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I MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforf. Or. Tuesday. March 1, I960 HEDF0BD4rBISUXS "Everyone In Southern Oregon uw Mitm inoune Published Daily exceut Satnrrfi hv MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St.. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, "Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager k GERALD T LATHAM. bS' ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng. Editor : I?PAD JEWETT. Sports Editor - a t r rf""-"- women s Kaitor An TnHnrtonrlAnf XTft- Entered as second class matter at ALeaxora. uregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 snnsrrJTPTTn'v t? a 1 1 1 L1 6 By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c unuy ana sunaay l year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 453 tunoay Only One year $450 By Carrier In Advance Medfm-1 Ashland. Central Point Eagle rojnt. jacRsonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and or motor route Dai'iy and Sunday 1 year S18.00 . Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 carrier and Dealers copy 10c Ail Terms Cash in Advance , Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International . uu aacu true TJ -PI. Telephoto Newspictnrea MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: 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. 0V NEWSPAPER k PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION .NATIONAL EDITORIAI Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 1, IS 50 (Wednesday) FHA approves $376,400 commitment for construction of proposed seven-story, 50- ' apartment house at 10th st. and Oakdale ave. Chet Hubbard, president of ,.the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is in Salem to day to present Chamber's view -at CAB hearing on proposed "renewal of West Coast air lines' operating franchise in northwest. 20 YEARS AGO March 1. 1940 (Friday) Well-known Medford at torney sentenced to state pris on for term not to exceed two years after being found guilty of obtaining money by false pretenses. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The state was drenched by rains, that fell as copiously as prom ises of candidates to save the taxpayer's money." 30 YEARS AGO March 1. 1330 (Saturday) Local gasoline price war is averted with assurance that gas will remain' at 26 c,ents per gallon. Jackson county has 11,411 registered voters for next May's primary. 40 YEARS AGO March 1. 1920 (Monday) City police raid dwelling in west Medford and find moon shine. Local group formed to back McAdoo for President. 50 YEARS AGO March 1. 1910 (Tuesday) City plays to beautify Sev enth st. park on West Main st., and construct a new band stand and a lily pond there. Mayor Canon announces that he will advocate the use of a new kind of pavement on Medford streets which is be ing used by many other cities on coast. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct i superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good 1. What does the seventeen th Amendment to the Consti tution provide? 2. When does the federal government's fiscal year be gin? 3. What Queen was mar ried to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and the "Earl of Bothwell? 4. After Joan of Arc led the French to victory, -who was made king of France? 5. Who could not buy a pie because he had no penny? 6. Are earthquake disturb ances measured by a baro graph, seismograph, or a hy drograph? 7. The President of the U.S. may declare a national holi day which must be observed by all States; true or false? 8. Who was the only U.S. Vice President ever to resign his office? ' 9. What is a wake? 10 Would you expect to find penguins at the Arctic or Antarctic? . . - Answers: ; 1. Direct election of TJ.S. Senators by; popular Tote. 2. July 1. 3. Mary. Queen of Scots. 4. Charles VII. 5. Simple Simon. 6. Seis mograph. 7. False. 8. John C. Calhoun. 9. A Tigil with corpse. 10. Antarctic The State Is Welshing Elsewhere on this page is a letter from Sebas tiano J. Fagone better-known as "Bennv" which deals with the tional Lruard armory on oi town. . Benny, a former, long-time ncer, reiers to a couple expressed resentment that the state hasn't ful- mied its part of the bargain to build a true, mult purpose facility. He ijuaras Dack, and take longs." For Friend Benny's on tne uuard s back" tnat we were kicking about XS a matter of fact, we have reason to know that members of the National Guard units in Medford also feel the state hasn't kept faith with this area although, understandably, they don t ieel tree to say so We appreciate Benny's letter, for it motivated us to dig back through une to see what was said 1956 when the armory On June 18, 1954, voted for a $40,000 bond issue for the armory. This money, together county, was to be used funds to build a ium. The voters of Medford, and the county court, were sold on this out this local participation, the structure would be "just an armory," with no multi-purpose fa cilities. THOSE supporting the project locally, working closely with the state National Guard head quarters, said, prior to the election: "Farm machinery displays, county gatherings, im portant trade shows, large conventions, national en tertainment features, and athletic events, will be pos sible if by your vote is provided the facilities, which . may be used by all organizations such as veterans groups, civic clubs, etc." A letter from A. A. Lausmann, an armory supporter, replied to another letter expressing doubts about the armory. He said: "True, the State of Oregon will build an armory whether or not the city and county participate, but the building will be only an armory-not the combined armory-auditorium which we taxpaying citizens of Medford and Jackson county have a chance to obtain at tremendous prospective savings and advantage to ourselves." Ts a hnndino -nrit.lirviir. ndprmat.p seat.inc an auditorium? Of course MEDFORD citizens passed the bond issue by Vmffoy f-Via-n 1ft 4- 1 The bonds were sold June 1, 1956. Medford taxpayers are now paying them off at the rate of $4,000 per year. The issue will not be fully retired until 1967. Benny is correct in saying that plans were revised, after the first bids were about $60,000 too high. On Nov. 30, a Mail Tribune story re ported that a basement, including shower and team rooms, and some small meeting rooms, had been deleted from the plans. To be retained were the large assembly area, kitchen, toilets, locker rooms for the National Guard, storage rooms, ordnance vaults, offices, a class room, rifle range, boiler room and check rooms. FTER several conferences and meetings, the revised plans were Guard bureau and the federal bureau of the bud get, and were announced late in February of 1956. They called for "a $348,000 two-unit build ing to be erected on the fairgrounds." The M-T story said: "The new plan will provide approximately the same floor space on the main floor as in the first plan . . . but will eliminate a basement, reduce the air condi tioning system, simplify the heating system, and elim inate a substantial portion of the plumbing . . ." Be it noted that at no time did the state re fute the statements that purpose building with facilities for large gather- mgs. At no time did tne revised pians, as an nounced, contemplate , any deletion of such nec essary facilities. In June of 1956, after the bids were let, the City of Medford expected seating to be provided. The city ordinance which au thorized the bond issue said so. THERE are two main defects with the build- ing as it now stands. (1) There is inadequate seating. A few hun dred portable, folding chairs are available. And that's all. It's a far cry from the promises of "seat ing for up to 4,000 people" made when the ar mory was under contemplation. (2) The acoustics are lousy. No one is particul arly to blame for this, for acoustics planning is a highly inexact "science," and one can never be sure whether they'll be good or bad until a structure is finished. DUT acoustics can be corrected, and seating can be provided. And it certainly seems to us, taking every thing into consideration, that it is the obligation of the state to do it. County Judge Earl Miller has indicated the county would be willing to co operate in this. j . But unless and until such improvements are made, the Armory's usefulness is strictly limited. '"" K simply isn't the multi-purpose "auditorium armory" which we were promised, and for which we are paying. Until it becomes one, the state is welshing on a deal E. A. incomplete Medford Na the Fairgrounds south National Guard of- of recent editorials which tells us to "get off the it upstairs where it be information, we aren't here, and it is "upstairs" publicly. , the files of the Mail Tnb back in 1954, 1955 and question was decided. the people of Medford with $60,000 from the with state and federal multi-purpose armory-auditor on the basis that, with not. approved by the National it would be a multi Dennis the "NOW ALL WE GOTTA DO IS FND SOME DUMB KID7HAT WANTS TO OUY fiYfe FOUNDS Or 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 alf 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- Armory Responsibility To the Editor: The armory was built as a multi-purpose building, and like all other partnership projects things come up that are least ex pected. First off, may I point out that the first bid let out was $75,000 to $100,000 too much. In order to construct it within the limits of the amount alloted three impor tant items had to be cut out. (1) The rifle range was brought up on the main floor instead of a basement. (2) By so doing it elimi nated three classrooms badly needed by the unit. (3) The all-important roll- a-way bleachers. The total amount was about $75,000. The federal-state-county-city officials knew this and ap proved the changes, so the armory bid was accepted with these changes. My point is that the officials knew it. Whether the public was noti fied through the newspaper is another thing. So nobody promised anything that they couldn't fulfill. As for the building not be ing used for different type of events, the price is too high. Who sets the price? The arm ory board and the civilian advisory . board consisting of represent atives from the guard, county, and city. Since they set a reasonable rate for the use of the armoryt why does everyone go to the Hed rick Junior High school gym? It's much cheaper and has bet ter facilities along with seats. . When I was armory board president we tried everything we knew to accommodate the people interested in rental of the armory. No thank you too much. As for the PAL club, they used the old armory at no charge at all and we did everything possible in pro moting the welfare of the Po- ice Athletic League. In fact I think the National Guard was instrumental in starting the PAL club in putting on its shows until the time the old building burned down. I don't feel that the local unit of the National Guard is responsible for what is hap pening. The funds for any additional alterations or ad dition, such as seats, must be provided by the legislative body and the military depart ment of the state, of Oregon and not the National Guard unit here. ' The local armory board is only responsible for the rental and administration of the building. Believe me, I know they would like nothing bet ter than to be able to accom modate everyone who would like to rent the armory, with or without seats. This is a community and state prob lem, so why not go to the right people with it? I suggest the Oregon state military depart ment in Salem and the repre sentatives we sent to Salem -make your wishes know. Give the public the facts. I don't believe the state, county, or city, promised any one seats in the armory as you stated in your editorial. It is a multi-purpose building as originally planned and ac cepted by all concerned, so let's get off the Guard's back and take it upstairs where it belongs." Sebastian J. Fagone (A Private Citizen) 629 Pine st. Medford. He's Bugged To the Editor: This furor about sterilizing unwed moth ers really bugs me. Let's spay all the female dogs and sterilize all the wom en and then all we will have to do is call "Here Rover" Menace SUGAR, CMEAPl'' and every man and his dog will be right there, "red-eyed and willin'." By all means let's cut off production and make our bodies just an instrument for pleasure. We just "gotta" have fun. God might send a solution. He could make all men im potent. E. M. Johnson Box 11B Talent, Ore. Leader Praised To the Editor: This is about Mrs. Marion Gilbert, chair man of the Jackson County Chapter of the National Foundation. Many thanks go to Mrs. Gil bert, for without her help and inspiration the 1960 March of Dimes could not have succeed ed. We consider Mrs. Gilbert to be one of the most compe tent, efficient and outstanding workers of Jackson county. We,, of the Medford 20-30 Club, feel that it has been an honor to have worked with Mrs. Gilbert in the I960 March of Dimes campaign. Her guidance and inexhaust ible energy has led this cam paign to a success in the City of Medford. Sincerely to Mrs. Marion Gilbert from all of the 20-30 members. Bert Rostel, Co-chairman Frank Morris, Co-chairman The 20-30 Club of Medford Approves Sterilization To the Editor: All praise to Mrs. Doran of Central Point for her courageous and well written letter supportmg Gov. Hatfield s sterilization pro gram proposal! The newspapers make quite a to-do about Oregon's ad vanced legislation. Now let them get behind a program that win control breeding of un-wanted, under - privileged offspring of habitual sex of fenders and other criminals, and particularly of the pro lific breeding of sub-normal women who burden our relief and welfare rolls. Our big hearted unemploy ment compensation commis sion pays them during preg nancy, then the welfare takes over! Talk about a welfare state we have it in Oregon. Let's all work together to make Oregon green, and pro ductiveof better Oregonians, by parents of responsibility, both moral and financial. D. W. Robertson 1020 West 11th st. Medford. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF "TiHE REASON it's so hard to win an argument with A Sam Goldwyn," explains Ben Hecht, "is that he thinks of himself as a nation. His treatment of writers sometime! reminds me of the be havior of an irritated man shaking a slot ma chine." Mrs. Goldwyn, how ever, takes her husband's tirades in stride. "With Sam," she says, "every thing is a big flourish of tomato cans." Athens is the seat of the University of Georgiaj and Dean John Drewry assures us that only three real troubles plague the good citizens there. For the undergraduates, it's sex. For the graduates, it's athletics. And for the factulty, if s parking! . . "Who says Vol growing old?" demands Red Skelton. "I stfll chase pretty young girls! The only difference is that now when I chase them, I can't remember why I started chasing them!' 0136 hy Seaaett CfL Patributed by Sing F6ftturi foadicaU Washington Writer's Ears Ring After Session of Senate Filibuster Watching By DICK WEST Washington -UPD- Now that my ears have quit ringing, I can teU you what I've Teen doing. I've been filibus ter watching in the Senate. Watching a filibuster is something like watching an ice berg. Its movement is impercepti ble and 90 is below the 4AJ uicK west per cent of it surface. LI Matter of Fact BERLIN: A GRAVE TEST Washington - A grave test of will already seems to be building up at Berlin, two months and a half before the scheduled discussion of Nikita S. K h r uschev's Berlin de mands at the summit con ference. The test has two jESaESop mair ele- menis. First, the Western Allies have now decided to resume air supply flights to Berlin above the 10,000-foot level at an early date. With the Presi dent's approval, the Soviets have been given advance no tice. The decision's great im portance is indicated by its background. In brief, modern cargo air craft (such as the West will use for massive air supply of Berlin) need to fly above 10,000 feet for reasonable ef ficiency. There is no altitude limitation, either, on the So viet - guaranteed Western rights on Berlin's air ap proaches. But when high altitude flights to Berlin were previous attempted, in the early stages of the present crisis, the Soviets violently charged that East Germany's air space was being trespassed upon. - . AT THAT TIME, the Soviets fairly crudely hinted they would use force, if need be, to put a stop to such flights. Soviet fighter planes also made threatening passes at the Western supply aircraft. The Western Allies flatly re jected the Soviet charge of air-trespass; and they strong ly insisted on their unlimited rights. But at that time, the high-altitude flights were also stopped. Hence there is no sure way to predict the Soviet reaction to the message that high-altitude flights will shortly be resumed. However, the bet ting favors an extremely sharp response. The second and less vital element in the Berlin, test of will derives from the affair of the Potsdam passes. This affair began some weeks ago, when the Soviets slyly chang ed the wording of the official passes of the Western military liaison group at the Soviet High Command's headquar ters in Potsdam, beyond Free Berlin's borders. PREVIOUSLY, these passes were simple, unadorned Soviet military documents. The new passes, which have now replaced the old, conspic uously refer to the "territory" of the East German Republic. They also carry the note that they have been "registered" with the Ministry of the In terior of the Kremlin's East German puppets. The new passes, in. short, are obviously designed as first steps toward Western de facto recognition on the East Ger man government. This the Kremlin iriuch desires. Hence the wording of the passes was angrily protested by the West- The great civil rights de bate of 1960 was barely get ting under way when I ar rived in the Senate press gal lery. People were scurrying about as in preparation for a siege. Southerners had been pic tured as standing at a "new Appomattox" in the struggle But for the moment, at least, it seemed more like Bull Run. Keeps Log Following is the log I kept during the early hours of what might be described as the "Olympics of the Lar-nyx": Joseph Alsop ern Allies. Members of the Western liaison group at Pots dam were immured in their quarters there. All use of the new passes were forbidden, except by vehicles needed to supply the liaison group from West Berlin. Nonetheless, no satisfactory answer to the Western protests has been re ceived from the Soviets. In these circumstances, an order was very nearly issued this week end, confining to their quarters all members of the Soviet military liaison group in Western Germany. This is the opposite number of the Western group at Pots dam; and the purpose of the order was to put the Soviet officers in the same situation as the Western officers. THE REPRISAL against the Soviet liaison group in Western Germany would be in force already, in fact, if the American, French and Ger many policy-makers had had their way. The order of con finement to quarters was de ferred for one week, only in deference to the views of the British. But if the Soviets continue to refuse satisfaction in the matter of the passes, positive Western action will soon ensue. The role of the British in the matter of the passes de serves a special note. It re veals a British attitude which is almost certain to become the subject of controversy in the test of will that seems to lie ahead. To, speak bluntly, the British have repeatedly pleaded for a do - nothing policy, at turn after turn of the unfolding Berlin crisis. For instance, when the first high-altitude flights to Berlin were ordered many months ago, the British government opposed and condemned this assertion of undoubted West ern rights on the air approach es. The British press gave vent to extreme indignation because the American govern ment had asserted this West ern right, and showed little indignation over the Soviet government's swashbuckl i n g denial of the same right. The decision to halt the first series of high-altitude tests was also taken, in large part, in defer ence to the British. Again, the British govern ment urged the other Western Allies to take no notice what ever, when the new Potsdam passes were first issued some weeks ago. The stated ground to British objection to protest against the new passes was the argument that this measure must lead, in the end, to with drawal of the Western mili tary liaison group. 'I'HE LIAISON group : un- deniably has some value as an observation post. Yet it was widely suspected that the real ground of the British ob jection to the protest was a strong inclination towards de facto recognition of East Ger many. Having this inclination, the British no doubt felt little distaste for the thin end of the wedge. . In the end, British agree ment to the protest against the new passes was secured by a united Franco-German-American front. But the sub sequent British objection to any follow-up of the protest still indicates an unchanged underlying attitude in Lon don. The same attitude was evinced in the strong British opposition to the far more serious decision to resume high - altitude flights. Once more, in this latter case, the British yielded to a unified front of the other allies, but they only yielded with great reluctance. For the present, therefore, it must be assumed that the unity of the West is more ap parent than real. This is a disturbing assumption to have to make, as the preliminary test of will at Berlin gets un derway. There is no reason to sup pose that this test, though pre liminary, will be mild or picnic-like. Unless President Eis enhower leads a retreat from the positions he has taken, this test can be very unpleas ant indeed. And if the un pleasantness shatters the unity of the West, there will be a strong feedback effect; the unpleasantness will thereby be triply compounded, (c) 1960, New York Herald Tribuna Inc. 5:18 p.m.-Made first de scent into cave of the winds. Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D Va.) holding forth for South. Sen. Spessard Holland (D Fla.) guarding flanks. Both in good voice. 5:20 p.m.-Spotted Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) at desk in rear row, reading newspa per. Has dreamy look. Could he be reading about his fa vorite presidential candidate? 5:28 pjn.-Southerners send in Sen. Russell B. Long (D La.) to ask Robertson ques tions. This gives Robertson's vocal cords a rest, makes speech last longer. 6:22 p.m.-Long still ques tioning Robertson. Crowd in gallery thinning out. For some reason I began thinking about a television program called "Keep Talking." 7:30 p.m.-Time out for din ner (See footnote). 8:10 p.m. Return to Senate chamber. Galleries filling up again. More senators drifting in. Washington Report By WILLIAM TARNISHED SHIELD Washington It seems al most that a blind and evil fate has decreed that the West itself must destroy its own one true military shield the IS North Atlan tic Treaty or ganization. Blow after blow at this shield has been deliver ed from among the very na tions it is intended to protect, The latest thrust against it is from that member of the alli ance which is as ham-handed in international politics as it is fearfully able in warfare, West Germany. :- ? - In NATO, 15 nations head ed by the United States are banded together ail for one and one for . all against im perialist Communist aggres sion. This treaty is the one expression of free-world pow er and realism, as distinguish ed from vague free-world hopes and slogans, to rise in 13 years of cold war. - BOLD and honest in concept, it was raised . to provide real western troops to main tain the peace - not merely western talky-talk. But long ago the British ceased to make effective contributions to NATO. France did likewise only more so-if mainly be cause she had to divert mili tary strength to Algeria against a chronic Arab revolt. The United States, as its actual founder, has remained formally faithful to NATO But we, too, cannot serious ly claim that we have not al lowed the shield to tarnish, if not to buckle. The American - British de cision of last year to nego tiate the cold war with Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Un ion has undeniably made NATO seem less and less im portant and all obligations to NATO less and less bind ing. For a long time, indeed, the only NATO members who have stood four-square with it have been the smaller pow ers, notably Italy Turkey and Norway. They could have had little heart to do so. For it is plain that these smaller mem bers of the alliance are not going to have much to say about' whatever arrange ments, good or bad, the United States and Britain Will eventually make with Khrush chev. Ml William S. White 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. 8:15 p.m.-Sen. Lister (D-Ala.) comes to aid of Eoo ertson. Asks if it not true that "George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Patrick Henry were Virginians? Robertson confirms. 8:31 pjn.-Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) asks why Hill left John Smith and Pocahontas out of list of famous Virgini ans. Hill says if he named them all he might be accused of filibustering. 8:44 p.m. -Robertson, who has been talking 270 minutes, yields floor. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) calls for vote. Everyone gives hollow laugh. 11:05 p.m.-Kennedy gets floor, giving Southerns a respite. I decide I also need a respite and retire from the field of battle. Footnote-The menu at the place where I had dinner list ed one dish-I swear this is true called "integrated chicken." S. WHITE NOW, the West Germans -who at least really want to make an effective shield of NATO - have blundered be yond repair. First, it leaked out and later it was grudging ly confirmed: They went to Franco Spain, without con sulting the other members of NATO, to negotiate for the establishment in Spam of military depots and air train ing facilities. Belatedly they deny they failed to consult in advance; but all the facts are simply against them. The Germans' purpose in all this was militarily ob vious, and obviously militari ly sound. They wanted the as surance of surviving bases in Spain from which to fight on if West Germany itself should be overrun by the Soviet Un ion in any great war. But they acted, politically, with the characteristic lack of even elementary wisdom and sensitivity. Not only did they omit to clear their plan with the rest of NATO; they also went to a power, Franco Spain, which is distrusted and hated by nearly all of the NATO alliance. TlfUCH of the old world still remembers what the new world may largely have for gotten: In the Spanish Civil war of the late '30s, which was the savage prelude to World War II, Hitler's Ger many intervened on Franco's side, just as international Communism intervened on the other side. Any suggestion now of any kind of military association between the new Germany and Franco's people raises a sinister specter all through Europe, not excluding Britain and France. Now, the Germans have promised they will conclude no military arrangements with Spain without the ap proval of NATO. But the dam age has been done. West Ger many's position in NATO has never been popular; but for the United States, she never would have been admitted. That position will now be far weaker than before. And in military terms, West Ger many is the absolute heart of the alliance. (Copyrrght, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.). TOBACCO -COFFEE I (J1 ; I.J by dentists to remove stains from teeth. 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