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Newspaper Page Text4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wtdnday, April 29, 1959 i titEDFORDeTRIBUNB Everyone ie Southern Oregon Reads The hiail Tribune" o Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fii St Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBE.HT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manager CEPALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medforrl Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai lln Advance. Copv 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 rear (13.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mot. 8.0(. Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier1 In Advance Med ford. 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 SunUay 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of MedrnTa Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International ' Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUdTt'BIJREAU 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 RATIONAL EDITORIAL 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 29, 1949 (Friday) Frank J. Van Dyke, Med ford attorney and speaker of the House of Representatives at Salem, reports he was act ing governor for seventy-five one-thousandths of a second on an airplane ride to Sacra mento. Mrs. Mary G. Kelly be comes acting chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee. 20 YEARS AGO April 29, 1939 (Saturday) Fifty-two girls attend the first Of a series of charm school lectures at the Girls' Community club, and learn about hair dress, makeup and care of skin and nails. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Law enforcement officers met Fri. eve and listened to speeches telling how it should be done." 30 YEARS AGO April 29, 1929 (Monday) Edna Jones, of Medford high school, wins beginning typist's honors at Corvailis. Mrs. Royal Brown of Eagle Point gives a party for her Sunday school class. 40 YEARS AGO April 29, 1919 (Tuesday) A Scripps-Booth auto makes its debut in Medford. Medford is reported short $45,000 of its victory loan quota. 50 YEARS AGO April 29, 1909 (Thursday) A deal is reported pending for sale of the P. & E. rail road to eastern interests inter ested in extending it to the timber belt. A consignment of 50,000 eastern brook trout is received by the Rogue River Protec tive association, for probable introduction in Little Butte creek. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. What food product con stitutes the largest of all our imports from Latin America.' 2. Indentify the country which never has defaulted on its World War I debts to the U.S. 3. Addis Ababa is the capital of which African kingdom? 4. Does the word "hurache" mean a Mexican cockroach, sandal, or vehicle? 5. What part of a volt is a microyolt? 6. Henry A. Wallace served as Vice President during the late F.D.R.'s 1st, 2nd or 3rd term? 7. What is the interest cost per month on S50, when the annual rate is 6 per cent? 8. The sandard size type writer keyboard has a total of 32, 36, or 42 keys? i. Identify the gem that is thd hardest. l0. Penguins are flightless birds; true or false? Answers: 1. Coffee. 2. Fin land. 3. Ethiopia. 4. Sandal, 5. 1.000,000th. 6. 3rd term, 7. 29 cents per month. 8. 42. 9. Diamond. 10 True. Accolades for Eggheads? "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States . . ." (Article 1, Section 10, Constitution of the United States.) We doubt that anyone, these days, would wish the United States to rescind this hallowed pro hibition, and start throwing titles around. It wras even more valid in the than it is today, for the fighting a monarchy and all its trappings. Yet, perhaps, this nation should devise method of conf erring some particular honor upon men and women who have served it well. This is the chief use fortitles of gentility and nobility in England, now that it is more democratized than at any time m its past. The of Honor. Other nations have other rewards. We do not mean to suggest that titles be al lowed ; only to point out that recognition for out standing service is a wholesome thing. - I70R instance: the U.S. Distinguished Service military careers. And to government are recognized by the JJisunguisn prl Rervipp ' Medal. Manv nrivate organizations grive awards of one sort achievements, and universities and colleges award honorary degrees to men who have, in one way or another, distinguished themselves. "But government, as such, has never worked nnt a wav of eivine- honor to anvone whose serv ice is primarily intellectual, primarily of benefit i i j i a? -i i j to manKind, or tne national weiiare. Tn Ene-land. Jonas Salk rjrobablv would have been rewarded with knierhthood for his discovery of the polio vaccine - Fleming for the discovery of penicillin. . TR. JAMES R. Killian, president for science and technology, and Dr, Alan T. Waterman, director of the National Sci ence Foundation, are proposing some such award, as a stimulus to public scientific and liberal arts education, and, in gen eral, the "pursuit of excellence." The Advertising Council is now. considering whether to undertake build up public respect the men who wield it for Suggestions along these lines have included the awarding of high school letters for scholas tic achievement, as well as for excellence in ath letics; another is lor the establishment 01 an "Order of the United States," to include a medal and a cash prize from the CUCH suggestions may school "letter idea success in a few places,) help to change the prevailing atmosphere a little away from a tendency to deride intellectual achievement or, if one America was built brawn, with thought as scholarship as well as practicality. If the time ever comes to doubt) when America's as well known or as well remunerated as its entertainers, we will need ress in science and the arts. E.A. The Patterns The opening of the St. wreek end marks the beginning of a new chapter in American trade and commerce. . It will have little immediate impact on the Pacific Northwest, but throughout the entire middle west, and along the Atlantic seaboard, the changes will be immense. The huge project, the culmination of a dream of more, than half a century, was finally accom plished by the joint endeavors of the United States and Canada. But PARTICIPATION by years, principally by the opposition of eastern railroads, which feared that less-expensive water borne traffic would nut into their freight business, and by the seaports of the east coast, which en joyed a profitable trade in transshipping goods destined for the interior. Now, however, most ocean going vessels all except the largest ones can sail direct up the St. Lawrence, through the locks and canals of the new project, and into the Great Lakes, which now become an accessible inland sea. Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit all these and smaller but growing cities now become seaports. "THE produce of America's heartland auto- mobiles, meat, grain, lumber can now "go to sea" directly without-the expensive rail haul to the Atlantic. By the same' token, raw7 materials, such as iron ore and coal, can be brought there directly, as can the imports from abroad which enjoy a substantial market in the middle wTest. It will be interesting to watch the change in America's patterns of trade, industry and popula tion which result. And result they will, for trans portation still is amonff the most vital factors in the development of any "Pacific Wonderland" Under instructions committee has selected a slogan which, in time, will appear on all Oregon auto licenses. The slogan i "Pacific Wonderland." : We still wonder: "Why?" E.A. ; davs when it was written founding fathers were French award the Legion armed forces errant the Cross for -exceptional exceptional contrioutions or another for various as was Sir Alexander special assistant to the appreciation of learning, a national campaign to for brainpower, and for the benefit of the nation. government. be carried out, (the high is being used with some and if they are they may prefers, "eggheads." writh brains as well as well as courage, writh (which we are inclined intellectual leaders are have no fears for prog Will Change Lawrence Seaway last not without difficulty. .the U.S. was held up for civilization. E.A. from the legislature, a Dennis the WfYcm Yi'5 USE It TO JUMP FOPB? 'fcUXe HOT GOH3 TO LASSO AW CATTLE N TUB NBXT TEN MiMTZS.AREW? Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE ANNUAL HEADACHE The Foreign Aid bill, which calls for money to be spent in foreign countries, is an an- n u a 1 spring headache for the United States Con- gress. This year it is more of a headache than ever, what with the deficit which nntc Vio "Proc- Walter T . " Lippmann ident in tne position of wanting to save at home in order to be able to spend abroad. This difficulty is compound ed by the fact that the bill, as it comes from the administra tion, inspires no enthusiasm and little confidence. For the men who have to lead the fight for foreign aid, it is a very poor cause in which to enlist their effort. For the administration bill, which was shaped not by the Dept ment of State but by the Bu reau of the Budget, is an in efficient bill. The way it provides for for eign aid m annual install ments prevents a constructive use of-the foreign aid, which requires the long term plan n i n g of investment. The amount of aid provided is in the total inadequate, and in the allocation between mili tary and civilian use it is in some part at least misdi rected. Thus in the debate with those who oppose all foreign aid, the supporters of the bill find themselves burdened with a bill about which it can fairly be said that it will not achieve its professed objec tives, and that it is in this sense a waste. It is like a proj ect to build half a bridge at a poor place to cross a river. Or shall we say that it is like that tunnel from the new Sen ate office building to the Cap itol which, so it is said, just does not arrive at the Capitol? r IT IS necessary, therefore, to amend the President's bill in order to have a measure be hind which the believers in foreign aid, who are a multi tude, can with a good con science rally. This is the pur pose of the Fulbright amend ments, which were introduced on Friday. I think it is fair to say that these amendments take account, which the ad ministration bill does not, of the findings of the Draper committee which the Presi dent himself appointed. They reflect also the views of Sec retary Herter and of Under secretary Dillon. The Fulbright amendments follow two. main principles. One is to provide for a period of five years enough funds to permit development loans at the annual rate of $1.5 bil lion. This would make pos sible orderly financing of in vestment programs which, in countries like India, could bring about a substantial rise in the standard of life. The other principle of the Fulbright amendments is to de-emphasize without abolish ing the military part of for eign aid. The amendments do not reduce the amount. One of them gives the President the authority to transfer up to 30 percent rather than, as at present, up to 10 per cent of the military aid to civilian uses. Another gives the Amer ican ambassador greater con trol over the recommenda tions for military aid mad by the American Military Mission in the country to which he is accredited. THESE amendments dealing WlVi fhp -milltaT-ir cMa ri ...... ...... .U. J U.UL foreign aid ought to open the door to a better supervision of the aid agreements made by our military men and the local military commanders. Menace Lippmann Iri the official propaganda of the administration all of these programs are lumped togeth er under the general notion that they enable military al lies to encircle and contain the military power of the Communist states. No distinction is made be-. tween genuine allies, like Britain, Canada and France, for example, and political clients like, let us say, Pakis tan. It is an unhealthy pre tense to plead that we are arming Pakistan in order that Pakistan may defend itself against a Soviet attack or, more far fetched still, that Pakistan could or would do anything substantial to defend Iran and Turkey if they were attacked. The principal rea son why we give arms to Pakistan is to keep the Pakis tani army commanders friend ly to the United States'rather than to the Russians. What we do is to subsidize the rul ing powers who, in so many underdeveloped countries, are the leaders of the army. ' HPHE world being what it is, I would not say that this is always a wicked or unnec esssary thing to do. But Con gress is not a good judge of how necessary it is to do it in each of the countries where aid is being furnished. Nei ther is the Pentagon a good judge. The judgment should be made by the President and the Department of State. It should be a cool political judgment, not a hot and excit ed judgment. Above all, there should be no self - deluding propaganda that if the United States gives jet planes to a Latin American dictator, it is helping the free world to de fend itself against Russia and China. What it is doing when it gives the jet planes to the dictator is to help the dicta tor to defend himself against his internal enemies, and that may or may not be a good thing to do in he national interests of the United States, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. In the Day's News By FRANK What of the news? It's a mishmash. But it falls into an interest ing pattern. THERE'S a shake-up in Red China. Mao Tze-tung is re linquishing A h e presidency. Hes retaining the chairman ship of the Chinese communist party. Why? Well informed correspond ents say he's relinquishing the presidency to free himself for his MORE IMPORTANT DUTIES as chairman of the Chinese communist party. W HY is that disturbing? It's like this: Too much power held in too few hands too long is al ways dangerous. The objective of the communist party EV-ERYWRERE-wherever it op erates, in Russia, in China, wherever it gets into powers is to hold ALL POWER in the hands of the leaders of the communist party. Forever, if possible. That's dangerous. IN WASHINGTON this morn ing, a house subcommittee took a small step that "could" lead to legislation to discour age congressional NEPOTISM (nepotism is the practice of surrounding yourself with relatives who are paid out of the public purse). The subcommittee went be hind closed doors to hear three Republicans plug resolutions which would require house Signs Point to Power Struggle In Red China, Realists' vs. '' By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor An interesting nower strug gle may be going on inside the Chinese Communist Party. At least, that's one inter pretation being placed on the various new a p pointments made when Mao Tse-tung stepped down as president or chairman of the people's republic and put in his place Liu mil isewsom ShaO - Cm. US- usually regarded as Red China's No. 2 Communist. The job of chairman of trip people's republic primarily is a ceremonial one and Mao in no sense relinquished his real power as No. 1 when he gave it up. But, like Mao, Shao-chi also has other jobs. .He is a mem ber of the all-powerful Cen tral Committee of the party, a member of the Politburo and the first secretary of its Secre tariat, and honorary chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. See Three Signs Altogether, the power he wields is second only to that held by Mao. Students of Chinese affairs see in his most recent appoint ment three portents of the fu ture: -There will be no import ant change in overall Chinese policy. -The rapid pace of commu nization will continue, with special emphasis on the 26, 000 communes which have en gulfed more than 500 million Chinese peasants. -Liu is heir apparent to Mao. Those who see a power Job of Toughening Labor Bill Difficult By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -(UPD- The job of getting what President Eis enhower wants written into the labor re form bill now before Con gress falls to a smartly, ag ile Hoosier by the name of Charles A. Halleck. Halleck is R e p u b 1 i- Lyie c. wusod can leaders of the House of Representatives. The labor bill approved by the Senate, 90-to-l, has gone to the House which may get around to floor consideration of the issue in June. Smart and agile though he is, Halleck probably would surprise even himself if he were able to ram into the la bor legislation a couple of provisions which the Presi dent described as "just a fea ture of decency and justice to the public and to the worker." "I think blackmail picket ing is unjustified and I don't think that secondary boycotts should be tolerated," Eisen hower said last Feb. 19. "I think those two features should be right squarely in the bill." JENKINS members to name publicly any relatives on their payroll and announce when they hired kinfolk in the future. The dispatches report that there is "little reason to be lieve that any nepotism re form legislation is considered necessary." 1TITH one IF, that is true. ' The IF is this: If the people who do the voting would read all the fac tual reports appearing in the press (which includes the newspapers, the magazines, the radio and television) draw accurate conclusions from the FACTS disclosed, and then VOTE AGAINST THE PRAC TICES OF NEPOTISM when next they came up for elec tion, nepotism would come to a sudden stop. It would come to a sudden stop because the politicians DROP THINGS QUICK when they don't pay off in votes. " WHEN you come right down to it, whatever is really wrong with government in our great and still FREE country tracks back to indif ference, carelessness or lazi ness on the part of the voters. We have LAW enough on the books to cure anything that needs curing if only the voters would STUDY THE ISSUES carefully enough and then VOTE OUT OF OFFICE the people who are doing things that are wrong. , struggle going on inside Red China believe it is a fight be tween "realists" on the one hand and party ideologists on the other. The former believe the communization program, including the communes, has gone ahead too fast for China's own good and that it lacked planning. The ideologists, on the other hand, demanded a 'damn-the- torpedos, full speed ahead policy in the belief that all would fall into 'proper place without supervision. Linked to the side of the realists, according to this the ory, has been Premier Chou En-lai who, next to Mao, has been the name best known to the West. The realists were said to have two major complaints and to have brought the issue to a head at a meeting last December of the Communist Party Central Committee in Wuhan. ' t They said the speed with which the communes had been created had created chaos. And they said the "great leap forward" of 1958, calling for -vast increases in industrial and agricultural production, almost strangled the mainland at the end of the year in a monstrous transportation foul up. At Standstill In the Wuhan meeting, the realists were able to force a slowdown in the commune system. Liu, however, is listed among the ideologists and his most recent appointment is said at least to offset any earl ier victory won by the Chou En-lai faction. Those who believe in the theory of a power struggle in side Red China, now believe the two sides have battled Neither is in the bill as passed by the Senate. Black mail picketing is a form of extortion used by some un ions against employers. Sec ondary boycotts are imposed on suppliers or customers of struck firms. They can and sometimes do put the struck concern out of business. The stated objective and the general purpose of the Senate bill was to protect union members against their lead ers, to safeguard union funds, assume fair elections and free speech. Not much Senate time nor talk was devoted to pro tection of the employer or of the general public. " Small business, especially, has a stake in the two features which Eisenhower said should be squarely in the bill. Black mail picketing and secondary boycotts can be peculiarly ef fective against the little fel low. That is what Halleck will have to work with in any effort to meet Eisenhow er's standards. House May Toughen Bill As the Senate bill went over to the House, there was a. lot of talk, mostly loose, that the representatives could be expected to strengthen the bill. A Republican member of the House Education and La bor Committee suggested that labor legislation in the Sen ate had been weakened be cause it had become entangled with Presidential politics. That would not happen in the House, he said, and therefore the House should come up with a stronger bill. Could be, of course. But only a few weeks ago Republi can congressional leaders did not see it that way at all after a meeting at the White House. Halleck and others said then that it may be "completely impossible" to get a worthwhile labor reform bill from the House Commit tee on Education and Labor. The leaders said the com mittee alignment of 20 Dem ocrats and 10 Republicans may prevent even getting an effective labor reform bill to the House floor for a vote. The ability of House Republicans to write Eisenhower's two de sired features into the bill is wholly doubtful. The House committee has a majority of Northern Democrats who may be expected to oppose any la bor proposals which the un ion leaders seriously oppose. So, Halleck seems to be sty mied in that direction. He may, however, maneuver the House deliberations in such a way as to make labor legis lation a solid Republican cam paign issue in 1960. It is no issue now. More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here Is a pleasant way to overcom loose plate discomfort. FASTEETH, an Improved powder, sprinkled on upper and lower plates holds them firmer so that they feel more com fortable. No gummy, gooev, pasty taste or feeling. It's alkaline (non acid). Does not sour. Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). Get FAS FEETH today at any drug counter. each Other to a standstill. Had Chou En-lai failed to retain his office, it would have been a clear sign that the theorists had won. But whatever the factional strife within the Chinese Communist hierarchy, Mao Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name of initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserve's the right fc, edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the viewi of th paper; in fact the contrary is often b cast. From Mission To the Editof: This is to ex press our appreciation for the wonderful write-ups for our new mission. We're especially grateful to your Miss Peg Hutchinson for the wonderful job of coverage that she did. We're prayerfully hoping that the mission will fully realize the hopes and confi dence shown in this endeavor in His service. Bill and Mabelle Howard, Medford Gospel Mission, 33 North Front st., Medford. Notches To the Editor: The Republi cans are asking us to take another notch in our belts. Al ready I got 15 notches for the Democrats and 15 for the Re publicans. They are away ahead of me in notches, I used my last notch last year. From now on, they'll have to fur nish the notches. My wallet looks like the inside of old Mother Hubbard's cupbard in 1929. Everett Ackin Box 233 Ashland, Ore. Conservation Week To the Editor: Conservation of Natural Resources Week is May 3 to 10, 1959. Jackson county's ' program -plans are progressing, well on the way, some consummated. Some peo ple are aware, some interested, some concerned; some are alarmed about our natural re sources, whether they are go ing to hold out, or whether, as Justice Holmes put it, "I believe it probable that civili zation, somehow, will last as long as I care to look into the future." More and more people are coming to know that man's winning of wars in his relent less battles of waste and de struction of God's bounteous natural resources can result in destruction of man himself. Increasing millions of people and ruining the earth's sus tenance has brought, and can bring, only one finale-floods, drouths, deserts, famines, and added millions to the long, long lines in the human death march, as for long, and now, overmuch of the earth. "When the soil is gone, man must go, and the process does not take long." Theodore Roosevelt. Save our forests, save our streams; save our LAND is what this means. More and more people are awakening and want to put a Try and -By BENNETT CERF- PAUL WANER, an all-time great of baseball, was on a hunt ing trip during the off-season, and came to a town in Okla homa where a big ball game was scheduled with the cham the county seat nearby, xne town elders of course plead ed with Paul to get into the game, but the other team's manager was. justifiably outraged at the idea. "How about letting me play if I bat left-handed?" suggested Paul, and that's the way it was settled. All Waner did that day was bang out three home runs and two triples. And in case you don't recall, Waner made all of his hits while playing the outfield ...... for the Pittsburgh Pirates every one of the hits made bti.g left-handed. J W Hamilton was mildly startled when one of his friends c fided 'Tm very fond of the human race. All of my friends belonged to it and even some of my wife's family, too!" 0 1959, by Bennett. Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate, YOU MAY BE ASSURED 0 C. M. Litwiller . . . that each individual requirement and need is met when your loved ones are entrusted to our care. The "Better" Service since 1935 LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwyi 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close Going On himself has made it clear that the communes retain top priority in the Red Chinese scheme. Proof of this was seen in the new budget which called for a $435 million sub sidy for the communes in the next year. shoulder to the wheel and help push what's left of the hundred year old natural re sources wagon up the hill and over the hump with a new and different idea of a prom ised land. Boy and Girl Scouts, Gar den clubs, Granges, chambers of commerce, civic clubs, city and county public schools, teachers and pupils, news papers, TVs, radio, stations, library, businessmen and busi nesswomen, Izaak Walton leagues, city, county, state and federal agencies, and many individuals are helping, Min isterial Associations where more than 30 ministers will talk to their congregations on the fact that "Tne Earth Is The Lord's," about soil stew ardship. All these, and more, are parts of Conservation Week program, May 3-10, 1959. John E Gribble, Jackson County Chairman. Roxy Ann To the Editor: We are study ing scenic places in Oregon. I have picked Roxy Ann. I would appreciate informa tion on this subject, for ex ample," how to get there, how it received its name, and what events are going to happen during the centennial year, if any. ' I would like this informa tion as quickly as possible Teresa Pruett Eagle Point School Eagle Point, Ore. Editors' note: According to MacArthur's Oregon Geo graphic Names, Roxy Ann Butte originally was known as Skinner's Butte. Later, however, early-day settlers named it in honor of Roxannt Baker, who lived nearby. Most of the Butte is now owned by the city of Medford. A rod encircles the hill below th summit. There are two picnic places, one on th north sid, the other on the south siib. It can be reached by goiaa east from Medford on Hill crest rd. No Centennial eve1 are specifically scheduled the Butte as yet, but some are under consideration. Most of the area is included in Prw cott park, named in honop 4 a constable who was killed i line of duty in 1933. The are is noted for its scenic view in all directions, and a mulU tude of widflowers and trw. Plans for its further develop ment are under way. Stop Me .. . w Mrs. Litwiller ..Its 'It is better to know us and not need us than to need us end not know us."