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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, Oct. '14, 1959 ! MdfobsTbibuns "Everyone tB Southern Oregon Beads The toall Tribune Juhlish8d EWly except Saturday b MJJDFOHD PRWTTNG CO 33 North Hi St Ph SP 1-6141 ROBMRT W RUHL Editor HERB GREV AdertiirjK Manager Oti'JvLU LATHAM BUSUUSS MET ERIC W ACLLEN JR.. Managing Kdito KARL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH3PMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHEI? Women's Editor DALE ERICKSQN Circulation M An Irideoendent Kevsoawr Znterea as second class matter al Medfoni Oreeon under Act ot March 3. 1897 SUBSCRtPTTOS RATES By Mai I In Advance Codv 10c. DaL- anrfc Sunday 1 year $15.00 Da. and Sunday mos. 8 Ot Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advances Medfortl Ashland Central Point. E a e 1 e - .Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er. Talent ancron motor rnutea Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Suntfcy 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c ii j erma tasr m Advance Official Paper of City af Med for orticial Paper of Jaefctoa County United Press International Full Leased wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU 0 OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST -HOLIDAY CO., LNC Of fices in Ne York. Chicago. De troit. San F ranio. Los An pel mi Seattle.. Prrtland St Louis. At lanta, vaiwnrver B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION KATTONA1 EDITORIAL Flififif 'o Time " MedfctfJ and Jackson County History froa eiles ot The Mail iffribi.-w.14V 20, 30. 40 and sOteers 'ag. 10 YEABS Oct. 14, ltVIS (Friday) The total cases, in an out break of diphtheria, in Jack son cunty climbt to 10. Central Point achool board directors set WAV. 7 s elec tion day for tl!e proposed $500,000 boni issue to finance r negr high school. 20 YEARS GO Oct. 14, 1934 (alurday) A magnolia tree is dedicat ed on the Jackson county courthouse grounds in mem ory of Dr. S. B. Pickel. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Sot" column: "The CofC. has constructed a park ing lot, on iir st. between Main and6fti, that fills a long felt wAit and eliminates four cxp of tyeeds annu ally." o , 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 14, 192 (Monday) TSe pheasant season opens p.ext week, with fw birds re ported so The Sovit airmen , are to circle MedfortTs airport on Sheirligfrt south., 40gARS AGO Oct. 44, 19ftw(Tuesday) The sowing of fall wheat starts in tii valley. Four high school students elope and are married in Redding, Calif. - 50 YEARS ASO Oct. 14. 19Q3 (Thursday) It is reported tflat agents of a California fair are jnirchas ing Rogue vallev pears, ap ples and grapes with the in tent of passing them off as California produce. Congressman Hawley will be ejsked on his visit here for establishment of a federal weather station in valley, for mor funds for Crater Lake national park and for a fed eral building in Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; live ot six is good. 1. Which of these countries is most famed for champagne: Italy France, Spain, or Ger many? . 2. What and where is Mar tha's Vineyard. 2 0e speaker ef the House of Representatives also served as President; who was he? 4. From what port in Spain did ghriltqpner Columbus set sail on his first trip? 5. Which amendment to the Constitution is called the "lame duck" amendment 6? The expression "War is Hell" is attributed to General Grant, Lee or Sherman? i 7. During the administra tion of which President did the expression '""Prosperity is just around the corner," gain popularity? . 1 8. Abraham Lincoln was bonAn a farm in which state? 9. What is tinohter name for Thailand? 10. What is said to be the ftncerest flattery?" ; Answers: 1. Franc. 2. Is land off Massachusetts. 3. James K. Polk. ' 4. Palos. 8. 20th Amendment. 6. Sher man. 7. Herbert Hoover. 8. Kentucky. 9. Siaxn. 10. Imitation. Board Off Base Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly made some telling points in the letter he wrote to the state board of control in reply to a query from the board about the court's "policy" in the handling of juvenile offenders. - The board's letter, written by its secretary, Col.. William Ryan, was way off base. It went to Judge Kelly when Judge James Main was the judge in the ease under discussion. It violated the "separation of powers" doc trine of-both the federal and state constitutions,, inasmuch as it put the executive department, in the position of attempting to influence the judi ciary. " " . . ' IT CRITICIZED the court for sending an "incor- rigible" boy who had committed felonies to MacLaren school for boys, rather than the new State Correctional Institution rdespite the fact that ORS 420.140 plainly says: "Commitments to MacLaren School for Boys shall be limited to youths between the ages of 12 and 18 years who, after a full hearing before, the court, are found to be beyond the control of their parents or guardians and incorrigible, or who may be found -- guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment." It displayed ignorance of (or disregard for) the law by implying that judges should institute prosecutions, when, of course, this is the job of the district attorney. It violated both the, spirit and the letter of criminal statutes by seeking "some assurance" that the boy in question' would be brought to trial "for possible, sentence"- to the correctional institution. ". - . Judge Kelly pointed out: "It is the responsibility of the court to see that a person accused of crime receives a fair and impar tial trial. This obviously cannot be done if the court is required to give 'assurance' that a person will be brought to trial for possible sentence." Colonel Ryan's letter, in short, was offensive, disrespectful, and based on misconceptions of the law and the separation of powers. The board of control, which includes the governor, secretary of owes Judge Kelly an apology. , It had also better look to the administration of MacLaren school for boys, if that institution cannot perform the job it is charged by law with doing. E. A. 'Formula 9 for Delinquency Is it possible to predict what child will, in his teens, become a juvenile In individual cases, But it is possible on basis. This is the theme of Delinquency and Crime," by Sheldon and El eanor Glueck, criminologists at s Harvard Law school, who have studied criminals ; and delin quents, as individuals and as groups, for more than 30 years. '.' THE book reviews how on thousands of criminals. The key "formula," used with up to 90 per child who will turn out five elements: Discipline by the father; supervision by. the mother; affection, by the father; affection by the mother and cohesiveness of the family. . By charting each Gluecks report they can ially-sound forecast of a ing to adulthood without THEY have found, also,, that delinquent beha- age of 8. Their formula, matched against the records and backgrounds of some 2,000 delin quents, has proven 90 per And they say the lormula holds. true no mat ter what the youngster's intelligence, race, or economic status. V J ' In addition, their tables have been tried in France and Japan, with also work in cultures different than that of the United States. v TTHIS is impressive evidence in support of the hypothesis, now almost universally accepted by trained social workers and juvenile authori ties, that environmental factors, principally in the home, are the most important in determin ing how a child will turn out. This is not to say that "there is no such thing as a bad boy." For there are bad boys, of course. But, other things being equal, if a boy has a father who administers affectionate- but con sistent discipline, a fond mother who takes her responsibilities for his supervision seriously, and a loving, congenial home, the chances , he will become delinquent are infinitesimal. '". .- T7HE Gluecks' book also indicates that rather 1 small changes in family environment, some of which can be effected through the counsel of a social worker, can make the difference. But, in applying such remedies, we come back, as always, to the sanctity of the individual home, where "outsiders" may not be welcome, or permitted, too often until it is too late. . If the book is as sound as its bona fides would indicate, it should become an important guide Dost in the thinkinsr-throuffh of iuvenile nrnh- a u lems, and their remedies. state, and state treasurer, delinquent?, possibly not. a statistical or actuarial . . " a new book, "Predicting they came to their con- which they say can be cent accuracy to spot a to be a delinquent, has ' factor in degrees, the come up with actuar- child's chances of grow delinquent behavior. cent effective. results indicating they cj - E. A. Dennis the Menace lmmon vottr-wwMB. i Communi Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer. although1 under certain circumstances the use ot a pert 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 ot the paper; in fact the contrary is often ihe case. Quotes Contrasted To the Editor: Undoubted ly you saw the dispatches in the press of Oct. 11 which quoted Mr. John H. Hayes of Florence as comparing our re cent Senate hearings to "the Spanish Inquisition" and charging they were conducted in "exceedingly poor taste, etc. ; I have contacted Fred R. Moody, veteran court report er, who has taken down these and other hearings for the Senate Interior Committee. Mr. Moody has telegraphed me that, prior to his testi mony, Mr. Hayes said: "First let me state my thanks and appreciation for allowing us this uninterrupt ed time to present our case." After his testimony and that of his associates from Florence, Mr. Hayes said: "That concludes our brief and again I want to thank Senator Neuberger and the committee for allowing us to present it in continuity." Most significant of all, Mr. Moody's stenotype notes dis close that Mr. Hayes rose from the audience at Eugene as the hearings ended and said to me: "I wish to thank you and the committee for the very fair : manner in which you treated the Western Lane Tax payers "Association and your willingness to allow us tne full hour to make our presen tation." - Mr Moody's records show that I aUowed the opponents of my bin a total of five hours and 29 minutes, and the sup porters of the bill three hours and 52 minutes for their open ing statements and presenta tions. It is of further, significance that Mr. Hayes made nis De lated charges about a "Span ish Inquisition" in support of similar charges against xne hearings by Secretary of State HoweU Appling, who did not even attend the hearings! Richard L. Neuberger . United States Senator Where Did It Go? To the Editor: At the final end of the gold producing and mining era in and around the town of Gold tliu, wmcn came to an almost complete close around 50 years ago, the average monthly payroll amounted to one half to one million dollars then, although there never was very much evidence to show for tnat amount looking at it from a commercial basis. Where all that hard wealth really went is to btf wondered at 50 years later, borne oi tne cash was spent looking for more, a portion went to near by towns in southern Ore gon, some went way Dae, east,' perhaps like all past mining towns only a very small per cent of the gold output was ever invested in local enterprise. Most drifted away to the bigger commer cial centers throughout the west. No wonder gold has al ways been considered the most illusive and most sought after commodity since the second chapter Genesis, verse 11 .and 12. . Bert Kissinger ' 520 Boardman st., , Medford Price Too High? To the Eidtor: It was with great anticipation tnat my husband and two sons and I have looked forward to the coming of the United States Marine Band to Medford. We, as many other parents, wish to give bur children every op portunity available to see and hear the "good" things in life, as it seems the wrong side is 1 II ootfr mow what ir is: cations so often the only side that is spread before them. But, we were so saddened to find that in this case, as in many others, the "price"-is too high for the low "wage earner to pay. I know that the concert funds will go for a wonderful thing, but, does money have to be the only aim? Couldn't it be something higher and greater? Is it only the rich who may afford to give their children precious memories, as well as a well rounded and balanced child hood? The evil things of this world are so easy to obtain, maybe that is why our youth are so quick to grasp it." I realize there must be a "price" on all things, but couldn't it be such that ALL may have the opportunity to enjoy a few of life's blessings? Mrs. Charles Pearson, 409 2nd st., Phoenix, Ore. Catholic and catholic To the Editor: My answer to No 4 (in Sunday's "What's Your I.Q?"): There were nine Catholic Presidents. Could you mean Roman Catholic? -William B. Clegg 2235 Oakwood dr. Medford. Editor's note: The "I.Q." question was "How many Presidents of the U.S. have been of the Catholic faith?" "I.Q.'s" answer: None. Webster's dictionary says of the word "catholic" (with a small "cO: A person who tian church. Capitalized,, a member of the Catholic church, specifically of the Ro man Catholic church. Manpower Use Complaint Puzzles Washington-TOPD-Defense of ficials said Wednesday they were puzzled by Rep. Frank Kowalski's complaint that the United States maintains about 5,000 Americans in Spain for every six strategic jbombers there. These officials said that the U. S. armed forces have a wide variety of duties in Spain in addition to support ing the Strategic Air Com mand bombers such as man ning radar stations "and na val installations. The Connecticut Democrat said Tuesday that he would ask President Eisehower and ihe Air Force to investigate whether "they need all these people" in Spain. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF : JACK PAAR has made a. collection of letters kids send home to their parents from camp. Here are a couple of beauties: 1. Dear Ma: . Now that I'm here I hope you and Dad are having all the fun you were talking about when you didn't know I was awake the night before I left When camp is over, I think Til go live in Dis neyland. With love, Butch. i 2. Dear Mom and Dad: My counselor is mak ing me write this. We go in swimming every day and it's better than home because they don't make us wait an hour after eating like you always do. I asked two coun selors to come live with us for the winter and they said O.K. Love, Chris. Sign in an East Side beanery: "Emily Post fainted here!" 1959, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Economic Rising By LYLE C. WILSON " Washington-(DPD-This essay is to invite the attention of the taxpayers to a political dispute which they do not under stand but which is important t o them. . " This politic al dispute is imp ortan to the taxpayers because it is LyleCWflsaa aDOUi tne spending of - some . of their money, t The dispute is about what economists call' the growth of the real national product of the United States. More specifically, it relates to a comparison of the growth of the United States and So viet Union- real'national pro duct. Nikita S. Khrushchev wrapped it up very well when he visited the United States. Khrushchev bragged his way from coast to coast and back again with the promise that the Communists would sur pass the United States in pro duction and wave to .us as they went by. A great ' political' issue is Wifmr Washington Zoo Hard-Pressed To House Animal Collection By FRANK FLEAZER . Washington UPD- What no body told President Eisenhow er about his -newest pet can now be re vealed. Dzimbo, the 440-pound ba by elep h a n t he acce p t e d this week from the French Com munity of A f r i can Re- Franb Eleazcr puDllCS, has been quartered in one of the few spots m our national zoo where the roof can be counted on not to leak; Well, it's not leaking at the moment, anyway. Dzimbo is a fine, friendly After Kassem, What? Is Question Facing Middle-East Enemies By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor The shots fired at Iraqi prime "minister, Maj. Gen. Abdel Karim Kassem, were poorly aimed and, apparently also, poorly timed. But it is an interesting side be-4development that the assas. sination at tempt which almost suc ceeded has led to a reassess ment of his worth by gov ernments who have no rea son to be fond either of Kas sem or his re Phil Newsom gime. " For the question which must come up is, after Kas sem what? Another question of im portance, which Iraqi inves tigators confess they have not yet solved, is the identity of the assassin or assassins them selves. Presumably the actual gunman was a Iraqi and presumably- he is dead, taking his secret with him. Rashid Street , Baghdad's main thoroughfare, is an ideal location either for mob ac tion or a solitary killing. It is hard to see how Kassem's Growth, Production Rate, Seen Political Argument in America building in the United States about that. It is. argued that the Russians will, indeed, out produce the United States un less something is done about it right now. Proposed, among other things, to be done, is that the government spark a faster rate "of real national production by some free wheeling spending. It also is argued, however, that the Russians are not, in fact, about to 6ut-produce the United States now or soon and that no government spending need be undertaken to prevent such au embarras sing development. All of this will be a big issue in the 1960 presidential election campaign and , the voter-taxpayers will be asked to judge the issue and take a position on it come elec tion day.. That is the point at which the sand gets into the gear box and the sugar into the gas tank. The voter-taxpayers haven't the f oggist notion of what is meant by: The rate of growth of the real national product. Any voter-taxpayer of a mind to challenge that statement should pause now and explain in simple words to himself little feUow, 14 months old and about waist high to an elephant keeper. Zoo officials are delighted with him. So was Ike, who wondered wist fully if he couldn't instaU him on his Gettysburg farm in stead of at the National Zoo logical Park. In recent memory, Dzimbo is the only critter of such mag nitude to be personally re ceived by a president on the White House lawn, where even squirrels lately have not been welcome. But he is' the latest in a long line of valued animals acquired by the zoo as ceremonial gifts to our lead ers. ' The only trouble is, none of our animal - loving friends overseas ever seem to give us any of the tarpaper, tile or would-be killer missed. Rash id is about 20 feet wide, hemmed in on either side by colonnaded shops. - Humanity is thick here and it moves at a snail's pace, past shops' selling anything from clothing to jewelry, past hawkers purveying goods which range from souvenirs to dust and fly-covered meats and through and around heav ily laden carts and donkeys Traveled Street Daily This is the . street which Kessem travelled daily in his lightly guarded station wagon and which was chosen for the assassination attempt. Out of it, as a personal me mento, Kassem collected fractured shoulder and hand, plus a flesh wound. Baghdad jails also collected a few hundred suspects. But the poor timing of the attempt was shown by the fact that It was. accompanied neither by a palace nor a gen eral uprising. i United Press International correspondent David Dugas reported from Baghdad that four days after the assassina tion attempt normalcy was re turning to the streets where crowds "mocked" Cairo re ports 'of massacres in the Iraqi capital. But if the attempt against Kassem were that of one man, it indicates that there is in dividual as well as collective opposition to Kassem and that the last try is only th begin ning. Radios Turn Silent Meanwhile, Damascus and Cairo radios, which had been calling almost openly for Kas sem's violent overthrow, fell strangely silent in their " ti rades against Kassem person ally. ; F o ri whatever Kassem's sins, he had not yet fallen openly to Communist domina tion. And if Kassem were to disappear, it seemed almost certain that the Communists, best organized of any political group in Iraq, would move in. "Both the Western and the Communist nations sent mes sages of sympathy to Kassem, a move not duplicated by the United Arab Republic as rep resented by Cairo and Damas cus. But for both the TJ.A.R.'l and the West it was a time for finger-crossing. Whatever they thought of Kassem, his disappearance now would be no benefit. As for the Communists, they were doing all right anyway. So why create a martyr now? just what the phrase means The pause being over, it means this: Three Factors "The rate of growth of the real national product is com pounded of three factors: (1) The rate of growth of the labor force; (2) The rate of increase or decrease of hours worked; (3) The rate of growth of real product per man hour." This . definition is that of Dr. Colin Clark of England's Oxford University faculty, who also is director of re search of the Econometric In stitute, Inc., N.Y. The Econo metric Institute is a business forecasting service. Clark recently was a wit ness before a Senate subcom mittee ' investigating prices, profits and inflation. He un dertook to scotch the idea that the Soviet Union was overtaking the United States. The real rate of growth of Russia production per man hour' varies, Clark said, from 1.1 to 1.6 per tent, depend ing whether the computation is based on 1913 or 1939. This compares with 2.3 cent for the United States. On the money necessary to keep a tight roof over the animals' heads. So there is nothing for the zoo folks to do but keep requesting these incidentals from Congress, which keeps saying no or not yet. Director Chides President I asked J. Lear Grimmer, the zoo's associate director, how this has worked out, and here s what he said: "We have the finest collec tion of animals in the world, I think. But they are housed in the world s worst slums. At tne White House cere monies Grimmer couldn't bring himself to put it that bluntly to Ike. About all he could do was chide the Presi dent politely for not having showed his face at the zoo for the past 15 years. . Grimmer is no dummy, though. He figured that once the President sees for himself the sorry state of our national zoo, he will get behind the drive for more money. Cur rently, the zoo has a budget of around a million .dollars year. '.'.-'-,. '-.'' : "That's just enough to keep it going," said Grimmer. It's not enough to replace leaky roofs, rotting timbers, and falilng plaster that have harassed zoo officials for years. Grimmer says reptile and small mammal houses are in the worst shape of all the zoo's many buildings. Boasts Rare Animals Our zoo boasts the rarest of animals. They range from the aardvark. an indescribable anteater useful mainly to word-puzzlers, to the zebu, a big Indian cow.- It claims the biggest crocodile in the United States, and the only linsang in captivity anywhere. The lin sang is a long kind of cat, re sembling a fat snake with feet. 'In the small animal house lives a fossa, which looks like a combination cat and dog and which Grimmer says may be an ancestor of both. The zoo's snow leopard was raised in Grimmer's home, where rein deer, . chimpanzees, hyenas, and pretty near any other ani mals you can name have been nursed through babyhood. There's no place at the zoo to take care of babies,,he says. . The zoo and its park-, cover 176 acres in the heart of Wash ington. Four million Ameri cans visit it yearly. Its collec tion totals 3,000 "important animals and no . telling . how many not so important. . The number does not in clude the termites that infest one 154-year-old zoo building, and that currently are swarm ing over its. sagging floors and creaking stairway. This struc ture was condemned years ago. Fortunately, this . is the headquarters building, and none of our valuable animals are in it. Just a lot of people, like Grimmer. i THE MEMORIAL SERVICE C M. Lirwiller Will long be remembered as one of dignity, reverence and beauty when conducted by us in Mountain View Chapel. To merit your confidence is our sincere desire. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close 'It is better than to basis of that figure alone, Clark testified: "So, far from overtaking the United States, the average level of production in Soviet Russia is all the time falling further behind." Pravda, please copy. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS In the British election, the Conservatives won by a land- . slide. They had a safe majpr ity in the house of commons before. As a result of the elec tion, their majority will be about doubled. They were expected to win," but their overwhelming vic$ tory came as a surprise. .-o WHYL-the Conservative land " slide? . The big issue in the election was probably desire on the part of the British people to, keep Premier Macmillan. in. ther driver's seat in the upcom-.; ing negotiations with Russia on the subject of peace. Pretty much all over the world, foreign affairs domi nate the minds of the people. Of all the calamities that could come to mankind in these days when both sides possess nuclear weapons, war would be the worst People everywhere want peace. They want peace as c they never wanted it before. They realize that a third world war could mean ie end of the world at least, the end of the world .we have9 known. . Mr.'. Macmillan has convinced his people that HE wants peace. So it must haveO seemed to the British leopl that the best thing t6 do was to keep him on the job. , . BUT there were other issues a choice between ftee enterprise and socialism be ing among them. The Labor party - sensing, possibjythe mood of the British public -had soft-pedaled its' attitude toward public ownership of everything, but it was pledged to FULL NATIONALIZA TION of the steel industry if it was returned to power. By their votes, the British people declared decisively that they want no EXTEN SION of socialism.7 Comment ing on the result of the elec tion, Colin Frost, o the As sociated Press staff in Lon- 1 don, says,"Macmillan's party, Britain's nearest approach to the free enterprise philoso phy, rode a wave of popular ity to victory. The wave of buying that followed an nouncement of the Conserva tive party's landslide victory sent the London stock market up 16.8 points to an average of 285.4 for the biggest daily increase EVER RECORDED in the history v of the ex change." . THE ISSUES of the British election were chiefly do me s t i c, including pensions, cost of living, farm prices, un employment and housing. The domestic issues included also the DEGREE of govern ment ownership of industry. In general, a Labor party c victory would have meant MORE public ownership, in cluding the steel industry, and it will be accepted t8at the Conservative win will mean less of it. In principle, the Laborites were committed to the exiA- ing foreign policies of the Western powers although they endorsed Inclusion ofQ' Red China in the U.N. and the banning of British H-bombs. But on our side of the big water, we can't help feeling o encouraged because rremiwr Macmillan will remain on ie Western team in the impor tant summit negotiations that are coming up. The job of handling Mr. H, which will be a tough one at best, would have been tough er still if the British peoplt had repudiated Mr. MacMU- lan, who has been an effec tive member of our team. Mrs. Lirwiller to know us and nq need us need us and not know us. a -v : m i' i - i o t I- m A o a o s Of GO ' ' O ' j O ; ! 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