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Monday, July 13, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO .
July 13. 1959 (Wednesday)
Medford's 1949-50 city
budget is approved without
alterations following a pub
lic hearing before the city
council.
, Republican Senator Morse
charges Army engineers in
Portland with carrying on a
"subtle and snide political at
tack" against him.
20 YEARS AGO
July 13. 1939 (Thursday)
North and South Dakota
expatriates plan their annual
picnic at Jackson Hot Springs.
Trom Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "At
nun time vesterday. for al
most ten minutes, only eleven
autos were treble parked in
front of the post office. This
indicates business, and no de
sire to walk."
30 YEARS AGO
July 13, 1929 (Saturday)
Fast pear trains this year
will carry local pears to east
coast markets.
Oct. 2 is set as the date for
dedicating Medford's new air
port. 40 YEARS AGO
July 13. 1919 (Sunday)
Two men are arrested in the
Siskiyous for possessing a
pint of moonshine.
Grants Pass is mad at the
attitude of Medford anglers
over a study of fish life. .
SO YEARS AGO ' .
July 13. 1909 (Tuesday)
Southern Pacific announces
tilans to advertise Crater
Lake all over the country.
An expert notes a $1,600
shortage in Jackson county's
books.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eKjht is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Which is more brittle,
cast iron, or wrought iron?
2. The mating of a mare and
a jackass produces a mule;
what is produced by the mat
ing of two mules?
3. If a body is. adjourned
"sine die," in what manner
'is it adjourned?
; 4. Of what cattle are white
faces and markings and red
bodies typical?
5. What is popularly called
the Dark Continent?
' 6. Who said; 'To the victors
belong the spoils ?
7. Which of these cities was
named for a pioneer patriot
whose nickname was "Mad
Anthony": Jackson, Colum
bus, Ft Wayne, Washington,
8. Is Dr. Walter Reed fam
ous as the discoverer of how
the blood circulates, the polio
virus, of how yellow fever is
transmitted?
9. Which of these are le
gumes: potatoes, onios, peas,
squash, cauliflower, beans,
radishes?
10. What gulf lies between
the peninsula of Lower Calif
ornia and the mainland of
Mexico?
i Answers: I. Cast iron; 2.
Nothing; 3. Without day; fin
ally; 4. Hertford caille; 5.
lfriea: 6. Andrew Jackson; 7.
Fi. Wayne. Ind.; 8. Transmis
sion of y-Uow iaw; 9. Pea.
tad beans; 10 wr?
ioroia. --" .'
3en
Can't Escape It
, Pretty soon white lane stripes and pavement
signs will take the place of yellow on Oregon
highways and city streets. . The people won't like
it, but higher authority rules, so that's the way
it has to be.
It is recalled that a few years ago the State
Highway Commission attempted to change to
white paint not because it really wanted to, but
because the commissioners thought Oregon ought
to conform to the other states.
But the people liked
"different." It was more
and motorists could see
or m the fog. Public pressure was irresistible, so
the state went back to
of white paint can still be
were left when the change-back was made.
DUT now the situation is different. The Gov
ernment is taking
Public Roads has decreed
ways must be striped
wouldn t make sense for
Oregon's two interstate
in white and the state highways in yellow.
Nor would it make
example, to be lined in
outside the city limits were striped m white.
The change isn't to be made over night, or
in a week's time, or a month. But as new painting
is done it will be m white.
Like it or not, it must be accepted. Salem
Capital Journal.
Oregon Will Be Battlefield
There's going to be a hot time in Oregon in
1960. And all the nation will be watching.
The Oregon Legislature set the stage for it
this year by amending the presidential primary
law. The amendment requires that the secretary
of state place on the. primary, ballot as presi
dential candidates the names of all persons he
decides are ' generally advocated or recognized
in national news media" as candidates for
president; " - - --- -
TTHERE is another provision of the amendment
that makes it even more interesting. It pro
vides means by which a person whose name has
been entered in the primary by the secretary of
state may withdraw. He can do so by signing a
formal affivadit stating that he is not how and
does not intend to become a candidate for
president. !
Oregon's primary always is watched closely
both because it comes early (May 20 in 1960)
and because Oregon is one of only a few states
that conducts a primary. It's going to get a lot
more attention henceforth. .
IF OREGON'S Secretary of State Howell Ap
nlin rr nTiro nnmnilinrp Vl a lief 4-nAatT -fff trio
filing WdC ,jxumxig iii usii nuuaj jlvx uit
Oregon primary he would have to list Richard
Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller on the Republican
ballot. And on the Democratic ballot he would
have to place the names of John Kennedy,
Hubert Humphrey, Stuart Symington, Lyndon
Johnson, Adlai Stevenson, Robert Meyner and
Mennen Williams. By the time he must prepare
the primary ballots there
Oregon s law also provides that a name may
be placed oh the primary ballot by petition of
1,000 voters. This presents the possibility that
those Democrats who want to support Wayne
Morse for the partjrs presidential nomination will
use the petition procedure to get his name on the
primary ballot. , .
THOSE persons who submit to having their
names listed on primary ballots in Oregon
(those who do not use the escape clause in the
primary law) are' going to have to come into
Oregon and campaign. And they will have to
campaign vigorously. A poor snowing in the
Oregon primary could be
date, as it was in Oregon in 1948 when Tom
Dewey defeated Harold Stassen and went on
from there to get the Republican nomination.
That finished off Stassen. '
You who have welcomed a breathing spell
from political warfare this year had better enjoy
it to the fullest. Oregon will be a political battle
field next year. Pendleton East-Oregonian.
Turn About Is Fair Play
Republican State Chairman Peter Gunnar is
traveling around Oregon with a challenge. He
wants Senator Richard
statement of his earnings outside his senatorial
salary.
If Gunner is serious
out with a disclosure of
How much did Gunnar make- as a lobbyist
Defore the legislature, when at the same time he
was serving as Republican state chairman?
This was a larger problem of political moral
ity than Neuberger's sale
leisure hours. Bend Bulletin.
Officers Rebel Argentine Naval
Buenos Aires - (UPD - Rebel
lious naval officers tried to
hold the Argentine fleet in
Buenos Aires harbor today to
force the resignation of Adm.
Adolf o B. Estevez as secretary
of the navy but it appeared
the move would fail.
The new rebellion was part
of a series against the gov
ernment of President Arturo
Frondizi by military men who
yellow. Not only was it
sightly, it held up better,
it through snow, slush
yellow paint. Remnants
seen on the streets that
a hand. The Bureau of
that all interstate high
and signed in white. It
Highways 99 and J0,
highways, to be painted
sense for city streets, for
yellow while paved roads
may be others.
disastrous for a candi
L. Neuberger to make a
-
about this he should start
his own.
of the products of his
believe he has been too lenient
with the followers of former
Dictator Juan B. Peron. There
have been a series of such
crises since early summer.
" It was recalled that a navy
threat to- bombard ' Buenos
Aires forced Peron to flee into
exile four vears aim There
was no indication 'that any
such ultimatum- had been
made by the dissident naval
officers.
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Washington Report
By WILLIAM
IKE ON TOP
Washington President
Eisenhowers, progressively
strengthening national and
T party leader
ship has now
become so
evident that
few seriously
dispute the
change any
more.
True, there
is much disa
greement as
William S
White
to whether he
vet. aggressive
is. even
enough. And there is much
disagreement as to whether
he has not waited too long, at
any rate, to make the tradi
tional use of the powers of
his office, t
Tn short, to attempt any un
qualified estimate of the Pres
ident's present : posture and
effectiveness is pointless. For
any absolutely flat judgment
sets off, even among the de
tached, an insoluble argu
ment - insoluble in that it is
one which nobody can entire
ly win or entirely lose, whlcn-
ever side he is on. '
Within these limits, how
ever, there is this central and
undoubted reality: Whether
or not he has gone far enough
or started going there soon
enough, the President is now
going much farther than ever
before to give personal direc
tion to the Republican party
and to the country. '
THIS rise in Presidential
firmness is being illustrat
ed in many ways. There is, for
example, the frequent use of
the veto over a Democratic
Congress by a President who
as recently as a year ago
seemed to stand almost in awe
of the men on Capitol Hill -in
both parties.
Again, there are almost
daily smaller demonstrations
that the President is more
nearly oh top of his job and
more aware of all the prob
lems within his Administra
tion than he used to be. And
this is reflected in an obvious
ly improved personal morale.
He is much more relaxed than
a year a go and it appears
that he is enjoying his work.
Physically, too, he looks much
better. His face sometimes
used to alternate quickly be
tween a cherry-red tone and
one of chalk - white, both
alarming to those concerned
about his health.
' Now, judging from his ap
pearance on two or three dif
ferent kinus of recent occa
sions, the ordinary faintly
ruddy coloration that has
been his before his first ill
ness has returned to the
President.
as this correspondent be
lieves, the President really
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
IN CHICAGO a reporter asked Marilyn Monroe, "How do you
react to stories that you're America's sex symbol for men?"
Marilyn snapped, "How do I know about man's needs for a sex
symbol? I'm a girL" An. an ;
afterthought, she added "1
guess sex counts like every
thing else. I'll not be the
one to discount sex."
Marilyn keeps her famous
figure without dieting. Tn
too busy to diet," she ex
plains. "After all, I'm the
mother of two stepchildren
(a boy, llj and a girl, -14)
I eat spaghetti and potatoes
whenever I feel like it. In
fact, potatoes are my favor
ite food."
At this point, seven Chi
cago press agents threw
away their calorie counters.
. " ' '
Octogenarian Somerset Maugham, told a visitor to his French
Riviera estate recently, "Now that Tve grown old, I realize that for
most of us it is not enough to have achieved personal success.
One's best friend must also have failed." - ' '
, C !. gcMKttCcit Distributee' lj Bag Features SyndicaU.
Menace
S. WHITE
has entered a new phase as
a confident and seemingly fit
executive, what are the un
derlying reasons for this com
paratively "new" Eisenhower
so late in his tenure?
Oddly, some of his associ
ates in the Cabinet are not too
far apart from his critics in
their estimates of the why.
Their analysis runs about as
follows:
' 1. In taking, last January,
a determined and consistent
stand for budget - balancing
at nearly any cost the Presi
dent, for one" of the few times
in his whole Administration,
suddenly became the spokes
man for a unified GOP.
The Old Guard Republi
cans in Congress, who have
never, really been pro-Eisenhower,
were thus brought in
to a' spiritual kinship with
him they had never known
before. Often in the past the
President had , actually de
pended on Democratic rather
than Republican Congression
al support when the going was
really rough.
"OUT in the "anti-spending!
campaign he became the
authentic leader of all the
Old Guard as well as the
Eisenhower, or "modern," Re
publicans. Here he spoke a
common GOP language and
slogan. And here he was able
to find the first true comrade
ship with all in his own party,
while together they found a
truly common enemy, the
Democratic party.
2. The departure fr(0i the
White House of Sherman Ad
ams, the erstwhile "Assist
ant President," was slow in
throwing up visible effects.
But these effects are now be
coming plain, and they great
ly help to explain the "new"
Eisenhower. In the old days
he depended to an extraordin
arl degree on Mr. Adams. In
the post-Adams era the Presi
dent by necessity began to
do some of the things, and
make some of the decisions,
he had once rather airily left
to "Sherm."
The process of "letting
Sherm do it" has long since
ended. The President's do-it-yourself
campaign is now ful
ly in motion. Whether he is
doing it "better" is still argu
able; but the fact that he him
self is really doing it is not
arguable at all.
(Copyright, 1959, by United
' Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
KING IN SWITZERLAND
Montreaux, Switzerland -(DPB
- King Mohammed V of
Morocco arrived by car from
Paris Sunday for a three-week
vacation. A whole floor with
30 rooms was reserved at the
plush Palace hotel for the
King and. his entourage.
Stop Me
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Fan Letter
To the Editor: I was getting
short of anything to write
about, when I received my
first fan letter. I don't know
who wrote it, but it's good. He
or she said: "You should go
back to that little mining
town in Colorado and not be
in Jackson county. When you
get there, jump in their" deep
est river and stay there until
you can't write no more let
ters." I'm beginning .to be
lieve they don't like my let
ters, but they're readin' them.
They wanted me to take the
whole Medford Mail Tribune
staff with me for daring to
print my letters. All this, be
cause my poor old cow jump
ed into the milk bucket back
in 1910, got her feet wet and
died from pneumonia in 1920.
Anyhow, we didn't throw her
in the milk pail. When she
didn't get her choice of cereal
for breakfast, she'd let us
know by putting one foot in
the milk bucket.
The second paragraph is
good too. It says, "You are
the one who polluted Bear
creek and killed all the fish."
"You polluted aU of Colorado,
all the rivers and tributaries,
including the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans." ; I'm a rootin",
tootin', polutin' son of a gun,
but ' I didn't pollute Bear
creek. I ain't fell into Bear
creek for 30 years. When Bear
creek was polluted, I was in
California polluting creeks.
The third paragraph is the
best one. It says: "You are as
kwazy as a monkey." I knows
that, it's easy to be as kwazy
as a monkey, but if a monkey
wants to be as kwazy as peo
ples, he's going to have his
little cotton pickin' hands full
That just about covers my
first fan letter.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore. ,
Fears Red Propaganda
To the Editor: Disagreement
must be registered with you
in your Mail Tribune editorial
Sundav. Julv 12. 1959.
The particular case of trav
elling to Soviet Russia to
learn of their educational
practices represents an .easy
oath to Intellectual homicide.
In these trying days of
world upneaval, we must be
ever aware. -the: central con
cern of Atheistic Communism
is to gain control of men's
minds. Very often we see evi
dence of the exrertness of the
agents of the Soviet system
in gaining control of men s
thinking.
The Soviet communists .are
expert propagandists, and in
light of their oft repeated
claim of world domination by
using all means helpful to this
end, does it not remain dan
gerously presumptuous to
state we must go to the
U.S.S.R. to see what makes
them so effective? Again, in
light of their claims and the
effectiveness of their propa
ganda, who is foolish enough
to believe they are expert
themselves, to a degree tney
are able to investigate them
in their own home, detect
their weaknesses and gain the
information needed to propel
our civilization to remain con
stantly ahead of them on a
technical level.
The Soviet government
wants our people to visit their
country; they relish the idea,
and they encourage this; and
they wait with devious antici
pation because they know
travellers will return home
and encourage the Soviet way.
Atheistic Communism must
be rejected lest our learned
educators become the pawns
of this Soviet conspiracy in
the destruction of our Ameri
can system.
On the surface it would ap
pear Soviet Russia is advanc
ing their civilization in the
field of science. On the sur
face! Ultimately, and you
speak in favor of farsighted
ness, we are resolved to two
Kacipaiiv onrjosed dogmas:
Atheism and Materialistic evo
lution, opposing belief in a
Supreme Being, the way of
Christian morality, to be re
paid with eternal joy.
If a man had even one small
,inht and he chose Atheistic
Communism, he would be a
fool or a liar.
We must teach of Atheistic
rmnTTiumsm for what it is,
from the fruits it bears on
the withering vines of Butter
ing humanity in the commu
nist dominated countries oi
the world.
Robert J. Howard,
828B West 14th st., .
Medford.
He's Amused
To the Editor: I have read
with amusement certain press
releases concerning organi
zational and fund - raising
attempts of the Republican
party in its preparation for
the 1960 campaign.
r-r Tn the oast years we remem
ber the attempts of the G.O.P.
to woo -labor, and its criti
cism of the Democratic party
for its appeal to the average
man bv calling it a party pro
moting the class struggle,
Foreign Notebook: Planes to
Germany; Summit Location
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
From the foreign editor's
notebook:
Bon Voyage
The first planes to be trans
ferred from American bases
in France toN German airfields
will start arriving in West
Germany around the end of
the month, according to well
Matter of Fact bv
AT LAST. 'QUIET
PRECAUTIONS'
Washington-What are offi
cially described as "quiet pre
cautions" that will be "quick
ly noted by
the Soviet in
telli g e n c e"
have now
been taken by
the American
government.
The official
phrase half
muffled, half
revealed a de-
i
4osoh Aisnp veiopmeni oi
real gravity. For these "quiet
precautions" are intended to
prepare for the possibility
that the Berlin crisis will
eventually develop into a test
of will by military force. This
outcome is not foreseen, but
preparedness is thought de
sirable. The most important of the
precautions has not been ex
actly quiet. Nine squadrons of
American aircraft now occu
pying French bases are being
redeployed. The reason given
was Gen. Charles de Gaulle's
refusal to allow atomic weap
ons to enter France unless he
controls them. Therefore, it
was said, the nine squadrons
are being transferred to Brit
ish and German bases, where
their nuclear weapons can be
legally stockpiled.
TUT the foregoing, 'though
all quite true, is only half
the '.truth. In normal circum
stances, the Franco-American
row about control of atomic
weapons would almost surely
have dragged on without re
sult for many additional
months-perhaps until the Eis
enhower-De Gaulle meeting
that is now much discussed.
The present circumstances
are not normal, however, be
cause the NATO supreme
commander, Gen. Lauris Nor
stad, has been ordered to be
ready to protect the access
routes to Berlin by military
force, if the need arises. A
couple of weeks ago, General
Now our local Republican
party expects to raise $30,000
for campaign purposes from
less than 3 per cent of its
registered voters. In a recent
registration drive our local
G.O.P. group limited" its
search for non - registered
voters to a list of professional
people contained in the yel
low pages of our telephone
directory.
The state Republican chair
man in a recent talk before
the Salem Exchange club crit
icized Oregon professional
and business people for not
taking a more active part in
politics, that is, Republican
politics.
It must be distressing tq the
G.O.P. to discover that a good
number of enlightened pro
fessional and business people
are Democrats because they
believe that a government in
terested in the welfare of all
of its citizens is a benefit to
all.
Mark E. Norton,
Phoenix, Ore. .
New Cent
To the Editor: Every time a
new coin is placed in circula
tion a great number of ru
mors spring up that something
is wrong with it.
Recently I have been get
ting quite-a few calls regard
ing the new Lincoln Memorial
cent. Here are a few facts
about the new cent:
The small "o" in the word
of is intentional-not a mis
take.
The coin is naturally lop
sided. The metal to form the
raised shoulder has to come
from some place and that is
the rim and field around the
shoulder.
The coin is" not being re
called. No U.S. coin has ever
been recalled outside of the
gold. Nearly a half billion, of
the cents had been made up
to May. -
The cent design has been
changed about every 50 years
so these will be with us a
long time. They are extremely
unlikely to ever become valu
able because of the large pro
duction. William F. Thompson,
204 North Columbus Ave.
Medford.
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informed sources in Frank
furt. The planes will be
spread around bases through
southern Germany, although
their exact disposition is a
closely guarded secret.
The warplanes are being
transferred as result of the
French dispute with NATO
over atomic stockpiles on
French territory. While Amer
ican spokesmen have empha-
Joseph Alsop
Norstad came to Washington,
primarily to discuss his prob
lem with President Eisenhow
er. Norstad pointed out that
he could not carry out his
readiness directive if nine
squadrons of his attack-aircraft
remained on French
bases, with no bomb stocks
available.
With considerable reported
reluctance, the President then
approved the redeployment of
the nine squadrons. The ac
tual order for the redeploy
ment was only delayed until
the President s decision could
be communicated to General
De Gaulle.
THE result of the order, as
the Soviet intelligence can
not fail to observe, is a large
increment in General. Nor
stad's nuclear capability. This
most significant transfer of
aircraft is only part of a
larger pattern, however.
For example, the NATO
ground forces in Western Ger
many have for long been seri
ously deficient in certain cate
gories of technicians. The ta
bles of organization have now
been filled up, however, by
the dispatch to Germany of
all the necessary technical ex
perts, including "special weap- J
ons technicians." The phrase,
"special weapons," is an offi
cial euphemism for nuclear
weapons.
Again, the French, British
and American convoys travel
ling on the Helmstedt-Berlin
road have lately been mili
tarized, so to say. The trucks
have always been military ve
hicles, driven by military per
sonnel. Yet the convoys to
Berlin formerely travelled al
most as civilian trucks might
travel. Now, however, the
convoy personnel are armed
for combat; troop escorts on
motorcycles are provided; and
light tanks are sometimes in
cluded. There are two things to be
said about these precautions
and others of the same sort,
such as the inauguration of a
much extended air-borne alert
by elements of three groups of
the Strategic Air Command,
In the first place, they are
partly intended to cure Nikita
Khrushchev of his conviction
that President Eisenhower's
firmness about Berlin is
fake and a fraud. The Khrush-
chey conviction was not un
reasonable, in view of the pre
vious total failure to take any
precautions at all. The result
ing Khrushchev conviction
that the President was faking
has been reported from all
sorts of satellite and other
sources.
JECRETARY OF STATE
' CHRISTIAN A. HERTER
has therefore pressed for pre
cautionary measures just as
energetically as General Nor
stad. Indeed, the decision to
take "quiet precautions" must
be considered the first major
policy decision quite largely
attributable to Herter, that
has been reached in the pe
riod since Herter became sec
retary. In the second place, as al-
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FRIENDLY,
sized that U.S. feelings to
ward France remain as friend
ly as always, British news
papers are sayinc that this
final step means that France
almost is out of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Mount Olympus
If there is a summit meet
ing following the Foreign
Ministers Conference in Gen
eva, it is almost certain to
take place in Eurone. Th
British, the Americans and
the Russians have no objec
tions to a place like San Fran-cisco-in
fact, Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev might pre
fer ft. But the Germans and
the French do not like the
idea and that makes Geneva
or Vienna the most likely
sites. '
Trade War
In the midst of the uproar
over Berlin, British official
dom is very worried about a
problem that is providing
few headlines-the economic
war in Europe. - High-level
British thinking is that a po
tential economic war between
the six common market na
tions and the free-trade
"outer-seven" led by Britain
can do more damage to Eu
rope and NATO than Khrush
chev s threats. The common
market nations include the
Netherlands, Belgium, Lux
embourg, West Germany,
France and Italy. Britain
fears that if the six common
market nations should erect
a common tariff wall, then
Western Europe would be
split just as effectively as if
by a war.
Royal Tour
It's now almost certain that
Crown Prince Akihito and
his commoner princess will
make a tour abroad, probably
within a year. Their romantic
marriage created headlines
around the world and a tour
would help popularize Japan
and Japanese products.
For tha Women
Italian fashion shows open
July 16, and there are pre
dictions skirts may go down
to below the knee, bringing
them to American length. At
least one fashion' house-Ava
Gardner's favorite Fantana
Sisters of Rome-plans a "nat
ural silhouette" with the em
phasis on tiny waists.
ready suggested, the decision
to take precautions does not
imply belief that the precau
tions will be needed in the
end. On the contrary, the
American policy-makers still
think that something will be
achieved in the second round
at Geneva, most probably by
the removal of the 18-month,
deadline for a Berlin settle
ment which the Soviets at
tempted to impose. There is
also hope that a later summit
meeting will lay the founda
tions for an agreed solution
of the Berlin problem.
But the former careless
mood has now vanished. A
mood perceptibly more som
ber has been induced by the
fruitlessness of the first round
at Geneva, plus such episodes
as the menacing interview
that Khrushchev accorded to
Averell Harrlman. Thus,
while the worst is not expect
ed, it is no longer considered
prudent to go blandly hoping
fof the best without preparing
for the worst. As this system
of policy making has gener
ally proved suicidal, its aban
donment at this time should
really be considered a most
encouraging development.
(Copyright 1959, New York
. Herald Tribune, Inc.
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