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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Thursday, March 24, 1960 "Everyone In Southern Oregon ' Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by -- MDtOKD FKUNTUNfcr CO. . 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-8141 ROBERT W. RXJHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bus. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mng. Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHTPMAN." Tele. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at : MedfoTd. Oregon, under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $l3.uo Daily and Sunday 6 mos. . 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4 -25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove.' Rogue Riv. er. 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NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAl lASpCUTlfblN C7 W W Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson County History fro.-n the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40 and 30 years ago. 10 TZARS AGO dKaiffe 24, 1950 (Friday) David Holmes, president of tft Harry and David firm at 3Bear Creek orchards, was latally injured in an auto ac idwit near Woodland, Calif., yesterday. l&w stating that dogs may not run at large within Eagle Poit city limits will be en forced, city recorder an nounces. 20 THUS AGO March 24. 1940 (Sunday) The U. S. National Bank opurchased the Farmers and Fruitgrowers bank here Saturday. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Sev eral who wintered in the south have returned, and are now getting the sunshine they went there for." 40 YSAXS AGO March 24, 1930 (Sunday) o Central Point has been se lected as the site for a new cheese factory. . B. H. Conkle resigns as principal of Medford High school and Glenn Smith takes over. 40 YEARS AGO March 24. 1920 (Wednesday) Odd Fellows lodge votes three-year membership in Chamber of Commerce. Leonard Wood for Presi dent club formed here. - 50 YEARS AGO March 24, 1910 (Thursday) One hundred and forty Ash land citizens file petition- with city council that election be called to amend city charter to permit granting of 50-year trolley line franchise. Medford citizens will have gas in homes within six months if gas plant franchise is granted by city council. WhaTs Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or lix is gd. 1. The geographical shape of what country in Europe resembles a boot? 2. Identify the person ad dressed in Walt Whitman's poem as "O, captain, my cap tain!"? 3. What is the capital of Luxemburg? 4. Does the communist gov ernment of China control Manchuria? 5. Is mendicant a synonym for a carpenter, a tinsmith, a beggar, or a doctor? 6. What sort of animal is "Bambi"? 7. What public building is depicted on the reverse side of a U. S. Ten Dollar silver cer tificate? 8. If you were "on the road to Mandalay" "what country would you be visiting? 9. Queen Henrietta Maria, of England, is honored in the name of which State of the U. S.? 10. Has either political par ty ever nominated a Catholic to run for the office of Presi dent of the U. S.? Answers: 1. Italy. 2. Abra ham Lincoln. 3. Luxemburg. 4. Yes. 5. Beggar. 6. Deer. 7. U. S. Treasury. 8. Burma. 9. Maryland. 10. Yes; Al Smith, Democrat, in 1928. Champions Will Black Tornado athletes of Medford High school achieve an unprecedented third major Oregon - big school championship m a single academic year? .: That question is on sports observers, as well as hometown fans, now that. the curtain has dropped on maplecourt activity and the baseball After Medford's "Big football campaign last A-l diadem, eight of the confident, poised ath letes from the powerful gridiron crew turned to basketball. COMBINING their talented ability with inspira- tion and desire, and joining with other let termen, they turned in a brilliant season under the guiding hand of Their accomplishments ' reached the apex last Saturday, when they won the A-l tournament titular trophy, the school year's second major crown, and the first hoop mantle for Medford since 1929. Now seven of these same athletes move on to baseball. They join others who have that Med ford spirit. With a core of veterans, expectations are high, and chances good, for an illustrious spring to make a tremendous athletic year. State baseball semifinalists last year, they have the potential to bring Medford a three-sport sweep unique in big school competition. OUR congratulations and praise go to the youths who, for Medford, brought home the long- sought basketball trophy. They also brought honor to themselves, their school and their city. This exceptional group glory, and the communitywide acclaim which they are receiving. Those who go on to baseball do so with hardly time to catch their breath. To the diamond squad we wish success in its efforts, and we are behind the players, win or lose. Once again, as was the case after the football season, we can now say to the state Class A-l basketball champions of Medford High school: "Fellows, you're the greatest." R.D.J. Caveman of Tomorrow The average American today is living in com fort, not to say luxury, never before known in history. He also is living beneath the cloud of threat ened nuclear war. These two facts of life today are joined, in the most cockeyed way we've ever seen, in the current issue of the Oregon Civil Defense News, publication of the state CD agency. It presents a picture of "The Family Room of Tomorrow" described as "the ultimate m at tractive compact basement game rooms" which also doubles as a fallout LJERE we have the highest material civilization in the history of the world, and we're not smart enough to work out arrangements so we can live without fear of annihilation. If that isn't a cockeyed situation, what is it? It gives one pause. "Behind the walnut storage wall to the right is ample space for a two-week supply of food and other essentials. The sleeping unit on the back wall sleeps a , family of four ... - "The lavatory unit, set off by a sliding door, con verts to a chemical toilet during an emergency. The ' sink has a storage tank for emergency use. The room also incorporates a first aid kit, Conelrad radio, tran- . sistor TV and a folding worktable cooking unit. "A unique feature of the room, labeled 'the family room of tomorrow,' is a dual-purpose bicycle which serves as an exerciser and at the same time pumps fresh air into the room. A hopscotch board is inlaid in j: the vinyl floor. Other features include a world map 'which adorns the revolving door of the storage closet, and, a 40-year calendar . . ." ' Back to the air conditioned caves, men! Keep fit on your air-pump-exerciser! Read your one world map! And stay buried for 40 years. E.A. Dog Control The question of a dog control, or "leash" law, for Medford, is just a bit up in the air at the moment, because of some apparently-conflicting statutes. But the district attorney's office informs us it is working to get the measure on the ballot for Medford residents to vote on May 20. A petition with a sufficient number of signatures has been filed to require such a vote. Also it is reported that a similar petition is being circulated in the town of Rogue River, to prevent dogs from running at large. "IITE DON'T know how the people in the rest of the county feel about a dog control law. But if there is any considerable sentiment in favor, of one,, now is the time to do something about it. A county-wide law can be initiated by peti tion, but it must be filed not later than 45 days in advance of the election, which, if our figuring is right, is next Tuesday. At least 100 signatures of legal voters are necessaiy. We would like to see such a measure on the ballot, so the people can settle the matter. If it does get on the ballot, either county-wide or just in Medford, it should create a bit of controversy for, for some reason, dog control is like fluorida tion and capital punishment people disagree, and violently. E.A. the minds of the state's diamond gets attention. Wind" wrapped up the fall with the state's Class mentor J? rank Koelandt deserves its moment of shelter. Dennis the 'DOXDU HAVA OlNER 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. Tolerance To the Editor: I have fol lowed with amused interest the letters concerning Med ford's 'great' segregation prob lem in accepting and locating the Smith family. I wish to congratulate you on your fine editorial and am glad to see that you have many, other tolerant people in your fair city. ' So far as I know, Camp White has not as yet been heard from, so, as an amused observer, let me say that I believe that your reader, Mr. George Distell, has hit the nail squarely on the head: "We have lost a bit of our face and with incalculable chagrin are trying, to brazen it out, come what may." As a veteran of both World Wars I and II, and at present rehabilitating at Camp White, I am proud to say that there is no segregation when bullets are flying in all directions and you are alone in a shell hole and need a medic in a hurry. I don't believe one would look to see if he was colored blue, green, black or white. Let me suggest that every one take a long look at Web ster's definition for the beau tiful word tolerance. Malemute Slim, Camp White, Ore. Let Them Move To the Editor: Concerning the matter, that some seem to think is such a small incident, we shouldn't give it a second thought. But I believe the first symp toms of any serious "ailment" should be treated as soon as it is recognized. Before it be comes a "plague." If the "opportunists" in this valley are so pleased with these "early symptoms" let them move to where the "op portunities" are more plenti ful. I believe they would soon change their minds, and want to hurry back to this un spoiled valley. David T. Allison, , 136 Glenn Way, y Central Point, Ore. Perfect Answer To the Editor: Sometime ago the following article ap peared in the Mail Tribune. It impressed me so much that I saved it and feel that it should be repeated now. LOST HIS WAY A cruel and. sudden crisis, charged with feeling, con fronted Cecil Poole, Assistant District Attorney, one morn ing last week; at its peak, Poole fashioned a few short words into a simple declara tive sentence that for aptness and eloquence no novelist, no professional builder of phras es, could far excel after long thought and much revision. Poole is a Negro. He lives in Ingleside Terrace, a "white" neighborhood. Thus shock and resentment and be wilderment and regret and mixtures of a dozen other emotions must have surged through him when his 6 year old daughter came running into the 'house to report: "There's a cross on our lawn,: all burned." .With the news, she brought a troubled ques tion: "Why is it there?" Such a question under such conditions needed a meticu lous answer. Poole found it. "Some Christian," he said, "has lost his way." . . . "Some Christian has lost his way." Six short and simple words that bespeak charity instead of anger that weU and truly explain the kind of bigotry that fashions and plants fiery crosses, that raise no fears and inflict no hurts and leave no scars on the mind of a small child who Menace Q&OV. first sees racial hatred and. asks about it. We do not know where Poole found this answer. We think it is the perfect one. It invites thought and bears fre quent repitition: "Some Chris tian has lost his way."-San Francisco Chronicle. Mrs. W. L. Lockington, 1036 Queen Anne, Medford. The Task We Face To the Editor: Readers who have taken a dim view of your editorial opinions on race relations need to be re minded that change is the only really permanent ele ment in our unstable human existence. It persists as one of the unalterable laws of life. Change is sweeping over our world like a mighty tidal wave, and neither our own country nor the Rogue valley can hope to remain immune from its influence. The Medford Human Rights Council came into being last July as one means of cushion ing the impact of changes which leaders on our state government felt were inevita ble. The Council is neither a subversive nor a starry-eyed do-gooder organization, nor is its primary objective to pro mote or accelerate change in the composition of our popu lation In the Rogue valley sr in the way of life of its citi zens. It exists in conjunction with the Civil Rights Division of the Oregon State Bureau of Labor. Its basic purpose is to aid in making necessary ad justments, under the laws of our state, to the changes that inevitably occur in the free flow of population in a free land, and to insure that no one's rights as American citi zens shall be disregarded in the process. As such, I believe it is deserving of community wide support. We live in a new era-one in which there is no place for the old myth of racial superi ority, or that of the necessity for defending the alleged pur ity of the white race. Anthro pologically, whether we like it or not, "God hath made of one blood aU nations," and in our time the only race that can have lasting significance is the human race to which we all belong. In the words of a poet, Peggy Pond Church: "At last we who have been running away must turn and face it; There is no room left for hate in the world we must live in. Now we must learn to love. We cannot longer escape - it. We can no longer escape from one another. Love is no longer a theme for eloquence, Or a way of life for a few to choose whose hearts can decide it. It is the sternest necessity; " the unequivocal ultima tum. 1 There is no way out. There : is no country we can flee ; ' to. . :. There is no man on earth who must not face this task now." Grace N. Pearson Route 2, Box 50 Jacksonville, Ore. Id's Sprig To the Editor: Oh, spring is here, My heart was gay Until I found 'Twas freckles' day. I climbed the hill To see the flowers, South African 'Apartheid' Policy Brings Explosion By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor On June 3, 1948, a tough old Afrikaander named Dan iel F. Malan became Premier of the Union of South Afri ca and began instituting the policy of "apartheid" more simply, "white supre macy." Ten years later a news- the Union of South Africa and wrote: "Three million whites keep 11 million non-whites in vir tual bondage. Even the white supremacists concede an ex plosion is bound to come the only question is when. Pessimists say five years; opti mists, ten." e 4 v. a. 1 Matter of Fact NIXON VERSUS EISENHOWER Washington -The differ ences in political outlook be tween the President and Vice President are now begin ning to be visible. It is h a ppening a little soon e r than might have been ex pected. But in this election year, it w a s always in- josefh alsop evitable. The immediate cause of this divergence is the political pressure generated by two Got poison oak; Now scratch for hours. I walked out-doors To rake old leaves. Hay fever's back, I wheeze and sneeze. Would I trade spring For winter days? Never, never. Love spring always. Mrs. Delbert Casey, Route 1, Box 358, . Central Point, Ore. Stream Fishing To the Editor: I have read in the paper where the upper isig iJutte creek and upper Rogue river will not be open ing with the lakes April 23, as they did last year. Now I agree it's proper to save the . steelhead, but dp all streams have to be closW until May 23 to accomplish this? Couldn't the upper Rogue, upper Big Butte and Lake creek out of Fish lake be opened and perhaps others? Surely anything that would ease the tremendous fishing pressure on the lakes should be done. I'll be there on the lakes fighting to get my hook in the water when they open, but I wouldn't be if there was a stream open. I'm sure there're lots more who would rather fish a stream than a lake .also. : I don't know about the upper Rogue, but I do know there were plenty of fishermen who fished upper Big Butte creek, last year during its early ' opening. All streams need not be closed, surely. John Peery, 2613 Table Rock rd., Medford Whose Burden? To the Editor: On the front page of your March 21 issue you how a photo of one orchard with stacks of old tires preparatory to fighting off the effect of Jack Frost. I have observed several such installations, also some or chards apparently remain completely equipped with the old type of smudgepots. It ap pears that we are in for more of what should be very large ly abolished. On the same page appears an article "More Money Ask ed for Indigent Fund" by our two hospitals. They request $85,000 instead of the pro posed $30,000 in the pending budget, for charity subjects, which does not seem to bal ance out with our unprece dent prosperity. The proposed charity figures at $236 per day. The article explains that the greater sum is largely for oldsters and migrant fruit workers, but why should we tax-burdened city and county residents be burdened with the migrant workers? This portion of the charity expense should be met by the Fruit Growers Association, or the fruit growers should pay the migrants enough to put them on their own, otherwise we taxpayers will be subsidizing the fruit growers , for their gift of smog. It is time that the taxpay ers do some checking on these items of grand extravaganza spending which are sending taxes skyward which are now a millstone to youngsters as well as oldsters. Orville C. Krotz, 1217 Loal st., Medford Nearer Question Is This week the worst and most tragic outbreak yet oc curred outside Joannesburg. What had been planned as a non-violent demonstration by 25,000 native Africans explod ed in gunfire, rioting and burning. In the outburst of hate, no favorites were played among the victims. There were women and children among them as well as men. Malan, as have been his suc cessors, was a member, of the Nationalist Party which is dedicated to racial segregation and white supremacy. Descended From Dutch - In general, it is a party of intense nationalism and its members are descendants of the Dutch settlers of South Africa. Their language is Afrikaans which is - derived from the Dutch, and is one which the nationalists would like to have supplant English Joseph Alsop problems of great importance to many millions of voters -aid to education, and medical care for old people. Vice President Nixon will have to take the rap as his party's candidate, if the Republicans simply follow President Eisen hower's inclination to do nothing about either of these problems at this time. For this reason, Nixon took a bold initiative a couple of weeks ago. On his own hook, he called in two like-minded members of the Eisenhower cabinet, Setcretary of Health, Education and Welfare Arth ur Flemming and Secretary of Labor James Mitchell. The three men discussed the two problems above-noted. WITH NIXON'S encourage- ment, Secretary Flem ming then went into action on the problem' of medical care for the aged. Meanwhile the Vice President himself began to tackle the problem of aid for education What Flemming has been pressing for is some sort of Federally insured system of medical care for men over 65 and women over 62. But the American Medical association regards anything of the sort as the thin end of the wedge of socialized medicine. Under A.M.A. influence, the right wing . Republican leadership of the House is up in arms. The President is also far from enthusiastic. Yet this issue is purely ideological. It is therefore less painful than the issue of aid for education, which touches the sacred budget. .In the matter of aid to education, Nixon ' wants both White House and Congressional Re publican support for the com promise school construction bill that is emerging in the House. The sum involved, about $350,000,000 a year for three years, is much less than the Senate voted for the same purpose. But it is still a lot of extra spending for the Vice President to persuade the President to approve. SUCH, in summary, are the outward signs of an inner difference that has long exist ed. The Vice President is in fact a much less conservative man, or at least a much more pragmatic man, than the Pres ident. He is known to have said on one occasion, with a certain air of mild wonder, "It's a funny thing, isn't it? The President is really more conservative, in his domestic policies anyway, than Bob Taft was." Taft himself felt the need to prove that the Republican party cared, not just about the business man, but about the so-called little man too. His housing and other meas ures were the result of this feeling. Nixon feels the same need, and he feels it even more urgently with the cam paign approaching. As the Administration's 1 9 6 0 pro gram proves, the need is not felt by Eisenhower. Other legislative issues that will come to a head later on are likely to cause the same sort of Eisenhower-Nixon di vergence - which is most emphatically not a personal split. The most important of these issues will probably be created by a Congressional vote of larger defense appro priations. The Vice President unquestionably wants to get the defense issue off his plate before the campaign. The President, in contrast, will be tempted to freeze any extra defense appropriations, -both in justification of his own judgment and in order to spare the budget. Again it will be Nixon vs. Eisenhower. TT DOES NOT END there, either. The question of the degree of Republican con servatism is already playing a major part in the planning for the party convention. There is a strong move among conservative House members, for instance, to make Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin chairman of the platform com mittee. Nixon almost certain- as the foremost national tongue. Its leaders, when they speak of apartheid, use such expressions as "volkswil," meaning will of the people, or "baasskap", bossism or white supremacy. To enforce apartheid, Na tionalist leaders have run roughshod over their opposi tion, including white. They have rewritten the laws and changed the relationship be- Lance Reventlow To Wed Actress San Francisco - (UPD - Lance Reventlow, one of the world's richest young men, and ac tress Jill St. John, 19, will be married here tonight by a California Supreme Court justice. 1 The ceremony will be per formed by Justice Marshall McComb in the Mark Hop kins Hotel suite of the bride groom's mother, dime store heiress Barbara Hutton. Reventlow, 24, a multimil lionaire, is the only son of the much-married Miss Hutton and one of her former hus bands, Danish Count Kurt Von Haugwitz Reventlow. It will be his first marriage. It will be the second marriage for the actress, who was di vorced from Neil Dubin last July 14. The couple said honeymoon plans would depend on pro fessional commitments. KF-Lakeview Truck Service Approved Salem - (UPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill has granted authority to Bend- Portland Truck Service, Inc., to provide service between Klamath Falls and Lakeview and intermediate points. He authorized transfer of the motor common carrier permit of Arrow Transit, Inc., Klamath Falls to Berid-Port- land effective April 1- ! Bend-Portland's present op erations include service be tween Klamath Falls and Portland and between Lake- view and Portland. ly will not accept Laird, be cause he is too right wing. The most likely choice for platform chairman is Charles Percy, the young president of the Bell & Howell Co., who wrote the forward looking Percy Committee Report on Republican policy. But none other than Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York is known to be under consider ation by Nixon as an alterna tive platform chairman. If Rockefeller is not offered this job, moreover, there is a good chance he will be asked to be convention keynoter. The President will not like the choice of Rockefeller for either of these policy - pro nouncing posts. He will not much like the emergence of Nixon as a political person ality in his own right, with views of his own that are not necessarily Eisenhow er's views. Yet Nixon was to all intents nominated long before E i s e n hower endorsed the nomination. And the progressive politi cal differentiation of these two men of quite different generations and viewpoint is not only natural and unavoid able. It is also healthy and proper, (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. (j!peace of Qjffcnd WITHIN ITS PAGES IS COMFORT, TRUTH, SOLACE . ..... PEACE BhaAd JloUiiaMf Aaou from th. RANK MORGAN . HAROLD SNODGRASS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS DAY OR NIGHT When tween parliament and the courts to make sure their poli cies cannot be outlawed. Apartheid covers native Africans, all persons of mixed blood and Indians. Their se gregation is complete. They have no direct vote and the population registration act 0 places upon them their racial origin forever. The latest riots were a pro test against passes which every native African must carry. They describe the name, tribe and place of birth of tfie holder, his place or residence and the name of his employer. He cannot change his employment or move to any other part of the country without having his pass endorsed. South Africa's ipsrtheid policy has estranged it from India, strained its relations with the United States and caused a constant state of fric tion with Britain, the mother country. Former Union of South Africa Premier Johannes G. Strijdom put it in a nutshell. The white man has "baass kap", he said, because he has the vote. South African law, he continued, makes it impos sible for natives ever to regain that power. When British Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan visited the union last winteF he frankly criticized apartheid. To which Nationalists re plied that Macmillan vn a political opportunist and that South Africa would continue its course. Fellowships Go To Five Oregon Men Washington (UPD The Na tional Science Foundation for academic year 1960-61 was awarded graduate fellowships providing $1,800 to five Ore gon men for first year gradu ate study. Rep. Walter Nor blad (R-Ore.) announced to day. Those receiving the fellow ships are John D. Burroughs and James C. Person, Salem; Richard W. Dixon, Woodburn; Ross J. Maclntyre, Yachats, and Brian L. McNeal, Cor vallis. Residents Flee in Radioactive Scare , Salt Lake City-(UPD-Police evacuated more than 100 per sons from their homes here early today when a truck car- rying radioactive castings hit a switch train at an inter section. However, it was determined the radioactivity was too low to be dangerous and the resi dents returned to their homes in less than an hour. London -(UPD- Princess Mar. garet and Antony Armstrong Jones will honeymoon aboard; the royal yacht Britannia, Buckingham Palace has an nounced. HELP US! We need clothing, shoes, dishes, furniture, and bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 CeurlhouM PHONE SP 2-8030