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MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or. Tuesday, Dm. '15, 1959 ' MEDFORDtWTBIBUKE r "Everyone tn Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune'' J VSibllihed DmIIv except Saturday by WJiFlfiXD PRINTING CO - 33 North Fir St Ph SP 9-61U ROBiRT W RTTKL. Editor HERB GRE Advertl.i5 Manager GEPA1.D LATHAM Business tlfl ERIC W ALLEN JR. . Managing editor EARL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD J1CWETT SDOrta Editor OLIVE ST ARi -HER Women's Editor DALE CRICKS N Circulation Mr An IndeDendent NrwiDStxr Entered at second elam matter al . Medlor Orwon nnder Act of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mat in Advance Cotjy 10c Da II- and Sunday 1 vear $15 00 Daily and Sunday 41 mos 8 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mos ' 4.23 Sunday Only One vear t20 Br Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Btele Point Jacksonville Gold Hill . Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 jjauv ano suncay l mo iju Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash to Advance Officii Paper of City f Medford otricial fapei oi jacamn vonmy United Press Internationa Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Aivrr1rfnff Renresentatlve! WEST HOLIHAV CO, INC Of fices In New York. Chicago. De troit San F-nnrisco Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver B C. NEWSPAPER PUBllSHERf ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL lASc5T 32 as Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. ' 10 YEARS AGO I Dec 15. 1949 (Thursday) ; A contest is under way to .Choose a name for the new ! high school being constructed ', near Central Point. Census reports Jackson '. county has 15,059 children in ', public schools this year; an in- crease of 355 over 1948. : SO YEARS AGO , Dee. 15. 1939 (Friday) r Uruguayan government or- Lflm the German battleship Graf Spee to leave Montevi- ! deo harbor within 72 hours. From Arthur Perry's "Ye I Smudge Pot" column: "Ear muffs are all the rage among ' the boys with bicycles as they ', filter through the auto traf- : Cc." . ..- v ' NATIONAL I SO YEARS AGO , ' : Dec. 15. 1929 (Sunday) Rum runner caught by.fed-'- eral agents in Siskiyou monn I tains. . . ; ; Fire chief cautions against Christmas tree fires. - s -X t 40 YEARS AGO J, :' Dec. 15. 1919 (Tuesday) ' , I Liberty theater to be closed t until weather clears. . ; Seely V. Hall takes over Chandler car agency in Med : ford ; 50 YEARS AGO 1 - Dec 15, 1909 (Wednesday) - A trolley line in Medford nd valley , is now assured as Grants Pass and Medford City ,? councils approve 50-year J lease; Ashland balks. " :' v ; Rest of Oregon and Cali- f ornia oppose proposed s t a t P of Siskiyou in Southern Ore t gon and Northern California. : What's Your I.Q.? '" Nine or ten correct is tuaeriort " tevea or ekjht is escellenf; f)va of ." sis H good - ., T- .' ' 1. Which is classed as soft f coal - anthracite, or biturniik- -.' OUS? 2. If a woman is presiding over a meeting, should she be addressed as "Madam Chair- woman"? . 3. With what sort of naval vessel do you connect the - name U.S.S. Chicago? - '- 4. Name the longest river ; in Africa. 5. Is a vicuna a bear, wolf, , llama, musrat, or ' an arma- dilla? - : 6. Which two U. S. presi '. dents were christened "Thomas" as a first name? - 7. Silkworms feed on the leaves of what tree? 8. Is the capital of New Mexico Albuquerque, Santa - Rosa, Las Vegas, or Santa Fe? 9. Prior to the adoption of ; the 20th Amendment to the ; U. S. Constitution, what event took place on March 4 every . four years? , 10. Members of Congress do, or do not pay income '.taxes? ' Answers: 1. Bituminous. 2. No (Madam Chairman). 3. Cruiser, (named after a city). " 4. The Nile. 5. Llama. 6. Jef . ferson and Wilson. 7. Mul berry. 8. Santa Fe. 9. Inaugu- ' ration of President. 10." They ; do. The Arkansas Press Asso- ciation, formed in 1873, is be- lieved to be one of the oldest " organizations of its kind In the United States. East and West "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, "Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment seat ..." These lines, from West," by Rudyard Kipling, are almost always cited by people who maintain that the Occident and the Orient are worlds apart, have little in common, much to set them apart, and that any ef fort to draw the two will meet vith frustration. - Now Kipliner was a wonderful spinner of tales, and. a magnificent versif ier. Some of his stuff even qualifies as poetry. . But as a prophet, he was a good British im perialist, 'whose "White Man's Burden" turned into something he didn t DUT still the quotation some sort of Holy Writ. OK. Let's assume, for the sake of discussion, that Kipling knew what Then let us quote the just half of it, as follows : "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, "Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's Great Judgment Seat; .. "But there is neither East nor West, - Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, ,. "When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth." Trio moral iro rpari fer and so do people, nf crrpntnpss. mpritincr O , 0 they are from, no matter . .4 matter , what may be men. ' A Chance for Pay T Newspapers" throughout the nation have drawn what would seem elusion from the recent TV shows which were the revelation of a deep the top echelons of the The conclusion is this: v -If the big networks with the petty (and sometimes not so petty) cor; ruption revealed by quiz shows and "payola,' isn't it time to give "pay TV" a chance? .'- "THERE are certain things about the proposals for pay . TV which It . would - have no immediate '"effect on the programming of television as now constituted. "Free" TV would still programs, and might be influenced to improve their quality through competition. : "Free" TV would still ers. No one would be deprived of television by being unable to afford it. r But'those who wished could, by a modest pay ment, obtain access to a type of show which is now rarely seen on "free" television operas, symphonies, recent movies, and the type of doc umentary which is now rare, either because its controversially scares off would-be sponsors, or because it -doesn't have sufficiently broad appeal to attract a sponsor. THE proposals for pay TV have never been al . lowed a full-scale nationwide test. What tests have been made have been in limited areas, where they have hardly had a chance to probe the pos sibilities. The Federal Communications Commission at one time was ready to authorize a national pay TV experiment, but was scared off by the angry reactions of some Congressmen who, for one reason or another, opposed even a. trial. . The FCC could do much to overcome its pres ent drab image resulting from committee inves tigations, and prove that it is, in fact as well as name, an "independent" regulatory body, by authorizing a test for pay TV. It might work. Or it might not. But no one will ever know unless it is given a chance. E.A. An Apology of Sorts Jt has become apparent that we owe an apology of soils to Floyd McCabe, of Mt. Pitt Star Route, Butte Falls. Floyd wrote a letter to this page a week or so ago about the type of music which is heard on local radio stations. We followed that with a brief comment, to the effect that he shouldn't expect too much in the way of results from a "letter to the editor." And now look ! The subj'ect has brought out more letterwriters than we've had on any subj'ect since fluoridation or the last election. , IT EVEN has brought letters from a couple of local radio stations, and from the manager of the Oregon Association of Broadcasters. Such attention resulting from one letter is highly unusual, and thus our quasi-apology to Mr. McCabe. The controversy, it appears, has proven one thing only that tastes in music differ widely and sharply, that there is no accounting for tastes, and no changing them, either! Some of the stuff we hear on the radio we like; some of it we can't stand. In the latter case, we've made a startling discovery. Our radio has a button on it which, when turned to the left, turns the radio off. E.A. "The Ballad of East and into a closer relationship couldn t f orsee. ' is used as though it were he was talking about. WHOLE verse, and not Tierp is? that, neonles dif but there are individuals resneet nn matter where x- what their color, and no JO 1 tne prejudices oi lesser - to be an obvious con furore over the rigged only the opening gun in - seated moral, malaise in industry. cannot, unassisted, cope should be reemphasized be able to bring existing be available to all view Dennis the Menace ' .40,, "VVKATTA YA PEA0lN'.Al(?.lVltSprs? HUH? VMATTA W E40IN'? huh nun.viK.yv.wcN huh Today & Tomorrow By Walter OUR IRANIAN PROBLEM -I In Iran, which we came to from India, an American will find much to think about. For here .there is being put to the test the question of how a country which borders on the Soviet Union can be prevented from falling within its or bit. Our answer to this question, which was evolved in- the Acheson-Dulles period, is to build up an Iranian army, to promote" -and under-write the military alliance with Turkey and with Pakistan, , and to give financial and economic and - moral support to the Shah's government. The figures , about our aid to Iran are classified. But it is no secret that we have in Iran a military mission of about 900 officers and men. They are there to help' train the Iranian forces. In addition, we have an extensive program of civilian aid under the Ppint Four Program, and We make up a deficit in the Iranian budget which may be as much as 20 per cent. YET an" American visitor will be told, as we were told by the Shah himself, that the United States is not doing enough, and indeed that it is discriminating against Iran. The Shah complains that whereas Iran is completely aligned with us and is not neutralist in the cold war, We nevertheless give aid to neu tralists like Nehru and Tito, The Shah-feels that this aid ought to be given to Iran and other aligned countries. The Shah complains, more over,' about the quality of the aid we do give him. Not only would he like a bigger army, but he is particularly aggriev ed because we are supplying the Iranian Air Force with F-86s, which our own Air Force is discarding, whereas the Soviet Union is supplying neighboring Afghanistan with the superior MIG-17s. The Shah feels, moreover, that Iran is entitled to re- receive much larger aid for capital investments in order to" develop a modern indus trial complex based on the great rivers and the oil re serves at the head of the Per sian-Gulf. ; QJINCE it is in fact impossible for this country to measure up to the Shah's expectations, and since in all likelihood we shall be reducing rather than expanding our aid, the criti cal question is whether this will mean that .Iran is drawn into the Soviet orbit. There is no ready answer to the question. But it is certainly not to be denied that it may happen. ' How might it happen? There is some light to be had, I found by probing this ques tion. In talking with the Shah himself, who is widely read and well - informed, it soon transpired that he does, not take the naive view of the So- -vied Union. He does not be lieve that the Red Army is likely to roll down into Iran. He knows that an overt ag gression of this sort would precipitate nuclear retaliation and this would mean a world war. He realizes that if the Soviet Union were ever to contemplate starting a world war, it would not begin with a strategic sideshow like Iran. He is aware also that with modern missiles and with par achute troops and air lifts the idea of manning a frontier for linear defense belongs to the horse-and-buggy age. This is very important. For the official theory of our mil itary aid and "of 'the' alliance with Turkey and Pakistan, is Walter Uppmann vik. rvit3wr c m . f , Uppmann that the ground armies, which are very expensive, are there to resist the Red , Army. This notion is a hangover from World War II. : rpHE Shah, who is a young f-and modern - minded man, says frankly that the military threat to Iran is not on the Soviet border. It is on his two other frontiers-that with Iraq on the west and with Afghan istan on the east. We need not, I would guess, worry too much about the few Russian planes in Afghanistan. There are not many of them in the first place and in the second place Afghanistan is a very awk ward country from which to get at Iran. But there is a real and not an imaginary danger on the Iraqi side. The danger is not . that of an organized invasion. It is that of infiltration and-incur sion. The Tudeh party, which is the Communist party of Iran, is outlawed and sup pressed. But it continues to operate underground from Baghdad. Moreover, the Kurds who live on both sides of the Iraqi - Iranian " frontier are somewhat disaffected, and cannot be counted on as cer tain and; reliable supporters of the Shah's government, The net of all this is that the crucial problem in Iran turns on the stability and the durability of the Shah's gov ernment His dynasty, which was founded by his father in 1926, has had a stormy his tory. The Shah's present re gime is really only six years old, dating from his return after the overthrow of Mossa degh. The Shah says he is confident of the solidity of his government. But it is hard to avoid the impression that the regime is vulnerable. ALTHOUGH the Shah is making a brave effort, the Iranian nation has not yet been consolidated behind the government. There are many thine to worry about at home. There are the Commu nists. There are the disaffect ed tribes. There are also an unknown but considerable number of sympathizers with the Mossadeeh revolution. who are to be found in the upper and middle classes, amnnff the intellectuals, and. - o - ' although this cannot be veri fied, in the army as well. The main foundation of the vatfimA je tVo armv Tt ic nor. essary to maintaining the re eime and it is caDable of over turning it. This is the compell ing reason for the Iranian pre nprimntinn with the armv with the pleas to help make it bigger and bigger with bet tor and better weaDons. The officer corps is a privileged caste, and the army must grow in size if there are to oe enough promotions. Every ef fort is made to keep the offi cers happy by subsidizing them with frinee benefits - as for example, discounts on the Drice of automobiles and other conveniences and special fav ors in the administration of the customs tariffs. In Iran, our military aid is reallv directed not outward but inward. It is not strategic and tactical but political and domestic. I am not particular ly squeamish about this. If that is the best way to help Iran, well and good. The question- which this country will have to examine is whether it is going to be in the future the host wav. or indeed how long it can be expected to work. A GAINST this . background we can understand better, T think, the real nature of the Soviet Union's Iranian policy. There are, as usual, the carrot and the stick. The biggest stick is the ra dio broadcasting into Iran from the Soviet Union and from some of its East Euro 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 is often the case. Bill of Rights To the Editor: Just a re minder that Tuesday, Dec. 15, is "Bill of Rights Day." . The first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution are the "Bill of Rights." They pro hibit and restrict the govern ing of the individual by the federal government. They make and insure each indiv idual a free person to direct his own destiny and pursuit of happiness without interfer ence by government. The only restriction upon the individu al is that he, shall respect the rights of others. Article IX provides-"Enu-meration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or dispar age others retained by the Lpeople. XIX VUJU tvuius, XlUUllllg 111 the original constitution shall be construed in the least way to deprive a citizen of his hu man rights by the government and the government has no rights other than those given to it by the people. Today -many of us are thinking otherwise.- that we have no rights unless given to us by the government. There is a vast " difference between the two thoughts. Article X is clear -"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Consti tution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or . the people." From all this w'e are, first, a free people, second, a citizen of the state in which we reside; and, last, a citizen of these United States. The purpose of the Federal Government is to promote and maintain peace between the states; and provide a united defense against our enemies or those who would try to destroy our way of life; and, to be an arbitrator of differ ences between peoples of dif ferent states or between states themselves. The "Bill of Rights" pro tects us from fear of national power, we must assert our rights. Because of indiffer ence, national power is now slowly but surely depriving us pean satellites. I did not hear any of the .broadcasts and, of course, could not have un derstood them if I had. Nor did I see any translations. But I talked with Iranians who do listen to them, and one of these Iranians, a land owner whose sympathies are with Mossadegh, described them to me. The main substance of the propaganda is not Marxism but muck raking. It resembles, if he will forgive me for say ing so, a high-powered and greatly magnified campaign by Mr. Drew Pearson. The main impact of these broad casts comes from the fact that they seem to originate in side the Iranian government, They contain a series of con crete charges of corruption and favoritism. They name names and amounts and defi nite events. It is evident that the infor mation they contain is suffi ciently specific to make them plausible and that this infor mation must be supplied to the Soviet broadcasters and processed for them by a wide and highly-placed network of disaffected Iranians. There is no dougt that they are under mining confidence and' dis turbing the morale of . the Iranian public life. rpHIS is the big stick. The -- carrot is offered privately through diplomatic channels. The Iranian Foreign Minister, whom we saw late one after noon, told us that just that morning he had had one of a series of visits from the So viet Ambassador. They had talked informally, and the Ambassador . had once -again argued that Iran would be much better off if it followed the example of Egypt and adopted a policy of non-alignment. Why don't you, said the Am bassador, take aid from both sides? Let us give you arms and let us help you, as we are helping Egypt at Aswan, to develop your resources. Go on taking aid from the Ameri cans, though you should send home the American military mission. If you take aid from us, you will get more, not less, aid from the Americans who will feel that they must outbid us. We are not going to invade you and there is no need for you to act as if you thought we would. If we wished to attack you, we have plenty of missiles. I thought it interesting that the Foreign Minister wanted me to Know mis. wnat is more, it would be idle to sup pose that this is not a formid able argument in a country which feels itself to be in secure, ana is yearning tor economic help from abroad. (Copyright 1959 New York Herald Tribune, IncJ of our "Bill of Rights" and will become meaningless if we fail to demand human rights and the protection given us by the founders. Ray O. DeMarrs 708 West Second st. Medford. Esperanto To the Editor: Esperantists today celebrate the 100th birthday of the founder ofl Esperanto, happy over the growing U. S. interest in an international language. One reason: the tiresome and sometimes - imperfect inter preting during the Khrush chev visit clearly illustrated the great need for a common, "auxiliary" language among nations. Esperanto, devised by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof in the 1880's, was not the first project for a neutral interlanguage. But Esperanto,, because of its in spired simplicity, yet richness and flexibility, flourished where the others had failed. Everywhere Esperanto pen etrates it introduces also some of the humanitarian spirit which Zamenhof stressed, Evolving in the natural man ner he foresaw, Esperanto is an ever-strengthening chain of useful and friendly communi cation the world over. The Esperanto League, 808 Stuart St., Meadville, Pa., is happy to answer inquiries. Mary J. Gibson P.O. Box 407, Riverdale, Calif. Hunting and Courtesy To the Editor: What in the name of common sense has happened to t he' average American sportsman of today? I have a girl 14 years of age who is taking an NRA-approv- ed rifle course. This training, and proper shooting formali ties I insist that she practice, will, I hope, make a person who 'will be an asset to the sporting generation to come. The need for this type of training was surely impress ed on many of us after the last week ends of deer hunting in the valley. The local deer hunting, in the thick cover characteristic of southern Oregon, lost all interest for me because of the increasing number of lame brains who plow, through the brush every fall shooting at any and everything that moves. ' The display of every breach of good hunting conduct, sportsmanship, shooting cour tesy, and just plain bad man ners and lack of consideration for' others, exhibited during the season was plain disgust ing. Many of us took our chil dren out for supervised hunts, thinking it a good opportuni ty to let them try their luck I personally was ashamed of the disgusting exhibition put on in their presence. ' If the farmers in these hunt ed areas don't close their lands to future hunts, they certainly have a lot of pa tience, and the true sports man will certainly be very grateful, because he realizes better than anyone that this trigger - happy, inconsiderate Jerk is soon going to ruin all hunting on private land if he isn't segregated from the rest and deprived of his hunting privileges. Firearms were invented and made for one purpose-to kill and should always be treated as such. The guy that abuses them is also the fence-breaker, gate opener, sign-shooter, garbage dumper, trespasser, or any number of other things you can think of which classifies him as a first rate nut. As things stand now, how ever, you can rest assured he will be out in force again next year, a box of shells in each hip pocket, and a new gun he knows nothing about. But who cares? He got it for nothing down and 60 days before the first easy payment. And by that time they can have it back anyway, because hunt ing season is over and he has done his damage for another year. D. H. Steinmetz 887 Swing Lane Medtord Serious Problem To the Editor: We would like to thank you for your very fine editorial on air pol lution. Everyone in the valley should feel proud that we have an editor with the cour age to write the truth regard less of which big money in terests may be involved. We may not always agree entirely with his views, but any clear thinking person with reasonably good eyesight would have to agree with every word written in this editorial. If you missed reading "It's Our Choice"- it would be well worth your while looking back to Wednesday, Dec. 9, edition. Think seriously of the choices put forth, and give !n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This weird modern world tale: Some time ago Eberhard W. Shorrig, a University of Wash ington researcher, ordered from his native Germany a copy of a book entitled Saty- ricon - written by one Gaius Petronius, a Roman who lived and wrote some 19 centuries ago. Mr. Shorrig wanted the book for his son, aged 18, to use in a classic literature course. In due time, the book ar rived in America where, along with other imports, it came under the scrutiny of the Customs Bureau, where an alert official held it up on grounds of obscenity and wrote Mr. Shorrig asking his permission to destroy it. Mr. "Shorrig demurred. He said the book could be found in classic libraries all over the country. He didn't think one more copy added to what we've got now would do ir reparable harm. rPHE Customs Bureau stood pat. The book, it decreed, should be destroyed. The youth of our nation must be protected against contaminat ing influences. So- " Mr. Shorrig, being a rather determined character and having views of his own on the nature of the book in question, enlisted the aid of Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson, the state of Washington's Ju nior senator, who went to the top, demanding a review of the situation at the highest level. The upshot of it was that the Commissioner of Customs himself, after goodness only knows how much literary and moral research,- countermand ed the decision u a:s-under ling down in the lower eche lons of the customs service and ordered the release of the copy of ; Satyricon . to Mr. Shorrig for the - use of his son in his -literary- studies. TTMMMMMM.. :.'""'": r' It's a : thorny problem, with many.facets. Has the right of intellectu al freedom been upheld? ? Or have the -morals of our nation been undermined? What shall we say? What shal we think? TN reaching a decision, it - might help to . know who this Petronious was and. what his book was about. It isn't, known when he was born, but he. died about 66 A-D- He was called by Tacitus "Arbiter Elegantiarum"-that is, judge of elegance. He was director of court entertain ment . under . the Emperor Nero. His Satyricon is his best known work. It is a fragmen tary manuscript in prose and verse which is considered by the literary experts to be one of the first examples of the novel form. It gives a vivid, sardonic and extremely real istic picture of the luxuries. vices and social manners of Rome's Imperial Age. According to Tacitus, the court entertainment provided by. Petronius, in his official capacity as director, didn't sit too well with Nero and he committed suicide to escape being put to death by the em peror, his boss. In view of yourself an honest answer. The editorial states, "the first need is a citizenry suf ficiently aroused to demand their clean air be returned." Are you? 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