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. MAIL TRIBUNE, MaJford', Or. Friday, Nov. 20. 19S9 Mn5F0RDtWTEIBUNl "ETwyone to SotrtherS) Orejto Raada Tha Mail Tribune thiblished Dnil except Saturday by SP.DFtP PKINTING CO 33 Norm Fti St Ph SP 2-141 ROBIRT W RUHL. Editor JJERB GRTV AdverHMr Manafef GEP.AU LATHAM BusiD Mff IRIC W 41XEN JK- Maoaelna ".rt;tor f AM. H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIFMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JVWETT Sports Editor ' OLIVE STAR: "HER Women Editm DALE ERiCKSi N Circulation Mr An Inderendent Newspaper" Entered as wi class matter at Medfor Oreron under Act of Marrh 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mil .in Advance Copy lOe. Dall- and Sunday 1 rear $15 00 . Daily and Sunday 6 moa 8 01 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa 423 i Sunday Only Ona year $420 ay earner in noriiKi bicwuiu Ashland Central Point Eerie Point JarkonvMl: Gold mil 7 Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv- er TaJem and on motor routes 1 Daily and Sunday 1 rear $18 00 Daily and SunUay 1 mo IM S Carrier and Dealers copy 10c i ' All Terms Car In Adrane lOffle!! Paper of City 1 Medford f- Official Paper et Jstkson Cannty United Press Internationa Pun Leased Wire " MEMBER OF AUDTT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION i Averrlslnf Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC Of- fices in Nets York. Chlca go De troit. San anrtsco. Los Angeles r Seattle. Portland St Louis, At- lanta. Vancouver B C , 777 Sttr ' sVJ W IA F B a E ssi PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40 and 50 year ago. 10 YEARS AGO ' ' ' Nov. 20. 1949 (Sunday) State tax commission will hold hearing on property tax - assessment in Gold Hill. Jackson county dental assc "datlon will give fluoride treatment to every five-year. old that wants rt. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 20. 1939 (Monday) Senator McNary protest! . British embargo on U.S. ap-. J Dies and near. - From Arthur Perry's "Ye smud Pot" column: "If about time for a downtrod den . husband to speak up claiming , he likes chicken ' best, but will have to eat tur key next Thursday." 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 20. 1929 (Wednesday) Seeley Hall named airport manager by Mayor Pipes. Movie theater to be opened In Jacksonville. ; 40 YEARS AGO , Nov. 20. 1919 (Thursday) . John L. Lewis laughs at employers' offer of 20. per cent increase in wages to avert coal strike. Wyoming train 'robber thanks Union Pacific for loot taken in daring hold-up. 50 YEARS AGO . Nov. 20. 1909 (Saturday) Rogue valley is "Apple King of America' after walk ing off with top prizes at Spokane National Apple show. ; John Allen of .New York City ha$ purchased the "Snowy Butte" orchard near Central Point for $168,000. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior: seven or eight is Mcaltant; live et six is good. 1. What is the most sacred day of the Jewish religious ' t year? 2. In what chain of islands are Kiska and Adak? 3., In what country is Mecca? . . 4. Which modern European country was once called Lusi tania? 5. In what body of water do the Virgin Islands of the U.S. lie? 6. What is a solarium? 7. What does a barometer measure? 8. Relatively speaking, ' the first" is to Alpha, as "the last" is to Beta, Q micron, or Omega? 9. What illness bears the ' name "white plague"? . 10- What is the common name for Saccharum officin arum? Answers; 1. YomKipur. (Day of atonement.) 2. Aleu tian Islands, Alaska 3. Saudi Arabia. 4. Portugal. 5. Car ibbean. 6. A sun parlor. 7. Atmospheric pressure. I. Omega. 9. Tuberculosis. 10. ; Sugar cane . FROSTY. COMMENT . Grand Rapids, Mich.-fflPJ-Poet Robert Frost spoke like a cryptic New . Englander 5 Thursday night wh11 lTn 1 ed that police searched for a bomb in the church where be I wa saving lecture, but : found none. His comment; "It , must have been a dud." Taxes The resignation of Dr. Harold M. Erickson as state health officer, mentioned regretfully here yesterday, is one more bit of evidence to add to the growing pile that indicates Oregon is not entirely keeping pace with its own needs. Dr. Erickson believes that not enough public funds are being spent to improve public health procedures in this state. And he, above anyone else in Oregon, should His letter of resignation doesn't say so spe cifically, but in context it can be taken to im ply that this is the chief reason he is leaving Oregon after 25 years in I N the continuing debate over' taxes and public services, we are" often example when the voted r OK a new courthouse, and at the same election, AGAINST the But aside from this too true that taxpayers taxes are for; Property taxes are .t ior tne privilege 01 owning property, iney assessments which pay for the schools, the police and fire protection, the streets and roads, the libraries and parks, which we have all come to demand or expect from I NCOME taxes are NOT fees for the privilege of living and working levies which pay for highways, agricultural pro grams, reforestation, public welfare; and all the dozens of other public formsservices which it, as a government, can provide, and which we, as individuals, cannot providcfor ourselves. Public health, as Dr. his letter of resignation, As individuals, we can see to our own health within limitations. But how about "chronic illness, mental ill ness, radiation, and air and water pollution,' which Dk' Erickson said attention than they now How about "communicable disease control, dental health, school health, occupational health, and the. licensing of nursing homes,' homes for the aged, hospitals, restaurants, hotels and motor courts, as well as many which he declares need . ALSO note Dr. Erickson's statement that the last legislature passed a law giving the board of health the responsibility for establishing a statewide medical investigation system in con nection with farm labor then neglected to appropriate funds to pay for these programs. v Dr. Erickson added: "It is well known that good community health is purchasable. Oregon in the past has enjoyed a rela- tlvely excellent record of health because of the out standing quality of its many health facilities and . agencies. Failure to provide the necessary expanded ' support of these facilities is leading to increasing occurrence of PREVENTABLE illness and death and to a corresponding reduction of our health status in comparison to other states." XE HAVE all heard criticisms of (for exam pie) the Jackson r'ouniy health department and its big budget. It has been termed "a little empire. v These critics' lose sight of the fact that their own health, their own well being, even their own lives; and those of their hildren, are what are involved here. A similar anti-tax current around the middle of November and again around the middle of April) affects many people. But how much would it cost them, as indi viduals, to provide their own streets and roads; to provide, alone, education for their children through college levels; their own police, and fire protection; their own protection against disease? ...... As individuals, they simply couldn't afford it. ; Which is why we have said, and say again, a well-spent tax dollar is the biggest bargain available today. E.A. Anti-Climax Edsel, hail and farewell. The car with. the surprised look on its face (in pre-1960 models, that is) will soon join' the Oakland, the Maxwell, the Stanley Steamer, the Pierce Arrow and all the other cars which once proliferated on the American scene. , . In ending production of -the Edsel, the Ford Motor company reveals, among other things, its financial stability. Any company which can put a quarter of a billion dollars: into producing a new car, lose money on it because of "disappoint ing" sales, and still come up smiling and finan cially stable; can't be too close to going: broke. fNE of the fascinating stories about the Edsel, , told only in the New Yorker magazine of a year or so ago so far as senous problem of a name for the new car. Miss Marianne Moore, jor poets, was enlisted in and submitted dozens of Her correspondence company, in charge of the. name search, as re corded in part by the masrazine, should go down in the annals of belles lettres as a minor classic The final selection of poetic and graceful possibilities was in the nature of an anti-climax in itself. So the demise of the Edsel, victim of chanrin? tastes and patterns in the automotive industry, anu-anu-climax. E.A. and 'Health know. public health work. reminded of the classic people of Marion county bonds to pay for it. absurd example, it is all can lose sight of what - v v NOT assessments levied t rm a tti government. in Oregon. They ARE services the state per Erickson points out in is "purchasable. need considerably more receive? other health programs, strengthening? camp legislation and blindness (usually most we know, involved the one of America's ma the search for a name, suggestions. with the official 01 the "Edsel" out of all the is. in the nature of an Dennis the Menace 1 Bl- t7 KJCKS IN WUK UKULELE; AGAIN - Washington Report By WILLIAM Washington Fidel Castr6 of Cuba is playing with dyna mite - American Congression- a 1 dynamite. Not even the stoic patience of . "the State Department is likely to save' him from be ing blown right out of office by his own reckless Wunam S. White draws back ness unless he soon from his shrilly abusive course toward the United States. This two-bit (or half-peso) dictator is nearing the point of no return. The whole posi tion toward Castro here is now changing. It is increase ingly probable that . Congress will return in January deter mined to take counteraction that could easily .destroy his revolutionary regime. Tnft, the State Department will try to discourage this sort of thing. But as it happens the critical power here does not lie with the Administra tion. Nor does it lie with the; Congressional Committee on Foreign Policy, which norm ally wUl follow any Adminis tration lead. . .- . rC LIES'' instead with two fairly hard- boiled groups which are never unduly im pressed by "State" - and which are fed to the teeth with J iaei uastro. inese are tne Finance Committee of the United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture 'of the House of Representatives. They have it within their choice to cut off Cuba's rich sugar-exporting quota to the United States. This quota not only guarantees a stable mar ket to the Cubans but also gives them a price pegged above the world price. The sugar quota is at the heart of Cuba's life. Not even the most stirring of "great revo lutionary leaders" is exces sively popular at home once his policies bring joblessness and economic rum. Congress alone can decide whether the expiring Sugar Quota Act is to be renewed as to Cuba. It can decide, too, on a renewal giving some of our Latin-American friends, notably Mexico, a much larg er share of our imports. IF THIS should happen - and Dowerful Con sressi email forces are" resolved that it shall happen unless Castro rhanoe his tune what thn? Castro will have opportunity to una tne alternative sugar Try and Stop Me 1 ' -By BENNETT CERF A SWEET YOUNG THING obvious impression on; a 'from the theological seminary, he suggested. "Only if if $ non- intoxicating," she told him. "I never have tasted hard liquor." "Good for you," ap proved the young man, "but I don't think this punch will hurt you." ? The sweet young thing took one sip, choked, and exclaimed, "Pfui! Some . fool's been mixing -vodka with bourbon.!",, , To demonstrate his habi tual bad luck, George de Witt claims he once was shipwrecked alone on a desert island with Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, and Av Gardner and two hours later the quartet was reieued! - "-.-' ' t Phil Lord's definition of high fidelity: a husband who comes home to his wife every night. 1359, by Bennett Cer& Distributed by King Features Syndicate. fatBST,MqMU50H! 1WOHT W?Htoe S. WHITE market he has threatened with the Soviet bloc. , By all means - say Con gressional authorities such as Sen. George Smathers of Florida, a long-proved friend of Cuba - let Castro try. For instead of an eager Soviet cus tomer he will discover one of those dull facts of life of the kind Hbtreyed revolutionaries so often overlook. This is that the Russians produce all the sugar (beet sugar) they need, and a little more besides. Nobody here, it should be emphasized, wants to be forc ed to take economic sanctions against Cuba, such as already are publicly suggested by Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana. But this, too, should be em phasized: significant power centers in Congress don't go along with the State Depart ment theory that regardless of provocation we must not take such action lest we in jure ourselves with all Latin America. rpHE VIEW of Congressmen most concerned with, and most important in, this issue is far different. There conies a time, they say, when it is more harmful to withhold ac tion than to act.' For nothing could be so bad' as for the United States to confirm the existing notion that no con ceivable insult wiu be effec tively resented here. This kind of posture would lead to the justifiable conclusion all through Pan America that the one sure way to a permanent ly-guaranteed favorable treat ment by the U.S. would be to be always at thevery fore front of its abusers and ene mies. This is not "dollar diplo macy." Nor is it any jingo attitude. Nobody here argues that we are always right in our difficulties with our La tin-American neighbors. We are, for illustration, far from spotless in regard to Panama. Anti-American feeling there is in part understandable. But the point simply is that nobody can possibly be the kind of "good neighbor" Cas tro wants. For he wants to walk all over us, in the happy belief that we are too big to retaliate, while we continue to-support his economy - and thus him. (Copyright, 1959. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) FOUL PLAY London - IUP0 - Officials of next month's poultry Show announced Thursday that no poultry will be shown at the show because of current poul try diseases. at a party was making an serious minded young man "May I get you some punch?" ' 'Big Labor's' Decision on Responsibility For Legislation Factor for Democrats By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -(DPD- Next year's democratic nomination for President probably is rid ing on Big La bor's final de cision o n r e -s p o nsibil ity for the 1959 labor re form bill. ' ' Big Labor's decision may not be unani mous. Jimmy Lyle C. WUsoo eireaujr has committed his teamster's fat treasury to oppose all democrats who voted for the labor bill. AFL-CIO has been zig-zagging on that. . Selwyn Lloyd Still Foreign Minister Despite His Critics By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign suitor The man-oMhe -week: British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. The place: The House of Parliament, London. The quote: "The purpose is not io have a summit just for the sake of . having a meeting. The purpose of a Summit is in order ' to try and increase the detente (relaxation) which is taking place in world affairs and to improve the reduction in tension." Britain's 55-year-old foreign minister has .been noted more for tenacity than briUance. More for care fully worked out logic than the flow, of his rhetoric. After one foreign af fairs' debate, a British, n e w s p a per called it Pnil Nrwsnm One Ot BIS "more inept performances." Another bemoaned its "spec tacular clumsiness," and still another called it "disastrous." He has been marked for otx Uvion perhaps more often than any public figure now active. But he still is in the job in which he first was placed by former Prime Minister An thony Eden and in which he was retained over howls of protest by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. ' L.... ..baBsi.ssa Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, althouah under certain circumstances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication fs permissible. The Mali 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 tact, the contrary is otten True "Hot Rodders" To the Editor: Tuesday in "Communications" you print ed two letters, one concern ing tobacco and teenagers, the other praising a member of the Southern Oregon Timing association. I wonder how many people realize how closely these two subjects are related? If you want to help keep your kids off the street, pro mote peace of mind for par ents, and benefit Medford business, support and attend our local drag meets. All this, and entertainment too! In the years before we had a drag strip - at White City, there were a lot of complaints about "hot rodders." We still have complaints, but these are caused by drivers who are not members- of our hot rod clubs. Any member of any club caught "dragging" on the streets in fined by the club (besides the law) and i record of traffic violations results in his being ousted from the club. These kids put a lot of hard earned cash and hard work into their cars, and it's a year around project. They get more of a thrill and more satisfac tion out of building a real machine than all the tobacco and beer combined. The White City drag atrip is well organized and every con testant must come up to cer tain safety regulations.. No person under 18 may ne a contestant with out written permission from his parents. But with all this we still need more organization and a bet ter strip. The strip is narrow and needs repairs. Because of the strict safety rules we've never had an accident during the Sunday meets, but it could happen. We have crowds of two and three thousand people. We've had five thousand at our championship drags. We need a new location, more room for contestants and spectators. We need sponsors to help the kids organize more clubs. We need someone like the 2030, wons or Kiwanians to help us or ganize. In short, we need any kind of help we can get. Some of our contestants All of the Senate democrats who aspire to the 1960 presi dential nomination voted for the labor bill. Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), is more clearly identified with labor legislation in 1959 than is any other presidential hopeful. AFL-CIO seems unable to make up its mind about Ken nedy. Inter-Union Argument United Press International reported from Washington last week a ruckus in the an nual convention of the AFL CIO Industrial Union depart ment, which is the CIO ele ment of merged Big Labor. The powerhouse opposition of the Machinists union blocked One explanation may . be that while others collect the posies, some must do the work. And Lloyd is a tireless worker. So it was last week that, on orders from Macmillan, Lloyd dashed off to Paris to mesh British and French opinion on next spring's' summit confer ence ,and to attempt to work out economic questions aris ing from French membership! in the European Common market. Questioned by Parliament Back home, he faced imper turbably that peculiarity of British ; government which permits a Cabinet officer to be cross-examined on the floor of Parliament. This week other major pro nouncements came fronv the man whose detractors said he never could hold the job. ' They included: ; - Britain does not believe the , planned French nuolear test explosion in the Sahara will endanger the health; . of other countries., '- Britain has received "nu merous disturbing reports" of n e w executions in recent months in Hungary. .... . - The British government still is considering Cuba's re quest for' 17 jet fighters. : - The British' government would like to restore diploma tic relations with the United Arab Republic and Saudi Ara bia. . . A free-swinging, perform ance by a man who refuses to be relegated to oblivion. ina come from many other cities and several states. This means business for Medford mer chants. ' It's a good decent sport,en Joyed by worthwhile decent people. Anyone interested may write to: Southern Oregon Timing Association, . .-. P. O. Box 1581, Medord. By the way Chief Champlin of the city police is with us 100 per cent. Now let's hear from you. ' ' (Name on File) Medford. New World Near? ' To the Editor: Fulfilled prophecy shows Jehovah's new world or age is near. Je hovah's Son, Jesus Christ, will be -the ruler of that new world. See Matthew 24:1-14, 21, 22; Luke 21:24; Exodus 6:3. 4 in the Bible. As to what mankind should do read Ro mans 10:9; Acts 10:43; Zepha rdah 2:3. A. R. Stewart, 67 Ocean st., Dorchester 24, Mass. Sodium Vapor Cloud Fails on East Coast Washington -UPD- Scientists failed again today to light up the. dawn sky along the east ern seaboard with a glowing sodium vapor cloud. A two-stage Nike-Asp re search rocket fired by the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from its Wallops Island, Va., test station climbed to an altitude of 147 miles. But the rocket did not eject its sodium payload, designed to vaporize and form a giant cloud to help scientists study high altitude wind currents. A NASA statement issued here said the cause of the failure had not been deter mined. An identical experiment at dawn Thursday also failed when the Nike-Asp did not spew out its sodium after blasting to an altitude of 160 miles. Today's failure was the last shot in the NASA's cur rent series of sodium cloud experiments. a resolution which would have praised Kennedy and five other democrats for their position on labor legislation this year. . , Kennedy was the only democrat among the six who is counted among the presi dential hopefuls. The Machin ists were - and are - against anyone who voted for the Landrum-Griffin bill. The au tomobile workers' Walter P. R e u t h e r was among those who wanted to give Kennedy a cheer. The end result of the commotion was that the reso lution was safely tucked away without an , explosive floor fight over Kennedy as a friend or foe of big labor.' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Question fo the hour as this is written: Shall Ike take along a Democrat on his upcoming goodwill tour of a consider able part of the world? Question No. 2: If so, WHAT DEMOCRAT? rpHE idea of a Democrat as a - traveling companion for Ike was sprung on Saturday of last week by Senator Dodd of Connecticut, who suggest ed to President Eisensower that he add former President Truman -OR another high Democrat to his entourage through Europe, the Middle East and Asia next month. Among other likely Demo crats for the traveling com panion job, he mentioned Adlai Stevenson, Connecticut Representive Chester Bowles and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. QENATOR DODD c6mmands respect. His eaucationai background is of the best. He is a distingushed lawyer, with Yale law school as his back ground. He was a prominent member of the U.S. legal staff in the prosecution of Axis war criminals at Nurnberg, Ger many, after World War II. He served as a member of the house of representatives from Connecticut before becoming a senator in 1958. . . But I'm afraid his foot slipped when heiadded the OR 10 nis proposau uun : fjwi dent Truman holds a peculiar- ly revered position. He is a former President of the Unit ed States.. .- 1 : - But any OTHER Democrat .... . ; - -1 think everyone will, agree that would turn the goodwill tour into a three-ring political campaign circus. VfOT intentionally, maybe. " The. names Senator Dodd mentions are the names of patriotic Americans. But . in the very nature of things, that's the way it would work out. It just couldn't be helped. OO x ; - ' J All in all I think we'd better leave the goodwill tour as it lies. Ike has peculiar talents as an ambas sador of goodwill. People in stinctively trust him as a per son. That qualifies him excep tionally for the task he is undertaking. .. And : He isn't a candidate'. He can't be. The constitution forbids it. On top of that, he wouldn't be a candidate again if he could. s- Let's leave well enough alone. We Are Small Enough To Know You, large Enough To Give Complete Service Oregon Finance Co 45 SOUTH CENTRAL Medford's. First Personal Finance Company ' Established 1928 Our Rate Is the Same. You Get . Personal Attention and Your Money Stays at Home Kennedy can count Reuth er's friendly attitude as a great and valuable political asset. Reuther is smart and powerful. He knows the poli tical ropes and how to pull them. Reuther demonstrated that in the 1956 Democratic National convention when he broke a stalemate which led directly and almost imme diately to the nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson. Reuther is No. 2 man in AFL-CIO. The organization published this week a pam phlet on the record of the last session of Congress, with em phasis on labor legislation. This pamphlet gives a friend ly plug to Kennedy, despite the Machinists. The pamphlet centers Big Labor s fire on what the union leaders regard as Big Labor s enemies. They are: President Eisenhower. his cabinet, his White House staff and Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon. They were, Big Labor says, the chief lobby ists for the Landrum-Griffin bill. : . , Angry Citizens Helped That, perhaps, is a fact The pamphlet also notes that the favorable Landrum-Griffin vote was in part in response to an avalanche of mail from angry citizens. It was an ava lanche which Big Labor could not match, despite its 15,000,- uuu members. , Tne division in the . labor movement over assessment of blame for the Landrum-Grif fin bill is likely to greatly re duce the influence of labor leaders at next year's Demo cratic National convention. They have had in the past a veto power in democratic conventions. . They used it in 1952 on Al ben W. Barkley. Barkley ac cused them of choosing pro grams and candidates to gain "greater control over the ma chinery and policies of the Democratic party." . Police Investigate Vehicle Accidents Two " automobile accidents were reported to state police Thursday.- Heavy property damage was reported in both incidents. . One accident occurred at 9:45 a.m. on Highway 99 near Talent and involved vehicles operated by Norman Robert Mallon, 23, of 1045 West 13th st., Medford, "and Geraldine H.-Davis, 59; of Reno, Ne vada. -- Police said that both cars were southbound in the in side lane when the Davis ve hicle attempted to make a left turn and was struck by .the Mallon vehicle. Both vehicles were damaged. No. citations were issued by police. An automobile, operated by Ralph E." Cross Jr., 29, of route 2, box 209H, Medford, pulled from the parking area at the Desert cafe near the intersection of Corey rd. and Highway 62, and struck a northbound vehicle, operated by Charles Richard Perdue, 21, Eagle Point, police said. The left side of the Perdue car was damaged. Police no tified Cross that a complaint charging failure to yield right of way would be filed against him in district court. Police also investigated an incident on Highway 66 about 10 miles from Ashland when a sedan caught fire and burn ed. The vehicle was operated by Emmett Thompson, 35, of Lebanon. The automobile was destroyed, police said. MARRIAGE IN MIND? Denver-UPD-A young man stole seven blank marriage licenses and the city seal from a City Hall office Thursday. Gene Thomas Says: a r You aet extra courtesy w and friendliness when you get your loan from an in dependent local company. 4
