4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Friday, Jan. 29. 1960
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1950 (Sunday)
Central Point volunteer
firemen report good results
in campaign to raise funds
for a fire truck to serve the
rural area around Central
Point.
Radio station KRCO in
Prineville went on the air to
day. It is operated by four
former Medford men who
were employees of KYJC.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1940 (Monday)
German planes attack Brit
ish shipping in worse raids
yet. Three neutral ships are
sunk by mistake.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "In sin
circles it has been contended
it was not for Moses with his
Ten Commandments to say
how the people should behave
1940 years later.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29. . 930 (Wednesday)
New snowplow arrived to
day for clearing Crater Lake
road in winter.
Dairymen will fight new
city milk law that sets mini
mum price of 12 cents a quart.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1920 (Friday)
A Chicago moviehouse has
opened a smoking room for
women patrons.
Increase of illness has
caused a flu quarantine to be
Invoked in Medford.
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 29. 1920 (Saturday)
Local man back from air
show in Los Angeles, says
flying is easy and predicts
there will be 10 planes in
Medford in two years.
Sis Hopkins joins Medford's
growing thertrical colony. Af
ter touring U.S. she likes
Medford best and will stay.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct i superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
tlx is good.
1. What is another name for
Hoover Dam?
2. Is "revelations" the cor
rect name of a book of the
Bible?
3. Whiskey which is desig
nated as bottled-in-bond is at
least how many years old?
4. Do you associate the
name Jascha Heifetz with the
piano, violin, or organ?
5. An invidious remark is
most likely to provoke laugh
ter, ill will, or good will?
6. Bing Crosby is a member
of what religious denomina
tion? '
7. Herring bone, sidestep,
snowplow, telmark, and Chris
tiana are terms used in which
sport?
8. What blind poet wrote
"Paradise Lost"?
9. In the political life of
what Eureopean country was
the name of Leon Blum
prominent? .
10. Do prisoners confined in
Federal penitentiaries wear
black and white striped uni
forms? Answers: 1. Boulder Drn
2. Revelation. 3. Four. 4. .Vio
lin. 5. Ill will. 6. Roman Cath
olic. 7. Skiing. 8. John Milton.
9. France 10. No.
Shop
' Shop talk" is one
kinds of discussion provided the parties to the
discussion are in the same line of endeavor.
Sometimes "shop talk" outside one's own line
of work can be of interest, too, and sometimes it
can be bonng.
Well, this piece is going to" be shop talk of
a sort newspaper shop talk and if it bores you,
we commend to you our communications column,
which has been pretty lively of late.
NE of the occupational hazards of newspaper
w work is losing; friends.
This is true of reporters, sometimes, when they
report a story which they feel is news, and which
someone else a friend
It is true of editors,
others consider to be sins of omission or commis
sion in the handling of news.
It is true of editorial writers, when they voice
opinions with which others disagree particularly
when the opinions are set forth vigorously.
A'NOTHER related occupation hazard is the
business of hurting people.
This is done every day. For because news is
what it is;- it is frequently true that someone is
hurt by its publication. Hardly a week passes but
what we get a call asking that a stoiy not be print
ed, or that someone's name be left out, to avoid
embarrassing that someone, or his aged, ailing
grandmother, or his innocent children.
Since we consider that news is news, and that
we're in the business of printing news, it is a rare
case indeed where such requests are observed.
When the request is rejected, we've made
someone mad. And if ..it's a friend, then he be
comes a former friend.
We are not complaining. It is one of the facts
of newspaper life, and one everyone who stays
in the business learns to live with. E.A.
Officialdom and the Public
Somewhat similar hazards face holders of
public office as those mentioned above.
Elected and armointed officials are fair erame
for critics. It has always
politics, and we hope it will always be so. or
America operates on the presumption of political
pmialitv. and anvone who has the courage to
stand up and sound off
is exercising a constitutional ngnt.
This does not make it pleasant for office
holders. But it is one of the occupational hazards.
SOMETIMES these two
infn vninmHrn lilro
lishes a storv in which
public officials.
The latter can, understandably, teei such a
stnrv is unfair, narticularlv if thev are conscien
tious, hard-working public servants, trying their
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best to do a good job ior the public.
But the newspaper owes its first allegiance to
its readers, and any newspaper worth its salt will
not withhold news for the purpose of sparing the
feelings of public officials.
WE MAINTAIN that both elected and appoint
or! nffiVinls in addition t.n heino- subl'ect to
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criticism, also should answer it when it is voiced.
Not tn dn so mav leave the impression the
eritipism is valid. And
keep the public informed about the public
business.
Tt is an ao-e-old temDtation of public officials,
who are entrusted with
come to look upon it as
And admittedly it is iar easier to transact
business when no one is looking oyer your shoul
der, or second-guessing your decisions.
'
THIS has led to closed-door sessions of com
mJffnnn orwl iniitioilo onrl Vinnvrlc anrl fnmmi's.
sions sessions at which the business of the
public is transacted in private.
Oregon has been singularly free of this kind
of petty secrecy in public affairs. Jn Medford,
council meetings, meetings of the school board,
and most other public bodies, are open not only
to the press, but also to any interested citizen.
Elsewhere, it is a continual battle for news
men to ferret out news of public affairs so that
the public can be informed. This is true at all
levels of government federal, state, county and
city.
THIS newspaper joins the great majority of
papers in America in believing that public
business should be transacted in public save
only ininstances involving national security.
But it has never gone to the length that some
papers do, demanding that whenever-public offi
cials get together to discuss public business, even
inf ormally, the press must be included.
Having been on "both sides of the fence," we
know it is sometimes difficult, if not impossible,
to thrash out solutions to controversial problems
in public.
BUT we do insist that when decisions are made,
the public has the right to know about them,
and the reasons which led to the decisions.
For the same reason we feel that when public
bodies or officials are criticized, they have an
obligation to the public, to their "bosses" and
constituents, toanswer the criticism, frankly and
fully. - v
" ' Only in that way can the public, determine if
the trust placed in their public servants is justi
fied, or. if .. the criticisms . themselves are ill
founded. E.A. .
Talk
of the most interesting
thinks should not be.
when they commit what
been thus in American
against the government
related hazards come
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someone is critical of
not to do so is failing; to
the public's business, to
a private trust.
Dennis the
1 THOUGHT 0U TOLD A IT
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.
Reflections on Complexions
To the Editor: On a stanza
and the chorus of the Indian
love song, Red Wing, we read
a parody entitled "Fledgling."
"Oh, there once was a nice
little maid,
She used a complexion aid;
She was ill content with the
one God sent,
So for lipstick and rouge
Some money she spent;
She thought of a warrior
brave,
So her make-up she care
fully made;
Fixed her face and hair
quite weU
Till she thought she looked
real swell,
"BUT THE RAIN WASHED
IT NEARLY ALL AWAY.
(Chorus:)
Now the light shines real
bright on the painted lady,
Deceit shows plamly, it's
camouflage mainly;
While those content to live
as God has made them
Still look quite finely from
day to day."
So deeply ingrained in my
tastes and discretionary na
ture is the love of the real
and genuine in humans, that,
were I young again and un
married, I would remain un
married until I found that
companion who would shun
the unreal, the artificial, and
the superficial enough to re
frain from paint and make-up
and here is the reason: If
she were unreal in her out
ward appearance, having an
artificial and superficial and
purchased complexion, how
am I to know that she has a
genuine interior.
My consolation would be
that there still remain some
undoubted and genuine wom
en whose exterior and inter
ior afiree. and whose deDths
are unmarred by what in so
many is mere camouflage.
If a painted exterior is indi
cative of an inferior interior
-and it is and would con
tribute to a disrespect for his
wife in him who loves the
real and the bonafide, let us
plead and pray for better
womanhood.
Try to visualize God mak
ing an help meet for him"
who requires to enhance and
complete her complexion ap
pearance by the application of
coal tar dyes lately diagnosed
and condemned and ready to
be banned by the U.S. depart
ment of health as cancer pro
ducing! ,
Suppose men began to paint
lips, nails, and toe-nails; and
to wear toe-less, sox-less
shoes, women would (and I
would) scorn them, and re
fuse to trust such freaks!
Lord, give me a woman
who is genuine and bonafide,
from the farthest outside ex
terior to the deepest inward
interior; from the tips of her
unpointed nails to the ven
tricles of her magnanimous
heart!
"And all the people said (or
should say) Amen."
H. R. Bulman
Route 4, Box 316A
Medford.
Pot and Kettle
To the Editor: O brother,
look who is calling the kettle
black. Do you, by any stretch
of the imagination, believe
those 'big yellow cans' that
we see tacked at random or
in stacks like pyramids on
nearly every mailbox, fence
post, tree or whatever is
handy, a work of art or an
asset to the beauty of our
countryside?
Certainly not! You paint
them a bright yellow with
your name in large letters
because you live in a com
petitive country and you are
competing in a race to gain
attention. Attention to build
your circulation more cir
culation for a better news
paper, a more prosperous
newspaper that can better
serve the people. A successful,-
thriving newspaper for
Menace
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more profits. Profits' to hire
more : carriers, reporters,
printers and others, more
hired help to spend money in
a competitive country. A com
petitive country that is grow
ing on competition, and ad
vertising is the voice of that
competition.
Mr. Crutcher presented his
views in a competitive way.
He did it strongly and effec
tively to sell his ideas. He
showed only the best of what
was available in Europe and
only the worst of what we
have. Moscow would love
that boy - he could prove we
live in an ash can.
Don't , construe this letter
to mean that I believe the
situation is perfect, but every
story has two sides and both
sides should be judged and
consideration given to both
before any action is taken.
Certainly, we can use regula
tion, restrictions and - plan
ning, but I do believe that a
person who can create such
a wrath of indignation should
be obligated to recognize the
reasons and the results of the
advertising which he so de
tests. Next time I hear Mr.
Crutcher, I hope he presents
a sound reasonable, workable
plan that won't sink the ship
while he is looking for the
leak. It is comparatively
easy to point but mistakes,
but sometimes it takes real
thought to present an effec
tive correction.
Just as an added thought
my family enjoyed watching
the sunset change the colors
on the slopes of Mt. Hood
during our last drive to Port
land. Sorry we missed the
billboards, the view was won
derful. If a person can't see
a sight as big as Mt. Hood,
maybe he did get his Cascades
from a bottle.
". Richard G. Eastin
Box 310
Prospect, Ore.
Christmas Project
To the Editor: The Medford
Lady Lions wish to thank the
editor and staff members of
the Medford Mail Tribune for
the excellent publicity given
for our project, "Dolls and
gifts for needy children at
Christmas-time."
Through this widespread
publicity many individuals
and organizations in and near
Medford made dolls and gifts
available for distribution pri
or to Christmas. Our thanks
too for the splendid coopera
tion on the part of all' those
who sent in gifts and dolls for
the children.
(Mrs.) Beulah A. Dollar
hide, Secretary,
Medford Lady Lions.
Modern, But Not Indifferent '
To the Editor: In answer to
Mr. Barleen's article depict
ing me as an evil-minded do
gooder on my-, protest to . a
recent movie, I must -reply
that I am really quite a mod
ern mother of three children.
.However I am not so mod
ern that I will accept obscen
ity with complacency and in
difference. I dir not intend
to bring religion into the con
troversy, but since Mr. Bar
leen quotes scripture from
the Biblj, I can- only state
that if Christ Himself had
been seated in the theater dur
ing the previews which I wit
nessed, I doubt that He would
have smiled His approval on
the spectacle.
Mr. Barleen might be a ma
ture adult who can take sen
sualism in his stride, but I'm
concerned about the children
and teen - agers who were
shriek ing, whistling, and
stomping their J feet. Appar
ently they do 'not share. his
modern, cosmopolitan atti
tude. Do the French have
such praiseworthy morals that
we must try to imitate them?
Cannibalism and polygamy
are prevalent in some parts
of the world too, but that does
not make it desirable for us.
Perhaps my protest will
mean nothing, but if parents
do not object to movies of
this type being shown to chil
dren, what will we be accept
ing in a few years?
I'm sure Mr. Barleen will
allow me to retain both my
blushes and my anonymity.
(Name on file)
Medford.
23rd, Et Al
To the Editor: It appears
a number of people either
have not read or were unable
to understand the text of the
"23rd Amendment" proposal,
and I must, whether I like it
or -not, agree with the editor.
I interpret it as follows:
"Section one-The Govern
ment of the United States
shall not engage in any busi
ness, professional, commer
cial, financial or industrial en
terprise except as specified in
the Constitution."
The Forest Service, Bureau
of Land Management, Soil
Conservation Service, Flood
Control, power and other simL
lar efforts on the part of the
Corps of Engineers, and some
others are, and I cannot see
how anyone could consider
them otherwise, either engag
ed in business, professional,
commercial, financial or in
dustrial enterprises. May I
ask these proponents-What is
the building of a flood control
or power dam if not business,
professional, commercial or
industrial enterprises? What
are the Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Management,
if not business enterprises?
Now, "Section Two -The
Constitution or laws of any
State, or the laws of the
United States, shall not be
subject to the terms of any
foreign or domestic agreement
which would abrogate this
amendment." I cannot say
much about the "domestic"
agreements but I see no way
we can get along in this world,
the way things are, without
the foreign aid given by the
United States.
By comparison with me, the
late Senator Taft was a So
cialist, but still, like a num
ber of other people I do not
see what this country would
do without - the foreign aid
and I definitely would not
want all the federal lands to
be thrown on the market with
a provision that they be sold
within three years. However,
if the Sixteenth Amendment
were the only thing to be
changed by the proposed 23rd
Amendment, then rest as
sured it would have my sup
port.
Now a note to the county
court: How about making ar
rangements with the Forest
Service for material and mov
ing a rock crusher to the foot
of Mosquito Hill to rebuild
our road here? Also next time
you buy gravel trucks get a
rig with tandem rear axles
and a tandem axle trailer to
carry a minimum of 25 yards
of crushed rock. This should
cut considerably the cost of
rebuilding our roads.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Rt.,
Butte Falls, Ore.
God's Truth
To the Editor:
It matters not which creed
we choose;
God's Truth, unchanging, is
the same
For Catholics, Protestants
and Jews,
And even those who faith
disclaim.
Without beginning, without
end,
Truth goes beyond infinity;
Fore-shortened thoughts we
must transcend
To know our own Divinity.
There is no doctrine that
has all
The everything of God's
great plan
Oft' times we stumble, yes,
and fall
While following the Son of
Man.
He said that Heaven lies
within
Each soul; that it's a state
of mind.
'Tis there that God blots out
each sin,
As those who seek will sure
ly find.
The key is Faith-It opens ;
wide -..
The temple gate; Christ leads
the way
To all the precious gifts
inside-
To Love, Truth, Light-Eter-.
nal Day!
(By Evelyn Evans)
P. S.-If there is clearer
thinking, more 'petal-perfect'
apology to Ben Hur Lamp
man) poetry written, this
writer has failed to find it.
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Ambulance Speed
To the Editor: As a former
owner of an ambulance com
pany, it was with great in
terest and concern that I read
your article in last Sunday's
paper on "Speed and First
Aid."
I agree with Dr. Louis
Feves on one point, but heav
ily disagree on the main point.
It is true that you wiU find
some unscrupulous operators
that-will hire some siren hap
py' individuals who will un-
Matter of Fact Y
(The following article is
the fourth in a series of six.)
THE MISSILE GAP:
FISHY STUFF
Washington - The Ameri
can intelligence estimate pre
pared at the time of the first
STTl Sputnik gave
t n e boviets
about 500 in-
tercontinental
missiles by the
end of this
urst pst.imatps
r happened to
I I be correct the
Kremlin may
Joseph alsop already have
enough ICBMs to "wipe out"
our nuclear deterrent.
During 1958, however, the
first estimates were down
graded. New and lower esti
mates were conveniently re
vealed by former Secretary of
Defense Neil McElroy, during
his presentation of the business-as-usual
1959 defense
budget. This second set of
estimates gave the Kremlin
500 ICBMs by the end of
1961. If the revised estimates
happened to be correct, the
Kremlin should be in a posi
tion to win the world about
12 months from now.
During 1959, however, the
revised estimates were re
vised yet again. The new and
still lower estimates were
conveniently revealed by
Secretary of Defense Thomas
Gates, during his presenta
tion of the business-as-usual
1960 defense budget. If the
twice - downgraded estimates
happen to be correct, we may
perhaps bridge the missile
gap without any final catas
trophe -. PROVIDED the
Pentagon's highly optimistic
schedules for the Minute Man
missile and other weapons of
the future also happen to be
correct.
fYN THE face of it, there is
" something very fishy about
these repeated, strikingly
convenient down-gradings of
intelligence estimates. How
can anyone be so sure that
Nikita S. Khrushchev was
lying, in late 1958, when he
stated that Soviet ICBMs
were already "in serial pro
duction?" How prove that he
was being deliberately mis
leading, more recently, when
he seemed to say that a single
Soviet factory had turned out
250 ICBMs last year?
If he was telling the truth,
Khrushcev.must now have at
least 150 operational ICBMs
ine nignest American au
thority, the Strategic Air
necessarily endanger their
own lives as well as the lives
of the public in general.
However when you stop to
think that an ambulance will
cost the owner some $20,000
new, or even a good second
hand car some $6,000, a lot
of thought is going to be put
into just how the car is going
to be driven and cared for,
Then again the insurance rate
for an ambulance is quite
high and for the most part is
based on the number of ac
cidents the company is in
volved in each year.
In a lot of cases speed is
essential" if the lives of the
patients are to be saved. I
would like to cite just a few
of such cases. In an accident
involving three cars, on ar
rival the crew found several
people injured, among them a
seven-year-old girl that had
Deen tnrown tnrougn a win
dow and her throat cut. The
attendant applied first aid,
reached down into her throat
and succeeded in holding her
jugular vein until the driver
reached the hospital.
Another time an elderly
woman had suffered a bad
heart attack. When the am
bulance arrived she was al
ready turning blue. First aid
was applied, oxygen was giv
en and she was rushed to the
hospital. A woman in advance
stage of labor was started for
the hospital. The baby was
born in the ambulance en
route. She started to hem
orrhage. If speed had not been
made the woman might have
died before -the ambulance
could have reached the hos
pital. I could go on and on
and give example after ex
ample of cases where speed
was most essential if a life
was to be saved.
In a case of a minor injury
I say no, that speed is not es
sential, but on the other hand
how would you like to have
one of your loved ones die' en
route to a hospital just be
cause the ambulance was or
dered to obey all traffic rules?
Come on people, wake up,
tragedy can strike any of us
at any time. Write to this Dr.
Feves, write to this newspa
per, make your voice heard
in this most important matter.
Don't depend on your neigh
bor to do it but write that
letter now.
Russell Osborn,
725 Walker ave.,
Ashland. Ore.
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Joseph Alsop
Commander, Gen. Thomas
Power, has publicly said 150
ICBMs could "virtually wipe
out" our nuclear deterrent.
And the answer to the ques
tions posed above is, quite
simply, that no one in Ameri
ca can possibly be sure Khru
shchev was not telling the
truth, despite our downgraded
estimates.
The proof of the statement
lies not merely in the disturb
ing record of the estimates
and the peculiar machinery
that produces them, both of
which have already been des
cribed in this series. In the
evidence itself lies the best
proof that the estimates are
no more absolutely reliable
than their name implies.
IHE gaps in our evidence on
the Soviet ICBM program
are quite certainly very
great. We do not know wheth
er the Soviets have one. or
two, or three, or more ICBM
plants comparable to our own
Atlas plant, which could turn
out 150 ICBMs in ten months
if ordered into three shift
production. We do not know
whether crews have been di
verted for ICBMs from the ad
mittedly massive Soviet ICBM
program. We do not know
about launching pads, since
even the doubly downgraded
estimates suggested that the
Soviet ICBMs are probably
rail-mobile.
Such are the vast areas of
ignorance, which unchallenge
able authorities assert are
concealed behind the national
estimates. There are hints and
indications, of course, to gar
nish the gap. But there is in
fact onlv one main area of
certainty. Our missile-watching
radars have told us that
the Soviets were not running
great numbers of ICBM tests
only about three pe- month
until recently. We also have
information about the Soviet
testing facilities apparently
confirming the information
about the ICBM tests.
This limited Soviet pro
gram of ICBM tests has been
almost the only excuse for
twice down-grading the esti
mates. On this point, the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency,
which is not in the missile
business, is ill - equipped to
argue with the Pentagon,
which is very much in the
missile business. The Penta
gon uses American test re
quirements as the yardstick -a
highly dubious yardstick for
many technical reasons. In
sisting on this yardstick, the
Pentagon has also insisted that
the Soviets cannot be en
gaged in a "crash program"
of ICBM output. -
rpHE words, "crash pro
gram," are doubly reveal
ing. They show first the de
forming effect of budgetary
pressures. A mere ten months"!
of capacity output by our own
Atlas plant - the Kremlin re
quiremept as stated by Gener
al Power - could not be
called a "crash program" by
anyone who had not lost his
grip on reality.
Second, these words, "crash
"
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program," also imply a shock
ing fact that Secretary Gates
has now publicly admitted.
They show that our estimates
are no longer calculations of
Soviet "capabilities" - calcu
lations of the utmost the So
viet can do, by a crash pro
gram for- instance. They indi
cate that our estimates are
now mere calculations of So
viet "intentions." Despite Sec
retary Gate's subsequent at
tempts to fuzz the whole thing
over, his original testimony
on this point was crystal clear:
"Figures (of Soviet ICBM
output) that have been testi
fied to in years past . . . were
based on Soviet capabilities.
This present one is an intelli
gence estimate of what we be
lieve (the Soviet) will prob
ably do, not what (the Soviets
are) capable of doing."
PEARL Harbor was the re
sult this Tact tiYvm tViA
American government based
its defense posture on what it
believed a hostile power
would probably do, and not
on what the hostile power was
capable of doing. If the esti
mates are wrong by no more
than a hairsbreadth, some
thing much worse than Pearl
Harbor can now be the result.
In this matter, it is folly to
blame the estimators, and
above all the Central Intelli
gence Agency. The C.I.A. has
never claimed to provide
gospel instead of estimates. It
has done its best with a bad,
difficult business.
But those who have pressed
for downgraded estimates, and
have then used mere estimates
as gospel, can certainly be
blamed. These sponsors of our
business-as-usual defense bud
gets, headed by the President,
are playing a vast game of
Russian roulette with the na
tional future.
(c) 1960 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
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