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4 Wednesday, January 14, 1959 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. MEDFORDtWTRIEUNB Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor EZRB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women1! Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class iratter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES . By Mall In Advance, Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Cold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and SunCcy 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official 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. 0Z NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION MATION At EDITORIAL y-ti,-T. .,.1 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 Jan. 14. 1949 (Friday) The March of Dimes opens its annual campaign for funds to fight polio. Some 40 persons in Ashland are reported circulating peti tions initiated by the Civic Betterment league for the re call of three city councilmen. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1939 (Saturday) Jackson county Democrats are agitated over who is to decide who is to preside at the Jacksonville post office for the next four years. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Fog has blanketed the valley all week to the great disgust of many." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1929 (Monday) The Medford airport bond election is set for April 2. No. 1 turkeys brought local growers 31 cents per pound on Christmas markets. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1919 (Tuesday) The school board rules that until all danger of another epidemic is past there shall be no more holding of school on Saturdays to make up for time lost during the recent outbreak. The state legislature con venes, but Jackson county solons lose out on important committee posts. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. In what contest does the winning team move back wards? 2. Name the only mammal that can fly. 3. Which are the largest of living reptiles? 4. What two animals are closely associated with the month of March? 5. Bikini Atoll in the Mar shall islands has been used as a place for what sort of tests? 6. A rat can drag objects from place to place by means of its tail; true or false? 7. Which King of England was the last of the Stuart dyn asty? 8. In World War II, was the "Omaha Beachhead" estab lished by Allied troops in Si cily, Normandy, or Greece? 9. May a naturalized Amer ican citizen be elected as President of the United States? 10. Who sold a cow for a handful of beans? Answers: 1. In a tug-of-war. 2. Bar. 3. Crocodilians. 4. Lion and lamb. 5. Nuclear bomb tests, b. True. 7. Jam es II. 8. Normandy. 9. No. 10. Jack (in lhe tale of the Beanslock.) Truck, Trailer Tun, Over On Highway 62 - A truck and trailer owned by Elder Logging company turned over yesterday after non on Highway 62 near Ca sey state park, state police re ported. The driver, Elder D. Kness, 39, of Trail, was reported un injured. The right wheels of the trailer went off the road and pulled the vehicle into the ditch, where it turned over on its side, state police said. A NewXCC"? A couple of years ago, after a jaunt into the woods with a group of foresters and outdoors men, we reported here on a discussion we'd heard about the possibility of forming something like the Civilian Conservation Corps of pre-World War II days. Several of the men in the party had had ex perience with the boys who came west to take over the barracks camps, build roads and trails, construct forest recreation facilities, do refor estation work, build fire-breaks and fight fires, and generally effect a double rehabilitation that of the forests and that of themselves. pREQUENTLY these lads were the products of the slums of the east, and often were "tough cookies" themselves boys who today would be called "juvenile delinquents." A rather amazing percentage of them, if we are rightly informed, went on from the CCC into constructive, useful lives. How much credit the corps can take for this record is, of course, subject to debate. But many men who watched the tough boys from the streets of New York or Chicago change gradu ally into men who knew something of the out doors, something of life, something of their fel low men, and something of responsibility, will swear that it was the turning-point in more lives than a few. THE possibility of reviving the CCC or some- thing like it has been broached every so often since the war. The latest to do so is Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, who advocates a Youth Conserva tion Corps, to provide employment for boys of 16 or over. After reading Humphrey's proposal, Bud For rester of the Pendleton East Oregonian talked to one of that newspapers' employees who came to Oregon with the CCC in .1937, who stayed,, and who became a responsible citizen. He told Bud : "There are 12 or 14 of us in and near Pendleton now and all of the fellows have made good. They came out of New York and New Jersey and if they hadn't had the opportunity to leave there I'm afraid it would have been a different story. "... Most of those guys were tough. We had gang fights in the CCC camp here in the beginning. Every guy wanted to show how tough he was. But it wasn't very long before it all got straightened out. Every body liked his job. We realized that there wasn't any point in trying to prove how tough we were that it didn't make any difference in this new set-up. It was just the right thing for some tough guys from the big city." A ND he added that he thought Senator Humph rey should add one provision to his proposal, that the boys enlisted in a YCC should first of all come from the slum areas of big cities. He said: "They are the fellows who need help. The situa tion that many of those boys face is almost hopeless. Get them into the YCC first. Broaden the program later." . ' The proposal, on a national scale, is similar if not virtually identical to suggestions for young men's work camps in Oregon, except that the latter would enlist youngsters who had gotten in to trouble, or were headed that way. Such an organization wouldn't end juvenile delinquency overnight, or in any length of time, for the causes are too deep:seated in our society. But it would solve a lot of problems, particularly in the area of the "tough guys" who really shouldn't be sent to prison, nor yet should be set loose again with a wrist slap. THE COSTS of such a program would not be negligible, but when compared to the fed eral military budget, say, they would amount to probably a tiny fraction of that total. And who could calculate the good that would come out of it? It would include the construction of federal forest access roads, which are so badly needed to get out overripe timber; it would speed up the rehabilitation and construction of forest service and national park recreational facilities now so badly behind the demand, and it would provide the resources for much other work which would benefit the nation on its federal lands work now going begging for lack of budget and per sonnel. But most of all it would provide a place for young men to get into a relatively wholesome at mosphere, to gain self-respect, to learn the merits of a hard day's work. YCC has much to be said for it. : E.A. Family Incomes If vour familv had a cash income of ahmit $5,000 last year it was il 1 me census oureau s report ior ytY. rne $b,uuu figure was median income half the families received more, half received less. Only one family in ten received $10,000 or more, but one family in seven received $2,000 or less. The bureau reported that the number of fam ilies with one wage-earner was just about the same as the number with two or more wage earners. AS TO geographical distribution, city families earned more than twice as much as rural fam ilies, although the value of foodstuffs and other "farm fringe" benefits is not figured in that total. In the west and the northeast the typical fam ily income is 10 per cent higher than the national average; in the north central states it is about average, while in the south it is 20 per cent lower than average. E.A. "typical," according to i 1 r mr mm ml vt ev s Dennis the THE CALLED IT A HULU VOOP. 60, 7W$ THE GOOD OC DAYS'. United States Edges Cautiously Toward Aqreement on Europe By STEWART HENSLEY Washington-(UPD-The Unit ed States appeared today to be edging cautiously toward a showdown conference with Russia on German reunifica tion and European security. Some officials predicted that a four-power foreign min isters conference would be held within the near future. They said that arrangements might be made soon after Soviet Deputy Premier An astas I. Mikoyan confers this week end with President Eis enhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Dulles, meanwhile, public ly promised the Russians some concessions and hinted at others if they would agree to reunify Germany on terms which would permit it to re tain its economic and other ties with Western Europe. Rejects Russian Proposal But he made it clear, at his news conference Tuesday, that the United States would never accept what he called the "stupid" unworkable and "worse than brutal" Russian proposal for a German peace treaty which would isolate, demilitarize and neutralize that country. Dulles said the Russian pro posal, made in a note to the Western powers last Satur day, held grave peril for Euro pean peace because "if you try to isolate and segregate a great people like the Ger mans in the center of Europe . . . they will become a restive and dangerous force; they will attempt to gain advan tages to themselves by trying to play off the East against the West." Offers Solution The proper solution, Dulles declared, is to "tie Germany in" to the West European as- TODAY In Oregon History (A Centennial Feature) JAN. 14, 1891 Ruby Robert Fitzsimrhons defeats Jack Dempsey, the Nonpareil, idol of Oregon boxing fans, at New Or leans' Olympia club, knock ing him out in the 13th round to capture lhe world middleweight crown. JAN. 14, 1889 Roseburg's city council passes an anti-noise statute: "And ordinance xo prevent the use of bells on cows and other domestic animals in the night time between the hours of 8 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the morning." Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TP7HEN I WAS A LAD, elocution teachers were fond of making their charges recite a touching poem that began "The boy stood on the burning deck" with appropriate ges tures. Behind the teacher's back, we shouted parodies, one of which I vaguely re member went like this: "The boy stood on the burn ing deck, eating peanuts by the peck." The poem was based on an actual historic sea battle: Nelson's successful attack upon the French fleet at Aboukir in 1798. The French flagship, "L'Orient," took fire, and the blaze lit lip the entire bay. Officers begged the little favorite of the ship, the captain's son, to board a lifeboat, but he insisted upon staying in the exact spot his father had assigned to him not realizing that his papa .had been mortally wounded, and could give him no further in structions. Sadly the officers rowed away without him and just before the ship blew up, saw him steadfastly rooted to his position on deck, waiting for his father to tell him what he must do next C 193, by Besoett Cerf. Distributed by Sins Features Syndicate, Menace sociation of nations. This, he said, will be the best guaran tee against the resurgent mili tarism which Russia fears from a reunited Germany. Dulles said that the United States was prepared to: -Agree to the demilitariza tion of the eastern portion of Germany if the country is re unified in such a way that it Editorial Comment THIRTY-ONE LOST YEARS We don't want to get into argument whether Hugh d' Autremont, the Siskiyou rail road bandit, should have been released from prison or not, but can't help wondering what it must feel like to go free after 31 years inside. Thirty-one years. It's nearly a third of a century. Vast changes have occurred. In 1927, when the Salem prison doors clanged shut be hind d'Autremont, prohibition was in effect. The automobile speed limit was 35 miles an hour. Only the main highways were paved. The radio was a novelty, Lindbergh was fly ing the Atlantic. World War I had only recently "made the world safe for democracy" and Adolph Hitler was un heard of. Calvin Coolidge was Presi dent of the United States. I. L. Patterson has just de feated Walter Pierce for gov ernor of Oregon. People bought their food at corner groceries where clerks waited on them. Airplanes were still something that barnstormers flew from town to town to take people up for short rides. To d'Autremont, the world of 1927 is still real. Think of walking out of the state prison to face the world of 1959. Think of trying to catch up with 31 eventful years and their many, many changes. Television. Freeways with 70-mile speeds. Airlines. Su permarkets. World War II. The Korea War. The cold war. Khrushchev. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Tru m a n. General Eisenhower. President Eisenhower. Liquor stores. Taverns. Bars. Childhood playmates now old and gray. Houses gone, re placed by parking lots or service stations. N o more street cars. Even the buses TRUTH WILL OUT Milan, Italy -UPD- A beggar posing as a deaf mute was ar rested Tuesday when he be came involved in a dispute with a streetcar conductor and started yelling. Contributions to GOP Affect Decision To Keep Goldwater; Labor Fight Seen Washington-4UPD-Sen. Berry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) stayed in the race for chairmanship of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee be cause party c o n t ributors wanted it that way. Their long distance tele phone calls of Vyie c. Wilson protest against by-passing Goldwater were impressively numerous and angrily emphatic. These pro tests put muscle into conserva tive Republican efforts to make Goldwater chairman. Senate office telephone bells began to ring Friday morning. The morning papers had reported that Sen. Lev erett Saltonstall (R-Mass.) was counting Goldwater out of the campaign committee chair manship. Offensive to Labor The reason ascribed to Salt- is free to remain associated with Western Europe. -Agree to some reduction of armed forces in Western Europe if it appeared a work able peace treaty could be achieved. -Renew its 1955 promise to guarantee Russia assistance against any attack by resur gent militarism arising in a unified Germany. that replaced them now are on the way out. Noise. Smog. Campers and Fishermen in every woodland glade. Pro fessional football. Professional basketball. Atom bombs. H- bombs. Space flight. The world of 1959 is far, far distant from that of 1927. Almost unrecognizable to one Who has missed those 31 years. We almost suspect that af ter d'Autremont takes one look at what has happened to the world in that third of a century he might be temp ted to turn right around and head back for his safe, secure cell. Astorian Budget. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The M.iil Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Dog Pound Suggestions To the Editor: Nov. 4, 1958 was a very dark day in the lives of our family. That's the day our gentle, golden cocker, "Angel," died. She had been so well named and had had seven long years to fasten her roots of love deep and strong into our hearts. As normal we vowed, "I'll never have another dog." As weeks went by the scar on our hearts grew to an over whelming emptiness that be came deeper and wider with each passing day. When our oldlest "wrote" her letter to Santa and asked for another dog, it was the final blow. We watched the papers al most devotedly and nothing seemed just right, although tempted strongly many times, until we saw the ad in the paper by the Jackson County Pound. Then the idea came to us that we could take a dog that others didn't seem to want. When we arrived at the Pound (or Pond as I called it as a child) we found to our horror that Pond was a more appropriate name. This is not a slam at the employees. We are sure they are doing their best with what they have. We would appreciate infor mation explaining why man's best friend must live under these conditions even tempor arily. The dogs are living in an almost solid pool of water and from conditions and lo cations it looks like summer would make it an oven. It is true I'm a soft-hearted sentimentalist, but how many others like me are reading this and feel something should be done? Our suggestions follow: The dogs cost only $2. People with modest means could get as much love from one of these forsaken dogs as one that would cost the average fam ily a week's groceries. Great improvement could be had by different arrange ment of present quarters. We would gladly give the right authorities our ideas person ally. Ideas from others are welcome. Third, would it be possible on the day of the county's ad that a group picture of the loving, pleading dogs could be published, to warm the onstall was that he thought selection of Goldwater would be offensive to organized labor or would seem to com mit the Republican Party to Goldwater's ideas on labor legislation. Goldwater's ideas are that organized labor is a vast and uncontrolled mon opoly which urgently needs federal control. Saltonstall is chairman of the Republican Senate Con ference and as such has au thority to name the Senate Republican Campaign Com mittee chairman for 1960. Saltonstall's gesture against Goldwater touched the Re publican pocketbook nerve. Contributors from coast to coast rang in with protests against what they interpreted as an appeasement of labor leaders. They sharply remind ed Republican senators that organized labor's muscle and money long had been com mitted against the GOP. This was no sham battle between the right and left wings of the Republican Party as was the recent contest for the Senate party leadership. Real Dispute This dispute had bone and sinew. It came at a time when the administration was taking a much firmer stand on labor legislation than it had dared to assume in the past. It fol lowed the demotion of Rep. Joseph Martin Jr. of Massa chusetts from the House Re publican leadership. Martin's rejection by House Republicans was no example of a contest between the right and left wings because, to suc ceed Martin, the Republicans chose Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, who was a notable front fighter against the Roosevelt and Truman deals. Martin was popular among party campaign contributors however, and the least reac tion they were likely to have at his demotion was that they had lost from high place a good and trusted friend. Last week end's barrage of pro tests against by-passing Gold- water had special impact be cause the Senate Republican Campaign Committee exists wholly for the purpose of raiS' ing campaign funds. That is equally true of the House Committee which is headed by Rep. Richard M. Simpson, (Pa.). Aggressive Policy Sought Widespread reaction to Sal tonstall's challenge to Gold- water is evidence of a desire heart of those who are un decided? In closing, to show you the difference our new mischief maker has made in our fam ily, the night we brought her home our 4-year-old willingly gave up her favorite food to cuddle "Jay" and absorb and return the wonderful love child and dog have for one an other. J. E. Hust 624 Dakota st Medford. Value of Dollar To the Editor: The other evening while enjoying "The Postman Always Rings Twice," we were quite amus ed by the interruptions of the voice declaring the value of a certain dollar. From what he says this thing is worth at least $1.25 instead of the current $.49 value. Imagine! One can go to col lege, have a complete album of records, or take a trip prac tically around the world! That was certainly a welcome change after carting home on that very afternoon an itty bitty paper bag of groceries costing $10. No wonder the time to take off for the bathroom is dur ing the commercials. Name on File Gold Hill ATTORNEYS STRIKE Darno, Italy -(UPD- Defend ants were left to argue their own cases in court Tuesday when attorneys staged a strike in protest against con ditions in the courtrooms. HAIR CUTTING ILLEGAL Marion, Ind. -0JPD- Firemen in South Marion were warned Tuesday that cutting each other's hair without a bar ber's license is a state law vi olation. Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense of added comfort and security by holding plates more firmly. No gummy. gooey, pasty taste or feeling. It's alkaline (non-acid). Get FASTEETH at any drug counter among substantial elements of the Republican rank and file for a more aggressive party policy toward organized labor. Another solid evidence of that point of view is the favorable reaction now reported to a speech delivered last month before the National Associa tion of Manufacturers by Post master General Arthur E. Summerfield. Like Gold- Federal Assistance To Cities Depends On Budget Battle By Congresional Quarterly Washington -(CQ)- How much help American cities get this year from the Federal Government depends on whether Congress or Presi dent Eisenhower wins the battle of the budget." As far as Congress goes, the outlook is bright for cities. Sen. Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.), 57-year-old politico who was mayor of Philadelphia be fore coming to the Senate in 1956, calls the outlook "the best in my lifetime as a poli tician." The optimism stems from the fact that the Democratic leadership is pledged to pass city type bills and has an overwhelming majority i n both the Senate and House. In addition, the 1960 election waves like a warning finger to both parties. Since most of the population lives in cities, the politicians want some legislation to point to when they go there for votes. All this adds up to the prob ability that Congress in 1959 will authorize the spending of Federal dollars for city air ports, slum clearance, sewage plants, redevelopment of ar eas suffering from unemploy ment and construction of such community facilities as water and sewer systems. '. Ike Orders Retreat As for the Eisenhower Ad ministration, the President has made it abundantly clear he thinks it high time the Federal Government retreats from many of the city pro grams. In 1958 he vetoed the airport and depressed areas bill. He also recommended a cut-back in the money the Federal Government gives communities for sewage plants. And he wants a far smaller urban renewal pro gram than the Congress ap pears willing to authorize. The argument for the legis lation will be that cities can not raise enough money to do those jobs by themselves. Such city lobbies as the Amer ican Municipal association and U. S. Conference of Mayors long have contended rural- dominated state legislatures either will not or cannot foot the bills for the programs. So, they say, Uncle Sam must come to the rescue to protect the general welfare. Rules Committee Hurdle The cities' major legislative goals appear to have the sup port of the majority of the House and the Senate. But they must get over the hur dles of the house rules com mittee and the Eisenhower Administration before becom ing law. The house rules committee. is the gateway most bills must pass through to reach the house floor. The committee is dominated by a conservative coalition of Democrats and Republicans. Self-styled lib erals in the house made a lot of noise about reforming the committee before the 86th Congress opened. But speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) stilled them with a promise to bring major legislation to a vote. So the big question in the minds of city leaders is wheth er liberal Democrats and Re publicans will join forces to override the expected Presi dential vetoes. With every body voting, it will take 66 votes in the Senate and 291 in the House to override a veto. The Democrats enjoy a 64-34 margin in the Senate YOU MAY BE ASSURED C. M. Litwiller . . . That each individual requirement and need is met when your loved ones are entrusted to our care. The "Better" Service since 1935 LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy, 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close 11V water, Summerfield sees or ganized labor as a powerful and uncontrolled monopoly. He warned the manufacturers that "America today teeters on the precipice of a labor bossed Congress." Summerfield wants to make organized labor subject to the anti-trust laws, an idea most Republicans won't even discuss. and a 283-153 edge in the House. Patrick Healy Jr.. executive director of the American Mu nicipal association which rep resents about 13,000 cities and towns, contends "the cities are going to have a hard time getting legislation enacted into law because of the Pres ident s position on the budget. I don't think it's a rosy pic ture at all." Several bis city mayors liken their plight to looking through a telescope one end at a time. "From the Congress end, our legislative goals look close. But from the Adminis tration end, those goals look far, far away." (Copyright 1959, Congressional Quarterly Inc.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Hmmmmmmm. As this is written, Oregon hasn't decided who will be the next secretary of state. California hasn't solved the problem of how to continue champagne spending on a beer income. In the nation's capital the GOP is still trying to decide whether to be conservative or to try to out-liberal the liberals-the term "liberal" in this case meaning those who are liberal with the taxpay ers' money. J We'll have to talk today about lesser things. rjHIS, for example: The worst freeze In 12 years coated Britain with ice and snow today. It left a trail of stranded motorists and MAROONED THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND PRINCE CHARLES IN A PUB! rpERRIBLE, you say? - What's Britain coming to when the queen's consort makes the rounds of the sa loons with his son, the Prince of Wales? IlAIT a minute. Maybe you aren't famil iar with the institution known in the tight little isle, and particularly in London, as "the pub." It isn't a dive where souses go to get crock ed. It's a kind of neighbor hood club where the WHOLE FAMILY goes. The children drink ginger beer and the old sters take on a modest bit of somewhat stronger stuff-"arf an' arf," or perhaps a shot of gin and bitters. While ab sorbing same, they play darts and discuss neighborhood af fairs. -They drag out one drink over a LONG time, and when it's downed, as like as not, they go upstairs to the little restaurant that is located over so many of the pubs and eat a modest and pleasant meal that gives the mother a wel come relief from the tedium of her kitchen. THE Duke of Edinburg doesn't have to be ELECT ED to the job of consort. The Prince of Wales doesn't have to be ELECTED to the job of king. But- If both had to be elected Getting caught in a London pub would involve them in no campaign scandal. 5 - t i, IF!.-.. Ji7: Mrs. Utwiller 'It is Detter'to know us and not need us. than to need us and not know us."
