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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Wail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1949 (Wednesday)
Drive reaches $3,000 goal
ior Jackson county ambu
lance plane; order in for two
engine Cessna.
Two Medford safe-burglars
arrested in Coos Bay.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1939 (Thursday)
German pocket v battleship
"Admiral Graf Spee" bottled
up in Montevideo harbor by
British ships.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
state proposes to hire a lec
turer to warn young people
of the perils of drink. There
is evidence some of the older
folks could stand a sermon or
two on the subject."
SO YEARS AGO
Dac. 14, 1929 (Saturday) '
State highway commission
to spend $1 million on roads
this corning year,
U.S. Steel plans big expan
sion to end depression drift.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1919 (Monday)
Cold spell ends and Chin
ook winds create danger of
floods throughout western
Oregon.
"Dry Christmas" promised
nation by rum enforcement
agencies.
80 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1909 (Tuesday)
Grants Pass city council
grants 50-year lease to pro.
posed electric road in valley;
Ashland council to decide
soon.
Tro-IT.S revolution imrnin
nt in Nicaragua: President
Zelaya reportedly plans to
resign.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ar tea correct is superief;
seven or eiyhl is ncenenr; rive
Six is good.
1. Does the population of
North America exceed that of
South America?
2. In what body of water
Is the Isle of Man?
3. What is the name of the
league organized in 1945
among Egypt, Syria, Lebanon,
Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Ye
men? 4. Is Arizona classed as a
plains State or a mountain
State?-
s Tn what snort did Helen
Wills Moody gain her great
est fame? c
6. What happened to Bene
dict Arnold after his treason
was discovered?
7. What country is the
world's largest producer , of
wool? '
8. Who, in American polit
ical life, was known as the
"Kingfish"? ' -'
' 9. From what language are
the Romance languages derr
ived?
10. Complete this saying:
A word to the wise ."
1. Yes. 2. The Irish Sea. 3.
The Arab League. 4. Moun
tain State. 5. Tennis. 6. Ha be
came a British Officer. 7.
Australia, 8. Huay Long of
Louisiana. 9. Latin. 10. "
is iufficieBt'.
Of National Concern
' m
Whenever somebody tells us that federal aid
to education is as dangerous as the bubonic plague
we suggest that he take a look at Hermiston
High School, talk to teachers and administrators
at Hermiston High School.
That school received
while McNary Dam was
a lesser amount thereafter. There isn't a speck of
evidence that anybody
ever attempted to dictate to Hermiston High
School.
The Oregon State Board of Education reveal
ed recently that 31 of Oregon's 36 counties are
getting federal aid under the National Defense
Education Act. In the current year, $711,000 will
be spent in 133 Oregon school districts to improve
teaching of science, mathematics and foreign
languages. The act also offers federal aid to dis
tricts that want to improve their counseling serv
ice to students, and several districts are accepting
that aid.
e
"llE DOUBT that any
T ticipating in the National Defense Education
Act program has had any unpleasant experiences
with it. We doubt that
educational processes.
Education is a matter
a school district is doing less than an adequate
job the entire nation suffers. If a school district
is doing an above average job the entire nation
benefits. It is as important to you that a boy in
Mississippi who has a
pared to go to college as it is to his school district
in Mississippi.
The fight against federal aid to education is
phony. The opponents place their emotions ahead
of good sense. Pendleton uast-uregoman.
So Let It Be
Whereas, Americans are incurably addicted
to the formation of clubs, societies, conferences
and conventions, and
WHEREAS, the inevitable result of such gre
garianism is the drafting of resolutions, and
WHEREAS, such groups have fallen by tradi
tion into the reprehensible practice of drafting
statements of their beliefs with the aid of exces
sive and offensive whereases, and 1
WHEREAS, such imperishable documents as
the Declaration of Independence are not clutter
ed with whereases, and
WHEREAS, the whereas form of a resolu
tion is a. blot on the use
and a depredation of
people of the United States, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that no more whereases
and be-it-resolveds shall be employed by such
clubs, societies, associations, conferences and con
ventions, and .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that-this
resolution, being duly noted, shall be expunged
from the record. Portland Oregonian.
Lost World of Oz
If Junior or Susie is watching teevee or' read
ing a comic book instead of reading something
worthwhile, maybe there is a reason for it. So be
lieves Shirley Jackson, the distinguished novelist
and short story writer, who laments, in the Dec.
10 Reporter, the lost world of Oz.
The Oz books, still fresh in the mind of many
a parent, stimulated the childish imagination.
Teevee and the comic books stimulate imagina
tion, too. But do many of the modem "children
books?" They certainly do not, says Miss Jack
son. Yet, she argues, children need to have their
imaginations stirred.
'
CHE, writes of the -'substantial" books now put
out for the younger set. Junior, instead of
watching teevee, can curl up with the life of ex
citing old John Qunicy Adams. His sister can
read of how "Violet, Girl Horticulturist, found
love and a career in a greenhouse." The smallest
readers are invited to read about "Visiting a
Supermarket with Mummy."
Pretty vapid stuff compared with television
fare or with Oz.
Reading, at first exposure, is a flight from
reality the often rather circumscribed life of the
small child. When he doesn't find this escape in
the reading ottered him, he turns to places where
he can get it, including: television. The tragedy is
that this escape from reality is only the first step
in reading.
JORE important is the second element flight
.into reality. The person who reads widely has
a better idea of the real world than does the per
son whose whole life is
and ideas of which he personal knowledge.
Television drama, like
the '"first of the benefits of reading. It does not
)rovide the second. The Oz books, or something
ike the Ozvbooks, however, will likely lead to an
appreciation for reading. Thus they will place
m the childish hand the
into reality.. Television drama does not offer this
key.
Childish imagination,
childish lungs, was meant to be exercised. For
its full development, however, it ought to be exer
cised in a way that will challenge it when it is
no longer, so childish.
substantial federal aid
under construction and
in Washington, D.C. has
school district that is par-
any has lost control ot its
of national concern. If
high 10 is properly pre
. '
of the English language
the intelligence of the
made up of the objects
the Oz books, provides
key to a lifetime of flight
like childish legs and
Eugene Hegist?rGuard.
Dennis tKe Menace
SAVeO YA SOME
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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
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 is often
Yumpin' Yiminy!
To the Editor: Aye yump
all over Yackson county in
Apperson yumpin' tin yack-
rabbit.
Aye yump around Medford
apd Yacksonville.
Yump in sewer ditches,
yump in creeks.
Yump over fire hydrants,
and yump into garbage cans.
Aye yump over sidewalks,
and aye yump through plate
glass window.
Yump in yail, yump out.
Never try to yump over
moon,, try to yump over Sis
kiyous. First yump, and aye yump
out of transmission.
Quit yumpin' in No. 1 Ap
person yumpin' tin yackrab-
bit.
Start yumpin around in
No. 2 yumpin' tin yackrabbit.
Everett Ackhn,
: Ashland, Ore.
Rationale
To the Editor: The letter in
your Communications column
panning modern popular mif-
sic show a great deal of bias
in peoples judgment. One
must listen with a proper
point of view.
First take, the case of the
"tin - cans falling - down - the-
stairs" type. Anyone who has
ever observed a child in a
house that boasts a stairway
knows that children are
ihrilled by the clatter of a
bag of marbles, a bowl of nuts
or a box of sundry articles
dumped down the stairs. With
one - level bungalow type
houses so popular, these der
prived children need a substfc
tute - hence "tin-cans-falling-
down-thestairs" type music.
Next consider the stutter
and or hiccough singer. It is
common knowledge that
'pop" -singers have not had
voice training. It seems logi
cal to say that Bing started
this trend with his untrained
voice singing "in the b-b-b-b
blue of the night." Now just
stop and think! If you had to
make your living singing to
millions of people with an un
trained voice, wouldn't you
be scared? You b-b-bet your
b-b-boots y(eh)ou would!
If it hasn't already astound
ed your ears, note the pro
nounced "twang. This twan-
gy flavor is accomplished by
holding notes on consonants
instead of on vowels and
should be recognized as a
great physical feat because
most people would strangle if
they tried it.
Fourth-off-key and off-beat
lyrics and orchestration. Well,
when they're out of tun,e and
not regular we'll just have to
assume that they haven't
heard the dinner-hour com
mercials. ,
And if the whole effect
still sounds wierd, listen to the
words! For example, the one
who sings that he'll always
remember that one lovely day
and he knows that their love
was true love so now he goes
his own way.
We've heard since time be
gan that true love, be it of
friend, relative, sweetheart
or the Almighty, is the great
est and most rewarding expe
rience of mankind. So how
miserable this poor creature
must be when he finds it fit
only for rejection, and goes
his own lonely way rather
than being impelled to stay
in its warmth and honor.
So close your eyes to the
peace and comfort of your
surroundings and listen-listen
to pure agony!
' Ruth Anderson,
- . 204 Sunrise ave.,
Medford
Mora Tut-Tulting
To the Editor: I read your
editorial "Tut - tutting the
'Civil Warl" with interest.
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west cwiHe;
Mail Tribune reserves the right to
the case.
Some valid points are made
in the editorial; however,
feel that perhaps you are not
looking at the situation in an
objective manner.
Your dismissal of the man
handling of the OSC rally
girls is bad enough. I suspect
if it had been your daughter
being passed through a male
rooting section against , her
will, you would not have been
o flippant in your attitude to
wards this incident. From
flippancy you go to very poor
taste in your "hunch" that
"some of them actually enjoy
ed it." This sort of irresponsi
ble writing is a disgrace- to
any paper.
By letting your natural
prejudice for your alma mater
white wash the actions of the
U of O students, you are re
fusing to recognize . the ser
iousness of the situation.
While it is true that what hap
pened at Eugene did not cause
any serious damage, it is also
true that the only reason a
riot did not result was the
leadership shown by the OSC
rally squad in keeping control
of the OSC rooting section.
By writing off the U of O
student's conduct as "youth
ful high spirits" you have left
the way open for more inci
dents of the same sort. I If pul
lie pressure does not show dis
approval of these actions, we
have no logical arguments to
hold the wilder elements at
OSC under control.
Another example of how
seriously this "childish be
havior" should be taken by
this excerpt from a letter sent
to the OSC Barometer by R.
B. 'WaUs, director, Depart
ment of Music, OSC.
"This is to say I am fed up
with this kind of childish, and
irresponsible behavior on the
part of university students or
guests. Inasmuch as the uni
versity seems either unable or
unwilling to control then-
crowd, I suggest we discon
tinue the practice of sending
our band to the game in Eu
gene, and they not send theirs
to Corvallis."
'Your editorial "Tut-Tutting
the 'Civil War' " provided an
example of editorializing
without thinking. It also pro
vided an example of vulgarity
applied by insinuation to per
sons you do not even know.
You are letting prejudices
rule your writing with the re
sult that you are doing a dis
service not only to the parties
referred to in your editorial
(including the university), but
also to the readers of your
editorial page.
Frank Lamb
Room 417
Poling Hall
Oregon State College
Corvallis, Ore.
Slill Happy
To the Editor: Well, con
gratulations to Mr. Nolan and
Mr. Marks for standing up to
be counted! I felt just a little
bit lonesome out there on that
limb in defense of the local
stations, but I've gone out on
limb before, that's where
the fruit is. I had hoped to
elicit support from other fans
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Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
The Indian Revolution
The pressure from China,
which I wrote about in yes
terday's article, has come at
a time when
India's future
d e p e n ds on
far - reachine
decisions at I
home a n d I
among her
friends and
well - wishers
abroad. There
are, as we
saw yester
day, great but subtile and ex
tremely delicate decisions to
be taken primarily in Mos
cow but also in Washington
as to how to preserve the
peace of inner Asia by the
containment of China. There
are also decisions to be taken,
primarily in Washington but
also in London, Bonn and
Moscow, as to how the econ
omic salvation of India is to
be financed.
Bat inside India there are
decisions to be made which
are no less momentous, and
in this report I shall attempt
to identify some of them.
The Indian republic is now
about ten years old, and it is
still led and governed by the
generation of its founding
fathers. Of them the greatest,
of course, is Nehru. The time
has come when the founding
fathers have no greater task
or duty than to prepare the
way- for their successors. The
problems which India must
solve in the next ten years
are enormous and they are
urgent. They call for nothing
less than a revolution in the
economy . of India, and this
revolution, even with all the
necessary foreign aid, must
be carried out by a new gen
eration which has young en
ergy and fresh enthusiasm
and sharp vision..
WHEN WE speak of the rev.
olution to which India is
committed, it is useful, I
think, to clarify the issue by
saying that there are two ob
jectives. One of these must be
reached in about six years.
India must be made capable
of feeding itself before it is
overwhelmed by the ava
lanche of its growing popula
tion. The second task can be
achieved only if and as the
first problem is solved. The
second task is that of prepar
ing India in the course of the
next 10 or 15 years for the
day when the country will
have an independent and pro
gressive economy which can
finance its own development
by normal commercial opera
tions. The task of feeding India
is critical, and if it is not car
ried out, the human and polit
ical consequences will be
dire. The task of developing
an independent Indian econ
omy is a spectacular objec
tive, indispensable, however,
if the free institutions of In
dia are to survive in the com
p e t i ti o n with totalitarian
China.
Plans for meeting these
two objectives are being
formulated by the old guard,
by the generation of -the
founding fathers of Indian
independence. But the plans
will have to be carried out by
the successors of the founding
fathers. Now, it is not clear
who these successors are go
ing to be, and they are not
being groorrled for the work
or made known to the people,
Yet, unless this uncertainty
about the succession of power
is faced fully and resolved
for some of the other fine sta
tions, but I like the idea of
their statements better.
It is my belief that those
who are so critical of a job
being well done would be do
ing that job if they were so
much better qualified to do it.
find the programming on
each of these stations equally
attractive with that of KYJC,
each has something to offer
at different .times of the day
which I thoroughly enjoy.
And if we were all to be really-honest,
I think we-would
say we can take a lengthier
diet of the easy . to listen to
music than any other variety.
like some classical music
and a little bit of hillbilly
music, but only as a garnisn
served up with the main
course.
And now I'm happy about
my position in this minority.
I like the company I'm in.
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boldly, it will, I venture, to
think, jeopardize the success,
which will not be easy in any
event, of the economic revo
lution. WfHEN I raised this question
with Indians, I was often
told that India is a genuine,
working parliamentary de
mocracy on the British model
and that it has like the British-
a very competent civil
service. The system is such
that it will provide for a
successor government by the
normal procedure of elections
and of parliamentary democ
racy. This is true in the sense
that India has political insti
tutions of "the Western kind
which are virtually unique in
Asia. I would not question
the confidence of the Indians
in the capacity of their own
institutions to produce a suc
cession were it certain or
even probable that India can
solve its problems with a
normal government constitut
ed more or less In the Brit
ish style. I do not, however,
think that the British them
selves could solve their prob
lems without radical political
changes if they were faced
with problems of the magni
tude and the complexity of
those of India.
What troubled me was the
disparity between the revo
lutionary objectives of the
Third Five-Year Plan and the
mildness, the almost Victor
ian mildness, and the normal
ity of - the Indian political
system. I asked myself whe
ther the gigantic economic
revolution can be carried out
by parliamentary politicians
and civil servants without the
dynamism and the discipline
of an organized mass move
ment TDC
to
DO NOT know the answer
this question. But I have
no doubt that it is the crucial
question. For the solution of
the basic problem-which- is
how to feed adequately the
population-requires not only
materials and the tools which
money can buy.- It requires
also a revolutionary change
in the traditional way of life
of the Indian masses in their
villages.
I do not see how this revo
lution, which must go deeply
into the Indian social system
and the Indian culture, can be
brought about by the persua
sion of experts alone. I would
suppose that it would require
the organized pressures of a
popular movement under gov
ernment leadership so dynam
ic and so purposeful that it
can inspire people to do vol
untarily the kinds of things
that in Communist China are
done by compulsion.
Such popular movements
are always dangerous. They
can get out of control. They
pan be exploited by dema
gogues and fanatics, and they
pan erode the kind of parlia
mentary democracy which In
dia enjoys. I do not like the
medicine, which in too big
doses is a poison. But this
would not be an honest re
port if I did not raise the
question whether the strong
medicine may be needed. I
am afraid it . is. For India
does not have all the time in
the world to solve its basic
problems by the education of
its masses and by persuasion.
The essential economic prob
lem must be solved within a
few years, or it may well be
come insoluble.
F)R SOME years the Ford
Foundation has sponsored
a team of American agricul
tural specialists who have
worked - out a plan for the
solution of the Indian food
problem. They are led by
Mr. Douglas Ensminger, a
man of great knowledge and
wisdom and sympathy. The
American experts point out
that while the Indians have
been able to increase food pro
duction somewhat, they are
falling behind because of the
greater increase in the popu
lation. If this goes on, if the popu
lation continues to grow fast
er than the food supply, India
will soon, in some five or six
years, "be short about 28 mil
lion tons of food. This is
more than can possibly be
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FRIENDLY HOMELIKE
Revision Urged in
Washington UPD The ad
ministration plans to ask Con
gress next month to tighten
the law governing the use of
chemicals in food processing.
Arthur S. Flemming, secre
tary of health, education and
welfare, said Sunday he would
urge that the law be revised
to make it easier to ban all
use of chemicals found to
cause cancer in animals.
He predicted that Congress
would approve the change.
Flemming explained that
the present law authorizes his
department to deny the re
quest of a food producer ask
ing for permission to use a
certain substance if it has
been found to be cancer-producing.
But he said the law requires
the government to prove the
chemical is cancer-producing
in the case of food processors
supplied by any conceivable
form of rationing or importi."
Large masses of the Indian
people, and we should add of
their working animals, are
under-nourished and indeed
hungry- most of the time.
They have such an unbal
anced diet, that they, do not
have the strength and the
energy and the will to im
prove their methods of farm
ing. . , .
The Ford people are confi-.
dent that they can master this
situation in about six years.
To do this there must be more
fertilizers and more insecti
cides. There must be plants
to make fertilizers and in
secticides. There must be
better plows and other agri
cultural tools. There must be
more water for irrigation and
more storage space. All this
will require about $1.5 billion
in foreign exchange to pay
for the tools anc! the chem
icals that have to be implied.
It will require also about $1.8
billion worth of surplus
wheat from the United States.
TiHIS IS the price, say these
experts, of "continued po
litical stability in India." If
the food problem is not
solved, there will be a grow
ing inflation in food prices
and that will bring not only
s e m i - starvation but wide
spread unrest and all the dan
gers of an uncontrollable in
ternal crisis. He would be a
bold man who tried to argue
that India's fundamental
problem can be solved more
cheaply than the Ford experts
say.
For -myself the real ques
tion is whether the program,
which is no doubt conserva
tive, can be carried out quick
ly enough among the three
hundred million peasants who
live in more than half a- mil
lion villages. -
I cannot help feeling that
for such a far-reaching revo
lution on such a gigantic scale
in so short a time there will
be needed in the leadership
of the Indian nation and in
the organization of the Indian
masses a dynamism and a
discipline which are 'not now
there.
(c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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