4 Wednesday, March 11, 1959
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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1949 (Friday)
Speaker Frank Van Dyke
tells the House at Salem he is
"retiring from politics for
awhile to make some money."
The IJedford airport cafe,
remodeled and re-equipped,
opens today under new man
agement. 20 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1939 (Saturday)
Medford theatergoers join
Ashland residents at a perfor
mance of "Dangerous Corner"
in the Lithia hotel.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Orch
ardists are getting ready for
the annual visit of Jackson
Frost, who if he never comes
will be too soon."
30 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1929 (Monday)
A labor shortage for orch
ard work prevails in the val
ley. Ray Watkins, Central Point,
beats Dr. W. E. Lantis in the
city billiard title matches at
Brown's.
40 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1919 (Tuesday)
The Greater Medford club
plans to organize a permanent
city band and male quartet.
Bill Offutt, a local soldier,
writes that he is still in
France.
50 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1909 (Thursday)
Gov. Benson stands in the
way of legislation perpetuat
ing Ashland's normal school
by having gained the legisla
ture's pledge not to take up
any new business.
Col. Frank Ray completes
arrangements for irrigating
the entire north end of the
Rogue valley.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Did Christopher Colum
bus ever set foot on the main
land of the continents of either
North or South America.
2. Would you properly ad
dress a Warrant Officer in the
Army as "Officer;' "Mister,"
or "Lieutenant"?
3. What is the Roman nu
meral for 500?
4. The record book kept at
police stations is known as
what?
5. In shingling a roof,
should you start putting on
the shingles from the ridge
pole down, or the eaves up?
6. Air in sunlight is of
higher temperature than air in
the shade; true or false?
7. Was George Arliss an ac
tor, anthropologist, or aviator?
8. George Washington did,
or did not, have a middle
name?
9. The famous paintings on
the ceiling of the Sistine cha
pel in Vatican City were exe
cuted by what noted artist?
10. Correct the following.
"By the time I leave he will
call me."
Answer 1. No. 2. Mister. 3.
. D. 4. Blotter. 5. From the
eaves up. 6. False 7. Actor. 8.
Did not. 9. Michelangelo. 10.
"By the lime I leave he will
have called me."
XS NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATION
Duncan s Challenge
In this space recently it was pointed out that
"pure research" is a highly practical and impor
tant activity even if it is not known immediate
ly where it will lead.
It is true that technological progress stems al
most entirely from the untrammeled thinking of
men touched with genius, men who are not in
volved in any particular or specific problem, but
who are curious about the basic whys and where
fores of the world in which we live.
CONSIDERATIONS such as these recently mo-
tivated Bob Duncan of Medford, speaker of
the Oregon house of representatives, to propose
that the state make a modest investment in "pure
research."
The abbreviated wire - service stories from
Salem didn't tell his proposal in detail, and were
therefore somewhat misleading. What he was
proposing was an attempt to apply some concen
trated brainpower to the problems facing educa
tion in Oregon during the next decade or two.
His proposal was in the form of a letter to the
money-allocating ways and means committee of
the legislature, with copies to the presidents of
the University of Oregon and Oregon State col
lege, and to the chancellor of higher education.
TITE CONSIDER his letter to be a significant
contribution to understanding of the prob
lems of education, and higher education in par
ticular, as well as a suggestion as to one way of
approaching them.
Excerpts from his letter follow : ,
One of the biggest problems which this legislature
has before it is that of higher education. All forecasts
indicate that it will continue to plague future legisla
tures for an indefinite time in the future, since we are
told that there will be at least twice as many young
sters seeking admission' to our colleges and universi
ties by 1972.
With infrequent but notable exceptions, the only
solutions to these problems which have been offered
resolve themselves down into "more money" for more
teachers, higher salaries and more buildings. Without
denying the need for adequate financing, it seems ap
parent that, if our thinking is thus limited, we are pre
doomed to failure no matter how much money we
appropriate. I am told by responsible educators that
it is an impossibility under present standards and
methods to train a sufficient number of teachers to
meet the projected student load in the time which
we have.
It thus seems self-evident that we must devise new
techniques and reorient or redirect our thinking in this
field ...
The practical results of "pure research" in the
fields of the natural Sciences are now generally ac
knowledged. The Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton ... is the leader in this field. I wonder if
a similar program in the field of education, particular
ly methods and techniques, is not badly needed ... I
do not know the answers and I doubt if any layman
does. The answers to these problems will undoubtedly
come from the educators themselves.
I suggest that . . . you give serious consideration to
including funds for such pure research. This cannot
be done by men who have lectures to prepare, classes
to attend and papers to grade, nor do I envision a re
accumultaion of statistics and questionnaires. Rather I
have in mind a program where some top people with
a pencil, some paper and time to think, can generate
the answers for which we are all looking . . .
, While this may be considered by some to be a new
service and an additional expense, in my mind it is
rather an investment in the future of the state which
may result in savings of many times its cost. Such
an effort we owe to those students who are still to
come. Less than this we cannot tolerate.
DUNCAN'S suggestion
cioLctnce huiii many siues irom uiose wno
think it is a sin to spend tax money on new and
experimental ideas, from those who may feel
they have a vested interest in the educational
status quo, from those who fail (or refuse) to see
the dimensions of the problems ahead.
The suggestion is not exactly "pure research"
inasmuch as it is designed to solve specific prob
lems. But it could well result in daring and imagina
tive programs in the field of education.
ITT"- '11 i -1- j1 j i i i .i
vve win waicn witn interest to see wnetner
Duncan's challenge is taken up, or whether it is
dropped with a dull thud a sound which is all
too familiar to those who have watched legisla
tures in action. E.A.
50th Star Near
Reports from Washington indicate that state
hood for Hawaii is closer to actuality than ever
before.
Both the house and
terior and insular aff ail's have approved the state
hood bill. The house bill was approved yesterday
by the rules committee, where the chairman, an
opponent to Hawaiian statehood, was thought to
have been the major potential stumbling block
to the bill.
. Chances now look good for its passage soon
perhaps even tomorrow.
.
CTATEHOOD has been proposed for the island
group many times over the years, the first in
1919, only 19 years after the Republic of Hawaii
jomed the U.S. as a territory.
v Hawaiian statehood has been at least con
sidered in the congressional session of every
year except lyoz and 19ob since 1947.
'
TlflANY of the arguments against Hawaiian
ATA statehood have been knocked into a cocked
hat by the admission of Alaska such as those of
non - contiguity, too - little population, overrepre-
sentation, and so on.
The southerners in
enders m opposition to
stem largely trom its high proportion of non-Caucasian
citizens.
It looks like this year is statehood year for
Hawaii. And none too soon, either. E.A.
probably will find re-
i j i.t !
senate committees on in
Congress are the bitter
Hawaii, and then feelings
Dennis the
CAN yOU IMAGINE SLEEPING LIKE THAT AFTER HAVING TWO
FIST FIGHTS, GETTING VOIR fOOT CAUGHT IN A WASHING AtfCHlNB
AND HAVING A NlGH03R THREATEN To PUT YOU IH JAIL?
Adequate
Research
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington -(UPD- Any year
now we (or more likely the
Russians) will be shooting a
space man 221,000 miles up
to the moon.
Yet we have
not gotten
around to
sending any
body seven
miles down in
the deepest
hole in the
ocean. And we
don't seem in
any hurry to
Frank Eleazer do it.
Man has been sailing since
Noah. Yet here were some of
our top sailors admitting to
a House Merchant Marine
subcommittee they know
very little" about the seas
that cover two-thirds of our
earth.
Subcommittee members
were shocked at the news,
and not too hopeful on what
they could do about it.
Warning Prompts Probe
"You can get billions of dol
lars to explore outer space"
moaned Chairman George P.
Miller (D-Calif.). "But we'll
have a hard time getting mil
lions to explore our own
oceans."
What prompted Miller's
peering into the depths was
a recent warning from the
National Academy of Sciences.
TVio enimiHsts sairl with
missile subs and the lie the
seas now are more crucial
than space in safeguarding
our country. National survi
val may hinge on what we
don't know about our oceans,
they said.
We are better acquainted
with the surface of the moon
than with the depths of our
seas, the scientists said.
Know Little of Sea
Though we can direct sat
ellites into orbit around the
sun, we still can't navigate
submarines under water with
certain knowledge just where
they are. Nor can we count
on spotting an enemy's subs.
Vice Adm. A. C. Richmond,
commandant of the Coast
Guard, and C. R. Denison, re
search chief for the Maritime
Administration, confirm
ed the worst of what the
scientists said.
"We know very little about
the sea," Richmond told the
subcommittee. "What we do
know is most superficial."
"We must depend for bas
ic research on other agencies,"
said Denison. "And then we
go to them for information,
often it isn't there."
Russians May Be Ahead
Miller hinted darkly that
the Russians, already boast
ing a lead in space, may also
be pulling ahead under th e
sea. He produced, from the
Library of Congress, six vol
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
rpHE EDITOR of a big rational magazine has hit upon a new
-1- way of bolstering his sagging circulation figures. When a
manuscript is turned down, the frustrated author receives not
only a polite rejection slin
but several subscription
forms!
Back from a short visit to
New York, an English
journalist assured his read
ers, "Those tales you hear
of juvenile delinquency in
the States are grossly exag
gerated. Why, I was there
for eight days and didn't
see more than a dozen cop
pers and schoolteachers
mowed down. Of course,
the .rattle of machine-guns
and the flashing of switch
blade knives sometimes are annoying at night, but the bodies
are always removed from the streets and parks by morning."
A bookshop at Purdue lists "How to Win Friends and Influence
People" and "Count Your Blessings" under "Non-Friction."
C 1959, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Feature Syndicate.
Menace
li
Funds for Oceanic
Difficult To Get
umes on ocean research which
he said were published in
Russia in the past half dozen
years.
All were in Russian. He
didn't Iftiow what they said.
Miller is a member also of
the House Space Committee,
which has been drawing good
crowds to its hearings in the
ommunications
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Good Luck! ,
To the Editor: I would like
to wish the Black Tornado
basketball team and their
coach Frank Roelandt, good
luck at the tournament at
Eugene. With everyone be
hind them I'm sure they can
win.
Remember, "A team is only
as good as its supporters."
Good luck.
Mrs. John Nolt,
Medford.
Medford High Class of "42"
No Oregon Slogan
To the Editor: KWG orig
inated in the state of Wash
ington by a Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co. public relations
man after severe public criti
cism of forest destruction by
big timber companies. Keep
Washington Green sounded
hopeful and patriotic. It was
presented to school children,
Scouts, et al, and by giving
little children pretty green
"badges" made them feel fa
vored and as if doing some
thing. The idea was brought to
Oregon and persistently pro
moted: In 1945, I believe it
was, Gov. Snell wrote me
asking that I serve on the
Jackson County KOG commit
tee. I thanked him and de
clined as I did not feel that
I could qualify as my obser
vations were that loggers and
lumbermen who should be do
ing more than anyone else
to keep Oregon green were
not interested in the program
further than that the woods
be not burned before the lum
bermen could get the timber
removed. Governor Snell and
I exchanged several letters.
Finally I agreed to serve only
with a hope that I might pos
sibly help promote better for
est practices, less destructive
operations, better utilization
of forest products.
At one committee meeting
discussion ran on for more
than an hour about teaching
school children and teachers
not to burn the forests; one
Stop Me
Anti-Semitism in West Germany Creates
Ghost of Germany Past; Laws Debatable
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Frankfurt, Germany -(UPD-A
ghost of Germany's past has
p".me back to haunt the peo
ple of Ger
many present.
German
courts are not
PYartlv -full
I these days of
cases involv
ing anti-Semitism,
but there
are enough of
them to dis
turb both gov
trail .sewsom
ernment f and Jewish leaders
alike.
There is not even proof that
there is more anti-Semitism
here than in many other
places in the world. But be
cause of the past, the recent
rash of anti-Semitic occur
rences in West Germany has
sent a chill up the German
spine and brought new guar
antees from Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer.
Adenauer, in an interview
with West Germany's only
big House caucus room. The
Merchant Marine subcommit
tee met in the smallest hear
ing room in the House Office
building. But it was no prob
lem at all getting a seat.
"Shooting off into space is
exciting," said Miller, sadly.
"Nobody seems to care much
about what they can't see un
der the ocean."
member even suggested con
tacting old hill-billies, 'warn
ing them to be careful not
to start forest fires, some hav
ing been in the woods, maybe
30 to 50 years, and knew for
est values better than some
of us.
Finally I remarked some
thing about improved logging
operations, slash burning, etc
A lumberman remarked: We
didn't come here to listen to
a condemnation of our woods
work. We'd better be about
our business. I pointed out
that this is your business and
our business, and we should
all be about it.
Having known Col. Greeley
years ago I wrote him, as a
member of the committee,
asking him, through his of
fice as secretary-manager of
the West Coast Lumber asso
ciation for advice and help
through members of WCLA
to support the KOG plan. He
wrote me a , long letter, but
no help from that source.
I'm sure all of us are in
favor of keeping Oregon's
green forests green, but
wouldn't it be silly to put
the suggested slogan on our
automobile license plates?
John E. Gribble,
139 Kenwood ave.,
Medford
Oueleife Wins Local
Toasfmasfer Contest
Cliff Ouelette, Medford at
torney, Monday won the Med
ford Toastmaster club speech
contest finals. He spoke on
"How to Win Friends and In
fluence No One But Your
self." Other contest speakers were
Dr. Ralph Hibbs, talking on
"A Grain of Truth is Worth
a Bushel of Bunk," and Doug
las Roach on "The Education
of American Youth.''
Dwight Wilson, president,
presided, and Dan Hull was
master of ceremonies.
Ouelette will compete
March 21 with speakers from
Klamath Falls, Grants Pass,
Yreka, Calif., and the Jackson
Toastmasters of Medford.
Chrysler Ready
With Economy Car
New York -(UPD- The Chrys
ler Corp. will produce a small
economy car if its competitors
do, but it won't be much
cheaper than the present
small Plymouth.
L. L. Colbert, president of
the auto company, said Tues
day that Chrysler will not
pioneer the field but would
be "ready to follow if our
competitors come out first."
Colbert said the economy
Chrysler probably would have
a six cylinder engine in front,
carry six passengers, and run
25 miles on a gallon of gas.
He said it would cost only
S125 to S150 less than the cur
rent small Plymouth.
Li
Jewish newspaper, declared
that the German people had
reacted with disgust to events
of the Nazi era and that this
fact could not be invalidated
by isolated acts of anti-Semitism.
Will Not Repeat Policy
He added that the policy of
the Nazi regime toward the
Jews had brought disgrace on
"all of us" and would not be
repeated.
Adenauer's refrence was to
the six million Jews who died
in the gas chambers or by
worse means under the regime
of Adolf Hitler, and to the
government's present deter-
Editorial
Comment
THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE MILD
Oregon ranks sixth among
all the states in its use of tran
sient labor in agriculture. It
was primarily for that reason
that former Gov. Robert
Holmes asked that an interim
committee make a study of
Oregon's use of transient la
bor in agriculture. After some
15 months of study the in
terim committee prepared a
report of its findings and of
fered some recommendations
which were put into six legis
lative bills. The bills cover:
1. Licensing of labor con
tractors and registry of crew
leaders.
2. Standards for safey in
transportation applying to
every motor vehicle used to
transport one or more work
ers to and from their places
of employment.
3. Minimum housing and
sanitation standards with re
quirements of pure water for
drinking and domestic pur
poses, sanitary sewage and
garbage disposal.
4. Provision for tax relief
for construction of farm hous
ing.
5. Provision of $50,000 to
finance a pilot program in
education of children of farm
migrants.
6. Continuing and strength
ening of the governor's inter
agency committee on migra
tory labor.
The report of the interim
committee does not sensation
alize its findings. Its recom
mendations are rather mild
They do not propose to re
move all the bad spots with
one big swipe of the legisla
tiye brush.
Because the recommenda
tions are not extreme it had
been expected that the legis
lation which covers them
would have little or no oppo
sition. Such was not the case,
however, when the. first hear
ing was held recently on the
committee s r e c o m m e nda
tions.
The most significant oppo
sition was voiced by repre
sentatives of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. We
suppose this should have been
expected because the AFB
has consistently opposed any
correctives for the abuses that
exist in the handling of mi
gratory labor when those cor
rectives have been consid
ered in the Congress.
The AFB's opposition as it
was presented to the Oregon
legislature centers primarily
upon No. 3 of the committee's
recommendations which deals
with minimum housing and
sanitation standards. Accord
ing to AFB spokesmen, it
would be too costly for many
farmers to maintain such
standards. We trust legisla
tors will not be misled by
this opposition. If they will
look closely at the commit
tee's proposals in regard to
sanitation they will find that
no more than one would ex
pect to have for his own fam
ily is asked for migratory
families.
One wonders whether the
AFB of Oregon feels called
upon to oppose these legisla
t i v e recommendations be
cause the recommendations
for Oregon ask so little.
-Pendleton East-Oregonian
BLASTS DISCRIMINATION
Washington -(UPD- Secretary
of Health, Education and Wel
fare Arthur S. Flemming says
job discrimination against
older workers is "absolutely
indefensible" and a "disserv
ice to the country."
REVOKE SLEDDING LAW
St, Helier, Jersey-OJPD-The
island of Jersey in the Eng
lish channel has revoked a law
forbidding use of sleds unless
there are three inches of snow
on the ground. Average year
ly snowfall on the island is
2.81 inches.
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not Embarrass
Many wearers of false teeth hav
suffered real embarrassment because
their plate dropped, slipped or wob
bled at just the wrong time. Do not
live in fear of this happening to you.
Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH. the
alkaline (non-acid) powder, on your
plates. Hold false teeth more firmly,
so they feel more comfortable. Does
not sour. Checks "plate odor" (den
ture breath). Get rASTEETH at any
drug counter.
mination to re-integrate West
Germany's remaining 30,000
Jews into West German life.
Most West Germans seem to
approach the problem today
with the grim fascination of a
man drawn irresistibly to the
edge of a cliff. He doesn't
want to go there, but he does
anyway.
There is no chance that the
West Germans will be allowed
to forget the atrocities of the
Hitler regime. In the pleasant
little town of Dachau a few
miles from Munich, the gas
chambers still stand as a grim
memorial, as do others
throughout Germany.
Laws Against Anti-Semilism
Written into the constitu
tion of the West German re
public are laws against anti-
Semitism.
And the laws are enforced.
Here are a few recent cases:
A Bavarian sanatorium at
tendant who said he'd volun
teer for duty in death camps
if they were reopened three
months in jail.
A textile salesman who said
that the Jews should be wiped
out seven months in jail.
Two officials in the state of
Hesse reparations office who
allegedly sang anti - Semitic
songs and made anti-Semitic
statements in their office
suspended from their posts
pending investigation.
A Frankfurt state's attorney
who allegedly made anti-Se
mitic remarks suspended
pending investigation.
Suspend Teachers
A teacher who cast doubt
on tne authenticity ot the
Anne Frank diaries suspend
ed pending investigation.
These cases, and others like
them, tend to throw a harsher
light on events here than else
where where there are no
such laws. There are those
Sterilization of
Delinquents Urged
Raleigh, N. C. -(UPD- The
North Carolina Legislature
today studied a bill that
would provide for sterilization
of women who have proved
to be "grossly sexually delin
quent." ,
The measure, introduced in
both houses of the General
Assembly Tuesday, would re
quire any woman giving birth
to a third illegitimate child
to show cause why she should
not be sterilized.
Rep. Rachel Davis, a phys
ician who co-sponsored the
bill, said it was designed to
be "more therapeutic than
punitive."
The measure also would
provide psychiatric treatment
at state expense for women
having two illegitimate chil
dren.
The sponsors said the bill
should cut down on welfare
payments on behalf of illegit
imate children. The State
Welfare Department has re
ported there are 145,000 such
children in North Carolina
and that about 13,000 receive
their support from the state.
Gin Rummy Play
Resumes in Nevada
Las Vegas -(UPD- Ten more
games were scheduled for to
day in qualifying competition
of the 1959 International gin
rummy tournament.
Five men fought to a tie at
the halfway mark Tuesday,
but Chester Wanzer, Fuller
ton, Calif., the 1958 tourney
champion, was not among
them. Some 550 players com
leted 10 of 20 games.
The 16 will qualify for the,
championship finals Thursday
and play to 500 points for a .
top award of nearly $20,000. !
Wanzers' mark for Tuesday's
games was 4-6. j
The leaders were Cesare
Longo and David Gertler,
both of New Orleans; Harry
Wilmarth, Portland; Ray
Friedman, Sioux City, Iowa;
and Bruce Thomas, Long
Beach, Calif., all with nine
wins in 10 games.
Cars entering Canada on
travelers' vehicle permits to-j
taled 2,555,000 in 1957, a gain j
of 50,000 over 1955. j
24th
Anrtiversary
We again renew a pledge
which was first made 24
years ago, and repeated
each year since. We regard
this pledge as a sacred
obligation.
c
M. Litwiller
"Always to serve our clients as their needs require and their
wishes dictate; to put service before price; quality before profit.
To be guides and counselors to those we serve, seeking always to
act in their best interests. To be honorable and fair in all our
dealings and never to violate what once we have promised.
We are deeply appreciative of the loyal support extended us for
nearly a quarter century.
LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME
Mountain View
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Ashland
here, including some Jewish
leaders, who believe that so
much attention may only en
courage other incidents.
Others feel that even
strongert counter - measures
should be taken and that new
means should be found to im
press upon a new generation
of German youth the inhu
humanities and ultimate fail
ure of Nazism that today's
nightmare from yesterday
should not become the reality
of tomorrow. '
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
There's an ancient wise
crack to the effect that it takes
all kinds of people to make a
world.
True enough.
And-
It takes all kinds of news
to make a newsday.
THERE'S t he Burlingame
man who was coming
home late Saturday night. He
made a wrong turn onto a
bumpy road. Then he looked
up and saw a big motorcycle
headlight coming toward him.
The man behind the light was
stubborn. He wouldn't give
an inch.
So the motorist jumped out
of his new station wagon just
in time to avoid a collision
that demolished his new car.
ITHAT was it all about?
Vl WpII it developed that
the bumpy road was a rail
road. What he had taken for
motorcycle headlight turned
out to be the headlight of an
approaching freight train.
What about the motorist?
The police version of it was
that he was just a guy who
had taken too much before
starting to drive.
THEN there's the willowy
Kinnrlp who robbed a
bank in Las Vegas the other
day, getting somewhere in
the neighborhood of $1700,
most of which she had in her
possession when the police ov
erhauled her a few hours la
ter. Her side of the story?
"I'm sorry I did it," she told
the cops. "But I needed the
money."
The trouble was she got
caught. Otherwise, she might
not have been so sorry. It hap
pens that way very often.
SENATOR Jacob Javits, of
New York, gets into the
news this morning with - a
statement that arrests of teen
agers may soon total a million
a year in the United States
unless steps are taken to halt
a sharp rise in juvenile delin
quency. What's his solution?
Well, he says he will intro
duce a bill in congress to pro
vide 39 million dollars in
FEDERAL AID TO STATES
during the next five years.
HIS theory?
It seems to be that
SPENDING MONEY - espe
cially federal money - will
cure anything.
It's a prevalent theory.
But -I
think -It's
full of holes.
THAT'S one trouble with th
modern world especially
the political side of it. It's so
full of theories that are full of
holes.
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