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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1960 "Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except 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. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mng. 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 ?1d.oo Dailv and Sunday 6 mot. 8.00 - Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.zu Bv 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 $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 150 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Connty United Press International Full Leased Wire PJJ. Telephoto Newspictures MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAl AsC0kTl(oJr 3 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. 27. 1950 (Friday) Employees of Bear Creek orchards and Southern Ore gon Sales Inc., voted to turn down a bid from the AFL to represent them in collective bargaining. Union will pro test vote. U.S. signed mutual agree menti with eight Atlantic Pact nations yesterday. Will .rush $1 billion in arms to ;Westera Europe in next few months. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 27. 1940 (Saturday) '.. U.S. will require Japanese -respect for U. S. rights in ' China before negotiating a new commercial treaty with ) them. . From Arthur Perry's "Ye - Smudge Pot" column: "There "is some talk in this burg of ' entering the state baseball . league this summer. Some 'think the national game will not be able to compete, with - Sunday fishing." 1 30 YEARS AGO : Jan. 27. 1930 (Monday) Petitions are filed for a bill ' to give the state authority to levy a $3 auto tax. . Paris decrees -ong skirts for spring wear, and U.S. wo men protest. : 40 YEARS AGO t Jan. 27. 1920 (Wednesday) Local packers fear a short age of fruit boxes for coming - season. - New quarters of the C.E. , Gates Auto Company to open here April 1. 50 YEARS AGO -Jan. 27. 1910 (Thursday) Mayor Snell of Ashland ."blasts" those asking for his recall. The Medford National "Bank decided to increase its : capital stock by $100,000 at a meeting last night. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; tive or six is good. 1. Is Chicago, 111., in t" Eastern or the Central time . zone? 2. Who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it ? 3. What is the difference in hours in Standard Time between New York and Lon don? 4. The name of which month, when spelled back.' ward, is the name of a vege ' table? . 5. Can horses sleep while standing up? ; 6. Name the three states of the U.S. whose names each contain only four letters. 7. Who won the heavy- weight boxing championship from Max Schmeling in 1932? " 8. Correct the following: "If worst comes to worst, we ".can swim ashore." ! 9. Which of these are not classed as citrus fruits: lem ' ons, pineapples, oranges, strawberries, grapefruit, ap ples? v 10. The living oysters swim about in the water; true or false? Answers: 1. Central. 2. Pat 'vrick Henry. 3. Five hours. 4. May. Z. Yes. 6. Iowa, Ohio. Utah. 7. Jack Sharkey. 8. If 'worse comes io worst ..." 9. .Pineapples, strawberries, ap ples. 10. False. I On Politics Politics is certainly getting under way early this year. Here it isn't even February yet. Filing dead line isn't until March 11. The primary election isn't until May. But candidates are place! The Democrats Friday in Salem for their first party convention in many, many years. Chairmen of both political parties are out beating the bushes (or digging at the grass roots). IT'S beginning to look 1 up, with minor pauses for breath, from now until the first week m JNovember. It will be slightly exhausting. But it's good. It's good for us and good for those seeking political the country. As always, the Mail umns, will endeavor to bring full accounts of all these lively doings, from the Presidential level to the most local decisions. It will endeavor to do so impartially and objectively, although this won't always be easy, and it is probable that we will offend one side or at one time or another. DERHAPS, in this early stage, it should be re- emphasized that this newspaper, in common with all others which adhere to sound journal istic practice, tries its best to keep its editorial opinions on the editorial page, and out of the news columns. A number of our staff members will be writ ing political stories during the year. The personal political learnings of these reporters is something which is their own business and something which they tiy (usually in writing political news. If personal opinion does show up in the news story, on EITHER side of the fence, it is in viola tion of instructions, and means that the reporter and the copy editor "goofed" on the job. THROUGHOUT the year, the editorial columns will discuss various aspects of the political scene, and opinions will be offered. The Mail Tribune is. paper, connected with no holden to none. With its opinions any or disagree. But it is our belief doesn't voice its opinions (in the editorial col umns not to the news columns) does not deserve to be considered a "citizen of its community." E.A. On Attracting Industry The Democratic Governor of Washington, Albeit D. Rosellini. and the ReDublican Governor of Oregon, Mark 6. Hatfield, have, in addition At. .i.:. Li ii- i iu ueing uie cmei executives oi lae noixnwesu Pacific states, something else in common. Each has promised to do what can be humanlv done to bring industry into his state. Ana eacn nas little to snow yet tor his efforts. DOSELLINI, now completing his first term in office, finds himself in the position of point ing out that attracting new industrial firms to the state is, at best, a slow process. The Argus of Seattle comments: "The bloom appear to have faded from the Rosel lini rose insofar as the governor's dream of locating a booming industry in every hamlet, and a few big ones here and there, has failed to develop after three years of the current administration." This was a lesson Bob Holmes learned the hard way, and it undoubtedly was something of a factor in his defeat two years ago by Governor Hatfield. MOW Hatfield himself, who featured "attract- ing industry" during his campaign, is learn ing the same lesson. He's worked at the job as did Bob Holmes and Albert Rosellini. And it may be that signif icant "ssults will ensue (although, industry-build- r oemg what it. is, it would be hard to tell how uuch to credit Hatfield and how much to credit earlier spadework by the Holmes administration). He has, happily for him, a couple of more years for results to show up results for which, politics being what they are, he can claim the credit. All of which goes to show that politics are , funny. E.A. Don 't Hold Your Breath It may be that Eugene and Springfield and the surrounding heavily-populated countryside eventually will join in a major city of some 100, 000 population. But don't hold your breath until it happens. If experiences throughout the state with an nexation and such, to say nothing of city rivalries, are any criteria, quite a few years could drag out before the voters would approve. The comments of the two mayors involved give a clue. Ed Harms of Springfield likes the idea but "questions that it is practical at this time." Ed Cone of Eugene would like more studies made to determine "if consolidation world be equally fair to both cities." It'll be some time yet. E.A. and Reporting popping up all over trie of Oregon will convene as though this will keep preferment. It's good for Tribune, in its news col the other or (likely) both, successfully) to ignore an independent news political party and be reader is free to agree that a newspaper which Dennis the I'll set yaub hoivl.too, SLccK OUTSIDfc 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 cortrary is often the case. Why Is It Popular? To the Editor: This letter is written in answer to Mrs. (or perhaps Miss) Name on File who wishes anonymity in your Jan. 25 issue. This woman's problem does not lie in what the Holly and Cra- terian theaters in Medford, or what any other theater choses to show, but in what her mind chooses to connect to the showing of this picture. For her the evil she sees in this picture is not her private property, but the property of everyone. Because she con notes evil to this picture, it is evil, in her mind and in EVERYONE else's. On the other hand, the French see nothing wrong in a picture of this sort. It is only when the picture is brought to the United States that it suddenly becomes evil and must be censored to pro tect" our morals. A familiar quotation that is read by col lege students throughout the United States reads: How beautiful are thy feet in sandal s, O prince's daughter! The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a. rounded goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy belly is like a heap of wheat Set about the lilies. Thy two breasts are like two fawns They are twins of a roe . . . Shocking as this might sound to our anonymous friend, this will probably never be censorer" by "do gooders" of her caliber. For this quotation is from the Song of Solomon, Chapter 7. Perhaps since it is included in the Bible, it has another message, but how many of our innocent young youths who happen to run across it will think differently about it? Perhaps rather than censor movies like the one in ques tion it would bo better to censor the youth at home by vigilant parents who plan to raise their children, not let some sort of communal ar rangement perform the task for them. Our problem in America is not the problem of riding the filth from our theatres, but becoming mature enough and cosmopolitan enough to wide-stand why it is so popular. Lawrence E. Barleen Box 1, Siskiyou Hall Ashland, Ore. P.S. My name is something which few others share, while my opinion is something I plan to share. Please include my name with my opinion if you choose to ;rint this. Litter, Snow, Singing To the Editor: Pretty lawns are frames for pleasant streets, and if perchance those streets are tree-lined-wow! But come litter bugs. Some bugs are kind o' nice. Take for instance, lady bugs. They kill the aphis that destroy our rosies. Litter humans -they get my goat! We were driving on a lone ly street 'til we came to a paper snow storm, there a trash can, then another block of litter. If that street could talk it might ask, "Would you like patches all over you?" - - New York's white patches of snow in March are differ ent. They bring sugar-making time; warm days and cold nights. Coming home from school I would snap off a hard maple branch. The snap would drip and freeze. The next morning I had a "Pop cicle" that lasted all the way to school. ! Menace if I MA0B Earlier in the winter we skied or slid down hill, and our hill was steep. During a cold snap some delinquents put a log across our trail and covered it with snow. It slush ed and froze. We had climb ed a different path. When our sled hit that thank-you-mam we sputnicked up, over, around, then raced down All I got was a torn over shoe. We didn't thrash those stinkers. We just waited and when opportunity presented we refilled their cigarettes with dry horse manure. One of my friends is going to present me with a donkey Anyone have a stable for rent? Reminds me: Once I owned a team of jinnettes-Burdocks and Sasafras. I jumped on Sassy to ride to a neighbor's; when half way there I started to sing. That cantankerous, slippery - sided rapscallion gave me the worst toss I ever experienced. I haven't been able to sing since. (I couldn't before.) Don't forget to watch the calendar column for Fifty Plus club news. We're miss ing somebody; is it you? Pearl F. Spackman, Jacksonville, Ore. Jack is Puzzled To the Editor: Oregon has the most qualified candidate for President of the United States - Wayne Morse. It seems a little peculiar to me that some of the more profes sional Democratic leaders are supporting other candidates. I seem to remember that when Charles McNary was a candidate for President Ora gonians backed him to the hilt. When Mark Hatfield wai discussed as possible Vice Presidential material the Re publican party closed rank behind him. It is generally understood that an overwhelming major ity of the Democratic profes sional politicians in Massa chusetts and Minnesota are backing their favorite son candidates. What's wrong with some of the "present" Democratic leaders in Oregon? Jack Churchill National Committeeman of Young Democratic Clubs of Oregon 2175 S.W. Kings Court Portland 5, Ore. The Love of Children To the Editor: In reading our newspaper, we find very few humorous events. For a welcome change, and with your permission, per haps some of your readers might enjoy reading of some of the odd assortment of ob jects I have received in my nine years of being a minister. May I add, all but one of these objects were given to me by children. Zillons of wilted flowers, held in little hot hands with eyes full of love. One dish towel that a little boy embroidered a green rab bit on. One dilapidated butterfly. A rubber statue a little girl g?ve me of a woman in even ing clothes, one arm up, one down. She said it reminded her of me. One Halloween noise maker. A little girl gave me an old perfume bottle, with all the perfume gone, but the scent was still there. One little boy made me a stool. Have never figured out if it was to be used for milk ing a cow or just for sitting on. One handful of sunflower seeds. . . : Many more it would take too much space to mention. - If this world held only the love of little children, we as.( Peron, Rich With Loot, Leaves Western Hemisphere; Chances Poor for New Power By PHIL NEWSOM . UPI Foreign Editor Juan D. Peron, an ex-dictator, resumed his wanderings in exile this week. In the 4Vi years since a military revolt toppled his regime in Ar gentina, his life has not been a hard one. His hosts have ranked high in the blue book of Latin Ameri c a n dictator ships, giving him refuge, Phil Neu'som though he no longer was a member of their dwindling club. . Cancer Testimony Given Amid Tobacco Smoke to Committee By DICK WEST Washington - (DPD - Seldom have I seen so much tobacco consumed under a "No Smok ing sign dur ing a discus sion about cancer. People were firing up cig arettes, cigars and pipes all over the House Commerce committee Dick West room. No one paid the slightest heed to the "No Smoking" sign that hung on one wall. Neither did the fact that Ar thur, S. Flemming, secretary of health, education and wel fare, was the witness, deter them. One of Flemming's agen- Matter of Fact THE MISSILE GAP: THE ESTIMATES The following article is the second in a series of six. Washington "With only some 300 ballistic missiles, the Soviets could virtually wipe out our entire nuclear capability within a span of thirty minutes. To further heighten this threat, only about half of these missiles would have to be ICBMs. The rest could be the small I n termediate Range Ballis tic Missiles." (Speech last week by the Joseph alsop U. S. Strategic Air Commander, Gen. Thom as Power. Emphasis is Gen. Power's.) ' The first authoritative state ment ; of the missiles the So viets need to destroy the American deterrent came straight from the man in charge of the deterrent. But almost simultaneously, Secre tary of Defense Thomas Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Nathan Twining, were telling a Congressional committee that we hardly need . to worry about Soviet missiles, or about a missile gap. : Therefore Secretary Gates and General Twining plainly believe that the Soviets can not possibly have or produce the missiles General Power says they need. The Secretary and the chairman of the Joint I Chiefs in fact place absolute, confidence in the National In telligence Estimates-the offi cial guesses at Soviet military capability prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency in cooperation with the State Department and the Armed Services. AS SURVIVAL quite liter- ally depends on Secretary Gates being right, it is im portant to know whether his confidence in the estimates is well-founded. The first thing to note is the extreme narrow ness of the national estimates' margin of error, beyond which further error may mean na tional suicide. According to General Pow er, the Soviets could destroy our deterrent with 150 inter continental missiles, for our nuclear launching sites in this hemisphere, plus another 150 intermediate range missiles, for our air and missile bases overseas. The national esti mates themselves have long granted the Soviets an ample stock of IRBMs. Over 100 IRBM launching pads are know to exist in Eastern Eu rope alone. Thus everything hangs upon the single ques tion, whether the Soviets now have, or will soon have, only operational i n t ercontinental missiles. The number is not large. It is, for example, only ten months of the productive ca pacity of our own Atlas ICBM plant, if the Atlas production adults would never have to fear another war. Mrs. Delbert Casey Rt. 1, box 358, Central Point, Ore. First to give him shelter was Gen. Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay. Then it was President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua. A visit to Vene zuela proved to be one of un fortunate timing, because he was there when the dictator ial government of President Marcos Perez Jiminez fell and he was forced to take refuge in the Dominican Embassy. From there he moved on to Ciudad Trujillo, headquarters of Generalissimo Rafael Tru jillo, and Peron's new home away from home for the last two years. New Host Is Franco His new host is Generalis simo Francisco Franco of Spain, reportedly still grate cies, the Public Health Serv ice, has on occasion called attention to statistical links between smoking and lung cancer. On this occasion, however, he was talking about cancer in relation to cranberries, chickens, oranges and lip stick. Worrying about things like that may be one of the reasons people are smoking more. Wants Stronger Law The secretary was before the committee seeking a stronger law to protect us against cancer-causing chem icals in foods, drugs and cos metics. The bill would give him more power to ban the use of artificial coloring agents that might be harm ful. Flemming first gave a long By Joseph Alsop line were working on a three shift basis instead of a busi ness-as-usual basis. It is also less than the number of opera' tional ICBMs we would now have in this country, if Pres ident Eisenhower had ordered an all-out missile effort after the warning of the first Sput nik. A GAIN, 150 ICBMs is only three-fifths of the "rock ets" that Nikita S. Khrush chev has said the Soviets pro duced last year "in a single factory." From the context, he seemed to be talking about intercontinental rockets. He was hopefully interpreted here as talking only about IRBMs At that, the interpretation is not overly comforting, for we have no factory today that is currently producing half Khrushchev s number of ma jor rockets, even in the IRBM range. . Finally, and most important of all, 150 ICBMs is, or at least ought to be, a much smaller number of operation al missiles by Soviet standards than by American standards This is because of the lamen table difference in the his tories of the Soviet and Amer ican missile programs. In brief, there was no co herent, sensible American pro gram of long range missile development before 1954. On ly in that year were practical recommendations for big mis siles presented by the late Dr. John von Neumann, and ram med through the resisting Pentagon by the late Secre tary of the Air Force Harold Talbott and former Assistant Secretary Trevor Gardner. This late start is the main reason why the first Amer ican ICBM, the Atlas, though operational and efficient, is basically an engineering hy brid. THE Soviet program of mis sile development, in con trast, began early, always had a high priority, and has been marked by methodical, order ly continuity. In the years af ter the war, before the U. S. had managed to build a single Chinese copy of the German V-2, the Soviets produced 1000 V-2s in the captured un derground V-2 plantain East Germany, , just to get their hands in, so to say. Develop ment thereafter proceeded by generations: the T-l, an im proved V-2; the T-2, an IRBM prototype; the T-3A and T-3B, which are the present Soviet ICBMs; and the new, longer range Soviet missile tested in the Pacific, which is the fourth generation. If the United States had followed a similar develop ment curve over a similar period of time, there can be no doubt at all that we would have, not a mere 150 ICBMs operational, but 1500 ICBMs Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Little Worry Est, talk, laugh or sneeze without fear or Insecure false teeth dropping, slipping or wobbling. JA8TEETH holds plates firmer and more com fortably. This pleasant powder has no 1 gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. -Doesnt cause nausea. It's alkaline (non-add). Checks "plate odor (denture breath). Get FASTBETH at any drug counter. ful for Peron's post-war ship ments of grain on credit to impoverished Spain. While dictatorships and ex dictatorships have eased Pe ron's way along exile's road, his existence is not hand-to-mouth. Assisting him along the way is a treasure hoard estimated as high as $700 million. This is the money he hid away while wrecking Argen tina's economy, making him one of history's most success ful looters. Peron's departure for Spain represented at least a tempor ary victory for Argentina's present regime headed by President Arturo Frondizi which long has wanted him discourse on the thines that science knows about the cause of cancer. Then he gave a longer discourse on the thines it doesn't know. Until there is more clear information on the subiect. he told the committee, it is best not to take chances. That is all verv well, nereed Chairman Oren Harris CD Ark.) but neither, he added, should Flemming's agency keep the nation in a constant state of alarm. Flemming remied That he was trying hard not to create any undue concern. But I gamer some of the lawgivers sua were concerned about the great cranberry panic, as wen as tne lesser uproars over chicken hormones, orange tinted oranges and new lip stick shades. There seems to be no doubt now that we can eat eranhpr- ries, chickens and oranirps with impunity. But I am not so sure that kissine is safe Flemming. you mav recall. put 17 lipstick colors on the blacklist last year. This made the lipstick makers see red The order banning the sale of lipstick has been set aside until Feb. 1 to give the lip- siick makers tune to raise ob jections. Pending the out. come, the ladies are free to use it at their own discretion Flemming said it was not a question of develonin? a ran cer-proof lipstick, since none of the colors showed signs of causing cancer. But he said they might be harmful in oth er ways if used in large quan tities. In view of all the smoking in the room, I. wondered why Flemming didn't repeat the warning about lung cancer. Somebody said this was be cause tobacco is neither food, drug nor cosmetic. Salem Man Named to Liquor Commission Salem - (UPD - Russell C. Bo gart of Salem Tuesday was appointed to the Oregon Liq uor Control commission by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Bogart, general manager of Master service stations, re places Karl Greve Jr. of Port land who "resigned in Decem ber. Bogart is a native of Leba non and a Republican. Hugh Kirkpatrick, Leba non, is Commission chairman and the third member is Mar tin H. Buchanan of Milton- Freewater. Both are Demo crats. if the requirement were that big. Hence the published facts are dead against Secretary Gates. The problem remains Whether the unpublished facts justify the Secretary's confi dence that the Soviets certain ly do not have what they most certainly ought to be able to have and must greatly want to have. This problem will be examined in the next report in this series, (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. THE- SYMPATHETIC TOUCH- That means so much when sorrow comes. Serving 'all who call with faithful personal attention. With dignity and reverence, we consider it a trust to serve the departed your loved one.: LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial MU 5-4541 out of the Western Hemi sphere. But the victory may be temporary and Peron himself has indicated he still hopes for a triumphal return to Buenos Aires. Name Remains A Power Amazingly, and in spite of the Argentine government's unceasing campaign to de stroy his image, Peron's name remains a power in Argen tina. , It was in December, 1943, that Peron began his rise to power. Gen. Pedro Ramirez, then President, named him minister of labor and welfare. This post permitted him to or ganize the "Descamisados" the shirtless ones-who became the pillars of his regime. Today they battle the aus terity program brought on by Peron's excesses and remem ber only that under Peron they bought television sets. "Thief or no thief, we want him back," is a neo-Peronist chant in Buenos Aires. In Argentina's last general election, at Peron's call, they left more than two million ballots blank. Saving Argentina's new re gime is the fact that the armed forces do not want Peron back. And unless they do there is little chance that Peron can carry out his threat that "many heads will roll when I return to Buenos Aires." President's Diary Like Most Others Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower has had all the best intentions to jot down in a diary each night the mo mentous events of his career as military leader, college president and Chief Execu tive. But, not many of the diary's pages are fiUed be cause, like the rest of us, Ei senhower found it easier to put off until tomorrow what could be done better today. . The President's admitted procrastination came up at his news conference Tuesday when he was asked if he was trying to keep an orderly rec ord of the historical events of his presidency. He said he had started a diary nearly 30 years ago "and every evening I find I have been a little bit too tired -and I was going to do it to morrow." Eisenhower recalled that he started the diary "in Panama in 1921, and I found that from time to time as I look back, oh I'd find three or four notes over the period of five years and I decided that it wasn't very ..." The president got no fur ther. He joined the laughter of the reporters. Local Realty Board To Install Officers William Frohnmayer will be installed as president of the Medford Realty board at their annual banquet Thurs day, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Rogue Valley Country club. Other officers to be instal led will be Harry Marshall, vice president; Don Walters, secretary - treasurer; and Clarke Walker, Bill Fasel. Don Herried and E. L. Bar tholomew, directors. Speaker for the dinner will be Robert J. Jensen, Salem. real estate commissioner for Oregon. A social hour will precede the dinner. POLITICAL PUZZLER San Antonio, Tex. -(DPD- A Democratic executive com mittee has the problem of try ing to decide how to list on the ballot the names of R. L. (Bob) Strickland, . an oilman, and R. L. (Bob) Strickland, a state representative, both can didates for the state Senate from the same county. C. M. Lirwilltr K . ..... A V Mrs. Lirwiller
