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3 a - '. II ,1 ? '31 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1959 MECF0RD4iTBIBUNS Everyone is Southern Oregon Reads The Mali Tribune Published Dil except Saturday by MJ.DFOilD PRIimNG CO 83 North til St Ph SP 2-8141 ROBERT W RLTtt Editor KERB GRE AdvertWng Manager GET-ALD LATHAM Business Mgr ERIC W M.tTN JR. , . . - f Managing ,1itor KARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRV CHIPtaAN Telei Editor RICHARD jewETT SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHES Women's Editor DALE ERICKS' 'N Circulation Ms? in Independent Newspaper Enterea a second class .matter al Med for'" Orecon under Act oi Mareh 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mai . in Advance Coot lOe. Datl- and Sunday 1 rear $19 00 Daily and Sunday tnos I OC Daily an Sunday'-) mos 4.25 Sunday Only One year $430 By Carrier In Advance -Medford Ashland Central Paint, Eagle Point Jacksonville, Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er Taln arsJ on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year SI8 00 Dally and SunOay t mo 1JM Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Car in Advance Official Paper of CUy Medford .Officii! Papet of. -laeasoB coonty United Pres International Full Leased Wire . EMBE OF AUDIT BUKEAU OF CIRCULATION Afvprtfin Representative WEST HOt-IDAV CO, INC Of fices in Ne York. Chicago. De troit fiat, rrinetua. Los Aneeles Seattle Portland St. Louis. At- Jan'a. i Vancouver Erv, 0? NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION MAttONAl EDITORIAL 2 Flibf'flTirae tedford and Jatkson County Hiery d)rom ie files ot The kil Tribune IW, .U. qu, u (snd 3fi year fg- . -" o Siq YgABS GO j9cl. 22, 1949 (Saturday) Th Medford 20-30 club three outstanding froadw5y plays for presents ttn here during the coming san. Mrs.. Edward C. Kelly of Mdfi isoseen as a possible Democratic contender to un. seat GOP Rep. Harris Ells worth in Oregon's Fourth U-S. Congresional district. e JtSABS AGO ci. VZ, 1939 (Sunday) Valley women are urged to i sewing bees making gar. rntats for war refugee?. J From Arthur Perry's "Ye Snirgr; Pot" column: "The difconfiected from his tonsils."- . .-- gtCEARS AGO At, 22, "1829 (Tuesday) A. local cannery continues jannipg -pears for the Euro- ean market- - The third high school stu- djant in l veej( js fined for ; idirg. EA18 AGO 2ot. 22, HIS (Wednesday) George A. Hunt, Medford leatre- operator, causes a Juror among his friends by a 4VPP8Sring in a derby hat- , 9 The county sheriff, trying to tvoid another autoist on West Main st., smacks his car into $ street car. CO fEARS AGO Oft. 22. 1909 (Friday) The Medford city council aril M. F. Hanley meet in ex to neeotiate ' he dispute pipeline right of tay acrfiss waniey s uui. A - initiative nftitiOH in lUi sftand asks that hotels there be permitted to serve gfluor to : guests -with their nJpals to compete with the m ; . Your I.Q.? ?ite r tesj eorrect is superior: jsven v eKjht is excellent; five o si 4ld. 1, Which of these measiires dnotj5 the greater ; linear distance: rod, furlong, yard? 3 f Vmi aft rirobablv pro tected iy tie F.P-I.C; what ia.tr $. Was Confucius, the an ciSi philosopoher, Japanese, Chinese, or Siamese? 4. what famous poem is ie beginning: "This is the forest primeval?" C TTnAn V.m ilanlii nf PtVSI- dfnt Abraham Lincoln, who succeeded to the Presidency? 6g) In what town is the uni rty of Michigan? 1. In the nursery rhyme, who climbed up the bean sfcilk? 8. Does an ow see best in bright sunshine, partial light, or complete darkness? 9. From what animal is mohair obtained? 10. Of what religious body was Brigham Young a famous leader? k -Answers: 1. Furlona. 2 Federal Deposit Insurance r.nrrt. S.' Chinese. 4. Lena- fellow's Evangeline." 5. An drew Johnson. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich. 7. Jack. 8. Partial light. 9. Angora goat. 10. The Mormons. And Why Not? hriP nf an Pfiitorial writer's saddest chores is writing what is known as , This is done when some disunguisnea citizen nf tViP rnTnirmnitv or state or nation dies, and it is felt appropriate to comment on this loss, and to point out the things which the deceased has done for the community. ' It is a sad chore because of the loss, and be cause it is realized that the object of the editorial isn't around to read it, and to know of the affec tion and respect in which they were held. . A FRIEND asked the olnroirc! woit until oi n uj a . """" w " " o has died before writing about him and his good works Why not, he said, do it while he is still alive and vigorous and acutely interested in what goes on about him? It's a good question, and one. we have often pondered. V In some cases it is because the subject of such an editorial would be horribly embarrassed. In others it is because workers in good causes are many, and it is . impossible to single out an individual for praise, however merited. And once in a while it is because the person or persons involved have always sought anonym ity in their good works, and would be upset if they became generally known. CACH OF THESE objections is a valid one. " But our friend had another idea. Mentioning one Rogue valley couple, he said, "Why don't you write something about them and what they have done and are doing for the community, but just call them 'Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous'?" Why not, indeed? E. A. Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous Without Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous there would be no Rogue Valley Memorial hospital. Without them, there would be no bright, new Red Cross building. Without them, there new Oregon Shakespearean Festival theater in Ashland. Without their quiet their encouragement, there are a large number of valley people who would not, or could not, have completed their educations. 'Their gifts of money which they thought worthwhile have been more than substantial, they have been munificent. BUT MORE important far more important in the long run and to the tenor and temper of the community has been their gentle and human leadership in getting these projects done. Everyone who has been associated with any of the projects which they have assisted is famil iar with their identity, but the f adt that they have insisted on the pleasant fiction of anonymity is another clue to their character. We know for certain that we speak for thou sands upon thousands of people in this valley when we say, thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Anony mous, E.A, To the Counties9 Credit By and large, the 18 O & G counties of west ern Oregon have been responsible in their treat ment of the financial "bonanza" which they en joy because of their unique status. (These are the counties Jackson county is among them in which lie the revested lands of the old Oregon and California railroad and the Coos Bay wagon road. By congressional action, they receive, "in lieu of taxes," 75 per cent of the revenues from these lands, mostly from tim ber sales.) In most of these counties, portions of the in come have been used to reduce or eliminate covin ty tax levies. DUT IN ADDITION, the Association of O & C counties has also agreed -to devote portions of the funds for other purposes. For some years now, one-third of the counties' share of the O & C funds, or 25 per cent of the total, has been voluntarily allocated for the con struction of access roads into the timber areas. This aids in fire protection, and is to the "en lightened ' self-interest" of the counties, for it makes easier future timber harvests, particularly of over-mature or diseased trees. . ; . Later, a substantial'portion of these revenues was allocated by the counties for reforestation to keep the land green and productive. A ND.NQW. the. counties have voluntarily "agreed to a third cooperative expenditure. -This is for the.proyision of campgrounds and picnic areas throughout the 18 counties on O & C properties. ; For. the next fiscal' year, $72,000 was allo cated with $100,00 the following fiscal year. Thus the counties continue in their tradition pf responsible and useful ' application of these monies, improving the lands for the benefit of future generations, and acknowledging the "mul tiple use" principle of public land use. The recreational potential of these lands is tremendous, and it is to the counties', credit that they have recognized this, and are doing some thing about it. E.A. an "obituary editorial." other day why we nearly snmp niitatflnHino- citizen would be no impressive financial assistance, and to community projects Dennis the Menace Tell 'em r wottTGzr well 'til thp Today & Tomorrow By Walter AFTER TAFT-HARTLEY The attempts to settle the steel strike by mediation have failed and the President will now have tp seek an in junction u n -der the Taft Hartley act. This is the on ly course open to him under existing law, given the fact that he fol lowed the ad vice of those who told him early last summer to stand aside, to do nothing, and to let the strike run its course as a demonstration of "free bargaining.'' This advice came to him, no doubt indirectly, from the leaders of the steel industry who thought, mistakenly as it turned out ,that they had the union t a disadvantage, that they could defeat the strike and impose a settlement upon the union. Haying decided not' to intervene, the Admin istration did nothing to eluei date and define the issues. It did nothing to rally public opinion in favor of a good set tlement. Now with winter ap proaching we are at a dead end. . .-. NOBODY, not the compan ies or the unions or the Administration, wishes to see the Taft-Hartley act invoked. The act provides that for 80 days the strike shall be sus pended, and that before 75 days have passed the workers shall vote on the latest offer from management. If they re ject this offer, they can go on strike again on the 80th day. This will take us into the first weeks of January. As things stand now, in all probability there will be no setUement by that time unless meanwhile there has been built up a body of public opinion de manding a "settlement which will find expression in the next session of Congress. At the moment, then, it is useful to ask ourselves why the Taft-Hartley act does not fit the nature of this steel strike, Senator Taft was an extremely intelligent and ex perienced man, and we must not suppose that he did not realize the limitations of the Taft-Hartley act. Thus the act provides that the Board of In quiry shaU make a statement which "shaU not contain any recommendations.'? A t the end, then, of the 80-day inter mission the strike can be re sumed without any impartial and responsible judgment as to how it ought to be settled. SENATOR Taft recognized that this was a serious limitation, and after the act had been passed he did in fact attempt tp have it amend ed to permit the Board of In quiry to recommend a settle ment. He was not able to in duce Congress to amend the law. But what he really count ed on, as Mr. Joseph A. Loft us of the "New York Times" reminds us, is this. If a strike goes on and on and there is a national emergency - as there is in steel - then Senator Taft 'expected Congress to inter vene and to pass an emergen cy act to deal with the parti cular situation. . This is what the country should now prepare for. Dur ing the coming weeks, while the strike is suspended by in junction but is not settled, the President and the leaders of Congress should confer on special legislation to be enact ed by the Congress. In one way or another this legisla tion would compel a satisfac tory settlement. The threat of this legislation offers the best promise of a voluntary settlement before the Taft Hartley intermission comes to an end. . I T IS interesting and one - Waiter LiDomann hopes it is significant of a Lippmann change in Administration pol icy that the Secretary of La bor, Mr. Mitchell, has in the past few days proposed that there should be statutory au thority to set up fact-finding boards independent of the Taft-Hartley act procedure. This is a marked advance from the Presidents' position of last July. But it does not go far enough. The statutory boards should ;.ave au thority not only to find the facts but to mediate and to make recommendations on the basis of what they learned in mediating, ; " This is short of compulsory arbitration. But as a next step it may be near enough to be effective. For in the ease of a stubborn and dangerous strike, like this one in steel, an official recommendation for setUement could pot be re jected without running the risk that. Congress would then take the next step, and compel arbitration. In any event, since we have to invoke the Taft-Hartley act which we know is inadequate, the thing to do, it seems to me, is to reinforce it at once on the principle that Sena tor Taft had in mind. This is to notify the warring parties that the next move' - if they refuse to agree will be legis lation by the President and the Congress, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS President Eisenhower, call ing it a sad day for the nation, orders government lawyers to ask a federal court to send 500,000 striking steelworkers back to the mills for 80 days, He adds; "In order to protect the in terests of ALL the American people, this leaves me no (legal) alternative except to seek an injunction under the existing law." NOTE his use of the word ALL. It tells the whole story. As the situation stands, four or five million people (some 500,000 steelworkers and some 600,000 owners of steel stocks, along with their de pendents) are DIRECTLY con. cerned by the steel strike, whereas in the neighborhood of 170 million people are hampered and annoyed by it, AS THIS is written, the gen eral drift of the news in dicates that an injunction if granted by the courts, will settle nothing - that both sides will tough it out and the strike will be resumed at the end of the 80 days. It could be. . But It MIGHT take both sides off the hook.: VI7HAT SHOULD be done? " Let's go back to the illus tration of the ruckus in your neighborhood in which two or three families are rowing with each other and disturb ing the peace and quite of aU the rest of you. The rest of you, constitut ing the MAJORITY, will put up with it as long as you can, but sooner or letter, if the row isn't settled, you'U CALL THE COPS. ' HERE'S about what will bappen: v The 80 days will expire at about the time the congress will assemble." The congress, representing ALL the people, will be inclined to pass a law that will stop the ruckus. Such a law will be apt to make the American system of free enterprise MUCH LESS FREE. That isn't going to be good for us over the long pull. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address oi the writer although "pder cer tain circumstances the use of a Sen name ni initial for publica on is pe-missible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edi all letters with an eye to clarification ana condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Supports Basic Rule To the Editor; The follow ing letter has been sent to Glen , Wellman, secretary of the Roseburg Highway Life- savers: Dear Sir: . Regarding your letter in the Medford Mail Tribune concerning the acquittal of Senator Groener of violation of the basic speed rule, I feel I must reply. I am unacquainted with Senator Groener or the cir cumstances surrounding his case, and I feel, as a practic ing attorne" at your attack by innu- the judge who re le decision is contemt , and your at tack on tne basic speed rule unjustified. One portion of the basic speed rule statute provides that no person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reason able and prudent, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway, the hazard at intersections and any other conditions ex isting. The statute clearly ex presses a combination of cir cumstances to constitute : a violation-speed and imprud ence, Excessive speed alone, unless also imprudent under the circumstances then exist ing, does not constitute a vio lation, and interpretation con cisely stated by the . Oregon Supreme Court many years ago. So, too has the court up held convictions where the speed, proved was less than the designated speed for the locality in which the violation occurred when that speed coupled with Other circum stances, is shown to have been imprudent or unreasonable. Every Medford police offi cer is acquainted with, and abides by this interpretation No citations are issued unless both factors, speed and un favorable conditions, are present; and though cases contested have been lost be- cause the court has not been convinced the circumstances shown to have existed, coup led with proved speed, con stituted a violation, i nave yet to hear serious complaint, Your disrespectful com ment toward the court con cerned, particularly in view of your representation o .an organization,' "Roseburg Highway Lifesavers," leaves a great deal to be desired. You don't "find" a judge, Mr, Wellman. A judge is an offt cer of the ' court and the court is bound by the law as codified by the legislature and interpreted by the Su preme Court. ; If speed alone was the only proven factor in this case the court rendered the only decision possible The citing officer knows this and so does any other officer of the law who is acquainted with his duty. My personal feelings in the argument as to set speed vs, Basic Rule are in agreement with the editorial, Alan B. Holmes . Municipal Judge Medford. No Crater Lake Lift To the Editor: Can you re call your first trip to, and glimpse of, Crater Lake? I can mine. 'Twas a long day by horse team and buckboard from Fort Klamath on a wind ing dirt road through un spoiled, awe-inspiring prime val forest. But my first glimpse of Crater Lake was almost over whelming in its immense grandeur and beauty. I stood entranced, motionless for minutes, silently trying to comprehend what I was see ing. It was almost too wonder ful to be real. Then I moved slowly to nearer viewpoints. Others have told me they were similarly impressed. I've walked down to the wa ter's edge and up several times and viewed the lake from various angles. But the mag nitude of Crater Lake, its real penetrating beauty, is to be seen from the rim. And there are about 40 miles of rim road from which, every-Iittle-ways, one may get a new soul filling view. Try it! ("Parks are God's plantations where decorum and sanctity reign." Ralph Waldo Emerson) The view,, the whole sur roundings at Crater Lake, as in Carlsbad Caverns; or at Bok Tower when the carillons are played, should bring such reverence, thoughts of one's Creator and His wonderous works, and one's nearness to Him, that guiet, silence, is de manded. At Bok Tower, with a thousand or more people waiting for, and listening, to the carillons, a pin could al most be heard if dropped on the greensward. - A chair lift at Crater Lake would soon be a race boat boost, a noisy boistrous crowd down and up; and then, and soon, just another sputtering race track on another pol luted puddle, God-made Crater Lake hasi Slightly Since K's U By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Rusian propaganda hc.s tak en a turn in the weeks since Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev launch ed his world disarmament campaign be fore the Unit ed Nations and his talks with President Eisenhower. - The - charge has to do with Khrushchev's co-existence theme, while at the same time preserving the basic format which is to pro mote world communism and to castigate any nation or indi vidual opposing Communist expansion. ..gsjyear ; HA Phil Newsom Matfer of Fact By wh OBJECT-WATCHERS, UNITEl Kyoto Object watching is a happy and humane hob by, much less arduous and rather more rewarding than ""Vn bird-watching. - fri Bird - watch- i i - ers, like opi 1 1 " - r" ' - um-eaters, are 'J '""v, fJ always - seek LS V-fl always I I WMs a bu new re- So this bugle call to object watchers, from the ob- 4osph Aitnp jeci - watcn ing paradise of the world. A successful hobbyist's day wiU indicate the rules of the game. It started well at the Japenese inn. Being treated like a piece of valuable but! fragile porcelain induces just the right mood for object watching. And the day's work had hardly begun at the Kyoto Museum, before this day's first high score some thing like the bird-watcher's prothonotary warbler. Among many things that were marvelous and rare, there was a small, yet won derfully vivid Chinese pottery-statuette of a woman fondling a pekingese dog. She (you could not think of her as "it") had been made for burial with a Chinese grandee who must have died about 800 A.D. She wore that smile, at once inviting and self con fident, which only conscious, proven beauties wear; but she was fat, fat, fat! WHY then were fat women thought beautiful at this particular moment in the in terminable history of China, and never before or since? There are those who say that this was because of the fa mous curves of Yang Kuei fei, the "pearl concubine" who caused a throne to tot ter and to fall. But the lady with the pekingese slighUy antedated Yang Kuei-fei. Only one answer remained. In China, at that time, there was a strong infusion of Steppe Turkish blood in the ruling class. In Turkish eyes, ampli tude is notoriously admirable in females. The riddle solved gave sav or to the Japenese version of a quick lunch: Then, coffee at the Shamrock Coffee House, deserving to be con sidered as an object in itself. The Irish name was a mere facade for the wildest late Victorian English interior, a sombre riot of dark wood panelling, fringed lamps, and the curious sort of imitation plaster that looks as though it suffered from a pustule- causing disease. (It used to be called Lincurusta Walton, no comparable wonder and beauty. We should preserve Crater Lake and other natural scenic beauty spots. Let us keep Oregon's waters and wa terways, and air, unspoiled. We want no billboard alley highways, and no mechanical lift at Crater Lake. John E. Gribble 139 Kenwood Ave. Medford Detention. Home Needs To the Editor: Jackson county has a very fine Juve nile Detention Home which provides food, shelter and clothing during a child's stay there. There is a school room also, but no teacher. The average length of time spent there by each child last year was one week. It is discouraging for a child to return home and to school and have loads of make-up work to do. It is especially difficult for the slow learner. The necessary pushing by the parents and teacher are likely to cause more trouble. Why not a counselor-teacher? The expense should be very little more. There is a need for a chil dren's library also. Anyone whose children are grown, who has books suitable for such a library, could do a very great service by donating them to the Juvenile Deten tion Home. Public opinion can correct this sad situation. Why not? (Name on, file), Medford. n Propaganda Under present rules, Mos cow Radio carefully avoids any attack on President Ei senhower or the head of any Western state essential: to a summit meeting, ardently de sired by Khrushchev. But it retains many of its former targets, including Vice President Richard Nixon. One Moscow Radio broadcast said of him: . "Under the pretex of the danger of subversive activi ties by unknown Communist forces in the Near and Middle East, Nixon called for the in testification Of war prepara tions." Nixon's belief that the West must remain strong in the midst of peace talks is at tacked as an undermining in. for reasons unknown.) But all this was only the back ground for decorative glass alternately etched with pseudo-Egyptian and bastard archaic Greek designs. And throning over all was a Ger man alabaster nude . with a clock in it long suffering stomach in itself enough to make any serious object watcher's day. , AT THE Shamrock, in fact, there was nothing Japan ese except a leprous looking rock on a stand of honor (the Japanese cherish rocks) and two young ladies delicately sipping their breakfast coffee at 2 p.m. One was got up like an Oriental Brigitte Bar dot. The other wore a charm ing traditional kimono, but her raven's wing hair had been dyed a bright, Wester izing auburn. "Whither Ja pan?" was the question posed but not answered by the Shamrock. As for the rest of this happy day, most of it was . spent ex amining the incomparable bronze collection of the great Sumitomo House. And , here there was something to m spire tne same . emotions m an object-watcher that a bird watcher would feel at hia first glimpse of a cock-of-the-rock, or a quetzal, or a great auk come suddenly back to life. It was a wine pot, made in China twelve or thirteen or fourteen hundred years be- fore our Lord. Rare it certainly was: there is only one other, like it.Jn jgig. whole world, in a collection in Paris. Marvelous it surely was; as well, being ornamented with so many beasts that it seem ed a strange epitome r.of the whole fruitfulness of nature poured into a single mold by the old bronze-caster. But it was thought provoking above all, for the main motif was a sharp-f anged tiger shelter- ing a naked youth with his terrible f orepaws. . .. nrHE tiger, . one imagined. summed up all the natural forces, at once so cruel and so kind, and the sheltered youth stood for all human kind, destined to be nourish ed and destined to be destroy, ed by nature's . power. So much one could . tentatively read. But what of the curious fact that this highly curious motif from ancient China, the youth-sheltering tiger, is al most identical with one of the commonist motifs of the earliest Central American art, the baby-sheltering. jaguar? Surely the scholars are right in their angry insistence that there was no exchange between the two shores of the There's a lilting sof mess and understanding to our service Avon fcom Iks FRANK MORGAN - HAROtO SNODGtAK, FUNflAl DWCTOtS DAY OR NIGHT Changes S. Visit fluence in disarmament ne gotiations. Thus Nixon, with his sup port for foreign bases, is placed in the forefront of the warmongers. Other targets have been Walter Reuther of the United Automobile Workers and George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO. Reuther clashed with Khru shchev in San Francisco and Meany boycotted the session altogether. Now Reuther is accused of having "nothing to do with genuine interest of the work ing classes." In Soviet eyes, however, the real crime of both js that they are vigorously anti-Communist. U.S. newspapers are ac cused of "grossly distorting the essence of the Soviet po sition" on disarmament con trols. This because the news- papers have reminded their readers that it was Soviet op position to ironclad controls which torpedoed the most re cent effort to ban nuclear weapons tests. Among nations, the Moscow Radio continues its criticism of Israel, Turkey and the United Arab Republic. But the attacks on West Germany only very recently have been eased. In other areas in which tke Soviet Union works either to control or influence the minds of its own people and others , there has been little change. ' News correspondents in Moscow still submit their dis patches for censorship and some 2,000 Soviet transmit ters regularly jam Radio Free Europe broadcasts to the satel lite countries. Pacific in that remote eja. But was this astonishing sim ilarity of the two designs a pure accident then? Or did both designs originate in' a view of nature rooted in the infinitely remote past of the Mongol stock, to which both the old Chinese and the old Olmec Indians ultimately traced back? . Who can tell? The answer of a single one of a long day'a riddles is the best an object watcher can hope for. If he is moved to wonder-by th past, if he is moved to reflect upon the future, the true ok-ject-watcher is satisfied- For these purposes, I think, peo ple with the right bent ought to unite and even to organize. After all, look at ..the . bird watchers. "' . (c) 1959 New York Heiald Tribune Inc. t fHEMKlirABirEBSi - - -'swiss VACATION J CONTEST Come in for Free Entry Blank! CwciImmm fHON? 5P 3-8030 ; 15 NORTH CENTRAL lammmimmmmmmikmmm
