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4 Tuesday March 31, 1959 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORL MedfordS&Teibunb "Everyone us Southern Oregon . Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MJJ3FORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREV 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 ERICK-aON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered a second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By MaU In Advance. Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily nd Sunday mos. 8.0C. Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and SunUiy 1 mo. 1 50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City f Medforfl 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION MATIONAL EDITORIAL ASpcSiTKB ana Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 31, 1949 (Thursday) Medford firemen answer a rail to a fire on Iowa st. but it turns out to be Iowa st. in Ashland. Orchardists fire their smud "epots for the first time this season, and a smoke pall hangs over the valley. 20 YEARS AGO March 31, 1939 (Friday) Medford Police Chief Clat ous McCredie announces that effective April 1 all dogs in the city must be tied up or enclosed on their owners' property for a three-month period to protect neighbors' gardens and lawns. Trom Arthur .Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" coumn: "Great Britain threatens to fight if Germany threatens the inde pendence of Poland, and France would probably fol low. It is not known yet what Hitler will do to save his face, and also keep his mustache." 30 YEARS AGO March 31. 1929 (Sunday) All stores in Medford are to be closed next Tuesday for the airport bond election. A large throng turns out to view a night flight at the air port. 40 YEARS AGO March 31. 1919 (Monday) More than 5,000 people visit the war relics train during its stop in Medfcrd. The county roads are now dry, and dust flies. SO YEARS AGO March 31, 1909 (Wednesday) Medford's commercial grov-th reportedly continues "as never before." C. H. Snyder completes a huge downtown garage. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct it superior; seven er eight is excellent; five er six is good. 1. What agricultural crop does the boll weevil attack? 2. In which State is the White Sands National Monu ment? 3. Where is it proverbially supposed to be most difficult to find a needle? 4. Complete this quotation: "Laugh and the world laughs with you, ." 5. Correct the following: "I forbid you from entering the house." 6. Is ichthyology the study of plants, fishes, birds, trees, or minerals? 7. What is the meaning, in English, of the name Puerto Rico? 8. Why do snakes sleep with the eyes open? 9. Which is the most com mon commercial fur animal in the U.S.? 10. How often each year does an equinox occur? Answers: 1. Cotton. 2. New Mexico. 3. In a haystack. 4. . . . weep and you weep alone." 5. "I forbid you to nler." 6. Fishes. 7. "Rich Port." 8. No eyelids. 9. Musk rat. 10. Twice. WHOOPS! WRONG POCKET Messina, Sicily - (CPD - Pro fessional pickpocket Alfio Leonardi has a deft touch but bad judgement. The pocket he tried to pick at Easter ser vices in the cathedral here turned out to be the police chief's and he wound up in jail. On Educational Quality Up in Marion county, school reorganization problems are posing some of the same questions which are being encountered here, with the big school consolidation election due next Monday in six districts. Some of the same arguments are being heard. The Oregon Statesman in Salem condenses some of them into this paragraph: "The school district, in many suburban or rural areas, is the only local unit of government. It is a sym bol of pure democracy the people who live in the dis trict govern it, coddle it, boast of it and pay for it. To ask them to give up even part of it is to ask them to make a real sacrifice." This sounds familiar. WE have a' real and abiding sympathy with those people in smaller school districts who wish the district to retain its identity. In addition, some of the arguments they give, about young people receiving more individual attention, and so on, are perfectly valid. One such resident called us yesterday to point out that, while some school taxes may be saved in the next year or so if the consolidation is ap proved, in the long run people are going to con tinue paying more and more for schools, no mat ter how they are organized, or under those aus pices, and that "saving money" as an argument isn't valid for the long run. And this, of course, is partly true. HPHE Statesman goes on to review some of the " basic reasons for consolidation, and since they are equally applicable here, we shall repeat them : Dr. James Conant, former president of Har vard, after a long and comprehensive survey of American high schools, has recommended the gradual elimination of high schools with gradu ating classes under 100 pupils. (Jacksonville, the only high school district among those proposed for consolidation with Medford, this year will have a graduating class of some 25 students.) Conant points out that it is a rare high school with a senior class wherein more than 25 per cent of the students are capable of benefitting from the study of advanced sciences, mathemeatics and foreign languages. Unless a graduating class is as large as 100, not enough students can be in terested in these advanced classe to make them practicable. A smaller, primarily rural and resi dential district, simply can't afford the equipment or teachers for, say, physics classes of 8 or 10 pupils. DY trying to combine the teaching of several advanced subjects, the quality of teaching may be diluted so the students are not prepared properly for college work. This applies to. voca tional subjects, also. ' , The purchase of necessary equipment is ex tremely difficult in a hierh school without a broad tax base. Important "fringe benefits" such as counselling, visual aids and extra-curricular work must be trimmed sharply or eliminated in smaller schools. These arguments, as man, certainly seem to apply here even though, as indicated, we are fully sympathetic with the students and residents who hate to see their own hio-h school "swallowed ud" in what thev fear - will be the anonymity of But as we remarked betore, quality or. educa tion and the needs of students should come be fore all else. The Statesman's conclusion is ours too: "In weighing the pride of locally-controlled schools against the loss of children's educational opportunit ies, there is no question which way the scales should tip." E. A. He'd Best Give Up .Richard Allen Hunt the young gunman who eluded police after shooting one small-town police chief and kidnapping another has not yet been found as this is written. He will be. - And, we'll hazard, it will come as a relief to him when it does, inevitably, happen. The life of a fugitive from justice must be filled with horror: Every moment alert, every moment scared, every moment expecting the chal lenge which means surrender and jail, or a gun fight which will, at best, just make him that much more a wanted man. LIE would be smart if he gave up right now. The Eugene Register-Guard notes some of the odds against him. First, he has shot a police officer, and every policeman in the country would be doubly glad to be the one to catch him, for that reason alone. Second, he has a choice of continued crime, or seeking a job. If he continues a round of crime, he is compounding the chances that he will be apprehended. If he seeks a job, what can he do for a name? A social security number? A list of prior experience? OUNT is a young-looking man. What happens A if someone asks to see his draft card? He's stolen a couple of cars, and if he is intent on "getting away," he'll be tempted to do it again. But he'd better drive carefully. Every red light, every temptation to violate the basic rule, is an invitation to arrest. Then what? Does he shoot or does he show his driver's license? It isn't easy, these days, to "get lost" in the crowd and stay lost. He'd be smart if he gave up now, before he gets into worse trouble writh the law which, eventually and inevitably, will find him or before he winds up dead. E. A. set forth bv the Sates- x w a larger school. Dennis the Menace VA KNOW SOV1EWIM'? I NEVER TWICe. X WONDER WHY"? Spring in Washintgon, D.C. Means Tourists and Children By FRANK ELEAZER Washington -(UPD- Congress spent $10,000 each for those revolving doors in the Capitol that were guar ds anteea xo oe collapsible and panic-proof. Now the first visiting high school girl has managed to get squeezed by one. This means Frank Eleazer Hie Wasning- ton tourist season has started. Easter week, with the law makers and lobbyists out of town, is as good a time as any to see the sights of your capital. Get reservations, though, if you care much where you sleep. Next to making and admin istering the laws, the figuring out ways to get around them, tourism is Washington's big gest industry. The board of Matter of Fact MODERN ENGLISH USAGE Washington-Now that Pres ident Eisenhower is some what reluctantly trudging along the road to the summit, we must begin to use the lan guage of the heights. The lan guage of the heights takes a bit of learn- . - j-i 4os-ph Alsop mg. suite uie cold war has affected English usage in ways that Henry Fowler at his most pessimistic could hardly have foreseen. All the same, no one wants to be stuffy, out of date, and stupid - seeming, particularly in a serious discussion of world affairs. So the language of the heights is worth the trouble to learn. HEREWITH, then, is a short lexicon of modern diplo macy. It is for the use of those who want to talk about the events on the road to the summit, and about the strug gle that will be joined when the summit is reached, In the kowledgeable manner of forward-looking, liberal - minded thinkers. RIGIDITY: A deplorable diplomatic attitude, happily growing more and more rare, that is based on the obsolete and illiberal principle of what-we-have-we-hold. For ex ample, the Kremlin may soon wake up to the fact that Sec retary of State Seward quite shockingly cheated the Rus sian people when he paid such a low price for Alaska. When this happens, it will be rigid to insist that Alaska is ours, and to refuse to renegotiate sly old Seward's bargain. In recent years, and especiaUy on the other side of the At lantic, the term has come to be associated with the name of John Foster Dulles, as in the phrase, "the habitual ri gidity of Dulles' diplomacy." FLEXIBILITY: The modern and enlightened diplomatic attitude; the opposite of rigid ity. If we are fortunate enough to have a truly flexi ble Secretary of State when the Alaska bargain is . chal lenged, he will of course pro claim that he is willing to ne gotiate on any subject, at any time. Better still, he will real ize that he cannot go to the conference table with a mere bundle of arguments justify ing the wicked Seward. In stead, he will prepare to re turn to the Kremlin a quarter, or a half, or even all, of Alas ka, as the circumstances may seem to require. EASING OF TENSION: A secondary diplomatic method, tinged with enlightenment, but less truly modern than flexibility. Still using the GET THE GAM B46V SOTER trade says 6,500,000 visitors spent some time and $360 mil lion here in 1958. That was a record year and 1959 has started out like an other one. Kids Really Spend The school buses, those yel low and mud-stained harbing ers of Washington's spring, already have begun to .'arrive. Some days between now and June they will be so thick on Capitol Plaza congression al leaders in their $11,000 Cadillac limousines will be hardpressed to get through. The Board of Trade hap pily estimates that 400,000 students, mostly high school seniors, will have been here in chaperoned groups of 50 or more before summer is over. It is not considered like ly any school bus will make it from Hawaii, but on past experience most other states will be represented. Where they get it nobody knows, but the boys and girls By Joseph AIsop same example, if our future Secretary of State is a mere easer of tensions, he may be obstinate about Alaska itself. He rflay defend Seward, de spite the great difficulty that this will create. He may plead that we have populated Alas ka, while nourishing the Eski mos. But he will surely agree that it is absolutely intolera ble for the Soviets to have American territory within sight of their own borders, just across the narrow strait between Big and Little Dio mede Islands. Hence he will offer the Kremlin all the Aleutian island chain, just to ease tension. DISENGAGEMENT: A par ticularly useful term, since it means all things to all men, and most of all to wishful men. The theory of disengage ment is that a world struggle can be stopped if you just say to yourself, over and over again, in a loud, happy voice, "It isn't there; it isn't there; it isn't there!" The practice of disengagement is too complex to be discussed in detail in any portable, pocket-size lexi con. But you will make no se rious error of usage if you follow the rough rule that when disengagement is glori ously achieved, our side will retreat a hundred yards for every five yards that the en emy agrees to fall back. THIN-OUT: A variant of disengagement, having special reference to Europe. For in stance, the current balance of ground forces between NATO and the Soviet Empire's Euro pean provinces is on the or der of one to seven. If NATO is thinned out by six divisions, and the Soviet garrison in Eastern Germany is also thin ned out by six divisions, the balance in favor of the Sovi ets will be approximately 12 to one. This is thin-out in its most forward looking form. CONTAINMENT: An obso lete American policy, based on holding what we have and letting the other side stew in its own juice. Advocates of containment were first classi fied as subversives in the 1952 Presidential campaign. They have since been quite proper ly barred from sensitive posts on the public payroll. LIBERATION: The more moral and progressive Ameri can policy adopted in 1953. The peace that left Kora di vided, the partition of Indo China with the Communists, and the Kremlin's brilliant progress in realizing the Mol otov plan for the Middle East, are the liberation policy's chief monuments to date. A graveyard in Budapest is also said to be called "The Libera tion Cemetery." Further pro gress may yet be hoped for, however. (Copyright 1959. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Turkey's Military, Espionage Systems Keep Close Watch on USSR Over Border By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Editor Istanbul, Turkey (UPD The Aras River flows along a preat portion of the border between Tur key and its age - old en emy, Russia. Watch towers o n the Turkish side extend along the length of the Aras, each pmi Newsom tower over lapping the sighting distance from its nearest neighbor. Sentries stand guard on the bridges crossing the Aras, on the one dde Russian and on the other, Turkish. Each marches regularly to mid-span and then back to the river bank on his own side. About seven to 10 miles back in the hills, away from the valley, are the encamp ments of Turkey's 3rd Army, part with respectable sums while here, probably only a little, less than the $50 per capita average of Washington visitors. For this the kids sleep four to a room and carry home souvenir hats, models of the Washington Monument, and the happiest memories of their lives. Among sights you ought not to miss: The White House-Happily still open to the public, despite wars and rumors of wars and security-minded police who may even take time to tell you what you are seeing as you wander through front hall and East Room where Dolly Madison once hung out the wash. The Capitol-Don't worry, it hasn't been bombed. But the east front is being extend ed and the rotunda is closed. You can still see everything else, including House and Senate chambers and the Senate's $25 million new of fice building, where the eleva tors persist in thinking tax payers are as important as senators. This may soon be corrected; so hurry. Mt. Vernon-The home of a well-known Virginia . farmer who also dabbled in politics and the military. The most beautiful sight anywhere around here. ' The Monument - For the most thrilling sight, ride for 10 cents the new 60-second elevator up the tall pillar of stone named for this same country gentleman. The Slums-Too bad for the photo fans, but that famous shot of the Capitol Dome from beside a rickety privy can't be made any more. Many blocks of the worst slums south of the Capitol have been leveled. Deluxe new apartments are rising. The National Gallery of Art -You have read where the Post Office may bar Goya's famous nude from the mails. Here they call that kind of thing culture. Take a tip, fel lows: Don't let 'the rest of the crowd catch this without you. Grants Made for New Institute Eugene-A professor of biol ogy who joined the University of Oregon faculty in January, has been instrumental in bringing research grants to the university totalling more than half a million dollars. He is Aaron Novick, for merly of the University of Chicago, now professor of biology and head of the newly-formed University of Ore gon institute of molecular biology. Grants received by Novick for personal research, and by the institute which he directs, total $509,554. A grant of $337,200 was re cently received by the molec ular biology institute from the National Institutes of Health. To cover a five-year period, the grant will allocate $105,000 for the first year, when much equipment will be purchased, and from $52, 300 to $62,000 per year for the next four years. The award will support training individuals for teach ing and research careers in molecular biology. This is an area of study where funda mental biological principles are sought to be understood in terms of the chemical and physical properties of living matter. Novick said that the major portion of training will be at the graduate and post-doctorate levels. There will be some instruction at the under graduate level, however, to introduce promising students to recent developments in molecular biology. which is entrusted with guarding the frontier. 500.000 On Alert Within the Turkish army are three separate armies, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 1st stands guard around Istanbul and Thrace. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although "nder cer tain circumstances tne use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit' all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Sees Costly Mistake To the Editor: We regret having to take issue with "Ye Editor" and other good peo ple who are lending support to our current school reorgan ization program. Such reorganization is rec oncilable under certain geo graphical or financial condi tions. The consolidation of Jacksonville, Ruch and Grif fin Creek with Medford can not be justified on these grounds. We think that the contributing factor in our local school problem was that Jacksonville was handicapped by persons who were incap able, or unwilling to formu late a workable program. Neither have they solved their sewage problem. Should Med ford take over both Jackson ville's children and sewage? Those who favor over-consolidation do not realize that we are sacrificing one of our most democratic institutions and are moving one more step nearer centralized govern ment or fascism. We refuse to surrender our personal re sponsibility in government. Yes, there is a dearth of capable teachers, but we achieve nothing by spreading them so thin that only ,the most apt pupils capitalize from their skills. Because Medford has administrators who are supposed to have know-how is no reason others cannot profit by it. Besides giving the proper amount of concern for our children, who are the most precious of our possessions, some consideration should be given to the state of mind of our adults. All are inclined to be mentally lazy to say the very least. It is so easy to lose the personal responsibility for public welfare and satisfy conscience by voting for some alleged specialist to run af fairs for us. Hitler considered the people incapable of gov erning themselves and it didn't take long for him to acquire their cooperation in that way of thinking. Our legislators who passed the reorganization law were not so democratically minded as they should have been. Our school technicians whom we pay to be watchdogs of our welfare waited until the elev enth hour to awaken us from our sleep. Surely this point should not be overlooked in the cause for which we are working. We seem in danger of set ting up a centralized adminis tration so far removed from the electorate that it amounts to taxation without represen tation. We are on the brink of taking a step that money-wise would be costly to undo. Bert Harr, Christine Harr, Copper Road, Box 77, Jacksonville. Helped Art Show To the Editor: The Southern Oregon Society of Artists wish to extend their thanks and appreciation to those who made the recent Centennial art show possible, including Ben Trowbridge, who donated the use of his building on the corner of Eighth and Bartlett sts., the Tucker Sno-Cat Cor poration, for help in prepar ing the building, A. C. Pierce, for his help, and Harry Mark and his wife, Mrs. Hollis Marx, for opening and closing the show each day. Southern Oregon Society or Artists, By Marie B. Starks, Secretary PLAN EXCHANGE TALKS Moscow- (UPD -Russian dele gates are en route to the Unit ed States for talks on ex change visits of artists, the Soviet Tass news agency said today. The exchange is planned in connection with the forthcoming summer sci ence, technology and culture exhibitions in New York and Moscow. CRASHING REPORT Winchester, England- (UPD -When George Williams stopped his automobile Mon day to report, a two-car acci dent to a police patrol, three other cars struck his. We Give ttf'&f GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main end Central The 2nd stands along the borders with Syria and Iraq. Altogether, the force totals around 500,000 men. Approximately one-third of Turkey's $800 million annual budget goes into its armed forces, on constant alert against Communist encroach ment, whether it be from Russia or from one of its sat ellites or friends. Turkish watchfulness does not end there. A Turkish spokesman in vited this correspondent to lunch one day. We drove away from the city where wide avenues represent the new, and a Roman aqueduct and a ruined city wall, the old. The drive took us along the Bosporus to within about three miles of the gateway to the Black Sea. It was the closest to other secret Turkish military instal lations a foreigner can go. Easily visible were the huge nets stretching across the nar row Bosporus against Russian submarines and mines. Nearby was the Russian Embassy's summer villa. A Spy Center The spokesman waved his arm in the general direction of the whole Turkish border. Radar and other sensitive lis Washington Report By WILLIAM COUNCIL OF ELDERS Washington - Nearly all an cient societies had councils of elders which met in times of 1 peril to direct or solemnly to assist the course of pub- ' lie policy. These old j boys repre- 1 acuicu in u i c ij than old wis d o m. They stood as vis ible symbols of the long continuity of the civilizations of which they were a part. They were living proofs that the way of life of their tribe or country had long endured. And their continued presence suggested that it would go on surviving. Some nations still have in stitutions quite similar in meaning to the system of eld ers. Great Britain has the monarchy, which is infinitely older and deeper rooted than any British government. Trie monarchy claims little polit ical power, and that is its greatest strength. For a Briton may absolutely despise his government of the moment - officially "the Queen's gov ernment" or "the King's gov ernment" - and still wholly love and respect the Queen or the King, and thus the coun try. pELGIUM and Holland, too, have monarchial systems binding past to present. Of all the great Western powers, the joint custodians of what we call Western civilization, only three have nothing compar able to a council of elders. And of these, one - Italy - is the seat of Roman Catholic Christendom, with all its time less, cementing tradition. And another, France, has some thing indefinable, a concept of "La Patrie," the Father land, that is above and beyond any given political leadership. Thus, the. United States alone in the West puts its full faith upon a passing ad ministration. Many believe we heed something more - some thing that would never in trude upon the government but would advise and shore up that government in time of danger. William S. White Counsel With ... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. tening posts provided other safeguards, he explained, and casually added: "We can even hear tank commanders talking back and forth when the army man euvers in Bulgaria." Istanbul has been a tradi tional spy center. How about that? "We catch some," he said. "Others we know about, but it is better to know who they are and what they do than to pick them up. If we picked one up, we would only have to learn the identity of the one sent to take his place. It is better this way." He said about 40 Bulgarian refugees make their way to Turkey each month. Most of these, he said, are suspected of espionage. Many, he said, are repeat ers. A man arrives, is assign ed to a refugee camp and finally sent to some distant point of his own choice. A few months pass and he ap pears again in another- at tempt to fulfill a spy role. A Turkish population larg er than ' Turkey's own lives inside the Soviet Union and some of these, too, are em ployed as spies. Out of one group of 170 who fled Russia to Turkey via Germany, 39 turned out to be Soviet agents. S. WHITE For a century and three quarters ve have been tossing upon the rubbish pile of his tory those of high station who have outlived their terms. At the moment, no use is being made of the great experience and accumulated knowledge of two former Presidents of the United States, Herbert C. Hoover and Harry S. Truman. Within a mere hour, as time goes these days, a third for mer President, Dwight D. Eis enhower, will join these two in their singular form of un employment. Mr. Eisenhower, too, will be finished come January of 1961. OT TO USE the talents of such men-and not to find a way to use the talents of all who will become ex-Presidents in the long tomorrows seems hardly sensible. Even Federal judges after retire ment may be still called to emergency duty on the bench. And five-star officers, gen erals of the Army and admir als of the fleet, remain five star officers for life. Those who suppose that Mr. Hoover or Mr. Truman, or Mr. Eisenhower after he leaves the White House, could contribute nothing do not well under stand the country. Each of them has a rocklike personal following and will have as long as he lives. Sitting to gether on a council of elders; whatever its title might be) they could immensely add to national strength and unity in any crisis. For each would be above any possible suspicion of personal ambition or par tisan malice. Each would have nothing whatever to gain - and all that was in him to give. A bipartisan group of Sen ators headed by Jacob K. Jav its of New York proposes that we place our retired Presidents upon a new advis ory council on national secur ity. Mr. Javits and his associ ates also want to appoint to this council 25 other leadine citizens. Their plan may be open to objection in detail. But surely in its principle, in its central purpose of putting the sage memories of the past into the service of the present, they are on the right track. Copyright, 1959, by United Features Syndicate, Inc.) WILL THE PAYROLL ROLL? What happens if unforeseen developments cause you to have 3 business interruption? We lave a policy that keeps pay rolls rolling and business prof its continuing. Ask about it. Bill Fish - - . ,
