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4 MedfordTribune Thursday, April 23, 1959 Medford2Tbjbunb "Everyone ie Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MJJ3FORD PRINTING CO 33 North fir St. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBEP.T W RUHL, Editor KERB GREV Advertising Manager GEPALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR. Managing fcditor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor. RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Womeni Editor DALE ERICKSON , Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai i In Advance. Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday mos. 8.0(, Dailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier' In Advance Medford. Ashland, Central Point, Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routts Daily 3nd Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c opj 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City f Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver B.C. NEWSPAPER iV PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL AScSjiTrgjN 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 April 23, 1949 (Saturday) Medford residents receive letters from other parts of fering sympathy for "unfor tunate earthquake experi ences," which did not happen here although other parts of the Northwest suffered. Several valley artists have works exhibited in Portland" at the Oregon Society of Artists spring showing. 20 YEARS AGO April 23. 1939 (Sunday) The Girls Community club plans to sponsor ai charm school. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Pisca torial enthusiasts report the fish are not biting as well as they wish they would, and will talk to the Jackson coun ty delegation at the legisla ture, unless there is speedy improvement." 30 YEARS AGO April 23. 1929 (Tuesday) The Medford garbage law is held valid by the state Su preme Court. The wild flower show at the Medford hotel attracts many spectators. 40 YEARS AGO April 23. 1919 (Wednesday) Southern Pacific will re store the Shasta Limited on the Portland - San Francisco run. Medford secures $30,000 in pledges, to keep the P & E in operation. 50 YEARS AGO April 23. 1909 (Friday) The first batch of 500 pub licity pamphlets for local pro motion is received by Med ford Commercial club. A drinking fountain is pro posed near the exhibition building by women of the Greater Medford club. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Fish do, or do not, re quire oxygen to live? ,2. Beavers use their tails as trowels, in spreading mud on beaver dams; true or false? 3. What is the abbreviation for hundred weight? 4. In the Franco-Prussian War, was France, or Prussia, the victor? 5. In the card game, Pi nochle, what are the lowest ranking cards used? 6. How many golden balls are displayed over a pawn shop? 7. In the Biblical account, how many wives are credited to King Solomon? 8. Is an automatic divorce. without court action, possible in any State in the Union? 9. Does the International Date Line run north and south, or east and west? 10. Identify the German who is credited with having invented printing from mov able type. Answers: 1. They do. 2. False. 3. cwt. 4. Prussia. 5. Nines. 6. Three Ik Seven hun dred. 8. No. 9. North and south. 10. Johannes Gutenberg. Demands Every job has its compensations as well as its drawbacks. Both are magnified by the importance oi the job. The position in this has the most of both of drawbacks is that oi .President oi the u.b. On him are great burdens of responsibility, of decision-making, of simply , finding the time to inform himsplf nn the manv. manv thinsrs on - 1 j j which he must be prepared to make hard deci- sions. Un him, more than any other single man m the nation is the burden of carrying this country forward, seeing to its defense, its economic sta bility, its progress in material things. THE rewards, too, are tives whose annual salaries are far greater than that of the President of But there are compensations more important than money. Such things spect even adulation are heady pay for any human being, and they go, in great measure, with the job, even when unearned. It is often difficult those who respect and honor the position, and those who respect and honor the man. THE job of a member There is the same need to be informed on a thousand subj'ects, to find the demands upon him for a thousand acts of as sistance and courtesy, make decisions, often upon admittedly inade quate evidence, and often on issues which are far from clear-cut. One of the best descriptions of the j'obs of a congressman particularly a "freshman" was given by Charles 0. Porter, representative from Oregon s fourth district, floor of the house and reprinted in- the Congres sional Record of April 10. (Congressman Porter was alloted 30 minutes. Presumably this was at the end of the day when most business of the house was out of the way, and also, presumably, it was done at least m part to get it into the Record. Reprints of the Record are available, and serve as a handy mail-out ill I At 1 S 1 piece, to the beneiit oi constituent.) OIS talk, far too long for reproduction here, mourned the lack of a book telling a freshman congressman what he needs to know. While there is no such book, Porter's talk is a good start at one. It recounts the many demands on a member's time, intelligence, integrity, humor and stamina. It tells of the hazards of becoming self-important, and forgetting that honors are paid to the office, not to the man. It tells of the need for competent staff, an understanding and helpful wife, the necessity for regular exercise. DORTER tells of his growing respect for his A colleagues, and for the professional people who assist the congress and its members. He speaks of the ways in which a member can keep in touch with his district through press, radio and TV reports, newsletters, by knowing the newsmen who represent papers in his district, and by personal visits. He acknowledges the need for a record of work for his district so remembering that as a congressman he also has a responsibility for national policies and welfare. Through it all, one wonders how any man can take such a beating, and come back for more. Yet Porter gives the impression that he is doing exact ly what he wants to do, and enjoying every minute of it. E.A. Legislative Pay Very mixed feelings passed by the legislature this wTeek to increase the pay of members of the legislature from $600 an nually to $175 per month. We approve of the purpose of the bill, whole heartedly, for the $600 we have long felt to be a shoddy disgrace to the state. No member of the legislature can afford to serve unless he or she has some outside source of income which severe ly limits who can serve. But the people of the state, in 1950, voted.the $600 figure, and last year turned down a pro posal to increase that amount. TT IS understood that a before the supreme bill goes into effect, seeking a ruling that the $tuu oe construed as a flat amount. (There is the pay of top state officials was set m the consti tution at ridiculously low amounts, which were held to be mimmums by But in view of the fact that the people voted on the $600 figure as a flat amount in 1950, and refused to increase it, we hardly see how the su preme court could rule it was the voters' intent to make it a minimum figure. H .' . MO, THE honest thing of the state on the $bU0 is not enough payment for members of the legislature, and to ask them again at the 1960 session to approve an increase. But the bill has been refer the matter to a vote the outcome of the court What if the court says it's ok, but the people say No Hi. A. of a Job country which trobablv both compensations and great. Not in the terms of the United States. as prestige, power, re to differentiate between of Congress, m either the time to respond to the constant necessity to m a speech given on the both congressman ana he can be reelected, yet are possible about a bill test case will be brought court when the new pay minimum, ngure, not a precedent: Until recently the high court. ) to do is to sell the people hardly - deniable fact that passed. Another bill will in 1960, no matter what s ruling. Dennis the ' I SllLL SAY A DISH COULDN'T RUN MM WITH A SPOOH I Matter of Fact WHAT WILL ROCKEFELLER DO? New1 York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is seraphically non - committal when he is asked ques tions about his plans for 1960. He is emphatic on one point, that he will not leave New York State for any political purpose until Joseph Alsciu t " e e n u uj. 1959; but he will not look further ahead, to the year when many people expect him to fight Vice President Nixon for the Republican Presiden tial nomination. When a politician is giving such a splendid imitation of an amiable oyster, it is prob ably unfair as well as im prudent to try to read a meaning into his taciturnity. All the same, this reporter is prepared to offer a tentative forecast of the course Rocke feller will follow. Past performance helps the political handicapper even more than the fellows who work for the race tracks; and this forecast is based on Rockefeller's past perform ance. In the glamour of the final Rockefeller victory over Averell Harriman, too many people have forgotten that the New York Governorship race looked neither easy nor tempt ing when Rockefeller decided to enter it. The way Rocke feller made this hard deci sion of the past indicates the way he is likely to make the hard decision that lies ahead. IN BRIEF, Rockefeller went into t h nnvprnrtr:lim race like a bold gambler, but like the kind of bold gambler who is careful even in his boldness. He decided in ad vance that it was worth chal lenging Harriman if the odds were three to two against him, but that he would not issue a challenge if the odds were more than three to two. He then financed an extreme ly comprehensive statewide poll. The poll, taken early in the summer of 1956, showed that if a Harriman-Rockefeller election could have been held the next morning, Harriman would have got 60 per cent of the vote and Rockefeller would have got 40 per cent. Rockefeller remarked at the time that a single percent age point more for Harriman would have dissuaded him from making the race. The poll's result, in fact, indi cated -the heaviest adverse odds that he was willing to accept. On this basis, he took the final decision to enter the race, with results that made political history. IF YOU weigh the implica tions of this remarkable story, you will see why the friends of the Vice President are being much too optimistic about Governor Rockefeller's Try and -By BENNETT CERF- BTT.T, CULLEN REPORTS a character in Beverly Hills likes to walk nude in the rain, clutching a big bar of soap in his hand. "He's crazy, all right," concedes Cullen, "but boy, is he CLEAN!" A puzzled movie star asked help of a saleslady in an exclusive Fifth Avenue haberdashery shop. "I want a gift of some kind," she lisped modestly, "for a man who already has everything: ME!" A British scenic designer, in the course of an interview at the Waldorf, expressed a great enthusiasm for the game of squash. "Which," demanded an impish scribe, "do you con sider more important: squash or sex?" The designer thought this over solemnly for a moment, then countered with, "Do you mean squash tennis or squash racquets ?" 1353, ty Bennett Cert. Distributed br Etafi Feature Syndicate. . Menace Bv Joseph Alsop intentions. As suggested in a previous report, it is perfect nonsense to say that Nelson Rockefeller won't seek the Republican nomin a t i o n in 1960, because he will want to wait until 1964." On the con trary, one can be reasonably confident Gov. Rockefeller will seek the 1960 nomination with all the fervor and en thusiasm of Wendell Willkie in 1940 - but only if careful tests suggest that he has a reasonable chance to get the nomination. Everything will depend on those advance tests, for Rocke feller is no Stassen or Ke- fauver, ready to begin run ning for the Presidency when ever a bell rings, like one of Pavlov's dogs. But a fight for delegates is very different from an appeal to the New York electorate. Hence Rocke feller will probably be ready to buck the odds even more boldly in 1960 than in 1958 It is a fair guess that he will attempt a Willkie-style can didacy if he thinks he has one chance in three of being nomi nated. The question about Rocke feller's future, in short, is really a question about what the Republican odds will be in January and February of 1960. That question, in turn, divides into at least four sub questions, as follows: "FIRST, will President Eis- enhower be willing to use all the resources of the White House in support of Vice President Nixon? The Vice President has invited such support by gagging down his doubts about such major is sues as the defense program. Yet the answer is probably in the negative. Second, will the public opinion polls have created the impression that "Nixon is a loser?" No one can say, but this is what the Vice Presi dent fears most. Third, will Nixon already have iron-clad commitments for a majority of the potential Republican delegates?? Again, the answer is probably in the negative, although Nixon is working hard and skillfully to this end. Fourth, will Rockefeller's performances in the New York Governorship look im pressive and attractive? One can only say that Rockefeller is laboring day and night to turn in a good performance. And as one reviews the four questions, one must conclude that Rockefeller's final de cision is most likely to be de termined by the answer to question number two above, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. NAMED COMMANDER Paris -(UPD- Lt. Gen. James E. More has been appointed to replace Gen. Cortland Van Renssalaer Schuyler as chief of staff at Supreme Allied Headquarters, Europe, it was announced Wednesday. Stop Me 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 initia' 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. Satisfied Feeling' To the Editor: A satisfied feeling: When you reach for a pack age of bacon or a piece of smoked ham on the meat counter, don't you really get a little satisfaction from it if it has the name Hormel on it? Well, I do because the Father of all Life smiles on humane killers. Hormel of Austin, Minn., processes millions of hogs every year and they are not hit in the head or stabbed. They are painlessly killed. Hormel invites inspection, God bless them. (Name on file) Medford Unemployment Problems To the Editor: Unemploy ment legislation recently pass ed in Salem viciously discrim inates against the low wage earner and those who are un able to find steady employ ment. Most everyone desires job security and a decent wage. The capitalist dictators want several million unem ployed to fill seasonal part time jobs, such as packing house, construction and for estry. It would be impossible for any such persons to re ceive compensation under present Oregon low. Oregon state has never taken advan tage of the federal extension, as has California. Is there not some way America's for gotten millions can have a little say in government? An individual must make at least $1,250 a year to qualify. Many workers with job sen iority do not go along with the unemployment compensa tion program. When I was steadily employed I gladly paid my share of the insur ance when it was paid by employees. Persons with a steady job should have a kind enough heart to help their less fortunate brother. The labor unions and capi talists' had their lobbyists in Salem;' as usual the capitalists won out. The term "jobless pay" al ways used by the Republican press is misleading. Could they not say "unemployment compensation?" School teach ers receive pay for the three vacation months and are al lowed to work on other jobs. Unemployed workers help support the schools and pay taxes. There is too much Job hogging by persons with gov ernment or .capitalist pull. If the state of Oregon is to grow and prosper it must help the newcomers get a start by more liberal works programs and human unem ployment compensation laws. Even though I made $1136.70 in 1957 I could not qualify. There are more workers than jobs. Figures don't lie, some are certain to be hogged out. In closing I want to warn the American people to be ware of news bulletins origin ating in Washington and Salem by capitalist dictators, purposely worded to confuse and mislead. Duncan McKenzie, 384 Kearney st., Ashland. Problems of Children To the Editor: The point raised by Dr. Walter Alvarez in his recent syndicated col mn about women with worth less husbands who can't get help when they need it from the professional "do-gooders" who are too busy maintaining their positions, and the recent case of Mrs. Maxine Click here, draw a striking parallel. As you no doubt can guess, there are many women in this county, as well as all over the United States, with similar problems. It seems strange to me that the welfare officials and courts are so anxious to just duck these cases when they come up, instead of help ing the children who are inno cent victims and can do noth ing about it. You know as well as I do that these offi cials can do what should be done anytime they care to stick their necks out a little and assume some of the re sponsibility which goes with their office. You may also know as well as I do that they just want "of ,the hook" as easily as possible. From personal ex perience I know this to be true. I can prove it anytime. It seems foolish to me to use welfare money just to put on a show and provide a dole for some people who are noth ing but deadbeats, while their children actually are neglect ed and harmed by having to live with it. If society owes children a chance,, it is right to see that they get it. It is possible to do it, but it isn't easy. I guess that is why no body does it. Parker Bailey 542 "A" st. Ashland, Ore. The Gold Fever To the Editor: Just 101 years ago, my father, Jack Brandon, was employed by a railroad company at Joliet, 111. He was satisfied with his work but his mind was in far distant California dig ging gold. He was told there was gold and plenty of it in California. Both his wife and he had caught the "Gold Fever." They decided to cross the plains in a covered wagon and get to the beautiful cli mate and state of California and be happy. They made the trip across the plains in 1858. Gold was not too plentiful and was hard to get, but they dearly loved California. It took over yar to break the gold fever. We wish the good and cour ageous people in the seven covered wagons who left In dependence, Mo., April 19 success and a good time on their trip to Oregon. They are doing a lot to help out the Centennial year. God bless them. Frank S. Brandon, 211 North Ivy st., . Medford. Hair, Anyone? To the Editor: Every time I pick up a magazine it seems someone else has a product which is supposed to prevent a receding hair line or ac tually restore your lost hair to some degree. A lot of these advertisers aren't as interested in pre venting hair loss as they are in obtaining your hard-earned money. Being that I myself fall into the category of having thinning hair and will grab at anything at all that is of fered to prevent it or even restore some of it, has made me quite susceptible to such advertising. I feel quite certain many, many others of us fall into this category. In an effort to be of service to the American people, by finding out actual lv what can and what can not be done, I plan to publish a book on thinning hair and baldness containing actual facts, case histories, statistics and ideas acquired from the American public as well as from doctors and other sources. You can also aid if you yourself have triecf s o m e thing for your hair which proved to be successful, or was unsuccessful", by writing a brief summary of what you did and the results you ob tained plus any other ideas you might have and sending them to me. If your summary is published you will receive a free copy of the book when it is published. If your sum mary adds to the statistics of the book, a summary of some of the important facts reveal ed about thinning hair and baldness in the book will be sent to you at no cost. Let's hear from you! A. M. Murphy, 111 Hill rd., Virginia Beach, Va. A Suggestion To the Editor: We are among the many householders complaining about the smudge, but realize the ne cessity for protecting the orch ards and the inability of some orchardists to invest in smudgeless heating. There is one suggestion for eliminating the problem that has not been mentioned. Why can't each of us keep a com plete and honest account of all cleaning, painting, etc. that we must do or have done this spring because of the smudging and contribute a like amount to a fund to as sist the orchardists in pur chasing smokeless heaters be fore next spring? Our donations would be amply returned in the years to come by elimination of the smudge and its accompanying evils, including the annual clean-up. (Name on file) Medford WIN FREE i : $2500 ar,d CASH REFUNDS I on all your toys and patio ' purchases in our May 31st B J drawing. No purchase re- ? quired to register. Register 5 as often as you wish at . . . Z MOORE'S TOY S and PATIO SHOP ; g Selection - Quality - Prices Plus S&H Green Stamps pj Open 9-7 (1-4 Sundays) 816 S. Riverside-SP 2-54S8 Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR Last week the German Em bassy in Washington publish ed an address delivered by the German A m b a ssador in which he replied to a series of ar ticles which I wrote recently on the Two Germanys and Berlin. Dr. Grewe argues his case fairly and in good temper. But the sum and substance of his plea is that all proposals for nego tiations thus far are bad, and that any change from the sta tus quo would be a change for the worse. In my view it is a dismal and defeatist attitude to in sist that it is not possible to improve, that it is possible only to worsen, the present situation. Moreover, even if this were true, it is a counsel of despair. For it is sheer fantasy to suppose that the present situation can be main tained as it is for the indefin ite future. TV-' GREWE who, besides " being Ambassador, is a principal legal advisor to his government, goes so far as to declare that "every new treaty arrangement on Berlin can only worsen the situa tion." "Every" is a big word. Why does he use it? Because, he says, "if you negotiate a new treaty basis with the Soviets for Western presence in and Western access to Berlin, you concede, first of all, that it is within the power of the Soviet Union to grant such rights to the West." This is a strange argument. Why does a new statute or treaty about Berlin have to make any such preposterous concession to the Soviet Un ion? Why cannot the new statute or treaty recognize and reaffirm the right of the Western Allies to be present in Berlin? To argue that "every new treaty arrange ment" can only surrender our rights in Berlin, that no new treaty arrangement can for tify our rights, is not a legal or political proposition. It is a political neurosis engend ered by profund self-distrust. . IT IS, moreover, a diplomatic blunder. For it ignores the fact of the great change in the Soviet position between November of last year and March of this year. In the Soviet note of Nov. 27, 1958, the U. S. S . Reasserted that the Four Power Occupation Agreement of 1944 and 1945 had become "null and void." On March 19, just a few weeks back, Mr. Khrushchev declared that the Western gov ernments "have lawful rights for the deployment of troops as occupiers." Surely, it would be a mistake not to propose that this is put in writing. It would not do us anything but good to have our lawful rights clarified and reaffirm ed. For there is considerable confusion about them. The State Department lawyers have been talking about our being in Berlin by "right of conquest." But according to Dr. Grewe himself the right of conquest does not exist. It "has been overruled by the common declaration of the victorious allies that they did not intend the annexation of ''''ffilter Lippmann - FULL MEASURE OF TRUST hajiei ' jttchtuctif Aoon from th Courthouse FRANK MORGAN . HAROtD SNODGRASS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS DAY OR NIGHT Lippmann Germany (declaration regard ing the defeat of . Germanv. June 5, 1945)." Considering all this, there is good reason, it seems to me. for taking ad vantage of Air. Khrushchev's admission to tidy up our legal position. TUT THAT Is by no means the only or the most im portant reason for negotiating a new statute. A very sub stantial reason is that it would afford the chance to correct our past mistakes, to make precise the exceedingly loose and vague documents under which we, the allies, and also the West German civilians deal with West Berlin. In my view, the Western powers will be very unwise indeed if they do not consolidate the legal position in West Berlin be fore the Soviet government makes a peace treaty witk . the East German state. A clarification of the right of access to West Berlin, based on the recognition of our lawful right to be in Ber lin, would be an infringement on, not a worsening of, the status quo. What we must not forget is that although the nerves of the West Berliners are good, they are not super- humanly good, and they mus not be counted upon for an in definite future in which there is no hope of getting out of the strategic trap in which they have to live, for a future in which their daily life de pends on imprecise and fra gile agreements. In my view, if the Western nations mean to defend the freedom of West Berlin, they must obtain for West Berlin a constitution which rests not only on the military power of . the West but also upon the as-, sent and approval of the whole society of nations. IT IS for this reason that I think we should take the new statute of Berlin to the General Assembly of the United Nations. There are many, I know, who do not like the United Nations, and believe that it has become an institution which works againt the Western countries with overseas interests. But there are, I believe, special reasons for taking the Berlin statute-after the four powers have agreed on it-to the U.N. One of the reasons is, of course, to make the' enforce- ment and observance of the new statute more visible to the world in general. ' The strongest reason is that it pro vides an opportuniy to rea firm the idea that Germany will be reunited with Berlin as it capital. Practically and morally, such a reaffirmation is, I be lieve, needed. The world in general, and the Germans in particular, will not put much faith in any declaration about German unity which is made by the Allies alone. For it is well known that the Western allies have adjusted them selves very comfortably to the' partition of Germany, and that their hearts are not in the reunification, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. COMES OlJT EVEN , Mannheim, Germany -UPD-Karl Schumann heard on his automobile radio that he had won a prize in the weekly national lottery. He became so excited he skidded into a tree. Schumann said the prize money is exactly enough for a new car. PHONE SP 2-8030
