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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medfere'.'bV. Sunday, Oct. It, 1959 "Everyone o Southern Ore (ton f Reads Th Mall Tribune . Published Dtilj except Saturday by WJ3TVMD PRINTING CO 33 North fli St Ph SP 2-14l ROBIBT W RUHL, Editor -HERB GHXY Advertlnini Manager -GERU) LATHAM Business Mgi ERIC W ALLEN JR. Managing Kditor 'EARL H ADAMS. City Editor ' HARRY CH3PMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JieWETf SporU Editor ; OLIVE ST ARCHER Women Edltot DALE ERICKSQN Circulation Mr ' Aa Independent Newspaper 'Entered a wmnd data matter al Medforrt -Oreeon under Act of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES - By Ma t In Advance Codv 10c Dall- and Sunday 1 year S15 00 Daily and Sunday 8 race 8-01 2 Daily an Sunday 3 mot 4.23 J Sunday Only On year 930 . By Carrier In Advance Medtord Ashland Central Point. Eagle I Point? Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv- er. Talent and on motor routes t Daily and Sunday 1 year 318 00 ; Dally ana Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City af Medfora i United Press International full Leased Wire t MBEH OF AUDIT BUREAU-" V OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: t WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices in Net York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle, Portland St. Louis. At- r Ian' Vancouver BC 3 3 k PUILISHIRS "ASSOCIATION iWATIONAl E0ITORIAI ASfebcUTI WiassilsasssaBSSSSSSSSsaaslTjBSJ Flight !o Time Medtord and Jackson County Historf from the files of The Vfcil Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO I Oct. 18. 1949 (Tyesday) v Mayor Diamond Flynn re ports to Medford's city coun : cil on garbage collection : methods. Republican women of Jack son county form a new organi zation. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 18 f939 (Wednesday) The Medford . Active club I backs the proposad for a new I city park and recreational area9. - x i From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "This ; paper has new type. It is I kfcder to the eyes, and gives more room to read things be X tween the lines than the old." I m I 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 18. 1929 (Friday) i A Russian plane circles Medford, en route from Mos- cow to New York City. - High school students hurry- ing to lunch are fined in jus- tice court for speeding. ? 40 YEARS AGO Oci. 18. 1919 (Saturday) . - Armstice Day, Nov. 11, will be a holiday in Jackson county. . , Frank Ray grows a cabbage measuring 13 inches around, in his patch near Tolo. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 18, 1909 (Monday) All automobiles in the val ley are to be photographed on Main st. for the new Commer cial club pamphlet. The board of equalization sits in Jacksonville to hear complaints from taxpayers. ; What's Your I.Q.? Nina a ten correct is superior seven or eight is excellent; five ot ix is good. 1. Name the Dutchman who 5 bought Manhattan Island for 5 trinkets worth $24. 2 2. " Is fine silverware dis- 1 tinguished by its lack of lus- tre, hallmark, or engraving? 5 3. What is the abbreviation 2 for the word Admiral? 4. Who were the co-authors J of words and music for the Slight opera "HM.S. Pina 3 fore"? . - -C 3. Was Aphrodite the Greek goddess of war, love, revenge, or harvest? 2 6. Did the ukelele originate in Hawaii, Portugal, or Spain? 7. The Achilles tendon re 7 f ers to what part of the human : body? f 8. What King of England was . known as the "Merry Monarch"? e 9. What does the phrase e "pro tempore" mean? 10. What is a peruke? Answers: 1. Peter Minuii. 2. f Hallmark. 3. Adxn. 4. Gilbert and Sullivan. 5. Love. 6. Por tugaL 7. The tendon to the bone of the heel. 8. Charles IL ?9. 'Tor the time being." 10. :a wi . Paper .After too many years of lying quiet, and then getting kicked around by the uncoordinated fumbling of government agencies, plans for the development of the Rogue River Basin's "water resources now appear to be going forward. It's going to take longer, to work out an ac ceptable plan this way, but there is greater assur ance that, if all interests can be satisfied Con gress will accept such a project. A well thought out, coordinated, and locally acceptable project, with a satisfactory benefit-to-cost ratio, stands an excellent chance of Con gressional authorization. OOWEVER, even as the agencies involved pro- ceed with the further studies needed, a new stumbling-block has arisen. . We think it is an artificial one, and wouldn't be a stumbling-block at all, unless people in volved permit to become one. We refer to the proposed Agate dam and reservoir, which has received preliminary appro val by the regional office of the bureau of recla mation, and is now making its way "through channels" to the national reclamation office. The stumbling-block, if any, lies in the feel ing of some water resource enthusiasts that ap proval of the Agate project, outside of the over all basin plan,-might hinder the chances of the larger project being approved. -- '"THIS is a paper tiger. There is no reason to believe, that approval of the Agate project, which can stand on its own feet, would threaten " future developments, any more than the approval of the Talent project, now nearing completion, has done. Completion of a Basin plan is, at best, some years in the future, and if the Agate project were included, it would have little effect on the over all worth of the big project. ' ' The Agate dam and reservoir proposal is now in concrete form; basic engineering has been done; approval of the bureau is near. And, unless there is some unexpected delay, it could conceivably be presented to Congress, if not next year, then the year after. , 1X7E KNOW of no opposition ; to the Agate " project as such. What opposition there is is based on the imagined threat. The project is an excellent one. Read, for in stance, the pertinent parts of the letter which Lrov. Mark Hattield wrote to Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton in "1. The project is essential to the continued eco nomic well being of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district,- which provides water to a significant seg ment of one of the most important agricultural areas of Oregon, the famed Rogue River valley. It will provide supplemental water for over 4,800 acres of presently? irrigated lands .and will afford water f or , . 1,810 acres "of land which will be newly irrigated. : All of these lands produce essential non-surplus agri cultural commodities. "2. The proposal is mentioned favorably . in all . plans for the development of the Rogue River Basinj Oregon, either by the U.S. Corps of Engineers or by the U.S. bureau of reclamation. "3. This proposal will not interfere with any plan which might be adopted for the development of the water resources of the Rogue River basin and is the only project ready for immediate authorization. "4. The project carries a most favorable cost benefit ratio and is economically feasible. It is strong ly supported within the area. , ?.. "5. When the Agate dam and reservoir are com . pleted, they will be most valuable as an equalization and regulation facility for the district. This is particu - larly important during any year of water shortage. " "6. When the project is completed, the average time lag between an order for water and the delivery . .. thereof will be reduced by approximately 50 per cent. "7. The proposal will materially enhance recrea tion, fishing and hunting in the Medford area." .. LJALF a loaf is better than none, particularly when getting the half loaf poses no threat to obtaining a full loaf later on. It seems to us the proponents of the Agate dam have a job of "selling" to do, and that those who are fearful of the paper tiger might well reconsider their position. Otherwise, this excellent project, estimated to cost less than $2 million, may be a long time acoming. E.A. y,.. ' ; Golden Rule Confucianism : . What you don't want done to yourself," don't do to others. , . Sixth Century B.C. Buddhism Huil not others with that which pains thyself. ' ! . Fifth Century. B.C. Zoroastrianism ' v , . N '. Do not do unto others all that which is not well for onself. . Fifth Century B.C. Classical Paganism - May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me. ' ' . . . . Plato Fourth Century B.C. Hinduism . , . r , Do naught to others which if done to thee would cause thee pain. ' , Mahabharata -Third Century B.C. Judaism What is hateful to yourself, don't do to your fellow man. Rabbi Hillel First Century B.C. Christianity Whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Jesus of Nazareth First Century A.D. Sikhism -; - Treat others as thou wouldst be treated thy self. Sixteenth Century A.D. Pictorial History of Philosophy Tiger support of the proposal: Dennis the Menace why can't I PtW &7. 1 K Today & Tomorrow By Walter Confusion in Steel There should' be some red faces among the President's advisers as they read what Dr. Taylor had to say on Tuesday. Dr. Taylor is chairman of the board ap pointed 1 a st week by the President t o set in motion the Taft-Hartley Act. This law, incidentally, is by com mon consent unsuited to the steel strike. But as it is the only law we have, and as we cannot think of what else to do, we are resorting to it. Dr. Taylor's embarrassing remark was that "a settle ment this week would be a miracle of the No. 1 first or der." Why would it be such a miracle? Because 'our media tion efforts are impeded by our difficulty in nailing down what the issues are. I think it's .very distressing . at this stage that we are stili having trouble defining issues." It is indeed distressing to allow a strike in this country's basic industry to run three months without even clarifying and defining what the strike is about. A month before the strike began, at his press conference on June 17, the President was asked by Mr. Brandt of the "St.. Louis Post Dispatch" whether, since the unions and the companies were using "self-serving statistics," the government could not bring out some impartial figures "so that people can understand the issues and make their own de cisions." The President replied that the question was intelli gent and that he would have it studied. e TUT A month later, having had it studied, he had been told by his advisers to keep out of the argument because "all the facts are pretty well known." He has now been told by Dr. Taylor that the essen tial facts are not known at all, and that after three months of propaganda by the companies and the unions, it would now be "a minor miracle" to get the issues defined this week. In short, the country is suf fering from a costiy stoppage because there is an industrial war going on over issues which nobody who is interest ed will, which nobody who is disinterested can, define There may be all manner of argument about what is the prope role of the government in a dispute of this kind. But can there be any argument that in a conflict of. such na tional significance it is a duty of the government to see that the issues are defined? ; - - .'-.- IN THE general confusion, . where there is no responsi ble and reliable authority to elucidate the truth, there is no one who is representing the national interest. Yet great national interests are at stake. There is the national interest in resuming ' top production. There is the interest in arriv ing at a settlement which in terms of wages and prices is compatible with the health of the economy as a whole. For the settlement of , the steel strike will set a pattern for wages and prices which other industries will follow. But who has authority to represent the national interest in the steel dispute? The an swer is nobody. We are, it is said, demonstrating to man kind the virtues of "free bar gaining." It might be added that we are demonstrating to the world our failure to grasp the hard realities of a deep evil in our society, and to deal with these realities lu cidly and firmly. M Y OWN view is that for a constructive solution of Waiter Lippmann 660 wordsi Lippmann what is a very complex busi- ness, it is essential for the na- tion through the Congress to make a fundamental decision of. national policy. This would be to assert that in the great industrial conflicts involving giant monopolistic corpora tions and unions, the national interest is paramount. It is paramount in that differences must be settled without strikes ,or lockouts. It is paramount in that the wage-price conditions of the settlement must be ben eficial to the whole national economy. The national interest being paramount, in the last resort the government should have the power to require compul sory arbitration, and to en force observance of the ver dict. In my view, if this power exists and is intelligently exer cised, it will rarely have to be invoked. For with the exist ance of the reserve power, the government will be in a strong position to urge labor and management to bargain free ly if they can and if they will, or else to accept voluntary arbitration. i DR. TAYLOR, for whom I have great respect, says in an interview published in the "U. S. News and World Re port" that he is in favor of voluntary arbitration but that compulsory arbitration is "ter rible." I submit that to draw the distinction so sharply-is an oversimplification. For, so at least it seems to me, the existence of the power to in stitute compulsory arbitration would act as a strong, and in deed as a necessary method of promoting voluntary arbitra tion. There is more likely to be voluntary arbitration, which plainly is what the steel conflict now needs, if in the background there exists the power to compel arbitration. . " The dividing line between "voluntary" and "compulso ry" is not absolute and sharp. A lot of laws are observed vol untarily by many people be cause if they are not observed, there exists the power to en force those laws. ' (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS - Today's subject: People in the news. PEOPLE make the news. . People ARE' the news. Without people, there would be no newspapers. No maga zines. No radio. No television. NO -PRESS. Without people, there would be no news. With out.news, there would be no press. And- ' People are funny. They do strange things. As a rule, the stranger the things1 they do the more news they make. Like a man biting a dog. ALL this is suggested by the heart failure death of Er rol Flynn. HE was a strange character. He did everything that people shouldn't do. He had no morals, in the accepted sense , of the term. Wine, wo men and advanture were his gods. He went through money as if it were water-NEVER treating it as a prudent man should. He smashed through accepted moral standards as a bull smashes through a fence. All that, in his peculiar pro fession, made the money roll in. Extravagant as he was in his peak years of success, he couldn't spent it as fast as it poured in on him. HIS business? It was enter tainment. People will pay ANYTHING to be entertained. Is that a characteristic of this modern world? NO! It always has been that way. In the decadent days of the Ro man empire, the people got everything tl) at was BAD Matter of Fact IN A GREEN SHADE Tokyo - Great beauty, long enduring, ought to be more noteworthy than public folly, p" ""1 lonS persisted y! in. So there lit- will be no fl , a'pology here A V yl for writing gfi ing about the I Garden of the )t "f" Moss Temple. It is certain ly the most beautiful gar den in the Joseph Alsnp world. It must also be one of the half-dozen oldest gardens in the world, having been laid out over six centuries ago. Discovering it is almost like seeing the Parthenon for the first time without 'advance warning - if one can imagine such a thing. Hence the im pulse to share the discovery is irrestistible. Imagine, . then, a country road meandering into a litUe Japanese village that nestles at the foot of Kyoto's craggy, tree-clad western hills. The Saihoji stream, a clear, swift rushing brook, runs along the road. There is a simple bridge. Beyond the bridge there is a low gate. Pass through the gate, and you enter the en chantment which is so strong that you feel spellbound even as you walk. . T7VERY great garden has its Li peculiar associations. The Red Fort at Delhi is a Mogul miniature painted by a heav- enly hand. Lenotre's triumph at Versailles is Racine's alex andrines translated into ver dure. But the Garden of the Moss Temple makes you think of music, for it is symphonical ly organized. The first main theme is the moss carpet that covers every inch of ground in this garden's few and secret acres. The moss is plush-like, silk-like, felt like, fur-like, and velvet-like; the moss is silver, emerald, olive, or greyish-green or the bitter green of young rice shoots or the black green of a maUard's neck. The theme in deed is ever varied, but it runs through the whole com position. Trees are the second main theme. Huge, ancient' crypto merias, dark-foUaged and se vere; delicate maples with fo liage like tender green lace; stern piites and taU bamboos like huge, yeUow-green os trich feathers waving on jade stems - these and scores of others make the canopy above the moss carpet. This theme is infinitely varied, too, by the contrasts of trunks, contrasts of foliage, ' contrasts in the ways the sunlight pours down upon the moss. LICHEN, silver upon the tree trunks, bright gold upon the rocks, is perhaps a third and minor theme. : But the wonderful enclosure of space and light between the ever changing' moss carpet below and the ever-varied toliage canopy above is what makes this carden magical. The 'magic is musicaUy or ganized in another way, too The entering alley, dark, brief, and severely - planned yet seeming to lead into the heart of a mystery, is tne over ture. The first movement is the lower garden Here milky-clear water in a chain of little lakes, each with its miniature Islands of the Blessed, makes a counter point with the main themes. The second movement is the steep hill-slope. ,Here rocks great and small, disposed with from the decadent emperors who were their rulers-poverty, oppression, loss of their liberty. , But they put up with it be cause of - the ENTERTAIN MENT provided for them by their decadent rulers in the form of circuses. ERROL FLYNN had a boon companion and a fellow sybarite in John Barrymore, Olympian actor and fabulous imbiber. Not long before his death, Flynn told of one inci dent of their companionship. He said: "Once Jack stopped by my house for an evening of drink ing - and STAYED THREE WEEKS." ' Errol Flynn was lucky. He died in time. He was aging, to be sure. He was getting fat and tubby. But the glamor hadn't ALL worn off. Barrymore lived too long. . Luck failed him. r . LET'S turn to a contrasting personality, the OPPO SITE of Flynn and Barrymore and all their breed - Queen Mary of England, widow of King George V, whose biogra phy has just been published. She was the apogee of life as it should be lived according to the best moral standards. As a Queen, she lived up to the tra dition of British royalty that those who wear the crown must be a model for all the people. She was generally looked upon as a grim character. She pitilessly and sternly CON DEMNED her wo, King Ed- I 1 Bv Joseph AIsop a wonderfuUy artful appear ance of naturalness, make a new counterpoint. And the coda is the short descent, still through the same greenly lu minous moss-and-tree-enclosed space, from a last little spring with its neighboring "rock of meditation." In this garden, there is none of that prinked and fussed over look that is the bane of too many Japanese gardens, wonderful as they are. In a very ordinary hotel garden, I have seen the gardener liter ally pruning a pine needle by needle. But that has never happened here. This is simply a place designed for "a green thought in a . green shade"; but here the thought is intend ed to be about God and eter- nity-which may weU be the source of the magic. rAT FACT isN inherent in the garden's story. The little lakes of the first move ment perhaps date in part from the time when Prince Genji and the Lady Murasaki lived and loved.: But the gar den as a whole was laid out, at the behest of a chieftain of the great house of Fujiwara, by the 14th century Buddhist mystic, Muso Kokushi. To help weak man see through to the eternal was Muso's aim. The garden has acquired its own place in history in its six centuries of life. It was first restored by the dilettante Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the builder of the Golden Pa vilion. It was restored again by the fierce warlord, Oda Nobunaga. ' W h e n the still fiercer warlord Hideyoshi turned against his favorite, Sen No Rikyu, the originator of the tea ceremony took ref uge here. So did one of the underground leaders of the Meiji restoration that produc ed the new Japan. Now the Japanese tourists stream through the magic place (for the garden has been made famous by mention in a popular romance). In the de cay of the temples, two pleas ant little married priests, the Fujita brothers, care for the place with the help of a few trousered old women paid out of the tourists' entrance fees. Parts of the music are miss ing already - a waterfall that Muso planned is dry now, and the hungry bamboos, are en croaching. Maybe, in the end, the most beautiful garden in the world wUl fall victim to the 20th century. But thus far the beauty endures; the beau ty still endures. And that, really, is the Moss Garden's lesson. Letters to the Editor must bear e name and address ot the writer although under cer tain circumstances tne use of s pen name oi initial for publica tion . is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification ana condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words How Many Friends? To the Editor: Do you know who your friends are and how many you have? We didn't until we had a death in the family Sept. 22. Never have we seen so many flowers at a funeral nor received so many sympathy cards and remem brances. Friends and' neigh bors brought food and served it during our time of sorrow so we wouldn't have to worry about getting meals for rela tives and friends who came from out of town to the funeral. We are simply awed by their thoughtfulness, and so very grateful that saying thanks is a very poor way to express our feelings. If all people were so kind we doubt very much that there would ever, be anything but love and peace in the world. - Anyway, we wisn to thank each and every person that helped us in our time of need. , Sincerely and gratefully, - Irene Johnson, Charles Martin and Frances Johnson. P. O. Box 397, Central Point, Ore. Values Up. Taxes Down To the Editor: A number of letters have appeared lately on your editorial page charg ing that property owners in the vicinity would be greatly damaged if my bill for an Oregon Dunes National Sea shore Park becomes law.' I think it is significant that the total assessed valuation of land in Dare County, N.C., was $11,156,752 in 1950. In 1958, after the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park had been established, a revalua tion was made of beach prop erty near the park. County values soared to $25,130,457 an increase of 125 per cent. At the' same time, tax rates in the locality were lowered from $1 to 80 cents per ward VH, when he abdicated his throne to marry the wo man of his choice and live the life of an international play boy. But through the rest of her life she wrote him heart-broken letters addressed to "Darl ing David" and signed "ever your loving mama, Mary." It takes all kinds of people to make a world. (By M-T Staff and Contributors) I r "V I i i i , ; h i ii Excellent, excellent, ad vice, Lucy!! . Which is by way of point ing out' that this is National Newspaper Week (Oct. 15-21) and if, like Charlie Brown, you don't have a newspaper, SUBSCRIBE to one! They come in handy in many ways wrapping fish, starting fires, killing spiders . . .The list is endless. One can also READ a news paper, if so inclined, and get the news of the day, informed comment on a variety of top ics, entertainment, and, far from least important the messages, from our advertis ers, an excellent guide to you in planning your purchases. A newspaper is a bargain, Charlie Brown. '.-- At least some members of the Medford Junior Women's club presumably are going around these dayi. reciting to themselves the old verse, "Thirty days hath September, April, June and November .: . ." They brought out . their handy little memo calendar toe other day, and it has an extra Tuesday, which the calendar says this year falls on Nov. 31. It backs up a day on the next page, how ever, and December gets started on Tuesday. This being the hunting sea son, we should, perhaps, pass along a recipe for "Hunters Punch," which a thoughtful friend provided us. The ingredients: -2 drops gun oil 1 drop tetanus toxoid 2 anti-coagulant, pills " 1 tsp. brewer's yeast Whisky to taste (45ths of a gallon, usually) The friend adds, "Some add carrot juice, I'm told, to as sure they won't . get blind drunk. Otherwise, this potion is reputed to ward off heart attacks and to keep huntsmen happy ; 'til , they get theirs (buck or bullet)." We plan to let someone else try it. So had you. , The Ventura County Star Free Press has a regular fea ture, entitled . "Beg Par don," in which it runs all its apologies for mistakes made in previous issues. This probably is a good idea, but it certainly is an admission of fallibility (who isn't) and probably -shouldn't even be mention- hundred. . ' 1 " --' An economic report prepar ed under the direction of Dr. J. Granville Jensen of Ore gon State : College,, pnet)f our state's eminent geographers, has stated: "If the proposed Oregon Dunes National Sea shore were established, such accommodations as motels, hotels, restaurants, filling sta tions, sporting goods stores and grocery stores, plus living accommodations for the serv ice forces needed to operate them, would develop outside the area. As the demand for such businesses and residen tial areas developed, the value of land and improvement would develop accordingly. A further factor contributing to increased, property values would be the improvement of local markets, which could in fluence the development of lo cal wholesale outlets." - National parks in other states are almost universally popular. At the recent hear ings Jerry O'Callahan, legis lative assistant, to. the distin guished Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, de clared that their two great national parks-Grand Tetons and Yellowstone-are assets to Wyoming and that they wish ed they had an area suitable for a third such park. Why should so many people in Ore gon, even those in high places of responsibility in govern ment, seek to deny a new sea shore national park to our state? As a native son of Ore gon and as a Senator from Oregon, I simply do not un derstand the situation. ' Richard L. Neuberger, United States Senator KILL HIM? 9ICT U0 HIM! "DO ANYTHING!! HIT HIM WITH A HOW CAN I KILLrMf NEWSPAPER! ed during National News paper Week. We 1 earn from the sam newspaper about a man whose car overturned while wa driving. He told the investi gating policeman that his at tention was distracted when he was talking to his dog. We wonder what the doa had to say AFTER the acci dent. A family was moving to the Medford area the other day, and the wife was driv- . ing along with a car loaded down with all their posses sions which included a couple of mounted deer heads. And (yes, you" guessed it) she was stopped by a state policeman - who was somewhat chagrined to find the "deer" didn't even NEED tags. , ' We all know how cumber some county government can be, don't we? How there is no clear line of authority, lack of coordination and effective communication? Well up in Lane, county they finished building a big, modern new courthouse . this year. The grand jury met for the first time there last week. Among other things, it issued a critical report about tht courthouse because it didn'l have a grand jury room whert they could meet in private. This report got into thej Eugene Register-Guard, and the architect who designed thsj building was shocked. It did too have a jury room, he de clared. After some fussing aroiSnd, it developed that there was si grand jury room, all right, but someone had forgotten to tell the district attorney0 about it. ; - - ' ' And THAT'S what we meftn about county government. : K' Then there's the one (true) about the president of t h e local service club -who, last week, got the dat of the week mixed up, and had a leisurely lunch at a downtown restaurant while his club members wondered : why he wasn't presiding at the country club. Q, A grade school youngster reports that sometimes, dur ing his health and physical education class, the instructor has them pick up paper and other trash on the school grounds. That isn't PE," he com mented. "It's PU." .' We wouldn't be a cham ber of commerce . manager for all the diamonds in Af rica.. You have to work for 600 bosses, and rush hither and yon, trying to improve community relations, at- O tract beneficial industry, promote business, and boost other civic activities. The life is noisy, harried and ulcer-producing. . But- otir own Don McNeil lakes it with a philosophic calm. On the wall of his office ife a large red button labeled, e in large black letters, "Pan ic Button." He has sympa thy for others in the calling, too, and recently sent to Frank Tucker, the C of C manager in Klamath Falls, a phonograph record enli- tied "Six Minutes of Gold en Silence," When itft is played, there is utter si- lence three minutes dn each side. Ever been pestered by tel ephone solicitors? In Salem, a lawyer got a telephone call from a woman who said, "Congratulations! You have just won a prize." Without batting an eye, the lawyer replied, "Wonderful! Will you please send a pho tographer out right away? I want to get my picture) in thg paper. This is the first time I've ver won anything." There was a spluttering sound at the other end. Then she hung up. And' he never did find out what the prize was. " 1 i o o o oo 9 f O "'--T'ffVU?--'-.