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4 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. A Thursday. April 7. IMO "Everyone In Southern Oregon Roads The Mail Tribune" KbMjheit Dally except'Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North JHrSt. PhSPi-01 ROBERT W.'RUftL. EdiW HKRB CREV Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM, Bua. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR . Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor -HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'e Editor IjALEEHIUKSUW. circulation mgt An Inrinendent Newspaper Entered ai second class mutter tt Med I or a, uretjan, unnor ci ui March 3, 18f)7 KTmsrniPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday moi. 8 00 Daily and Sunday 3 mot. 4.35 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrlerwln Advance Med ford Ashland. Central Point Eajfle Point Jacksonville, Gold mil Phoenix. Shadv Cove. Rogue Riv er, talent and on motor rmitef. Daily and Sunday 1 year $1B00 Dallv and Sunday 1 mo. 1-fO Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash inAdvance hcIaTPaper of City brMedfortT Offlclalraper ot jacicon county United Press International , Full Leased Wire ' UrTelephoto Newspleturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BITREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advert! .ine Renresentatlve: WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC. Of. flees In New York. Chicago. De. 4r..le Gan PrnnHurn Ln AntteleB Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver. .-. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI c6T Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County HlJtory from the files ot The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 7, 1950 (Friday) A conditional contract was ntered into today for the sale of radio station KMED to Radio Medford, Inc. Four employees of Montr gomery Wards store here en tered pleas of guilty to charges of larceny. They admitted tak ing goods from the store while employed. 20 YEARS AGO April 7, 1940 (Sunday) Reoresentatives of the Port- lnnrl Chamber of Commerce who are making a state-wide good-will tour will arrive by nlana here tomorrow. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The tats deDartment urges moral embargo' on exporting tin products to Russia. Tne embargo does not inciuae not taking money lor me tin ex ports after they have been sold." 30 YEARS AGO April 7, 1930 (Tuesday) Reports from Grants Pass say John D. Rockefeller has given a million dollars for the beautification of Crater Lake, but Rockefeller knows nothing about it Farmers and orchardlsts here start using irrigation wa ter in preparation for arid year. 40 YEARS AGO April 7, 1920 (Thursday) Willow Springs residents re ceive a carload of wood ship ed from Hugo In Josephine county. Local chamber of commerce quartet to make first appear ance at noon tomorrow, SO YEARS AGO ADril 7, 1910 (Thursday) Colonel Ray promics to do nate to city enough granite to make granite bandstand in the city park. Bids have been called for the extension of the Oregon Trunk railroad from Madras to the north line of the Kin What's Your I.Q.? Nina ar ten correct It superior; seven ar tight Is excellent; five at tli is goad. 1. Which of those rivers Is longer: Congo or Nile? 2. What climatic zone Is 46 degrees and 54 minutes wide and covers nil of the earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn? 3. On a man's single-breasted coat, are the buttons on the left or right side? 4. There are four methods of voting in Congress; name them. 8. In what outdoor winter sport Is a slalom performed? 6. Does the larger portion of the earth's population live to the north, or to the south of the eauator? 7. What i the source of Unseed oil? t. What are the profits earned by a corporation and paid out to its stockholders called? t. In the Biblical story, what woman accompanied Barak? 10. What causes the hum. In aound made by bees? Tknswerstl. Nile. 2. The Torrid Zone. 3. Bight side, at. Vla roeei dlvisioni by tellersi by toll call. 8. Skiing. S. North. 7. flaxseed. (. Divi dends. 9. Deboran. iu. ine ti bi alios oi thai wing. Who Is To Blame? It was kind of a hair-raising story the Mail Tribune printed on Page 1 yesterday, about the man in convulsions who couldn't be admitted to a hospital for about 2y2 hours. ' One's immediate reaction to it was "What if he had died?" and "What if it had been me, or one of my family?" Something s wrong, somewnere, wnen a seri ously ill man is denied hospitalization. But we'd best not be too quick to point the finger of blame, for it linger points right backat us. ACTUALLY, about the only people who came nnf nf fho rhino- nerfeetlv hlameless. and de- W'V v " o f" servincr of praise, were ford police department, who stuck with the un fortunate man until they knew he'd be taken care of. There is room for criticism elsewhere tor the hosnital in nreferriner not to admit him, and for not seeing that emergency care from a phy sician was immediately available ; for the ambu lance service for preferring not to make the nan to Camp White for free ; for officials at Camp White for their reluctance to admit him for care, and their refusal to come after him. BUT look at it this way: Sacred Heart Hosnital be blunt, on the ragged f"Wp have been told, Medford physicians recently were asked each to contribute a sum of money just so that it could keen its doors open. It would be tragic if this fine institution, with a long record of selfless, hu manitarian service, were forced to close for lack of funds.) The Medford Ambulance Service has a long and honorable record of emergency, life-saving service. It is a private enterprise, and, if it is to continue to exist, it CANNOT expend too much of its time and service on what amount to "charity" cases. . . Camp White has its and most of the time they would like to see a little responsible officials in emergency cases, however. SO, IF these quasi-public agencies are limited in what they can do, where does the rest of the blame lie? Does it lie on the county and the city, wno have, up to now, refused to provide adequate recompense to me nospuais tor we iion-jjavuig cases who continue to seek medical care? And doesn t at least a with each of us for failing to demand that our public agencies provide services ior ajn i sunenng iiuiiiau uemgi n.n.. The Easy and the Hard It's easier to wreck something than it is to build something. It's easier to tear a construct it, piece by piece. It's easier to swear and complain about an imperfect civic institution than it is to get in and work to improve it. It's easier to gripe about governmental ac tivities than it is to propose constructive alter natives. It's easier to be destructively critical than it is to be responsibly, and T'S EASIER to shoot an It's easier to' oppress a minority than it is to emove the conditions which make that minority objectionable. It's easier to kill rebels than it is to improve the situation which caused the rebellion. It's easier to accept than it is to seek the truth. It's easier to like and understand one s "own kind" than it is to like and understand people of different backgrounds, IT'S EASIER to call for entire framework of eminent that it is to continue to seek solutions to nroblems within that framework. It's easier to cut down a forest than it is to nlant and raise a new one. It's easier to yell for it is to show how responsible governments can be equitably financed. It s easier to decry foreign aid tnan it is to suggest how else undeveloped nations can be helped to economic and political maturity., It's easier to say "Who cares?" than it is to understand that our whole moral code, legal struc ture, religious background and hones for the future are predicated on "caring" what happens to the less fortunate, the downtrodden, the underprivileged. IF IT is easier to do these things, how does it happen that the human race lias progressed from savagery to a point where "caring' IS an ideal, if not always an actuality? It is because a stubborn percentage of the human race refuses always to take the easy way : because they have developed responsibility; be cause thev observe the admonition common to all great religions, "Do unto others do unto you. Everyone takes the "easy way' once in a while, and at some time during his life. Hut it is that uerceiUaire which chooses the "hard wav" when they lifts mankind above the might turn out that the w j ' - 7 - the officers of the Med is in trouble. It is, to edge of bankruptcy. as a matter of fact, that rules and regulations, work out all right. We more leeway given to portion of the blame he life-saving emergency building apart tnan to constructively, critical. enemy than to persuade "ready-made" answers beliefs, or colore. the destruction of an law. institution and gov the end of taxation than others as you would have know it to be right that animals. l.a. Dennis the tor Hi.MarsaretiOomjumave a fuibr ? we wanna see how Matter of Fact sy NIXON AND THE RIGHTWINGERS Washington - One of this spring's most curious, and least noticed, political events was the an nex ation of the South Car olina delega tion to the Re publican con vent i o n by Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona. New York's jnsrpil Al.KOP A. Rockefeller has found Vice President Richard M. Nixon too formidable an opponent, and has bowed out of the con test for the Republican Presi dential nomination. But Sen ator Goldwater, the Republi can party's most extreme rightwinger above the crank class, is at least going through the motions of trying what Rockefeller dared not try. Go dwater's capture of ine 13 South Carolina delegates was a neaUy executed foray. It was carried out in the very presence of Vice President Nixon's unofficial field work er, Lee Potter, the Southern director of the Republican Na tional Committee. Potter haa gone into the state with some warning ot trouble, dui sun confidently expecting an en dorsement of Nixon by the state convention. INSTEAD, the convention . had been organizes in an- vance for Goldwater by Roger Milliken, a rich textile manu facturer who was also tne Senator's host on this occa sion. Goldwater made one of his fire-and-brimstone speech es. The doors were closed. And when they opened again, Gold- water departed with the dele gation in his satchel. This bizarre episode is part of a pattern, as the late Jo- seDh R. McCarmy used to say. Goldwater further nopes ior a Favorite Son endorsement from his own state. The Nixon field workers will not be caught half-napping in Arizo na, as they were in bourn Carolina. Yet It is unlikely that Goldwater will be op posed by Nixon on his home grounds, because this would seem high-handed. In North Dakota, however, still anoth er move to win convention delegates for Goldwater was opposed with complete suc cess. In New Jersey, too, there is another part of the pattern. Here It appears in the extra ordinary campaign for the Re publican Senatorial nomina tion that is being waged by Robert Morris, Uie unappetiz ing former counsel of the un lamentcd McCarren Investi gating Committee. t LL Uie finely named crank A organizations of the paleo lithic right wing, such as For America, and Americans for rnnslilut onal Action, are backing Morris against the able and progressive nepuu llcan incumbent, Sen. Clifford Case. Judging by the lavish nf television, miiooara ad vertising, direct mailings, and the like, the Morris campaign is being lavishly financed by funds collected all over the country, from the type of rich boob who seriously advocates repeal of the income tax amendment. Case is still back ed to win, but Morris has at least been making a dent in New Jersey. Over-all pattern shows a convulsive effort to assert themselves by the extremists who Infest the right wing ot the Republican party. In this effort, although New Jersey Senatorial primary is Impor tant, the key factor is the Goldwater Presidential candi dacy. Not being out of his wits. Goldwater of course does not expect Arizona and South Carolina to put him over the top. But he certainly expecU, and with reason, that his can dldary will give him special opportunities to tight any middle-of-the-road or liberal' li in mjani in J Menace mm npn asmsBMsti sTSBTai 4u,iiitmi&am,Ht.tu-& , . wn3 this ot Joseph Alsop izlng tendencies at the Repub lican convention. In public and in private, -too, he has been warning the Vice president against going "too far to the left on such matters as meai- cal care of the aged and aid for education. The convention, no doubt, will hear the same warnings. TIOR NIXON, this constitutes " a serious though not over whelming problem. It is a se rious problem because Nixon's own support has been rather heavilv concentrated on the right wing of the Republican party. It matters to Nixon, for instance, that Goldwater now has established close links with the powerful Chandler clan, whose "Los Angeles Times" regularly publishes a column by the Arizona Sena tor. As the Chandlers have been Nixon's most important supporters in Southern Cali fornia, they are naturally in a position to put some pressure on him. On the other hand, It Is very clear indeed that Nixon now intends, to resist such pressures. He does not share the Goldwater theory that Re publicans lose elections be cause Republican wishy-washl- ness regularly causes count less millions of opponents of the Income tax amendment to stav home and sulk every election day. The Republican image, if Nixon has anything to do with it, is going to be a moderate image. But this, it is worth noting, may lead to some trouble for Nixon, at least among the cranks, (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Ine. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addresa of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the una of a ?ien name or Initial for publlca Ion la permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Batter Day Coming To the Editor: The other Sunday, as we were tuned in at 12:30 to the "Quiet Hour" on a Medford station we were a bit taken aback by some sta tistics given by the speaker. In 1957, ten breweries in the U.S. spent $70,000,000 on ad vertising their wares. I could hardly believe what I had heard. I am sure no wide-awake business would spend that amount if results were not ex pected. And they are getting results, but I fear not the kind of results many of us like to see. Recently in the still-dark early hours of a Sunday morning certain persons were Involved In a street ruckus. A hospital had early morning business. The real cause of the trouble was not printed, but you can readily guess I am sure. People who are drinK- ing Jorgenson's, Cloverleaf Wild Plum. Valley View or Snidcr'i milk usually do not start carving each other up at such a time oi day. I am not trying to make someone else s business my business, but when a group of persons consistantly deluRes the American pudiic wun false and misleading advertis ing propaganda, I say it s high time some voices were raised against such a Satanic prac tice. Some put forth the claim that moderation is the answer. To many moderation has be come the school where Uie drunkard learns his career. When a leader in a world wide religious organliation gets up and tells people to "fight the bluenose enemies of the llauor industry," I say we are brought face to face with the startling reality that It's later than we think. (For the above mentioned state ment so back In the flies to last Oct. 27 Tribune. A news Item there tells even more.) I am so thankful that a bet- Restless Natives Touch West's Their Mink-Clad Search for Franchise By DICK WEST Washington -UPD- Gad, Sir Percy, the natives are restless tonight. Ever since daybreak, tne drums along the Po t o m a c have kept up a ceaselesa t a t too. It'i driv ing me mad, I tell you. Mad! Mad I Mad! Before I go screaming off 111,1, i.i "'iu tance, I must try to compose myself long enough to dash off a report to the home of ficei Stiff upper Hp. you know, and all that jazz. I must warn my country men that this thing is not just a token uprising, agitated by a few rabble-rousers and malcontents. We may have to make a few concessions, give up a few sovereign righta, to stop those confounded drums. For many years, those of us who have served in this distant outpost of civilization have sensed a stirring of rebel lious spirits, a longing tor independence, in America s smallest province. Powwow With Rulers We have seen the tribal chieftains of the District of Columbia make many trips to the top of Capitol Hill to powwow with their congres sional rulers and try to curry favors. In the bidain dialect pe culiar to this region, they pleaded with Congress to grant them "nome ruie, a term. I suppose, they picked up at the British Embassy. Stripped of alt ot lis par liamentary niceties, it means just one thing-the poor beg gars want to vote. I have been over io a nouse judiciary subcommittee listen ing to a native oeiegauon make the annual suffrage nitch. They were a pitiable sight. I dare say less than haU of them had law degrees and some of the women obviously were wearing last years minks. Those of you who did your history home work properly will recall that this area was hardlv more than a swamp when the United States first occupied it, the land having been ceded to us by Maryland and Virginia. Gave Back Virginia Side We soon gave back the Vir ginia side but it is not just pride of empire that prompts me to say we have done very well with the Maryland sec tor. If the climate Is still a little swampy, well, some things are beyond human con trol. The territory is governed Diplomats By European economic diocs Bv PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor A European economic union entered into with high hopes in March. 1957, is causing worried thoughts among Euro pean states men who fear it ultimately may split Western Eur- rope into two sharply divid ed economic, political and 'hll Ni-wsom even military camps. ter day Is coming. Our Bles sed Lord has made some prec ious, comforting promises. Be yond this sin sick, reeling, tot tering clvlization lies a re ward for any and all who will accept it. Henry jonnson jr. 2400 Highway 66 Ashland. Ore. Courage to Do Tn the Editor: The timely letter written by Mr. John E. Gribble to the editor, Sunday, "Where Are We?", surely pre sents a noetic dilemma. Per haps, since travelling almost four generations through the list of the nine listed steps in the order set forth, before the end of the cycle, is reached "we haven't seen anything yet!" Some years ago an author In Washington, D.C., wrote a book in the form of a novel, called, "The Vipers," and the contents are Just as shocking to read as the title o( tne book sounds. Another author, Mr. Mancly K. Hall of Los Angeles, wrote a small treatise, called "Facing the Facts," In which he gives in social and political essays ten short solutions to combat the "vicious circle" now entwin ing the present civilization. The solutions set forth, with out using the utmost Intelli gence, may not prove infalli ble. Yet a courage to do, to dare, will triumph. Remem ber the "rat" race Is not to the swift, nor the battle to the "criminal" strong. Brrt Kissinger 520 Boardrain St., Medford illf by 537 members of Congress, which, by almost any meas urement, is a lot of govern ment for one metropolis. You can see why some of the na Today & Tomorrow By Walter Mr. Nixon's Problem Mr. Nixon, who does not try to deceive himself, has admitted publicly that "we are in lor tne fight of our lives." To be elected he needs to be, as was Eisen h o w e r in ia9 nnrl 1Qft much strong er than the npnnh 1 1 c a n . party. He can not hope to win if all he gets are the regular Republican votes. Yet it is not at all clear how he is going to get enough Democratic and independent votes to put him ahead of what his party can poll for Congress and for the gover norships. These hard facts have lea to all the talk about his tak ing a stand beyond Elsen hower's on such vote-getting measures as Federal aid to education and medical care for the aged. As the President himself put it the other day, he is so fortunate" tnat ne aoesn i have to go any further with this thing" (i. e., being Presi dent of the United States). If, said the President, he him self were running again, he too "would be looking lor new ways and directions. Since It is Mr. Nixon who is doing the running, Mr. Nixon would be "very foolish" If he did not look for new ways and directions. WHERE Is Mr. Nixon to look for new ways and directions? There is only one place that he can look. That is in the field already occu pied- and pre-empted among Republicans by Governor Rockefeller. In matters of de fense, of social welfare, and of public finance, this field Is also occupied by the Demo crats. While the issue is sharp and fundamental as between Eisenhower and the leading Democrats, there is no real issue in this matter between Rockefeller and the Demo crats, . nmhlpm is to decide how far he can move L si Work to Avoid Split With a deadline approach ing July 1, Western leaders are spending almost as much time on this problem as they are on preparations for the East-West summit conference in May. It was the subject of wor ried cabinet meetings in Bonn and was a major topic for President Charles de Gaulle and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan during the for mer's current visit to London. Concern also is felt in Washington, both for the pos sible effects on U.S. business and the possibility that a plan to unite Europe may actually assist in dividing it for dec ades to come. Want Tariffs Cut At the root of the concern is a recommendation by the executive commission of the siv.nntion European common market that internal tariffs be cut 20 per cent on July 1, with corresponding protective barriers going up against non- member nations. Bitterly opposed are the na- tlnna nf the Rival European Free Trade Association. As opposed to the "Inner Six" of the ECM BlarKet, me mem bers of the EFTA are known as the "Outer Seven." Tn the common market are West Germany. France, Bel gium, The Netherlands, Lux embourg and Italy. In the EFTA are Britain, Sweden. Norway. Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Por tuffal. The EFTA is strictly an economic grouping set up as a weapon against the common market. The common market ix both political and economic. with an Important objective the Intertwining of the vari ous economics in such a way aa to make war among the member nations an impossi bility. It particularly hoped to avoid any future conflict be tween France and Germany. It hoDed to abolish all tariff and other barriers among the six in 12 to 15 years. Britain Seeks Permit Fearful of being shut out of a rich market. Britain long sought a compromise solution which would permit her to participate in the common market. No solution could be' tives might think they could do with less, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy aa I lis tened to their spokesmen be- Lippmann into the Rockefeller-Democratic field in order to make up for the fact that the Re publicans are a minority par ty. e e THIS is not an easy prob lem for Mr. Nixon to solve. To begin with professional politicians who control tne leading Republican organiza tions in the states were pow erful enough to force Rocke feller to withdraw. They are not going to allow Nixon to adopt many of Rockefeller's ideas. For these professional politicians, we must remem ber, would rather lose the election than lose with the Nixon they know than win with a quasi-Democrat like Rockefeller. They do not put it this way. They rationalize their extreme conversation and their unpopularity by argu ing, as they did when they tried to prevent the nomina tion of Eisenhower in 13Z, that there is a great hidden majority in the country. This hidden majority consists of a large number of people who do not vote. They stay at home because they are wait ing for a Republican candi date who belongs to tne ex treme right. Men like Senator Bridges and Senator Goldwato. really believe that the more the Re publican party follows tneir leadership, the more stay-at-home Republican voters will come to the polls. . aV.'' rnHIS is an extraordinary A fantasy, rather like that of thirsty men In a desert wno see mirages of green oasis with plenty of water. Mr, Nixon, we may be sure, does not believe in this political mirage. He knows that to win the election he must win a large part of the Eisenhower Democrats and Eisenhower independents. But in trying to win them, he must be careful not to drive . the Bridges and the Goldwaters into open rebellion. One theoretical device for solving his problem is to per suade Governor KocKeieiier to run for Vice-President. The notion here is that while reached, partly because of French suspicions of British motives and partly because of Britain's own Comr onwealth commitments. Until recently the prospect was for two sharply divided economic corps in which, for example British automobiles shipped to West Germany would pay an eignt per cent higher tariff than similar automobiles shipped from France or Italy. Now new. serious efforts are being made at compromise and to prevent the erection of the new barriers wnicn could divide Europe more surely than the best efforts of the Kremlin 3 SW-V.- Everything 4- hafwl Moduaw Aveei treM the Cewthewa HANK MOtOAN HAS OlO tNOOMAH. FUNHAl OSKTOCJ our C HGHT Pity in moan their voteless pngiu. But I was amused, too, at the way some of them cringed and blanched when a sub committee member threaten ed to turn the district 'back to Maryland if they didn't behave. They vowed they would rather be voteless than Mary landers. On the other hand, the subcommittee expressed doubts that Maryland would take them. Nixon holds on to the votes of the extreme right, Rocke feller will rally the voters towards the center and to the left of center. This de vice will not work, or at least it ought not to work, if it is tried, it will be exposed. For it is a transparent trick and American voters do not take kindly to tricks that are transparent. . T IS hard to see how Mr. Nixon can do anything else but run, not only on the Ei senhower record but also on the Elsenhower philosophy. Whatever may be said of the record, he will find the El senhower philosophy a heavy liability. For General Eisen hower's conception of Fed eral responsibility and the public need is in growing con flict with the realities of our time. His philosophy does not fit, indeed it stands in the way of, an adequate Ameri can response to the challenge of the Soviet Union. His phi losophy, moreover, is in col lision with the imperaUve needs of our highly indus trialized, highly urbanized, mass society. Yet Mr. Nixon must defend and profess to believe in the Eisenhower philosophy, or he may arouse the sharp dis pleasure of the President him self. At the same time, it is impossible that Mr. Nixon a.. II.. l. l : . i n i luujr uciievcs ju me presi dent's philosophy-if for no other reason than that he is a young man who believes in the present and not in the very distant past. TT IS here in the defense of the Eisenhower philosophy that Mr. Nixon's problem be comes most acute. For he can not be too clever about it or he will be accused of being tricky. He cannot ignore it or throughout the campaign he will be wholly on the de fensive. Barring unforeseen devel opments or an act of God, Mr. Nixon's difficulties - which arise from the contrast be tween the reality and the philosophy which he Inherits will grow worse. This may well be reflected in the polls and if this happens, if the polls become more and more sinister, Mr. Roscoe Drum mond may prove to have been a true prophet when he said on Monday that Governor Rockefeller "is not to be ruled out." (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. PRODUCE ORAL VACCINE Indianapolis, Ind. -0IPD- An oral live virus polio vaccine is being produced In pilot lots by the Pitman-Moore Co., an IndianapoUs pharmaceuti cat manufacturer. The company said it hopes to begin regular production soon of the live vaccine, a type developed by Dr. Albert B. Sabin of the University of Cincinnati. 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