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1 s 4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfe, Or. Friday, May 1, 1959 "Everyone m Southern Oregon Heads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MU)FORO PRINTING CO. 83 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-911 ROBIRT W RUHL. Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Busmen 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 E RICKS ON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Uedford Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance, Copy 10c. Dil and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 8 znos. 8-0(. Daily 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. Iail7 and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sumlay 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy lOe Ail Terms cash in Advance Official Paper of City f Medfor Official Paper ei Jicrwa uonnty United Press International run 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. NEWSFAMR I PUBLISHERS ''ASSOCIATION NATIONAL FDITOVIAI 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 May 1' 198 (Sunday) A recent photograph is pub lished showing Crater Lake completely frozen over, for the first time on record. Frank J. DeSouza and Moore Hamilton swap jobs, DeSouza becoming editor of the Medford News and Hamil ton, Medford's new postmas ter. 20 YEARS AGO Mar 1' 1939 (Mondar) A style show is slated for the second session of the charm school being conducted at the Girls' Community club. , From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The county has started controlling the weeds, and, the weeds are putting up a good fight, too." 30 YEARS AGO May 1. 1929 (Wednesday) Rogue river fishing is re ported still "deplorable." Six feet of snow is report ed at Diamond lake. 40 YEARS AGO Mar 1, 1919 (Thursday) Brown and Von Der Hellen of Eagle Point submit the low bid for constructing the Prospect-Union-creek road. Orchardists worry about getting enough labor for their record breaking crop. 50 YEARS AGO May 1, 1909 (Saturday) Southern Oregon Railroad company plans to survey a railroad route from Medford to Crescent City, Calif. The 50,000 eastern brook trout received by the Rogue River Fish Protective associa tion are placed in Little Butte creek and the Applegate river. Vfist's Yocr I.Q.? Nine er ten correct is superior; even er eajhr is excellent; five er six is fOoe - 1. Name the American ad miral who said he. wanted to ride through Tokyo on Em peror Hirohito's white horse? 2. Is Montpelier the capital of Connecticut, New Hamp shire or Vermont? 3. What do' the following have in common: pica, dia mond, agate? 4. According to the Bibli cal story, who "lifted up the serpent in the wilderness"? 5. "Rhapsody in Blue" was a film version of-the life of ' which composer? 6. Correct the following: "He has a great capacity to work." 7. Name the leading port in Portugal. 8. Are soft-shelled crabs a different species than hard shelled crabs? v 9. Who was the author of the novel "Grapes of Wrath"? 10. Is the invention of pa: per usually credited to the Romans, Egyptians, or Chi nese? Answers: I. Admiral Hal fey. 2. Vermont. 3. All kinds of type. 4. Moses, 5. George Gershwin. 6. . . . for work." 7. Lisbon. 8. No. 9. John Steinbeck. 10. Chinese. LAST OFFICIAL WISH Topeka, Kan. - (UPD - Wil liam J. Cawker, 77, retired as Topeka fire chief Thursday after fulfililng his last official wish. He raced to the brass fire pole -and slid down one last time. May 1 Law Day Today May 1 is a day heavy with tra ditions, not all of them good. One of the pleasanter traditions goes back to childhood days, of hanging May baskets of flow ers on the doorknobs of neighbors. Others in volved dancing about a Maypole, and the pro cessions and dances which were frowned upon by early-day puritans. Such" observances origi nated in a Roman spring festival. For many years, however, May 1 has had a sterner tradition. In 1886, American workmen organized May Day strikes and demonstrations to back up demands for an eight hour work-day. THREE years later, the Second International set the day aside for socialist marches and dem onstrations. It has since had special significance in the Communist movement.' In both Moscow and Peking, May Day is one of the year's chief occasions for demonstrations of proletarian solidarity, and a chance to foment hatred against the capitalists. In Hitler's Germany, too, the day had politi cal significance, and was a time for marching, demonstrations, parades and all the other pagean try of dictatorship. ... ' lyiAY 1 is "Loyalty Day," proclaimed as such last year by the U.S. congress to make offi cial the "counter-holiday" promoted since World War H by various veterans and patriotic organi zations. It is also designated (and observed by some) as "Child Health Day." But in our view, the most significant of the observances taking place today is "Law Day," proclaimed by President Eisenhower "to direct the attention of the world to the liberty under law under which we, enjoy the accomplishments of our system of free enterprise." A SYSTEM bf law is one of the characteristics vr iirili7of inn o a liaf i-nmiiclt -fwvtv Vv o barism. The better the system of law, the better the civilization. Some civilizations have been good, others bad; but all have had laws, from the time of Hammurabi and the later Pharoahs down to the present. Some of the great system .of. law have become so firmly entrenched in tradition and custom they still are operative today. Vestiges of the Justinian code of the days of Rome still are found in Ameri ca today, as (in Louisiana particularly) are frag ments of the Code Napoleon. Most laws, today, are written. But some cus toms and traditions, though not formally codified, are so universally regarded that they have nearly the same force as written law. . DASICALLY, laws are little more than a set of rules for the government of society. Many are prohibitory, others are compulsory, some are purely administrative. . In primitive societies, the bulk of the law con sisted of a series of "thou shalt nots." Today we still have these, but also a vast accumulation of laws the aim of which is the amelioration of the conflicts in society. And as society became more sophisticated, special kinds of law evolved maritime law, criminal law, corporation law, and so on. I AWS make it possible, even compulsory, for people to live peaceably with each other. A country such as the United States, which has a high degree of internal stability, is a country with laws which, judged by and large, are good, and where respect for and enforcement of laws is well-developed. Where thelaws do not consider the needs of the people, or where respect for them, or enforce ment of them, is poor, one is more apt to see in ternal warfare and dissention. In most of the western nations today, laws are responsive to the needs of the populace and, with some exceptions, are obeyed. ' : "THE one great field where law is lacking is in 1 international affaire. There is "international law," surely. But as in the case of some states lack of respect for it on the part of nations, and lack of enforcement authority, have largely negated in ternational law as a major factor in the big prob lems of nations. Some progress has been made, but almost en tirely in the relatively small things mutual recognition of copyrights and postage, for ex ample, or in narcotics control, or fishery rights. . IN THE big things, the conflicts which can de 1 velop into major disputes or wars, interna- x i 11 i 1 uonai iaw is virtually neipiess. It is the hope of the American Bar association, for one, and of a lot of other thoughtful people, that the rule of law can be extended to govern the relationships of nations, as well as of smaller units of government and individuals. Progress has been slow, largely because of the unwillingness of nations to cede to any interna tional authority one iota of their sovereignty. But today, there is more attention to this prob lem than ever before. If international law is to become effective (and it matters little what device is used, be it we World Court, the United Nations, or some new entity), nations will have to sacrifice a certain amount of their sovereignty for the common good of the race of mankind. We see nothing disgraceful in this, any more than the peaceful giving up of some sovereign rights on.the parts of states or individuals, for the overall good, is to be deplored. E. A. -- Dennis the l ie ncvcis. tsttn MR$. C0rZt ESPECIALLY Many Factors Involved in Sub-Sahara African Unrest Washington - Struggles for independence in sub-Sahara Africa that have been success ful up to now have been be tween the European colonial power and the native people. There was no difficult ra cial problem in Ghana or Guinea (already independent) or in Nigeria (to become inde pendent next year), because most Europeans there were traders or missionaries, ad ministrators or technicians, not settlers. But the presence of long-established white set tlers in the colonies of East, Central, and Southern Africa introduces a third party. Afri cans are agitating against rule by the settlers as well as against control by European powers. French Give Push Demands for immediate or eventual independence in the Belgian and British colonies in those regions were given a big push last year by a dramatic change in French co lonial policy. Gen. de Gaulle offered France's overseas pos sessions an '' opportunity to Washington By WILLIAM THE SOVIET APPROVAL Washington - The ill-concealed actions of Soviet-bloc spokesmen here are making it plain that Moscow has loosed a major propaganda offensive to discredit the Big Four for eign ministers' conference be fore it meets. Thar a r - William ., wwte three easily identified preliminary targets. The first target is the whole traditional process of Western diplomacy. Iron Curtain dip lomats are saying, in effect, that the world has no further real use of foreign ministers. They are arguing first that all present East-West issues, like the Berlin crisis, cannot be settled by negotiations among foreign ministers but only at summit meetings of heads of state. And they , are going on to suggest even that all sub sequent issues of consequence also must have a single place of settlement, the summit. THE second target of inter national communis m's campaign is all "military thinking" - including, for the moment at least, even Soviet military thinking. The line is that all military men are quite out of date because scientific and intellectual advances have outrun them. The third target is a single person, our new Secretary of State, Christian A. Herter. Soviet-bloc officials are point ing to him as one foreign min ister who, perhaps more even than all the others "lacks po litical power." The fact, of course, is that this is extra ordinarily untrue. Mr. Hert er's base of domestic political support is actually the great est of any Secretary since Cor deU Hull in the days of Frank lin D. Roosevelt. (Perhaps, parenthetically, this is exact ly why Soviet-bloc spokesmen are urging the. exact reverse.) This psychological cam paign is being directed not primarily at the. public but rather toward Washington of ficialdom, the press and opin ion - inf luencers in general. Soviet-bloc diplomats are mak ing themselves extensively "available" in off-the-record gatherings -to which they are speaking .with unusual care and precision and under ob vious prior instructions. fPOWARD the people gener - erally, meanwhile, interna tional communism is turning Menace WAX rKUM. TUB GRAPZG.' choose immediate independ ence, as Guinea did, or au tonomy within a new French community. The voting result ed in a dozen new republics empower to regulate their own internal affairs, though leaving defenses and foreign relations to France. The action of France gave persuasive ammunition to Af rican nationalists in the Bel gian Congo, in the Central Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland, and in Kenya and Tanganyika. Nationalist activities, combined with eco nomic factors, led to race riots early this year in and around Leopoldville, capital of the Congo, and later to prolong ed racial strife in Nyasaland, poorest of the three territories that make up the British-ruledl Central African Federation. Federation Experiment The federation was estab lished six years ago as an experiment in multi - racial partnership. The hope was to combine for mutual benefit the political and economic know-how of Southern Rho- S. WHITE an increasingly , "reasonable" face. No doubt, this is because international communism wishes, to , keep the people's trust in what is clearly the only kind of East-West solu tions the Soviet bloc now really intends to accept - that is, solutions at the summit. Not often, however, if ever, have Soviet ., spokesmen in semi-private talks shown so brutal a candor as they are showing now. They are giving notice to Secretary Herter, and other Western leaders now in Paris to prepare for the foreign ministers' confer ence, that if the conference reaches any success it will be a complete accident, if not a miracle. This is not the least of the reasons why all concerned at Paris are making such earnest efforts to heal all Allied di visions on the proper ap proach to the Russians. Of the present three-headed Soviet-bloc approach itself, the most arresting point is the way its spokesmen are dealing with the "military thinkers." For a long time, it will be re called, the very highest Soviet figures, including N i k i t a Khrushchev himself, spoke baldly of Soviet missiles as offering the most undebatable reasons why the .West must come to terms.' Now, the Soviet story is the reverse. Now, the story goes like this: THE "real danger" to man kind does not lie in "any" weaponry. Rather, it lies only in the failure of political lead ers to keep up with scientific advances. Thus, we must be ware the "military thinkers." For these are trying to hold good policy, meaning "peace" policy, down to their own out moded notions. So, in summary, these are the ultimate Soviet-bloc in tentions: 1. To take world diplomacy for good out of the relatively calm and professional atmos phere of foreign ministerial negotiation and to put it all in the hands of a succession of summit meetings. Summit meetings, any and all of them, will be more subject to the world's emotional pressures if only because any free lead er will find it hard to say no to popular hopes under the white, constant light of total publicity. 2. To make the West no longer willing to listen to what are, after all, its "ulti mate experts in the science of survival, the military men. (Copyright, 1959. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Report Outspoken By Writer By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Man-of-the-week: Field Mar shal Viscount Montgomery of Great Britain. The quote: "I'd like to go to the children's world. I want to buy some dolls." The place: Mos c ofw: This week there were many who wis hed the retired field marshal Phil New torn would spend all his time buy ing children's dolls, in fact, do anything besides mixing in international diplomacy. : But it was too late. Puts Foot In For Montgomery, off on a do-it-yourself mission to Mos cow, had put his foot in it again-this time in a televised interview in which he ranged the field from criticism of President Eisenhower's World desia with the mineral wealth of Northern Rhodesia and the plentiful labor supply of Ny asaland. There has already been no table economic progress in the Rhodesias, but not enough new jobs have been created to give adequate support to the population of Nyasaland. Socially and politically, prog ress has been slow. Racial dis crimination persists, educa tional opportunities for Afri cans are extremely limited, and the right to vote is so restricted that fewer than 5 per cent of Africans, who comprise more than 90 per cent of the federation s popu lation, have qualified to vote, Congo Voting Limited In the Belgian Congo not even white settlers could vote until 1956. It was part of Belgium's paternalistic policy to withhold all opportunity for political expression, and for a long time that policy was accepted without protest. Meanwhile, the Congo made exceptional strides in educat ing the masses, developing an African middle class, and pro moting industrial growth. However, the nationalistic spirit sweeping Africa finally forced introduction of a meas ure of self-government. And in the middle of last January King Baudouin announced plans to organize in the Congo "a democracy capable of ex ercising sovereignty and mak ing decisions about its inde pendence." African nationalists lay great stress on what they call "one-man, one-vote democ racy." They are not satisfied with governmental schemes, common in British self-governing colonies, under which seats in a legislative body are apportioned among the races without much regard to their numbers and effective power is lodged in the governor and representatives 'of white set tlers. Responsible nationalist leaders recognize, however, that the overwhelming black majorities, In many cases with little or no education, may not be prepared for independ ent majority rule. In Kenya, for example, Tom Mboya wants to enlarge African rep resentation in the govern ment, but his major immedi ate goal is to win British com mitment to independence, not now but when his people are ready for it. Understanding Needed Western students of Afri can problems feel that it is vitally important now for(the colonial powers to treat Afri can aspirations with under standings and not drag their feet in seeking ways to bring about peaceful resolution of the present struggles for pow er. Failure so to act, they fear, might have the" frightful result of war between blacks and whites. An ominous sidelight in that connection is the recent receipt by Guinea of free de liveries of arms by the ship load from Czechoslovakia, ac companied by military in structors. International Commun ism may be counted upon to take advantage of every oppor tunity, in Africa as elsewhere, to fish in troubled waters. Editorial Research Reports. Man Killed When Struck by Own Car Portland - H'PB - Brent Campbell, 68, Portland, was killed Thursday when his own car struck him after a colli sion. Police said a car driven by Campbell and one driven by Eugene Muskopf, 48, collided. Campbell was thrown from his vehicle when his car bounced off the curb. He was struck by the vehicle when it rebounded. It was Portland's 18th traf fic fatality of 1959.- ft jam Monty Dubbed Man of Week for Moscow Visit, TV Barbs War II leadership to Eisen hower's leadership as presi dent and finally to criticism of U.S. policy in general. "I think you've got to ad mit the fact, rightly or wrong ly, that American leadership, of recent years, has been rather suspect," he said. He topped that with a gen eral discussion of the state i of health among American leaders and then took off for Moscow to take things into his own hands in a discussion with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. . British newspapers, which already had expressed fear over the consequences of Monty's self-imposed mission, threw up their hands in horror. "Muddled, mischievous and irresponsible," one newspaper said. "A small boy putting his thumb to his nose " said another. "No wonder Macmillan is reported to have held up his hands in mock horror and to have exclaimed: 'Save me from my friends,' " reported another. Moscow Delighted Eisenhower, a wartime as sociate of the 71 -year -old Montgomery and no stranger to his ways, reacted tartly, The British newspapers, he said, had expressed his views for him. Meanwhile, the object of Communist Influence in Castro Administration Seen as Threat By LYLE.C. WILSON Washington - (UPD - Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro has moved on without quiet ing alarming reports that Com munists have bored in to his revolu tionary move ment. Castro's stock answer in the United I &rf I States ab o u t I I Communist in- ibis: If so . . . their influence is nothing. I don't agree with Communications Letters : to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although "iider cer tain circumstances the use of 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 Telephone Pests To the Editor: These tele phone solicitors have to go! It was bad enough when they called during the day while maybe I was bathing the baby, cooking something that need ed constant stirring, or outside doing yard work and having to set a new track record to answer the phone, only to hear the person say "You are one of the lucky ones to get a $50 merchandise book for 50c." Now really! But now they're calling at night - practically EVERY NIGHT. I'm beginning to wonder if my phone number is written on 50 foot high sign boards all over town. Per haps my patience hasn't been what it should be this week with three children and two adults having the flu, but in the last three out of four nights telephone solicitors have called after 8:30. It's such a relief to put everyone to bed and have the house quiet after a day of taking temperatures, carrying trays, giving medicine - to sit down and watch a' T.V; program or , collapse in bed asleep - then bang there goes the tele phone - "I would like to dis cuss a new food plan." An other - "We would like to in vite you to our church serv ices." Then last night - "If you can answer two questions, you can have a free dancing lesson." Believe me, I wouldn't take a free dancing lesson even if Arthur Murray and wife, Katherine, were both Jhere to teach me. Since it takes me a while to get back to sleep after one of these calls - I lie there try ing to figure out how to stop 2 31 MUTTON ROAST 19 lb. all this discussion had reach- j ed Moscow, seen Khrushchev once and made plans to see him again before departing, innocent as a child, on his return trip home. The Londan News Chroni cle saidr Montgomery's re marks "will delight Moscow." They probably did. What made Britons especi ally nervous was the indeli cate timing of Montzomerv's Moscow visit, at a time when Western foreign ministers were, striving for agreement on a united front with which to meet the Communists at the forthcoming Geneva meet ing on May 11. For Montgomery, thoush retired and now a private citizen, still is a world figure and Britons well knew his ability at unfortunate re marks, well-meaning though he might be, he still un wittingly could sudoIv irrist for the Moscow propaganda mill in its drive to further separate the already-divided allies. Found Talks "Interestina" To be the controversial cen ter of a stage is not a new experience for Montgomery, whose flamboyance as a sol dier and public speaker are in sharp contrast to the aus terity of his private life and to his descent from a minister father" and from a grand father who was one of Brit Communism. We are a democ racy. We are against all kinds of dictators. That is why we oppose Communism." The facts are that Castro has been associated with Com munists for some years. U.S. Communists have been bragging for months about the participation of Cuban Reds in Castro's revolution. Cas tro may oppose Communism, as he says he opposes it. There is much evidence, however, that some sharp-shooting Com munists are among his asso ciates. Some of them were in Castro's party which visited the United States. All of this is a matter of record with names, dates and places. There is evidence .that a Cuban who was prominent in the Communist youth move ment in 1950 presently is nar- ticipating in the training of tne Cuban army. Castro's revolutionary, army is being taught Marxism bv this individual. He has head quarters in the great fortress which commands Havana which, in turn, is army head quarters. It is a strategic spot. Another Castro associate with entree to all military estab lishments is known to- have been a full time functionary of the Communist party in Cuba. Another, who accompanied Castro to the United States, is a Communist party member and an official in the Con federation of Cuban Workers. This individual is an adviser to Castro on labor affairs. One of Castro's traveling companions to the United States has been an officer of the Communist youth 'organ ization called Juventud Revo lucionaria Cubana. He was at one time president of the Lugyno District Communist party in Havana. Another them. Get their phone number and stay up all night one or two nights calling them every hour on the hour? Doubt if that would work. After talk ing to them instead of hang ing up, leav(e the receiver off so they couldn't make any more calls? But. they would probably be clicking it all night. The only thing I can think of is to appeal to the sponsors who hire the solicit ors to advertise in some other way. Just think, if all com panies advertisei by phone, we'd be so busy answering it, we'd never have time to buy any of their products or serv ices. If the sponsors only knew it, they would have bet ter results advertising by mail, newspaper, radio, or T.V. (Name on File) " Medford. EAST SIXTH ST. POLISH PORK RINGS 39. SAUSAGE 39' ain's most outstanding theo logical writers . In MOSCOW. Mantfnmm found Khrushchev "friendly" and their talks "interesting." Later, on a tour with his Rus sian hosts of Moscow's spota of interest, he appeared bored. He broke off his tour to go buy the dolls. .:- Even the Russian mmt have been confused by thia man whom Winston Churchill is said once to have described as: "Invincible in defeat, Insuf ferable in victory." Editorial Comment OREGON TRADITION An Oregon tradition hat been that the ablest talent stood ready to accept appoint ment to such important bodies as the Highway Commission and the Board of Higher Edu cation. It held when Governor Hatfield was able to get Glenn Jackson of Medford to take a - place on the former, ' suc ceeding Robert Chessman of Astoria. Jackson has long been a great workhorse for commun ity and state enterprises, burn ing up a tremendous amount of energy, and achieving big results in the process.. We hope the pace of commission work will not prove too frus trating for this human dyno mo. - Oregon Statesman, Salem. . traveling companion had been a communist leader in Orien- te Province:. still another wh ejected in 1954 from the Fed- eracipn Provincial de Soci adades on charses that he waa a Communist party member. spec!-i vwa Required A member of the Castro party was receiving a salary from the Communist party in 1956. The Communist record of another was so ripe .that the State Department felt it had to obtain Justice Depart ment sanction to issue spe cial visa to permit him to accompany Castro here. There is no record of Com. munist party membership ei- mer ot j idel Castro or his brother Raul. The Raul Cas tro record, however, indicates that he is bitterly anti-American. The whole set-up is dis quieting to persons who real ize the extent to which tho Reds have infiltrated the Cas tro revolution. - If the Cuban Communists became dominant in Cuba, the United States would be faced with grave considerations of national security. A Commu nist Cuba would be a pistol at the head-a knife at the throat-of the United States. The troubles which could flow from such a situation would be both difficult and dangerous. The United States scarcely could suffer a Com- munist state to flourish on its doorstep. Khrushchev, Yank Win Lenin Prize London -flJTO- Premier Nlkl ta Khrushchev and U.S. scientist-writer William Edward Dubois, 91, are among five persons awarded Lenin Peace prizes for 1959, Moscow radio announced Thursday night. Other winners were Otto Buchwitz, an East German la-, bor leader; Ivor Montagu, a British newspaperman, and a Greek writer identified only as Kostas. The winners were selected by the Committee on Interna tional Lenin Prizes for Peace (formerly the Stalin Peace Prizes) which met in Moscow this week, Radio Moscow said. Dubois lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Forestry Association Reelects lacoma Man Portland - (UPD - H. O. Puhn of the Simpson Logging Com pany, Tacoma, Thursday was re-elected president of the In dustrial Forestry Association here. , N. B. Giustina, Eugene, was named vice president. SMOKED HAM HOCKS IK
