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Newspaper Page Text4 TiiurtJtr, March 12, 1939 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. "Iveryone tn Southern Oregon R? ads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MUJFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fii St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GRETt Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Business Mgr ERIC W M.l.ES JR.. Managing F.dttor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Enterea a second class matter a1 Medford Oreeon under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mai 1 In Advance. Copy -10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 8 mot. 8.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $420 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 SunUay 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Pap-r of City at MedfoFd 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. Vanr Oliver B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION W ATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 anat 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 12, 1949 (Saturday) The Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee unanimously approves the candidacy of Moore Hamil ton, its chairman and editor and publisher of the Med ford News, for Medford post master. Bob Gray and Tom Frey, Medford High school seniors, complete their . do-it-yourself project of planning and build ing a house at 232 Bradford way. 20 YEARS AGO March 12, 1939 (Sunday) CCC officers are coming to Medford this week for a district-wide conference. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Civic peace has prevailed for six years, and several do not be lieve they can stand it much longer." 30 YEARS AGO March 12, 1929 (Tuesday) A "super" radio station is to be erected here. Winter returns after three days of spring ..weather. 40 YEARS AGO March 12, 1919 (Wednesday) Old pre-war postage rates are to be back in effect as of July 1. A Pacific highway joyrider, shot in the shoulder when he failed to obey a policeman's order to halt, is recovering from his wound. 50 YEARS AGO March 12. 1909 (Friday) The question of paving Medford streets is up for dis cussion at the next city coun cil meeting. A move is begun to have the government send an ex pert road engineer here to look over the county's facil ities and needs. What's Your I.Q.? Nint or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. How many of the seven dwarfs in "Snow White" had beards?. 2. Did Columbus make two, three, or four voyages to the new world? 3. U.S. currency is printed In what places in this coun try? 4. Which four States are officially known as common wealths? 5. Which of these countries was first to recognize the United States of America as an independent republic - The Netherlands, France, or Spain? 6. In the nursery rhyme, who kissed the girls and made them cry? 7. In the address Honolulu, TJL, what does TJL stand for? 8. Angina pectoris is a pain ful disease usually affecting the teeth, liver, heart, or lungs? 9. From what is saccharin derived? 10. Correct the following; "She has drank up all the milk." Answers: 1. Six. 2. Four. 3. Washington, D.C. 4. Ken tucky, Massachusetts, Penn sylvania. Virginia. 5. France (1778). 6. Georgie Porgie. 7. Territory of Hawaii. 8. Heart. S. Coal tar. 10. "She has drunk all the milk." Good Men Secretary of the Army Wilbur M. Brucker re cently reported that some 70,000 "misfits" have been "weeded out" of the Army. This action, he said, was caused by the fact that such men, who are not qualified mentally or physically for military duty, have been the cause of many of the Army's disciplinary difficulties. Their removal has cut down courts martial cases by 29 per cent, and reduced AWOLs by 38 per cent, he declared. It has enabled the Army to close two disci plinary barracks. ONE may, perhaps, feel a bit sorry for the in- dividuals involved. . But the nation cannot afford to have non-producers, trouble-makers, or "goof-offs" in an Army which is operating with weapons of unimaginable sensitivity and power. In a mass, wartime army, a certain percent age of misfits is, probably, inevitable. In a "cold war" Army, with worldwide responsibilities, not only in the realm of preparedness for fighting but also in the realm of international relations and good will, the Army should not be permitted to have sub-standard personnel. Thus the move by Brucker is a step in the right direction. 17'E WONDER, however, if it goes far enough. ' In recent years we have had discussions with a number of young men who have completed their military duty, both in the states and over seas, and in both commissioned and non-commissioned status. Their reports have been disquieting. They tell of incompetents who, through sheer length of service, have risen to posts of command for which they are totally incompetent. Not so much in the higher grades, but in the bread-and-butter jobs where an army lives and serves ; the field-grade officers and higher echelons of the non-commissioned officer ranks. While their reports indicate this is far from universal, they also indicate it is sufficiently wide spread to cause alarm. There are many competent and dedicated men in service, but in too many cases they are held back, frustrated, and limited by men who have found their own little sinecure in the Army, and are not about to let anyone change their comfortable status quo. . A MERICA'S service men are not only her first line of defense; they are also America's de facto ambassadors to allied nations. If there are bad apples in the barrel, they should be removed. Thinking career men who are aware of the problem, when asked what can be done, are apt to throw up their hands and declare that you can't beat the system: that the. Army hierarchy by its very nature will attract and keep a certain per centage of little Napoleons and incompetents. This may be true. It also may be tine that the pessimistic reports are overstated. But it is time that the problem of Army personnel be studied again, and that any needed changes be proposed. A FEW years ago the Cordiner study made sug gestions for attracting top-flight personnel to the armed forces. Some of these were put into effect. But the facts of the cold war, and of Ameri ca's world-wide commitments, would seem to re quire that the entire problem, including that of the draft, and whether it is an adequate and prop er means of obtaining manpower, be gone into again. United States armed forces have always been composed of citizens, formed around a small professional cadre. Perhaps, in an age in which nuclear submarines, missiles, space ships, 'hydro gen bombs and radioactive fallout are only the symptoms of changes to come, this isn't good enough. b.A. Psychiatric The "retreat" a period of quiet, quasi-iso-lation and self-examination, usually conducted under religious auspices has long been a method used by a few people to get back in tune with themselves, their environment, and their God. We have now heard of another kind of "re treat." This is a six-day visit to a psychiatric hos pital for an "emotional check-up" a sort of mental health version of the annual visit to the doctor. The principle involved in each is similar, al though in one religion and prayer is emphasized ; in the other the diagnosis and treatment of nerv ous disorders when necessary, or, ideally, their prevention before they become debilitating. . "THE press release which told of the psychiatric A check-up quoted the sponsoring physician this way: "Industry has learned that a man who is emo tionally disturbed can be as temporarily handicapped as one with a broken leg. An emotional 'fracture' can happen to anyone, but the hazard is greatest among' those upon whom important, executive decisions rest." Many of the patients at this clinic are corpora tion executives, men on whose emotional stability the welfare of the corporation is based. We pre dict a success for this venture, for it is too well known to need documentation that emotional handicaps can result in executive inefficiency, organizational conflict, martial disaster, alcohol ism, and other nervous or mental disorders. In any event, whatever the occasion, everyone at some time or another quiet, contemplation, and a chance to be alone for a period with one's own soul and conscience. E.A. Needed "Retreat 99 needs the beneficence of Dennis the S3ViETMES IF IT WASN'T F0f2 DISSECT to STMlO 05A7H Matter of Fact DEMOCRATIC BATTLEGROUND Washington Behind the scenes, the pre - convention fight for the Democratic Pres- dential nomi nation is rap idly coming to a high, roll ing boil. The score over the week end was: One much-dis-c u s sed candi date probably e 1 f m i nated, 4ospn aisod ana one Diooa stained and vital primary probably assured. Senate Majority Leader Lyn don Johnson of Texas was the candidate probably elimi nated. With every appear ance of sincerity, Senator Johnson has been saying for months that his heart attack alone ruled him out as a can didate. This reporter and the others who believed the Sena tor was in earnest, have hith erto constituted a small mi nority. Now, however, there is evidence that ought to con vince a much wider circle. In brief, the able Washing ton lawyer, James Rowe Jr., has long been one of Lyndon Johnson's closest friends and most intimate advisors. No one has had a better chance than Rowe to judge Johnson's intentions. If Rowe thought there was any possibility of a Johnson candidacy, he would be leading the Johnson parade. Instead, after talking the matter over with Johnson at great leneth. Rowe has finally joined the campaign apparatus of Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota. He went out to the Midwest Dem ocratic conference at Milwau kee over the week end as an overt Humphrey agent. TN the circumstances, the choice made by Rowe is a considerable event. Neverthe less, there is still greater meaning in the prospect of a nice, old-fashioned, knock down, drag out Wisconsin pri-4 mary. This also emerged from the week end rally at Mil waukee. The past history illuminates the Wisconsin primary s im portance. In brief, the Demo cratic hierarchy in Wisconsin has been divided for months in its views about 1960. Gov. Gaylord Nelson is pretty sol idly committed to Senator Humphrey. One or two mem bers of Congress, like Rep. Henry Reuss, are also lean ing to Humphrey. But Sen. William Proxmire is commit ted to no one at all, and in the higher reaches of the Democratic State Committee, there is a good deal of senti ment for Sen. John Kennedy of Massachusetts. rpHE Wisconsin tradition of course calls for open pri maries, openly arrived at, and the more blood left on the floor the better. In these circumstances, the entire Democratic hierarchy tenta tively agreed, a good many weeks ago, to let the voters decide their differences. A letter was actually drafted, for signature by the governor and everyone else, which would have invited all the more conspicuous Democratic candidates to come into the Wisconsin primary for a free- for-all test of strength. The scheme for this round robin letter ran into difficul ties, however, because series of soundings showed that Senator Kennedy was considerably stronger in Wis consin than Senator Humph rey. For Kennedy, of course, it would be a signal victory to win an open primary in. the heart of the agricultural Midwest, where he is not sup posed to be strong. For Humphrey, by the same tok en, it would be very terrible indeed to be defeated by Ken nedy in his - own political backyard. Apparently the Humphrey high command became con- Menace Bv Joseph Alsop vinced that Kennedy in fact possessed a commanding lead in Wisconsin. At any rate, the Humphrey forces, working through Governor Nelson, caused the round-robin letter scheme to be abandoned, after the letter had already been drafted and circulated. An effort was then made, again through Governor Nel son, to ward off a 'Wisconsin primary by getting up a fav orite son slate of delegates, to be ostensibly pledged eith er to the Governor himself or to Senator Proxmire. SENATOR PROXMIRE poured a gallon of ice wa ter on this new expedient when he was queried about it by the Governor prior to the Milwaukee week end meeting. Over the week end, the Democratic State Com mittee then adopted a resolu tion "welcoming" all "bona fide Presidential candidates" to the Wisconsin primary, and offering to help any can didate who chose to enter. That would seem to settle the matter. There have been re newed rumors of renewed ef forts by the governor to use the favorite son device. Yet a Wisconsin primary will now be very hard to avoid, if only because Senator Kennedy seems to be increasingly anx ious for the fray. Wisconsin looms, then, as one of the two really critical tests . of strength between Hubert Humphrey and Jack Kennedy. The other can be expected to occur in Oregon. In Oregon, moreover, no can didate can prevent his name from being entered. In Ore gon, therefore, Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri may also find it difficult to stick to his preferred strategy of lying low and hoping the Democratic professionals will pick him in the end. (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune, Inc. Drummond (Walter Lippman is again traveling in Europe, reports from Washington in his absence.) , FACING UP TO BERLIN . , Washington The Berlin crisis is going to get more tense, more uncertain, and more over-hung with the dan ger of war before it gets bet ter if it gets better. Sometimes he has bran dished it like a sword and at others tucked it slyly under the door, but Premier Khrush chev's ultimatum has re mained the same: You get out of West Berlin or else. P.S. We'll run East Berlin. The uncertainty whether the Soviets intend to use force to try to deny the West ac cess to Berlin makes the stance which President Eisen hower is taking refusing to yield West Berlin to Soviet threats and at the same time taking pains not (repeat not) to arouse American public opinion too sharply extreme ly delicate. As one watches the Presi dent at his weekly press con ferences and notes what he says and what he carefully leaves unsaid in discussing Berlin, it is clear that he has set himself these tasks: To be firm enough to be convincing but to avoid being provocative in either word or act. To persuade the Soviets that we have the will and the means to meet force with force if the Soviets seek to block our entry into West Berlin. To persuade the, American people that we already possess all the military tools needed to do the job and that there is no need to get very excited or very anxious about the out come. M Y OWN conviction is that more plain - speaking about where the Berlin .crisis can take us than we have been geting thus far if we are not Booming West German Economy Creates Problems; By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Editor Frankfurt, Germany - (LTD - The West German manufac turer remarked with a wry Hn: "It may be we'll do with the mark what we couldn't d o with the pan zers." In two world wars, Ger many failed to conquer France. What the m a nuf acturer Phil iNewsom mean that both France and Italy had to make substantial changes. 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 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. "Scenic Wonderland" To the Editor: It was with great interest that I read your editorial in Sunday's paper relative to the license plate bill, which recently passed the House of Representatives the Senate and was signed by the Governor. As a native Oregonian, and one who is exceedingly proud of the wonders of our great state, I find it difficult to un derstand how your paper could look with disfavor upon the license plate bill. .The tourist industry is the state's third largest industry, and without the tremendous ad vertising budget expended each year by the highway de partment, it is reasonable to assume we would not have the tourist trade we have. Your editorial indicated, as I recall, that license plate slo gans were of little interest and were actually of some considerable bother. Actual ly, as a result of a survey, it was generally found that the traveling public enjoyed read ing license plates slogans. Certainly you cannot ques tion the value of advertising. Without advertising, your pa per and all other papers would be out of business. Twenty three states in the Union and several provinces of Canada find license plate slogans of value. It is true the emergency clause seemed rather super fluous and of little value to the bUl. Reports Roscoe Dwmmond going to risk a public opin ion woefully unprepared. At his press conferences the President has invariably stepped back from saying ex actly what our course would be at the first effort to block ade West Berlin to which we have access by four-power agreements. Almost always he has re plied that "we will not be the first to use force." He has sug gested that a violation of the Berlin agreements might be taken to the U.N. He has al ways said we would "stand firm." But these statements, thor oughly reasonable as far as they go, have the effect, it seems to me, of insulating public opinion from a full awareness that anything can happen over Berlin and that the danger of war simply can not be ruled out. rpHE HARD facts are these: The Soviets have not moved one inch from their position that, if we don't give in voluntarily, they are going to give their controls in West Berlin to the East Germans with the aim of making it a "free city"-that is, free of the West. We have not moved one inch from our position that if the Soviets or the East Ger mans act to deny us access to West Berlin, we will not ac cept this denial at any point for any reason from anybody. It is useful and correct for the President to insist that it will not be the U.S. which first uses force since any physical barrier to Berlin would itself be the use of force but the core of our pol icy is that we intend to meet force with force. This means that unless the Soviets recede which they say they wont or unless we recede which we say we Dim Spots Last year, for example. meant was the Germans might do it now in peacetime with money. It was one of those exaggerate remarks which hold a kernel of truth. Germany is in the common market which knocked down tariff barriers and was de signed to encourage free trade among Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, The Nether lands and Luxembourg. For internal Germany, the com mon market which came into being at the end of last year had practically no immediate effect at all. In 1957 the Germans had, all by themselves, lowered tariff barriers 25 per cent, The purpose of the contest in high schools to determine the proper slogan, was simply to give the school children of our state stimulant for think ing about the advantages of Oregon. I am sending, herewith, a sample plate, which is the only one I possess. It is one I have had on display in my business. I had hundreds of favorable comments about the slogan and plate. Just for fun, will you please put this in a conspicuous place in your of fice and see what reaction there is to it. When the new plates come out, Oregon will have approximately two mil lion moving billboards. At Oregon State College, when I was studying adver tising, I was impressed by the emphasis placed on the slo gan "It pays to advertise. My visit to Mediord - was occasioned by two interesting experiences. As a black Re publican, I enjoyed hearing Senator Kennedy, and also at tending the beautiful Poten tate's ball held in your Ar mory in honor of two of your illustrious citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Hubbard. John D. Gross, State Representative, Portland. Editor's note: A photograph of the license plate sent by Representative Goss appears at the head of this column. The words "Scenic Wonder land" do not appear in the bill as finally passed, but the slogan would be selected on the basis of a state-wide school youngsters' contest. We, too, believe "it pays to adver-tise"-as long as the advertis ing is good. Bad advertising, however, is something else again. Not A 'Cult' To the Editor: In answer to the article written by Joseph St. Amant, published in the Mail Tribune, March 4, we feel we should clarify the unjust statements in that article. We are not a cult. This we believe: The Inter national Church of the Four square Gospel was founded some 36 years ago for the pur pose of propagating the basic doctrines, teaching, and prac tices of the first century church, which the Bible teach won't a collision making. - is in the I BELIEVE' that the full po tential of the Berlin crisis needs to be put frankly into words. The full potential is war and we need to be men tally as well as militarily pre pared as the best means of deterring it. I am not saying that war is a certainty or that it is the most likely outcome. But to repeat over and over the judg ment that the Soviets don't want war and that we be lieve they won't force the is sue to shooting, dangerously blurs the true situation. I believe that the United States cannot give away West Berlin under Soviet duress and remain a first-rate power. And that to avert the worst we need to be thoroughly pre pared to face up to the worst, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 Don't Mar meaning that scarcely any change was necessary when the common market came into being. - Had To Make Changes On the other hand, it did France permitted less than three million dollars worth of German automobiles to be im ported into France, and per mitted altogether from all common market countries only about five million dol lars worth. Under the common market agreement, France must open her markets to more than 40 million dollars worth of for eign automobile imports. Automobiles are the out standing example, but there are other important markets, too, previously limited to quota restrictions which now will be open to German manu facturers. Meanwhile, as France moved toward convertibility of tjie franc, 'it was necessary es is God's pattern for His church then and now. Con trary to the opinion of many people who have neglected to make inquiry or investigation, the Foursquare Gospel mes sage is not new or different, but is the simple message that Jesus brought during His 3Vi years of ministry on earth. The word Foursquare ap pears many times in the Scrip ture and was selected as being descriptive of the gospel that Jesus preached, namely: Jesus the Saviour, the Healer, the Baptizer in the Holy Ghost, and the coming King. These cardinal points have, almost without exception, been the basis of great spiritual awak enings down through the cen turies. According to church history, the founders of prac tically aU the leading denom inations of our day were men who had personally expei enced the fourfold message of Jesus. Angelus Temple in Los An geles is the mother church of the Foursquare organization, and is one of the largest Pro testant churches in the world, with a seating capacity of nearly 6,000. It was feuilt in 1922 and opened its doors Jan 1, 1923. Adjoining the Temple is the five story L.I.F.E. Bible College building. From this ac credited four year school over 5500 students have graduated In addition there are schools located in Ohio and Canada. The first branch churches were opened in the Southern California area and during the past 20 years some 700 churches have been estab lished in 48 states as well as central and western Canada. The Foursquare Gospel church has a worldwide vision and now has 806 mission sta tions in foreign lands. Realizing the problems of the young people of today, Foursquaredom has a gigantic youth program with a staff of trained and experienced youth leaders. Youth camps are held in all parts of the world every year. The local church was estab lished over 18 years ago. It has taken as its motto, as has every church and mission sta tion throughout the world, "Jesus Christ the same yester day, and today, and forever." Hebrews 13.8. In a changing world we need a changeless Christ who can do for us to day what education, wealth, power and position have failed to do. Rev. R. H. Mathewson, Pastor, Foursquare Church East Jackson & Biddle rd. Medford. A SYMPHONY Every detail harmonious in Perfect understanding... plus an efficient staff for service jf f:..V-JS.-.- , , A "u- ok" -'I whafiet ( Jlloduaijf Aaeu from th Courthoui FRANK MORGAN - HAROLD SNODGRASS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS DAY OR NIGHT Future that other countries give her help in guaranteeing that the franc would remain stable. One of the guarantors was , West Germany to the tune of a better than $60 million stand-by credit. Cites Heavy Investment Entering into the French economic picture also are the anticipated heavy investment of West Germany money in French projects in Sahara : Desert development. . ' The Germany economy con tinues to boom but it is not all rosy. In the steel industry, the French hold at least a tem porary advantage. After the devaluation of the franc, French steel sells for from ; 9 to 15 per cent less than com parable German products. German steel now is operat- ing only at about 70 per cent capacity. Textiles also have weak ened. The explanation here is that people have switched their buying to more durable goods such as automobiles and refrigerators. As is true generally in Western Europe, West Ger many has a surplus of coal above ground and has been cutting back for a year. Wages lost to coal miners have been figured at just under $20 mil lion. At one time, during boom years, the Ruhr mines could not guarantee deliveries and many long-term commitments were made for shipments ; from the United States. How ever, there have been no such widespread dislocations as re sulted in recent strikes and disorders in the Belgian "black belt." Nonetheless, German mines operate at the lowest rate since the depression of. the 1930's. Unemployment generally is up but in large measures is attributable to seasonal causes. But for most West German industry, the future looks bright indeed. Portland Citizens Complain ofSmog Portland-ffiPD-Portland had a touch of the smog again Wednesday, and some citizens complained of the foul odor, which resulted. An inversion condition pre vented smoke from rising and caused it to mingle with fog, according to Richard Hatch ard, chief engineer of the air pollution division of the State Health Department. Hatchard said the "phenol" odor has been traced to a Portland chemical plant, which is attempting to elim inate it. East wind combined with sunshine later disposed of the smog and the fog. L IT'S WATCH FOR CRATER LAKE MOTORS AD In FRIDAY'S Mail Tribune 1 OF SERVICE PHONE SP 2-803O FES IE IE!