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4 Monday, March 9, 193 9 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MEDFORDtTEIBUNB- "Everyone bs Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MTiDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GRZ")i Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By M a 1 1 In Advance, Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year (15.00 Daily and Sunday 8 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $450 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Dail7 and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and SunUcy 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c opj 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Papei 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flighl 'o Time Medford and Jackscn County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 9. 1949 (Wednesday) Lowell Thomas and son ar rived in Medford on a tour of the nation. A Medford man trying to coax a few precious extra minutes out of a parking me ter damages same and receives $10 fine, for his pains in city court. 20 YEARS AGO March 9. 1939 (Thursday) The House Revenue and Taxation committee at Salem approves a 2 per cent tax on retail sales and services. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Young onions are on the market. The older girls buy them with more secrecy than they used to buy cigarettes." 30 YEARS AGO March 9, 1929 (Saturday) The governor signs the state Income tax bill into law. A high wind sweeps over the valley and is followed by rain. 40 YEARS AGO March 9, 1919 (Sunday) Many local people are pre serving eggs in water glass. A local citizen receives 30 days behind bars and a $200 fine for possession of a pint of whiskey. SO YEARS AGO March 9. 1909 (Tuesday) The State Supreme Court exonerates Editor George Put nam, ruling he as defendant had the right to show his li belous statements were true W. C. Leever, representing the progressive element, wins the mayoralty election in Cen tral Point. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Which is the correct offi cial name of the European country - The Netherlands or Holland? 2. In what religion is a mosque a place of worship? 3. If one committed a faux pas, what would that be? 4. Only even numbers are used to designate U.S. High ways; true or false? 5. Name the 13 original colonies that became States of the Union. 6. Was Johnny Appleseed a real, or a fictional, character? 7. Who was the star in "Mamba's Daughters," and "Cabin in the Sky." 8. Name the two Presidents of the U.S. whose last names contained only four letters. 9. What human organ js pictured on the back of a one dollar silver certificate? 10. Following are names of cities: Burlington, Erie, Mil waukee, New Haven. Santa Fe. What else have they in common? Answers: 1. The Nether lands. 2. Mohammedanism. 3. Social error. 4. False. S. N.H.. Mass., Conn., R.I.. N.Y N. J., Pa.. Del., Md., N.C., S.C., Ga., Va. 6. Real. 7. Eth el Waters. 8. Polk and Taft. 9. The eye. 10. All nicknames of railways. AIDE TO DEAF DIES Los Angeles - (LTD - Mrs. Harriet Montague, 74, widely know for her work in help ing deaf children, died Sat urday ol a stroke. And So it Is All of us could learn from the example of 11-year-old Kathy Hewitt of Miami, Fla. Distressed by grownups' moans about the tax burden, the national debt and the menace to security, she wrote to President Eisenhower offering her life savings of $61. . "You don't have to pay it back," she said. "Maybe the kids of the country could help out. Most kids would send you their savings." As Kathy's letter reached the White House, Washington state congressmen were receiving a flood of inspired letters from their constituents warning of a taxpayers' strike. The letters said, in effect, "No more money for schools; no more money for defense." D UBBISH ! Americans have never had more money to spend on themselves. Despite high taxes, high prices, the shrinking value of the dol lar, the per capita disposable personal income af ter taxes has increased nearly 20 per cent in the past decade. Of course, all have not shared in prosperity. Those on fixed incomes have reason for com plaint. But the average citizen, the average tax payer, never had it so good. That, in fact, may be part of the reason for the squawks. A man naturally resents being in the highlax brackets even though his being there means he can keep more for himself. A MERICANS, who in the past 10 years paid 110 billion dollars for automobiles and only 78 billion dollars for all public elementary and sec ondary education cannot in good conscience rebel against taxes for schools. Americans, who spend 15 billion dollars annually on tobacco and liquor, cannot, with a straight face, say, "We can't afford another dollar for defense." Those who really think they can't afford it, should harken to the fresh spirit of Kathy Hew itt. Upon receipt of the White House letter declin ing her offer, with thanks, the bank and remarked: country is more important than luxury." Port land Oregonian. The Bar Goes Along The American Bar Association's House of Delegates has adopted a report which, although it avoids broadside denunciation of the Supreme Court, goes along with the Court's critics because of a series of decisions handed down since Earl Warren became Chief Justice. Literally, one may agree with that section of the report which calls on Congress to enact, rem edial legislation whenever it believes that internal security has been weakened by a Supreme Court decision. But who can honestly contend that in ternal security has thus been weakened by the Court? The A.B.A. does itself no credit by imply ing so. THE report included a oiaic oMtuics uu'ocuiuuu nave wuntuiiciiii en forcement with the United States anti-sedition laws. This was designed to hit at least a half dozen important Supreme Court decisions, includ ing one in the Pennsylvania Nelson case, which found sedition a proper field for the enforcement of acts of Congress. The report got in its licks against Chief Jus tice Warren's admirable opinion in the Watkins case on the rightful functions and responsibilities of the House Un-American Activities committee. It recommended that the committee continue its inquisitions under a revised charter. It urged res toration to the Secretary of State of broad discre tionary power to control passports. CT. Louisans may take satisfaction in the ident- ity of the delegate who led the fight against this capitulation of the A.B.A. to the witch hunt ers. He was Arthur J. Freund of St. Louis, former president of the St. Louis Board of Police Com missioners, who forced a day's delay at Chicago in the hope that the delegates would realize what they were doing. Albert E. Jenner of Illinois, also a Republican, and former president of the Illinois Bar, gave Mr. Freund his strongest support. They have lost now but eventually opinion in the Bar Association will come to support them. Reason will prevail even in the A.B.A. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 35-Hour Week? The normal work week should become 35 hours in this era of high-speed production, says the AFL-CIO. Its executive committee has de manded that Congress now make 35 instead of 40 hours the weekly stint beyond which time-and-a half wage rates must be paid. That's the best way, they insisted, to reduce unemployment. But James R. Hoffa warns that if wage-eam- ers have to put only 35 hours on the regular job, many of them will go into outside part-time work and augment the number of unemployed. VET the normal 35-hour week is expected to be provided in more and more new labor con tracts. Even a year ago the U. S. Labor Depart ment reported that 7 per cent of contracts it had studied were requiring premium wage rates at below the 40-hour level. A IS-hour day was the norm a century ago, and not until around 1890 did most U. S. factoiy workers get down to a 10-hour day. Fifty years ago the 40-hour week would have sounded as chimerical as talk of a four-day work week sounds today. E.R.R. she put the $61 back in "I still believe that our recommendation that Dennis the 'Ate ah' Ruff was playin' ball 'fore you cam out. TWS WHY ITS A LITTLE BIT WET. Matter of Fact WHY PROXMIRE WAS WRONG Washington It is a bit late to be adding to the com mentaries on the bold attack on Lyndon J ohnson's Senate leader ship by Sen. William Prox mire of Wis consin. But after all the other returns are in, two highly im- Joseph -Usop punani uuugs strangely remain to be said. In the first place, grumblings from the independent mind ed, progressive law - makers like Proxmire are always heard, when the Congression al leadership is strong. Often they, are justified, too. Yet there was no historic justifi cation for the Wisconsin Sen ator's most specific complaint, that Lyndon Johnson has the habit of making his own plans of action without consulting his colleagues in the party caucus. Of course Johnson does not hold party caucuses. But then no other strong leader in the Senate or House has ever been addicted to caucusing his fol lowers, since the bygone days when the rule of the caucus was rather strictly binding on those who joined in it. Under that forgotten rule, the grim old Tyrant of the House, Uncle Joe Cannon, was happy to caucus his cow ed fellow-members at fre quent intervals. The same was true of the Senate lead ers of that period. But the strong leaders who came aft er, when the rule was chang ed, would no more have call ed a caucus to ask what they should do next, than a good infantry captain would ask the sargeants and privates of his company when he ought to order the next patrol. ALL the great speakers of the House after Cannon Champ Clark, Nicholas Long worth, John Nance Garner, Sam Rayburn were more or less benevolent autocrats; and Rayburn still is a benevolent autocrat. Autocracy is more difficult in the Senate. Yet consider Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas and Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the only two other Senate chieftains be sides Johnson who have truly led the Senate in the last quarter century. Taft viewed his position al most as a military command. As for Robinson, he not only held no caucuses; he never consulted anyone at all ex cept James F. Byrnes of South Carolina and Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Barring these two brilliant lieutenants, this sup-er-autcrat seldom spoke t o other Senators except for the purpose of issuing orders. Robinson led, in truth, al most entirely by . the favors Try and -By BENNETT CERF- CALVIN COOLIDGE liked 'to josh a veteran senator from New England who had learned early in life never to stick his neck out. "To show you how cautious he was," Coolidge chuckled, "I was present when he was introduced one day to Siamese twins. All he said was, 'Brothers, I presume?' " Animal spirits: 1. An ant who wrote a stock market letter advis ing, "Buy sheep, sell deer." 2. A fly who was swatted as he lit upon an adding machine. His alibi: "I guess my number was up." 3. An overeducated chimp who crossed a black widow spider with a horse, observing, "I have no idea what will result, but if the darn thing bites me, I can always ride it to the hospital." Stage star Juliette Greco, trained in Paris, insists there are borne women who do not like to spread gossip. She adds, "They are quite content to invent it." 0 1363, by Bennett Cert Bfetrfimted br Eng Fe&tarta Syndicate. - Menace By- Joseph Alsop he doled out, and the great fear he inspired. In sum, the willingness to lead, the habit of command, the sense of responsibility of a good field commander, are all essential qualities in any strong legislative leader. Sen ator Proxmire could have his caucuses; but he would also have weak leadership. He would certainly not wish to enter a caucus whose vote was binding. One wonders whether he would be any more ready to pay the price of weak Congressional lead' ership. That question raises the even deeper point that al so needs to be brought out Putting it bluntly, a special need for strong leadership in Congress has been created by the present state of the Presi dency. President Eisenhower came to his great office with the out-of-date conception that an American President ought to reign but not rule, preside but not decide. Countless in stances can be cited of his habit of handing on to Con gress the task of making what are essentially Presidential choices. His treatment of his own 1957 budget, after George M. Humphrey's fam ous "curl your hair" state ment, is the most extraordin ary example. Another exam ple is the President's recent agriculture message, stating the factors of the appalling farm problem, but hardly be ginning to recommend a clear-cut solution. QINCE his unhappy illnesses, moreover, Dwight D. Ei senhower has been even less eager and active in wielding vast White House powers than he was in his first term. The United Slates has had other Presidents sometimes much admired Presidents, like Cal vin Coolidge in his time who took this same approach. But by a strange accident of his tory, the United States has never before had such a President in a period of dan ger and crisis. This is a per iod of utmost danger. The American system is a purely Presidential system. So the body politic is now like a hu man body in which the heart muscles are no longer eager for their unending task, al though the body is called on to great exertion. Continuing the image, strong Congressional leader ship can never substitute for strong Presidential leader ship, any more than machin ery can substitute for the hu man heart. But strong Con gressional leadership can serve to do what is done by one of those external, plastic heart pumps the doctors now use. It can help to get the body politic through a rough patch. Lyndon J o h n s o n's strong leadership did pre cisely that, on the very issue which aroused the ire of Sen. Proxmire and some other Nor- Stop Me CALVIN 'COOUDGE Berliners Strongly Anti-Communist, But Other West Germans Less Certai By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Editor Berlin -4UPD- Of all the anti Communists in West Germany probably the most ariti-Com- unists are trip Germans of West Berlin. Here, no quar'ter is asked and, they promise, none will be given. Deputy Ma yor Franz a l : j Phil Kowsnm AllireilU SUS in his office in West Berlin's sprawling city hall and de mands the Western Allies give in to nothing. As do all West Berliners, he accepts as fact the Russian promise to turn over to the East Germans the life lines of West Berlin on May 27 ... or June 27 . . . or July 27-whichever date on which Nikita Khrushchev fi nally settles. But he, along with many of ficial Americans here, believes it would be a surrender to permit the East Germans even to place an inspection stamp on Allied cargoes travelling into West Berlin along the autobahns connecting isolated Berlin with independent West Germany, 110 miles away through Communist territory. Says Reds Won't Shool Ram it through, he says. The Russians won't shoot. This is a city calm, but In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The California state senate passes a bill fixing the state speed limit at an ABSOLUTE 65 miles per hour. The assem bly had already passed the bill. Governor Brown had re quested it and announces that he will sign it into law. So- Beginning next New Year's Day- If you push the needle up to more than 65 in California on the open road (the bill per mits zoning at lower speeds in congested areas or on bad roads) and a cop clocks you and sirens you down, it will be just, too bad. You will have violated the law, and that will be that. CALIFORNIA now has a 55 mile law, which will re main in force until next Jan uary, but it permits a driver to go faster if he can prove it was safe (under all the cir cumstances) to do so. The present law is not fundamen tally dissimilar to Oregon's "basic" speed law, which giv es the driver considerable lee way in unzoned areas. What Califorina has done is to DO AWAY with this lee way and to say flatly that 65 mph is the outside limit of safety. rpHE new California speed law didn't whish through the legislature with out opposition. One senator growled: "On some highways, especially freeways in Los An geles, you'll get run over from behind if you drive at only 65." Another one remarked that on long, straight desert highways with comparatively little traffic "it doesn't make a bit of difference whether you drive 65 or 165, because you can't hurt anything." (Except yourself, someone might add.) A reasonable comment is that the trouble with permit ting the driver to be the judge of speeds at which it is safe to drive is that THE JUDG MENT OF SOME DRIVERS IS GOOD WHEREAS THE JUDGMENT OF OTHER DRIVERS IS VERY BAD. LET'S put it this way: It is quite true that -given GOOD drivers, with cars in PERFECT condition -speeds in excess of 65 miles are safe. But - Speeds of 50 mph are likely to be SAFER. And - 30 mph would almost cer tainly be safer still. But, hu man nature being human na ture, you couldn't enforce a 30 mph limit without as many cops as there are drivers. The problem is to find a REASONABLE compromise. That is what California is try ing to do. Come 1960, the results will be watched with a good deal of interest. thern Democrats, the issue" of Senate rules and civil rights. Without Johnson's courag eous, firm-handed and national-minded intervention, this issue alone would have turn ed the American government into a public shambles, in the very midst of the Berlin cris is. In these circumstances, the nation is lucky to have two such men as Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson leading the Democratic majorities in Con gress. Caucus or no caucus, good luck to them, (c) 1959 New York Herald and Tribun Inc. geared for trouble. No one pretends to know how or from where the trouble might come. The general prediction is that if fighting does break out it will come first in general disorders, not as an organized military operation. And the mmunications 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 Mail Tribune reserves the right tc 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. To the Editor: The follow ing letter has been sent to Governor Mark Hatfield: At the present time there is a terrific turmoil over educa tion and the taxes necessary to supply money for . educa tional purposes. Each parent desires for his children a broad education, but many are unwilling to pay the tre mendous tax load. This load, which is heavier in some areas than others, emphasizes the state-wide nature of our problem, yet many are too wrapped up in their own petty problems to see the broad aspects of local and state-wide problems with relation to their children's education. Some areas are able to give their children ex ceptional educational facili ties and programs while the cumulative tax burden in other areas is such that they must "make-do" with either inadequate or, at best, mini mum standard schools. With our present fluid population, and increasing population density, this in equality of educational pro gram is of concern to our en tire state. The penalties to society which accompany in adequate educational pro ducts follow these walking production samples wherever they go and become a burden to the local taxpayers. Such things as adult and juvenile delinquincy, inefficiency in public office, economic in adequacy on the part of citi zens, lack of adjustment to the social realities of our time, all are burdens on the taxpayers of our state and each knows no 'bounds of school district or county boundaries. Until this basic fact is accepted, that . each child's education affects everybody in the country, or world, we will never have equal educational opportunr ties for our children. The tax money for schools should be distributed so that each pupil is afforded an equal, educational opportunity without placing a heavier burden on the taxpayers of one area than those of any other. The Weight of the tax bur den, and the wide-spread con sequences of inadequate edu cation, both dictate that some relief must be extended to the local tax payer. Ob viously, this can only be done by broadening the base from which we support our schools so that the major burden can be born by sources other than the local property tax. Since all other available sources fall under the prerogative of the state rather than local taxing bodies we must face up to our responsibilities on the state level by finding new sources for educational sup port, and that such support be channeled to those areas which face the most critical tax situations. Robert H. Worrall Route 1, Box 265-A Rogue River, Ore. Thoughts on Recreation To the Editor: Year-around swimming is already avail able in Medford, at our YMCA. Due to the poor plan ning in its original stages some years ago, the present facilities leave much to be de sired, such as proper ventila tion, sound proofing and a sDectators' eallery. If the pub lic is interested in year around swimming, the public could provide the means for improving the Y's financial situation. A little civic pride and concern for what the Y is doing, for the children and the adults in our community, is long overdue. The high school also uses the pool for swim classes. To spend $125. 000 to duplicate recreational facilities seems to me to lack of sound judgment. Another outdoor pool is surely needed, but if further improvements are to be made, suggestions are for heating systems tor both Hawthorne and Jackson pools, and tennis courts in both locations. Di Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline (non-acid) powder, holds false teeth mnr flrnih Ta nnri tjllc In more comfort, just sprinkle a little FAS- j teeth on your piates. no gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Checks Bplate odor" (denture breath). Get FASTEETH at any drug oounter. promise here is that it will be street by street. But, while West Berliners are of a single mind, the same cannot necessarily be said of the rest of West Germany. West Germany is a nation of many complexities. versity of recreational facili ties and adequate mainten ance and supervision are the aims for which our parks and recreation commission should be striving, not for something "unique." It would appear wise to provide seasonal pass es for swimmers, at reason able rates. The past charges of 20 cents for the youngest and more for older children and adults is prohibitive for many families, and if we are trying to answer juvenile needs in our town we should make every effort to keep the everyone. Membership in the Y is from $8 to $12, for individual membership, $40 for families, and includes all sports and social facilities the year around. Margaret J. Rowan, 828 Minnesota ave. Medford. Likes Pool Idea To the Editor: About the ar ticle regarding the outdoor, indoor swimming dooI thev would like to build but don't know if they can because of shortness of funds, why can't they have some kind of drive where each child sends in a dime or as much as they. would like or could to help raise money so we could have the indoors pool? i leel Medford needs one where leaders of Camp Fire, Girl Scouts and other groups can take their erouDs swim ming, without having to go all the way to Ashland. I do hope it can be warmer than Ash land's though. (Name on File) Medford. Brushy Sweeper To the Editor: Congratula tions! We contend that you have thoroughly and com pletely won your worthy campaign for the beautifica tion of Medford. Why? The ultimate in good Centennial taste has been achieved! As follows: Just met the thing that sweeps the street Revolving brush! That done it! All trimmed to match the bristled chin Of the driver-man that run it! We think Medford may have "capped the climax" over all the cities in Oregon, thanks to your long and ardu ous campaign. "Gold Hill Billy," T3old Hill, Ore. Dystrophy Drive To the Editor: The Jackson county chapter of the Muscu lar Dystrophy association are pleased to announce that a total of $1,373.48 was contri buted in the 1958 campaign. We wish to thank the people who so generously gave their tirne to help us in our fight of this dreadful crippling dis- Reasonable Funerals (Priced for Everyone) 1 - ' -Ctt'fti- III 4, i Zf "wJ FRIENDLY, V-H1 4 J r & K 1 Frank b Perl rJzPQ Dusseldorf, in the industrial Ruhr area, is its financial cen ter. Hamburg is its shipping center. Bonn is the federal capital. But the federal courts are in Karlsruhe. Frankfurt is the communications center. Complex Thinking West German thinking is just as complex. There is a sardonic saying in West Germany that every one wants German reunifica tion except Adenauer and Pieck. They mean that both Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany and President Wilhelm Pieck of East Ger many like their positions of power and mean to retain them. There is by no means total conviction in West Germany that Berlin is worth a war, nor is there total conviction that unification of Germany is an unmixed blessing.. The reasons are both political and economic. The reasoning goes like this: Industrially, West Germanv now is the most prosperous nation in Western Europe, far ahead of the scale existing in East Germany. From the standpoint of West German business, to take in East Ger many now would be like tak ing in a poor relation. West German business would have to suffer until East Germany could be brought up to a simi lar level. Picture Would Change Politically also the picture probably would change. Ad enauer's Christian Democrats are in charge now, but in case of reunification the Socialists probably would take over. The Socialists are anti-Communist but politically the change would be toward the left. And, finally, reunification would reopen the question of the disputed eastern territories- the area beyond the Oder Niesse line taken from Ger many by Poland. Under the Potsdam Agreement, final dis position was to await a for mal peace treaty. The Commu nists regared it as an accom plished fact. The West Ger mans do not. Many would ra ther let it sleep. Finally, in West Germany the memory of war is very real. They want to be sure that all possibilities of talk are exhausted before fighting starts. There seems, however, to be no favor -of retreat. f SEE POPULATION DOUBLE Washington - (UPD - A re search group estimates that if present trends continue the world's population will more than double to reach nearly seven billion by the end of the century. ease, and not least the many people who contributed their donations. May God Bless each, and every one of you. Mrs. Betty Gould Vice-President. 409 South Peach st., Medford. CLOGSTON'S Metal Weather Stripping and Screens Estimate! Gladly Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings 32 Hear your fav orite hymns on KMED every Sunday, 10:35 a.m., sung by "Tennessee Ernie" Ford PERL Funeral Home Phone SP 2-6675 LADY ATTENDANT HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE 4
