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I MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford. Or. A Tuesday, Fab. 16, 1960 "Everyone in Southern Orcgoa Reads The Mail Tribune" " . Published Dally'excepl Saturdays MEDFORO PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP8-6U1 ROBERT TIT "WTTWT. Uiiu HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bna'. Mir' ERIC W. ALLEN JR , Mna. Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City jitor HARRY CHIPM AN. Teles. Editor RICHARD JEWETT.' Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of STTOSCRrpTTrVlW IlTCt By Mail In Advance. Copy lee oiiu uiiuaj i year .la.tro Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Mnifnrri Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday I year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.S0 Carrier and Dealers copv 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International P.PJ. Telephoto Newspicturea MEMBER OF AUDIT BTTREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Renresentative: WEST HOLIDAY CO., INC. Of fices in New York, Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver, B.I?. V" NEWSPAPER E0ITORIAI 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 Feb. J6, 1950 (Thursday) Bids opened yesterday for four-room addition to grade school at Eagle Point. Winston Churchill denied in London today tn he had died this morning; calls ru mor a political trick by oppo sition. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 16, 1940 (Friday) Finland confirms that Rus sian troops are penetrating farther into the country as result of 16-day battle. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Tom Dewey, GOP Presidential as pirant, on his way back to New York City from Oregon, has spoken frequently but taken no stand on migratory fish as demanded by Coos county piscatorial enthusi asts." 30 YEARS AGO ' Feb. 16, 1930 (Sunday) Sams Valley and Phoenix quints challenge Ashland for right to represent district in state basketball tourney. Unrest throughout nation regarded by Democrats as chance to win next Presiden tial election. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 16. 1920 (Tuesday) Greater Medford club comes out for army store here to cut high cost of living. National League of Women Voters pass resolution in Chi cago that they are in favor of neither majority party. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 16, 1910 ( Wednesday) Prussian soldiers use bay onets to disperse rioting so cialists in Berlin, much blood shed reported. City council votes to pave 10 miles of city streets in cluding Jackson st. from Riverside ave to Columbia st, What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five or tis is jeed. 1. Who signed his corre spondence and paintings with a small drawing of a butter fly? 2. The eruption of what vol cano destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum? 3. How many States of the South seceded from the Union in 1861? 4. With what city do you associate the family of Capu- lets? 5. Are the British Crown Jewels kept in Buckingham Palace, the British Museum or the Tower of London? 6. During World War II, what was the most serious disease among U. S. troops? 7. Why didn't Jonah take any cheese on the Ark for the mice? 8. Who was the first Em peror of Rome? 9. Are your auricular ap pendages your hands, feet, ears, or eyes? ' 10. What is the antithesis of the color black? Answers 1. Jama WhUUei. 2. Mi. Vesuvius. 3. Eleven. 4. Verona. 5. Tower of London. 6. Malaria. 7. Jonah wasn't on the Ark; il was Noah. 8. Au gustus Caesar. 9. Ear. 10. While. K17 JPT?V PUBLISHERS 1 CASSOCIATION NATIONAL r&C-. A County The Mai! Tribune is publishing, serially, di gsts qf the city of Medford's annual report. They provide en overlook of the city which is not possible to eonvey in day-by-day report ing, Tnis gnnugl summary is an excellent thing xcejlent not only from the standpoint of city workers, who can get an idea of the operation of departments other than theirs, but excellent also from the standpoint of the taxpayers, who can thus see how their tax money is being spent, (In this connection, it is interesting to note that only about 30 per cent of the money to op erate the city cornes directly from ad valorem property taxes.) THB annual report has long been a fixture in the operation of big companies, who fine the relatively minor expenditure well worth while in keeping stockholders informed of the company's operations, position, and plans. Now comes Charles A. Sprague in his Oregon Statesman to suggest that it would be well for counties also to issue reports. He points out that published budgets give a pretty good idea of how much money is spent by county government, and for what. But the reason why it is spent, in what manner, is often left as a sort of minor mystery. He says: ' ' - "The budget's . . . numerous statistical tables are rather forbidding reading except to those particularly interested in public finance. An annual report, in pamphlet form, with descriptive text and illustrations would make the facts and figures 'come alive.' " heartily second his suggestion. Wp are inclined to doubt: however, that such an excellent suggestion irrtrnerliatelv. and for makes the county otherwise such an ineiiective branch of government. TtfnminaTlv. the fnuntv court is the admin istrative center of county government. But, aside from the budgeting process, it has little or no control over the other elected officials. And. under those circumstances, it would be difficult to find any single county agency which would or could undertake the chore of com piling and publishing an annual report. I ACKING such a report, we are looking for " ward to seeing a finished copy cf a booklet on Jackson county government which has been comniled and is beinor published by the Medford League of Women Voters. It is an exhaustive, but well-turned-out, re port on county government today, and includes not onlv a renort on dav-to-dav oneratioh of the various offices, but also attempts to put them into historical perspective, We have seen rreliminarv work-conies of the renort. and. when it is it should provide the county government ever Eight-Headed Monster At least three of Oregon's 36 counties have taken preliminary steps tually, to their adopting provisions of the constitutional amendment passed m 1958., Jackson county has not yet done so, although at least one member of the county court is an enthusiastic advocate of home rule for Jackson county, believing that it would eliminate much of the division of authority and responsibility which now makes county government something of an anachronism. If we understand correctly, no steps have yet been taken pending a vote this fall on a legisla tive measure referred to the people, to clarify the county's bonding authority. TPHIS may be an entirely legitimate reason for postponing any action. But it is no reason why responsible leaders in the county should not be giving considerable thought to what form of government might be best suited to this county. This newspaper has gone on record favoring some type of county manager system, where an elected, unpaid council would make policy, and a paid, appointed administrator would be the chief executive officer pretty much the way the city manager system works. 1MOST of the reasons why there were at least nine elected county officials 100 years ago, have long since ceased to be valid. With transportation of today, no part of the county is veiy far from any other part With today's communications facilities (in cluding telephone, radio, television and news papers) there is far less reason to have a whole raft of autonomous officials to keep tabs on each other. On the other hand, an elected, representative county council would be the "voice of the peo ple" in county af fairs, while the executive and administrative functions would be centralized so that responsibility would not be diffused, and "the buck" would no longer be passed. Such a system may have its drawbacks (al though they are not immediately evident to us), but it would be well if we all were to do some pretty basic thinking about what should succeed the present eight-headed monster we call county government. E. A. .. Report will be put into effect the same reason which completed and minted. best summary of local t '111. T-t A maae avauaoie. a. which could lead, even "home rule" under the Dennis the 2-H Coo.-miwi.WKe,ieT--g) VtW WWM WW 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 Mai) Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for public?tion must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this colurnn do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case- Mudge Not To the Editor: I just spent the day observing, with Mr. Bulman's views on cosmetics in mind. How sad it was. I saw only two women, be sides myself, without makeup on. Of course, I can't claim any credit for my lack of it. I'm afraid it was not that I am among the ones who are not, as Mr. Bulman puts it, false at heart, as long earrings dan gled from my pierced ears. I just plain forgot my lipstick, and I did have my straight hair curled. The only conclusion I came to was that poor Mr. Bulman must live in a lonely little world. Even the men bedeck themselves with loud shirts, neckties, tie clasp, cuff links, rings and most of them even stoop to shaving off their God-given whiskers. They must be as wicked as us women. I wonder if Mr. Bulman might have told his wife: "Ah, my dear, I fear that everyone is queer but thee and me, and sometimes I won der even about thee." However, like- Evelyn Gy- sin, I hope he continues writ ing his letters. It helps me to smile. But there again I'm be ing deceitful 'cause when I smile my wrinkles don't show. As for shorts, didn't Eve wear only a fig leaf? " And isn't there something about "Judge not, that ye be not judged"? Frankie Nelson, Route 1, Box 76, Eagle Point, Ore. 'friend to Man' To the Editor: Mr. Bulman's latest letter reminds me of a story I once heard of an attor ney telling his partner, "We have no case, so dodge the is sue and attack our opponent's character." " What started this was two letters Mr. Bulman wrote, one condemning women who wore shorts the other about lipstick and makeup. I won't go so far as to say that Mr. Bulman's sins are made of whole cloth, but beins one of those sinners who has trouble trying to keep the Ten Com mandments, I was alarmed to hear of these new sins. How was I to know when Mr. Bulman would come ud with eight or ten more sins mat would affect me, and I would be lost without hoDe. Thinking this I read the Bible, then I bought one of the latest editions, thinking there might be a new book entitled "The Sins of Bui- man" but there wasn't. Mr. Bulman is evidently takine vain customs and fitting them to shorts and make up. There could be several reasons oth er than vanity for the cus tom. Suppose some one said, "Mr. Bulman thinks he has a green light on the main line to heaven and this is vain philosophy," he might be wrong too. . It s true God didn't cive us feathers like a peacock but He gave us the abilitv to make our-own and I'll bet He is well pleased at times. When you see a beautiful rose you think "Look what Nature hath wrought!" But when one of those creatures in "shorts and make up" ap pears you forget the rose and think look what God and man hath wrought! I hope Mr. Bulman will be satisfied with the character of Sam Walter Foss: Let me live in my house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish-so am I. Then why should I sit in the Menace GAVEMB FOB Fff!' scorner's seat Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. Howard Veach, Route 1, Box 52, Eagle Point, Ore. On Winter Closure To the Editor: This is in reference to an article on the Rogue River winter fishing season which was printed in your paper recently, written by Mr. Hank DeVoss. It seems to me Mr. DeVoss should get his facts straight before he prints them in the paper. I don't know which one of the guides he got his informa tion from, but I don't know any of the Rogue River guides who get mpre for one river trip than another. It seems funny someone who lives in Medford would know more about the guide business than the guides do. One reason guides like the winter fishing is because they can make the short run to Robertson bridge without hav ing to drive their cars a hun dred miles a day over rough roads. By charging the same price for all trips the guide can take his party where the fishing is the best without extra cost to the customer. During high water, fishing conditions as a rule are poor in the lower portion of the river. Last week a group of south ern Oregon fishermen formed a committee to draw up a petition asking the Game Commission for a hearing in Grants Pass on the new Rogue River winter regulations. Most of the guides were at this meeting and very much in favor of the petition. The petition is now being circu lated in Grants Pass and Med ford. It seems to me a person whose profession is facts, such as Mr. DeVoss, would get his facts straight before putting them in the paper. Mr. De Voss must have obtained his information from a very un reliable source. The fact is, that to my knowledge,' none of the Grants Pass guides had any say in closing the river from the south of the Apple gate to Hellsgate during the winter season. Elmer "Squeak" Briggs (Rogue River Guide) 719 S. W. Laurel st. Grants Pass, Ore.' Walk, Jerry! To the Editor: I found the teenage observations in the Communications column quite interesting. I do believe it will create quite a siege of letter writing. I understand their lack of interest in some of the letters in the past, but as a constant reader of this particular col umn, I find all the letters in teresting, from the hardships of a deserted mother to the cougars and snake letters by Mr. Kissinger. After all, the column is, entiUed, "Com munications." And it is quite interesting to see what our local folk feel like writing. As for "our boy, Jerry," I have an idea he will find it "rough riding" for a while. To say all women drivers are bad is like saying all blondes are peroxide blondes. Let's be fair. I have always thought our men have faster intuitive responses while driving. They instinctively know why and how come, from a mysterious noise in or around a vehicle, to that "Whew, we're sliding" feel ing. I have three sons. Our 2-year-old wheels his trike like a veteran. Our 12-year-old can out drive me any day on the tractor. The first time I 'Camp David Spirit' Leaders Make 'Hard By PHIL NEWSOM UP! Foreign Editor Come next spring, the "Spirit of Camp David" may not have evaporated but it seems certain to be consider ably diluted. Since last fall's meeting between Pres- i a e n i &isen- . . , hower and So- v i e t Premier Nikita Khru- x. i 5 n c n e v xne Phil Ncwtnm "Camn David Spirit" has entered the Ian Senator Whips Up Gastronomic Feats In Private Office By PICK WEST Washington (UPD Nothing can make my taste buds tin gle like the sight of Sen. Al- ?;eii'a len J. EUen- der presiding o v e r a gum bo pot. The Louisi ana Democrat and gastrono me is prob ably the only Senate com mittee chair man who is as liick Wen much at home with a ladle as a gavel. If senators still wore togas, I imagine Ellender would use his for an apron. I stopped by to see the Sen ate's most famous chef in his private Capitol office where he was preparing to entertain had a steering wheel in my hands, I was .19. But you can talk 'til you're blue in the face - I believe most young mothers that step into a car with her children and generally a couple of somebody else's, her heart is in her driving. She is far more, cautious and takes less chances than any man. And if Jerry is still ada mant - after all, Jerry old bean, my husband taught me how to drive and as far as I know, until driver's educa tion, most women driving to day were taught by their hus bands - generally after they were of the young adult age. In short, I hope your moth er tells you to hoof it next time you ask for a lift. Charmaine McMahan (Mrs.) Route 1, Box 529 Gold Hill, Ore. Unity I To the Editor: The recent editorial on Lincoln, the man, inspired me to cast aside my usual reluctance to enter the field of "verbal brickbats. I have enjoyed every fea ture of the Tribune for 15 years, especially those letters written by thinking people in these columns, and your edi torials. Here is "food" for thought- a few questions for your readers to ponder over: Why are there more than 30 Protestant churches? If a nation divided (in Lincoln's day) would fall, and, united would stand -then why all these divisions of the "trunk" of our Protestant tree? I am of the opinion that the most important rules (as stated in our Bible) to live by, could be printed on two good sized pages. Why do we need sev eral hundred pages? Need there be 40 different interpretations of a simple law like, "Love Thy Neigh bor"? Need we have as many different clergymen, inter preting these simple rules? I could list many other ques tions - so can any thinking person. If people will ever join together and work to ward worthwhile goals, we would never need fear any ism" like "Communism." Let's have more of that stuff called "teamwork." Philip L. Burns, 121 Bush St. Ashland, Ore. Connally Amendment tc God To The Editor: Walter Lippmann's editorial in Sun day's paper advocating repeal of the Connally amendment to America's treaty with the World Court, advocates mak ing this nation into a state of the UN just as Oregon is a state in the U.S.A. The World Court would en force UN decrees in this na tion just as the Supreme Court can pass decrees and have Federal troops enforce them in this country, such as Little Rock in 1957. The court would decide what was its business in this nation, just as the Supreme Court can interpret interstate commerce or welfare questions in favor of federal control here. Amer ica would not be a nation, just a world state. The UN would be supreme and could not be questioned. All major candidates for President in both parties fa vor repeal of the Connally amendment. The American guage as a phrase as readily identifiable as "cold war," "Iron Curtain" and "massive retaliation." It is related to a slight, but seemingly discernible, thaw in the chilly relations between the U- S. and the U.S.S.R., and lent some hope that Khru shchev meant it when he said there was no world problem that could not be negotiated, including free Berlin, the fu ture of Germany, disarma ment and co-existence. No Deadline Intended He said he never had meant to put a deadline on the time 1 15 female newspaper corres pondents at lunch. This was one of a series of about 10 meals that Ellender whips up during each con gressional session for various press, legislative and govern mental groups. Crab Fumes Entice I was greeted at the door by the enticing fumes of Louisi ana crab meat fraternizing in a Creole sauce with a judi cious selection of shrimp tails. A long table was spread across the room in front of the Senator's desk. Making for the lavatory, which Ellender has converted into a kitchenette, I found the cook standing over an electric hot plate, affection ately stirring a gumbo. "This is a meal in itself," he said, and proceeded to identify the ingredients. Be sides the shrimp and crab, the pot contained bacon, ham, flour, onions, peppers, lemon, garlic, tabasco, thyme, bay leaves, salt, okra and parsley. It sounded to me like enough for two meals. Likes Creole Dishes As a native of Terrebonne Parish", Ellender naturally leans toward Creole dishes- French cuisine with a south ern accent. In addition to gumbo, he specializes in jam- balaya, chicken sauce piquante, shrimp Creole court-boullon and Creole pra lines. Short, stocky and sun tanned, the veteran chair man of the Senate Agricul ture Committee made a pic ture of domesticity in tweed vest and rolled up shirt sleeves as he practiced his culinary art. "I was up until midnight last night making pralines for dessert," he said. Some of the lady journal ists who attended the lunch told me that when they de parted they were more con cerned about hip lines than deadlines. Bar association, representing all lawyers in this nation, is acting as a lobby for the in ternationalists through 1 1 s World Peace by World Law campaign. Church group wo men's discussion programs nour out propaganda for "study." High school social science classes discuss it and debate it pro and con with material loaded in favor. If the Great Decisions program does not take it up this year, it will. Most newspapers which buy their editorials from a service (not the Mail Tribune) receive at least one a month stating that repeal of the Connally amendment is our hope for peace, if we throw away nuclear weapons at the same time. Anyone who disputes this is "reac tionary," and not living up to his responsibilities as a world citizen. The Bible tells us that in the last days one man, the anti-Christ, will rule the en tire world for seven years. We also are told that he will be revealed before Christ's return for the church (II Thessalonians 2:3-12). I be lieve it Is fairly obvious what organizations this Beast will use - the UN, World Court, World Bank, and a union of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches. I have no idea who the person may be, but he probably will hold the same position as the present Pope, and rule the whole show from this throne. I don't expect to be around when he takes over. Christ has promised to take His Church away before this time. Christians should look for Christ; not the Beast. Most people who know, think the present border dis pute in Galilee could easily erupt into big war. If it does, and if Russia attacks Israel, God will intervene. Some time before that Christ will return. If only a fool believes this, it is better than what the World Government boys want to cram down your throat. They almost have it made. Qod alone can stop them. Parker Bailey, 542 'A St., t-- Ashland, Ore. Wanes as Russian Sell' To Neutrals when the Western Allies should depart West Berlin, and he left for home the pic ture of a man exuding good will and confident that a sum mit meeting in the spring was the last stage coach stop on the highway to Utopia. Since then he has clarified his position somewhat, and the conclusion seems inescap able that he is a man who sees the dove of peace perched on a rocket nose cone and the green felt of the summit meet ing spread upon a Russian launching pad. So this week, with new boasts : of Soviet military might, he is carrying his peace mission to India. His message is two-fold: The Soviet Union is "at pres ent the strongest military power"-an invitation to India to get on the right side now. And, the capitalist horse the U. S. is riding is worn out, whereas "our Socialist steed is full of energy and it already has shown the world its won derful qualities." Salesman In Cuba As Khrushchev left Moscow Washington Report By WILLIAM EAST AND WEST Washington-What really is in Nikita Khrushchev's mind as he prepares to meet the Western lead ers at the summit in May, and Mr. E isenhower alone in the P r esident's June visit to the Soviet Un ion? Long effort William S. White thoritative to find au and responsible estimates from informed men, both American and British, produces these firm impres sions from their private ob servations: Khrushchev doesn't mean by "coexistence" what we mean - namely and simply, two different blocs living side by side at peace, however much they dislike each other. To him coexistence means that he does the existing, so to speak, while we do mostly the cooperating. His notion is this: "What's ours in the So viet empire is, of course, ours. What's yours (the West's) is, naturally, subject to debate and further negotiation." All this does not indicate however, that Khrushchev is likely to provoke war. It is not even likely, indeed, that he will try further to expand his empire by force, anywhere at all. TJE IS determined not to risk the destruction of the vast industrial plant so laborious ly and at last built up by the Soviet Union. He knows nu clear war would work just that destruction. Thus, in a highly ironical way, he is in what could be described as a "conservative" position. To hang onto and to firm up his present holdings- most especially his industrial holdings - is currently more important to him than any thought of reaching for addi tional booty. And though he doesn't propose to make any real con cession whatever to the West any time soon, he is no long er absolutely free of concern lest he himself "look bad" at home should the summit con ference and all the rest be total and resounding flops. The Kremlin's slight easing of the screw on the Russian people, does not suggest that the Russian people in any basic way . can influence Khrushchev's decisions. It Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Fred Brennan or call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. for India and points east, hii first deputy premier and super-salesman, Anastas Miko yan, was working the Western Hemisphere territory, concen trating on Cuba. He congratulated the Fidel Castro regime for having freed itself of U.S. domina tion, suggested that a success ful revolution did not need to pay compensation for proper ty it seized, and wound up a thoroughly successful visit with word that the U.S.S.R. would be glad to sell war planes to Cuba. He also wound up a trade deal involving 100 million dol lars and an agreement to buy Cuban sugar at a rate roughly half that paid by the United States. The Camp David Spirit was hurting. Nor was it helped by the recent Moscow meeting of the Warsaw Pact nations. A final communique clearly threat ened a separate peace with Communist East Germany and subsequent isolation of free West Berlin unless agreement on Communist terms were reached at the summit. S. WHITE does suggest, however, that he must give some small heed to their wishes. The reason is that he has profoundly dedi cated his whole regime to in dustrial production. Industrial production requires workers who can, and will, work use fully. They need not be happy workers, but they must be workers with some stake in the future. THIS state of affairs ordin arily and in common sense would press Khrushchev to give measurable, if tiny, ground to the West. But he has at the same time a quite contrary pressure from the Chinese Communists. These grim and faceless types, being converts, are more Bolshevik than the Bolsheviks. Thus, every time Khrushchev might think to ease his "tough" line toward the West, a blast from Red China warns him not to get "too soft." Khrushchev's "problems" with his allies are really only one, just as there is really only one ally. There is Red China. And that is that. Will Red China ultimately let him free himself from the exces sively doctrinaire and danger ously aggressive demands of the New Communism? The problems among the Western allies are several. The Western big two the United States and Great Britain-are divided, truly but not angrily". The whole sum of their division-whether over Berlin policy of disarmament or whatnot-comes to this: the British are the more ready to take chances with Moscow than we are. E LOOK at the British as little too hopeful. They look at us as a little too fear ful and perfectionist. They want first an agreement, on most anything, with the Rus sians. We want first an as surance that any possible agreement would in fact be kept by the Russians. So, what of the future? Since the West is commit ted firmly to negotiation, wt must simply press on, hoping that if this summit accom plishes nothing, another, or yet another, will do so. We have got to prepare for the worst and act for the best, as the thing is put by a very knowledgeable man on this subject. (Copyright. 1960. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Our major medical policy subject to $1,000 deducti ble . . . plus our dread disease policy with $1,000 cancer coverage. Result Complete catastrophe cov erage. Complete details on re quest. Bill Fish
