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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medfera1, Or. Friday, D. 11, 19Sf "Everyone Is South m OnM i Reads Tha ball Tribunal Published Dil except SuturdiyTfJ 18 North flj St Ph SP 2-4141 ROBMrr"W KUHL Editor RFB CW AdvertMa Manager CErAU) LATHM BualMsa Mo EMC W A.UJEN JR. Manaitna 'Altar EAKL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN Teltf Editor RICHARD JWETT Sparta Editor OLIVE STAR! HER Women's Cdttnt PALE ERJCKgQN Circulation Mar An Indenendant Newspaper Entered u aarnnd class matter al Medfor Orevnn under Art et Man S 1S9T SUBSCRIPTION RATES IT Mil in Advance Copy 10c Ball- and Sunday 1 year SI 5 00 Daily and Sunday 4! tnos 8 01 Daily and Sunday 3 mot 4.25 Sunday Only On year USO By Carrier In Advance Med ford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Cold Rill PhoeMa hedy eove Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes Dall7 and Sunday 1 vear $18 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo ' 1.J0 Carrier and Dealers e o p y lOe All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of4 Meejfnril Official Papei ot Jaeksoa County United Pres International fJuD Leased Wire " lEMBEroT" AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIPAY CO . INC Of fices in Nev. York Chicago. De troit. San FVaneisco. Los Aqgelea : Seattle, Portland St. Louis, At- bui'a Vancnwer IC '?StrVW UlUfCIA fa PUlLISHf II ASSOCIATION RATION Al EDITOR. Al Flight 'o Time Medford arid Jackson County History from tht filet of The Vail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 end 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dtc 11, 1943 (Sunday) . Generalissimo Chiang Kal shek lands on Formosa after fleeing Chinese mainland. Freight train hit by lumber carrier at the Fir Pine lumber company crossing; little dam age done. 30 YEARS AGO Pec 11, 1933 (Monday) Ashland woman dies after being struck by bicycle. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Finns call their whiskey 'KorpUkun en Kyyneieta' even before they drink it." 30 YEARS AGO Pec 11, 1929 (Wednesday) Jacksonville takes steps to procure new water system. Council takes under advise ment a plan to build dog pound at county fairgrounds, 40 YEARS AGO Pec 11. 1913 (friday) Mercury drops to 9.5 de grees in city, following foot of snow, dozens of autos stalled in streets; storm worst in Med ford history. Most power lines are down in city due to high winds pre ceding last night's storm; city firemen kept busy all night in blizzard by flue fires. 50 YEARS AGO Pec 11, 1909 (Saturday) Marines are poised to land on Nicaraguan soil. The Jackson County Press association votes unanimously to endorse movement to create new state of "Siskiyou" out of northern California and south' em Oregon counties. . What's Your I.Q.? Hiea or Hm cerrect It tuaerieri even or eight it eicelteef five et IX is l.: How long a residence is required in Nevada in order that one may bring a divorce action in that State? 2. During the administration of which President was the pay-as-you-go income tax law enacted? 3. How do the constitutional qualifications for vice presi dent and president differ? 4. What Viennese writer popularized such terms as libi do, repression and sublima tion? 5. Complete the following: "A soft answer - - -." 6. Is an astute man dull, shrewd, rr lazy? 7. A bivalve is an intake valve of a submarine; true or false? e Who was President of the U. S. during "the era of good feeling"? 9. Does the Hudson River have its source in Hudson Bay? 10. Could a naturalized Am erican citizen hold the office of Secretary of State? Answers: 1. Six weeks. 2. F. D. Roosevelt (1943). 3. Qualifi cations are the same. 4. Sig mund Freud. 5. ". . . lurnelh away wrath." 6. Shrewd. 7. False. (A mollusk.) 8. James Monroe. 9. No. 10. Yes. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ! Buffalo, N. Y. -fUPD- They're both only 55 years old,, but Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Altman already are great-grandpar- j ents. New-Old Event It couldbe said that something new has been added to Oregon politics. But it would be more accurate to say that something old has been revived. The Democrats of Douglas county held a convention the other day; - - And it's beginning to appear that more of these political conclaves will be held in the fu ture. Even the Republicans might get into the swing. It has its advantages. e e A BOUT 170 of the party faithful gathered for the Roseburg get - together. They heard speeches by Democratic leaders (including Med ford's Bob Duncan, whose record as speaker of the house has a lot of Democrats talking about him as a potential candidate for governor) ; dis cussed party matters, and voted on a "platform." mere is much to be said in favor of such a gathering of party members. It tends to clarify their thinking, solidify primed for a lively and election year. So long as it goes thus far, and no farther, i can be a Good Ihing. RUT we would hate Mm9 sider returning to the initiative, referendum and recall, when party policies were hammered out, and candidates chosen, in the traditional smoke-filled rooms, and then confirmed by whooping and hollering dele gates to a convention which is pretty much rigged from the start, x Oregon has a remarkably "open" politica system meaning that important guy, as he should be. It is the voter who can decide whether or no he wants to run for office him) : it is the voter who didates in the primary election ; and it is the voter who chooses between the parties in the general election. SOME people ciy that there is not enough' "party liCPi'nlino " onI fliof f Vi n noifw nrfyonivofi nnc? -AAkJAeVAA7 . UJsU tAAC U SC1 lV VI gCfcli-lsMCl UA UilO have not sufficient control over the candidates who run under the party There may be a small truth in this, but it's pretty smal and it fades in comparison to the importance of giving the voter the widest possible latitude in his choice of his own public servants, There is little enough danger that this experi ment in political conventions will ever lead to a resumption of control by bosses and behind-the- scenes string-pullers. But should be considered E.A Party Platform Meanwhile, back at The Democrats approved a list of resolutions which leans toward the Here are the convention's actions which were thought sufficiently important to be listed as a platform: . 1. Federal aid to education, and expansion of the basic school support 2. A raise in the state minimum hourly wage rate from 75 cents to $1.25 was endorsed, as was continuation of the workmen's compensation law guaranteeing injured workmen the right of a trial by jury m appeal cases. 3. The taxation principle of "ability to pay" was endorsed, and a sales . 4. A "crash program" and water resource utilization was urged. 5. The death penalty was opposed. J 6. A state power authority was endorsed. 7. An expanded housing program for the elderly, additional funds lie bousing and college facilities, were recommended. 8. It was suggested that the Democratic party should endorse -candidates and ballot measures, and that candidates be required to use a party label on all campaign political advertising. 9. It urged a national and an amendment to the health and hospital insurance for beneficiaries, I T MUST have taken a age for party delegates to adopt all of these, particularly when it is noted that at least two of them (death penalty repealer and state power authority) were turned down by the voters at the last general election. Of the others, several sial. Those with which we are Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9. . The only one with which we feel, at the mo ment, disposed to quarrel, view would be destructive ness of Oregon s political processes, and to place an undue amount party as such. IT IS interesting to note that Duncan, in a speech to the convention, pointed out that Democrats "cannot enjoy the luxury of a purge" which in dicates that he, too, apparently takes a dim view of too-strong party "discipline." He praised the convention idea as a forum where "the least of us" can be heard, and em phasized that one of the strengths of the Demo cratic party is the variety and divergence of views which its members can encompass, and still re main in the party. We disagree with Bob on some thines. but not on that one. And it the Republicans, too. E.A. . their unity, and tret them interesting time during e to see Oregon even con the bad old days before the individual voter is an (and none can preven chooses his party's can candidates of the two label. it is a possibility which and watched with care, the convention .... liberal side. program, were endorsed, tax was opposed. of water conservation for urban renewal, pub housing and academic health insurance plan Social Security laws for certain amount of cour are highly controver agree whole-heartedly ".- ' is No. 8, which in our of the present "open of importance on the goes (or should go) for Dennis the Menace HI - I II. 'They're not All mud pies. ijyLL'Anm I- I . 1 THE S7RWeERRlES MXI GOU&trTUlS AVZNMS.' Today & Tomorrow By Walter A VISIT TO EGYPT By chance, and not because I had any foreknowledge of the President's plans, my wife and I have k just spent , 'm month in the euexai area which the President i s now visiting, We went by way of Rome to Cairo, from there to Bom bay and New Delhi, and then on to Te heran, returning home by way of London. Deciding where to go and where not to go, our time and energy being limited, was not easy. But it seemed to me that for the purpose of try ing to understand what is what, the three key countries in the region were Egypt, India, and Iran. I chose Egypt because it is the most powerful of the Arab states, and because it is the moral and intellectu al center of the Arab com munity; India because it is by common consent the supreme testing ground of whether in Asia it is possible by per suasion and in ireeaom to achieve for large masses of people a . tolerable standard of life; and Iran because it is so sensitive a spot in the Cold War. F' Egypt the question to which I tried to find the answer was where in the Nas ser regime is the center of its interest. Is it the conflict with Israel? Is it the leader ship of the Arab movement, and the realization of the idea of Pan-Arab unity extending from Morocco to the Persian Gulf? Or is it the internal de velopment of Egypt? We were in Egypt for about ten days and we talked at some length with President Nasser,. with the leading mem. bers of his government who deal with foreign policy and with the internal economy, We talked also with Egyptian newspapermen and with some of the foreign diplomats. We paid a visit to the Suez Canal and to the site of the High Dam which the Russians are going to build at Aswan. At the end I felt reasonably certain that the center of po litical gravity is the internal condition of Egypt. Every thing else, Israel, Pan-Arab-ism, the Soviet Union, though related, is subordinate to what President Nasser can do and what he cannot do to achieve his goal which, as stated officially, is to double the standard of life of the Egyptian peoplei n the course of ten years. If .this is true, it is of great practical importance in the shaping of Western policy to wards Egypt and the Middle East. For it means the differ ence between, on the one hand, treating Nasser as a menace and hoping to keep him weak and, on the other hand, a policy of helping him in the interests of peace and stability. I SHALL now say what led me to this conclusion. And shall begin with the rela tions between Egypt and Is rael. This is the topic which everyone wanted to t a 1 k about. But I always kept the subject for the end of our in terviews, having learned early in the day that, with some ex ceptions, Israel is a subject which, if you want realities and not stereotyped rhetoric, must be approached indirectly by way of other subjects and interests. As between Egypt and Israel the true situation is, as at so many other points of conflict in the world, one where there can be neither peace nor war. There cannot be peace because no Arab statesman, beginning with President Nasser himself, can afford to make a settlement Ell J,1l Walter Llppmann Gombarb filled wim Uppmann which recognizes the exist ence of Israel. Almost cer tainly, if he tried to do that, he would be assassinated. Why? Not because the Egyptian nation as. such has any mortal conflict of inter est with Israel, but because the convulsion caused in Pal estine by the creation of Israel has filled the Arab world with desperate and fanatical men. They have great influence with public opinion. In fact they dominate it. It is as im possible for an Arab to be pro-Israel as for a Catholic Cardinal to be a Communist. In Egypt and among Arab states near Israel a permanent state of hostility to Israel is for politicians a necessity. They may think what they like. But in public they must be irreconcilable. AT THE same time, however, it is well understood in Egypt that the re-conquest of Israeli-Palestine is quite im possible. While there can be no thought of accepting and recognizing Israel, in any private and serious discussion it is acknowledged that it would be foolish to toy with the idea of re-conquest by force of arms. ; The two un happy wars with Israel have not been forgotten and the military power of Israel is certainly not underrated. ' , Indeed, I came away con vinced that there is a serious fear of military aggression by Israel. I inquired about it among the responsible lead ers. They know from the Sinai campaign of 1956 that the Israeli army is greatly superior to that of .all the surrounding Arab states com bined. In short, Israel is able to commit aggression and ex pand its territory. The Egyp tians do not feel that there exists in fact a balance of pow er in their region of the wold. Remembering the British and French action at Suez in 1956, and being deep ly suspicious of the intentions of the United States, the Egyptians do not rule out the possibility that the West might unleash Israel and egg it on. Combined with this, they watch the immigration into Israel, and they, tell them selves that as the population continues to grow, the state of Israel is bound to expand its territory. They cannot imagine how the present ter ritory of Israel can support all the Israelis Mr. Ben-Gurion is calling in. rpHIS. is significant because they believe it and win, therefore, seek arms from the Soviet Union or from anyone else. It is significant also be cause of what it reveals about their own ways of thinking. The present regime in Egypt is the product of a revolution ary coup by young officers of the army. When they take it for granted that Israel is bound to commit aggression in order to expand its terri tory, they regard this as the natural thing for any country to do if it cannot feed and support adequately its popula tion. This is in fact what they would think of doing if they found their own internal con dition intolerable. That is why they are looking for op portunities and possibilities for themselves in the oil pro ducing states of the Persian Gulf and in Libya. I asked why Israel could not support its growing popu lation by intensive cultivation and by industrialization. The answer was that Israel is not a viable state, that it has no great natural sources of wealth, that in fact it is a sub sidized state, and that in the long run the support from outside will taper off, and the experiment will fail. Relying on this analysis. they contend, as I have said, that Israel must contemplate aggression. But they conclude also, when they are in the mood to believe, that the great powers would prevent such aggression, that Israel will lose its preponderance in that part of the world, and will be come compelled to appease its neighbors by the surrender of some of its territory. This double conclusion, one that Israel will make war, the other that Israel will fail and wither, reflects the existing stalemate. When the Egyp tians think of Israel s power to commit aggression, they are certain that there can be no peace. When they think of their own incapacity to con quer Israel they take conso lation in the thoughts that in the long run Israel will be a failure. THIS stalemate cannot, so far as I can see, be re solved by the Israelis, by the Egyptians, or by . the great powers singly or collectively. All that can be done is to make the hostility more or less virulent. It is often said that here tne crucial question is the sol ution, or at least an allevia tion, of the problem of the Palestine refugees. Undoubt. edly this is true. This is where something must and where something can be done to reduce the tension. But, for what it is worth, my view is that what can be done for the refugees will de pend in the main not only on the money and the energy which the world is willing to invest, but also, primarily, on the internal condition of the Arab states, and particu larly of Egypt. The refugee problem depends in the last analysis on the willingness of Egypt and the other Arab states to let it be solved. The willingness to do this will be greatly affected by the pro gress President Nasser makes in the development of the Egyptian economy. THIS brings me back to the opening thesis of this re port-that the center of grav ity is the condition of life within Egypt. The officers who overthrew the King in 1952 were in revolt against the corruption and the back wardness of the Egyptian state, against the British oc cupation, against the humil iating incompetence shown in the first war with Israel. They took over a backward and wretched government, and they had neither the re sources nor the know-how to make any substantial im provement in the low stand ard of life of the mass of the people. Lacking substantial means, they lived politically on the intangibles of Arab fears and Arab resentments against all foreigners, includ ing particularly the British and the Israelis. In all sorts of ways in my talks in Egypt I was led to believe, in fact several times I was told, that the mechan ism of Egyptian politics is at bottom controlled by whether the masses can be fed with real food or must be fed with slogans and ideologies. In fact, there is an unembar rassed acceptance of the class ic formula which is to stir up trouble abroad when there is trouble at home. The young officers who now rule Egypt are led by men who are quite certain that they must succeed in Egypt if they are to stay in power. And they know that in the long run they cannot expect the people to live on slogans and ideologies. They are now entering that period after every revolution when they must produce tangible results. Beginning with Pres ident Nasser and the inner circle of his lieutenants, the present regime seems to me attractive, intelligent, and genuinely concerned with the destiny of the country. They will resort unhesitatingly and ruthlessly to the slogans and the ideologies and the war cries if they have to quiet the populace. But their hearts are, I believe, in raising Egypt out of its immemorial poverty and misery. rjHHIS will not be easy to do, - what with the natural pov erty of the country, the re lentless growth of the popu lation, the shortage of capital the backwardness of the peas ants, and the shortage of trained technicians and ad ministrators. The crucial problem is illustrated by the High Dam at Aswan which the Russians are building for Egypt. It will be one of the greatest engineering works in the world. " "hen it is complet ed 10 or 15 years hence, it will bring several million acres of desert land into cul tivation. But by that time, so I was told, the population of Egypt will have grown by so many millions that the new land wil just about feed the new people. In theory, the way to break this vicious circle is by ef fective birth control and by very large infusions of capi- 1. But the capital is not available on ai. adequate scale, and birth control, al though " is approved and pro moted by the government, is not effective. There are, therefore, troubled times ahead for Egypt, and neither the Russians nor we 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 to 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 of the paper; in fact the contrary ii often the case. A Plug for KMED To the Editor: For several days now I have read the of ferings in the Communica tions section regarding the playing of rock and roll music and the expressed desire for a radio station in the area ,to play "Better Music." I had hoped that some of the many listeners favoring KMED's music programming would have written in on behalf of a policy KMED inaugurated several years ago to play only the "Better Music." Now, obviously the writers of these letters with the ex pressed desire for "Better Mu sic", are among the few. who are unfamiliar with the policy at KMED. (As is so often the case, the negative few are those most likely to be expres sive). So, for those few I would like to explain very simply how the music is "pro grammed" at KMED. First on the subject of rock and roll, I would like to say that out of 17 hours on the air, KMED allows only dne hour per broadcast day for the programming of rock and roll type music. This between 9-10 at night and for the benefit of a loyal group of young KMED listeners. The balance of the music programmed (not mere ly played) follows a policy ap preciated by KMED listeners for the past two years a pol icy which allows the very best of the smooth, enjoyable and very listenable memory music to be played-memory music being the music, the songs, the arrangements you enjoyed and sang, hummed or whistled to, when you were going to school and growing up. So, for those who still de sire "Better Music" with NO daytime rock and roll, I invite you to join the vast KMED audience currently enjoying "Better Music." And, if after lisening you have a comment or question concerning KMbD's "Better Music," I would sincerely enjoy hear ing from, you because KMED is not only the home of "Bet ter Music," but also the sta tion that "listens to people." Yours for better listening. Terry Nolan Program Director KMED Medford - Questions Filtration Plant To the Editor: As residents and property owner-taxpayers over 14 years, of Gold Hill, Oregon, we are concerned about the proposed water fil tration plant that some of pres ent city government want to install. It seems to us that a small town or community, with a population less than 650 (of this census figure perhaps more than two-thirds are prop erty owners and taxpayers) should not be burdened with an estimated $120,000 bond is sue plus interest rates for many years, higher water rates, city tax increases, etc. A sizeable number of these people are on pensions, social security or "fixed" incomes, such as retired and older peo ple - also young people trying to build or buy homes that want to make every $10 or $5 or even $1 do as much as pos sible. . From our point of view a good many people have been drinking Rogue river water for a great many years with out any ill effects. Every taxpayer and proper ty owner or renter should study the proposal very care fully, as we have studied it, after attending the public hearing Nov. 9, 1959 when a company engineer gave esti mated costs. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Finke 320 Second ave. Gold Hill, Ore. A Plug for KBOY To the Editor; The new sport of radio-baiting tickles me pink. The fact that few have risen to radio's defense makes me blush the same color. So, I rise to the bait with the contention that "Radio is better than ever right here in the Rogue Val ley." - As a miniature cross-section of radio nationwide, I feel that Medford radio is representative. Until we grow to a population that can support 15 stations, we can't hope to have "all-classical," "all-western," "all foreign-language," "all pro gressive jazz," "all fiddle," etc., stations. We do have all major net- nor the two of us combined can open up a sure road ' the future for the Egyptian nation. But we are bound to try, and in try'ig we shall do well, I think, to be as friend ly and as helpful as we can in the hope that Nasser will be successful. (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. works represented. We do have independent "popular music" stations. We do have one of Oregon's 10 FM chan nels. We do have one of Ore gon's three Multi-plex back ground music channels for continuous store-music. We HAVE HAD a super-abundance of pretty unimaginative, unmelodic, raucous and im mature records flooding the so-called hit lists, and pay ola at the top levels may have been responsible for these lists which we have consid ered phony for some time. On the other hand, we have four solid hours of clas sical music every Sunday evening, a vespers program at sundown every evening, dinner music every evening, a general lowering of adver a general lowering of e'Sf. Using density, and, I submit, a generally improving taste in musical broadcasting over all. I can't attack nor defend anyone's musical tastes, be cause they are much too per sonal. In K-BOY's 18 hours a. day, we try veryhard to offer something for every, one during the week. We are grateful to the Mail Tribune for listing the logs of every local station and invite your attention to the wide variety of radio available to you ev ery minute of your waking hours. - Lasts year twice as many radios as TV sets were sold. For the first time in years, according to a rationwide survey by the se:.n.'. largest advertising agency, radio lis tening exceeded TV watch ing. We in radio, can only hope that we merit this grow ing attention and try even harder to deserve it. Win Marks, Manager Radio Station, K-BOY, Medford. Issues and Evidence To the Editor: In a recent letter your correspondent, Charles Porter, called my statements purposely errone ous, inaccurate and distorted. The situations in which the Congressman chooses to in volve himself are too serious td discuss personalities. So let us see who genuinely wishes to discuss the issues and the evidence: (1) Eioes he deny the state ment that the governments for which he has shown such fond ness have been anti-American? He does not. I did not say that the Congressman was anti American, although others have charged this. In fact, in the past some have said his position would indicate his communist sympathies and have vigorously defended him on this charge. It is unfair and utter nonsense. However, he cannot choke fair questions and comments by misleading letters to the editor. (2) Most American authori ties who originally heralded Castro and his regime have ceased to apologize for his gov ernment-by-execution; but not Charles Porter, who is suffi ciently expert on the problem to state to the Eugene Register Guard on Nov. 1, "There have been no innocent men execut ed in Cuba." (3) He denies he abused the Air Force. As an ex-air force ground officer, the Congress man knows that flights of the distance of the Coos Bay mer cy mission are routine and necessary for a state of readi ness. The General involved was cleared. (4) He denies he abused our State Department. Did he deny he told Congress that our State Department created the Iron Curtain in his speech to Con-' t If ' 1 We Are Small Enough To Know You, large Enough To Give Complete Service Oregon Finance Co. 45 South Central, across 8th St. from Wards Medford's First Personal Finance Company Established 1928 Our Rate Is the Same. You Get Personal Attention and Your Money Stays at Home gress on Sept. 1? (See Congres sional Record, pp 16192-95.) In ' that he stated: 'The State De- ; partment has distorted the ' facts they have given the Am erican public." The theme of the speech is double-dealing by the State Department, and he admits his principal source 7 of information was H. P. Chou, Second Secretary, Red Chi- nese Delegation in England, : who told him the Iron Curtain ; was of U. S. manufacture, i Does he deny this is abusive? J (5) Now we have a new in- i consistency: In Eugene about I Nov. 18, he said he had modi-1 fied his views and he accept- j ed the Conlon Report. This calls for recognition of China only after many many gradual ! steps have been taken. (Page 153) Yet, in Washington on November 24, he urged imme diate recognition of China. Joe B. Richards 2870 MM st. Eugene, Ore. Sllll Inexcusable To the Editor: For months I ' have wanted to write on air . pollution in our beautiful val ley. Realizing the cost of -newspaper space and the lack : of words to express by senti- ment, I have refrained until you, Mr. Editor, wrote the j article for me. That one article, "It's Our Choice," if , taken to heart by the valley , people, is worth to them a full . year s subscription. T You set forth so many , truths, like "it still is man- made and it still is inexcus- -able," and "Civilization dirties everything it touches." What a judgment pronounced upon . the people of this beautiful . valley, and all we can do is hide our heads in shame, for ; we know every word is true. I Why should civilization ; dirty every thing it touches? . Have we no pride, no care, no respect for ourselves or those . about us? My son and I moved our- families here five years ago. , We thought this valley was , paradise. As fall came, the -people began to rake and burn leaves. Being too wet to burn, they would add oils, tires and other rubbish. Soon the valley " was filled with smoke which , carries the same irritating cancer-causing irritants as ci garettes. Soon half the people had colds, flu, hayfever, sinus -and asthma. My son, being an -asthmatic, had to increase his : medication nd got by the first winter. The second win- . ter the smoke put him in the hospital two months, the third, four months. On doctor's . orders, he liquidated his busi ness and went to the desert where they have no leaves to burn. . -i Why will people burn leaves, making themselves and : those about them sick, then go buy leaf mold and other fertilizers to take the place of the leaves they burned. Some 35,000 die each year of lung cancer, 400,000 of heart trouble caused by cigarettes, they say. Yet, the death rate is twice as heavy where air pollution is heavy. Then could not half these deaths be from air pollution man-m a d e -"And still inexcusable"? F. E. Beverly 634 Crater Lake ave. Medford Booklets Available To Help Figure Taxes . Washington -(UPD- The gov ernment reminded taxpayers today that it prints four book-, lets to help people figure out how much they owe in income taxes. The publication is "Your Federal Income Tax," a 144 page booklet for non-farm in dividuals and families. The publication and one called Tax Guide For SmaU Bust-. ness'' are available from local offices of the Internal Reve-. nue Service for 40 cents a- copy. "Farmers' Tax Guide" and Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens Abroad" may be obtained without charge. . Gene Thomas Says: - a You get extra courtesy and friendliness when you get your loan from an in dependent local company.