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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, Nov. 6, 19S9 MEDF0RD4WrRIBUl "Everyone tt Southern Orecoa Rgd Th Mail Tribune Published D-d except Saturday by MlJFp PRINTING CO 83 Norm St Pb SP 3-4141 ROBI.r W Rrrm. Editor HERB GRE Advert! xl". Manager GERALD LATHAM BusineM Mgi ERIC W AIXEN JR. Manuring Klitor EARL tV ADA MS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telef Editor RICHAKO JVVVETT Snort Editor OLIVE STAR! HER Women Editor PALE ERiCKSQN Circulation Mar An Independent Newspaper Enterea a hwtiH class matter at Medfor Orron under Ac of Marrb 3 1897 311 BSrRTPTION RATES By Mai In Advance Copy 10c Da 11- and Sunday 1 vear S15 00 Daily and Sunday mo 0t Dail'o am Sunday 3 moa 4.3S Sunday Only One year 8420 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Etilt Point Jacksonville Gold HID Phoerda Shady Cove Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes Dail7 and Sunday 1 vear $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1 -50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Officio! Paper of City of Medfor Official Papet of Jackson County United Pres International . ' Fufl Leased "Wire ' llEMBER 6f AITDTT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: " WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices In New York. Chicago De ' trolt. San raneisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver BC. , NEWSPAPER PUBllSHERt 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL .,, a an Flight ro Time Medford and Jackson County History from -the tiles ot The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 year ago. 10 YEARS AGO Not. 6. 1949 (Sunday) Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, says diphtheria outbreak here not caused by food. Veterans organizations an nounce celebrations on Armi stice Day. 20 YEARS AGO 'v Not. 6. 1939 (Monday) " Ten students from Southern Oregon college sign up for government-sponsored civilian pilot training course. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The frost is on the pumpkin, and there is a chilly tang in the air. Members of the fair sex run around without stockings, to be criticized by gents wear ing no hats." 30 YEARS AGO Not. 6. 1929 (Wednesday) Medford's Community Chest drive will ' start next week. County engineer plans to eliminate curves on Pacific highway between . Medford and Central Point. ' 40 YEARS AGO Not. 6, 1919 (Thursday) Copco issues flat rate for use of electricity for heating in city. Medford council taises li cense fees - to bar carnivals from city in the future. nor. e. isua oturaay Congregation of St. Mark's Episcopal church makes ar rangements '.to start work on new building. ; Sfnrm which raises 1 havoc along coast provides - bene ficial rains to Rogue valley. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten correct is superior; avail or eight is excellent; five ot six is good. . 1. Moonlight is only re flected" sunlight; true or false? :; y : 2. T h e prehistoric roam- moth most nearly resembles the present-day lion, bear 'or elephant? 3. Was burning, at the stake, or hanging, .the usual mode of punishment for the witches, of Salem, Mass? : 4. Would a geriatrician most likely specialize in dis eases of children, or aged per sons?: - -y , ! . ,- 5. Would you expect to ob tain malii i f T-ir rr ciilrihiiYMf acid in lemon juice? , 6. Is it the lion, or the tiger, that is called the king of beasts? ' ; 1 .: i , 7. Correct the following ."Neither of the girls practised their lessons." .: 8. Helena is the capital of which western State? i . 9. When women use a henna rinse, does it give blond, bru nette, or reddish hair tint? 10. Are U.S. battleships named for cities, States, or naval heroes? Answers: 1. True. 2. Ele phant. 3. Hanging. 4. Aged persons. 5 Citric acid. " 6. Lion. 7. "... practised her lesson." Montana, 9. Red dish lint. 10. Slates. FISH FOR FISH . Raleigh, N.C-tWD-Dr. Fred T'h was named Wednesday ta suaervise funds for the slate Wildlife Resources com mission's fish divison. Ads Misleading Much has been said in recent weeks about the "rigged" television quiz shows and also about "misleading" advertising on television. True enough. --.y , But there is one series of magazine adver tisements in recent months that are just as mis leading as anything seen on TV, and we never fail to get a pain in our craw when we read them. ' WE REFER to those full-page ads in the qual ity magazines of national distribution which attack public power;, and in particular power generated by the -great,- multi-purpose federally-constructed dams. . . The ads, sponsored by "America's Indepen dent Power. Companies," use a number of ap proaches. The most recent one shows a picture of Brownlee dam on the Snake river, with a headline saying "How to save' taxpayers a half billion dollars." Down below the text says, in part: ' -" "But this power project almost cost U.S. taxpayers a half-billion dollars because of the pressure groups that constantly promote federal government electri city. They tried for eight years to make the govern J ment. build this project with a half-billion dollars of . taxpayers' money." : - THESE ADS (and incidenCally, many Pacific Northwest utilities, including Pacific Pow er and Light, Portland General Electric, and California Oregon Power company, do not par ticipate in this advertising, program) utterly ig nore the fact that the government dams are pay ing for themselves and ultimately will earn the government money, thus saving the taxpayers', to say nothing of providing flood. control, naviga tion, and in some cases; irrigation, benefits. The- time : has long since passed when we should have to wrangle about federal vs. pri vate power. As one northwest electric utility has said : "The development of the required hydro power resources for the Pacific Northwest is such a tremen- ' ' dous undertaking that the combined capital resources ' of federal, non-federal and private agencies will be needed." , ; We wish the "Independent Electric Light and Power Companies" that would acknowledge the simple honesty in preparing their advertisements. Mr. de Arce Replies ' ' ' ' ' . , ' - . Si We are pleased to print herewith a letter received from L. Ponton de Arce, of the Los Angeles regional office Agency, ; who was mentioned in these columns recently; : To the Editor: Having been editorialized by you has satisfied a life-long ambition. I had concluded that only politicians or the great or near- great could hope for such an accomplishment. Naturally, I would have preferred that my name had appeared in a publication noted for its thorough research and factual reporting. However, beggars can't be choosers and you not only mentioned my name but spelled it correctly. Many thanks to you for this recognition. - - - Since you have not seen fit to research the matter before condemning a group of dedicated government employees, I direct your attention to the following: : As of May 15, 1959, Mr. Quesada delegated to the Director, Bureau of 'Air Traffic Management, final authority to make, amend and issue rules, regulations and orders relating to airspace matters. To discharge this responsibility, the Director, Bureau of Air Traffic Management, issued instructions to the Regions from which the following is quoted: "Upon receipt, request for a airspace action . shall be routed to the Air Traffic Control Divi sion within the Region for handling. Cases hav ing national or policy implications, or having considerable effect beyond the area of the Re- gion received the request, should be referred to the Director, Bureau of Air Traffic Manage ment. "The Regional Planning Branch shall re view proposals for feasibility and compatability ; with national policy and plans." If your translation of our Divisional Bulletin re garding the above matter is any criterion of how you interpret other material for reproduction in your newspaper, the Lord, help, your readers. i " Sincerely, . v' L. Ponton de Arce. MOW IT IS possible that we have done an in 7 justice to Mr. de Arce, and to a group of dedicated government employees. If we have, we apologize in advance. Despite the nice irony of his letter, Mr. de Arce is not convincing. - - ' It may be recalled that we quoted a bulletin from the Los Angeles regional office which, in effect, said to disregard orders to forward sug gestions to the office that asks for them; send them to this regional office "in order that a con solidated Regional recommendation may be sub mitted to the appropriate office." , And we interpreted that to mean "Don't fol low instructions from other offices, including Quesada in Washington; send your proposals to us so we can censor them first." IT IS THIS interpretation to which Mr. de Arce r. objects so vigorously. And in defense of his own interpretation he quotes the instructions, "The Regional Planning Branch shall review proposals for feasibility and compatability with national policy and plans." ....So: Is "reviewing" a suggestion made to an other office the same as requiring it to be sent in for preparation of a "consolidated regional rec ommendation"?; Not in our provincial book, it isn't. It looks remarkably like an attempt, either deliberate or unwitting, to form an artificial barrier between field offices and headquarters. We hope we're wrong. E.A ; ? so try to mislead us facts, and use a little of the Federal Aviation Dennis the Menace 'HOW TOL0WE I COttU PLAV ussDimmemiAt' German Flag Incident Causes Concern; By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor The place: Berlin.. The speaker: Maj. Gen. Barksdale Hamlett, American military commandant. The quote: "Allied troops stand ready to put down any trouble arising from this in cident." It was a warning to the Communists against attempt ing to fly the new East Ger man flag in West Berlin this week end. Until Oct. 7, the Ger man flag was perhaps the one question on which both East and West Ger many were in Phil Newsom accord. Each flew the tradi tional German tricolor , of black,' red and gold. But on Oct. ?, ror the first time, the .bast Germans in troduced a German flag on which the Communist ham mer and compass had been su perimposed. The date coincid ed with the 10th anniversary of the Moscow-created "Ger man Democratic Republic." Flag Causes Clashes Placing the hammer anf compass on the flag emphasiz ed the Communist concept of two Germanys. Clashes resulted when the East Germans raised then new flag over West Berlin elevated train stations. The Berlin elevated rail road serves both sections of the divided city, but is under operational control of the East Germans. On the' basis of operational cortrol, the Communists as serted their right to fly their flag over the stations. This week Hamlett warned the Communists against at tempting the same tactics this Saturday, anniversary of Sov iet Russia's October revolu tion. Communists Back Down Hamlett told the Soviets that the 11,000 U.S., British and French occupational forc es would give full support to West Berlin's 16,000-man po lice force in the event any East German flags were rais ed in West Berlin. Thursday in an apparent backdown ' the Communists indicated they would not" try to "fly the flag today. The West Berliners and the Allies viewed the flag- flying issue with special con cern because they regarded Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF PRESIDENT William Howard Taft was holding a recep tion in the White House for some military. V.I.P.s and members of foreign embassies. Taft's tailor arrived to try on the President's new Prince Albert, and was hustled into the recep tion line by " zealous guards. When he reached the President, .Taft re marked, "You look very familiar to me." "Na turally, Mr. President, chuckled the tailor. "I made your pants." "Ah, yes," said the President, nudging him along, "How do you do, Major Pants." A chemistry class at Brpwn was dismissed just . ; t after the professor had enlarged upon the fact that the body is 92 per cent water. Two students climbed aboard a Pawtucket bus just behind a girl built ala Marilyn Monroe. One student whispered to, the other, "Boy, she sure made the most of that other 8 per cent!" . ' ' . . '''"'...... Antarctic Explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs has the real lowdown on that passport photograph situation. "If you actually look like your pasport photo," says Sir Vivian, "you aren't well enough to travel!" 1859, by .Bennett Ceil. Pisu ibuted by Kins Features Syndicate. OUTSIDE If I . Reds Backing Down it as a Red attempt to estab- lish extra-territorial rights in the Western half of the city, It was considered all the more serious because it coin- Symington, Adlai Seen Compromise Demo Possibilities By LYLE C. WILSON Washington DPD The com promise candidates most dis cussed as available to break a H d e a d 1 ock in next year s D e m o c ratic national c o n vent ion are Adlai E. Ste venson and Missouri's Sen. Stuart Symington. ' This com- t,yle C Wilson any, would hold the top spot for the left wing of the Dem ocratic party. Compromise talk among responsible Dem ocrats rarely goes so far as to suggest an accommodation between the party's southern conservatives and northern radicals. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas would be a . likely choice in any deal between the basically opposed ele ments of the Democratic par ty. Northern Democrats gen erally do not consider John son even remotely eligible for their presidential nomination. They do not hesitate to say as much. Sen. Paul H. Douglas CD Ill.) ruled Johnson out a few days ago on charges that he was tied to the gas and oil industries and voted like a southerner on civil rights. Brown Opposes Johnson Gov. Edward D. (Pat) Brown slugged Johnson with a public statement that the senator could not carry Cali fornia because of his position on civil rights and oil. Rep Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) fault ed Johnson for being a south erner, for being illiberal and on the grounds that the Negro vote would be against him in the North. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt down-rates the senator. Amer icans for ' Democratic Action (ADA) say that Johnson won't do. The foregoing are samples of the current machine-gunning of Lyndon Johnson. Speaker Sam Rayburn, also a Untranquilizec. Reporter Given In Relaxation by Lady Expert in By FRANK ELEAZER Washington -UPD- I've made it a lifetime practice not to stretch out on the floor in public along s i d e a girl whose name I don't know But there has to be a first time suppose, and the soft-spoken, gray-haired lady in Frank Eleazar cnarge seemea pretty sure this was the tune. Every tired-blooded Ameri can explained Indra Devi, swirling her blue silken sari gently around her, must learn to lie down on the job. We're all .tense, she said, We are nervous. We have colds. Back aches. Ugly tem pers. Heart attacks. What we need every day is a five minute yoga, break. Only please, Miss Indra implored, don't call it that. "Say relaxation b r e a k," cided with - Communist de- mands that the Western ' AI lies leave West Berlin and make it a so-called free, de- militarized city. 1 Texan, is booming Johnson back home for the presiden tial nomination. Mr. Sam is a practical politician. O t h e r practical' politicians suspect that the speaker has objec tives in addition to obtaining the nomination of Johnson, One of these objectives might be to whomp up enough Johnson enthusiasm in Texas to obtain a tightly organized Texas delegation to the Dem ocratic national convention Texas Democrats are angrily divided but might be puUed together with a Johnson-for President movement as a ral ly point. So, if Mr. Sam were unable to nominate his man, he still might turn up at the convention with a big and tightly controlled delegation controlled by Mr. Sam, that is. There would be certain ad vantages in that. Johnson -vs. Left Wingers AD A. scored senators in the last session of Congress on the basis of 13 significant votes. Johnson voted against ADA on five of them. Those votes and Johnson's policies as Senate Democratic leader killed him with the left wingers. : Two of these votes were to protect the privilege of mi nority groups to filibuster in the Senate, one minority right or privilege which the left wing denounces as evil. John son voted to reduce spending tax money for urban housing He opposed reducing tax al lowances to the oil and gas industries. He voted to con tinue the requirement that students obtaining federal funds for education must swear to their loyalty as U.S citizens. ' Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) and Symington vot ed with ADA on all 13 issues, thereby becoming solid with the left wing. Sen. John F. Kennedy (D Mass.) was with ADA on 12 votes but was not recorded on the oil and gas bill. If Humphrey and Kennedy should deadlock the conven- ton on early ballots, ADA would have Symington in re serve, or Stevenson. Morse Proposes Strike jthorily Washington - (UPD -Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Sen. has proposed that the President be given two-pronged author ity to meet the threat of na tional emergency strikes like the steel dispute. ' ' He said he would introduce legislation in January under which the President could either name a fact-finding board with power to decide the issues in dispute or place the plants under government operation for at least 60 days. Under his bill, Congress would have 10 days in which to veto a seizure order and government operation of an industry would end in 60 jlays unless extended by Con gress WATCH FIRM DEALS Lancaster, Pa. -(UPD- Ham ilton Watch Co. has bought control of Wallace Silver smiths- Inc., Wallingford, Conn., for about $5,500,000. The company said v it paid $18 a share for 304,996 of the 305,106 outstanding shares of Wallace common stock. she. suggested. "Otherwise some people will laugh." . This- was the first press conference I ever attended where the news source was able to sit comfortably with her feet in her lap. Foot in mouth is more the favored position here, but that's one posture that doesn't figure in yoga. Assumed Indian Name "This is the lotus position," said Miss Indra, a 60-year-old Russian-born American whose name means sun goddess and is one she assumed years ago Washington Report By WILLIAM A MATTER OF PERJURY Washington - The tragedy of Charles Van Doren has not been altogether in vain. For it rym has stirred the American people to look into t h e m selves and into our national life as nothing has done since Alger Kiss. Ww"h8" Though there there are vast differences in the two cases, there is also much similarity. Hiss' real, if unproved, of fense in the public's mind was betraying , his country's se crets to Communist agents. But his measurable and prov ed offense against the law. was perjury. Van Doren's real offense, in the public's mind, was betraying "its trust in him as a representative of education and culture. .But it is not really unlawful to' be a TV "quiz-whiz," even a phony one. Again, his meas urable offense, against the law itself, was perjury - ly ing under oath to protect him self. ' . . ;. ,; ", A ND there is another paral- xx lei of a poignantly human sort. Both young men com mitted . a crime of faithless ness which is not mentioned in any law book but is a very serious one all the same. Both had privilege and position. They were men therefore, who failed in the special duty and responsibility they owed to a country which in separ ate ways had honored them so much. - - Hiss held important office in the State Department. Van Doren had high respect from a people which Was proud of him and, 'sadder yet, fond of him. And both were perhaps a bit arrogant while the going was good. :' . A political correspondent should write about all this, for nothing could , be more deeply political in meaning. It touches the whole tone and direction of public life. " Moreover, in both instanc es it was in political forums where the unmasking went on. Hiss was first orougnt to book by the "House Commit tee on Un-American Activi ties. Van Doren for whom this correspondent has great pity - made his total conies- sion before the House com mittee investigating the TV industry. ' , LL OVER Washington - and surely all over the country, too men and wom en now heatedly discuss the moral and practical issues raised by Van Doren. Much of this talk runs to extremes, and is perhaps not too rele vant, either. There is usually either a damp sentimentalism toward this unfortunate young man or else a desire to hang him over and over to satisfy the presumed thirst of "television land" for a kind of serialized revenge. This country, as one of the Congressional - investigators remarked, is against corrup tion but in favor of compas sion to any who call for mer cy. Perhaps, therefore, the genuine issues here are far larger than Charles Van Dor en, as years ago tney were far wider than Alger Hiss Both men are actually impor tant mainly for posing these questions: Haven'tr we, as a nation, gone very far toward the un stated creed that nothing is so important as winning, no matter how? And haven't we, as a nation, wholly failed to grasp the unique gravity of the terrible offense of per- A. ' 11 jury? in a sense, h is me most destructive Of all possi ble crimes. NO ONE with eyes and ears open can have missed this fact: There is less and less respect for what used to be Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or youi money cheerfully refunded. Get bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT in India. "It is the classic pos ture for meditation." Meditation, I was relieved to learn, is attained only at the more advanced stages of yoga. All Miss Indra was hop ing to sell us, at the start, was relaxation, a more basic mani festation of this ancient art. "So now let us lie down," she suggested. Four reporters, three male and one female, dutifully laid aside pencils and pads. "Pretend you are a droop ing, long-stebimed water lily," is the way Miss Indra put it, S. WHITE called "playing the game." This is now widely regarded as a fuddy-duddv notion, a sissy idea strictly without hair on its chest. Far too much of our real national view is expressed in the cheaply cynical phrase, "Nice guys finish last." And perjury itself is, of all crimes, the most destructive to playing the game. For the sole and final hope for jus tice, for fairness to all, lies in the courts and those other public bodies empowered to swear a witness. It is these bodies alone that can ever hope to find the total truth. No official body can ever find it. unless men will at least speak that part of the truth which they know - at least when under oath. With out this much, there is noth ing at all. To commit murder is to take one life; to commit perjury is to wound the soul of justice itself. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Communications 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 letter printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often h nut. Halloween for Children To the Editor: J have just read Mrs. Headlee's letter about "trick or treat." I am very sorry that some people feel this way. I am sure many people enjoy the children, and try to join in with them. Did they do you any harm? It is just once a year, why not let them have Halloween? A pen ny sucker or a popcorn ball isn't much and most children are very satisfied with it. ' (a) You weren't expected to fill the big sacks, and did they really threaten you with that bar of soap? (b) Some children are just that - children. Please be a little broad minded. - (c) Do we always have to get the children out of the way, and plan every activity for them? My own children come from "trick or treating" all aglow, people are' so nice to them. My own I know ap-' predate the thought. I am sure they feel that grown peo ple are interested in them, and are really very kind. My only complaint is that parents should have their chil dren "trck or .treat" in their own neighborhoods. This will help eliminate the dangers, and as for large groups of children, I feel they are much safer when they are together. If the statement, "the soap MLflDX 12" and 2' Mixed Big Double Loads Summer Prices S & H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone SP 2-21 11 THE LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION PRESENTS "What You Should Knotu About Sleep" Dr. Harry Johnson, President of the Live Extension Foun dation, begins a series of articles by describing the many unknown facets of sleep. This series will give you a guide . , to better hec'.th. Starting November 8th With Your) MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Lesson Yoga and slowly sink to the floor." Lunges For Tranquilizer I sank - collapsed is a better word - onto the green pat terned rug in the Statler-Hil-ton's South American room, and Dulled off mv shoos n directed. ; ! , "Close your eyes," soothed Miss Indra, as I lunged grace fully, for a small container of equinil that had fallen out of my pocket. "Relax. Breathe deeply. Think of your toes. Withdraw all activity from them ... "Now your feet. Then your legs . . . relax your shoulders. your arms. Now your finger tips. Drop your chin. Relax your facer Envision a cloud, a white, soft cloud. Drifting across the blue sky. Imagine that you are the cloud. You feel so tt peace. Floating. Gliding along in me sKy. mere s a green valley below. A forest. A lake, in which you see your reflec tion. How pleasant to be a cloud in the sky." Wrote Yoga Book "Now dismiss all thought from your mind. You are sink ing into nothingness. You are relaxed." I didn't know how relaxed, until she said get up, five minutes later. I neglected even to get the name of that nice young lady from the Washington Post who was doing her bit for yoga beside me. Miss Indra some people call her Miss Devi but she said- that's like saying Miss Miss - lives in Hollywood with her doctor husband. She is here for free lectures on yoga. She also has a book to sell on the subject. I must have been relaxing when she mentioned its title. will . be; replaced by a gun some day," is true, through all the generations of trick or treat, I am sure all of us would be carrying guns today. Mrs. C. R. Harrison, 56 Perrydale ave. . Medford, Welcome, Everett To the Editor: We're glad to see Mr. Ack- lin's back. We'd feared him lost in an old hay stack. I wish his letters made more sense (Honestly, now take no offense!) - Once you said you'd made ,a million, Next old cars, almost a zillion. Chalmers, Pullman, Brush and all, . Answer to your long roll call. These names all sound like v Greek to me. Did they all earn more 'dough' than thee? May you live to a ripe old age- And keep a laugh on -that M-T page! Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore.