perhaps, one of our government's strange parades before the United Nations. But the U. N. cannot defend Quemoy and the Matsus, any more than sea convoy by the Seventh Fleet's destroyers can break the artillery blockade of the beaches that is strangling Quemoy. In this fleet, : moreover, there are no illusions that Quemoy can be indefinitely defended by any variant of the convoy system, so long as all supplies must be landed on open beaches under heavy enemy fire. With courage, with ingenuity, and not with out heavy losses by the Chi nese, the tonnage of supplies may be considerably in creased. But the tonnage going in today is only a little more than is needed to feed the Quemoy garrison and people. There is no possibility of pro viding the garrison with real means to fight back against the attackers. Already the garrison cannot return the enemy's artUlery fire, because ammunition stocks are re duced to the reserve needed to repel a - possible enemy landing, and there are no re placements in sight. No mili tary position .on earth opuld be held forever on this bizarre system, and Quemoy certainly cannot be. SO THE rejection of a cease-fire means that there is no cheap, easy, compara tively painless way out. Mean while, there is the likelihood that before very long, Chiang Stop Me Sherman Adams Leaves Office With Heavy Heart in TV Publicity Bath By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI Correspondent Washington -DPD- Sherman Adams took his leave of Pres ident Eisenhower with a heavy heart. Probably no federal official in history ever left office in such a bright bath of public light as did Adams when he announced his resignation as the assistant to the President. He told his story Monday night over the combined fa cilities of all the big television and radio networks. k As his silver-topped head flashed across millions of screens and his voice echoed through countless loudspeak ers Adams seemed calm, col lected yet also dejected. His wife, Rachel, would not face the stares and questions of re porters at the broadcasting studios but stayed home alone with her television set turned on. Adams in 1952 was the shin ing lancer riding ' at Eisen hower's side in full tilt against Democratic corruption. Tele vision rode into office with them and became a permanent adjunct of the Presidency. Thus it may have been fit ting for the second most pow erful man of this administra tion to ride out on the same silvery beam that brought him to town. Adams' words of resigna- 'Small Army' of Lobbyists in Washington Grows During Year Washington The big busi ness of trying to influence Congress found no recession this year. Altogether, 180 newcomers joined the small army (3,696) of registered lobbyists who constitute the unofficial "Third House" of Congress. Like their predecessors, their workshops in the nation's capital range anywhere from plush, full-floor office suites to single rooms in converted town houses. Their interests are as nu? merous as the affairs of the United States the railroads, labor, the land of Sioux In dian tribes, natural gas, high er taxes, lower taxes, veter ans' affairs, "the Christian concept of the importance and value of the individual." You Kas-shek may abruptly send his air power to attack main land targets. For Chiang has only been holding his hand thus far, because the Amer ican government will have to make the grim choice: Either the President must use this magnificent Seventh Fleet to break the Quemoy blockade in earnest, without regard to consequences, or the President must break his own solemn promise to defend the offshore islands, with all the ugly consequences that this will produce, (c) 1958 New York Herald. Tribune Inc. Editorial Comment U.S. CODE FOR BOARDS In giving federal encour agement to regulation of bill boards along the projected in terstate highway system, Con gress directed the secretary of commerce to promulgate standards for control of road side signs. These have now been published and are com mendable.' Signs within "protected areas" i.e., within 660 feet of the edge of the right-of-way on both sides of controlled access sections of the system are to be limited to direc tional, historical or official notices, those offering sale or lease of abutting property, those advertising a roadside business, and those giving in formation about tourist facili ties. Much such commercial advertising is to be condensed on panels at strategically placed "informational sites." The regulations will have the force of law only in those states whose legislatures adopt them and thus qualify for the half of 1 per cent incentive payment approved by Con gress. The bonus for billboard regulation is calculated only on the mileage of those high ways the entire width of which was acquired subse quent to July 1, 1956; the reg ulations apply only to such new stretches, not to those that . have been merely wid ened or improved. The baU now passes to the Oregon Legislature. It can qualify for a greater share in federal funds by adopting the federal standards as law in this state. They are minimum standards only. The Legisla ture may wish to go beyond them in some particulars. Maryland, for example, has banned all commercial bill boards on limited-access high ways. Portland Oregonian. tion were frequently biting as he lashed out at his political tormentors. But the Presi dent's top adviser bore the markings of months of worry. The 59-year-old New Eng lander looked thinner than usual, drawn about the face and as serious as a mourner when he undertook his pain ful chore Monday night. The prelude to his highly unusual broadcast was as dif ficult as his exit. Adams was the leading Re publican proponent of integ rity in government, the au thor of frequent blasts at the Democrats for what he called their "mess" under the Tru man administration. Then last June, through the efforts of a congressional investi gating committee, Adams was un veiled as the recipient of gen erous gifts from Bernard Goldfine, the Boston tycoon who seemed to steep in hot water with the government. The committee attempted to show that while Adams was accepting favors from Gold fine, the presidential assistant also was letting government agencies know he was most interested in what was hap pening to cases involving his friend. Hot Political Potato . Adams became, a very warm political potato. GOP candi dates began to vie with each name it; there's a lobbyist for it.' Lobby Fees A talented lobbyist is a highly paid individual. Five figure salaries are common place and one often sees $50-an-hour" on the required reg istration papers. The term "lobby" is no longer a bad word and the . value of lob bies as important sources of research and information to background legislation has become recognized. To be sure, lobbies still exert them selves for special causes which may or may not be in the public interest. In the second session of the 85th Congress, which ended Aug. 24, 318 lobbyists regis tered 180 for the first time as required by the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946. It is impossible to say exact ly, or even approximately, how many persons there are engaged in the business of pressuring Congress at any one time. The Lobbying Act requires that all persons in tending to work for or against legislation register with Congres, but it does not say that, when a person quits lobbying, retires, dies or gets elected to Congress, he with draw his registration. 3,696 in All In the 13 years since the Lobbying Act was enacted, 5,124 lobby registrations have been filed -with Congress, However, many lobbyists reg istered two or more times, usually each time they are employed by a different or ganization. For example, for mer Senate Democratic Lead er Scott W. Lucas (D-Ill. 1939 51), now a partner in the Washington law firm of Lucas and Thomas, has personally accounted for 23 different registrations since leaving the Senate in 1951. A separate tally kept by Congressional Quarterly since 1946 shows that the 5,124 registrations actually represent only 3,696 different persons and groups: 3,127 in dividual lobbyists, 176 from law and public relations firms and 393 from organizations, such as labor unions, trade associations, veterans' groups and industrial firms. The 180 new registrations filed in 1958 included 137 individuals, 14 law and p.r. firms and 29 organizations. Ex-Congressmen Heeding the axiom, "It takes one to know one," sev eral legislative-minded busi ness firms hired former law makers to prevail upon their old colleagues in the House 'stop arm ms so tx cited ABOUT POLITICS AND OS SOMETHING ABOUT IT. GIVE A BUCK TO THE PARTY Of YOUR CMOICS ! Want to keep politics clean? DON'T PASS THE BUCK- give a buck to the party of your choice f FRAKE & SMITH Paint it Wallpaper other in demanding his depar ture from the White House. As the early autumn sha dows deepened in the north west suburbs of Washington where he lives, Adams drove up to Broadcast House, local headquarters of the Columbia Broadcasting System from where he was to speak for all networks Monday. He marched into the main studio and sat down behind a desk placed there for the oc casion. He stared gravely at the battery of cameras and a big clock ticking off the sec onds. Then he began in his resonant voice his story of why he decided he must re sign to avoid hurting the President or his party's chances at the polls this fall. He Drives Home His tale told, Adams quick ly bundled up his speech, said polite goodnights to the studio officials and pressed grimly through a horde of reporters. The man who once could strike terror into a govern ment agency simply by bark ing "This is Adams" into a telephone seemed sadder than strong as he walked out. . He plopped into the family station wagon and drove home to his rented house on the edge of Rock Creek Park where he and his wife had a peaceful, pleasant life until political enemies found out and Senate. Ex-Sen. Lucas registered as lobbyist for the World Commerce Corpora tion, a New York importing firm, ex-Rep. John J. O'Con nor (D-N.Y. 1923-39) used his influence on behalf of the Is- brandtsen Co., Inc., a New York shipping business, and John E. Lyle (D-Texas 1945 55) worked for the Shell Oil Co. Former Rep. Harold O. Lovre (R-S.D. 1949-57) lob bied for two organizations: the Chicago Mercantile Ex change and the Porter Broth ers Corporation, a mining company in Boise, Ida. Lobbyists' Interests Ihe railroad lobby was probably the best represented of the special interest groups in the second session of the 85th Congress. From January to August, 18 persons regis tered for' the Association of American Railroads and its member groups. They helped the railroads get a $700 mil lion Government-guaranteed loan among other benefits. Lobbyists' fees, which they are asked to report on their registration forms, varied greatly. A South Dakota law yer, M. Q. Sharpe, said he would be paid $350 a day "plus a contingent fee depend- end on success of work" from three tribes of Sioux Indians His work was to lobby for the passage of three bills which would authorize the Govern ment to buy up Indian land needed for the construction of two dams on the Missouri river. All three bills were enacted into law. One lobbyist said he worked for no one and would receive no financial compensation for his efforts. Harry L. King man, who pitched for the New York Yankees in 1914 and la ter coached at the University of California, said his purpose in lobbying was to preserve "the Christian concept of the importance and value of the individual." (c) Congressional Quarterly Newport, R.I. -fflPD- Presi dent Eisenhower has ordered imports of lead and zinc lim ited to four-fifths of the an nual average during the per iod, 1953-57. Counsel With Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOUY ST. the oriental rug on their liv ing room floor came from Goldfine. It was almost dark. Rachel, working in the kitchen after the broadcast with a white sweater thrown over the shoulders of her blue linen dress, closed the window cur tains. Adams pulled into the garage and tried to haul down his sliding door but it wouldn't work. He looked meditatively for a moment at photographers and reporters clustered in the street. Then he went inside to share the dinner prepared by his wife to share in plan ning a new life. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion H permissible. The Mali 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. Thanks From Council . To the Editor: Jackson Council of the Blind is very grateful to the Medford Mail Tribune for the space given to us, not only for the bake . sale held recently, but throughout tne year. We real ly appreciate your coopera tion and helpfulness. We thank the general pub lie for patronizing our sale, the radio stations for the an-'" nouncements made through out the year, and KBES-TV for time given us. A special thank-you to the corps of Grey Ladies for the transportation provided our members to meetings and the other events of our group. Many of our members could, not attend if this transporta tion were not provided. . , Again a hearty thank-you to all of you. John Ragsdale, President Jackson Council of the Blind 22 West Jackson st. Medford Gravity To the Editor: We were very much intrigued by the editorial, "A Problem of Gravity." Gravity is defined as one of nature's phenomena that any two material parti cles or bodies if free to move will be accelerated toward each other. That seems to be only one of the inherent qual ities of gravity In general. It is our beliefe that sus pended animation in a physi cal life has experienced . the absence of gravitational pull. Take for instance, when one is in the dream world of hav ing the sensation of floating in space. There will probably be some unusual discoveries made in the field of gravity when man enters outer space. So far as known there are in exorable laws of cause and effect, all related to : the in visible realm of creation. Bert Kissinger -520 Boardman st. Medford No Hypnotism To the Editor: I am reading and hearing , quite -r a little about doctors using hypno tism to help cure people. I think we should not let anybody control our minds except God- - Through Him we can have that peace that surpasses all understanding. (Name on File) Medford Husbands! Wives! Get Pep,Vim; Feel Younger Thousands of couplet are weak, worn-out, -exhausted because body lacks iron. For new younger reeling atter 4U, try ustrez ionic -Tablets. Contain iron for new pep, vim ; phis high-potency dose Vitamin Bi. In a tingle day, Oitrex supplies as much iron as 16 doz. raw oysters, 4 lbs. of liver, 16 lbs. of beef. 3-day '(jet-acquainted" size only 69f Or . get Ecooomy size, save 1 .67. All druggists. 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