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; 5 ! MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtd'ord, Or. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1 960 MCTFORDtStWTBIBUNB 'Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily exceDt Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St.. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD T. LATHAM. Bus. M?r. IRIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mnif. Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $13.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Dailv and Sundav 3 mos. 4.25 Sundav Onlv One year $4.20 Tlv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year S1R.00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo. l.?0 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance "Official Paper of Citv of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire U.P.I. Telephoto Newspictures "MEMBER OF AUDTT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Reoreenative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Lo Angeles Seattle. Portland. St. ixmis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER! ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. . 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 5, 1950 (Thursday) President Truman said this country has no intention of using its armed forces to pro tect Formosa from Commu nist advances. Mrs. Kenneth Pickens, Med ford housewife, wins sweep stakes prizes on Betty Crocker 'radio quiz program. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 5, 1940 (Friday) Three bears in Crater Lake National Park refuse to hiber nate this year; park rangers are puzzled. From Arthur Perry's "Ye - Smudge Pot" column: "In 1937 according to a Believe It or Not item, it was so hot near Spokane, Wash., corn popped on the cob. This is nothing. Once upon a time here, it was so hot, an entire field of corn started popping. The farmer thought he was in a snowstorm and nearly froze to death." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 5. 1930 (Sunday) Jimmy Allen, local high school basketball star, sells story to magazine and builds home near Modoc orchard. Prohibition will overshadow tariffs as top issue in coming congressional session. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 5, 1920 (Tuesday) Losses from fire in Med ford last year amounted to less than $5,000, the lowest in his tory. National Grange favors no strike clause in new railroad . bill. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 5. 1910 (Wednesday) Medford's rail freight ship ments were higher than those of any other city between Sacramento and Portland last year. Mysterious syndicate is rapidly acquiring options on land in Sams Valley. Over 15,000 acres under bond so far in $lVfe million deal. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Of which Western state is Carson City the capital? 2. What organization is represented by the initials WCTU? 3. Is Mexico geographically a part of North America, or of South America? 4. What Nazi leader defect ed into Scotland in May 1941? 5. Is a thick glass, or a thin glass, more likely to be cracked by a hot liquid? 6- Every cabinet officer gets a Federal allowance to have his portrait painted; true or false? 7. Which city in Scotland has the largest population? 8. Identical twins' are al ways of the same sex; true or false? 9. What is the primary function of the red blood corpuscles? ' ,10. la what European city is Piccadilly Circus? Answers: 1. Nevada. 2. Wo men's Christian Temperance Union. 3. North America. 4. Rudolph Hess. 5. Thick. 6. True. 7. Glasgow. . True. 9. T6 transmit oxygen. 10. Lon don, England. Political Speculation A man we know a loyal Democrat, by the way said to us the other day: "I'm disappointed that Rockefeller quit the race. I was ready to vote for him. He would have made a great president." We, too, were disappointed that New York's governor felt it was impossible to devote the necessary time to the campaign time away from h;s full-time duties as governor of the nation's most populous state. But his withdrawal made a lot of sense. His statement announcing his withdrawal, with its implied criticisms of Nixon and even of the Ei senhower administration, made sense, too. THE deck was stacked against "Rocky" this imoi- na -pn i do tVio T?ornVHfaTi Tinmi'nQti'nti 10 concerned. The "pros" the politicians who govern the party machineiy were too much committed to Richard Milhous Nixon to allow an "open" con vention next July. And for some reason we find difficult to un derstand, Rockefeller's fresh vigor, his determin ation and drive, and his look-ahead ideas as to what this country needs must have if it is to go forward, failed to strike sparks with rank-and-file voters. CO, BARRING some totally unforeseen reversal of the trends of the moment, Nixon will be the Republican candidate this fall. If the present mood of the country continues until November a mood of slumbrous and large ly unthinking content Nixon may well be the next president of the United States. Any Democrat nominated (with one possible exception) would find it come Nixon's undisputed popularity with voters who have come to feel that this is, after all, the best of all possible worlds, and that there's no need to rock the boat. Nixon might not inherit all of the Eisenhower aura. But no other candidate would inherit any of it, and Richard (That's my boy!) Nixon would certainly benefit from it A ND what of Rockefeller? "He is still a relatively as a successful governor diminish his reputation. And, perhaps most important, his withdrawal ij i 11 Til 1 i j 1 statement specmcaiiy reserved tne ngnt to ais cuss issues within the framework of the Republic' an party issues which haven't raised, much smoke, despite their burning importance to Amer ica's future. He can be expected States' secondary place in space exploration; its dangerously weak defense position; the needs of education, of capital of economic justice for the elderly, of the protec tion of our diminishing natural resources. THESE are issues with which America must rvmci fr nrvirvD r -f o rl a inf a canrYr ! nee of o f no Eisenhower has had his moments of greatness particularly since he started being president in fact as well as name, after Sherman Adams and John Foster Dulles were no longer around. The President has been the Great Accommo dator, an almost symbolic figure, whose dedica tion to peace is unquestionable, but whose leader ship in attacking the hard problems of world order and national progress has been confined to platitudes and generalities. IF, EVEN on the sidelines, Rockefeller can stim A ulate an intelligent and constructive debate on such vital issues, his withdrawal will have been an important political fact for America's future. Meanwhile, the attrition among Democratic candidates will continue,' as the half-dozen or so avowed or unavowed would-be presidents con tinue their quest for the nomination. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that, once again, the Democrats will turn to Adlai Stevenson the one man in their party whose stature is undiminished, even by two defeats, who has the brains and the depth to fill the office, and who will not suffer from the inevit able political infighting preceding the conven tion. E.A. Belton as Treasurer Gov. Mark Hatfield's appointment of Howard C. Belton as state treasurer, succeeding Sig Unan der, was a "natural" and a good appointment. Belton, an essentially conservative man, will be a meticulous fiscal officer, aided by a highly competent staff of leng experience. His other role as treasurer that of member ship on the board of control and the other boards on which the treasurer serves will actually be more significant, as far as policy is concerned. . DELTON is a man of sensibility, and his finan cial conservatism will not blind him to the needs of the institutions under the boards' juris diction. He is also a man of rock-like integrity and honor, with long and valuable experience in state government, both in the legislature and in the executive department where he served brief lv from time to time as acting governor, while presi dent oi tne senate. Whether he will be himself this election remains to be seen, but whether or not he does, in the meantime the state can be confident the office is in erood hands. E.A. an uphill fight to over to a large extent. young man. A full term of New York cannot to discuss the United investment for the future, a "candidate to succeed . . - Dennis the ewOTget!1 l-S i Hey, Margaret.' Did ya see m 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 Pet Abandonment To the Editor: The last session of the state legisla ture passed an amendment to the law .relating to the aban donment of animals to include specifically cats and dogs, and increased the penalties for this crime. It is now possible, upon conviction, to be fined up to $500 and be jailed for a period up to 30 days. Within the past four days the Southern Oregon Humane society has investigated two local cases of abandonment of dogs and reported them to the district attorney's office. In Central Point, on Satur day, Dec. 26, 1959, a family moved and left a toy collie female dog about one year old. A neighbor had been feeding the dog for one whole week, until it was reported to the Humane Society on Saturday morning, Jan. 2, 1960. The other case concerned a male collie and shepherd dog about one year old that had been abandoned on the Jack sonville highway, Medford, when another family moved on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1959. This case was reported to the Humane Society on Friday, Jan. 1, 1960. Unfortunately, in both these cases, the guilty par ties have moved out of the state, but the district attor ney has been requested to prosecute either or both if they should return to Oregon. There can be no excuse for this kind of treatment to dogs and cats in this county, with all the facilities available to people who can no longer take care of their pets or have unwanted animals. Just to de liberately abandon them to starve or freeze to death in this weather is cruelty be yond words. Assistance or information is available from the South ern Oregon Humane Society at 2902 Table Rock Road or by calling NOrmandy 4-2406, and we will make an investi gation of all reports of cruelty or abandonment of animals; William O. Herring, Humane Officer Southern Oregon Humane Society, 2902 Table Rock rd., . Medford. Questions To the Editor: Many statis tics are supplied via the news papers and other sources, but some things I believe the average citizen is never in formed about, or '.'seldom, if ever," a few of which I sub mit. Is our rather sudden inter est in outer space prompted by a real human or national need, or a sort of excuse for many political and other sel fish acts? What are the amounts of cash donated annually for re search for cures, aids to, and other things in connection with each of the greater plagues to our health, TB, polio, arthritis, heart, cancer, muscular distrophy, and others? Who distributes these funds? What are the administrative costs? Just what capable institu tions are employed? What are the names of the recognized scientists working on these various research efforts? ; Educators and others have advised our young people to take courses that will qualify them for a spot somewhere in connection with space re search and kindred efforts. Why are some not advised to study economics, that some real scientific progress along that line might be effected while there is yet time? Why not remind the great minds to be that in" govern ment, and economics, we are struggling along with two Menace turn a MA&esAuiT t the case. forms, that have changed but little since our first record of history, and except for chang es in names and some slight variations remain unchanged? Why not admit the fact that the last half of the 1800's was truly the inventive age the age of scientific discov ery, that since then little, al most no new, basic discover ies have been made. Are qualified business minds called upon to administer the business, or the financial ma nipulations of our various units of government, ' educa tion, etc? Another question, is not our present method of settling labor disputes rather inade quate and can not science offer something better? Why are organized groups within our government not re quired to submit reasons for, and show the need for, any acts against other groups or individuals, or our society as a whole, before taking actions such as strikes, boycotts, shut outs, price hikes, etc? We have submitted some complicated questions, and there are many more. However, a few answers to the more simple questions and those less involved would help. J. D. Bowdish 1016 Reddy st. Medford Freedom and Non-Freedom To the Editor: Readers of The Mail Tribune take note of interesting news, editorials, and communications. In an editorial on Thanksgiving Day we were refreshed by the in sertion of Lincoln's 1863 Thanksg i vi n g Proclamation, and grateful for the Editor's words respecting "Thanks Due Today." We owe gratitude to our friend for reminding us of the thanks we owe to God. The great Psalmist said, "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good." Yes, we owe thanks, and . thanksgiving includes thanksliving also. This reminds us of a remon strant protest we felt when we read a second editorial on Dec. 10. The title of this was, "Religious Freedom. W e quote some of the editor's words: "In America, every one is free to practice his re ligion as he sees f it-or to prac tice none at all." Then he gave quite a list of beliefs, and concluded with these words, "as well as agnostics and atheists." "This diversity is a splendid ining-ii some what confusing." Splendid agnostics, atheists, and non-practitioners! A con fusing diversity for sure, "but," said the editor, "This diversity is a splendid things." Non-practitioners and their mal-practices are named in some detail in God's word. Briefly, 1st Timothy 1", 9 and 10, "-lawless, disobedient, ungodly-unholy, profane, mur derers, - manslayers, whore mongers, them that defile themselves with mankind, menstealers, liars, perjured persons." For more see Ro mans 1. 28-32. Revelation 21.8 tells their future, "The fear ful, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, whoremo n g e r s, sorcerers, idolaters, and ali Jiars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death." Again the editor, "Nearly half our people - the largest single group have no church affiliation, some by ' default (neglect or failure),-some by choice." The Bible calls this great company lost. "If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost." "Without God and without hope in the world." Every issue of every daily re lates the crooked doings and Matter of Fact By Joseph AIsop NIXON ANALYSIS Washington - Now that Vice President Nixon has an unchallenged strangle - hold on the Repub lican presi dential nomi nation, he is going through the mbtions that are nat ural in his happy posi tion. He is saving Joseph alsop that he wants his running mate on the Re publican ticket to be freely chosen by an "open conven tion." He is sueeestinff that aspirants to the Republican vice presidential nomination might even do well to enter state primaries - God save the mark! In short, he is doing every thing he can to relieve the tedium of a Republican race that was won before it even started, by stirring up interest in the face for second place. In fact, however, it can be stated with some confidence that Nixon has already pretty well decided how the race for second place ought to come out. And since the Republi can convention will be rather less "open" than the Black Hole of Calcutta, Nixon's views will surely prevail. TTNLESS Nixon changes his '-''mind in the interval, the decision about the Republi can's party's next vice presi dential nominee will really be made at the Democratic con vention. If the Democrats do not nominate Sen. John F. Kennedy o f Massachusetts, the Republicans will be gently guided to choose Secretary of Labor James Mitchell for sec ond man on their ticket. But if Kennedy wins the Demo cratic nomination, the indi cated Republican choice will be an Eastern protestant of the generally liberal type, such as Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge. ' The reasoning behind this strategy is quite simple. If the Roman Catholic, Kennedy, is the Democratic presidential nominee, it will be no use trying to compete for the Catholic vote by giving anoth er Roman Catholic, Mitchell, the Republican vice presiden tial nomination. It would be clumsy. It would be down right damaging. BUT if Kennedy is rejected by the Democrats, the whole picture will be trans formed. Nixon himself, as he is well aware, is already very strong with the Catholic vot ing groups. The rejection of Kennedy by the Democrats will make it easier to maxi mize this strength of Nixon's. The choice of Mitchell will admirably-serve this purpose, and it will suit Nixon in other ways too. For Mitchell is a Nixon friend and ally of long standing, and, being a New Jersey man, he will also bal ance the ticket geographic ally. This approach of the Vice President's to the problem of his running mate is of special interest at the moment, just after Senator Kennedy's won derfully unsurprising an nouncement of his candidacy. Nixon, the shrewdest political mind in the Republican party, clearly considers that the Ken nedy candidacy puts the Democratic party in an agon izing box. The Democrats will be re leased from this box if Ken nedy fails in the primaries and falls behind in the polls. In that case of course all bets will be off. But suppose Ken nedy goes to Los Angeles as the front-running Democratic candidate, with enough dele gates to give him.- the best chance of nomination in nor mal circumstances. In that case, any coalition against Kennedy will unavoid ably be driven to emphasize the danger of nominating a Catholic for the presidency. There will be some justice in this, too, for the nomination of Kennedy will doubtless cost the Democrats some Pro testant votes. BUT suppose the coalition against. Kennedy is suc cessful, in its warnings about the mal-practices of the agnos tics, atheists, the non-practi tioners, and unfortunately some professed practitioners (church members). Quite obvi ously this diversity is confus ing, but not splendid. But, '"In America everyone is free to-practice none (re ligion) at all." This, however, is not - the ireedom uod planned, nor that which our Pilgrim fathers prized. "They have left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship; God.'' .; ; , What a contrast to practic ing no religion at all! H. R. Bulman, Route 4, Box 316A, Medford. I XI- European Has Disadvantages To Unity T duti lirivcnu i . , . ..... ... , . By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor One of the pressing prob lems left unsolved by the re cent Western summit confer ence in Paris was the dan g e r o u s eco nomic division d e v e 1 o ping bet ween Eu rope's "inner six" and "out er seven." Aside from the nations di- Newsnm recxiy involv ed, the conflict also repre sents a basically different ap proach to a United States of Europe as advocated by the United States of America on the one hand and Great Brit ain on the other. Both the "inner six" and the "outer seven" are trade groups, set up to knock down tariff barriers within each group, while retaining trade barriers against each other. " In the "inner six" are West Germany. France, Italy, Bel gium, Holland Luxembourg, with a total population of 170 million. In the "outer seven" are Great Britain, Sweden, Nor way, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal, with a population of 90 million. While each is a trade group, the "inner six" actually goes much further than trade. Its members see it as the begin ning of a program which will link Europe politically. Has U.S. Support It has had the firm support of the United States on the theory that a united Europe would greatly strengthen the defensive capabilities of the North Atlantic Treaty Alli ance (NATO). That it. also might divide Europe had not been foreseen. The division ' arises from the fact that the common mar ket of the inner six also re quires the surrender of a cer tain amount of sovereignty. This, Britain especially, was unwilling to do. The British believe that economic and po litical matters should remain separate. - Seeing itself thereby shut out from the common market and fearing the effects on its own trade, Britain there fore hastily set up the "outer seven." Hence, the economic war de veloping among the very na tions upon which the United States must depend for its allies. Aside from the effects on Europe, the two economic blocs also have an adverse effect on other economies, no tably those of the United States and Canada. Plan Paris Meeting The U.S. presently exports more to the inner six than does any member of the outer seven. But it must do so now at a disadvantage as com pared to any member of the trading group In an effort to bridge the gap between the inner six and outer seven, European economic ministers and ex perts, plus representatives of the United States and Canada will meet in Paris the middle of this month. As of now, it appears the bridge will be a difficult one to construct because of the political nature of the inner six organization and Britain's unalterable opposition to it. A possibility under discus sion is a recommendation that work be started on a world wide reduction of tariffs ap plicable to all nations, regard less of organization or bound ary lines. WET PARKING SPACE Tampa, Fla. - (UPD - Alfred Hammel, 47, told police Mon day he couldn't find his car which he had parked Sunday night. Officers investigated and found Hammel had driv en off a bridge into the Hills borough river, turned off the ignition and lights, opened the door and floated to the surface. He was charged with drunken and careless driving. Protestant votes lost. What then will happen to the mass ive Catholic vote? The Cath olic voters, once so solidly Democratic, have long been drifting further and further toward the Republicans. The drift is likely to become a landslide, if Kennedy is re fused the nomination just be cause he is a Catholic. And the landslide will be assured, if the Republicans also give a Catholic second place on their ticket. That, quite obviously is the Vice President's analysis. It is formidably realistic, and so is the plan that has been de rived from this analysis. Both analysis and plan can be ex pected, to receive prayerful consideration, during the com ing months, from Democratic leaders in the big industrial states, where the Catholic vote is so largely concen trated. (c) 1960. New York Herald Tribune Inc. tiDMMK Phi) Economic Such a plan might be sup - ported in principle by the the U.S. trade balance re United States but would be I mains unfavorable. Washington Report By WILLIAM NIXON IN CHARGE Washington-Vice-President Richard M. Nixon has now be come the operating head of the Republi can party, and as such he is moving coolly to take charge of its affairs as tactfully as possible. Presi dent Eisenhower is not only in his last months in William S. White office. He has also, in fact if not in form, turned party di rection over to his now un challenged Republican heir, Mr. Nixon. The first task of Nixon's new status, a task on which he is already engaged, is this: to repair the real if not easily measurable damage to party morale resulting from the forced retirement of Gov. Nel son Rockefeller of New York as his one potential rival for the Presidential nomination. Nixon leaves nothine to chance, and never deludes himself. His instinct is to err in only one way in reckoning danger or latent danger. He will always overestimate, if this is the alternative to the peril of underestimating. He knows there is a clear risk that the cry of "'ssism" will go up against him. Rockefel ler's bitter comment - that those who "will control" the GOP convention told him plainly not to contest for the nomination - has seen to that. rpHE WORD "controllers," as applied to the Republican leaders about the country, is only a thin shade removed from the blunter word "boss es." And. Nixon, in common with the whole of the regular Republican organization, well remembers that it was in part the exploitation of the cry of "bossism" against the Demo crats that enabled Rockefel ler to defeat a sitting Demo cratic New York governor in 1958, Averell Harriman. The Vice-President and his advisers are practical men. They know nothing much can be done to cancel out Rocke feller's complaint. The lead ers did tell him they would not tolerate the disunity of a Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE, author John Marquard's son, then 17, was allowed use of the family car. Marquard worried all night that in the midst of the general jubilation an acci dent might occur. Sure enough, shortly after -midnight, the doctor in -his home town called up. "Your father's just run -Into a telephone pole," he reported. "He's ra t h e r . banged up, but he'll be . okay in a few days.". "Maybe," mused Mar-, quard as he hung up the receiver, "I've been worrying about the wrong generation all the time!" '.-' An unruly youngster, banished to his bedroom without supper, broke some kind of rec- , ord by ending a sentence with five prepositions. His father had re- 1 lented to the extent of a glass of milk and some cookies, and also i placed on the tray a copy of Bulf inch's "Mythology." The kid's swift reaction to the book was, "Why are you bringing me that book I never want to be read to out of up for?" I960, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan v Fred Brennan - or call ; Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE . AGENCY 77 NORTH HOLIY ST. Grouping 1 difficult to apply so lone as S. WHITE convention fight. Thatvis a matter of ineradicable history and is also the plain truth. But it is felt that something can be done to prevent an ex pansion of the incident into an important Democratic weap on. And something can be done, too, on a connected problem: the possibility that Mr. Nixon's early lock-up of the nomination might reduce public interest in the GOP convention to near the point of zero. The Vice-President's initial steps have had all this in mind. First, his comment on Rockefeller's withdrawal was restrained - and highly com plimentary to the Governor. Second, he has refused to show any exultation or even to concede that he himself is now as good as nominated. A ND, more importantly, the Nixon people have let it be known that Mr. Nixon is con sidering leaving it to the Re publican convention to select the 1960 Vice - Presidential nominee - within limits. The purpose of this strategy is per fectly clear. Nixon knows that the whole tradition of politics allows any Presidential nomi nee to have the last and the only important word on who will be his running mate. The present circumstances, however, make it unwise for him even to indicate an inten tion of availing himself of his privilege. There is the neces sity to avoid any suggestion of additional "bossism" that can be avoided. And there is the necessity not to close up the whole show in advance by identifying the man who is going to get the Vice-Presidential nomination. Nixon all the same does not literally mean that the convention will be free to choose his running mate. What he means to accomplish is this: to avoid totally fore closing the second place andj to allow the convention a freei( choice subject to a very im-: portant qualifications. 1 It will be a"free choice" sc long as the name is one on those on a list of acceptable which Nixon will carry to the1 convention. . (Copyright, I960, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) YOUR FATHER CAN 1 INTO A TELEPHONE POLE MACK THE KNIFE Is a popuplar song hit. But Mack, "The- Knife," when it means Surgery is not only unpopular But Ex pensive. : - Better Check Our Medical Expense Plan. Bill Fish i m m n'
