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Newspaper Page Texto MAIL TRIBUNE. MeoW. Or. Thursday, June 25, 19S9 MEDFORDKTRIBUia J "Ivexyone to Southern Oregon Keau ine mmii ubllshed Dnil except Saturday by MJJJFOilD PRINTING CO 83 North til St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor KERB GBJEV Advertising Manaser GEPALD LATHAM. Business MgT 1HIC W ALLEN JB. Manafiac Rditor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sport Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women'! Editor PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered a second class natter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday A moa. tJDl Uaiiy ano ounaay ma. Sunday Only One year $4.30 y Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland1 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 10e All Terms casn in Aovane Official Paper of City Medfori onitiaA faper oi aacasqn i.inm'T United Press International Full Leased Wire J MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU"" cim ui-a riyjji 1J M.n. O.. -..oi WEST-HOLUjAY CO, INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago. De- trait. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver B.C. . . NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 'ASSOCIATION' NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 25, 1949 (Saturday) Twenty Mediord residents have been cast in various roles for this summer's Shakespeare festival at Ashland. . Medford officials ban funer al processions from Sixth and Main sts., as a safety, precau tion. .'-;: - -' 20 YEARS AGO June 25, 1939 (Sunday) Local churches sponsor a play illustrating the ; evils of liquor, entitled, "The Price of 4 Drink..' , From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" . column: "The CUder Girls are swatting flies, wBile their daughters make a tennis ball whistle like a bul let" ' '' " SO YEARS AGO T.... 4( .10)9 ITnMiln :. -- An Essex auto is the first to ascend to the top of Table The county court aids a barefoot boy in search of his mother. 40 YEARS AGO s. June 25, 1919 (Wednesday) Weir McDonald and Roland Hubbard plan to . go. to Port land to take a ship for New York via the Panama canal. Today is the first in a week there have .been no grass fires reported in town. 50 YEARS AGO ; June 25, 1909 (Friday) ' Woodville residents have raised $7,000 for a new bridge across the Rogue river. : Four daily trains on the Southern Pacific are found in sufficient to carry all those bound for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition What's Your I.Q.? Niea er ten correct it superior; saven or eijht is excellent; five er fix igood. - . 1. Who wrote "Of -Human Bondage"? ; 2. Is a knot a unit of dis tance when applied to the peed of a ship? 3. Supply the missing word In the saying . with envy." 4. Quote the first seven Constitution, of. the United States. ,'. 5. What famous woman, de prived of sight and hearing. nevertheless learned to speak? 6. Correct the following: Suppose he were to ask you." 7. How many mills are there in a cent? . 8. The body of Franklin De lano Roosevelt is buried in Arlington National Cemetery; true or ialse? . 9. During this session of Congress, the chairman of all U. S. Senate standing committees-are "Democrats; true or false? - '10. What famous inventor lived at Menlo Park? Answers: 1. Somerset Mau gham; 2. No. (It is a unit of speed); 3. Green; 4. "We,, the people of the United- States . . ."; 5. Helen Keller; E. It is correct; 7. Ten; 8. False; 9. True; 10. Edison. . The average American visit er to Mexico spends 20 days and $265 there, according to the California State Automo- Mlv Association. . Civil Rights, Progress By Charles A. Sprague . - " In 1957 Congress passed.the first bill on. he subject of civil rights for many decades.; Previ ously legislation had been fought off by Southern members who feared federal . interference with customs of the South in race relations. The 1957 act was limited in its Scope, but it did set up a Civil Rights Commission to make a study of the civil rights question and the extent to which such rights were denied. It wasn't until about a year ago that the commission was able to get going with a staff headed by Gordon Tiffany, former attorney general of New Hampshire. The com mission was given a short life: it must report its findings by September of this year. (Pending bills provide for its extension.) The law gave the commission power to create advisory committees in the various states. It chose to exercise this authority and set up such com mittees. This writer has served as chairman of the Oregon committee. The state committees were asked to report on local conditions, both laws on civil rights and' attitudes of the people particu larly with regard to minority groups. To supple ment the written reports the .federal commission invited chairmen and secretaries of the state committees to come to Washington for confer ences Tuesday and Wednesday. TO THIS meeting came delegates from all the states except South Carolina and. Mississippi. The newcomers, Alaska and Hawaii, were both represented. The conference broke up into small sections each presided over by one pi the com missioners. In five sessions these topics were dis cussed: housing, voting, administration of justice, By mixing up the membership at the various sec tions those attending got to meet ana taiK witn many people from all parts of the country In attendance were persons of four races white, Negro, brown and, red; and-of differing" faiths. They did have a common concern for the pro tection of civil rights, though were not all in agreement on how that should be done.:. . White persons from the court order for school desegregation was un timely, but they did nofcwant to see their schools closed in defiance olthat decried emphasis on "patience, and inquired why should their enjoyment of civil rights be as citizens they are entitled to them under the constitution. The general feeling was that educa tion and legislation go hand-in-hand , in, this im portant field. The former ignoranceand to inform ' ' ? t A 1 - is a strong eaucauonai iorce itseii. ; j : As for Oregon,' it was gratifying for me and for Mrs. Ulysses G. Plummer Jr., of Portland, secretary of our committee, to - report that our state ,nas enacted many laws to ena aiscnmina tioii, and that real progress has tbeen made in obtaining compliance with this legislation. I N THE North the chief problem faced is on housing for Negroes.-In population which is increasing by excess of births and by in-migration has to live in poorer sections fast becoming congested. Negroes find it hard to break out as they rise5 inT economic status . and obtain more desirable housing either in the old portions of the city or in new suburbs. , : : In the South the Negro housing problem is chiefly -one of low income. .The discriminations there are segregation in schools and public places and in denial or withholding of voting rights. . Jews often find themselves barred in resort areas in the North.-Indians suffer discrimination in obtaining services and accommodations in some towns adjacent to reservations. , , . I COULDN'T help but be impressed with the ;high quality of those who took part in the con ference. There were lawyers, educators, house wives, "labor union officials, real estate dealers (some of whom were women), leaders in wom en's organizations, newspapermen. I was im pressed, too, with the reports they made as to what is being done and what is being attempted, as well as what is not being done to secure the "blessings of liberty" to the accomplishments are not alone in its progressive legislation by any means. v While the federal commission and these state committees represent a large body of our popu lation who are in earnest over eradicating preju dice and discrimination against minority groups, the task is not an- easy one. . .-,". DIDING in. from the v driver of the bus chose to go through an alley to get from one hotel to another. The alley was narrow, rwo Negro youths were loitering there, one in the roadway. He got out of the way all right, but the driver spoke up to condemn his race, a-sentiment which passenger, as though they were vermin to be run over if inthe way a sentiment to which I off ered a protest. The ratio there was. two to one. While that ls not dependable the fact remains there who, out of prejudice advantage, would deprive others of a different race or creed or color of equal privileges under the law. '1 he one hopeful factor is that we do have all over the country, even in the South, men and women who suffer in conscience over this discrimination and who are seeking for ways to wipe it out. Oregon Statesman; Salem. - ' ' ' education, employment, public accommodations. southern states thought edict. A Negro educator is needed both to dispel the people, and the latter X 1 . V most cities the Negro fellow-Americans. And considerable. Oregon is Washington airport the was .echoed by another for the whole population, are many, many people and ignorance or selfish Dennis the -AH' THING: OOHT EVER Be TOO 0000 OR PBOPIE WILL THINK VOUlKE A &fZU Subcommiee World's Deepe By FRANK ELEXZER r United Press International : Washington- (UEIlThe only scientists you hear much about these days are the space men. But a House merchant marine sub committee the other day turned up some- earth men, and it was sad to see how low they . nave oeen frank Eleaiar feeling. "We've been scouting around for something excit ing for earth scientists to do -to attract attention; attract money, and at the same time something thafwill be worth while scientifically," report ed Gordon G. Lill, a Navy geophysicist. So what have they come up with? , . The world's deepest hole in the ground' to be dug in the ocean. They already have named it the Mohole. Practice for Effort To practice for this 'his toric submarine effort the earth men must first dig a hole that isn't , the world's deepest. ' ;, .; , . . - The, estimated price for both holes - Mo and less -is 15 million dollars. We tax payers will probably have to pay only half. Committee members agreed this was a bargain. Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (R-Wash.) said a moon rocket or two can cost more, and a lot of these don't even work. Lill and Willard B as com, officials of a whimsical scien tific group known as AMSOC for" the American miscellan eous society which fathered the Mohole, said it's , awful how little we know about earth. Much of what we do know, they said, is based on deduction. What they plan to -do is punch man's first hole in the earth's crust, to see for sure what's really inside. By sam pling the strata as they drill into the floor of the ocean they hope to confirm what are only theories how, Through sediment laid down over the last two billion years they hope to get a new look at the past. , They will drill in the ocean because that's where the earth's crust is thinnest. They have their eye on two pos sible spots - one in the At lantic 200 miles north of Puerto Rico and the other in the Pacific near the equator due south of San Diego. They figure to drill in water maybe -14,000 feet deep, to a total depth, water and earth, of . about 31,000 Try and 0 By BENNETT CERF- ABIG, BIG SHOT in television was madly in love with a dazzling damsel but suspected she was two-timing him, So he hired an ex-cop to shadow the gxt friend day and night, and report any suspicious goings-on. The private eye demanded, and got, $100 a week for this exacting duty. Everything worked out fine for about a-month, then the TV big shot got a bit of. a shock. , , His-girl ran away with the ex-copper. '' . - .-. .-. . - The inost polite and con siderate man in Pennsylvania took his wife to Egypt to see the Pyramids and the Nile. When the time came to choose camels for the - trip to the Pyramids, this perfect gentleman turned to his wife and ceremoni ously inquired, "Bow would you like it, my dear? One lump, or ,l two? - ' Sign spotted on the lack of one of those perky little Volks wagons: "Don't squash me: I eat harmful insects." On another: "Help us stamp out GadUIacs.'' - - c '. .. . " : ;. 0 1951 by Bennett Cerf. SistribuUd by Kins feature Syndicate. Menace Prop st Hole in Ocean feet. The deepest hole dug to date is an oil well in West Texas, which goes down 25, 340 feet. Unlike others currently en gaged in poking holes in the ground, the Moholers hope the; worst way not to hit any oil. Unplugging a gusher into the ocean could be mighty messy. How about the Russians? Committee members wanted to know.- Are they trying to Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the although under certain circumstances for publication is permissible. The eair an letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters suumurea ror puDiicarion must not prmieu in mis coiu.-nn ao not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in rati ins contrary is orten Propaganda Drive . To the Editor: Two articles in the Mail Tribune June 22, 1959, must be- added to the huge volume of that propa ganda drive-so well aided by the daily pressthe purpose of which is to soften up the American public toward the ultimate acceptance of that totally deplorable and basical ly false ideology of Socialism. If Mr. Frank Jenkins' edito rial was not a facetious pre sentation, it was written with a determination of an exceed ingly bold ignorance. True, many travelers from the United States 'to Russia return with glowing descrip tions of the Russian populace and their affectionate attitude toward "A mericans AS AMERICANS"; and yet, is it possible to place much value on this in light of the fact the conceptions of these people to ward Americans are based only on information supplied by. a group of Socialists whose present leader, Khrushchev, has calmly informed us "We'll bury you"! As for the second article written by Whitman Bassow. Does it not strike a discordant note these people he inter viewed would reveal to him their most "private thoughts," Consisting of a whole-hearted acceptance of their Socialism; while people over the rest of the Russian dominated world make extreme sacrifices, los ing families and often lives, to get away from this Social ism, and of their "private thoughts," hunger, oppression, interminable suffering, de spair, and every injustice cap able only of a Godless gov ernments The United States is not Godless, rather is almost wholly Christian. The contra diction of Socialism to Chris tian doctrine is rooted in the Socialist concept of society. For, "Socialism, as long as it Stop Mo jV Polish Government Plans to Remove jymuui ur By PHIL NEWSOM ' UPI Foreign Editor . Under Communism in Po land, the horse has remained a symbol both of the Polish JfH peasant's inde pendence and his anti - Com munism. Now the govern ment proposes to remove the 4 horse. First Secre- jVi ItaryWladys jyOXJ law Gomulka run upwtom uiaciusea i n e plan to a special meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee. - Under Poland's seven-year plan, the state would put 122, 000 tractors into the fields by 1965 instead of the 80,000 previously planned, and at the same time would reduce the number of horses by 300.000. The Polish peasant always nas been cool toward Commu nism and he has been espe cially cool toward any plan I $1 I oses to Dig beat us into the earth? . They probably are, said the eartn men. It is known any way that the Russians have their own Mohole committee, and that they claim they are ready to' drill. The subcommittee seemed to think the hole thing was pretty exciting. - Chairman George P. Miller (D-Calif.) was so carried away he spoke of "new vistas" to be opened up by our hole. name and address of the writer the Mail Tribune reserves the rioht tc exceed 400 words. The letters tn ease remains to be true Socialism, is based upon a social concept. so contrary to the true con cept of human society, as we know it from the gospel, that any reconciliation is, impossi ble under all conditions." . Robert J. Howard 828 West 14th st. Medford. ; No Driver's License :Tq the Editor: So far mod keys don't have to: have a driver's license, but they will, as' soon as one. monkey runs over another monkey. ' ; . Everett Acklin, ' ' Ashland, Ore. , Plan Directory To the Editor: Very, very frequently members of the lo cal chapter of Natural Food Associates are asked where foods of superior nutritive value and free from chemical contamination, can be pur chased. Usually - these ques tions come from families that have recently moved to Med ford from other areas but not always. .s - f'y The local chapter, there fore, has decided to establish a directory y of . producers of such foods and their products, and advertise the same in the Mail Tribune. Information is . especially needed for the following classes of foods. Information should give mailing address, telephone number, and prod: uct available. (1) Producers of raw milk (2) producers of beef not fed stilbestrol or oth er chemicals, (3) producers of poultry products who do not use other foods than whole grains and whose birds are not penned up, (4) producers of berries that are not sprayed and where commercial (solu ble) fertilizers are not used, (5) producers of unsprayed fruits of all kinds, (6) produ cers of vegetables that are not sprayed and where no com mercial (soluble) fertilizers are used. Please phone or mail infor mation to Miss Anna Streed. Miss Anna Streed 36 North Peach st. Medford Meets Train To the . Editor: I had the privilege of meeting the "On-to-Oregon" Wagori i Train mem bers personally last Thursday evening, during their over nite stop at Farson, Wyoming. Farson is located about 42 miles north of Rock Springs, and is situated on the Oregon, Mormon, California, Over land, and' Pony Express Trails.;. About 14 "members of the Sweetwater County . Sheriff's Mounted Posse' rode their mounts to -the camp-site that evening to welcome the Wag on Train members to Sweet water County, and while there, performed part of their famous full-gallop arena drill. Remaining with the Pio neers of '59, the Posse mem bers met each member of the Wagon Train Group, and pre sented each with a copy of the 1959 Posse "Pony Express reasanr s which would deprive him of ownership of His land and force him into collectiviza tion. New Plan Gimmick The new plan is both a gimmick to overcome his op position and a signpost along the precarious road Gomulka has had to travel to preserve the delicate balance between his own and the Moscow gov ernments on the one hand and the explosive sentiments of the Russian-hating Polish peo ple on the other. v Gomulka, as avowed a Com munist as . Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, took over his present post Oct. 21, 1956, on a wave of anti-Stalin sen timent which for. a time en dorsed a loosening of satel lite control from Moscow and permitted some slight inde pendence in the march of each individual nation toward so cialism (communism). Gomulka had helped set up the Communist Polish state, but, along with leaders of oth er satellite states, came under Stalin's suspicions as a Tito- ist. He was luckier than some, for instead of being hanged he was let off with a prison sentence. Emerged From Prison He emerged from prison in April, 1956, after five years, and six months later took over as head of Poland's Commu nist party. It was at an extremely deli cate time in Poland's relations with the Kremlin bosses Kennedy Said Ahead In Democrat Race " Los Angeles-flJPD-Sen John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is way out in front for the 1960 Dem ocratic presidential nomina tion, , according - to a fellow New Englander,. Connecticut Gov. Abraham Ribicoff. Kennedy sentiment is . the strongest, with Stevenson next," Ribicoff said Wednes day at a news conference af ter telling reporters he was in California to seek . more in dustry for his own state. " "I think today that Sen Kennedy is way out in front, not only in the U.S., but also in California," -Ribicoff said, The governor, asked about inaliforrfia Gov. - Edmund G. Brown's chances for the nomi nation, said he believed that Brown was in a favorite son position. He said he did not think Brown was now a Ra tional candidate. v :-' Edition" Annual. It was the Sweetwater Sheriff's Posse that made the "Pony Express" ride from Green River, Wy oming to Vernal, Utah, June 13, 1958, riding in relays over desert plains and the Uinta Mountain range, a distance of 123 miles, in exactly six hours. Along with the other mem bers of the Wagon group, we had the pleasure of meeting and talking extensively with George McUne and Richard Carter, Medford; Weaver Clark, Hillsboro; Ben M. Grif fith, Salem; Ivan Hoyer, Rose burg; and Dick Melton, Quine Creek, Glendale. These, and all other members of the group certainly are,. enthusi astic in painting a word pic ture of the state of Oregon, the communities they are rep resenting, and Medford in particular. An undertaking of the size of the "On-to-Oregon" Wagon Train represents a vast amount of effort both for the various sponsoring organiza tions and the individuals ac companying the expedition. They surely are deserving of praise in making such a whopping success ; of their project. Wyoming, I am sure, joins with the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Mounted Posse in congratulating everyone who has joined in participation of this modern tribute to the Pioneers of the Northwest and say "well done!" Richard A. Patterson, Secretary-Treasurer, : Sweetwater County Sheriffs Mounted Posse, Rock Springs, Wyo. Speechless To the Editor. Are you "speechless" when called upon to say a few words? ' Do you want to -- present your ideas at a meeting and can't seem to summon the courage to "speak up"? ' Is getting acquainted diffi cult for you, because you are afraid to "speak first"? Do you have a speech im pediment that - makes you withdraw from "speaking"? - If the above problems are yours, then we have the solu tion for you with the Med ford Toastmistress. You are all invited to bring your "speech" problems to the next Toastmistress meeting. For further information call Mrs. Dorothy Rolls, SPring 2-7039, or Mrs. Violet Cum- mings, SPring 2-7393. Mrs. Violet S. Cummings, v 1200 Fortune dr., Medford rreeuom, i The Poznan riots occurred in June, 1956, and included outright attacks against the Communist Party headquar ters. " Nikolai Bulganinl " the Rus sian premier, on a visit to Warsaw blamed "imperialist agents" for the outbreaks. Polish leaders were more honest. They said the rioters had "just grievances." Moves Swiftly : In his first months in of fice, Gomulka moved swiftly to consolidate his small inde pendences. He removed Stal inists from office, released churchmen from jail, remov ed some of the restraints from the Polish people, obtained ington By WILLIAM Washington-There is a need and a duty to cry alarm at the growing disarray of Washing ton, a Wash ington torn by the pettiest of politics in the face of the gravest of world dan gers. After 12 years of cold CTIIIUm "wi"'. .war we have entered an hour of twilight be fore another and perhaps the last crisis is upon us. These days, while negotiations over Germany are in suspense, may be the last days open for ral lying the country and elevat ing the purposes of its politi cal parties above the two-bit "issues" over which the poli tical extremists are tearing each other-and themselves- apart. This ' they are doing as though : there were no vast and infinitely threatening So viet monolith; as though the greatest question before us were the precise terms of a public housing bill or the ex act balance of a Federal budget. TT IS in this scene of almost juvenile disorder that great Secretary of State, Chris tian A. Herter, is trying to appeal both' to the highest nature and the highest neces sity of the country. This is simply the necessity of , sur vival. . . Here is a real, an adult politician. He is attempting to point ouf that no party and no Individual politician can profit from the collegiate, rah-rah. partisanship now. go ing on here.; v V-' r, The responsible men, the men who are aware of the true nature, of the challenge and its, true danger, have rarely had greater need of public encouragement. For they are under almost unbear able pressure from lesser men in their own parties to aban don the positions of national responsibility in favor of lit tle vote-catching issues for 1960. , -. IT IS a case, as it nearly al ways is, of the rise of divi sive activity by the extrem ists in both parties precisely when national unity and the larger view are peculiarly nec essary. President . Eisenhower, no doubt in honest conviction but also under endless spur from Old Guard Republicans, ' is making powerful appeals-for what? Why, for support of a -a gentle understanding Kmmm (ram iha CoudhoiiM - RANK MOtO AN - HAtOlO SNODGRASS, FUNWAl DRfCTOtS DAY OR NfChT ne noguu agreements limiting ateSr ments of Soviet troops or$oI ish soil, and obtained loans and other aid from the United States. , . But, as Khrushchev" grew in power, so did Russian pres sure tactics against Warsaw. The new farm plan a case in point. ' Gomulka owed a large por tion of his popularity to his known "opposition to collec tivization of farms. But the present plan is a backdoor approach to just that. With loss of the horse, the peasant loses his independence and the state-owned tractor becomes the symbol of his slavery to the state. rt S. WHITE certain gasoline tax and for his "anti-inflation" proposals in general. This is welcomed. indeed, Jsy the Old Guard. Senate GOP leader Everett McKinley Dirksen says hap pily that the President will "put it (the program) in con crete packages." What of the Democrats? The controlling Democrat center oi congress is Having little time to consider the issue of national survival. Rather, it is occupied with defending itself from the tireless sniping of tne ultra-liberals - men like Senators Wayne Morse of Ore gon and William Proxmire of Wisconsin-while it tries to make, sensible accommoda tions with tUp White House so that something at least can be accomplished this session. The views and intentions of the Old Guardists are honor able and so are those of the Democratic ultra-liberals. But the tactics of both sets of extremists have the. worst pos sible shortcoming- destruc tive amateurism. The trouble is not that there are too many politicians, here; the trouble is that there are too many emotional and incompetent ones. ... TKEless able a politician is, the less able he is to view reality in real perspec tive, to understand the essen tial place of timing and cir cumstance in public affairs. Thus, the right-wing Repub licans have forced the Presi dent to carry a sound prin ciple, that of. total fiscal sta bility, much td far-in these times'. To push it to the very ultimate would be right and proper-in other world and do mestic circumstances. But this is not 1928 and this is not the era of Calvin Coolidge. Thij present world and these pres ent, circumstances make - it not only futile but danger ous to destroy essential poli tical cooperation on big things in pursuit o'f policy absolutes on the budget which simply are not attainable anyhow. And this is also not . 1933 and it is not the era of Frank lin D. Roosevelt. The banks are open; the soup kitchens are not. And the notion of heavy Federal pump-priming, which was ' perfectly sound then, is not sound now-and, in any event, not attainable. What must .be attained is something bigger that really can be attained if self-restraint can be brought to the extrem ist politicians. This is a delib erate, grown-up choice of first things first.; (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) PHONE SP 2-8030 . Repo Lt4 1 I :