4 Tuesday, October 21, 1958
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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
Oct. 21. 1948 (Thursday)
Medford's city park swim
ming pool is "90 per cent
complete."
Street crews begin grading
Hawthorne ave. between Jack
son and Main sts.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 21. 1938 (Friday)
The Reese Creek school
has installed WPA sanitary
toilets.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "WPA
investigators discover Oregon
has the same climate as
Monte Carlo, site of the
world's largest gambling
hell."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 21. 1928 (Sunday)
Harmonica bands are be
coming quite a fad in local
schools.
The Ludlum gold dredge in
Foots Creek is rapidly becom
ing a tourist attraction.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 21. 1918 (Monday)
Manager Percy of the Ri
alto theater takes advantage
nf the flu-eDidemic ban on
public gatherings to overhaul i
his picture projection equip
ment. Final tally for the liberty
loan bond drive's subscrip
tions here appears to be $325
thousand, more than $26 thou
sand more than the quota.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er,. ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; fivo of
sis is good.
1. Pure gold is 20, 24, or
28, carats fine?
2. How many squares are
there on a checkerboard?
3. The name of which state
capital is the same as that of
a mythical bird?
4. Babe Ruth's nome-run
record for a single was 56, 58,
or 60?
5. Name the radio song
stress who introduced Irving
Berlin's "God Bless America."
6. Identify the American
traitor who, during the Amer
ican Revolutionary War, tried
to send the plans of West
Point to the British.
8. Korea is a peninsula ex
tending 600 miles southward
from Manchuria between the
Yellow sea and the Sea of
'
9. Does a sonnet consist of
12, 14, or 16 lines?
10. "Mrs. O'Leary's cow"
allegedly started a fire that
virtually destroyed what city?
1. 24. 2. 64. 3. (Phoenix)
Ariiona. 4. 60 (1927 season).
5. Kale Smith. 6. Mist-like
rain. 7. Benedict Arnold. 8.
Sea of Japan. 9. 14 lines. 10.
Chicago. 111.
HUNGRY HORSE
New York-l!PD-Came lunch
time and the horse hauling
a junk wagon got hungry.
Edward Kaplan of Irvington,
N.J., walked up to his 1958
convertible to find the horse
biting the car trunk.
KING-SIZED LOOT
London -OJPI) Thieves who
hijacked a truck have king
sized loot on their hands. The
truck contained men's cloth
ing that, included trousers
with 56-inch waistlines and
size 60 coats.
" Can Do
In the musical, "Annie Get Your Gun," there
is a song, part of which goes as follows :
"Anything you can do I can do better,
"I can do anything better than you ..."
Up to this point, this would well serve as the
theme song for the campaigns of the opposing
candidates for governor of Oregon.
No great issues have developed, and the cam
paign has not been marked by any amount of edi
fying debate. (One Oregon editor referred to it,
graphically, as a "snarling match.") Some obser
vers go as far as to think that Bob Holmes is the
Democratic Tweedle-Dee to Mark Hatfield's Re
publican Dweedle-Dum.
A
B
men are relatively young, both are per
sonable and presentable, both have a con
siderable following, both are "liberal minded" on
most issues, both are qualified for public office
both through temperament and experience.
The two do differ in their positions on some
questions. And while such differences are ger
mane to the campaign, none of them are of any
earth-shaking import.
Their positions on the important issues tax
ation, power development, attraction of indust
rial payrolls to the state, and so on are general
ly similar if not identical.
DUT a choice must be made by voters.
Our vote will go to Governor Holmes.
First let it be admitted that Bob Holmes has
made mistakes during his first two years as gov
ernor. He has alienated quite a number of peo
ple, some of them politically powerful.
But there is an old saying, which has much of
truth to it, that the only man who makes mistakes
is the man who does something. And Bob Holmes
has done things. "
He has been vigorous and decisive, and while
some of his decisions we believe to have been
the wrong ones, he must be given credit for being
willing to stick his neck out.
V
GENERALLY speaking, his appointments have
been excellent. He has called on many top
flight people to staff the boards and commissions
of the state (sometimes, it is true, at the cost of
replacing equally well-qualified men whose
terms had expired.)
He has not hesitated to speak out on almost
any given subject, and has provided a4eadership
in the executive department that gives the feeling
that things are getting done.
All in all, we believe he has earned the right
to a full term in the governor's office. He has
grown as governor, and we feel that a four-year
term would give him the chance to accomplish
the things which in the past two years have just
gotten under way.
AS FOR Mark Hatfield, he is still a young man,
. and has many productive years ahead of
him. If defeated, he still "will have two years
more to serve as secretary of state. He, too, will
continue to grow.
In sum, and by-passing the "snarling match"
campaign, the contest is not lweedle-Dum vs.
Tweedle-Dee. It is a vigorous, ambitious and ac
tive governor, only now well started on his pro
gram, on one hand, and an ambitious and able
secretary of state on the other.
Bob Holmes deserves reelection. E.A.
The Samaritans
An attractive, gray-haired woman came in to
the office one day recently to discuss what was
to her a matter of importance and concern.
She had recently lost a son in a tragic acci
r?fnt. (she was in careful control of herself, but
her eyes betrayed the
the role of the many people who nad come to ner
airl whprrslip needed them, although thev had no
personal connection with
"I AM tiying to thank every one of .them," she
said "but that isn't enousrh. Peonle should
know how kind, how understanding these people
were, when they really didn't have any reason
to be. Thev helped, iust because another human
being needed help."
In particular she mentioned tnose wno went
far beyond the usual call of duty in helping to
locate relatives (some of them were on a hunt
ing trip) all over the Pacific coast.
Telephone operators, iorest service employ
es stntp nnlipp. reeentionists and announcers
at the TV and radio stations, and those employed
- -. . n i -i
at other business establishments an aia iar
more than they needed to in the ordinary course
of events.
WTE agreed with this
from her grief to make it known how much
she appreciated the humanity of humans.
There are good people in the world. There
are kind people. There are people who will do
anything they can to help another in need.
And perhaps it is well for us to be reminded
of this, from time to time,
with the sorrow-shocked
We see too much of
and sometimes tend to
nature of man to be kind.
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shock she still felt) and
either her or her son.
woman, who took time
as the attractive woman
eyes-reminded us.
man's inhumanity to man,
forget that it is also the
E. A.
Anything...
GlNA GIVES ME A PAIN MTH 7HAT 'ARRVEDgRCf STUFF 1
Washington Report
By William
BIPARTISANSHIP
Washington A half-dozen
high-level arguments involv
ing the Con
g r e s s ional
campaign-and
thousands of
little ones
across the
country are
going on about
some thing
called bipar
tisanship in
foreign policy.
Some persons are accused
of - breaking bipartisanship.
Some are declared to be sup
porting it. But not every
body is talking about bipar
tisanship is making very plain
sense. So the public is hardly
in position to decide who is
guilty of what, because it can
have no very definite idea of
what bipartisanship is and is
not.
Here is a volunteer effort,
by an eye-and-ear witness to
the development of the con
cept, to clear away at least
some of the confusion. First
of all, "bipartisanship" is a
product of sloganeering,
though intended to express a
noble ideal. And, like all such
products, it is highly elastic,
if not actually rubbery.
-
THE term began to be large
ly used about the time the
late Senator Arthur H. Van
denberg of Michigan under
went a great conversion to
ward the close of World War
II. "Van" had been a power
ful isolationist; now he be
came a powerful internation
alist. He preferred the term "un
partisan." By this he meant
to suggest that in high and
urgent foreign matters there
should be no jiartisanship at
all that is, no fishing about
for the sole purpose of domes
tic political gain. Somehow
"unpartisanship" never caught
on; people preferred the more
woolly prefix bi.
At all events, the original
unpartisans who are the vet
eran bipartisans of today
meant then, and mean now,
these things:
1. That it is impermissibly
petty and bush-league and
dangerous for politicians to
set up endless howls designed
simply to harass any admin
istration in its conduct of this
country's business abroad.
2. That the party in op
position to the White House
and indeed individual mem
bers of the Whit House party
itself if they so choose has,
however, a right and duty to
criticize. The line drawn is
about this: criticize anything
and everything, yes; but only
up to the point where it is
obvious to any sensible man
that you will enjure the coun
try itself abroad if you go
any further.
HUS it is fair and desirable
THU
to
House in foreign policy so
long as that policy is simply
in preparation and so subject
to change if debate shows it
to be unwise. But it is neither
fair nor desirable, to carry on
these attacks once this coun
try is finally involved and
committed to a grave course,
even an unwise one.
Bipartisanship does not
mean, and never did mean,
that the 'opposition has no
right at any point to pick
holes and at some points
violently to pick them. It only
means that the opposition has
a duty to show some respon
sibility and some .common
sense. When an administration is
only preparing a policy it is
only that administration's pol
icy. But when it has actually
made the policy and pledged
the country's honor and inter
est to it abroad in genuine
crisis and not mere academic
matters everybody in public
life will go along if he is a
real ' bipartisan.
.-
TRUE, this puts critics on a
thin diet and especially if
S. White
they honestly believe the pol
icy to be disastrous. All the
same, by this point it is no
longer an administration's
policy. It is then the declared
policy of the United States of
America since we really can
have only one President at a
time. And, anyhow, the critics
will later have their chance.
Once the national crisis has
passed they will have oppor
tunity to turn out the admin
istration for what it has poor
ly done.
Thus, it is easirer to il
lustrate what is not bipartisan
ship than what is. Here are
three examples of grave
bipartisanship:
(1) The almost general Re
publican attacks on the Kor
ean War while the guns were
still going. (2) The far less
severe and far less general
Democratic attacks on Mr.
Eisenhower's dispatch of
troops to the Middle East
attacks that went onv after the
troops had landed. (3) Such
of those recent assaults on
Mr. Eisenhower's Formosa
policy as offered no construc
tive proposal and simply im
plied to the world that we
might not stand with him if,
right or wrong, he got into
war.
Editorial Comment
DIRTY, HARMFUL
POLITICS
Events, with a bit of behind-the-scenes
boost, have
conspired to give a public im
pression that Oregon's driver
improvement division is a
lousy outfit.
Two legislators, both with
personal, selfish motives, have
attacked it.' A confused fellow
from Portland has been pa
rading around the state with
a sandwich board attacking
it, The well-publicized hear
ing for a rebellious state po
liceman has cast indirect
doubts about the division.
Broad, all-encompassing state
ments have been made by po
litical candidates about the
division's parent department.
Although much of this has
been done by disenchanted
Democrats, a good part of it
has been helped along by Re
publicans who hope it will
reflect on Gov. Robert
Holmes.
This is dirty politics. Po
litical victory isn't worth des
truction of a necessary func
tion. Republicans, if they win,
just might have a tough time
controlling highway safety
with a division which might
remain discredited in public
eyes for some time to come.
We hope party loyalists
will lay off and that Mark
Hatfield will stop sitting back
and watching the slaughter.
We presume he's for traffic
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF
AFTER SAMPLING his wife's cooking, hubby was in any
thing but a happy frame of mind when his spouse sug
gested, "Let's go see a horror movie tonight."
"Why bather," asked her
darling, grimly,
have you here?"
"when I
John Straley tells of a
German couple who had 14
daughters, all of whose
names began with a "B" ex
cept the very youngest
They named her Alice. "Run
out yof names beginning with
"B?" smiled the census
taker.
"Ach, no," sighed the
mother, "but when they told
Papa it was still another
girl he cried, Das ist alles."
Walter Fontaine defclares, "Middle age is that time of life when a
fellow looks back and realizes the mountain he's been climbing is
only a molehill."
. -
George S. Kaufman's definition of grand opera: "First, the tenor
sings, then he gets stabbed. Whereupon, instead of bleeding, he sings
i half hour more."
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
saper; in fact the contrary I? often the ce.
Alcohol Cost, Damage
To the Editor: The follow
ing information is from the
Quarterly Journal of Alcohol
Studies, June, 1958:
1957 U. S. expenditures for
alcoholic beverages, $10,700,
000,000. 1957 U. S. per capita ex
penditures for alcoholic bev
erages, $62.82.
1956 estimated number of
alcoholics m U.S.A.: Males,
4,243,000; females, 772,000;
total, 5,015,000.
Would you use this infor
mation in the Mail Tribune?
If the American people were
thoroughly informed as to the
cost of and the damage done
by alcoholic beverages, more
would be done to limit its use,
thereby lifting many to a
higher plane of living.
It is certainly disappoint
ing that your policy is to car
ry alcoholic beverage ads
when the use of it is so harm
ful as well as being costly.
Mrs. Milton Kornstad,
408 North Ivy St.
Medford
Hits M-T. Porter
To the Editor: The politi
cally slanted comments which
have appeared recently in the
Medford Mail Tribune editor
ial column seem to be written
as spur of the moment fillers
of space rather than studied
editorials.
The first noticed made ref
erence to the qualifications of
Democratic candidates. Im
mediately thereafter an' im
portant county position to be
filled was changed on the
Democratic ticket.
In the past Sunday's paper
was another such editorial,
headed "Piffling Charges."
This was run most appropri
ately at the same time a letter
from the present Congress
man, Porter, was printed.
From Mr. Porter's letter I
quote one sentence which
shows the character of anoth
er Democratic candidate.
Mr. Porter said, "What I
had meant to tell you, and no
doubt did in an ambiguous
fashion, was that had the bill
as it was then come up for a
vote I would have voted
against it."
Confusing? In the diction
ary ambiguity is defined: "1,
vagueness; indefiniteness; un
certainty; s2, an expression
whose meaning can be taken
in two or more ways."
Many of the voters in this
district, Independents, Demo
crats, and Republicans, want
a man to represent them in
Washington who is not vague,
safety, but we haven't heard
him say it.
And the whole fracas is
hitting below the belt. We'd
be remiss if we didn't defend
the outfit because we have
been perhaps the foremost
editorial voice in urging the
tougher program now being
followed.
The division is manned by
largely the same career peo
ple - despite a reorganization
- with substantially the same
procedures as evolved under
Republican administrations.
The only principal change
is one of degree. The point
system, whereby a driver ac
cumulates points for accidents
and citations, is the same. But
rather than being called in
"after 12 points" a driver is
called in "at 12 points." The
difference of one point nearly
doubles the number of driv
ers who are interviewed and
greatly increases the number
who lose their licenses for
short periods.
These are people who are
repeating, flagrant offenders
- the people who can and do
kill.
Smearing the driver . im
provement 'division is one
means that doesn't justify the
political ends.-Capital Jour
nal, Salem.
not uncertain not idefinite,
not given to making state
ments whose meaning can be
taken in two or more wavs.
The voters want a man with
ability. The Congressional rec
ord shows Porter introduced
756 bills. Only one passed.
Most voters, no matter what
their party affiliation, are
loyal to our country. Porter
is working for trade with
Communist "Red China; work
ing for United Nations recog
nition of Red China.
We voters want a reliable
man. One who means what
he says, and says it in a way
that holds no misunderstand
ing for any man. That is why
many Independents, Republi
cans and Democrats intend to
vote for Paul Geddes for Con
gressman. We want a man
who will represent the people,
not somone who owes his
stay in office to political boss
es. . .
Read "Hoffa's Unholy Al
liance," Readers Digest, Oct.
1958 also page 43, Readers
Digest, Nov. 1958.
Mrs. Catherine Gribble Lynch
130 Kenwood ave.
Medford.
Mrs. Hopkins' Reply
. To the Editor: In reply to
my opponent's communica
tion in the Oct. 19 Mail Trib
une, indicating a ' "Sept. 24"
"news release" was "mislead
ing," I would be more im
pressed with the sincerity of
his concern in the matter had
he called the "misleading"
"release" to my attention the
day he "read it '- with inter
est." Instead, he has treas
ured it for one month in an
attempt to gain political rec
ignition for his astute dis
covery.
I have not received the let
ter; however, I wish to com
mend him for his expressed
desire to cooperate with me
in encouraging "maximum
participation at the1 polls on
Nov. 4th."
For the Record:
1. Voters who have doubts
about their eligibility should
contact the county clerk at
once. It is the elector's per
sonal responsibility, to keep
his registration record up to
date.
2. An elector who moves
within his precinct or whose
address is changed by official
authority, though the resi
dence remains the same, is
entiUed to vote without re
registering. . He will be chal
lenged if the poll book ad-
address does" not correspond
The old- address must be
crossed out, the new address
written in, before he may
sign the poll book and re
ceive his ballot. (Signature
certifies correct address). It
would have simplified the
voting process had the voter
re-registered as suggested.
3. An elector who moves
to a new precinct .when regis
tration is closed may secure
"Certificate of Registration"
from county clerk, entitling
him to vote in new precinct
for all candidates and meas
ures. He must re-register for
next election.
4. An elector who moves
out of precinct prior to close
of registration, who does not
re-register but whose name
has not been removed from
the poll book for non-voting,
may return to his former pre
cinct, sign an application for
reregistration, receive an offi
cial ballot on which he is en
titled to vote for state and
district candidates and meas
ures only.
Yours for a nice clean cam
paign free of misleading ac
cusations.
Bereth P. Hopkins,
, County Clerk,
Candidate for
... Re-election
Another View
To the Editor: In regard to
the editorial. of Friday, Oct
17, you were quite correct in
saying no one would argue
about the equality of Negroes
and whites -that is no one
with any sense at all. How
ever, your reference to a par
ticular individual in a partic
ular place, I feel, was ex
tremely narrow-minded and
one sided.
I have lived in the south
and around Negroes all of my
life, until four years ago, and
have made recent trips back
to visit my family.
Yes, sorfe Negro schools are
a shame 'and a disgrace, not
only to their race but to all
of us as well. But for every
shabby, ill-staffed school for
Negroes, you will find at least
one of the same for white
children.
When you meet one bum
Husbands! Wives!
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Roscoe Drummond
Reports...
(Drummond is substituting for. Walter LIppmann,
during the Iatter's trip to Russia.) -
DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT RISING CRIME
Washington - With major
crimes mounting yearly one
such - crime for every sixty
persons-in 1958 - Attorney
General William P. Rogers
answers questions on what
the Federal government can
and is doing about it:
QUESTION - What is the
Federal government doing for
its part in better law enforce
ment and in setting a stand
ard which win help state and
local communities to do a
better job on their part?
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ROGERS - Traditionally the
FBI has cooperated and aided
state and 'local law enforce
ment agencies throughout the
country. The FBI's vast fing
erprint identification files
and its scientific laboratory
facilities are called into play
daily by local and state police
officials to aid. them in local
law enforcement. This service
is rendered without cost. In
addition, the FBI conducts
training of local police at the
FBI academy, as well as par
ticipating in local and regional
police schools. On a national
level, the Department of Jus
tice has launched a drive to
combat the overlords of or
ganized crime operating on an
interstate basis. This drive
will focus its efforts on the
top 100 hoodlums of the1 coun
try. The program will be a
joint effort, combining the re
sources of all Federal invest
igative and law enforcement
agencies against the racketeer
ing fraternity.
QUESTION - Why is it vi
tal to get at the 100 top racke
teers and cut down the suc
cess 1 of the overlords of
crime?
ROGERS - The figure of
100 is, of course, arbitrary and
has only been selected for
purpose of concentration. If
we can reach these top over
lords we can cripple their en
tire operations. It is the opera
tion of these top leaders that
is most difficult for state and
local law enforcement agen-
with a chip on his shoulder
who thinks the world owes
him a living and lives accord
ingly, do you automatically
consider him. to be the exam
ple of all men? -
As far as Negro children
and teachers being doomed,' I
find that hard to believe. No
Negro is doomed unless he
wants to be, just, as a white
person is doomed, unless he
works to get ahead. Too many
Negroes, southern ones at
that, have proven that.
I feel your editorial is an
example of the way most (not
all) people in this area feel
about this particular problem.
It is easy to teU someone else
how to improve and correct
their faults when, having nev
er had the problem, you don't
know what you are talking
about.
- Anne J. McKibben
3672 Bursell rd. '
Central Point
No Slight Intended!
To the Editor: Since publi
cation of a certain picture on
the front page'of yoyr Sunday
edition, several of my friends
have asked me why I failed to
attend the Candidates' Fair. I
assured them, and would like
to take this occasion to assure
others," that I was there.
They need not be concern
ed about the apparent slight
by the Mail Tribune. While
my opponents, shown in the
picture, sat glumly in the
"corral" talking to each other,
I was pleasantly engaged in
meeting and talking with the
voters. - ,
." Roy Wilkes
City Council Candidate
Ward 1
1863 Crater Lake ave.
Medford.
Counsel With . . .
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
cies to reach. They are the
directors, schemers and or
ganizers who do not confine
their activities to any one
state or locale. The interstate
character of their operations
makes them prime targets for
Federal concern.
QUESTION - Isn't it far
easier to identify these top
racketeers and put them out
of business?
ROGERS - By publicly
identifying these individuals
they would be forewarned
and might be able t0 sustain -a
claim of government - in
spired prejudicial publicity at
a resulting trial. It would, of
course, be easier merely to
identify these individuals.
Identification alone would not
serve as a deterrent. They
must be prosecuted, convicted
and sent to. jail.
QUESTION - Is the drive
against these top racketeers a
continuing program?
ROGERS - Yes, it is a long-
range program built on pol
icies which we hope will be
lasting. It is not intended to
produce quick or sensational
results. Too often in the past
have crime crackdowns been
sporadic and have not pro
duced lasting results. "
QUESTION - The McClel-
lan committee has shown the
grave abuse of the labor
racketeer. What is the Justice
Department doing about it?
ROGERS-Prior to the reve
lations of the McClellan com
mittee, the Department had
prosecuted successfully many
labor racketeers. The two
principal weapons have been
the Hobbs Act which is ba
sically a labor extortion stat
ute and section 302 of the
Taft-Hartley Act which is de
signed to outlaw the taking
or receiving of bribes by em
ployers or representatives of
labor. In fact, since January
1953 to date, 117 defendants
have been convicted for vio
lation of these statutes. All
matters brought , out by the
McClellan committee within
the Federal jurisdiction have
been and will continue to be
thoroughly investigated and
prosecutions will be brought
where Federal violations are
shown. Again, I should em
phasize that the states have
jurisdiction over most crimes
involved in this field.
QUESTION - What further
weapon for . dealing with
crime and the criminal does
the Justice Department heed
from Congress in order to
further its campaign?
ROGERS - We shall urge
in the next session of Con
gress new Federal legislation
to give the. Federal authori
ties additional weapons to
curb organized criminal ac
tivities, particularly those
.that have interstate aspects.
QUESTION - Is there any
role which the individual citi
zen can usefully play?
ROGERS - The determina
tion of the individual citizen
that law enforcement be effec
tive is our strongest weapon
against the nation's criminal
element. No criminal can op
erate for long in the face of
a determined and informed
public opinion willing to co
operate .with law enforce-,
menf agencies. Here are some
specific ways the individual
can aid in the struggle against
crime: (1) supply information
about known criminal activi
ty to the proper law enforce
ment officials; (2) testify as
witnesses when trials arise;
(3) serve as grand jurors and
jurors when called; (4) exer
cise an informed opinion
when voting for local law en
forcement . officials; ' and (5)
provide a proper home and
community ' environment in
which young' minds will gain
a basic respect for the law.
(c) 1958, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
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