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4 Tueiday, October 28. 1958 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. MEDFORDtSTRIBClfE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W R L'HL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teles. Editor RICHARD JEWETT SDOrts Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE EKICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent NewsnaDer Entered as second class matter at Meoford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Codv 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 uany ana sunaay o mos. H.uu Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. f noenix, anaay cove. Rogue Kiv. er. Talent, and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday I mo. 1 50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c ah lerms t-asn in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCJLATION 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS -J ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIAT rN Flight ro Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO October 28. 1948 (Thursday) Jackson county has receiv ed its share of state amuse ment device taxes. A 7-year-old Medford girl reported missing here turned up safe ands ound-in bed at a neighbor's house. 20 YEARS AGO October 28. 1838 (Friday) A 35 mile per hour wind whipped through Medford this morning. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Up state editors are now thunder ing against the stay-at-home vote, who neither stay-at-home, or vote. 30 YEARS AGO October 28, 1928 (Sunday) The usual large delegation from Medford and the valley plans to attend the Pacific International Livestock Expo sition at Portland. Local merchants consider a recent "Dollar Day" in many Medford stores a great crowd-getter at least. 40 YEARS AGO October 28, 1918 (Monday) Two men are in town to recruit local volunteers for YMCA work overseas. Evans creek farmers are to vote on whether to form an irrigation distirct. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five oi six is good. 1. In boxing, what part of the human anatomy is the "button"? 2. On the Fahrenheit ther mometer scale, 212 degrees is the boiling point; what is the boiling point on the Centi grade scale? 3. Human hair grows faster in winter, or summer? 4. Would a birling contest be a sack race, guilting bee, or a log-rolling, contest? . 5. A sesquicentennial would be an anniversary denoting 50, 75, or 150 years? 6. If the delegate's speech was reported to haye been acrimonious, would that signi fy that it was caustic, or pleas ant? 7. Who is the genie of folk lore who makes children sleepy? 8. The number (or magni tude) from which another number is to be subtracted is called the m-n-e-d? 9. In seaman's slang,1 the bottom of the ocean is known as what? 10. Name the three types of gloves in baseball. Answers: 1. Point of the chin. 2. 100 degrees. 3. Sum mer. 4. Log-rolling. 5. 150 years. 6. Caustic. 7. The sand man. 8. Minuend. 9. Davy Jones Locker. 10. Fielder's glove, catcher's milt, first basemen's mitt. COMMUNIST SONGS Tokyo UPD The Commun ist Chinese government broad cast these three songs today to show everything is lovely in their realm: "The Peoples Commune Is Good." -. "The Community Dining Hall Is Too Good To Tell." "Every Place Is Wonderful In Our Dear Motherland." Measure Recommendations The Mail Tribune, starting today, in accord ance with long custom, presents its recommenda tions on the measures which will appear on the Nov. 4 election ballot. We do this NOT to tell anyone "how to vote" rather we do it in an advisory manner, hoping that our study of the measures, and the conclu sions derived from that study, will prove helpful to voters who will be confronted with a baker's dozen of decisions in the voting polls. We claim no infallibility. But we do present, for our readers' consideration, our thoughtful recommendations. D ALLOT item No. 1, "Fixing State Boundaries," is what is called a "housekeeping" measure, and allows the states of Oregon and Washington, by interstate compact, to set more definite boun daries than those at present which are based on the shifting currents and channels ' of the Columbia river. The state's boundaries were set in the 1857 constitution, but were revised by Congress when Oregon was admitted, so a con stitutional amendment is required. No opposi tion is known. Vote No. 1 "Yes." Ballot item No. 2, "Increasing Funds for War Veterans Loans" will increase from 4 to 6 per cent of the state's assessed valuation the limita tion on bonds to be used to finance state veterans loans. The philosophy of loans to veterans has been well-established by'large majorities of Ore gon voters. Up to now only a small percentage of Oregon's veterans have been able to take advantage of the loans. Despite recent increases in assessed valuations, which have in turn in creased the bonding limitation, the added amount ultimately may well be needed. The program is self-liquidating, and no added taxes are needed. If the loan privilege is approved at all (as it has been) it should be made available to all those eligible, as a matter of equity. Vote No. 2 "Yes." D ALLOT item No. 3, "Salaries of State Legis lators," would amend the constitution to in crease the pay of state senators and representa tives from $600 annually to $1,200, and permit them to vote expense funds in addition to travel ing expenses. Since the present salary prevents many talented people from running for the leg islature, and since no legislator in his right mind is going to vote himself a reckless expense ac count, we feel the measure would be valuable, and perhaps attract an even higher caliber of men and women as our representatives. The pres ent amount will not allow anyone to "break even" in the service of the state. Vote No. 3 "Yes." Ballot item No. 4, "Capital Punishment Bill," is to remove from the constitution the provision setting the death penalty as the maximum for first degree murder., The legislature has already passed legislation, effective contingent on the passage of this amendment, setting up life im prisonment as the maximum penalty for murder, (except in the case of a while under life sentence), and limitations on parole, as well as other pertinent legislation. For reasons detailed in this space previously, we strongly advocate this measure. If the death penalty does not deter murder (and statistics indicate it does not), for it, and it defeats the ends of justice. Vote No. 4 "Yes." D ALLOT item No. 5, "Financing Urban Rede 1"' velopment Projects," would permit that por tion of tax income from urban renewal projects which is increased as a result of the development itself to be used in paying for the development. lhis is permissive legislation, and will require further study and enabling legislation by the leg islature, which can work out the details. It ap pears to be an equitable solution to a problem which will be increasing in Oregon in coming years. Vote No. 5 "Yes." Ballot item No. 6, "Modifying County Debt Limitation," would allow counties to issue bonds in excess of $5,000, and for purposes other than building roads and suppressing rebellion, as per mitted by the legislature. This is not something needed in this county at present nor in the near future. But it may be needed by other counties, particularly if the Home Rule amendment passes. The legislature will enact suitable safe guards. Vote No. 6 "Yes." p ALLOT item No. 7, "Special Grand Jury Bill," revises some constitutional provisions with out changing their effect, and also provides that more than one grand juiy can be called into ses sion in a county at the same time the need for which was shown in Multnomah county two years ago when one grand jury was so busy on special vice investigations that routine but im portant business was neglected, thus tending to deprive some prisoners of their constitutional right to speedy justice. A minor amendment, but a good one. Vote No. 7 "Yes." Ballot item No. 8, "Authorizing Different Use of State Institution," would authorize the legislature to change the use of some institutions outside of Marion county, if the need became apparent. We see no objection, and it gives the legislature the authority to make necessary changes without the later cumbersome business of again amending the constitution. Vote No. 8 "Yes." (Continued tomorrow.) E.A. person killing another then there is no excuse Dennis the Menace 5EE? OlONY J TELLVA HE SLEEPS IN A CfiAZY OUTFIT? Roscoe Drummond Reports . . . (Drummond is substituting for; Walter Lippmann, during the latter's trip to Russia,) HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS Hollywood Hollywood is tentatively, timid and very cautiously beginning to regain its political consciousness. Even with California burst ing with the most exciting and significant election since Mary Pickford was a star, my experience is that in any gath ering of motion picture per sonalities many of whom once endorsed a cause or a candidate with all the care of giving a toothpaste testi monial a question about politics fall with a dull plunk into the conversational pit. Hollywood's political free wheeling of a decade and more ago is nowhere visible and when you tentatively ven ture a casual political remark, you find yourself as conver sationally isolated as an un invited guest on a studio set. It seems a long time since that a handful of actors, writ ers and directors, lured or trapped into the pro-Communist miasma, reached franti cally for the 5th Amendment and Hollywood became un fairly synonymous with rad icalism. It was then that the grim defensive device of promiscu ous black-listing came into play, unproved rumors hound ed some lesser actors from their profession and in self defense most of show busi ness gave up its rights of democratic free speech. THE pall of political silence whirh thpn fpll nwr Hol lywood, once a reformer's fund-raising paradise even for the political wolves in mink's clothing is begin ning to lift, but slowly and very gingerly. t Only the hardy and stub born few are venturing from the political woodwork. The Republicans, in the nation and in California, are making a little headway in encour aging some of the TV and motion picture stars to break out of political limbo and stand up and be counted. When President Eisenhow er or Vice President Nixon address a big rally in South ern California there are a few big name actors and ac tresses who will be entertain ing the audience and taking walk-on introductions. You will see Bog Hope, Irene Dunne, Lou Costello, Virginia Mayo, Robert Mont gomery, June Allyson, Dick Powell, Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne. And there will be the ubiquitous veterans of Hollywood Republicanism, Cecil B. DeMille and George Murphy. This is a goodly sprinkling of star talent, but from my observation this list has not appreciably been added to in recent years. In a city which hates privacy, the instinct of most stars is to be as afraid of politics as an astrologer's plague and as with Imogene Coca and Peggy Wood in "The Girls in Room 509," to keep to their private chambers lest the goblins get them. N THE Democratic side " there are of course such venturesome souls as Lauren Bacall, who probably got some of her venturesomeness from her late husband, Hum phrey Bogart, and who says quite simply: "If you believe in something and want to make your country a better place to live in, you just have to be willing to speak out. Being an active actress is no reason for not being an active citizen." And so you find Miss Bacall active in her own lights, at tending a dinner for Adlai Stevenson and ready to sup port .any Democrat who is nominated in 1960. And there are a few others who are like-minded and who are out in the open. Such Hol lywood figures are Dore Shary, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, Myrna Loy, Jim Back us, Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, George Jessel, Frank Sinatra, 'Sammy Davis J r., Robert Ryan and Mercedes McCambridge make appear ances at Democratic rallies, And there is no proof that they are punished at the box office or in their studios (Dore Shary is an exception who says he was dropped from his studio because of his political views). But in the main, conscious of what happened to the 5th Amendment writers and ac tors, Hollywood is still play ing it safe and is either timid about or massively indiffer ent to political matters. I at tended two large press re ceptions, one for Alec Guin ess and one which Milton Berle gave for Carl Sandburg As one who finds discussing politics as natural as.: breath ing, I discovered the" current campaign very much out of bounds, (c) 1958, New York Herald Tribune Inc. Washington Report By William "WISE ENEMY"? Washington The politi cal wars in our American Mid dle West and elsewhere are obscuring some import ant v marching and counter marching re lating to the cold war in the M i d d 1 e East. For years there have been just two kinds of news William S. Whit from that area - bad and dis astrous. It is possible, in the view of foreign diplomats here, to consider the present news to be almost good, to a point at least. The action of President Ha bib Bourguiba of Tunisia in breaking openly with Col. Ga mal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic - Egypt and Syria - is having some effects that clearly favor the West. First of all, the Nasser Arabs are showing far more alarm about it than might have been expected from the outside. This is the clearest possible evidence that Bour guiba's thrust poses a genuine, if perhaps not a vast, threat to the Communist-assOciated expansionist axis of Egypt and Syria. Tunisia's potential pow er in the Arab world is being re-estimated upward. DROOF that Colonel Nasser is indeed "taking it big" in reaction to Tunisia's chal-1 lenge is amply available. (1.) United Arab Republic diplomacy in the West is now sounding a n openly urgent tone, half of threat and half of appeal. The whole manner of the UAR's new ambassa dor here, Dr. Mostafa Kamil, a short, egg-bald, volubly worried man, makes it plain that in his eyes a new crisis of grave implication has aris en. (2.) The vice-president of the UAR, Marshal Abdel Ha kim Amer, has just been giv en the "A" treatment in Mos cow. Soviet promises of more assistance against the efforts of the West to "further rob the Arab people" this in Soviet Premier Nikita Krush chev's language have been trumpeted with unusual stri dency. (3.) Colonel Nasser has ask Monroney Sees Democratic Sweep; Nixon Declares Trend Turning to Republicans By RAYMOND LAHR UPI Correspondent Washington-flJPD-Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla), back from campaigning in several states, today predicted a "Democratic sweep reaching the proportions of 1936" if the present trend among voters Matter of Fact MINNESOTA MUSINGS Minneapolis It is not ax actly easy to write about poli tics on an autumn weekend out here. The air is crisp and brilliant. In its late fall colors, the countryside is just as splen did as one of the cock pheasants that half the peo- ioipb Aisop pie or t n e Twin Cities are hurrying into the countryside to shoot. There is no football, to fill the bright air with balloons and banners, and the vast stadium with people. But a large part of the state of Min nesota's population still forms a counter-current to the cur rent of gunners, hurrying city wards on pleasure bent. Car nival genially reins, as it seems to do hereabouts every weekend all - autumn. Maybe the most interesting question to try to answer is why this is the most pleasure-loving place in America, except per haps San Francicso. All the same, reporters are not sociologists; and this state also poses a political question of real interest. Maybe the b'est way to phrase the ques tion is to ask why on earth the Democrats seem to like winning, whereas the Repub licans almost seem to hate it. NO INTERMINABLE period of time has gone by, after all, since this was a reliably Republican state. In the reign of Harold Stassen, despite the national magnetism of Frank lin" Delano Roosevelt, Min nesota was solidly Republican. Even after Stassen's beady eyed pursuit of his ambitions had discredited him, the Min nesota Republican party pro duced an enormously success ful state-wide vote-gefter, in the N person of Gov. Luther Youngdahl. But Youngdahl failed to re make the Minnesota Republic- S. Whit ed Premier Krushchev to "warn" the West not to help the , Israelis if new Arab-Is raeli fighting should break out. The line being taken by the Nasser Arabs here is that they are wholly unconcerned in the cold war between West and East. They only wish to be left alone by the West and to be given some economic and maybe military assistance, too. The suggestion is that unless the West obliges and makes no more "interven tions" on the side of such non-Nasserites as Bourguiba in Tunisia very nasty things may happen. rpHE inference is encour- aged that these nasty "revolutions" of the kind that murdered the pro-Western Iraq regime last summer and very nearly took over Lebanon and Jordan until we and the British moved in troops. Coupled with all this is the development of a new line of Nasser "reasonableness." It is being explained here that the Nasser Arabs are not ex actly "neutral" between us and the Russians, but only have a "policy of non-alignment." This.of course, is the term long favored by Prime Minis ter Nehru of India and it is a little odd to hear it from Arabs whose belligerent rec ord is as long as is the pacif ist tradition of the Indians. What is happening is that the Nasser Arabs for the mo ment are adopting and not without a grim sense of humor precisely the prim tactics and even the slogans of Nehru in playing the West off against the East. But the great difference is that whereas Nehru is the middle man for peace, the Arabs are the middle men for the Arabs. They seem per fectly prepared to go on to more armed trouble-making in the Middle East if their diplomacy fails to soften the American attitude. T is newest of all, how ever, is an oDvious loss of a sure sense of touch in the United Arab Republic almost, it might be said, there is a trace of quite unaccost umed pane. This sort of thing could easily lead Nasser to continues until Nov: 4 Monroney's view challenged Vice President Richard M. Nixon's statement Monday be fore a Republican fund-raising meeting in. Michigan that a "striking shift of voter opin ion" had halted the trend to ward a Democratic landslide. Democratic National Chair- Joseph Alsop an party in his own attractive image, as Eisenhower has fail ed to remake the national party. Indeed, there are good reasons for thinking that Youngdahl was given a judge ship in response, at least in part, to pleas from more con servative Minnesota Republi ans who wanted to get this dangerous vote-getter out of the state. Today, there is really not very much left of the Min nesota Republican party, ex cept the last surviving Stas senite, good, earnest Sen. Ed Thye. And Thye does not even have a 50-50 chance to hold his Senate seat against Dem ocratic Rep. Eugene McCar thy,, unless their anti-catholic prejudices make the local Lutheran voters forget their strong Democratic allegiance. VTET it was not so easy long -1 ago, once again, when Min nesota's Farmer - Laborites were led by Henry Wallace's. worthy sidekick, Ex - Gov. Elmer Benson, while the local Democrats had the status of a small oppressed minority. Each group, in those days, hated the other worse than the' devil hates holy water. But from a running start as Mayor of Minneapolis, Hubert Humphrey leaped into the Senate. And from his Senate seat, Humphrey conjured up the united, powerful and en thusiastic Democratic-Farmer- Labor party that rules Min nesota today. Moreover, Humphrey is not the only grandee of the Min nesota democracy nowadys. The able young state Gover nor OrviUe Freeman, looms almost as large out here; but he and Humphrey are so care ful to stick together that they even shared the same hotel suite at this year's state con vention, so that no one could organize friction between two different leaders headquart ers. Unity and energy, youth fulness and optimism these are now the marks of the Min nesota Democratic party, from the precinct level to the top. THE Democrats here are proud of their party, too, where as the Republicans, or at any rate the Republican candidates, seem to be ashamed of theirs. Both Sen. Thye and Rep. Walter Judd have plastered the Twin Ci ties with their billboards. But the billboards make no men tion of the candidate's party affiliations Judd and Thye might just as well be Demo crats, or Farmer Laborites, or even "creeping Socialists," for all anyone is told about the matter. If it were a purely local phenomenon, there would be no great significance in this Minnesota contrast between demoralized and somewhat shame-faced Republicans and Democrats trotting off to town with their tails over-the dashboard. But it is not a local phenomenon. It appears in Minnesota in .. an especially strong way; but it also ap pears in California and in most other state where big jobs are at stake in this elec tion. In fact, this reporter has seen or heard about confident, hard-driving, united Republi cans in only one state so far. The sole exception is New York, where Nelson Rockefel ler is hardly running as a Re publican. So the question about the difference between Republicans and Democrats plainly exists. Unfortunately, it is as hard to answer as the other question about why Minnesota people- are pleasure-loving and Indiana peo ple most emphatically are not. (Copyright 1958, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) break out wildly, if only be cause he has been so thrown off balance. Thus it is that the relative weakening of his position raises dangers as well as gains for the West. This fact ex plains why the United States and Britain are not officially crying hurrahs to Bourguiba. Even the Israelis are playing it cool, as the saying goes. Certainly, they are not un happy with what Tunisia has done; but they are avoiding giving any excuse to Nasser for saying it all resulted from Israeli plotting. There is an Arab saying, "Better a wise enemy than a foolish friend." The danger now is that Nasser might not be a wise enemy. (Copyright, 1958. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) man Paul Butler also chipped away at Nixon s statement, de claring the vice president was "whistling in the dark" with statements the Republicans were gaining in the final days of the campaign. . Both the Republicans and Democrats were beating the confidence drums ' during a partial lull in the heated cam paign on a national level. But President Eisenhower was still on the political trail, to day, in New York City. Truman Oul Working Nixon returned to Washing ton Monday night to rest be fore launching his final jaunt of the fall campaign. Former President Harry Truman, who has traded verbal blows with Nixon most of the past month, also was pausing before the climatic final effort to get out Democratic party votes. Monroney said "Continued Republican fumbling is doing more to insure Democratic victory than even the well run and streamlined cam paigns" of the Democrats. He said a "definite and in dentifiable Democratic trend" formed the basis for his hbpe for a Democratic victory of 1936 stature, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt carried all but two states against Re publican Alfred M. Landon and nearly swept Republican candidates out of Congress. Editorial Comment THEY MUST BE ENCOURAGED Sympathy for an Oregon State policeman who was dis charged for insubordination and for one of his spokesmen, State Rep. Richard Groener, will, we think, be confined almost entirely to the cop haters. Many victims of State Police efforts to curtail acci dents and deaths on the high- Iways of Oregon will applaud the man who talked back to his superior's. And they will have a kindred feeling for Rep. Groener who has been arrested many times for traf fic law violations. We find it impossible to Flock Pays Last Respect To Cardinal Detroit-(UPD-Members of the, flock lie served for ,21" years' as their first archbishp and cardinal I today began -filing j past to pay their last respects to Edward Cardinal Mooney. -Few had ever been in the cardinal's residence but he was readily known through out the eight-county archdio cese of southeastern Michigan for his presence at 'innumer abel ground-breaking ceremo nies, confirmations and other duties in the United States' seventh largest archdiocese. Cardinal Mooney, 76, was stricken Saturday by a heart attack in the North American college in Rome just 70 min utes before he was to go into a conclave with 51 other car dinals to elect a successor to Pope Pius XII. His body was returned to Detroit Monday. Tranquillity tonight on television with bed-time story. Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan m3 Fred Brennan . Or Call Mr Friendly Bill Fish . Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. President Aggressive Monroney also denounced President Eisenhower's "So cialization talk" as a "cash register speech to get the money in" for GOP campaign coffers. The Republicans, Monroney declared, are "hav ing a hard time convincing the people of any drift toward socialism." President Eisenhower, in a speech Monday night at Pitts burgh, continued hammering on domestic issues with the Democrats his chief target. He urged all Americans regard ness of party to put Republi cans in control of Congress on election day to keep the Dem ocrats "from flogging the economy into inflation." Mindful that his "tough talk," approach to the Demo crats recently has attracted at tention in political circles, Ei senhower said he thought his "choice of words has been conservative." Adlai . Stevenson, titular head of the Democratic party, said in Chicago that the "fai lure of leadership in the White House has created a vacuum, and it is not surpris ing that Congress is filling it." The twice unsuccessful can didate for president told a party gathering that "more than ever this year we need to elect a Democratic con gress." support, the officer who has been discharged as the result of a hearing at which it was clearly developed that he had criticized his superiors while wearing the uniform. This cannot be condoned within the State Police organization. Any man who feels as this man did must resign or get his grievances settled with his superiors. He can't take them to outsiders, and particularly not to a member of the state legislature, and remain a member of the organization. As for Rep.' Groener and others who have had brushes with the State Police as vio lators of traffic regulations, it is impossible to build a case for them. The State Police have the solemn responsibility to do everything possible to curtail accidents on the state's highways. Furthermore-, the organization has in recent months been acting under in structions from Gov. Robert D., Holmes which were to get tougher. The Governor be lieves this can reduce tragedy on the highways. We trust the State Police have -come out of this situa tion stronger than" ever. They must have the respect of all who drive Oregon highways. What they are trying to do must be understood and re spected. "The effortsi they are making 24 hours 'of every day to enforce the laws could save your life. It makes no difference how well you are driving when you collide with a car operated by a man who is breaking the law. It is the irresponsible drivers the state police are cracking down on. If you place any value on your life you had better encour age them in every way pos sible. Pendleton East Ore gonian. at ten-thirty-five Jack Vaughn's ' TEENERS TOMORROW'S MEN! That's why we're happy to process assigned risk auto poli cies for the younger men in this area. We both desire and appreciate your business now and tomorrow. Bill Fish 3
