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i J . MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 4 Monday, Sept. 14, 1959 "Everyone is Soutuwn Orecoa Read The Mail Tribune Published Dtily except Saturday by MJJ3FOHD PRINTING CO 33 North fii St Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL Editor HERB GREY AdverUnin Manager GEP-AU LATHAM Buunesk Mgl ERIC W AXLN JR. Managing ftditor EARL, if ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAf Teleg Editor RICHARD JKWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women Editor DALE ER1CKSON Circulation Mgr . An Independent Newspaper Entered 'as swmid elans matter at Medfartl Oreeon tinder Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES B Mat U In Advanca. Codv 10c. Da 11- and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Daily and Sunday mos. 8.00 - DailT and Sunday 3 mos. v4.23 SnndiT Onlv One vear $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix Shady Cove; Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes Dail7 and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunuay 1 mo. 1-50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance i Official Paper of City mt Medford " Official Paper of Jackson Coonty United Press International Fun Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATION ' Advertising Representative: WF.ST-HOLJDAY CO INC. Of fices in New York, Chicago, De- trait San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland St. Louis, At lanta Vancouver uu. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight '0 Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YSARS AGO Sent. 14. 1949 (Wednesday) Jackson County School Su perintendent C. - R. Bowman calls for a meeting of new teachers in the courthouse auditorium. Four carloads of pears are shipped out for Uncle Sam in the third week of federal fruit purchasing here. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 14, 1939 (Thursday) The civil aeronautics au thority includes Southern Or egon college on its list of schools participating in the civilian pilot training pro gram. ' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Plym outh R. Rooster, who has bee,n missing for . three days, was found by his widow, and nev er again will be mistaken for a Chinese pheasant." 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 14, 1929 (Saturday) Medford city fathers bow to merchants, and will permit double-parking downtown for limited periods, provided a passenger remains in the ve hicle, t ' , - The Jackson county fair closes tonight, with the most attendance and receipts in history. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 14 . 1919 (Sunday) "The Outbursts of Everett True" is found to be the Mail Tribune's comic most liked by readers. Jackson school patrons ask crosswalks so their children wUl not have to wade through mud in the winter. 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 14, 1909 (Tuesday) A forest fire consumes a mill at Woodville. . The P and E railroad may be extended over to the Klam ath side. Vhal's Ycr I.Q.? Nina or en correct is superior; seven or eight it excellent; fiva ot sis is good. 1. Is the diameter of the sun approximately 8,641, 86, 410, or 864,000 miles?- 2. The saying "Beware the ides of March" is from which of Shakespeare's plays? 3. What was the namevof the sword received by King Arthur from the Lady of the Lake? 4. Do you associate the word "gerrymander" with fishing, politics, hunting or as tronomy? 5. With what pson do you connect "a coat of many col ors"? 6. Who were the two daugh ters of King Henry VIII of England? 7. From what country did the United States acquire ' Florida? 8i What President, in his young manhood, followed the profession of surveying? 9. From what animal does the fur called broadtail come? 10. For what is .a. nepho scope used? Answers: 1. 864,000 miles. 2. "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." 3. Excalibur. 4. Pol itics. 5. Joseph. 6. Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. 7. Spain. 8. George Washington. 9 Baby lamb. 10. To meas ure velocity of cloud move ment. 1 The US. and the World Court The orderly way of American life properly is aftrihnt.pH tn our resDect for the rule of law. Indi viduals do not settle disputes by violence; they submit them to independent courts ior judgment according to known law. This is the foundation of a civilized commu nity, so it has been repeatedly suggested as the way to international accord. Yet it is chiefly the United States which mnVps the International Court of Justice at the Hague as ineffectual as amendment of iy4b, tne united states retains frm rio-Tit. tn Wn anv dismite out of the court WV 0v " v w I" on the ground that it reciprocity, .otner nations can invoKe tne same reservation.- r- '. TTORNEY GENERAL William P. Rogers has told the American Bar Association that it. is time for us to renounce this reservation. Even De Gaulle's France which , the attorney general said is "surely as sensitive as we are in mailers Ol SUVeieigi.iiy a similar stipulation. As a matter of fact, us little since the court does not take jurisdiction over domestic issues. The only difference would be that the court, like any other court, would decide this point instead ment of a litigant. The attorney general insist ; on this privilege "other nations will not believe we are sincere in our support of the rule of law. Certainly no tively under this condition. No nation need fear injustice since the World Court, after all, can mvoke only limited' sanctions against a sovereign government. On the other hand, the advantages of a tribunal for the settlement of disputes stem ming out of international agreements is obvious. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Real Community Job A handout from the Pendleton Round-Up Association is the reminder that Oregon's biggest rodeo is about to go into action again. Round-Up activities this year begin Sept. 16. We've heard that no one of the directors re ceives any pay for working on the Pendleton show truly one of rodeo's maj'or league events. IF THIS is true, and there's no reason to doubt it, the performance is all the more remarkable. Of all the big-time shows, Pendleton has one distinction the city is the smallest to put on a rodeo of this caliber. The Round-Up is a and. the results are well worth all the effort that goes into it. Bend Bulletin. ' ' The House Committee on Government Opera tions is populated by representatives with short memories. That group has recommended that the Army and the Air Force merge. Unification, the committee says, would help in the, missile mess. Haven't the congressmen heard? A dozen years ago we unified the armed forces by sepa rating the Air Force from Army, thus establishing three services where we used to have two. Eugene Register-Guard. v Sand Dunes Park Nearer .... ; With October the date for hearings at Reeds port and Florence by the Interior Department on the possibility and desire of setting up a national park for the Oregon coast sand dunes area and the Sea Lion caves, a real national park for the Oregon coast draws nearer. Focal spot of one of the most bitter and con fused fights in recent years, a strong group of yocal dissidents are attempting to stop the na tional park f rom being set up. fJNSEEN but to be felt at .the heading will also be a large group of people who desire the national park. And this numbers many people of the area concerned. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger has been in the forefront in introducing 'legislation for the na tional park. He knows as a conservationist the vital need for the park. He also realizes what it will do as a catalyst for the economic life of the Oregon coast. V It is to be hoped that purely selfish thinking does not stop this needed impetus for the growth of the Oregon coast. CoquiUe Valley Sentinel. August Deaths on t Salem -OTPD The Oregon De partment of Motor Vehicles said Friday that 62 persons met death in Oregon traffic during August to set an all time one-month record. The deaths occurred in '31 Oregon cities with Portland's 10 traffic victims leading the list. Four persons were killed in traffic mishaps in Salem while Roseburg, Eugene and Port Orford had three each. Sutherlin, Lakeview, La Grande, Estacada, Corvallis and Myrtle Creek had two each. - The summer traffic death toll, however,- was below the figure for 1958. The summer toll in 1958 was 134 compared to 130 for this year. The department also said it is. By the Connally A , is a domestic affair. By iasst muutu icuuuutcu renunciation would cost of leaving it to the judg said that so long as we court can function effec real -community , show, tjtcation ' i Roads Set Record that nearly 15,000 automobile drivers were convicted of vio lating traffic laws in Oregon. The department said there were 13,000 convictions re ported for August. Total con victions for. drunk driving were lower in August than any month this year, 164J Convictions this year have outnumbered those for 1958 every month except January. IN HIDING Baltimore, Vt.-fllPD-The Dem ocrats got one vote in this town last election and Sam Miller, executive director of the party in Vermont, would like to present a citation to whoever it was. But "I can't find him," said Miller. " think he's a bit shy." . i Dennte the Menace rJ0,NO,feNNS! falfcE SUPAOSED Oommiuiiiicatioiis Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the"writer. although under certain circumstances the use of a, pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right tc edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation.' Letters submitted for publication 'must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often threat. Solo Ability Needed To the Editor: It surely does give that lift in pride of ac complishment, to. parents, friends and community, to en joy the musical programs of the local school bands and orchestra. Some display a high degree of talent, due to the inborn talent of members and patient work of the musical instruc ors who may feel it necessary to go beyond line of duty in such worthy work. But it would seem well within the line of duty, to give time to the training of embryo musi cians in solo playing. For it surely is disappointing when visiting family and friends who take obvious pride in Johnny's or Mary's musical ability in school band or or chestra, then when called on to do something about it, to then hear the stock answer: "O, I can't play alone.r I can just play with others." Of course this may be just an alibi ' for not wanting to go along. But considering the patient work of the instructor, facilities provided by tax dol lars, and the high cost to par rents for instruments, it would seem that home entertainment would enter into the picture much, much more than it does at present. Our taxes here have increased some three times, most of Mt going for school purposes, some to the very alert and efficient local fire department. The only times we have been privileged to hear school children use their school train ing in home musical enjoy ment is where there has been a mother : or occasionally a father with musical ability who has insisted and trained their progeny in home enter tainment. All too often, when school-days are over, the sax, cornet, fife, guitar and drums are laid away to gather dust in closet or attic or sold for a fraction of their original cost. Seems like more should and can be accomplished from all this work and money ex pended, at least a bit more of lasting results. F. J. Clifford ' ' '' . Route 2, Box 200F Central Point Porter vs. Gunnar To the Editor: The Republi can state chairman criticizes my activities and asserts that I "never did intend to repre sent the Fourth district in Congress." I remind Mr. Gun nar that I was reelected last November by a 19,000 major ity after a campaign against an articulate and well financ ed opponent who tried to sell Try and By BENNETT CERF- PETER LIND HAYES tells about a magician who arrived at a millionaire's estate for a weekend, carrying a bag of props with his other luggage. A butler unpacked while the magician lunched, so when he went back to his room he found in one drawer, im-. peccably . laid out, three decks of marked cards, a sti letto, a collapsible bird cage, a revolver, and two sets of false, teeth. -The butler spent the weekend keeping one eye on the magician and the other on the flat silver! . AH summer, a midwestern minister noted with dismay, a . goodly percentage of his con- , - . . gregatidn fell quietly asleep during his sermon. Determined to learn the reason why, he had one of his discourses taped, and after Labor Day dinner, put it on the recording; machine in his' study, and prepared to make notes. A half hour later, therewas a phone call for him and his wife woke him up. & 1939. by Bennett Cerf. IisU:buLed by King Features Syndicate. TO $HAK HANDS BRSrr the same bill of goods to the voters of the Fourth district, Mr. Gunnar says my pur pose in being elected was and is to promote his peculiar, one-man foreign policy." intend to go on promoting my "foreign policy," but I don't think it's "peculiar." It has to do with establishing peace with justice in the world, thereby preventing world wide destruction and death. Unsupported assertions are one thing but errors of fact, apparently intentional, are another. ' Gunnar says, "The press reports" that I have been passed over three times for responsible committee assign ments. It would take very lit tle checking for him to learn that this is not true. Gunnar pretends to quote a statement of mine and cites "Congressional Record -1959, p 12363." That page has to do with proceedings in the Senate.! No reference is made either to me or to China. Cer tainly one "of my principal projects has been to bring about a drastic change in our China policy, including the resumption of trade, but my purpose is certainly not what Gunnar indicates, namely to strengthen .Red China with the flow of U.S. goods. I point out to Mr. Gunnar that our businessmen are not fools and trade means an exchange of goods. Presumably what we received in return would also strengthen the United States, Gunnar asserts that I lack interest in the domestic mat ters but fails to name even one local project which I have neglected. , As for my Interest m peace, I say this: I spent more than four years in active service in World War II, mostly over seas. Many of my friends were killed. I know how in credibly powerful our atomic weapons are today and how periously close we are to their employment. I make no ex cuses to anyone, least of all to Mr. Gunnar, for using my position as a United States Representative to aid the cause of peace, freedom and better living conditions in the world. I can't believe that my constituents want me to ig nore these issues and simply make speeches giving lip serv ice to our ideals and tradi tions. Charles O. Porter .- . Member of Congress Washington, D.C. Bark of the cork oak is boiled to make it flexible, scraped free of the rough out er, coating, pressed into flat sheets and bound into bales. Stop Me 4mm . Khrushchev Is 'Different' Sort of Visitor; Wilson Recalls Statements By LYLE C. WILSON v Washington -flJPD- Nikita S. Khrushchev's visit to Wash ington is different, right '-4 enough. For example, his schedule does not include a brief journey to Arlington National Cem etery to place a wreath on the i tomb of the Unknown a : ' c. wiisob Americans. . One of the three bodies en tombed there side, by side is that of a member of the arm ed services killed in the Ko- Foreign Desk Notes: Algeria, Laos, Nehru By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Notes from the foreign desk: The Tough Line West Berlin officials claim they have reliable reports the Communists man to create dis- turbances in in West Ber lin to back up their demand .1 jr' M buau Lilt: nL 'M em AUies"quit( 1 the citv. The plan is to be carried out if the Eisenhow e r - K h r u schchev talks Phil Newsom get nowhere. American com manders in Berlin long ago anticipated that any attempt at Communist take-over would be preceded by "spon taneous" Red demonstrations rather than any real attack. But they are prepared for either one. Interim Victory French officials expect vig orous opposition from Euro pean settlers in Algeria to President Charles de Gaulle's reported new. liberalized tilan for. ending' the Algerian re volt, including possible riot ing. But they expect the op position to reach ' nowhere near the scale of that which overthrew the fourth republic 16 months ago. Reason: They expect the French - army to hold 'firm behind de Gaulel, in contrast to its all-out back ing of the May 13, 1958, re-, voit. After two days with army officers in Algeria two weeks ago, de GauUe's own reported impression is that some officers may be sullen; none will be mutinous. Peace - Paris diplomats still think there is a possibility of a peaceful settlement of the Laotian crisis through direct talks between the Royal Lao tian government and the Communist-supported Pathet Lao movement. Reports circulat ing in Paris claimed Pathet Lao leaders were ready to open negotiations to avoid an internationalization of the con flict. If true, it would be on orders from Communist lead ers in Hanoi and Peiping, and, in part at least, to the strong stand already, taken by the United States against Com munist aggression in the little kingdom. Stumbling block t 1 i:-..-.-.SSMtm--..-fcJ In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington-which is the pro fessional and trade organiza tion of the daily newspapers of our neighbor state up north of the Columbia-is preparing a" series of advertisements to be printed by its members, The ads are designed to pro mote MORE reading of news papers. It's a good idea. If every body reads the newspapers ev ery day, the people of our country, would be pretty well informed as to what is going on. An INFORMED electorate will be likely, to do a good, honest, discriminating job of voting. An honest, discrimi nating job of voting is pretty sure to result in good govern ment. Washington's newspap e r s are to be congratulated. BUT They might go a step far ther. They might carry anoth er series of ads telling people HOW to read the newspapers. There are two kinds of news: . - 1. Factual news-which tells what happened. 2. Jawbone news - which tells what somebody said. FACTUAL news stands on its own feet. All that needs to be done about it is to see that it is accurate.. It's the jawbone news that is dangerous. It's the jawbone news that needs to .be ques tioned penetratingly by read ers and listeners as to its mo tives and its purposes. It's the jawbone news to which read ers and listeners should be taught to apply the acid test of why did he say that? What rean war. It just wouldn't seem right, somehow, for the head man of Communism to place a wreath on that tomb. So Arlington was not sched uled. Khrushchev will not visit ML ..Vernon, nor is any' time fixed for him to visit the me morials here to Abraham Lin coln and Thomas Jefferson. All of these are minor mat ters, perhaps, but they add up to set apart the Washington sojourn of Nikita S. Khrush chev from that of any pre vuer here. Documents Available If Krushchev wants to see the Declaration of Independ might be "young 'Turks" in the Laotian army, strongly op posed to any deal with the Reds and favoring Laos' for mal inclusion in SEATO. Nehru Switch? Many "old India hands" in Tokyo think Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru quietly is taking a significant turn to the right, politically. Washington Report By WILLIAM THE TONE OF CONGRESS Washington - Beneath all the partisan hurrahs and counter-hurrahs, what has been the real story, the tone, of the Democ r a t i c Congress? r It has been basically c o ope rative 6n all matters of high principle, including for- oi crn nnlipv William S. V white with a Repub lican President. : ' It has undoubtedly been good for the country. It has been bad for. those Democrats who believe that only by con stantly "fighting" the Repub licans can the Democratic party seize the White House in 1960. And it has been exas perating to all those who insist upon sharp, simple, black-and white divisions in politics, on the neatest separation of sheep and goats. It has been a responsible Congress in effective, work ing terms. But because of its high professional competence it has not been exciting to the spectators. Indeed, to many it has been intolerably dull. (T HE true pros in nearly any activity make it all look too easy to satisfy the gallery's thirst for drama. Re member how centerfielder Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees used to take those towering fly balls with out seeming even to move, and with never the slightest heroic gesture?) . - ' : . President Eisenhower s cele brated vetoes have been rela tively frequent. And but for a single case, on the public works bill for water develop- is he trying to make us be lieve? Jawbone news is the chip that needs to be constant ly turned over to see what is under it. , Because it is jawbone news -that is, because it is said by somebody important enough to be quoted-it is the job of the newspapers to print it. But it is also the reader's job to recognize it for what it is. While the newspapers are urging the people to do MORE newspaper reading, it might be a good idea to urge them to do MORE INTELLIGENT reading of the newspapers. Especially in the case of this jawbone news. It should be read, of course. If we don't know what a per son important enough to be quoted extensively in the press is saying we can't know what kind of person he is. If we don't know what kind of person he is, we can't size him up accurately. - But it might help if the newspapers did more in the way of teaching their readers how to APPRAISE what is said by these persons who are important enough to be quot ed. What to pay careful at-1 tention to. What to discount and why. ' Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Mere Comferi FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline fnnn-Bcid) nowder. holds false teeth mnn flrmiv Tn eat and talk In more comfort. Just sprinkle a Uttle PAS- plate f ASTEETH at any drug counter. ence or the. original U. S. constitution, these documents are available for his inspec tion. It is not expected, -however, that this visitor will feel any urgency for an in spection and that, again, sets him apart from other guests. President Eisenhower be lieved it necessary personally to appeal to the people of the United States to receive his guest and theirs courteously, and Khrushchev, thus again is set apart. He is different, sure enough, no doubt about that. It scarcely could be discour teous merely to look at the record, although for Khrush chev it might be embarrassing Berlin, Switch One of the main points of their reasoning: Red Chinese border raids in the Himalayas have been going on for years; unless there were some inter nal political motivation, why bring 'it up now? To these sources, Nehru's action now set against the crackdowns in .Kerala and Calcutta-adds up to a real swing to the right. S. WHITE ment, he has made his vetoes stick. On that one issue, Con gress mustered well beyond the necessary two-thirds ma jority to override him. But, more importantly, not one veto put the President in any fundamental opposition to Congress. All were disputes not over principle so much as over detail, over this amount of money as against that amount of money. Underneath, actually, this has been a Congressional year of. good relations with the White House, on the impor tant things. No leading Demo crat in Congress is preparing an ambush of revenge for next year against the Presi dent. And the President is not making ready to declare spe cial war on his Democratic Congressional opposition. WE HAVE had nine addi tional months of divided government - of what Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma calls "split-level government" r with a Republican executive and a Democratic legislature. Many of the more liberal Democrats are earnestly con vinced that there has been far too much cooperation with Eisenhower a n d, therefore, that not enough "big issues" have been made against the GOP. If they are right, then the Democrats should win Con gress again in 1960 but lose the White House. But the con trolling Democrats, Speaker Sam Rayburn of the House, Senate leader Lyndon John son and all their top associ ates, think otherwise. They think an impression of Demo cratic responsibility and ma turity is better politics than an impression simply of com bativeness against Eisenhow er. If they are right, the Democrats should win both White House and Congress. There is, however, one im mense factor wnlch. is un related to Congress. That is Peace." If the Eisenhower- Khrushchev exchanges pro duce genuine cold-war relaxa tion, with no accompanying Reasonable Funerals (Priced for Everyone) FRANK PERL FREE Parking Space Adjacent To Mortuary FRIENDLY, if he were compelled to look and to read it out in public. There are, for example, the numerous international agree ments which the Soviet Union has violated. There is the statement of Dimitry Z. Manuilsky, uttered in 1931 in Moscow's Lenin School of Political Warfare. This, statement has been honed and sharpened by time because what Manuilsky said in his 1931 fighting talk was aimed at right now. It was this: Surprise Element T "War to the hilt between Communism and Capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 to 30 years-1951-1961. To win, we shall need the ele ment of surprise. The Bour geoisie (that's us) will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. "There will be electrifvinir overtures and unheard-of con cessions. The capitalistic coun tries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at anoth chance to be friends. As soon as thpir guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist" We'll Bury You' , Not long ago, Khrushchev put it more directly. He said of the West and, especially, of me united states: "We wil bury you." . James E. Jackson, a top drawer U. S. Communist, re turned last spring from a Rus sian Communist party con gress. He had an explanation for Khrushchev's brutal prom ise. "Bury,' Jackson said, "was an unfortunate choice of words." Perhaps Mr. K means mere ly to inter all Americans as the Korean veteran is Interred across the Potomac, in Arling ton. loss of American power or honor in the world, all bets are off. In that event, Con gress or no Congress, party records or no party records, President Eisenhower's heir in the . White House is very likely to be another Republi can - probably Vice-President Richard Nixon. But even then the Democrats would be fav ored to hold Congress. 11HAT has this session meant to the 1960 Presi dential aspirants? As to the Republicans: . To Nixon, nothing one way or the other. His trip to Russia and now Soviet Premier Khrushchev's visit here has been politically Nixon's whole year. To Gov. Nelson Rocke feller of New York, also noth ing, one way or the other. If he successfully cha 1 1 e n g e s Nixon for the nomination, it will be for reasons not con nected with Congress. -As to the Democrats: Senator John .F. Kennedy has gained, if only because Congress did pass a labor reform bill for which he had led. Johnson has gained in the sense, that he again mastered Congress-but only if he is correct that peo ple will value performance more than loud fighting with the Republicans. Senators Hu bert H. Humphrey and Stuart Symington have neither gone forward nor backward. Their campaigns for the Democratic nomination are not based "on what Congress did or didn't do. (Copyright, 1959. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Hear yowr fav orite hymns on KMED every Sunday, 10:35 a.m., sung by 'Tennessee Ernie" Ford PERL Funeral Home Phone SP 2-6675 LADY ATTENDANT 1 HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE
