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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1959)
I ' i i.i. ' ' "J", . " ' j ill Bpm>mBS t -J ua tt6. GENEVA CHAT U. S.. Secy, of State. Christian Herter (left) chats informally with UN Secy.-Gen. Dag Hammarskjold (right) at Herter's villa in Geneva. Center are U. S. Asst. Secy, of State Livingstone T. Merchant and Mrs. Herter. Hammarskjold visited Herter to discuss the international situation. Back Stairs: Letters To Eisenhower By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI While House Reporter Washington-flJPD-Back stairs at the White House: .president Eisenhower re ceives thousands of letters each week from his fellow Americans, expressing their sentiments on public affairs and asking endJes? questions. Frequently their oussUons are reflected in letters tc report ers assigned to the White House. . 7 Following is a sampling of recent mail to this reporter, and an attempt at answers. A reader in Coshocton, Ohio, writes to object that the Presi dent grins too much, and seems to think that the news papers, by printing pictures of the chief executive smiling, are doing some sort of dis service. This reader, incident ally, is avowedly anti-Eisenhower. "You apparently are an ad mirer of the grinny type of politicians," says Thomas Wil liams, of Coshocton. Anwer: Reporters rarely judge presidents or any other politicians primarily on their facial expressions, but Eisen hower's face is such a map of his emotions that photograph ers and reporters alike watch him closely when he's on pub $AV$AyrJ($AWfSA$AVffWvm f I Summer Cotton SKIRTS Values to 8.95 U4 If Your CREDIT Is GOOD IT'S GOOD AT PICK'S lic view for a clue to the feeli ling behind whatever he may be saying. ' Most Improbable From Elizabeth City, N.C., a person who signs "a tired taxpayer" "Is it true that President Eisenhower, still takes his orders on money policy from George Humphrey (former secretary of treas ury)?" -f Answer: ' Eisenhower and Humphrey are old friends and see each other occasionally, not often. Divorcing the ques tion from the personalties in volved, it is most improbable that any knowledgeable per son would ever give "orders" to any. President. Life in the White House just isn't that way, regardless of .who sits in the big chair. A President listens to ad vice, even to -urging. It seems true, however, that most of Eisenhower's personal friends are inclined to wait until ask ed before offering suggestions. The influence on any Presi dent usually is a composite, cumulative thing. ' Wants Transcripts - From the ' University of Georgia at Athens: "Will the White House send me copies of the President's press con ference-transcripts?" " Answer: No. Your best bet J " Values to 19.95 99 tJ . ; N, ' - would be to clip the trans cript from one of the metro politan newspapers that reg ularly carries the blow-by-blow , account of the Presi dent's sessions with reporters. Widely Used Term From Des Moines, Iowa, I. J. Black writes: "Literally what does 'off-the-record' mean at the White House?" Answer: It means very lit tle these days as far as Eisen hower is concerned. This is a term used widely to describe the remarks of a high official who wants them kept secret. The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt used to make use of this device on rare occas ions at his news conference:. He'd answer a question off record when he thought it was inadvisable for his sen timents to be made public, even on a non-attributable basis. Eisenhower has never gone off-the-record at a regular press conference since enter ing the White House. Actually, the term is now used rather loosely in Wash ington to denote any form of activity, as well as spoken or printed words, which an of ficial prefers to keep secret, but makes them cautiously known as a matter of guidance or accommodation. 112 East Main Off-Street Parking Plan to Start in Medford Sept. 21 "Park and Shop" - an off street parking plan to provide free and convenient parking to shoppers in downtown Med-ford-will go into effect on Sept. 21, Bruno Rath said yes terday at the chamber of com merce roundtable luncheon meeting. , Rath, chairman of the board of control for the new parking system,' said that Park and Shop has met with success in about 150 cities across the na tion, among them Tucson, Ariz., Washington, D. C, and Fargo, N. D. The Park and Shop system works, basically, -through the validation of off-street parking tickets by downtown mer chants. A minimum purchase of $2 is necessary for one to obtain free parking, Rath said, but it will be possible for pa trons of downtown stores to park as long as necessary without worrying about de positing coins in parking met ers. Non-Shoppers Pay The off-street lots will be available .to n o n - shoppers, Rath said, but they will have to pay an hourly fee for the use of the lots. Rath expressed the belief that when the Park and Shop system goes into operation, shoppers from outside the lo cal area will have more of an incentive to patronize Medford merchants, and that the plan is designed to make more on street meter parking avail able. ' ; He emphasized that parking will be paid for by merchants and will be free to shoppers. Occupants of professional and service offices and build ings will be encouraged to join the parking, plan, Rath said, as well as merchants. Thirty-two downtown stores have already signed up with the plan, he said. Shoppers using the Park and Shop plan will obtain dat ed tickets when they park their cars and when they make a purchase at a member store a stamp will be affixed to the ticket. When their shop ping is finished, they present the stamped ticket at the lot and drive off. Payment for the parking will be made by the merchant affixing the stamp. $AE$PmiAfpvi OAVES SAVES SAVES Street O The stamps, Rath said, will be good only for the day they are obtained. The plan is de signed to provide convenient parking for shoppers, not to allow persons to "save up" parking time. The off-street lots will be owned privately, Rath said. He expressed the belief that the plan will prove profitable to all concemed-the lot opera tors, the merchants, and the shoppers. . ' r , He said that nation-wide the cost to merchants has proven to average about one-tenth of one per cent of their gross annual sales. Five lots already in exist ence have signed up with the plan, Rath said, and he ex pects at least three more to be ready when the plan goes in to effect. 300 Parking Spaces Don McNeil, chamber of commerce manager, said there will be between 60 and 80 parking spaces available with in a blotk or less of the inter sections of Main st. and Cen tral ave. and Sixth st. and Central ave. Since the average daily turnover is from 3 to 5 a day, he said that this actually means there will be room for about 300 more cars than there is presently. - McKay's Condition Declared Serious Salem, Ore. -(UPD- Douglas McKay, former interior secre tary, remained in serious con dition today at Salem General hospital. - McKay, 66, entered the hos pital a week ago with a recur rence of a heart ailment. Hos pital attendants said his con dition was complicated late Monday by-kidney trouble. - Hospital spokesmen said the ex-secretary's heart condition involved high blood pressure. Dr. Stuart Lanciefield was attending McKay, who has been in an oxygen tent most of the time since entering the hospital. McKay, also a former governor, is currently United States chairman of the joint U.S.-Canadian Water Commis sion. Next Door to Film on Senior Citizens Center Scheduled Tonight More than 30 members of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, Fifty Plus club mem bers and friends attended a showing of the film "Such A Busy Day . Tomorrow" held Thursday at the Red Cross au ditorium. . A repeat showing is sched uled tonight at 7 p.m. in the Jackson county courthouse au ditorium and is open to the public. The film tells the story of the Hodson Center for sen ior citizens in New York City. The small Senior Activity Center was established in Medford by volunteers last October in the front of the city warehouse at 601 East Jackson st. The Fifty , Plus club meets every Friday at the Episcopal Guild hall on North Oakdale st. The Center and club have met the need of more than 2,000 senior citi zens of this area, but the coun cil members feel this is only a small part of the 7,000 peo ple in Jackson county over 65 who wpuld like to take part if facilities were adequate. Oil and pastel paintings and wood carvings made by Sen iors in the center in Medford will, be exhibited and the Center Orchestra led by Ed win Root which played for the council on Thursday has been asked to play before the showing of the film, today. The art exhibit was shown at the state capital during the meeting of the Oregon State Commission on Aging. On re quest, the exhibit was also shown at the Clackamas Coun ty Council on Aging and their Senior Citizens club, Oregon City, and the Emerald Empire Council Adult Activity center, Eugene, by Mrs. Fred Rankin, member of the state council. At the council meeting, Frank Glonning, council member, announced that oth er .films in the geriatric field will be brought to Medford, if the public shows interest. Ed Jacobsen, social security offi cer for this region, was intro duced as a new advisory mem ber of the executive board of the Rogue Valley Council. He expressed his cooperation in planning for the projected dis trict conference on aging to be held this fall in Medford. . A specialist on recreation Robinson Bros. Cuban Nationals Request Asylum Marathon, Fla. (UPD Six Cuban nationals landed in a private yacht at this Florida Keys community Monday to seek political asylum in the United States. Border patrol agents said they took into custody four men and two women, all Cub an aliens, from the yacht Pjra taya. Their identities could not be determined immediate ly. Those aboard the yacht ap parently did not own the craft, officials said. The boat left Varadero Beach, Cuba, east of Havana, sometime Sun day. It ran out of fuel before reaching Florida. The yacht radioed for as sistance, reporting it was adrift and out of fuel some six miles offshore. But before the U. S. Coast Guard could send a tow boat, the Pirataya was towed in by another priv ate craft. The aliens were taken to Miami for questioning. 11 Persons Hurt in Disneyland Mishap Anaheim, Calif. -TOPD-EIeven persons, including six chil dren, suffered minor injuries Monday at Disneyland when the four-horse team of a stage coach bolted. The injured were the driver and 10 of the 12 passengers in the stagecoach at the famed amusement park. Several were thrown to the ground when the stagecoach collapsed after its : undercarriage was torn off by the wild horses. A- Disneyland spokesman said the horses became fright ened at the sound of the park's train whistle. An elephant's trunk can perform more services than any other part of any animal except the human hand. for the aging, Dr. Harold D. Meyer, will be a speaker' at the Camp White Veterans Domiciliary, Aug. 4, accord ing to Glonning who asked council members to be guests. Dr. Myers is head of curricu lum study for the University of North' Carolina and is on a lecture tour at all Veterans Administration hospitals and facilities on the west coast. Mere we go again! Wanted-Saleslady . ... r I pleasing personality and ability. LOADS Tuesday, July 21, 15 a Q & & i r " - f) U , 'J f .-x? I STANDING STIFFLY at attention, members of Royal Ca nadian Naval Guard ignore member who falls unconscious to ground while awaiting visit of Queen Elizabeth at Vic toria, B. C They stand in front of Parliament building. Ml G00L Portable-with Water Tank-All Aluminum Cannot Rust- $2950 and ?4950 JOHNSTON STORES 112 SOUTH Once more cutting prices down lower than ever BUT, we must make room for our new Fall. Fashions arriving, daily! You cannot afford to miss out on these values 350 summer dresses many styles some 2-piece many can be worn far into fall! Sizes sevens to fifteens, eights to twenty. Come in today and SAVE $$$. Permanent position Tor woman wno enpys ij selling and likes people! Must be neat, have j OF FREE PARKING! . MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. RIVERSIDE ISAVES SAVES (5) ftp O
